Reepolee is currently in alpha. While it is stable, APIs may change as a result of rapid ongoing development.
Zero ceremony.
Ship business apps fast.
Reepolee is a template for Bun applications with zero runtime dependencies. Powered by the Ree templating language and Tailwind CSS, it simplifies the entire build pipeline so you can ship business apps fast.
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No boilerplate. Routes, middleware, and views wire up in minutes so you ship faster.
Get Started
Reepolee is currently closed alpha. Invited participants receive a tagged release archive by email, unpack it, and run the install script, which pulls in the dev dependencies, writes your .env, and initialises a local SQLite database so the app runs straight away.
Receive the release archive
Reepolee ships as a tagged release archive rather than a package. During closed alpha, invited participants receive the .tar.gz archive by email.
Unpack the archive you received
tar -xzf reepolee.tar.gz
Run the install script
One script installs the global tooling and project dependencies, writes your .env, and initialises a local SQLite database:
bun reepolee:install
Set up your database (optional)
A SQLite database is ready out of the box. To switch database, seed example data, or create an admin user, the interactive tool walks each step:
bun reeman
Run in development
bun dev
Run in production
bun start
No runtime dependencies
Generators
Scaffold entire CRUD resources from your database schema. The generator introspects tables and writes routes, queries, validation, and templates, and wires up navigation automatically. It ships in-tree - there's nothing to install.
Launch the Resource Manager
The interactive reeman tool is the recommended way in. It opens a grouped menu - generate a single table, schema only, CRUD only, bulk CRUD across many tables, all tables, or auto-detected nested children; plus simple pages, database/session config, "Run SQL file", route removal, "Refresh CRUD", "Add language", and a guided Quick Start:
bun reeman
Or run the full pipeline from the CLI
Introspects your database, generates schemas and all CRUD routes + templates:
bun generator/resource all
Or target a specific table
Run the schema and CRUD steps independently. Add --force to overwrite existing files, --translate to auto-translate labels (OpenRouter / Ollama / Hugging Face), --prefix <name> to scope under a sub-path, or --parent <table> for a nested child:
bun generator/resource schema frameworks # introspect DB → schema files
bun generator/resource crud frameworks # CRUD routes + templates
bun generator/resource crud frameworks --force # overwrite existing files
bun generator/resource crud frameworks --refresh-fields # only regen field sections
bun generator/resource all --translate # full pipeline + AI translation
Validation is generated as a Zod schema in schema/validation_server.ts. Add custom rules there - the error strings are translation keys:
export const schema = z.object({
// generated fields, plus your own rules:
country_code: z.enum(["SI", "DE", "HR"], { message: "country_code_invalid" }),
});
Explore the ecosystem
Reepolee is a small family of tools that work together. Explore the others - each has its own documentation.
