hCLI — Modern Full-Stack Project Generator

hCLI is a simple, fast, and interactive project generator that helps you create Express, NestJS, Vue, and React applications with clean templates and automatic setup.

Stop creating project folders manually — let hCLI prepare everything in seconds.

FEATURES

Core Features

• Interactive CLI with beautiful animated banner
• Full-Stack project generation in one command
• Backend generators: Express.js & NestJS
• Frontend generators: Vue 3 + Vite & React + Vite
• Module generators: Create Express/Nest modules instantly
• Docker support: Optional Dockerfile generation
• Automatic folder structure setup
• Auto-install required npm packages
• Colorful success messages (Express — yellow, Vue — green, React — blue, Nest — red)
• Template-based architecture
• Zero configuration

New in v1.8.0

• Express Module Generator — Generate controller, model, and routes with one command
• NestJS Module Generator — Create complete Nest modules automatically
• Docker Support — Ready-to-use Dockerfiles for backend projects
• Improved CLI flow with new spinner UI and better error handling

📦 INSTALLATION

Install globally:

npm install -g @nrvboss/hcli

After installation, run:

hcli

USAGE

Interactive Mode

Simply run:

hcli

You will see the animated banner:

  _      ____ _     ___
 | |__  / ___| |   |_ _|
 | '_ \| |   | |    | |
 | | | | |___| |___ | |
 |_| |_|\____|_____|___|

Then choose a section:

? Pick the section for generating:
❯ Full-Stack
  Backend(Express.js/Nest.js)
  Frontend(Vue/React)

FULL-STACK

Create a complete full-stack application with both backend and frontend:

• Choose your backend: Express.js or NestJS
• Choose your frontend: Vue 3 or React
• Everything is set up and ready to go!

BACKEND (Express.js/Nest.js)

Generate standalone backend projects:

• Express.js — Clean REST API structure
• NestJS — Modern TypeScript backend framework

FRONTEND (Vue/React)

Generate standalone frontend projects:

• Vue 3 + Vite — Progressive JavaScript framework
• React + Vite — Modern React with fast HMR

PROJECT STRUCTURE EXAMPLES

Express.js Project

demo/
 ├── config/
 ├── controllers/
 ├── models/
 ├── routes/
 ├── .env
 ├── app.js
 └── package.json

Installed packages: express, cors, dotenv, nodemon (dev)

NestJS Project

demo/
 ├── src/
 │   ├── app.module.ts
 │   ├── app.controller.ts
 │   ├── app.service.ts
 │   └── main.ts
 ├── test/
 ├── nest-cli.json
 └── package.json

Installed packages: @nestjs/core, @nestjs/common, @nestjs/platform-express

Vue 3 Project

demo/
 ├── src/
 │   ├── components/
 │   ├── App.vue
 │   └── main.js
 ├── public/
 ├── index.html
 └── package.json

React Project

demo/
 ├── src/
 │   ├── components/
 │   ├── App.jsx
 │   └── main.jsx
 ├── public/
 ├── index.html
 └── package.json

MODULE GENERATORS

Express Module Generator

Generate a complete Express module:

hcli c express <module-name>

Creates:

• <module-name>.controller.js
• <module-name>.model.js
• <module-name>.routes.js

All connections are wired automatically!

NestJS Module Generator

Generate a complete Nest module:

hcli c nest <module-name>

Creates:

• <module-name>.module.ts
• <module-name>.controller.ts
• <module-name>.service.ts

The module is automatically imported into app.module.ts.

DOCKER SUPPORT

When creating backend projects, you can choose to include Docker support:

? Do you want to add Docker support? (Y/n)

Select Yes → A ready-to-use Dockerfile is added to your project root.

START YOUR PROJECT

After creation:

cd 
npm run dev

CONTRIBUTING

Pull requests and suggestions are welcome!

1. Fork the repository
2. Create your feature branch (git checkout -b feature/amazing-feature)
3. Commit your changes (git commit -m 'Add some amazing feature')
4. Push to the branch (git push origin feature/amazing-feature)
5. Open a Pull Request

LICENSE

MIT — Feel free to use anywhere.

SUPPORT

If you like this CLI, leave a star on GitHub!

AUTHOR

Created with ❤️ by @nrvboss

CHANGELOG

v1.8.0

• Added Express module generator
• Added NestJS module generator
• Added Docker support for backend projects
• Improved CLI flow with new spinner UI
• Better error handling and safe exits
• Simplified template structure
• Codebase cleanup and refactor

Made with passion to make your development faster