🚀 create-jerry

A lightning-fast CLI tool to scaffold Express backend projects with MongoDB or MySQL

create-jerry is a project scaffolding tool similar to Vite.js and Create React App, but designed specifically for backend development. It generates a production-ready Express.js boilerplate with your choice of MongoDB or MySQL, complete with folder structure, database configuration, and all necessary dependencies.

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✨ Features

• 🎯 Interactive CLI - Simple prompts guide you through project setup
• ⚡ Fast Setup - Get a working backend in under 60 seconds
• 🗄️ Database Choice - MongoDB or MySQL support out of the box
• 📝 TypeScript Support - Choose JavaScript or TypeScript for your project
• 📁 Clean Architecture - Pre-configured folder structure following best practices
• 🔧 Ready to Code - All dependencies installed and configured automatically

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🚀 Quick Start

npx create-jerry

That's it! Just answer a few prompts:

1. Project name - What do you want to call your project?
2. Database - MongoDB or MySQL?
3. Language - JavaScript or TypeScript?

Your backend project will be created and ready to go! 🎉

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📦 What Gets Generated

your-project-name/
├── src/
│   ├── config/
│   │   └── .env
│   ├── controllers/
│   ├── middlewares/
│   ├── models/
│   │   └── db.js          # Pre-configured database connection
│   └── routes/
├── app.js                  # Express server setup
└── package.json            # With all dependencies configured

📋 Included Dependencies

Base:

• Express.js - Web framework
• dotenv - Environment variables
• cors - Cross-origin resource sharing

Database:

• Mongoose (MongoDB) or MySQL2 (MySQL)

Dev Tools:

• Nodemon - Auto-restart during development
• TypeScript tooling (if TypeScript is selected)

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💻 Usage

Create a new project

npx create-jerry

Navigate to your project

cd your-project-name

Start developing

npm run dev

Your Express server will start with hot-reload enabled! 🔥

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🎯 Problem It Solves

Setting up a backend project from scratch involves:

• ❌ Creating folder structure manually
• ❌ Installing and configuring dependencies
• ❌ Setting up database connections
• ❌ Configuring development environment
• ❌ 15-30 minutes of repetitive setup work

create-jerry reduces this to a single command! ✅

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🛠️ Available Scripts

In your generated project:

npm run dev      # Start development server with hot-reload
npm start        # Start production server
npm run build    # Compile TypeScript (TS projects only)

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📚 Examples

MongoDB + JavaScript Project

npx create-jerry
? Project name: my-mongodb-api
? Select your Database: MongoDB
? Select your Language: Javascript

MySQL + TypeScript Project

npx create-jerry
? Project name: my-mysql-api
? Select your Database: MySQL
? Select your Language: Typescript

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🎥 Demo

Watch the tool in action: Demo Video

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🤝 Contributing

Contributions are welcome! Feel free to:

• 🐛 Report bugs
• 💡 Suggest new features
• 🔧 Submit pull requests

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📄 License

MIT © Tanmay Khanna

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👨‍💻 Author

Tanmay Khanna

• GitHub: @yourusername
• LinkedIn: Your LinkedIn

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⭐ Show Your Support

If this tool helped you save time, give it a star! ⭐

It helps others discover the project and motivates continued development.

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