@storybook/cli

What is @storybook/cli?

The @storybook/cli package, also known as Storybook CLI, is a command-line tool that helps developers to quickly set up and configure Storybook in their project. Storybook is an open-source tool for developing UI components in isolation for React, Vue, Angular, and many other frameworks. The CLI automates many of the initial setup and configuration processes, making it easier to integrate Storybook into a project.

What are @storybook/cli's main functionalities?

Initialize Storybook

This command sets up Storybook in your project by detecting the project type (e.g., React, Vue, Angular) and installing the necessary dependencies and adding default configurations and examples.

npx -p @storybook/cli sb init

Add Storybook support for a specific type of project

This command explicitly sets up Storybook for a React project. You can replace 'react' with 'vue', 'angular', etc., depending on the project type you are working on.

npx -p @storybook/cli sb init --type react

Addons installation

This command helps in adding specific Storybook addons to enhance its functionality, such as '@storybook/addon-essentials' which includes a set of essential addons.

npx -p @storybook/cli sb add @storybook/addon-essentials

Other packages similar to @storybook/cli

react-scripts

Similar to @storybook/cli, react-scripts is used in the setup and configuration of React applications created with Create React App. It abstracts complex configurations for Babel, Webpack, and other tools. However, it does not specifically focus on component development environments like Storybook.

angular-cli

Angular CLI is a command-line interface tool that is used to initialize, develop, scaffold, and maintain Angular applications directly. It provides a similar ease of setup for Angular projects as @storybook/cli does for setting up Storybook in Angular projects.

vue-cli

Vue CLI is a full system for rapid Vue.js development, similar to Angular CLI for Angular. It provides project scaffolding, development tools, and build optimizations. It is similar to @storybook/cli in that it helps in setting up a development environment but is focused on Vue.js applications rather than component libraries.

README

Storybook

CLI

Storybook CLI (Command Line Interface) is the easiest way to add Storybook to your project.

Go to your project and run:

cd my-app
npx storybook@latest init

In addition to init, the CLI also has other commands:

• add - add an addon and register it
• info - print out system information for bug reports
• upgrade - upgrade to the latest version of Storybook (or a specific version)
• migrate - run codemods to migrate your code

See the command-line help with -h (including other useful commands) for details.

Core APIs

This package has multiple sub-exports to can be used to gain access to storybook's APIs.

storybook/components

This export contains a list of components very useful for building out addons. We recommend addon-authors to use these components to ensure a consistent look and feel, and to reduce the amount of code they need to write.

storybook/theming

This export exposes a few utility functions to help writing components that automatically adapt to the current theme. Useful for addon authors who want to make their addons theme-aware.

storybook/preview-api

This export contains the API that is available in the preview iframe.

storybook/manager-api

This export contains the API that is available in the manager iframe.

storybook/types

This export exposes a lot of TypeScript interfaces used throughout storybook, including for storybook configuration, addons etc.