HEXT

A modern CLI for scaffolding production-ready Express.js applications.

Generate fully configured Express.js backends in seconds with an interactive setup experience.

Features

• Interactive project generator
• JavaScript & TypeScript support
• Supports npm, pnpm, Yarn, and Bun
• Express.js project scaffolding
• Database selection
• ORM / ODM configuration
• Authentication setup
• Testing framework selection
• Optional project features
• Clean and maintainable project structure
• Ready-to-use project templates

Quick Start

Create a new project:

npm create hext@latest

Follow the interactive prompts to configure your project.

Interactive Configuration

During project creation, JEXTS allows you to customize your project with the following options:

| Category | Options | |----------|---------| | Language | JavaScript, TypeScript | | Package Manager | npm, pnpm, Yarn, Bun | | Database | MongoDB, PostgreSQL, MySQL, None | | ORM / ODM | Prisma, Drizzle, Mongoose, None | | Authentication | Configurable | | Testing | Configurable | | Additional Features | Optional |

Generated Project Structure

project-name/
├── src/
├── package.json
├── .gitignore
└── ...

The generated project is fully configured based on the options you selected during setup.

Usage

Move into your project:

cd <project-name>

Start the development server:

npm run dev

For TypeScript projects:

npm run build
npm start

Requirements

• Node.js 18+
• npm (or pnpm, Yarn, Bun)

Contributing

Contributions are welcome!

If you find a bug, have a feature request, or would like to improve HEXT, feel free to:

• Open an issue
• Submit a pull request

License

This project is licensed under the MIT License.