Dev tools · alternatives · 2026
24 alternatives to Strange Lil Scaffold
One command to a publish-ready TypeScript CLI
Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes.
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Hi Hacker News! My name is Sagar, I’m working on a startup called Speakeasy - we’re making all APIs self-service. The platform is currently in beta, but we’re independently launching this tool which you can use to generate language-idiomatic, statically-typed TS SDKs from any public OpenAPI schemas. We hope to continue iterating on this to give devs a way to easily generate high fidelity client SDKs for all the major languages. Inspiration for this product is from past experiences struggling with OpenAPI. I was originally optimistic about using the OpenAPI tools to build out our offering,…
2022 · easysdk.xyz · its alternatives →
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We've been building Crust (https://crustjs.com/), a TypeScript-first, Bun-native CLI framework with zero dependencies. It's been powering our core product internally for a while, and we're now open-sourcing it. The problem we kept running into: existing CLI frameworks in the JS ecosystem are either minimal arg parsers where you wire everything yourself, or heavyweight frameworks with large dependency trees and Node-era assumptions. We wanted something in between. What Crust does differently: - Full type inference from definitions — args and flags are inferred automatically. No…
Mar 2026 · github.com · its alternatives →
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Rapid React▲103A light weight CLI tool for rapid scaffolding of React apps
2021 · npmjs.com · its alternatives →
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2020 · scaffold.sh · its alternatives →
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Scaffolder is a CLI tool written in Golang to instantly generate skeleton project structure with boilerplate code, that's taken from configurable YAML file, to quickly kick-start your project I was tired of manually creating the project structure, with all those folder, files... So I decided to create a CLI tool that allows you to instantly generate skeleton projects, based on a reusable YAML file with boilerplate code if specified. YAML is very easy for both humans and programs to work with and parse, hence why it's the most logical choice in context of Scaffolder. Check out the GitHub page…
2023 · github.com · its alternatives →
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The backstory about this GitHub Action: I discussed with an open-source maintainer why they publish npm packages from their local machine and do not use CI/CD pipelines. They said publishing should require human intervention and want to continue using multi-factor authentication to publish to the npm registry. This led to building the wait-for-secrets GitHub Action. It prints a URL in the build log and waits for secrets to be entered using a browser. Once entered, the workflow continues, and secrets can be used in future steps. The latest release of "eslint-plugin-react" to the npm…
2022 · github.com · its alternatives →
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Scaffold Node.js apps in seconds — TypeScript or JavaScript
2025 · npmjs.com · its alternatives →
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TypeScript for the Browser. Contribute to stagas/tsbro development by creating an account on GitHub.
2025 · github.com · its alternatives →
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Hey HN, I’m sharing ts-chan, an NPM package providing Go-like concurrency primitives, including channels and select statements, for TypeScript and JavaScript, supporting Node.js, Deno, Bun, and browsers. This is something I've built to make implementing Go-style "control loops" feasible in JavaScript, but there are many possible applications. Highlights: - Features a FIFO processing Chan class and versatile Select class for concurrency control. - Supports buffered channel and channel close semantics very close to Go's. - TypeScript-first implementation. - Defines a simple "channel protocol"…
2023 · github.com · its alternatives →
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I made an open source, MIT license Typescript library based on some of the latest research that generates prompt injection attacks. It is a super minimal/lightweight and designed to be super easy to use. Keen to hear your thoughts and please be responsible and only pen test systems where you have permission to pen test!
2025 · prompt-injector.blueprintlab.io · its alternatives →
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We've built a new type-stripping compiler for TypeScript source: `ts-blank-space` It's: * 5.6x faster than `tsc` due to zero-codegen * Written in TypeScript * Uses the official TypeScript parser * Accurate/preserved source locations * In used in production It uses the same novel approach that inspired Node 22.6.0's `--experimental-strip-types` functionality, released last month
2024 · bloomberg.github.io · its alternatives →
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tsDoc Generator Technical TSDoc Generator for TypeScript. https://chat.openai.com/g/g-91MAzeHrG-tsdoc-generator PR Assistant I create PR descriptions in Markdown from code, JIRA links, and checklist statuses. https://chat.openai.com/g/g-XgoT3yk6a-pr-assistant
2023 · chat.openai.com · its alternatives →
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The from-scratch guide to building large language models in NodeJS.
9d ago · book.humanexperiences.io · its alternatives →
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Secure, secretless npm publishing CLI via GitHub OIDC
Mar 2026 · npmjs.com · its alternatives →
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I built a cli tool that gets you started with TypeScript development with zero config. Initially created to solve my own problem but thought it might be useful for others as well. - SWC compiler - TypeScript type check support - Live reload support - .env file support - Path alias support - Typescript script runner - REPL support Please tell me I am not going down a rabbit hole.
2022 · github.com · its alternatives →
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Hey HN, I just released github-actions-workflow-ts, an NPM package that allows you to write GitHub Actions workflows in Typescript rather than YAML. The package then generates GH Actions workflow YAML files from your Typescript code. Why? - Type safety - Code re-usability: package and reuse common jobs and steps across different workflows. - Imperative edge: Utilize control flow to control the generation of different kinds of workflows easily. Essentially, I realized that as I write larger and more complicated GH Actions workflows in YAML, they become less readable and thus more prone to…
2023 · github.com · its alternatives →
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jsDocs.io is a documentation host for Javascript and Typescript packages published on npm
2021 · jsdocs.io · its alternatives →
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crates.io serves as a central registry for sharing crates, which are packages or libraries written in Rust that you can use to enhance your projects
2022 · crates.io · its alternatives →
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terrac▲7A minimal private module registry for Terraform and OpenTofu
2024 · github.com · its alternatives →
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I spend a lot of my time writing GitHub Actions. Specifically, I need to script a ton of things. The current way of writing GitHub Actions with YAML is usually fine for small jobs. But for anything complicated, I often find myself in incredibly cursed "shell-in-YAML" situations. This was a major source of bugs for me. Since the "script" was written in YAML, there was actually not an easy way to modularize out the scripting logic to unit test them. Worse, there was zero type safety! For those who work with GitHub Actions frequently, you know how annoying this gets. My ideal GitHub Actions…
Jun 2026 · github.com · its alternatives →
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The NativeAOT port of ExpressJS API. Contribute to tsoniclang/express development by creating an account on GitHub.
Feb 2026 · github.com · its alternatives →
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Hello HN, I built this because I wanted to give Claude Desktop access to my Notion workspace without running a flaky local Python script via stdio. This is a Node.js/Express implementation of the Model Context Protocol (MCP) that uses SSE (Server-Sent Events) for transport. It’s designed to be stateless and deployable as a container (I'm hosting it on Apify, but it works anywhere with Node). The Stack: TypeScript + Express @modelcontextprotocol/sdk Zod for input validation Bearer Auth for security (since it exposes an HTTP endpoint) Capabilities: It allows the LLM to search pages,…
Dec 2025 · github.com · its alternatives →
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Hello, HN! Excited to share Kirimase, a CLI tool I built to scratch a recurring itch: is there a better way to set up my nextjs projects with my essentials packages? If you’ve grappled with the repetitive chore of configuring orm (drizzle orm or prisma), auth (next-auth, clerk or lucia-auth), trpc, shadcn-ui and resend (email), I hope this can help! Features Quick init: Dive straight into development without the mundane initial setup for core packages. Scaffolding: Inspired by the Rails CLI's scaffold feature, Kirimase helps you quickly set up new DB models + controllers (api and trpc…
2023 · github.com · its alternatives →
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