create-bkitdev

Scaffold a production-ready backend API in under 2 minutes.

create-bkitdev is the interactive scaffolder for BackendKit. Pick your runtime, framework, database, and ORM BackendKit wires everything together and hands you a clean, runnable project in seconds.

Usage

npm create bkitdev@latest

pnpm create bkitdev@latest

yarn create bkitdev

Interactive Prompts

◆  BackendKit — Backend scaffolding that just works
│
◇  Project name
│  my-api
│
◇  Runtime
│  Node.js
│
◇  Framework
│  Express
│
◇  Language
│  TypeScript
│
◇  Database
│  PostgreSQL
│
◇  ORM / Driver
│  Prisma
│
◇  Generate Docker Compose?
│  Yes
│
◇  Package manager
│  pnpm
│
◇  Project scaffolded successfully!
│
◆  Next steps
│  cd my-api
│  pnpm install
│  pnpm run dev

Supported Stacks

Node.js

| Framework | Language | Database | ORM / Driver | |---|---|---|---| | NestJS | TypeScript | PostgreSQL, MySQL, MongoDB | Prisma, TypeORM, Native | | Express | TypeScript | PostgreSQL, MySQL, MongoDB | Prisma, TypeORM, Native | | Express | JavaScript | PostgreSQL, MySQL, MongoDB | Prisma, Native |

TypeORM requires TypeScript decorators and is not available for JavaScript projects. NestJS is TypeScript-only.

Python

| Framework | Database | ORM / Driver | |---|---|---| | FastAPI | PostgreSQL | SQLAlchemy (async) | | FastAPI | PostgreSQL | asyncpg (native) | | FastAPI | MySQL | SQLAlchemy (async) | | FastAPI | MySQL | aiomysql (native) | | FastAPI | MongoDB | Motor (auto-selected) | | Flask | PostgreSQL | Flask-SQLAlchemy | | Flask | PostgreSQL | psycopg2 (native) | | Flask | MySQL | Flask-SQLAlchemy | | Flask | MySQL | PyMySQL (native) | | Flask | MongoDB | PyMongo (auto-selected) | | Django | PostgreSQL | Django ORM (auto-selected) | | Django | MySQL | Django ORM (auto-selected) | | Django | MongoDB | PyMongo (auto-selected) |

What Gets Generated

Node.js — Express + Prisma (TypeScript)

my-api/
├── src/
│   ├── index.ts          ← Express app, port 5087
│   └── lib/
│       └── prisma.ts     ← PrismaClient singleton
├── prisma/
│   └── schema.prisma     ← datasource + User model
├── .env                  ← seeded from .env.example
├── .env.example
├── .gitignore
├── docker-compose.yml
├── package.json
└── tsconfig.json

Node.js — Express + Native pg (JavaScript)

my-api/
├── src/
│   ├── index.js          ← Express app, port 5087
│   └── lib/
│       └── db.js         ← pg Pool with lazy init
├── .env
├── .env.example
├── .gitignore
├── docker-compose.yml
└── package.json

Python — FastAPI + SQLAlchemy

my-api/
├── app/
│   ├── main.py           ← FastAPI app with lifespan, port 5087
│   ├── database.py       ← async SQLAlchemy engine + session
│   ├── models.py         ← SQLAlchemy User model
│   └── api/routes/
│       └── health.py     ← GET /health
├── .env
├── .env.example
├── .gitignore
├── docker-compose.yml
└── requirements.txt

All Templates

Node.js (TypeScript)              Node.js (JavaScript)
──────────────────────────────    ──────────────────────────────
nestjs-prisma-postgresql          express-prisma-postgresql-js
nestjs-prisma-mysql               express-prisma-mysql-js
nestjs-prisma-mongodb             express-prisma-mongodb-js
nestjs-typeorm-postgresql         express-native-postgresql-js
nestjs-typeorm-mysql              express-native-mysql-js
nestjs-typeorm-mongodb            express-native-mongodb-js
nestjs-native-postgresql
nestjs-native-mysql
nestjs-native-mongodb
express-prisma-postgresql
express-prisma-mysql
express-prisma-mongodb
express-typeorm-postgresql
express-typeorm-mysql
express-typeorm-mongodb
express-native-postgresql
express-native-mysql
express-native-mongodb

Python
──────────────────────────────
fastapi-sqlalchemy-postgresql
fastapi-native-postgresql
fastapi-sqlalchemy-mysql
fastapi-native-mysql
fastapi-motor-mongodb
flask-sqlalchemy-postgresql
flask-native-postgresql
flask-sqlalchemy-mysql
flask-native-mysql
flask-pymongo-mongodb
django-django_orm-postgresql
django-django_orm-mysql
django-pymongo-mongodb

Requirements

• Node.js >= 18
• npm, pnpm, or yarn

License

MIT