Introduction

The Lx2 Stack

The Lx2 stack is based on the oh-so-popular TNT tech stack. It is comprised of the below technologies, which are the backbone of create-lx2-app:

• TypeScript
• Next.js
• Tailwind CSS

The stack also includes a few of the most popular libraries and tools in the JavaScript, and more specifically, the Next.js/React ecosystem. This following list is still growing as I discover more libraries I want to include.

• Authentication
  • Auth.js
  • BetterAuth
• ORM
  • Prisma ORM
  • Drizzle ORM
• Linting & Formatting
  • Prettier
  • ESLint
  • Biome
• Backend
  • Payload CMS

What is create-lx2-app?

If you are aware of the create-next-app tool (I hope you are...), then you can think of create-lx2-app as an extension of that tool.

I started create-lx2-app primarily for myself. It is a command line interface that generates a new Next.js project with highly opinionated defaults and configurations. When running the CLI you will be prompted to choose from the above list of technologies that you might want to include.

Axioms

This tool leans heavily on the core principles of the T3 Stack, and if you look closely, you will see that it is heavily inspired by it. I believe that the T3 Stack is a great starting point for building web applications, and websites. However, I found that I had different opinions on project setup and configuration, hence why I created create-lx2-app.

Solve the common problems

Different from how the T3 Stack approaches the problem, I wanted to create a tool that does add everything. Of course, I will not be adding every library and tool that exists. However, I will be adding the ones that I find most useful and that will help to get started right and quickly.

Keeping it simple

Now this is a tricky one, considering some of the packages I have chosen to include. But most packages will only come with the initial configuration to get you up and running. create-lx2-app is NOT meant to be a one-size-fits-all solution. Instead it is a highly opinionated starting point.

Developer experience

If the developer experience is bad, then the tool is bad. This is a very subjective statement, but one that I strongly believe in. I believe that if a tool is easy to use, and understand, then it is a good tool. I have tried to make this tool as easy to use as possible, and I hope that you find it useful.

Lastly, typesafety is NOT optional

I share the same sentiment as the maintainers of the T3 Stack, and I believe that Typesafety Isn't Optional. create-lx2-app is built with TypeScript, and it is one of the core technologies in the stack, therefore I believe that typesafety is a must.