CLI options

Every interactive prompt create-meno-app asks and exactly what each one toggles in the generated project.

The CLI is fully interactive — run it and answer the prompts. There are no flags to memorize; each answer flips a feature on or off and the generator renders only the files you need.

npx create-meno-app my-api

Project basics#

Language#

Choose TypeScript or JavaScript (ESM). This determines the file extensions (.ts / .js), whether a tsconfig.json is generated, and which dev tooling is wired up (tsx, @types/*, @swc/jest for tests).

Authentication#

Include Auth module?#

Generates a complete auth module mounted at /auth: register, login, logout, forgot / reset password and change password. Adds the User model, session middleware (express-session + connect-mongo), bcrypt hashing and a create:admin script. See Auth & RBAC.

Include RBAC?#

(Only when auth is enabled.) Adds role-and-permission middleware so you can guard routes by role.

Core features#

Rate limiting?#

Adds request rate-limiting middleware. You then choose a store:

• In-memory — simplest, but not safe across multiple instances. Good for dev.
• MongoDB — shared across instances using your existing database. Recommended for production.
• Redis — fast, distributed; requires a Redis server.

See Rate limiting.

Winston logger with daily rotation?#

Adds a structured Winston logger with daily-rotating log files. See Logging.

File upload#

Include file upload?#

Adds upload handling. Choose a provider:

• Local disk (Multer) — writes to disk; great for development.
• Google Cloud Storage — production-grade, with a signed-URL cache for downloads.

See File upload.

Email#

Gmail API email service?#

Adds an email service built on the Gmail API with Handlebars templates (welcome, forgot-password, password-changed).

Multi-language email templates?#

(Only when email is enabled.) Adds English and Turkish (en + tr) locale files for email copy. See Email.

Testing & quality#

Jest test setup?#

Adds Jest, supertest and mongodb-memory-server for fast, isolated integration tests — plus an example auth test suite. See Testing.

ESLint + Prettier?#

Adds an ESLint flat config, Prettier, Husky and lint-staged with a pre-commit hook. See Code quality.

DevOps & docs#

Swagger / OpenAPI docs?#

Serves an interactive Swagger UI at GET /docs in development. See Swagger.

Markdown docs generator?#

Adds npm run docs, which writes Markdown API documentation to docs/. See Docs generator.

Docker setup?#

Adds a Dockerfile, docker-compose.yml (with MongoDB) and .dockerignore, with a configured HEALTHCHECK. See Docker & CI.

GitHub Actions CI?#

Adds a CI workflow (lint → test → build → docs check) and a Dependabot config.

AI context files#

A multi-select for which AI assistant context files to generate:

• Claude → CLAUDE.md
• Cursor → .cursor/rules/project.mdc
• Kiro → .kiro/steering/project.md

Each explains the stack, the non-negotiable conventions and the module pattern so an agent can extend the project correctly. See AI-friendly.