create-react-library is a command-line tool that scaffolds out a boilerplate for building reusable React component libraries. Instead of repeatedly setting up build configs, bundling, testing, linting, and publishing scaffolding, this tool gives you a ready-to-go structure so you can focus on writing your components. The scaffold includes configuration for bundling, building, and publishing; typical build setups (e.g. bundler, transpilation) are preconfigured, likely with support for modern JavaScript/TypeScript, testing frameworks, and packaging standards (e.g. publishing to npm). This accelerates the development of shared UI components or generic React modules that can be reused across projects. For developers or teams who build UI libraries frequently, it reduces overhead significantly. By abstracting away repetitive boilerplate, it helps maintain consistency in library structure and standards, which is helpful for maintainability and collaboration.
Features
- CLI to scaffold a reusable React component-library boilerplate quickly
- Preconfigured build and bundling setup to produce publishable packages
- Boilerplate includes testing, linting, and packaging configuration for consistency
- Allows library authors to focus on component code rather than setup
- Encourages best practices and standard structure for React libraries
- Simplifies publishing to package registries (e.g. npm)