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# I built a CLI that scaffolds any stack in one command — pic-li

[#cli](https://dev.to/t/cli)[#productivity](https://dev.to/t/productivity)[#showdev](https://dev.to/t/showdev)[#tooling](https://dev.to/t/tooling)

# [](https://dev.to/dhaya_10/i-built-a-cli-that-scaffolds-any-stack-in-one-command-pic-li-41l#i-built-a-cli-that-scaffolds-any-stack-in-one-command) I built a CLI that scaffolds any stack in one command

Every time I started a new project I was doing the same things:

* Create folders
* Install dependencies
* Write the same boilerplate config
* Set up .env files
* Initialize git

Multiply that by FastAPI, React, Spring Boot, Flutter — it gets old fast.

So I built **pic-li**.

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