bkite is a command-line tool that instantly scaffolds a clean, production-ready Express.js backend. Stop wasting time on boilerplate and configuration. With one command, you get a scalable project structure so you can start coding immediately.

✨ Features

• 🪁 Interactive CLI: Beautiful prompts guide you through language, database, and ORM selection.
• 🎯 Multiple Templates: Choose from JavaScript/TypeScript with various database and ORM combinations.
• 📁 Scalable Structure: A modular, production-ready folder structure from the start.
• 🔄 Core Functionality Included: Comes with built-in error handling, CORS support, and environment variable setup.
• ⚡ Blazing Fast: Go from zero to a running server in seconds.
• 🔌 Easy to Customize: The clean boilerplate is easy to modify and extend.

🚀 Usage

To create a new bkite project, run the following command in your terminal:

npm create bkite@latest

Then the CLI will guide you through:

1. 📝 Project Name: Enter your project name (with validation)
2. 💻 Language Selection: Choose JavaScript or TypeScript
3. 🗄️ Database Selection: Pick PostgreSQL, MySQL, MongoDB, or none
4. 🔧 ORM/ODM Selection: Select Prisma, Drizzle, Mongoose

Once the template is generated:

1. Navigate to your project directory:

   cd your-backend-app

2. Install dependencies:

   npm install

3. Start the development server:

   npm run dev

Your new Express.js server will be running at http://localhost:3000.

⚙️ Additional Commands

• Create in a specific folder:

  # Creates the project inside a new folder named 'my-app'
  npm create bkite@latest my-app

• Create in the current directory:

  # Scaffolds the project in the current working directory
  npm create bkite@latest .

📁 Generated Project Structure

You get a clean, organized, and scalable project structure right out of the box.

my-backend-app/
├── src/
│   ├── configs/
│   ├── controllers/
│   ├── middlewares/
│   ├── models/
│   ├── routes/
│   ├── utils/
│   ├── app.js
│   └── index.js
├── .env
├── .gitignore
├── package.json
└── README.md

💬 Community & Contributions

We welcome all contributions, big or small! Even a tiny contribution can make a difference.

To get started:

• Visit our GitHub repository to understand our codebase: https://github.com/sreegopalsaha/bkite
• Make an issue on GitHub to discuss your ideas with other contributors and admins: https://github.com/sreegopalsaha/bkite/issues

You can also join our Discord server to ask questions or collaborate with other contributors and admins: Discord

🔗 Connect with the Creator

• GitHub: @sreegopalsaha
• LinkedIn: Sree Gopal Saha
• Twitter / X: @sreegopalsaha