Create-discord-ts-bot

A next-gen CLI to scaffold a full-featured TypeScript Discord bot — ready for production, hackathons, or side projects.

✨ Features

• ⚙️ discord.js (v14+) with ESM and first-class slash command support
• 🧩 Modular, domain-driven structure (commands, handlers, middleware, utils)
• 📦 Path aliases for pro dev experience
• 🎨 Chalk-powered, beautiful CLI logs out of the box
• 🧱 Optional Prisma + PostgreSQL support
• 🧑‍💻 Turbo-compatible workflow
• 🚀 Works with pnpm, yarn, or npm
• 🪄 Zero config for new projects — just npx and go!

🚦 Quick Start

npx create-discord-ts-bot my-super-bot
cd my-super-bot
pnpm install  # or npm install or yarn

# (Optional) Set up your DB
pnpm prisma db pull         # Connect to an existing DB
# or
pnpm prisma migrate dev --name init

# Start your bot!
pnpm run dev

🏗️ Project Structure

This CLI generates a modular, domain-driven structure for your bot. Here’s a quick overview:

my-bot/
├── src/
│   ├── bot/              # Bot client, startup, deploy logic
│   ├── config/           # ENV/config loader
│   ├── domains/
│   │    ├── core/
│   │    │    └── commands/
│   │    ├── mods/
│   │    │    └── commands/
│   │    └── fun/
│   │         └── commands/
│   ├── handlers/         # Slash/modal/button handler logic
│   ├── interactions/     # Registry & shared types
│   ├── middlewares/      # Middleware flows
│   ├── utils/            # Logging, paths, helpers
│   └── prisma/           # Prisma client (if enabled)
├── prisma/schema.prisma  # (if enabled)
├── .env
├── turbo.json
├── tsconfig.json
└── package.json

🏁 Flags

• --with-prisma → Adds Prisma + Postgres support • --with-mongo → Adds MongoDB client • --minimal → Skip middleware, services, or handler scaffolding

🧑‍💻 Author

Made with ⚡ by Enoch Omosebi • Twitter/X: X • GitHub: Enochthedev • Portfolio: wave • Discord: wave

✅ Maintainer Checklist (for version bumps)

• Update version in package.json • Confirm .npmignore excludes generated projects • Run npm run build • Run npm publish --access public

Questions, issues, or feature requests? Open an issue or ping wave on X!