Projects Init CLI

A powerful CLI tool to initialize monorepo projects with customizable frontend, backend, and storage options.

Features

Frontend Options

• Next.js - React framework with Tailwind CSS
• React - React with Vite and Tailwind CSS
• HTML - Plain HTML with Tailwind CSS and Vite

Backend Options

• Express.js - Node.js web framework
• NestJS - Progressive Node.js framework
• FastAPI - Modern Python web framework
• AWS CDK - Infrastructure as code
• AWS SAM - Serverless Application Model

Storage Options

• CDK Database - Create database using AWS CDK
• Local SQLite - SQLite database for local development
• External Database URL - Connect to existing database

Database Types

• SQL: Raw SQL or Prisma ORM
• NoSQL: DynamoDB or MongoDB

API Types (for Express/NestJS)

• REST API
• GraphQL

Installation

Global Installation

npm install -g projects-init-cli

Local Installation

npm install
npm run build
npm link

Use with npx (No Installation Required)

npx projects-init-cli

Usage

Run the CLI tool:

projects-init

The tool will guide you through interactive prompts to select:

1. Project name
2. Frontend framework
3. Backend framework
4. Storage option
5. Database type (if applicable)
6. Database options (SQL/NoSQL, ORM, etc.)
7. API type (for Express/NestJS)

Example

$ projects-init

🚀 Project Initializer CLI

? What is your project name? my-awesome-app
? Select frontend framework: Next.js (with Tailwind)
? Select backend framework: Express.js
? Select storage option: Local SQLite (Node.js)
? Select database type: SQL
? Select SQL option: Prisma ORM
? Select API type: REST API

✅ Project created successfully!

Next steps:
  cd my-awesome-app
  npm install
  npm run dev

Project Structure

Generated projects follow a monorepo structure:

my-project/
├── frontend/          # Frontend application
├── backend/           # Backend application
├── package.json       # Root package.json with workspaces
└── README.md          # Project documentation

Development

# Install dependencies
npm install

# Build the project
npm run build

# Run in development mode
npm run dev

License

MIT