MERNBoot 🚀

🎯 Generate production-ready MERN stack applications in minutes. Automated MongoDB Atlas setup, pre-configured Express backend, and modern React frontend with Tailwind CSS - all with one command! ✨

🚀 Quick Start

New Project

# Create a new MERN project (No installation needed)
npx mernboot

Existing Project

# If you already have a package.json
npm install mernboot
npm run mernboot

Global Installation

# Optional: Install globally to use anywhere
npm install -g mernboot
mernboot

✨ Features

1. MongoDB Atlas Integration

• 🔄 Automated cluster creation
• 🔑 Secure authentication setup
• 📊 Database configuration
• 🔌 Connection string management

2. Express Backend

• 📁 MVC architecture
• 🛣️ Pre-configured routes
• 🔒 Middleware setup
• 🎯 Best practices structure

3. React Frontend

• ⚡ Vite for blazing fast development
• 🎨 Tailwind CSS pre-configured
• 📱 Responsive layouts
• 🎯 Modern development setup

4. Development Tools

• 🔄 Hot reloading
• 📝 Environment variables
• 🛠️ Concurrent development servers
• 📦 Dependency management

📋 Project Structure

my-app/
├── client/                # React Frontend
│   ├── public/
│   ├── src/
│   │   ├── components/
│   │   └── App.jsx
│   └── package.json
│
|                         # Express Backend
│── controllers/
│── models/
│── routes/
│── middleware/
│── server.js
│
├── .env                 # Environment Variables
└── package.json

🛠️ Step-by-Step Guide

1. Create Your Project

npx mernboot

2. MongoDB Setup

# Choose MongoDB Atlas Setup from the menu
# Follow the interactive prompts for:
# - Project creation
# - Cluster setup
# - Database user configuration

3. Start Development

# Start both frontend and backend
npm run dev:all

# Or start them separately
npm run dev:server  # Backend only
npm run dev:client  # Frontend only

💻 Commands

| Command | Description | | -------------------- | ------------------------------- | | npm run dev:all | Start both frontend and backend | | npm run dev:server | Start backend only | | npm run dev:client | Start frontend only | | npm run build | Build frontend | | npm start | Start production server |

⚙️ Configuration

Environment Variables

PORT=5000
MONGODB_URI=your_mongodb_uri
NODE_ENV=development

Available Options

• MongoDB Atlas configuration
• Custom port settings
• Development/Production modes
• CORS settings

📚 Requirements

• Node.js 14.0 or later
• npm 6.0 or later
• MongoDB Atlas account (free tier works great!)

🤝 Contributing

1. Fork the repository
2. Create your feature branch (git checkout -b feature/AmazingFeature)
3. Commit your changes (git commit -m 'Add some AmazingFeature')
4. Push to the branch (git push origin feature/AmazingFeature)
5. Open a Pull Request

📝 License

This project is licensed under the MIT License - see the LICENSE file for details.

Acknowledgments

• MongoDB Atlas for database hosting
• Express.js for backend framework
• React for frontend library
• Node.js for runtime environment
• Tailwind CSS for styling

📮 Support

Having trouble? Open an issue or reach out to us:

• GitHub Issues
• Email Support