The easiest way to get started with Steedos Platform is by using create-steedos-app. This CLI tool enables you to quickly start building a new steedos application, with everything set up for you. You can create a new app using the default steedos template, or by using one of the official Steedos examples. To get started, use the following command:

npx create-steedos-app@latest
# or
yarn create steedos-app
# or
pnpm create steedos-app

To create a new app in a specific folder, you can send a name as an argument. For example, the following command will create a new Steedos app called contract-app in a folder with the same name:

npx create-steedos-app@latest contract-app
# or
yarn create steedos-app contract-app
# or
pnpm create steedos-app contract-app

create-steedos-app comes with the following options:

• -e, --example [name]|[github-url] - An example to bootstrap the app with. You can use an example name from the Steedos Platform repo or a GitHub URL. The URL can use any branch and/or subdirectory.
• --example-path <path-to-example> - In a rare case, your GitHub URL might contain a branch name with a slash (e.g. bug/fix-1) and the path to the example (e.g. foo/bar). In this case, you must specify the path to the example separately: --example-path foo/bar
• --use-npm - Explicitly tell the CLI to bootstrap the app using npm. To bootstrap using yarn we recommend to run yarn create steedos-app
• --use-pnpm - Explicitly tell the CLI to bootstrap the app using pnpm. To bootstrap using pnpm we recommend running pnpm create steedos-app

create-steedos-app allows you to create a new Steedos Platform app within seconds. It is officially maintained by the creators of Steedos Platform, and includes a number of benefits:

• Interactive Experience: Running npx create-steedos-app (with no arguments) launches an interactive experience that guides you through setting up a project.
• Zero Dependencies: Initializing a project is as quick as one second. Create Steedos App has zero dependencies.
• Offline Support: Create Steedos App will automatically detect if you're offline and bootstrap your project using your local package cache.
• Support for Examples: Create Steedos App can bootstrap your application using an example from the Steedos Platform examples collection (e.g. npx create-steedos-app --example api-routes).
• Tested: The package is part of the Steedos Platform monorepo and tested using the same integration test suite as Steedos Platform itself, ensuring it works as expected with every release.