🚀 TurboLab

Build a production‑grade developer platform in one command.

TurboLab is a pnpm‑native platform CLI that bootstraps a full turborepo setup with database, infra, workspace tooling, and developer experience pre‑wired.

It’s not a starter template. It’s a platform initializer.

✨ Features

• ⚡ One‑command project creation
• 🧱 Turborepo monorepo architecture
• 🔐 Database bootstrapping (Prisma)
• 📦 pnpm workspace setup
• 🧠 Intelligent platform orchestration
• 🔄 Infra‑ready architecture
• 🛠 Dev‑experience first design
• 🧬 Startup‑grade structure

📦 Installation & Usage

Run instantly (no global install)

# npm
npx turbolab

# pnpm
pnpm dlx turbolab

# yarn (modern yarn)
yarn dlx turbolab

# bun
bunx turbolab

🧭 CLI Flow

✔ Project name
✔ Database URL input
→ Repository cloning
→ Workspace bootstrap
→ Environment generation
→ Dependency installation
→ Database initialization
→ Platform ready

🧠 Philosophy

TurboLab follows a simple rule:

Don’t generate projects — generate platforms.

Instead of scaffolding files, TurboLab builds:

• systems
• workflows
• infra foundations
• scalable architecture
• real production structures

🏗 What TurboLab Creates

apps/
packages/
infra/
config/
prisma/
turbo.json
pnpm-workspace.yaml

A real platform layout — not a demo project.

🔐 Database Support

TurboLab asks for your database configuration at setup time:

? Enter your DATABASE_URL

This ensures:

• real infra
• real connectivity
• real production behavior
• no fake defaults
• no broken installs

🧬 Platform Model

CLI → Platform Orchestrator → Template Engine → Infra Init → Workspace Init → Ready

🎯 Why TurboLab

Most tools generate repos.

TurboLab generates developer platforms:

• for startups
• for SaaS
• for internal tools
• for scale
• for teams
• for infra‑first products

🛠 Tech Stack

• Node.js
• pnpm
• Turborepo
• Prisma
• TypeScript
• Monorepo architecture
• Workspace tooling

🧱 Design Principles

• Deterministic setup
• No magic defaults
• No hidden infra
• No fake databases
• No broken installs
• No unsafe scripts
• Real configuration
• Real initialization

🧪 Example

npx turbolab

⚡ TurboLab Platform

✔ Project name: my-platform
✔ Enter your DATABASE_URL: postgresql://...

🚀 Creating my-platform...
📦 Installing dependencies...
⚙️ Initializing platform...

✅ Platform ready!

Next steps:
  cd my-platform
  pnpm dev

🚀 Roadmap

• 🔄 Multi‑template support
• 🧩 Plugin system
• ☁️ Cloud integrations
• 🐳 Docker presets
• 🧱 Infra modules
• 🔐 Auth modules
• 📊 Observability stack
• 🤖 AI tooling
• ⚙️ Platform presets

🧑‍💻 Who is this for?

• Startup founders
• Backend engineers
• Platform engineers
• Infra engineers
• Full‑stack developers
• DevOps engineers
• Product builders
• Engineering teams

📜 License

MIT

🌍 Vision

TurboLab aims to become a developer platform engine — not a template tool.

A system that builds:

• platforms
• products
• infrastructure
• ecosystems

❤️ Built for Developers

TurboLab is built with one goal:

Make building serious software fast, structured, and scalable.

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