Stop Overengineering Your TypeScript Starters

If you build TypeScript projects regularly, you’ve probably experienced this: You just want to start a simple project… But instead you get: 30+ config files Opinionated architecture Framework-specific setup Tools you don’t need Build complexity before writing code What should take 10 seconds takes 10 minutes. The Problem With Most TypeScript Starters Many templates are built with good intentions. But they often: Assume enterprise-level needs Add premature abstraction Lock you into tooling choices Introduce unnecessary boilerplate For small libraries, APIs, CLI tools, or experiments, this is overkill. What I Actually Needed Most of the time, I just want: TypeScript configured correctly A clean src/index.ts tsx for fast development Optional ESLint / Prettier ESM or CommonJS choice Minimal scripts No frameworks. No magic. Just a clean starting point. So I Built a Minimal CLI I created ts-package-init . a small TypeScript project initializer focused on simplicity. It scaffolds: Base TypeSc