create-path

runs npx mkdirp <path> when you write npm init path <path>. This only exists out of historical reasons where mkdirp was not promisified and no npx existed. Today this is not needed anymore. It only protects the create-path namespace on npmjs with a useful package wrapper.

A wrapper for mkdirp to also use it with npm init like:

npm init path ~/myProject

It is using npm:mkdirp under the hood, and it is not useful for anything other than using it with npm init. Generally, you should always prefer

npx mkdirp ~/myProject

This only exists because of historical reasons where mkdirp was not promisified and no npx existed. Today this is not needed anymore.