Quick start

Create a multi-page Markless app with npm create markless, start it, and click the starter counter.

One page in one tab works. For many pages, start from a starter app.

The starters are multi-page apps built with @markless/router. Each file in pages/ becomes a URL. The router renders each page on a server first, with Nitro. If you want no server at all, use the browser-only setup.

Before you start

You need Node.js ^20.19.0 or >=22.12.0.

Create the app

Run the create command

npm create markless@latest

The command asks what you are building, a name, and a runtime. Pick Learn Markless, the default. It writes nothing until you pick Create app.

Start the dev server

cd my-markless-app
npm run dev

Open the page

Open http://localhost:5173. You see a Markless Router heading and a Count 0 button. Click it.

Notice that the button text changes and nothing else does. This is the same counter as before, now inside an app.

npm create markless@latest installs version 0.4.0 today. These docs follow the repo at 0.5.0.

Skip the questions

Pass a name and --yes to accept the defaults:

npm create markless@latest my-app -- --yes

Add --starter to pick another starter:

Starter	Prompt label	What you get
`minimal`	Learn Markless	One counter page. This is the default.
`app`	Build an app	A `document.tsrx`, plus 404 and 500 pages.
`full-stack`	Full-stack app	The `app` starter, plus `api/` and `middleware/`.
`docs`	Write docs	An MDX docs site with a layout and a sidebar.

Other flags: --format node|deno|bun, --no-install, --no-git, and --agents none.

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