node-express-scaff-temps

Scaffold a JWT-auth starter in one command. Pick Express + Prisma, or the TypeORM stack — where you further choose an Express backend or a Next.js frontend (built to talk to that backend).

⚠️ This is a scaffolder — run it with npx, don't npm install it.

npx node-express-scaff-temps my-app

You'll be asked which stack to use:

Which stack?
  1) Express + Prisma
  2) Express + TypeORM
Choose [1]: 2

Scaffold what?
  1) Backend  (Express + TypeORM API)
  2) Frontend (Next.js app)
Choose [1]:

Skip the prompts with flags:

npx node-express-scaff-temps my-app --prisma
npx node-express-scaff-temps my-app --typeorm --backend
npx node-express-scaff-temps my-app --typeorm --frontend

Pass --install to run npm install as part of the scaffold.

What you get

Express + Prisma / Express + TypeORM (backend)

• Express 4 + TypeScript, running through ts-node / nodemon
• JWT register / login, hashed passwords (bcrypt), auth middleware
• Centralised custom errors, error handler and 404 middleware
• A generated .env with a freshly minted JWT_SECRET and a DATABASE_URL pointing at a database named after your project
• Prisma stack: Prisma 7 + pg adapter, user CRUD, a Postman collection. TypeORM stack: TypeORM 0.3 + User entity, DB_SYNC for dev, migration scripts.

Next.js frontend

• Next.js (App Router) + TypeScript + Tailwind + shadcn/ui
• Zustand (auth store), React Query (data), React Hook Form + Zod (forms)
• Register / login / home pages wired to the TypeORM backend's /api/auth
• A generated .env with NEXT_PUBLIC_API_URL pointing at the API

After scaffolding

Express + Prisma

cd my-app
npm install
createdb my_app            # or point DATABASE_URL in .env somewhere else
npx prisma generate
npx prisma migrate dev --name init
npm run dev

Express + TypeORM (backend)

cd my-app
npm install
createdb my_app            # or point DATABASE_URL in .env somewhere else
npm run dev                # DB_SYNC=true auto-creates the tables

Next.js (frontend)

cd my-app
npm install
npm run dev                # http://localhost:3000

Point NEXT_PUBLIC_API_URL in .env at your running backend (defaults to http://localhost:3000/api).

Templates

| Choice | Folder | | ------------------------- | ---------------------------- | | Express + Prisma | templates/prisma/ | | Express + TypeORM backend | templates/typeORMexpress/ | | Next.js frontend | templates/nextjs/ |