bubbles-express-generator

A simple CLI to scaffold Express.js starter projects.

🔧 Usage | 🧪 Variants | 📁 Output | 🏁 Flags | 📖 Help | 🤝 Contributions | 🔗 Links

🔧 Usage 🔝

You can use the CLI via npx (no installation needed):

npx bubbles-express

Or if you prefer to, install it globally:

npm install -g bubbles-express-generator

Then you can run it with:

bubbles-express

🧪 Variants 🔝

The generator supports different project types:

• (Supabase) PostgreSQL + Drizzle ORM + TypeScript
• MongoDB (Atlas) + Mongoose ODM + TypeScript
• (Supabase) PostgreSQL + Drizzle ORM + JavaScript
• MongoDB (Atlas) + Mongoose ODM + JavaScript

📁 Output 🔝

A new folder will be created with the generated code based on your selections.
If the current directory is not empty, you'll be prompted whether to overwrite it or choose a new name.
After that, dependencies will be installed automatically.

Once it's done, you can start your project with:

cd your-project-name
npm run dev

You're ready to go!

🏁 Flags 🔝

You can skip the interactive prompts by providing flags directly:

• --ts or --js: Set the language (TypeScript or JavaScript)
• --pg or --mongo: Choose your database (PostgreSQL or MongoDB)

Example:

npx bubbles-express my-api --ts --pg

If all necessary flags are provided, the generator will auto-run without any questions.

📖 Help 🔝

To display the help menu, you can run:

npx bubbles-express --help

This will show a list of available flags and usage examples.

🤝 Contributions 🔝

This is my very first npm package — so it's likely to have more quirks than I realized 😅
Feel free to open an issue for improvements or bug fixes, or submit a pull request directly.

🔗 Links 🔝

• 📄 Documentation
• 🌐 Website