create-saas-app

Scaffold a production-ready Multi-Tenant SaaS Turborepo monorepo in seconds.

npx create-saas-app-cli my-project
# or
npx create-saas-app-cli         # prompts for project name

What it generates

An opinionated but flexible Turborepo monorepo with:

| Layer | Options | | ------------------- | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | | Apps | api (Express) + optional worker (BullMQ) | | Database | PostgreSQL + Drizzle · PostgreSQL + Prisma · MongoDB + Mongoose · SQLite + Drizzle | | Auth | JWT (jsonwebtoken + bcryptjs) | | Queue | BullMQ + Redis | | Rate Limiting | None · In-memory · Redis-backed | | Observability | Prometheus + Grafana (Docker Compose) | | CI/CD | Optional GitHub Actions workflow (.github/workflows/ci.yml) | | Package Manager | bun · pnpm · npm |

Interactive prompts

◆  What is your project name?
│  my-saas-app
◆  Which package manager do you prefer?
│  ● bun  ○ pnpm  ○ npm
◆  Which database / ORM?
│  ● PostgreSQL + Drizzle ORM  ○ PostgreSQL + Prisma
│  ○ MongoDB + Mongoose  ○ SQLite + Drizzle ORM
◆  Include CI/CD workflow?  yes
◆  Include a background worker app?  yes
◆  Include observability stack?  no
◆  Include auth package?  yes
◆  Include queue package?  yes
◆  Rate limiting strategy?
│  ● None  ○ In-memory  ○ Redis-backed
◆  Initialize a git repository?  yes

Generated structure

my-saas-app/
├── apps/
│   ├── api/              # Express REST API
│   └── worker/           # BullMQ background worker (optional)
├── packages/
│   ├── config/           # Shared env config
│   ├── database/         # DB client & models/schema
│   ├── logger/           # Pino structured logger
│   ├── auth/             # JWT auth helpers (optional)
│   ├── queue/            # BullMQ queues (optional)
│   ├── redis/            # ioredis client (optional)
│   ├── types/            # Shared TypeScript interfaces
│   └── typescript-config/
├── docker/
│   └── docker-compose.yml
├── turbo.json
└── package.json

Getting started after scaffold

cd my-saas-app

# Install dependencies
bun install   # or pnpm install / npm install

# Start infrastructure
docker compose -f docker/docker-compose.yml up -d

# Copy env file and fill in secrets
cp apps/api/.env.example apps/api/.env

# Run DB migrations (Drizzle / Prisma only)
bun run db:migrate

# Start all apps in dev mode
bun run dev

Publishing

npm run build           # compile TypeScript
npm publish             # publish to npm registry

License

MIT