CLI Tool

The zod-rs-ts CLI tool generates TypeScript Zod schemas from Rust source files in batch.

Installation

cargo install zod-rs-ts --features cli

Usage

Generate from a directory

zod-rs-ts generate --input src/ --output schemas/

This scans all Rust files in src/ for types that derive ZodTs and generates corresponding TypeScript files in the schemas/ directory.

Single-file output

zod-rs-ts generate --input src/ --output schemas/index.ts --single-file

Combines all generated schemas into a single TypeScript file.

Workflow

A typical workflow for shared validation:

1. Define your types in Rust with #[derive(ZodTs)]
2. Run the CLI to generate TypeScript schemas
3. Import the generated schemas in your TypeScript frontend
4. Both sides validate with the same rules

src/models/user.rs

use zod_rs_ts::ZodTs;

#[derive(ZodTs)]
struct CreateUserRequest {
    #[zod(min_length(2), max_length(50))]
    name: String,

    #[zod(email)]
    email: String,
}

zod-rs-ts generate --input src/models/ --output frontend/src/schemas/

frontend/src/schemas/create_user_request.ts

import { CreateUserRequestSchema } from './schemas';

const result = CreateUserRequestSchema.safeParse(formData);