# Install globally
npm install -g typescript-express-starter

# Run the interactive CLI
typescript-express-starter

┌  📘 TypeScript Express Starter
│
◇  Choose setup mode:
│  ● 🚀 Quick start (recommended preset) (Automatically selects a sensible toolset)
│  ○ 🛠 Custom (step-by-step) (Pick tools category by category)
│
◇  Which package manager do you want to use?
│  ● npm
│  ○ pnpm
│  ○ yarn
│
◇  Choose a template:
│  ● Express TypeScript (Basic Express + TypeScript starter · beginner · stable)
│  ○ Drizzle PostgreSQL (Modern SQL toolkit with type safety + full devtools · intermediate · stable)
│
◇  Enter your project name:
│  your-project-name
│
◇  Choose quick profile:
│  ○ Minimal (Template only (no additional devtools))
│  ● Recommended (Balanced default toolchain)
│  ○ Full (One tool from each category)
│
◇  Preset ────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────╮
│                                                                     │
│  Quick profile selected: recommended (biome, tsup, vitest, docker)  │
│                                                                     │
├─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────╯
│
◇  Configuration summary ────────────────────────╮
│                                                │
│  Setup mode     : quick                        │
│  Package manager: pnpm                         │
│  Template       : Express TypeScript           │
│  Project name   : your-project-name            │
│  Devtools       : Biome, tsup, Vitest, Docker  │
│                                                │
├────────────────────────────────────────────────╯
│
◆  Proceed with project generation?
│  ● Yes / ○ No
│
✔ 📦 Base dependencies installed!
│
└ 🎉 Project setup complete!

# Navigate to your project
cd your-project-name

# Start development server
npm run dev

your-project/
├── src/
│   ├── config/           # Configuration files, environment settings
│   ├── controllers/      # Request handling & response logic
│   ├── dtos/             # Data Transfer Objects for request/response
│   ├── entities/         # Database entities (if using ORM)
│   ├── exceptions/       # Custom exception classes
│   ├── interfaces/       # TypeScript interfaces and type definitions
│   ├── middlewares/      # Middlewares (logging, auth, error handling)
│   ├── repositories/     # Database access logic
│   ├── routes/           # API route definitions
│   ├── services/         # Business logic
│   ├── utils/            # Utility/helper functions
│   ├── app.ts            # Express app initialization
│   └── server.ts         # Server entry point
├── .env                   # Environment variables file
├── .env.development.local # Development environment variables
├── .env.production.local  # Production environment variables
├── .env.test.local        # Test environment variables
├── nodemon.json           # Nodemon configuration
├── package.json           # Project dependencies and scripts
└── tsconfig.json          # TypeScript configuration