Vite Microfrontend CLI

A command-line interface tool for quickly setting up microfrontend projects using Vite and Module Federation with React.

Features

• Create a main host application
• Generate multiple microfrontend projects
• Automatically configure Vite and Module Federation
• Set up basic React components for each microfrontend
• Create a workspace structure for easy management of all projects

Usage

To use the CLI tool, navigate to your preferred directory in your terminal and run:

npx vite-microfrontend-cli <main-project-name> [options]

Arguments

Argument	Description
<main-project-name>	Name of the main project (required)

Options

Option	Description
-n, --number <number>	Number of microfrontends to create (default: 1)

Example

To create a main project named "my-app" with 3 microfrontends:

npx vite-microfrontend-cli my-app -n 3

This will:

1. Prompt you for names for each microfrontend project
2. Create a workspace directory named my-app-workspace
3. Create the specified number of microfrontend projects within the workspace
4. Create the main host application within the workspace
5. Set up Vite configuration for each project
6. Configure Module Federation
7. Create basic React components
8. Set up a parent package.json for managing all projects

Project Structure

After running the command, you'll have the following project structure:

my-app-workspace/
├── package.json
├── my-app-host/           # Main host application
├── my-app-microfrontend1/ # First microfrontend
├── my-app-microfrontend2/ # Second microfrontend
└── my-app-microfrontend3/ # Third microfrontend

Each project will be set up with Vite and configured for Module Federation.

Development

To start development, navigate to the workspace directory and run:

npm run preview-all

Remember to run the remote application and host application in Preview mode when developing instead of Development mode to get the file serving working.

so running npx vite-microfrontend-cli <main-project-name> [options] installs dependencies for all projects, builds them. You don't need to run npm run install-all or npm run build-all separately unless you want to perform these steps individually.

If you do want to run the steps separately, you can use:

npm run install-all
npm run build-all
npm run preview-all

You can also manage each project individually:

1. Navigate to a specific project folder (e.g., cd my-app-host or cd my-app-microfrontend1)
2. Run the following commands as needed:

npm install    # Install dependencies for this project
npm run build  # Build this project
npm run dev    # Start the development server for this project

Building for Production

To build all projects for production, run:

npm run build-all

in the workspace directory.

Type check

To type check and catch errors early, run:

npm run type-check

in the workspace directory.

Contributing

Contributions are welcome! Please feel free to submit a Pull Request.

Troubleshooting

If you encounter any issues during setup or execution, please check the following:

1. Ensure you have the latest version of Node.js and npm installed.
2. Make sure you have sufficient permissions to create directories and install packages.
3. You can connect with me at https://www.linkedin.com/in/ujjwal-tiwari202/

Author

Ujjwal Tiwari

License

This project is licensed under the MIT License.