Backly 🚀

Interactive cli backend starter for Node.js applications.

what is backly?

Backly is a cli tool that helps you to create a backend project, file structure and required dependencies with a simple command depending on your template.

Features

🎯 6 Professional Templates - From minimal to advanced architectures
📦 JavaScript & TypeScript - Full support for both languages
⚡ Zero Configuration - Works out of the box
🛠️ Flexible - Start simple, scale as needed

Quick start

    npx backly

For global users

npm i -g backly
## initialize your project
backly init

That's it! The CLI will guide you through:

1. Choosing your language (JavaScript or TypeScript)
2. Selecting a template
3. Naming your project
4. Automatic dependency installation

Templates

🔹 core

Minimal Express server with basic routing. Perfect for learning or simple APIs.

• Express.js
• CORS
• Environment variables
• Basic route structure

🔹 base

Production-ready starter with authentication and database.

• JWT authentication
• MongoDB with Mongoose
• Password hashing (bcrypt)
• MVC architecture
• Error handling middleware

🔹 prime

Advanced architecture for scalable applications.

• Everything in base +
• Role-Based Access Control (RBAC)
• Service layer pattern
• Repository pattern
• Custom error classes
• Utility functions

🔹 commerce

E-commerce backend foundation.

• Product, Cart, Order, Category models
• Inventory management
• Filtering utilities
• Payment handler placeholder

🔹 content

Blog/CMS starter kit.

• Post, Comment, Category models
• CRUD operations
• Slug generation
• Pagination utilities

🔹 social

Social media backend.

• User profiles
• Posts, Likes, Follows
• Basic feed system
• Modular routing

CLI Flags

For advanced users, skip prompts with flags:

# Use TypeScript
npx backly --ts

# Use JavaScript
npx backly --js

# Specify template
npx backly --template base

# Set project name
npx backly --name my-awesome-api

# Skip dependency installation
npx backly --no-install

# Combine flags
npx backly --ts --template prime --name my-api

After Generation

cd your-project-name
npm run dev

Requirements

• Node.js >= 14.0.0
• npm or yarn

License

MIT

Author

Sahil Mund

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