lunchbox.dev

v3.2.0 — fresh today

Pack your stack like lunch.

lunchbox.dev is a portable, opinionated dev environment that fits in a single file. Open it. Eat what you need. Snap it shut. Ship.

install with one line → browse the menu
0 recipes shipped
0 runtimes packed
0 ms cold start
lunchbox.dev
PROPERTY OF: you
rice runtime
protein framework
greens testing
pickle linter
treat cli sugar

click a compartment

★ today's special vite + bun + zod combo ★ side of postgres free upgrade: tailwind 4 ★ chef's pick rust workspace, fresh today ★ seasonal cron + queue, served warm ★ today's special vite + bun + zod combo ★ side of postgres free upgrade: tailwind 4 ★ chef's pick rust workspace, fresh today ★ seasonal cron + queue, served warm
01 / open

One line. Lid open.

~/projects/today 
$ curl -fsSL lunchbox.dev/pack | sh
  ✓ opening the box…
  ✓ packing rice (bun 1.2)
  ✓ packing protein (hono)
  ✓ packing greens (vitest)
  ✓ packing pickle (biome)
  ✓ wrapping treats (zsh aliases)
  ✓ snapping the lid…
  packed in 94ms. enjoy your meal.
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works on macOS, linux, wsl. no daemons. no chef hat required.

03 / recipes

Recipes you can copy with a clean fork.

#weekday prep 4m · cook 0m · serves 1 dev

Weekday Stack

Tuesday-proof. The default lunch. Doesn't argue with you about state management.

ingredients

  • 1 bun runtime
  • 1 hono server
  • 2 cups drizzle orm
  • a pinch zod
  • to taste tailwind

method

  1. preheat the dev server to :3000.
  2. fold drizzle into bun until smooth.
  3. plate hono routes on a warm tsconfig.
  4. garnish with a single zod schema.
  5. serve before the standup gets cold.
04 / fridge

What's left over.

uptime, this quarter 99.97%

measured at the lid. one hiccup during a microwave outage.

cold start 94ms
memory 38mb
today's stock
rice protein greens pickle treat

“It's not a framework. It's a packed lunch with opinions.”

— @rin, kitchen tester
since 2024·v0
05 / receipts

Receipts.

  • may 09 feat

    added treat compartment for cli sugar. starship comes pre-stickered.

  • apr 22 fix

    pickle no longer leaks brine into the rice. sorry, mondays.

  • apr 03 perf

    cold start down to 94ms. lid hinge re-engineered with less ceremony.

  • mar 18 feat

    recipes are forkable. a clean fork, please.

  • feb 07 break

    the spork is gone. it was always a lie. use the chopsticks.

06 / pack one

Pack a lunchbox.

No signup. No newsletter waitlist disguised as a CTA. Just a curl and a lid.

curl -fsSL lunchbox.dev/pack | sh
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