Fast Expo App

⚡ Lightning-fast CLI to create production-ready React Native apps with modern best practices

Quick Start • Features • Documentation • Contributing

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🚀 Quick Start

Create a new React Native app with one command:

bunx fast-expo-app@latest

Or with npm:

npx fast-expo-app@latest

That's it! The CLI will guide you through the setup process and let you choose which features to include.

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✨ Features

🎯 Core Stack (Always Included)

• ⚡ Expo SDK 54 - Latest Expo with New Architecture enabled
• ⚛️ React Native 0.81 - Modern React Native with Fabric renderer
• 🔥 TypeScript 5.9 - Strict type-safety out of the box
• 📁 Expo Router v6 - File-based routing with typed routes
• 💾 MMKV v4 - Ultra-fast storage with Nitro Modules (~30x faster than AsyncStorage)
• 📱 react-native-edge-to-edge - Modern edge-to-edge display

🎨 Styling Options (Choose One)

NativeWind v4 🌊

• Tailwind CSS v3 for React Native
• Utility-first CSS framework
• 2-theme system (light/dark)
• Dark mode with persistent storage

Unistyles v3 💎

• Type-safe styling solution
• 3-theme system (light/dark/premium)
• Runtime theme switching
• Breakpoints support
• Better performance

Uniwind v1.2 ✨ (NEW)

• Tailwind CSS v4 for React Native
• Live theme switching with Uniwind.setTheme()
• 3-theme system (light/dark/premium)
• CSS variables for dynamic theming
• Type-safe with auto-generated types

🔧 Optional Modules

Pick what you need during setup:

• 🌐 TanStack Query v5 - Powerful data fetching with MMKV persistence
• 🔄 Zustand - Lightweight state management with MMKV storage
• 🛠️ expo-dev-client - Enhanced debugging with native logs
• 🧪 Jest - Unit testing framework

🎁 Pre-configured

• 🌓 Theme System - Light/Dark/Premium modes with MMKV persistence
• 🎯 Absolute Imports - Clean imports with @/ prefix
• 📏 Code Quality - ESLint + Prettier pre-configured
• 🔐 New Architecture - Fabric renderer enabled
• 📱 SafeArea - Proper insets handling
• 🎭 Animations - React Native Reanimated ready
• ⌨️ Keyboard - Smart keyboard handling

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📦 What's Inside

This monorepo contains:

fast-expo-app/
├── cli/                      # CLI source code and templates
│   ├── src/                  # CLI TypeScript source
│   ├── templates/            # Project templates
│   │   └── base/             # Base Expo + NativeWind template
│   └── modules/              # Optional modules (coming soon)
├── packages/
│   └── fast-expo-app/        # Published npm package
├── www/                      # Landing page (Next.js)
├── docs/                     # Documentation
├── get_started.sh            # Install all dependencies
└── clean.sh                  # Clean all build artifacts

/cli

The CLI source code, templates, and modules:

• src/ - TypeScript source code for the CLI
• templates/base/ - The React Native template that gets copied
• modules/ - Optional features users can include (future)

/packages/fast-expo-app

The npm package fast-expo-app - the CLI tool that scaffolds new projects. This is what gets published to npm.

/www

The landing page built with Next.js, showcasing the CLI and providing documentation.

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📚 Documentation

• Quick Start Guide - Get started quickly
• CLI Package - CLI documentation
• CLI Source - CLI development guide
• Contributing Guide - How to contribute
• AGENTS.md - Complete project documentation for AI assistants

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🏃 Development

Prerequisites

• Node.js 22+ (LTS recommended)
• Bun (highly recommended) or npm
• Java 17+
• Xcode (for iOS development)
• Android Studio (for Android development)

Setup Monorepo

# Clone the repository
git clone https://github.com/Teczer/expo-react-native-nativewind-typescript-boilerplate.git
cd expo-react-native-nativewind-typescript-boilerplate

# Install all dependencies (root, cli, www, template)
bun run get_started
# or
./get_started.sh

Available Scripts

# 🚀 Get Started
bun run get_started          # Install dependencies in all packages

# 🧹 Clean
bun run clean                # Remove all node_modules and build artifacts
bun run clean:cli            # Clean CLI package only
bun run clean:www            # Clean website only
bun run clean:template       # Clean template only

# 🔨 Build
bun run build                # Build all packages
bun run build:cli            # Build CLI only
bun run build:www            # Build website only

# 💻 Development
bun run dev                  # Run all in dev mode
bun run dev:cli              # Watch CLI changes
bun run dev:www              # Run website in dev mode

# 📱 Template Testing
bun run template:start       # Start Expo in template
bun run template:ios         # Run template on iOS
bun run template:android     # Run template on Android

# ✨ Code Quality
bun run format               # Format all files with Prettier
bun run format:check         # Check formatting
bun run lint                 # Run linters

Work on Template

# Test the base template
cd cli/templates/base
bun install
bun start

Work on CLI

# 1. Build the CLI from source
bun run build:cli

# 2. Test the CLI locally (choose one method):

# Method 1: Use the test script (easiest - recommended)
# From monorepo root:
bun run test:cli
# The CLI will prompt you for project name and options
# Navigate to the directory where you want to create the project first if needed

Note: Method 1 (bun run test:cli) is the simplest - just build and run!

Work on Website

# Run website in development
bun run dev:www

# Build website
bun run build:www

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🤝 Contributing

We welcome contributions! Please see our Contributing Guide for details.

Quick Contribution Steps

1. Fork the repository
2. Create your feature branch (git checkout -b feature/amazing-feature)
3. Commit your changes (git commit -m 'feat: add amazing feature')
4. Push to the branch (git push origin feature/amazing-feature)
5. Open a Pull Request

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📈 Project Stats

• 80+ GitHub Stars ⭐
• 26+ Forks 🍴
• v3.2.0 - Added Uniwind styling with Tailwind v4
• Active Development 🚀

🆕 What's New in v3.2.0

• ✨ Uniwind v1.2 - New styling option with Tailwind CSS v4
• 🎨 3 styling choices - NativeWind v4, Unistyles v3, or Uniwind v1.2
• 🔄 Live theme switching - Uniwind.setTheme() for instant updates
• 🎭 3-theme system - Light/Dark/Premium with CSS variables
• 📦 Tailwind v4 - Modern CSS-first configuration
• 🔧 Proper theme variants - @layer theme with @variant blocks

v3.0.0 Highlights

• ✨ Unistyles v3 support with 3-theme system
• 💾 MMKV mandatory - Included by default (~30x faster)
• 🎯 Theme persistence - Automatic saving with MMKV
• 🔧 Better architecture - Cleaner file structure
• 🚀 Performance - Nitro Modules and Worklets

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📄 License

This project is licensed under the MIT License - see the LICENSE file for details.

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🔗 Links

• Website: fast-expo-app
• npm Package: npmjs.com/package/fast-expo-app
• GitHub: github.com/Teczer/fast-expo-app

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