Plop
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The facts
Each one read from Plop's own pages, with the date it was checked.
What it does
- Command line
- Plop runs from the terminal and can list generators or run one by name.checked 10 Oct 2026
- Custom actions
- Developers can register custom action types and use action functions, including asynchronous functions.checked 10 Oct 2026
- Documentation status
- The documentation says it is a work in progress and invites users to share ideas.checked 10 Oct 2026
- File actions
- Built-in actions can add one or many files, modify files, and append content.checked 5 Oct 2026
- Generated files
- A generator can ask questions and perform actions such as adding, modifying, or appending files.checked 10 Oct 2026
- Installation
- The documentation shows installing Plop as a project development dependency or globally with npm.checked 10 Oct 2026
- License
- The project repository identifies its license as MIT.checked 10 Oct 2026
- Overwrite behavior
- By default, an add action fails instead of overwriting an existing file; a force option can enable overwriting.checked 10 Oct 2026
- Prompts and templates
- Plop connects Inquirer prompts with Handlebars templates.checked 10 Oct 2026
- Purpose
- Plop is a micro-generator framework for generating code and other flat text files consistently.checked 10 Oct 2026
- Template helpers
- Built-in helpers include case conversions such as camelCase, snakeCase, dashCase, and titleCase.checked 10 Oct 2026
- TypeScript
- Plop bundles TypeScript declarations and documents TypeScript plopfiles, with Node.js v22.18+ supporting them without extra setup.checked 10 Oct 2026
- Workflow
- Users define generators in a plopfile and run them from the terminal by typing `plop`.checked 5 Oct 2026
The company
- Maker
- The homepage copyright line credits Andrew Worcester.checked 10 Oct 2026
- Team use
- Generators let teams create files using patterns that represent their current best practices.checked 10 Oct 2026
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