🚀 create-bkite

create-bkite is a CLI tool that helps you instantly generate a complete backend folder structure for your Express.js project — just like how npm create vite@latest does for frontend apps.

No setup headaches. Just run one command and you're ready to code.

🛠️ How to Use

To scaffold your backend project, just run:

npm create bkite@latest

This will ask you a few simple questions and then create a complete backend folder structure for you.

You can also:

• Create a project in a specific folder:

  npm create bkite@latest my-backend-app

• Create the project in your current folder:

  npm create bkite@latest .

📁 What You Get

After running the command, you’ll get a production-ready structure like this:

my-backend-app/
├── src/
│   ├── configs/             # Database config
│   ├── controllers/         # Route logic
│   ├── middlewares/         # Error handling, etc.
│   ├── models/              # Mongoose models (if needed)
│   ├── routes/              # API routes
│   ├── utils/               # Helpers like ApiError, ApiResponse
│   ├── app.js               # Main Express app
│   └── index.js             # Entry point
├── .env
├── .gitignore
├── package.json
└── README.md

▶️ Run Your Server

1. Install dependencies:

   npm install

2. Start the server:

   npm run start

Your server will run at: http://localhost:3000

✨ Features

• 🧠 Simple and Interactive — Follow prompts to set up.
• 🗂️ Clean Project Structure — Easy to understand and scalable.
• 🔐 Built-in CORS and Error Handling
• 🔧 Ready .env for configs

🌱 Future Plans & Call for Contributors

We're just getting started! We plan to add:

• ✅ Options to choose JavaScript or TypeScript
• ✅ Support for different databases (MySQL, PostgreSQL, etc.)
• ✅ Customizable features during setup

👉 We need contributors to help add these!
If you're interested in helping us grow this tool, reach out or open a PR.

🤝 Connect & Contribute

• Submit issues or pull requests on GitHub
• Connect on LinkedIn

Let’s build something great together.
Just run npm create bkite@latest and start coding!