Recreate captures one rendered page and turns it into local assets, responsive evidence, animation data, and clean React components.

Install

npm

npm install --global recreate-cli
recreate install

The npm command installs a small launcher that downloads the validated native binary for the current platform. The native CLI then keeps itself updated from the recreate-main release.

Windows

$dir = "$HOME\.recreate\bin"
New-Item -ItemType Directory -Force $dir | Out-Null
curl.exe -L https://github.com/czearing/recreate/releases/download/recreate-main/recreate-windows-x86_64.exe -o "$dir\recreate.exe"
& "$dir\recreate.exe" install

macOS and Linux

mkdir -p "$HOME/.recreate/bin"
# Download the matching binary from the recreate-main release, then:
chmod +x "$HOME/.recreate/bin/recreate"
"$HOME/.recreate/bin/recreate" install

The installer adds a personal /recreate skill for GitHub Copilot CLI and Claude Code and installs the independent backtester beside the native CLI. Users access it only through recreate backtest; its companion process and installation path are internal details. The native binary checks GitHub Releases for validated updates on every invocation.

Capture

Open authenticated or access-controlled sources in Recreate's visible browser:

recreate open https://example.com

After access is complete, instrument and reload that same authenticated target to capture startup motion:

recreate capture --reuse --reload

Recreate remembers the tab opened by recreate open; target IDs and browser debugging addresses are internal details. Advanced overrides are documented in docs/reference.md.

Compare any source and recreation URLs, including localhost:

recreate backtest run --source https://example.com --recreation http://localhost:8080

Add --focus "toolbar" to isolate one semantic region while debugging.

Recreate writes:

• spec.json
• acceptance.json
• source screenshots for each viewport
• local assets and fonts
• react/ with semantic component folders, JSX, and CSS

Verify

Start the generated React project, then compare it with the captured evidence:

recreate verify --spec recreate-output/spec.json --url http://127.0.0.1:5173

See the reference for the full command surface.

License

MIT