⚪ create-react-monorepo

A professional React + Express monorepo generator for frontend-developers that helps to start projects in seconds.
Perfect for users who need a fast, structured, and scalable setup.

🚀 Features

✅ Automatic project structure: client/ for React, server/ for Node.js
✅ Supports PostgreSQL (optional)
✅ Uses EJS templates for dynamic configurations
✅ Customizable ports and database settings
✅ Zero manual setup – just run a single command!

📦 Installation

You can install it globally:

npm install -g @sharagulov/create-react-monorepo

Or use it instantly with npx:

npx @sharagulov/create-react-monorepo my-project

🛠️ Usage

Once installed, CRM generates a new monorepo.

The script will ask for:

• Whether to include a PostgreSQL backend
• Database username, password, port
• Proxy and PostgreSQL ports
• Automatically scaffolds a monorepo structure.

📂 Project Structure

my-project
├── client/      # React frontend
│   ├── src/
│   ├── public/
│   ├── package.json
│   └── craco.config.js
├── server/      # Express backend (optional)
│   ├── controllers/
│   ├── routes/
│   ├── prisma/
│   ├── package.json
│   ├── .env     # Auto-generated from user input
│   └── server.js
└── README.md

🔧 Commands

Inside your project, run:

cd my-project/client && npm install
cd ../server && npm install  # Only if backend is enabled

To start the frontend:

cd client
npm start

To start the backend:

cd server
npm run dev

📜 Environment Variables (.env)

If you enabled the backend, a .env file will be generated:

DATABASE_URL=postgresql://USERNAME:PASSWORD@localhost:PORT/NAME
SERVER_PORT=3001

You can manually edit these values later.

📄 License

This project is licensed under the MIT License – you're free to use, modify, and distribute it.

📞 Contact

Author: Pavel Sharagulov
📧 Email: [email protected]
🔗 GitHub: sharagulov
📦 npm: @sharagulov

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