create-primitiv-ui

create-primitiv-ui

Set up Primitiv UI in an existing Vite or Next.js project with a single command.

Usage

# pnpm
pnpm create primitiv-ui

# npm
npm create primitiv-ui@latest

# yarn / bun
yarn create primitiv-ui
bun create primitiv-ui

This runs primitiv init via npx primitiv-ui@latest init — no local install needed. It walks you through choosing a stylesheet format, brand colour, and styles path, then writes primitiv.json and generates the shared token layer.

Any arguments you pass are forwarded to primitiv init:

pnpm create primitiv-ui --yes           # accept all defaults
pnpm create primitiv-ui --format scss   # choose SCSS up front

Once set up, add components with:

pnpm dlx primitiv-ui@latest add button
# or: npx primitiv-ui@latest add button

Needs a real Node environment. The CLI runs a native binary, so this won't work in StackBlitz / WebContainer. Use local, a Codespace, or Docker.

Part of the Primitiv design system.