mern-auth-boilerplate/index.mjs

CLI to scaffold a MERN Auth Boilerplate

#!/usr/bin/env node
import fs from 'fs-extra';
import inquirer from 'inquirer';
import path from 'path';
import { fileURLToPath } from 'url';
import { execSync } from 'child_process';
import chalk from 'chalk';

const __filename = fileURLToPath(import.meta.url);
const __dirname = path.dirname(__filename);

(async () => {
  console.log(chalk.cyan.bold("\n🚀 Welcome to MERN Auth Stack Boilerplate!\n"));
  console.log(chalk.cyan("🔗 Made with ❤️ by Jaivardhan Singh"));
  console.log(chalk.cyan("🌐 GitHub: ") + chalk.underline.blue("https://github.com/Jaivardhan7773\n"));

  const { projectName } = await inquirer.prompt([
    {
      name: "projectName",
      type: "input",
      message: "Enter your project folder name:",
      validate: input => input ? true : "Project name cannot be empty!"
    }
  ]);

  const targetPath = path.join(process.cwd(), projectName);
  const sourcePath = path.join(__dirname, "template");
  const frontendPath = path.join(targetPath, 'FRONTEND');
  const backendPath = path.join(targetPath, 'SERVER');

  try {
    console.log(chalk.yellow("📁 Copying files..."));
    await fs.copy(sourcePath, targetPath);

    console.log(chalk.green("✅ Files copied successfully!\n"));

    console.log(chalk.yellow("📦 Installing dependencies... (this might take a minute)\n"));

    console.log(chalk.blue("📦 Installing dependencies for frontend..."));
    execSync('npm install', { cwd: frontendPath, stdio: 'inherit' });

    console.log(chalk.blue("\n📦 Installing dependencies for backend..."));
    execSync('npm install', { cwd: backendPath, stdio: 'inherit' });

    console.log(chalk.green.bold("\n✅ Project setup complete!"));
    console.log(chalk.cyan(`\n👉 cd ${projectName}`));
    console.log(chalk.cyan("👉 npm run dev"));
  } catch (err) {
    console.error(chalk.red("❌ Failed to scaffold project:"), err);
  }
})();