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It goes above and beyond the basic `npm init`\nby supporting (almost) all of the keys you can set in a `package.json`.  It can be used as a simple cli\ntool, or inside your other package scaffolding tools.\n\n*NOTE:* This is a work in progress, more to come on docs and there are some missing options at the moment.\n[See here](https://github.com/wesleytodd/create-package-json/blob/master/index.js#L14-L27) for missing fields.\n\n## Usage\n\n```\n$ npm init package-json\n$ npx create-package-json\n```\n\n### CLI Usage\n\n```\n$ create-package-json --help\n\nGenerate a package.json\n\nCommands:\n  create-package-json     Generate a package.json                      [default]\n\nOptions:\n      --help               Show help                                   [boolean]\n      --version            Show version number                         [boolean]\n  -d, --cwd                Directory to run in          [default: process.cwd()]\n      --silent                                                         [boolean]\n      --verbose                                                        [boolean]\n      --ignore-existing    Ignore existing files (\u0026 overwrite them)\n      --name                                                            [string]\n      --scope              Set a scope to be used when suggesting a package name\n                                                                        [string]\n  -V, --package-version                                                 [string]\n      --description                                                     [string]\n      --author                                                          [string]\n      --repository                                                      [string]\n      --keywords                                                        [string]\n      --license                                                         [string]\n      --type                                                            [string]\n      --main                                                            [string]\n      --private                                                        [boolean]\n      --dependencies                                                    [string]\n      --dev-dependencies                                                [string]\n      --peer-dependencies                                               [string]\n      --spacer                                      [string] [default: 2 spaces]\n      --save-exact                                                     [boolean]\n```\n\nDependencies should be a comma separated list like `--dependencies=\"express,react\"`, and it can also\ninclude versions, `--dependencies=\"express@5\"`.\n\nScripts should be defined as a json string, `--scripts='{\"test\":\"exit 0\"}'`.\n\n### Programmatic Usage\n\n```javascript\nconst createPackageJson = require('create-package-json')\n\n;(async () =\u003e {\n  const pkg = await createPackageJson({\n    name: '@myscope/my-package',\n    description: 'A useless new package',\n    dependencies: ['express'],\n    devDependencies: ['mocha'],\n    author: 'Me \u003cme@me.com\u003e',\n    version: '1.0.0'\n  })\n\n  console.log(pkg) // The json after writing and installing\n})()\n```\n\n## Implementation TODO\n\n\u003e See [`package.json` docs](https://docs.npmjs.com/files/package.json)\n\n- [ ] `exports`\n- [ ] `bin`\n- [ ] `funding`\n- [ ] `files`\n- [ ] `browser`\n- [ ] `directories`\n- [ ] `config`\n- [ ] `dependencies`\n- [ ] `devDependencies`\n- [ ] `bundledDependencies`\n- [ ] `optionalDependencies`\n- [ ] `engines`\n- [ ] `os`\n- [ ] `cpu`\n- [ ] `publishConfig`\n- [ ] `homepage`\n- [ ] `bugs`\n- [ ] `contributors`\n","project_url":"https://awesome.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/projects/github.com%2Fpkgjs%2Fcreate-package-json","html_url":"https://awesome.ecosyste.ms/projects/github.com%2Fpkgjs%2Fcreate-package-json","lists_url":"https://awesome.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/projects/github.com%2Fpkgjs%2Fcreate-package-json/lists"}