generated: '2026-07-21'
method: searched
source: npm registry (create-zenbu-app / create-desktop-app) + zenbulabs.mintlify.app quickstart
name: Zenbu CLI Scaffolders
description: >-
  Zenbu does not ship a single hosted-service CLI; its command-line surface is a
  pair of npm `create-*` scaffolders that bootstrap a new hackable Zenbu.js app or
  desktop app. The generated project is then developed and hot-reloaded locally.
type: scaffolder
binaries:
- name: create-zenbu-app
  invoke: npm create zenbu-app
  package: create-zenbu-app
  version: 0.0.37
  purpose: Scaffold a new Zenbu.js hackable application project.
- name: create-desktop-app
  invoke: npm create desktop-app
  package: create-desktop-app
  version: 0.1.5
  purpose: >-
    Scaffold a new Zenbu.js desktop app (Electron shell). Marketing wrapper around
    create-zenbu-app.
install:
- method: npm
  command: npm create zenbu-app
- method: npm
  command: npm create desktop-app
docs: https://zenbulabs.mintlify.app/quickstart
notes: >-
  Binaries are distributed via npm (see packages/zenbu-2-packages.yml). There is
  no authenticated API CLI because Zenbu exposes no hosted HTTP API.