CLI

Commands

The bionicjs CLI is small by design. A project is created once and then driven by two commands.

Command	What it does
npx bionicjs init	Scaffold a new project from the base and selected templates
npx bionicjs dev	Start the Vite client and Nitro server together with HMR
npx bionicjs build	Build the client, server, and Python layer into .output/

dev

bionicjs dev starts both processes: Vite on the client for HMR, Nitro on the server, with the /api proxy between them. One terminal, one origin, everything watched.

build

bionicjs build compiles the full application — client bundle, server handlers, and Python runtime — into the standard .output/ directory that every deployment target consumes.

init

init applies the base template first, then each template you select in order, merging files according to the merge strategy. Re-running it is safe: existing files are honored.