ExGen ⚡️

A CLI tool to scaffold Express + TypeScript projects quickly.
Generate a production-ready boilerplate with sensible defaults in seconds.

✨ Features

• 📦 Generates a fully configured Express + TypeScript app
• ⚡ Comes with ESLint, logger, and error handling out of the box
• 🛠 Interactive prompts for setup
• 📂 Organized folder structure
• 🚀 Ready for MongoDB

📥 Installation

Global install (recommended)

npm install -g exgen

Local usage (via npx)

npx exgen-init

🚀 Usage

Run the CLI to initialize a new project:

exgen-init

Follow the interactive prompts to:

• Select project name
• Available Database Setup : MongoDB
• Scaffold TypeScript + Express boilerplate

📂 Example Project Structure

Generated project:

my-app/
├── src/
│   ├── app.ts
│   ├── config/
│   │   ├── database.ts
│   │   ├── error.ts
│   │   └── logger.ts
│   └── routes/
├── tsconfig.json
├── package.json
└── eslint.config.js

🔧 Scripts in Generated Project

Inside your generated project you’ll have:

npm run dev     # Start in watch mode (ts-node-dev)
npm run build   # Compile TypeScript
npm start       # Run compiled JS

🛠 Development (for contributors)

Clone the repo:

git clone https://github.com/nielchaudhary/exgen.git
cd exgen
npm install
npm run build

Test your CLI locally:

npm link
exgen-init

📜 License

ISC © 2025 Neel Chaudhary

💡 Roadmap

• Add support for PostgreSQL/MySQL templates
• Provide REST + GraphQL starter templates
• Add Dockerfile boilerplate