🚀 create-express-minco

Scaffold a modern Express.js project in seconds with MVC, TailwindCSS, and EJS

📥 Install via NPX

npx create-express-minco express-app

Create an Express.js project scaffold with modern conventions, MVC structure, ES6 support, and built-in JWT authentication (soon).
Inspired by frameworks like Laravel and CodeIgniter4, this template merges backend and frontend into one clean, scalable folder.

📦 Features

• ✅ Built with Express Generator
• ✅ Uses ES6 module syntax instead of CommonJS
• ✅ TailwindCSS for styling
• ✅ MVC-style folder structure
• ✅ Ready-to-use project structure
• ✅ Fully customizable
• ✅ Nodemon live reload server
• ✅ Perfect for REST APIs or fullstack hybrid apps
• ✅ Built-in Login system with JWT authentication (soon)

📁 Folder Structure

express-app/
├── bin/
├── config/
│   └── ...
├── controllers/
│   └── ...
├── middleware/
│   └── ...
├── models/
│   └── ...
├── public/
│   └── ...
├── routes/
│   └── ...
├── views/
│   └── ...
├── .env
├── app.js
└── package.json

🚀 Getting Started

📥 1. Create a new project

npx create-express-minco my-app

This will create a my-app/ folder with all the necessary files and dependencies.

▶️ 2. Run project

cd my-app
npm start

🔑 3. Login API (soon)

🛠️ Customization

• Add a route in routes/
• Add a new controller in controllers/
• Configure middleware or authentication in middleware/
• Edit the frontend page in views/ (using the default template engine from express-generator, such as Ejs)

📦 Requirements

• Node.js v18 or latest
• NPM or Yarn

📜 License

MIT © haydar hilmy

❤️ Inspired by

• Express Generator
• Laravel
• CodeIgniter4