DevKitX Starter

A lightweight Node.js project generator that instantly scaffolds an Express-based backend with controllers, routes, EJS views, environment setup, and a clean folder structure.

Spin up a fresh Node.js backend in seconds.

✨ Features

• Express server preconfigured
• Auto-generated folder structure
• Controller + route examples
• EJS template engine
• .env boilerplate
• Health check API
• Ready-to-run dev script with Nodemon
• Perfect for rapid prototyping, training, or bootstrapping new services

📦 Installation

Install globally:

npm install -g devkitx-starter

🚀 Create a New App

Generate a fresh starter project:

devkitx-starter my-app

This creates:

my-app/
│   package.json
│   server.js
│   .env
│
├── controllers/
│     api.controller.js
│
├── routes/
│     api.routes.js
│
└── views/
      index.ejs

▶️ Start Your App

Inside your new project:

cd my-app
npm install
npm start

Server runs on:

http://localhost:3000

Check API

GET /api

Returns:

{
  "status": true,
  "statusCode": 200,
  "message": "Welcome to DevKitX Starter App"
}

🔄 Development Mode (Auto Reload)

npm run dev

Runs with Nodemon for auto-restart on file changes.

📁 What You Get

• controllers/ – logic layer
• routes/ – request routing
• views/ – EJS templates
• server.js – main app entry
• .env – environment setup

Clean, minimal, production-friendly layout.

💡 Why DevKitX?

• No more wasting time on repeated setup
• Standardised structure for teams
• Useful for quick POCs, tutorials, and internal tools
• Fastest way to bootstrap a clean Express backend