A zero-configuration React application bundler built on Parcel. The current stable version is 1.3.1. It provides a CLI to scaffold and build React apps with minimal setup. Quick initialization via `fast-react-cli init <projectName>` followed by `npm run serve` for development and `npm run build` for production. Known for its simplicity and speed, it abstracts away Parcel configuration. However, it relies on additional manual steps for image handling (Sharp/libvips). Compared to CRA or Vite, it offers less community support and documentation.
npm install fast-react-cliVerified import paths — ran on the pinned version, not inferred.
Scaffold a new React project with default template and start development server.
Download libvips-8.9.0-xxx.tar.gz and libvips-8.10.5-xxx.tar.br into your npm cache _libvips folder.
Check package.json and pin parcel version if needed.
Upgrade Node.js to LTS version.
npm install @parcel/transformer-image
Set npm config set strict-ssl false temporarily or add sharp as a dependency manually.
Run `npm install -g fast-react-cli` or use npx.