create-butterfly-app-v2

Created by Ishimwe Kevin — [email protected]

Scaffold a full-stack Node.js + React + Tailwind + MySQL project with authentication, CRUD, and multiple project templates.

npx create-butterfly-app-v2

Features

• Interactive CLI with cool ASCII art & project type selection
• Authentication — JWT-based register/login/logout
• Full CRUD — Create, Read, Update, Delete for every entity
• 3 Project Templates:
  • 🏨 Hotel Reservation (rooms, reservations)
  • 🅿️ Car Parking (slots, bookings)
  • 🎓 Student Management (students, courses, enrollments)
• Auto-database creation — no manual SQL needed
• Sample data seeded automatically
• Tailwind CSS — modern, responsive UI out of the box
• React Router — protected routes, guest routes
• MySQL via XAMPP — connection pool, auto-table creation

Quick Start

npx create-butterfly-app-v2

Follow the prompts:

1. Select project type (or pick Random 🎲)
2. Name your project
3. Start XAMPP (Apache + MySQL)
4. cd your-project && npm run dev
5. Open http://localhost:5173 and register

Manual SQL Setup

A backend/db/schema.sql file is included with every project for reference or manual database setup.

License

MIT