feat(create-vitnode): ✨ add README generation and update dependencies

apps/api/package.json

@@ -17,26 +17,26 @@
     "@hono/zod-openapi": "^1.1.4",
     "@hono/zod-validator": "^0.7.4",
     "@vitnode/core": "workspace:*",
-    "drizzle-kit": "^0.31.6",
+    "drizzle-kit": "^0.31.7",
     "drizzle-orm": "^0.44.7",
-    "hono": "^4.10.5",
-    "next-intl": "^4.5.1",
+    "hono": "^4.10.6",
+    "next-intl": "^4.5.3",
     "react": "^19.2.0",
     "react-dom": "^19.2.0",
-    "use-intl": "^4.5.1",
+    "use-intl": "^4.5.3",
     "zod": "^4.1.12"
   },
   "devDependencies": {
     "@hono/node-server": "^1.19.6",
-    "@react-email/components": "^1.0.0",
-    "@types/node": "^24.10.0",
-    "@types/react": "^19.2.3",
-    "@types/react-dom": "^19.2.2",
+    "@react-email/components": "^1.0.1",
+    "@types/node": "^24.10.1",
+    "@types/react": "^19.2.5",
+    "@types/react-dom": "^19.2.3",
     "@vitnode/config": "workspace:*",
     "@vitnode/nodemailer": "workspace:*",
     "dotenv": "^17.2.3",
     "eslint": "^9.39.1",
-    "react-email": "^5.0.1",
+    "react-email": "^5.0.4",
     "tsc-alias": "^1.8.16",
     "tsx": "^4.20.6",
     "typescript": "^5.9.3"

apps/docs/package.json

@@ -26,16 +26,16 @@
     "@hono/zod-validator": "^0.7.4",
     "@vitnode/blog": "workspace:*",
     "@vitnode/core": "workspace:*",
-    "drizzle-kit": "^0.31.6",
+    "drizzle-kit": "^0.31.7",
     "drizzle-orm": "^0.44.7",
-    "fumadocs-core": "^16.0.10",
-    "fumadocs-mdx": "^13.0.7",
-    "fumadocs-ui": "^16.0.10",
-    "hono": "^4.10.5",
+    "fumadocs-core": "^16.0.11",
+    "fumadocs-mdx": "^13.0.8",
+    "fumadocs-ui": "^16.0.11",
+    "hono": "^4.10.6",
     "lucide-react": "^0.553.0",
     "motion": "^12.23.24",
-    "next": "^16.0.1",
-    "next-intl": "^4.5.1",
+    "next": "^16.0.3",
+    "next-intl": "^4.5.3",
     "node-cron": "^4.2.1",
     "react": "^19.2.0",
     "react-dom": "^19.2.0",
@@ -44,14 +44,14 @@
     "sonner": "^2.0.7"
   },
   "devDependencies": {
-    "@next/bundle-analyzer": "^16.0.1",
+    "@next/bundle-analyzer": "^16.0.3",
     "@playwright/test": "^1.56.1",
-    "@react-email/components": "^1.0.0",
+    "@react-email/components": "^1.0.1",
     "@tailwindcss/postcss": "^4.1.17",
     "@types/mdx": "^2.0.13",
-    "@types/node": "^24.10.0",
-    "@types/react": "^19.2.3",
-    "@types/react-dom": "^19.2.2",
+    "@types/node": "^24.10.1",
+    "@types/react": "^19.2.5",
+    "@types/react-dom": "^19.2.3",
     "@vitnode/config": "workspace:*",
     "@vitnode/node-cron": "workspace:*",
     "@vitnode/nodemailer": "workspace:*",
@@ -60,12 +60,12 @@
     "class-variance-authority": "^0.7.1",
     "eslint": "^9.39.1",
     "postcss": "^8.5.6",
-    "react-email": "^5.0.1",
+    "react-email": "^5.0.4",
     "shiki": "^3.15.0",
     "tailwindcss": "^4.1.17",
     "tw-animate-css": "^1.4.0",
     "typescript": "^5.9.3",
-    "use-intl": "^4.5.1",
+    "use-intl": "^4.5.3",
     "zod": "^4.1.12"
   }
 }

package.json

@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
     "test:e2e": "turbo test:e2e"
   },
   "devDependencies": {
-    "@types/node": "^24.10.0",
+    "@types/node": "^24.10.1",
     "@vitnode/config": "workspace:*",
     "prettier": "^3.6.2",
     "prettier-plugin-tailwindcss": "^0.7.1",

packages/config/package.json

@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@
     "typescript": "^5.9.3"
   },
   "dependencies": {
-    "@eslint-react/eslint-plugin": "^2.3.4",
+    "@eslint-react/eslint-plugin": "^2.3.5",
     "@eslint/js": "^9.39.1",
     "eslint-config-prettier": "^10.1.8",
     "eslint-plugin-jsx-a11y": "^6.10.2",

packages/create-vitnode-app/copy-of-vitnode-app/root/README.md → packages/create-vitnode-app/copy-of-vitnode-app/README.md

@@ -21,17 +21,13 @@ To get started, run the following commands:
 
 ```bash
 pnpm i
-# or
-bun i
-# or
-npm i
 ```
 
-Open [http://localhost:3000](http://localhost:3000) with your browser to see the result.
+Open {{START_URLS}} with your browser to see the result.
 
 ## Development
 
-To start the development server, you need to create a `.env` file in the root of the project from `.env.example`.
+To start the development server, you need to create a `.env` file from the provided `.env.example` file.
 
 In the `development` environment, you can just copy and paste the content of `.env.example` to `.env`.
 
@@ -41,8 +37,4 @@ To start the development server, run the following command:
 
 ```bash
 pnpm dev
-# or
-bun dev
-# or
-npm run dev
 ```

packages/create-vitnode-app/package.json

@@ -18,7 +18,6 @@
     "dist",
     "copy-of-vitnode-app",
     "copy-of-vitnode-plugin",
-    "README.md",
     "eslint",
     "eslint-react"
   ],
@@ -36,14 +35,14 @@
     "typescript"
   ],
   "dependencies": {
-    "@inquirer/prompts": "^7.10.0",
+    "@inquirer/prompts": "^7.10.1",
     "commander": "^14.0.2",
     "ora": "^9.0.0",
     "picocolors": "^1.1.1",
     "validate-npm-package-name": "^7.0.0"
   },
   "devDependencies": {
-    "@types/node": "^24.10.0",
+    "@types/node": "^24.10.1",
     "@types/prompts": "^2.4.9",
     "@types/validate-npm-package-name": "^4.0.2",
     "@vitnode/config": "workspace:*",

packages/create-vitnode-app/src/create/create-package-json.ts

@@ -194,7 +194,7 @@ const singleAppDevDeps = (eslint: boolean) => ({
 const webDeps = {
   "@vitnode/core": "",
   "lucide-react": versionsPackageJson.lucide,
-  next: versionsPackageJson.nextWebInMonorepo,
+  next: versionsPackageJson.nextSingle,
   "next-intl": versionsPackageJson.nextIntl,
   react: versionsPackageJson.react,
   "react-dom": versionsPackageJson.reactDom,

packages/create-vitnode-app/src/create/create-vitnode.ts

@@ -144,24 +144,27 @@ export const createVitNode = async ({
 
   if (eslint) {
     spinner.text = "Copying ESLint & Prettier files...";
-    if (mode === "onlyApi") {
-      await cp(join(templatePath, "eslint"), root, {
-        recursive: true,
-      });
-    } else if (mode === "singleApp") {
-      const target = monorepo ? monorepoStructure.web : root;
-      await cp(join(templatePath, "eslint-react"), target, {
-        recursive: true,
-      });
-    } else if (mode === "apiMonorepo") {
-      await Promise.all([
-        cp(join(templatePath, "eslint"), monorepoStructure.api, {
+    if (monorepo) {
+      if (existsSync(monorepoStructure.api)) {
+        await cp(join(templatePath, "eslint"), monorepoStructure.api, {
           recursive: true,
-        }),
-        cp(join(templatePath, "eslint-react"), monorepoStructure.web, {
+        });
+      }
+      if (existsSync(monorepoStructure.web)) {
+        await cp(join(templatePath, "eslint-react"), monorepoStructure.web, {
+          recursive: true,
+        });
+      }
+    } else {
+      if (mode === "onlyApi") {
+        await cp(join(templatePath, "eslint"), root, {
           recursive: true,
-        }),
-      ]);
+        });
+      } else if (mode === "singleApp") {
+        await cp(join(templatePath, "eslint-react"), root, {
+          recursive: true,
+        });
+      }
     }
   }
 
@@ -274,6 +277,25 @@ export const createVitNode = async ({
       });
     }
 
+    spinner.text = "Preparing README...";
+    // Copy README.md
+    await copyFile(join(templatePath, "README.md"), join(root, "README.md"));
+    // Update README.md with package manager
+    let readmeContent = await readFile(join(root, "README.md"), "utf-8");
+    readmeContent = readmeContent.replaceAll("pnpm", packageManager);
+
+    // Update README.md with start URLs
+    let startUrlsText = "[http://localhost:3000](http://localhost:3000)";
+    if (mode === "onlyApi") {
+      startUrlsText = "[http://localhost:8080](http://localhost:8080)";
+    } else if (mode === "apiMonorepo") {
+      startUrlsText =
+        "[http://localhost:3000](http://localhost:3000) for the Web app and [http://localhost:8080](http://localhost:8080) for the API";
+    }
+
+    readmeContent = readmeContent.replace("{{START_URLS}}", startUrlsText);
+    await writeFile(join(root, "README.md"), readmeContent);
+
     spinner.text = "Generating migrations...";
     let migrationsCwd: string;
     if (mode === "apiMonorepo" || (monorepo && mode !== "singleApp")) {

packages/create-vitnode-app/src/create/package-versions.ts

@@ -18,8 +18,7 @@ export const versionsPackageJson = {
 
   react: "^19.2",
   reactDom: "^19.2",
-  nextSingle: "^16.0.1",
-  nextWebInMonorepo: "^15.4.6",
+  nextSingle: "^16.0",
   nextIntl: "^4.5",
   useIntl: "^4.5",
   rhf: "^7.66.0",
@@ -28,18 +27,18 @@ export const versionsPackageJson = {
   sonner: "^2.0.7",
   dotenv: "^17.2.2",
 
-  drizzleKit: "^0.31.6",
+  drizzleKit: "^0.31.7",
   drizzleOrm: "^0.44.7",
 
   hono: "^4.10",
   honoZodOpenapi: "^1.1.4",
   honoZodValidator: "^0.7.4",
-  reactEmail: "^5.0.1",
-  reactEmailComponents: "^1.0.0",
+  reactEmail: "^5.0",
+  reactEmailComponents: "^1.0",
   zod: "^4.1.12",
 
   cva: "^0.7.1",
-  babelPluginReactCompiler: "^1.0.0",
+  babelPluginReactCompiler: "^1.0",
 
   swcCli: "^0.7.9",
   swcCore: "^1.15.1",

packages/node-cron/package.json

@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@
   },
   "devDependencies": {
     "@swc/cli": "^0.7.9",
-    "@swc/core": "^1.15.1",
+    "@swc/core": "^1.15.2",
     "@vitnode/config": "workspace:*",
     "@vitnode/core": "workspace:*",
     "concurrently": "^9.2.1",

packages/nodemailer/package.json

@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@
   },
   "devDependencies": {
     "@swc/cli": "^0.7.9",
-    "@swc/core": "^1.15.1",
+    "@swc/core": "^1.15.2",
     "@types/nodemailer": "^7.0.3",
     "@vitnode/config": "workspace:*",
     "@vitnode/core": "workspace:*",

packages/resend/package.json

@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@
   },
   "devDependencies": {
     "@swc/cli": "^0.7.9",
-    "@swc/core": "^1.15.1",
+    "@swc/core": "^1.15.2",
     "@vitnode/config": "workspace:*",
     "@vitnode/core": "workspace:*",
     "concurrently": "^9.2.1",

packages/vitnode/package.json

@@ -40,41 +40,41 @@
     "@hono/zod-openapi": "^1.1.4",
     "@hono/zod-validator": "^0.7.4",
     "@hookform/resolvers": "^5.2.2",
-    "@react-email/components": "^1.0.0",
+    "@react-email/components": "^1.0.1",
     "@swc/cli": "^0.7.9",
-    "@swc/core": "^1.15.1",
+    "@swc/core": "^1.15.2",
     "@testing-library/dom": "^10.4.1",
     "@testing-library/react": "^16.3.0",
-    "@types/node": "^24.10.0",
-    "@types/react": "^19.2.3",
-    "@types/react-dom": "^19.2.2",
-    "@vitejs/plugin-react": "^5.1.0",
-    "@vitest/coverage-v8": "^4.0.8",
+    "@types/node": "^24.10.1",
+    "@types/react": "^19.2.5",
+    "@types/react-dom": "^19.2.3",
+    "@vitejs/plugin-react": "^5.1.1",
+    "@vitest/coverage-v8": "^4.0.9",
     "@vitnode/config": "workspace:*",
     "chokidar": "^4.0.3",
     "concurrently": "^9.2.1",
-    "drizzle-kit": "^0.31.6",
+    "drizzle-kit": "^0.31.7",
     "drizzle-orm": "^0.44.7",
     "eslint": "^9.39.1",
-    "hono": "^4.10.5",
+    "hono": "^4.10.6",
     "jiti": "^2.6.1",
-    "jsdom": "^27.1.0",
+    "jsdom": "^27.2.0",
     "lucide-react": "^0.553.0",
-    "next": "^16.0.1",
-    "next-intl": "^4.5.1",
+    "next": "^16.0.3",
+    "next-intl": "^4.5.3",
     "react": "^19.2.0",
     "react-dom": "^19.2.0",
-    "react-email": "^5.0.1",
+    "react-email": "^5.0.4",
     "react-hook-form": "^7.66.0",
     "sonner": "^2.0.7",
     "tailwindcss": "^4.1.17",
     "tsc-alias": "^1.8.16",
-    "tsup": "^8.5.0",
+    "tsup": "^8.5.1",
     "tsx": "^4.20.6",
     "tw-animate-css": "^1.4.0",
     "typescript": "^5.9.3",
     "vite-tsconfig-paths": "^5.1.4",
-    "vitest": "^4.0.8",
+    "vitest": "^4.0.9",
     "zod": "^4.1.12"
   },
   "bin": {
@@ -111,12 +111,12 @@
   "dependencies": {
     "@dnd-kit/core": "^6.3.1",
     "@hono/swagger-ui": "^0.5.2",
-    "@react-email/preview-server": "^5.0.1",
-    "@tanstack/react-query": "^5.90.7",
-    "@tiptap/extension-text-align": "^3.10.5",
-    "@tiptap/pm": "^3.10.5",
-    "@tiptap/react": "^3.10.5",
-    "@tiptap/starter-kit": "^3.10.5",
+    "@react-email/preview-server": "^5.0.4",
+    "@tanstack/react-query": "^5.90.9",
+    "@tiptap/extension-text-align": "^3.10.7",
+    "@tiptap/pm": "^3.10.7",
+    "@tiptap/react": "^3.10.7",
+    "@tiptap/starter-kit": "^3.10.7",
     "class-variance-authority": "^0.7.1",
     "clsx": "^2.1.1",
     "cmdk": "^1.1.1",
@@ -127,11 +127,11 @@
     "next-themes": "^0.4.6",
     "postgres": "^3.4.7",
     "radix-ui": "^1.4.3",
-    "rate-limiter-flexible": "^8.2.0",
+    "rate-limiter-flexible": "^8.2.1",
     "react-scan": "^0.4.3",
     "tailwind-merge": "^3.4.0",
     "use-debounce": "^10.0.6",
-    "use-intl": "^4.5.1",
+    "use-intl": "^4.5.3",
     "vaul": "^1.1.2"
   }
 }