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@nx/angular:application

Creates an Angular application.

Examples

Create an application named my-app:

1nx g @nx/angular:application apps/my-app 2

Usage

1nx generate application ... 2
1nx g app ... #same 2

By default, Nx will search for application in the default collection provisioned in workspace.json.

You can specify the collection explicitly as follows:

1nx g @nx/angular:application ... 2

Show what will be generated without writing to disk:

1nx g application ... --dry-run 2

Options

name

Required
string
Pattern: ^[a-zA-Z][^:]*$

The name of the application.

bundler

string
Accepted values: webpack, esbuild

Bundler to use to build the application. It defaults to esbuild for Angular versions >= 17.0.0. Otherwise, it defaults to webpack. Note: The esbuild bundler is only considered stable from Angular v17.

directory

string

The directory of the new application.

routing

boolean
Default: true

Enable routing for the application.

standalone

boolean
Default: true

Generate an application that is setup to use standalone components.

addTailwind

boolean
Default: false

Whether to configure Tailwind CSS for the application.

backendProject

string

Backend project that provides data to this application. This sets up proxy.config.json.

e2eTestRunner

string
Default: playwright
Accepted values: playwright, cypress, none

Test runner to use for end to end (E2E) tests.

inlineStyle

s
boolean
Default: false

Specifies if the style will be in the ts file.

inlineTemplate

t
boolean
Default: false

Specifies if the template will be in the ts file.

linter

string
Default: eslint
Accepted values: eslint, none

The tool to use for running lint checks.

minimal

boolean
Default: false

Generate a Angular app with a minimal setup.

projectNameAndRootFormat

string
Accepted values: as-provided, derived

Whether to generate the project name and root directory as provided (as-provided) or generate them composing their values and taking the configured layout into account (derived).

prefix

p
string
Default: appFormat: html-selector

The prefix to apply to generated selectors.

port

number

The port at which the remote application should be served.

style

string
Default: css
Accepted values: css, scss, sass, less

The file extension to be used for style files.

skipTests

S
boolean
Default: false

Skip creating spec files.

strict

boolean
Default: true

Create an application with stricter type checking and build optimization options.

setParserOptionsProject

boolean
Default: false

Whether or not to configure the ESLint parserOptions.project option. We do not do this by default for lint performance reasons.

ssr

boolean
Default: false

Creates an application with Server-Side Rendering (SSR) and Static Site Generation (SSG/Prerendering) enabled.

tags

string

Add tags to the application (used for linting).

unitTestRunner

string
Default: jest
Accepted values: jest, none

Test runner to use for unit tests.

viewEncapsulation

string
Accepted values: Emulated, None, ShadowDom

Specifies the view encapsulation strategy.

rootProject

InternalHidden
boolean
Default: false

Create an application at the root of the workspace.

skipFormat

Internal
boolean
Default: false

Skip formatting files.

skipPackageJson

Internal
boolean
Default: false

Do not add dependencies to package.json.

standaloneConfig

Deprecated
boolean
Default: true

Split the project configuration into <projectRoot>/project.json rather than including it inside workspace.json.

Nx only supports standaloneConfig