@kapvm/create-express-app/bin/index.js

A CLI tool to scaffold an Express.js boilerplate project

#!/usr/bin/env node

const path = require("path");
const fs = require("fs-extra");
const { execSync } = require("child_process");

const projectName = process.argv[2];

if (!projectName) {
  console.error("❌ Please provide a project name.");
  console.log("Usage: npx @khush/create-express-app my-app");
  process.exit(1);
}

const targetPath = path.join(process.cwd(), projectName);
const templatePath = path.join(__dirname, "..", "template");

(async () => {
  try {
    console.log("📁 Creating project folder...");
    await fs.copy(templatePath, targetPath);

    console.log("📦 Installing dependencies...");
    execSync(`cd "${projectName}" && npm install`, { stdio: "inherit" });

    console.log("🚀 Success!");
    console.log(`👉 Next steps:
  cd ${projectName}
  npm start`);
  } catch (err) {
    console.error("❌ Error:", err.message);
  }
})();