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t3-oss/create-t3-app

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28,881TypeScriptAudience · developerComplexity · 3/5Setup · moderate

TLDR

create-t3-app is a command-line tool that scaffolds a full-stack TypeScript web app with Next.js, tRPC, Prisma, and NextAuth pre-configured and wired together, so you start writing features on day one instead of spending days setting up integrations.

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    What it does
      Scaffolds full-stack apps
      Pre-wires integrations
      Interactive CLI prompts
    Tech stack
      Next.js
      TypeScript
      tRPC
      Prisma
      NextAuth
    Use cases
      New web projects
      Type-safe APIs
      Auth setup
    Audience
      Full-stack developers
      TypeScript users
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What do people build with it?

USE CASE 1

Generate a full-stack web app starter where type safety flows from your database schema all the way to React browser components.

USE CASE 2

Start a project with user authentication and database access already set up so you can build features immediately.

USE CASE 3

Build a TypeScript web app where your editor catches API contract mismatches between the server and browser before you run the code.

What is it built with?

TypeScriptNext.jstRPCPrismaNextAuthNode.js

How does it compare?

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Complexity3/53/52/5
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How do you get it running?

Difficulty · moderate Time to first run · 30min

Requires Node.js and choosing a database provider for Prisma before the generated app runs end-to-end.

In plain English

create-t3-app is a command-line tool for scaffolding new full-stack web applications using TypeScript and Next.js. Running it generates a ready-to-use project with your choice of popular tools pre-configured and wired together, saving the time and error-prone work of integrating them by hand. The "T3 stack" refers to a particular combination of technologies: Next.js (a React-based framework for building web apps that handles both the browser-side interface and server-side logic), TypeScript (a version of JavaScript that adds type checking to catch errors before runtime), and tRPC (a library for calling server-side functions from the browser with full type safety, meaning the editor can warn you if you pass the wrong kind of data across that boundary). The stack also typically includes Prisma for database access and NextAuth for authentication. The tool presents a short interactive prompt where you select which of these optional pieces you want included, then generates a project folder with everything configured and connected. The result is a starting point where TypeScript types flow from the database schema through the server code all the way to the browser components, reducing whole categories of bugs. This is aimed at developers who want to build a web application with modern tooling and don't want to spend days configuring integrations before writing any application code. It runs via npx or another Node.js package runner, requires no global installation, and produces TypeScript code.

Copy-paste prompts

Prompt 1
I just scaffolded a create-t3-app project. Show me how to add a new tRPC router that fetches and returns a list of users from a Prisma database table.
Prompt 2
Add a protected page to my T3 app that requires NextAuth login to access and displays the signed-in user's name and email.
Prompt 3
I'm using create-t3-app with Prisma. Write the schema and migration for a Posts table and show me how to query it via a tRPC procedure.
Prompt 4
Explain the type safety chain in the T3 stack from the Prisma schema through the tRPC router to a React component, with a working code example.

Frequently asked questions

What is create-t3-app?

create-t3-app is a command-line tool that scaffolds a full-stack TypeScript web app with Next.js, tRPC, Prisma, and NextAuth pre-configured and wired together, so you start writing features on day one instead of spending days setting up integrations.

What language is create-t3-app written in?

Mainly TypeScript. The stack also includes TypeScript, Next.js, tRPC.

How hard is create-t3-app to set up?

Setup difficulty is rated moderate, with roughly 30min to a first successful run.

Who is create-t3-app for?

Mainly developer.

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