Scaffold and manage ChaiBuilder apps effortlessly with an interactive CLI.
Deploying without a local setup? You can skip the CLI entirely: deploy the starter to a host such as Vercel, then open
/setupon the deployed site. That wizard performs the same steps ascreate— migrations, admin user, and app record — and hands back the environment variables to paste into your host. Use this CLI when you want to develop locally.
Scaffold a new ChaiBuilder application.
npx chaibuilder-app createGuides you through project setup, database configuration, and environment setup.
Create a new app entry in the current ChaiBuilder database and switch active context to it.
npx chaibuilder-app newSwitch the active application by updating the .env configuration file in your ChaiBuilder project.
npx chaibuilder-app switch