bkitdev

The dev engine for BackendKit projects.

bkitdev is installed as a devDependency in every project scaffolded by create-bkitdev. It provides the bkitdev dev command a zero-config dev server that auto-detects your framework and starts the right watcher.

Usage

# In any BackendKit-generated project:
bkitdev dev

Or via your package scripts (already wired in every generated project):

npm run dev
pnpm run dev
yarn dev

Framework Auto-Detection

bkitdev dev inspects your project directory and launches the appropriate dev server automatically:

| Detected file | Framework | What runs | |---|---|---| | src/main.ts | NestJS | nodemon + ts-node --transpile-only | | src/index.ts | Express (TypeScript) | nodemon + ts-node --transpile-only | | src/index.js | Express (JavaScript) | nodemon | | app/main.py | FastAPI | uvicorn app.main:app --reload --port 5087 | | manage.py | Django | python3 manage.py runserver 5087 | | run.py | Flask | python3 run.py |

No config files, no flags — just bkitdev dev.

What It Does

• Detects Node.js or Python framework from file presence
• For Node.js TypeScript: uses nodemon with ts-node --transpile-only for fast restarts
• For Node.js JavaScript: uses plain nodemon — no compilation step
• For Python: spawns the native dev server for FastAPI, Django, or Flask
• Forwards SIGINT / SIGTERM to the child process for clean shutdowns
• Prints the detected framework and entry point on startup

  bkitdev
  Framework : Express (TypeScript)
  Entry     : src/index.ts

Getting Started (with create-bkitdev)

# 1. Scaffold a new project
npm create bkitdev@latest

# 2. Install dependencies
cd my-api
pnpm install

# 3. Start dev server
pnpm run dev   # → runs: bkitdev dev

For Python projects:

cd my-api
pip install -r requirements.txt
bkitdev dev

Requirements

• Node.js >= 18

Part of BackendKit

| Package | Description | |---|---| | create-bkitdev | Interactive scaffolder — npm create bkitdev@latest | | bkitdev | Dev engine — bkitdev dev |

Repository: github.com/Xe7eN-backend-cli/Api-Forge

License

MIT