@codeenthusiast09/create-express-app

CLI tool to generate production-ready Express TypeScript projects with flexible database options.

Usage

# Using npx (recommended - always uses latest version)
npx @codeenthusiast09/create-express-app my-project

# Or install globally
npm install -g @codeenthusiast09/create-express-app
create-express-app my-project

What You Get

• Clean Architecture - NestJS-inspired modular structure
• Type Safety - Strict TypeScript configuration with path aliases
• Validation - Request validation with Zod
• Logging - Structured logging with Pino
• Configuration - Type-safe config with environment validation
• Database Flexibility - Choose MongoDB, PostgreSQL with Prisma, or PostgreSQL with Drizzle
• Code Quality - ESLint + Prettier configured
• Docker - Optional Docker setup with multi-stage builds
• Testing - Jest configured and ready

Interactive Setup

The CLI will ask you:

1. Project name - Name of your project
2. Database - MongoDB or PostgreSQL
3. ORM (if PostgreSQL) - Prisma or Drizzle
4. Docker - Include Docker setup? (Yes/No)

What Happens

1. ✓ Copies template files
2. ✓ Configures database based on your choice
3. ✓ Installs dependencies
4. ✓ Initializes git repository
5. ✓ Creates initial commit
6. ✓ Shows next steps

Database Options

MongoDB with Mongoose

• Simple, flexible schema
• Great for rapid development
• NoSQL advantages

PostgreSQL with Prisma

• Best-in-class DX
• Powerful migrations
• Auto-generated types
• Recommended for most projects

PostgreSQL with Drizzle

• Maximum type safety
• Better performance than Prisma
• SQL-like API
• For advanced users

Development

# Clone the repository
git clone https://github.com/CodeEnthusiast09/create-express-app.git
cd create-express-app

# Install dependencies
npm install

# Run in development mode
npm run dev -- my-test-project

# Build for production
npm run build

# Test the built version
node dist/index.js my-test-project

License

MIT