create-adorex

Bootstrap an API-ready backend starter with Express, TypeScript, Prisma, and SQLite through libsql!

Usage

You can use npm, pnpm, yarn, bun, or any other package manager that pulls from npm

npm create adorex
pnpm create adorex
yarn create adorex
bun create adorex

If you would like to create the app directly in the dir you are in run

npm create adorex .
pnpm create adorex .
yarn create adorex .
bun create adorex .

Prefer non-interactive usage? Pass a name directly:

npm create adorex my-app
pnpm create adorex my-app
yarn create adorex my-app
bun create adorex my-app

Flags go after --:

npm create adorex@latest my-app -- --template express-sqlite
npm create adorex@latest my-app -- --force    # overwrite existing directory
npm create adorex@latest -- --help
npm create adorex@latest -- --version

| Flag | Description | | ------------------- | ----------------------------------------------- | | --template <name> | Template to use (default: express-sqlite) | | --force | Overwrite target directory if it already exists | | -v, --version | Print version | | -h, --help | Print help |

Project Layout

my-app/
  src/
    index.ts
    utils/
      prisma.ts
  prisma/
    schema.prisma
  prisma.config.ts
  tsconfig.json
  .env

After generation:

1. Install the dependencies:

npm install

2. Edit prisma/schema.prisma to match your app's data model.

   • Add your own models, fields, and relations before you generate the client.

3. Create your first migration:

npx prisma migrate dev --name init

4. Generate Prisma client code:

npx prisma generate

5. Start the dev server:

npm run dev

Scripts

• npm run dev - starts the dev server in watch mode
• npm run typecheck - runs TypeScript checks only
• npm run build - compiles to dist/
• npm run start - runs the compiled app

Environment

Default .env values:

PORT=3000
DATABASE_URL="file:./dev.db"

Stack

• Node.js: ^22.12 || ^24.0
• Express: ^5.2.1
• TypeScript: ^5.9.2
• Prisma ORM: prisma ^7.5.0 and @prisma/client ^7.5.0
• SQLite via libsql: @libsql/client ^0.17.0 and @prisma/adapter-libsql ^7.5.0
• Dev tooling: tsx ^4.20.5 and dotenv ^16.4.7

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