create-zachstack-app

Scaffold a production-ready full-stack mobile app in one command.

npx create-zachstack-app my-app

create-zachstack-app generates a batteries-included monorepo with a React Native (Expo) client and an Express server already wired together — passwordless auth, real-time cache invalidation, background jobs, file storage and more. It's the boilerplate I (Zach McMullen) reach for when starting a new mobile product, minus all the app-specific code.

The stack

Client (client/)

• Expo + Expo Router (typed routes)
• Better Auth with the Expo plugin — email OTP, passwordless
• NativeWind + React Native Reusables (default theme)
• lucide-react-native icons
• TanStack Query with real-time cache invalidation over Socket.IO
• @gorhom/bottom-sheet, sonner-native toaster, portal host, protected routing

Server (server/)

• Express 5
• Better Auth — email OTP via Resend
• Drizzle ORM + PostgreSQL
• BullMQ queues/workers + cron jobs on Redis
• Socket.IO for pushing query invalidations to clients
• Cloudflare R2 (S3-compatible) uploads
• Expo push notifications, structured JSON logging, Redis-backed rate limiting

What you get

my-app/
├─ package.json      # run both apps with one command (concurrently)
├─ client/           # Expo app
├─ server/           # Express API
├─ AGENTS.md         # guide for you and your AI agents
└─ README.md

After scaffolding:

cd my-app
npm run install:all        # installs client + server deps
# fill in server/.env and client/.env
npm run dev                # starts server + client together

Options

| Flag | Description | | --------------- | ------------------------------------------------------ | | -i, --install | Run npm install in client/ and server/ for you | | --no-git | Don't initialize a git repository | | -h, --help | Show help |

Author

Built by Zach McMullen. If this saved you time, follow along and star the repo:

• GitHub: @ZachMcM

License

MIT