scaffl

Scaffold a clean MVC folder structure for Node.js/Express projects in seconds.

• Generates models/, views/, controllers/, and routes/, each with a working example file

• Adds an index.js entry point

• Plus a root app.js to tie it all together

Usage

CLI (recommended)

Scaffold into your current directory:

npx scafl

Scaffold into a specific folder:

npx scafl ./my-project

Import as a function

const { scaffold } = require("scafl");

// Scaffold into current directory
scaffold();

// Scaffold into a specific path
scaffold("/path/to/my-project");

Generated Structure

app.js
├── models/
│   ├── index.js
│   └── UserModel.js
├── views/
│   ├── index.js
│   └── userView.js
├── controllers/
│   ├── index.js
│   └── userController.js
└── routes/
    ├── index.js
    └── userRoutes.js

What each file does

| File | Purpose | |------|---------| | app.js | Express app setup, mounts routes at /api | | models/UserModel.js | Example data/schema class | | views/userView.js | Formats data for responses | | controllers/userController.js | Handles request logic (CRUD) | | routes/userRoutes.js | Defines route paths and maps to controllers | | routes/index.js | Central router — mounts all route files | | */index.js | Entry point — exports everything from that folder |

After Scaffolding

Install Express and start building:

npm init -y
npm install express
node app.js

Existing files are never overwritten. It is safe to run in a project that already has some files.

License

MIT