node

generators

npm init

simple and built in

https://docs.npmjs.com/cli/init

https://github.com/npm/init-package-json

npm init <initializer>can be used to set up a new or existing npm package.

initializerin this case is an npm package namedcreate-<initializer>, which will be installed bynpx, and then have its main bin executed -- presumably creating or updatingpackage.jsonand running any other initialization-related operations.