An interactive CLI to create a highly configurable, typesafe Expo app.
Get started by running npx rn-new@latest
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This CLI tool is designed to help you get started with React Native and Expo as quickly as possible. The CLI options allow you to configure your project with Typescript, file-based routing with Expo Router, configuration-based navigation via React-Navigation, styling with NativeWind, Restyle, StyleSheets, or Tamagui and authentication via Supabase or Firebase.
You can also use flags such as --noInstall, --noGit, and --default in order to customize your project. The CLI will attempt to automatically determine your package manager of choice but you can also pass in your preferred package manager via --npm, --yarn, --pnpm, or --bun. Roadmap coming soon...
To get started, use npx to run the CLI tool. You will be prompted to opt into the features you want to use.
npx rn-new@latest
Currently, all of the templates use the same versions of the following libraries. Not all of the templates include all of the libraries, but they are all available for use.
Each project is generated based on the results of the CLI, on a per-file basis. This approach makes this CLI extremely extendable and easy to use. Common files to all generated projects are stored in the base template folder while files pertaining to additional packages are stored in the packages template folder. Beyond adding files, this project makes use of EJS in order to manipulate existing files as necessary.
| Library | Category | Version | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| React Native | Mobile Framework | v0.76 | The best cross-platform mobile framework |
| React | UI Framework | v18 | The most popular UI framework in the world |
| TypeScript | Language | v5 | Static typechecking |
| React Navigation | Navigation | v7 | Performant and consistent navigation framework |
| Expo | SDK | v52 | Allows (optional) Expo modules |
| Expo Font | Custom Fonts | v11 | Import custom fonts |
| Expo Linking | URL Handling | v5 | Open your app via a URL |
| Expo Router | Navigation | v3 | File-based routing in React-Native |
| Expo Splash Screen | Splash Screen | v0.18 | Custom splash screen |
| Expo Status Bar | Status Bar Library | v1 | Status bar support |
| Expo System UI | System UI Library | v2 | System UI support |
| Expo Web Browser | Web Browser Library | v12 | Open links in the browser |
| NativeWind | UI Framework | v4.1 | Tailwind CSS for React Native |
| Restyle | UI Framework | v2 | Theme-based styling library for React Native |
| Tamagui | UI Framework | v1 | Universal UI with a smart optimizing compiler |
| Unistyles | UI Framework | v3 | Superset of StyleSheet |
| Safe Area Context | Safe Area Library | v4 | Safe area support |
| React Native Web | Web Support | v0.19 | React Native for Web |
| Firebase | Backend and Auth | v10 | Cloud-hosted NoSQL database from Google |
| Supabase | Backend and Auth | v2 | Open source Firebase alternative |
If you run into problems or have feedback, first search the issues and discussions in this repository. If you don't find anything, feel free to message me on Twitter or open a new issue.
Contributions are welcome! Please open a pull request or an issue if you would like to contribute. There are existing feature requests labeled as [FR] in the issues section of this repo.
Getting up-to-speed on a new framework can be cumbersome. If you find that you need to move more quickly, I may be available to help.
If you'd like help with your React Native/Expo app or are just looking for a technical advisor to guide you along your journey, let's chat.
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The npm package rn-new receives a total of 1,354 weekly downloads. As such, rn-new popularity was classified as popular.
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