Create Express App

🚀 A powerful CLI tool to quickly scaffold Express.js applications with TypeScript/JavaScript and your preferred database setup.

Features

• Language Options

  • JavaScript (ES6+)
  • TypeScript with full type support

• Database Integration

  • MongoDB with Mongoose ORM
  • PostgreSQL with Prisma ORM

Installation

npm install -g @pratiyank/create-express-app

Quick Start

Directly copy and paste:

create-express-app init

Features in Development

We're actively working on adding these features:

• Authentication boilerplate
• Error handling utilities
• Middleware configurations
• Request validation
• Logging system
• Test setup
• Health check endpoints

JWT Based Authentication

Language + Database	Authentication Status	Implementation Details
TypeScript + MongoDB	✅ Implemented	JWT-based authentication
TypeScript + PostgreSQL	✅ Implemented	Using Prisma JWT Based
JavaScript + MongoDB	✅ Implemented	JWT-based authentication
JavaScript + PostgreSQL	✅ Implemented	Using Prisma JWT Based

Configuration

Environment Variables

Envireonment Variables comes pre defined you just have to insert the value in them.

Scripts

# Development
npm run dev

# Build
npm run build

# Production
npm start

Contributing

We welcome contributions! Please feel free to submit a Pull Request.

1. Fork the repository
2. Create your feature branch (git checkout -b feature/AmazingFeature)
3. Commit your changes (git commit -m 'Add some AmazingFeature')
4. Push to the branch (git push origin feature/AmazingFeature)
5. Open a Pull Request

License

This project is licensed under the MIT License - see the LICENSE file for details.

Support

If you find this tool helpful, please give it a ⭐️ on GitHub!

Acknowledgments

• Express.js team
• MongoDB team
• Prisma team