create-server-nodejs

A fast and modern CLI tool to scaffold ready-to-use Node.js Express backend projects.

Generate a clean, professional Express server with support for MongoDB and PostgreSQL in seconds.

✨ Features

• ⚡ Extremely fast project generation
• 📁 Clean and scalable folder structure
• 🗄️ MongoDB + Mongoose (default)
• 🐘 PostgreSQL + Prisma support
• 🔐 JWT authentication middleware included
• 📦 Automatic npm install
• 🌐 Install in current directory with .
• ✨ Full ES Modules support ("type": "module")
• 🚀 Ready for production

Quick Start

Create a new project (MongoDB - Default)

npx create-server-nodejs my-app

Create with PostgreSQL

npx create-server-nodejs my-app --postgresql

Install in current directory

npx create-server-nodejs .

Project Structure

my-app/
├── Controllers/          # Controllers and business logic
├── Models/               # Database models
├── Routers/              # API routes
├── Middlewares/          # Authentication, validation, error handling
├── Utils/                # Helper functions
├── config/               # Configuration files
├── prisma/               # Prisma schema (only when using PostgreSQL)
├── server.js
├── app.js
├── .env.example
├── package.json
└── README.md

How to Run

cd my-app

# Copy environment variables
cp .env.example .env

# For PostgreSQL only:
# npx prisma generate
# npx prisma db push

# Run development server
npm run dev

Available Options

| Command | Description | |---|---| | npx create-server-nodejs <name> | Create a new project | | npx create-server-nodejs . | Scaffold in current directory | | --mongodb | Use MongoDB + Mongoose (default) | | --postgresql | Use PostgreSQL + Prisma |

Tech Stack

• Express.js
• MongoDB + Mongoose or PostgreSQL + Prisma
• JWT Authentication
• bcryptjs, cors, morgan, dotenv
• Nodemon (dev dependency)

License

This project is licensed under the MIT License.

Made with ❤️ for faster backend development Happy coding!