MERN Stacker

MERN Stacker is a CLI tool that scaffolds a modern MERN-style project with a React + Vite frontend and an Express backend.

It guides you through a small set of interactive prompts to choose your language, routing, frontend features, database setup, Docker presets, and package manager—so you can start building immediately without copy-pasting boilerplate.

Why MERN Stacker

Creating full-stack starters repeatedly is slow and error-prone. MERN Stacker solves this by:

• Generating a clean, minimal base project
• Composing features instead of duplicating templates
• Letting you opt into only what you need (Tailwind, TanStack Query, Zustand, Postgres, MySQL, MongoDB, Docker, etc.)
• Keeping the generated code understandable and easy to modify

The goal is a solid foundation, not a locked-in framework.

Usage

Run the CLI using npx:

npx mern-stacker my-app

Contributing

Want to help? See CONTRIBUTION.md for setup and contribution guidelines.