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7/13/2026
An Interactive Express.js API Generator

An Interactive Express.js API Generator

Short summary

exp-gen is an interactive CLI tool that scaffolds production-ready Express.js APIs with layered architecture, supporting TypeScript and JavaScript with MongoDB, MySQL, SQLite, and PostgreSQL. The tool generates controllers, services, repositories, routes, and other standard layers, and optionally installs dependencies. The author invites community contributions for additional templates like Prisma, Docker, and CI/CD.

  • Interactive CLI generates layered Express.js API projects with TypeScript/JavaScript support
  • Supports MongoDB, MySQL, SQLite, PostgreSQL with optional auto dependency installation
  • Open to community contributions for Prisma, Docker, testing, and CI/CD templates

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