🚀 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!

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✨ 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!

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⚡ Quick Use — Just run this:

👉 npx setup-node-boilerplate my-app

Run this anywhere — no install needed:

🚀 Then do this

1cd my-app
2npm install     # 📌 This installs node_modules
3npm run dev     # ✅ Starts the dev server (with nodemon)
4Visit: http://localhost:5000
5You’ll see: ✅ Server is running!
6
7📂 What you get
8Example folder structure:
9
10my-app/
11├── config/
12│   └── db.js (your DB connection file)
13├── controllers/
14├── models/
15├── routes/
16├── middleware/
17├── utils/
18├── logs/
19├── public/
20├── .env
21├── .gitignore
22├── package.json
23├── server.js
24├── README.md
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26🗂️ How to extend
27
28Connect your MongoDB in config/db.js
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30Add your models & controllers logic
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32Create routes in routes/
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34Use middleware/ for auth, error handling etc.
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36✅ Boom — your API is ready!
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38💡 Note
39📌 This CLI does NOT auto-run npm install — so you must run:
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41npm install
42once the project is generated.
43This is 100% normal & standard for generators like create-react-app too!
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45✅ Tech stack included
46
47Express.js
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49dotenv
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51CORS
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53nodemon (for dev)
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55🔗 Author
56Built with ❤️ by Rajkumar
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58📜 License
59MIT — Free for everyone, forever!
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