🚀 setup-node-boilerplate

The easiest Node.js + Express boilerplate CLI
📦 Instantly generate a clean, ready-to-run backend project — no manual setup, no messy copy-paste!

✨ What this CLI does

• ✅ Generates standard folders: config/, controllers/, models/, routes/, middleware/, utils/, logs/, public/
• ✅ Adds a working server.js with Express, dotenv & CORS setup
• ✅ Auto-creates .env, .gitignore & package.json with useful dependencies & dev scripts
• ✅ Gives you a ready entry point — just run & start building APIs!

⚡ Quick Use — Just run this:

👉 npx setup-node-boilerplate my-app

Run this anywhere — no install needed:

🚀 Then do this

cd my-app
npm install     # 📌 This installs node_modules
npm run dev     # ✅ Starts the dev server (with nodemon)
Visit: http://localhost:5000
You’ll see: ✅ Server is running!

📂 What you get
Example folder structure:

my-app/
├── config/
│   └── db.js (your DB connection file)
├── controllers/
├── models/
├── routes/
├── middleware/
├── utils/
├── logs/
├── public/
├── .env
├── .gitignore
├── package.json
├── server.js
├── README.md

🗂️ How to extend

Connect your MongoDB in config/db.js

Add your models & controllers logic

Create routes in routes/

Use middleware/ for auth, error handling etc.

✅ Boom — your API is ready!

💡 Note
📌 This CLI does NOT auto-run npm install — so you must run:

npm install
once the project is generated.
This is 100% normal & standard for generators like create-react-app too!

✅ Tech stack included

Express.js

dotenv

CORS

nodemon (for dev)

🔗 Author
Built with ❤️ by Rajkumar

📜 License
MIT — Free for everyone, forever!