🚀 create-scafty

A modern CLI to scaffold a backend API with Express, TypeScript, ESLint, and Prettier — instantly.

✨ Features

• ⚡ Instant backend setup
• 🟦 Optional TypeScript support
• 🧹 ESLint (with import sorting)
• 💅 Prettier configuration
• 📁 Optional src/ structure
• 📦 Choose your package manager (npm / pnpm / yarn)
• 🌐 Express API starter included
• 🧱 Modular and scalable architecture

📦 Usage

1. Create a new project

npm create scafty@latest

or

npx create-scafty

2. Follow the prompts

You’ll be asked to configure:

• Project name
• TypeScript support
• ESLint setup
• Import sorting
• Prettier
• src/ directory
• Package manager

3. Start development

cd your-project
npm run dev

📁 Generated Structure

Example output:

your-project/
├── src/
│   └── index.ts / index.js
├── package.json
├── tsconfig.json (if TS selected)
├── eslint.config.js (if enabled)
├── .prettierrc (if enabled)

🚀 Express Starter

The generated project includes a minimal Express server:

app.get('/', (req, res) => {
  res.json({ message: 'API running 🚀' });
});

⚙️ Requirements

• Node.js >= 18
• npm / pnpm / yarn

🛠 Development (for contributors)

Clone the repo:

git clone <your-repo-url>
cd create-scafty

Install dependencies:

npm install

Build the CLI:

npm run build

Test locally:

npm link
create-scafty

📦 Publishing

npm run build
npm publish --access public

🧠 Roadmap

• [ ] CLI flags (--ts, --eslint)
• [ ] Multiple templates (MVC, Clean Architecture)
• [ ] Git initialization
• [ ] Environment file generator
• [ ] Plugin system

🤝 Contributing

Pull requests are welcome! Feel free to open issues for suggestions or bugs.

📄 License

MIT

💡 Inspiration

Inspired by modern scaffolding tools like:

• create-vite
• create-next-app

⭐ Support

If you like this project, give it a ⭐ on GitHub!