An npm-init and npx wrapper that runs the Easy-UI5 Yeoman generator without a global Yeoman install, handing control to generator-easy-ui5 and forwarding any arguments.
A Yeoman generator normally needs Yeoman and the generator itself installed globally before it can scaffold anything. create-easy-ui5 wraps the Easy-UI5 generator so it can instead be run through npm init easy-ui5, npx create-easy-ui5, or its own easy-ui5 binary once installed globally — three entry points that all do the same thing. On each run it creates a Yeoman environment, looks up the easy-ui5:app generator from generator-easy-ui5, and hands control to it, forwarding any arguments; the scaffolding, prompts and templates themselves live there. It needs Node.js 20.17 or later.
GeneratorsUI5GeneratorscapabilityGetting from nothing to a project that runs, and from a project that runs to one that has the piece you just decided you need. Two different moments: the first is a one-time decision about layout, the second recurs for the life of the project.
Requires
generator-easy-ui5generator-easy-ui5artifactSupplies the actual project scaffolding, prompts and template logic; this wrapper only sets up Yeoman and hands control to it.
Who is behind it
UI5 CommunityUI5 CommunityOrganisationMaintains this In the atlas: maintains 69@ui5-communitymaintainerPeter MuessigPersonContributes to this In the atlas: maintains 14, contributes to 80, wrote 1@petermuessigViktor SperlingPersonContributes to this In the atlas: contributes to 2@viktorsperling2 contributors
What it declares
Every artifact
Type
Generator
Origin
By a community org
Runtime
Node.js
declared
As a generator
Generates
A new project
declared, What it creates when you run it., read so you can scaffold a new UI5 project without installing Yeoman or the generator globally first — create-easy-ui5 — README, 2026-10-18
Run with
npm init or npxIts own command
declared, How you run it, as its documentation says., read npm init easy-ui5 [template] — create-easy-ui5 — README, 2026-10-18easy-ui5 [template] — create-easy-ui5 — README, 2026-10-18
Distributed through
npm
declared, How the generator is installed, as its documentation says., read npx create-easy-ui5 [template] — create-easy-ui5 — README, 2026-10-18
Connections2
Group by
NodeRelationConditionBasis
Functional1
GeneratorsGeneratorscapabilityStarting a project, and adding pieces to one that runsSAP and community, narrow by design
→provides
Makes the Easy-UI5 Yeoman generator runnable through npm init, npx or a standalone binary, without a global Yeoman or generator install first.
provides Generators
Functional, stated
For
Makes the Easy-UI5 Yeoman generator runnable through npm init, npx or a standalone binary, without a global Yeoman or generator install first.
Basis
“`create-easy-ui5` is a thin wrapper that makes the Easy-UI5 generator available
through `npm init`, `npx`, and a standalone `easy-ui5` binary — so you can
scaffold a new UI5 project without installing Yeoman or the generator globally
first.”ui5-community/create-easy-ui5 — README, checked
stated
provides Generators
Functional, stated
For
Makes the Easy-UI5 Yeoman generator runnable through npm init, npx or a standalone binary, without a global Yeoman or generator install first.
Basis
“`create-easy-ui5` is a thin wrapper that makes the Easy-UI5 generator available
through `npm init`, `npx`, and a standalone `easy-ui5` binary — so you can
scaffold a new UI5 project without installing Yeoman or the generator globally
first.”ui5-community/create-easy-ui5 — README, checked
Starting a project, and adding pieces to one that runs
Technical1
generator-easy-ui5generator-easy-ui5generatorYeoman meta-generator for scaffolding UI5 projectscommunity org, ui5
→needs
Supplies the actual project scaffolding, prompts and template logic; this wrapper only sets up Yeoman and hands control to it.
needs generator-easy-ui5
Technical, stated
For
Supplies the actual project scaffolding, prompts and template logic; this wrapper only sets up Yeoman and hands control to it.
Basis
“the actual project scaffolding, prompts, and template logic all
live in [`generator-easy-ui5`](https://github.com/SAP/generator-easy-ui5)”ui5-community/create-easy-ui5 — README, checked
stated
needs generator-easy-ui5
Technical, stated
For
Supplies the actual project scaffolding, prompts and template logic; this wrapper only sets up Yeoman and hands control to it.
Basis
“the actual project scaffolding, prompts, and template logic all
live in [`generator-easy-ui5`](https://github.com/SAP/generator-easy-ui5)”ui5-community/create-easy-ui5 — README, checked
Yeoman meta-generator for scaffolding UI5 projects
npm-init wrapper for the Easy-UI5 Yeoman generator.
create-easy-ui5 is a thin wrapper that makes the Easy-UI5 generator available
through npm init, npx, and a standalone easy-ui5 binary — so you can
scaffold a new UI5 project without installing Yeoman or the generator globally
first. It automatically picks up all available
UI5 Community generators.
Quick Start
You can use any of the three entry points below — they all do the same thing.
Pick whichever fits your workflow.
# 1. via npm init (no install required)npm init easy-ui5 [template]# 2. via npx (no install required)npx create-easy-ui5 [template]# 3. via the installed binarynpm install -g create-easy-ui5easy-ui5 [template]
If you omit [template], Easy-UI5 will prompt you to pick one interactively.
Requirements
Node.js ≥ 20.17 (LTS). See DEPENDENCIES.md for the
rationale behind this floor.
How it works
create-easy-ui5 does three things on every invocation:
Creates a fresh Yeoman environment in the current working directory.
Looks up the easy-ui5:app generator from generator-easy-ui5 (or any
compatible generator already installed locally / globally).
Hands control over to that generator, forwarding any CLI arguments you
passed in.
That's it — the actual project scaffolding, prompts, and template logic all
live in generator-easy-ui5 and
the UI5 Community generators.
If you hit something that looks like a template bug, please report it there.
#112256be8 Thanks @petermuessig! - fix: declare yeoman-environment as a direct dependency, upgrade to generator-easy-ui5@^3.10.0
index.js requires yeoman-environment directly, but it was only being
resolved transitively via generator-easy-ui5. Depending on how npm laid
out the global install tree, that nested copy was not always reachable
from create-easy-ui5/index.js, surfacing as Error: Cannot find module 'yeoman-environment' on easy-ui5 startup.
Declare yeoman-environment as a direct runtime dep and bump
generator-easy-ui5 to ^3.10.0, which itself pins yeoman-environment@^6.1.0
— so npm dedupes to a single copy. The ^6.1.0 bump also clears the
previously-known GHSA-vv9j-gjw2-j8wp advisory (the workaround that
allowlisted it in the dependency-review gate has been removed).
#3531c3b0 Thanks @petermuessig! - Bump minimum Node.js version to 20.17. Required by transitive
yeoman-environment@5.x (engines: ^20.17.0 || >=22.9.0) which
generator-easy-ui5@3.9.1 resolves to, and by lint-staged@16.x
(engines: >=20.17). See DEPENDENCIES.md for the full rationale.
Patch Changes
#539679b7 Thanks @petermuessig! - Harden the repository against Shai-Hulud-class supply-chain attacks:
Pin every GitHub Action to a commit SHA (with a tag comment for
visibility).
Install dependencies with npm ci --ignore-scripts in CI; set
HUSKY_SKIP so our own prepare script doesn't run there either.
Add dependency-review-action to the PR pipeline (fails on
high-severity advisories).
Add .github/dependabot.yml for the npm and github-actions
ecosystems with weekly cadence and grouped patch/minor PRs.
Add .npmrc with engine-strict=true, save-exact=true,
package-lock=true.
Add a "files": ["index.js"] allow-list to package.json — the
published tarball is now exactly index.js, package.json,
README.md, and LICENSE.
New SECURITY.md documenting the controls and the out-of-band
hardening still to be done in the GitHub/npm UI.
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