Building A CLI App With TypeScript & Bun: A Step-by-Step Guide
Building a CLI app with TypeScript & Bun: Create a CLI that uploads files/dir to Amazon S3 using meow & Bun's S3 client. Package & publish as npm module for easy distribution. A comprehensive guide covering all aspects of building a CLI app.
A command-line interface (CLI) is a program that runs in the terminal. It takes user inputs, processes commands, and executes system functions. In the early days of computing, the terminal was the only way to interact with a computer. Today, most users rely on graphical user interfaces (GUIs) for their computer usage—some don’t even know there was a time like that :). However, as a software developer, the CLI is a key part of your development toolbelt. We use it frequently for library installations, Docker setups, and several other automations that are impractical to do with GUIs. This tutoria...