The Jengo Installer

The Jengo Installer (jengo new) is a powerful, interactive CLI tool designed to scaffold your entire application in seconds.

Interactive Mode

By default, running jengo new <app-name> triggers an interactive wizard. The wizard will ask you to select:

1. Starter Kit: Choose between the Default PHP kit or modern SPAs (React, Vue, Svelte).
2. Package Manager: Select npm, pnpm, or yarn.
3. TypeScript: Decide if you want full TypeScript support (strongly recommended for SPAs).
4. The Gatekeeper: Opt-in to install our CodeIgniter Shield auth integration.
5. The Vault: Opt-in to establish our API foundation.
6. Tailwind CSS: Decide if you want Tailwind installed and configured.

Non-Interactive Mode (CI/CD)

For automated setups or if you already know exactly what you want, you can pass your preferences directly via command-line flags. The installer will skip the prompts for any options provided.

Example: React SPA with Auth

jengo new my-app --kit=react --auth --pm=pnpm

Available Flags

• --kit=<name>: default, react, vue, or svelte.
• --auth: Installs the CodeIgniter Shield integration.
• --api: Installs the Jengo API suite.
• --ts: Installs TypeScript support and configurations.
• --no-tailwind: Skips Tailwind CSS installation.
• --pm=<manager>: npm, pnpm, or yarn.
• --force (-f): Overwrites the target directory if it already exists.

Current Directory Installation

If you've already created an empty directory and want to scaffold Jengo inside it, you can pass . as the application name:

mkdir my-app
cd my-app
jengo new .

The installer will automatically name your application based on the current folder's name.