CLI Reference

tanstack create

Create a new TanStack application. By default creates a TanStack Start app with SSR.

shell

tanstack create [project-name] [options]

Option	Description
--add-ons <ids>	Comma-separated add-on IDs
--template <url-or-id>	Template URL/path or built-in template ID
--package-manager <pm>	npm, pnpm, yarn, bun, deno
--framework <name>	React, Solid
--router-only	Create file-based Router-only app without TanStack Start (add-ons/deployment/template disabled)
--toolchain <id>	Toolchain add-on (use --list-add-ons to see options)
--deployment <id>	Deployment add-on (use --list-add-ons to see options)
--examples / --no-examples	Include or exclude demo/example pages
--tailwind / --no-tailwind	Deprecated compatibility flags; accepted but ignored (Tailwind is always enabled)
--no-git	Skip git init
--no-install	Skip dependency install
-y, --yes	Use defaults, skip prompts
--interactive	Force interactive mode
--target-dir <path>	Custom output directory
-f, --force	Overwrite existing directory
--list-add-ons	List all available add-ons
--addon-details <id>	Show details for specific add-on
--json	Output machine-readable JSON for automation
--add-on-config <json>	JSON string with add-on options

shell

# Examples
tanstack create my-app -y
tanstack create my-app --add-ons clerk,drizzle,tanstack-query
tanstack create my-app --router-only --toolchain eslint --no-examples
tanstack create my-app --template https://example.com/template.json
tanstack create my-app --template ecommerce
tanstack create --list-add-ons --framework React --json
tanstack create --addon-details drizzle --framework React --json

Programmatic generation

Use @tanstack/create/worker in Cloudflare Workers and other edge SSR runtimes. It does not import the generated template manifest at module startup. Instead, provide a loader for the framework and add-on chunks your Worker supports.

The default @tanstack/create export is still the Node/CLI path and scans framework templates from disk. @tanstack/create/edge remains the bundled in-memory manifest path; it is Worker-compatible at runtime, but it imports the full generated manifest and is not appropriate for size-constrained Worker bundles.

import {
  createMemoryEnvironment,
  createWorkerCreate,
  createWorkerManifestLoader,
} from '@tanstack/create/worker'
import { manifestCatalog } from '@tanstack/create/worker-manifest/catalog'

import type {
  WorkerAddOnManifestModule,
  WorkerFrameworkManifestModule,
} from '@tanstack/create/worker'

const frameworkLoaders: Record<
  string,
  () => Promise<WorkerFrameworkManifestModule>
> = {
  react: () => import('@tanstack/create/worker-manifest/frameworks/react'),
}

const addOnLoaders: Record<
  string,
  Record<string, () => Promise<WorkerAddOnManifestModule>>
> = {
  react: {
    'tanstack-query': () =>
      import(
        '@tanstack/create/worker-manifest/frameworks/react/add-ons/tanstack-query'
      ),
    cloudflare: () =>
      import(
        '@tanstack/create/worker-manifest/frameworks/react/add-ons/cloudflare'
      ),
  },
}

const create = createWorkerCreate(
  createWorkerManifestLoader({
    loadCatalog: async () => manifestCatalog,
    async loadFramework(frameworkId) {
      const load = frameworkLoaders[frameworkId]
      if (!load) throw new Error(`Unsupported framework: ${frameworkId}`)
      return load()
    },
    async loadAddOn(frameworkId, addOnId) {
      const load = addOnLoaders[frameworkId]?.[addOnId]
      if (!load) throw new Error(`Unsupported add-on: ${addOnId}`)
      return load()
    },
  }),
)

const framework = await create.getFrameworkById('react')
const chosenAddOns = await create.finalizeAddOns(framework!, 'file-router', [
  'tanstack-query',
  'cloudflare',
])
const addOnOptions = create.populateAddOnOptionsDefaults(chosenAddOns)
const { environment, output } = createMemoryEnvironment('/app')

await create.createApp(environment, {
  projectName: 'app',
  targetDir: '/app',
  framework: framework!,
  mode: 'file-router',
  typescript: true,
  tailwind: true,
  packageManager: 'pnpm',
  git: false,
  install: false,
  intent: false,
  chosenAddOns,
  addOnOptions,
})

// output.files contains generated files for ZIP creation.

tanstack add

Add add-ons to an existing project.

shell

tanstack add [add-on...] [options]

Option	Description
--forced	Force add-on installation even if conflicts exist

shell

# Examples
tanstack add clerk drizzle
tanstack add tanstack-query,tanstack-form

Visual setup is available at https://tanstack.com/builder.

tanstack add-on

Create and manage custom add-ons.

init

Extract add-on from current project:

shell

tanstack add-on init

Creates .add-on/ folder with info.json and assets/.

compile

Rebuild after changes:

shell

tanstack add-on compile

See Creating Add-ons for full guide.

tanstack template

Create reusable project templates.

init

shell

tanstack template init

Creates template-info.json and template.json.

compile

shell

tanstack template compile

See Templates for full guide.

tanstack libraries

List TanStack libraries with optional group filtering.

shell

tanstack libraries [options]

Option	Description
--group <group>	Filter by group: state, headlessUI, performance, tooling
--json	Output machine-readable JSON

shell

tanstack libraries
tanstack libraries --group state --json

tanstack doc

Fetch a TanStack documentation page by library and path.

shell

tanstack doc <library> <path> [options]

Option	Description
--docs-version <version>	Docs version (default: latest)
--json	Output machine-readable JSON

shell

tanstack doc router framework/react/guide/data-loading
tanstack doc query framework/react/overview --docs-version v5 --json

tanstack search-docs

Search TanStack documentation.

shell

tanstack search-docs <query> [options]

Option	Description
--library <id>	Filter by library ID
--framework <name>	Filter by framework
--limit <n>	Max results (default 10, max 50)
--json	Output machine-readable JSON

shell

tanstack search-docs "server functions" --library start
tanstack search-docs loaders --library router --framework react --json

tanstack ecosystem

List ecosystem partner recommendations.

shell

tanstack ecosystem [options]

Option	Description
--category <category>	Filter by category
--library <id>	Filter by TanStack library
--json	Output machine-readable JSON

shell

tanstack ecosystem --category database
tanstack ecosystem --library router --json

tanstack pin-versions

Pin TanStack package versions to avoid conflicts.

shell

tanstack pin-versions

Removes ^ from version ranges for TanStack packages and adds any missing peer dependencies.

Configuration

Projects include .tanstack.json:

json

{
  "version": 1,
  "projectName": "my-app",
  "framework": "react",
  "mode": "file-router",
  "typescript": true,
  "tailwind": true,
  "packageManager": "pnpm",
  "chosenAddOns": ["tanstack-query", "clerk"]
}