create-express-pro

Scaffold a production-ready Express.js backend in seconds.

✨ Features

• ✅ Express.js starter template
• ✅ Modular folder structure
• ✅ Middleware setup (Helmet, CORS, Compression, Morgan)
• ✅ Logging with Winston (optionally with log files)
• ✅ Rate limiter and Multer config (optional)
• ✅ Prettier formatting
• ✅ Socket.IO support
• ✅ Environment-ready .env file
• ✅ Interactive CLI powered by inquirer

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📦 Installation

npm install -g create-express-pro

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🚀 Usage

create-express-pro

The CLI will prompt you for:

• Project name
• Author name
• Port number
• JavaScript or TypeScript
• Use of Winston log files
• Package manager (npm, yarn, pnpm)

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📁 Folder Structure

your-project/
├── controllers/
├── db/
├── logs/
├── middlewares/
├── models/
├── routes/
├── utils/
├── views/
├── uploads/
├── public/
├── app.js
├── .env
├── .gitignore
└── package.json

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💠 Scripts

Each generated project comes with:

"scripts": {
  "dev": "nodemon app.js",
  "start": "node app.js",
  "format": "prettier --write ."
}

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✉ Contributing

Pull requests are welcome. For major changes, please open an issue first to discuss what you would like to change.

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👉 License

MIT