create-nexus-stack 🚀

A CLI tool that bootstraps a complete, production-ready full-stack application structure with a premium, SAAS-level developer experience.

✨ Features

• Client: React + Vite + Tailwind CSS v4 + React Router
• Server: Node.js + Express + MongoDB + Mongoose
• Auth Flow: Built-in User Authentication (Login / Register) with JWT.
• Project Structure: Well-organized folders for controllers, routes, middleware, and React contexts.

📦 Usage

To create a new full-stack project, run:

npx create-nexus-stack

The CLI will prompt you for a project name and optionally install all dependencies automatically.

Post-Installation

1. Configure Environment Variables (Backend) Navigate to your backend directory and setup your variables:

cd my-nexus-app/server
cp .env.example .env

Make sure to add your MongoDB connection string in .env.

2. Start Development Servers

Terminal 1 (Backend):

cd my-nexus-app/server
npm run dev

Terminal 2 (Frontend):

cd my-nexus-app/client
npm run dev

📂 Generated Structure

The template scaffolds the following directory tree:

my-nexus-app/
├── client/
│   ├── src/
│   │   ├── components/
│   │   ├── contexts/
│   │   ├── layouts/
│   │   ├── pages/
│   │   └── services/
│   └── ...config files (Vite, Tailwind v4, ESLint)
└── server/
    ├── config/
    ├── controllers/
    ├── middleware/
    ├── models/
    ├── routes/
    └── index.js

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