create-owd

Scaffolds a new Nuxt Desktop project (Open Web Desktop / @owdproject/core).

Usage

npm create owd
# or
npm create owd my-desktop

Equivalent after installing @owdproject/core:

desktop init my-desktop

What happens

1. Copies the official template (from owdproject/client or a local template/ in dev)
2. Runs pnpm install
3. Opens desktop ui automatically in interactive terminals (skipped in CI)

After setup

cd my-desktop
pnpm desktop ui    # control panel (apps, themes, modules)
pnpm run dev       # Nuxt dev server only

Install mode defaults to User (npm) — see .owd/settings.json in your project.

Add apps, modules, and themes

pnpm desktop add @owdproject/app-todo
pnpm desktop add @owdproject/module-fs
pnpm desktop add @owdproject/theme-win95

Development

From the OWD client monorepo, sync the shared scaffold before publishing:

node create-owd/scripts/vendor-scaffold.js

prepack runs this automatically when publishing create-owd to npm.