create-backend-starter

A minimal Node.js + MongoDB backend starter template with JWT authentication, role-ready structure, and modular best practices. Easily scaffold a production-ready Express app using this CLI.

🚀 Quick Start

npx create-backend-starter my-backend-app
cd my-backend-app
npm install
npm run dev

🧰 Features

✅ Node.js + Express

✅ MongoDB with Mongoose

✅ JWT-based Authentication (Access + Refresh tokens)

✅ Protected Routes

✅ Refresh + Logout Flow

✅ Centralized Error Handling

✅ .env support

📁 Output Project Structure

my-backend-app/
├── src/
│   ├── app.js
│   ├── config/
│   ├── controllers/
│   ├── models/
│   ├── routes/
│   └── utils/
├── .env.example
├── package.json
└── README.md

📦 How It Works

This CLI copies a pre-built backend boilerplate from template/ into a target folder.

🛡 Example Auth Routes

• POST /api/register – Create a new user

• POST /api/login – Login and get tokens

• POST /api/refresh-token – Get a new access token

• GET /health – Server health check

🧰 Tech Stack

• Node.js + Express.js
• MongoDB + Mongoose
• JWT for authentication
• Joi for validation
• Winston + Morgan for logging
• Jest + Supertest for testing

📂 Repository

This project is open source and available on GitHub:

👉 https://github.com/sourav-maji/minimal-backend

Feel free to ⭐ star the repo, report issues, or submit pull requests.

🙋‍♂️ Maintainer & 👨‍💻 Author

Sourav Maji — AI Automation Engineer & Backend Developer

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