BackGen

🤖 AI-Ready

BackGen ships a built-in MCP (Model Context Protocol) server that AI assistants (Claude, Cursor, GitHub Copilot, VS Code) can use to scaffold projects on your behalf.

Run via CLI:

backgen mcp

Or configure your AI tool's MCP client:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "backgen": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": ["-y", "@ibrahimkhaled19/backgen", "mcp"]
    }
  }
}

Available MCP tools:

Tool	Description
init_project	Scaffold a new production-ready backend project with chosen ORM, preset, and plugins
add_plugin	Install a plugin (jwt, clerk, stripe, s3, ratelimit, ci-github, dependabot, codeql, docker-registry, release)
remove_plugin	Remove a previously installed plugin
generate_resource	Generate a CRUD resource with fields, relations, validation, and Swagger
generate_seed	Generate a database seed file for a resource
generate_factory	Generate a test factory for a resource
doctor	Validate an existing BackGen project for configuration issues
list_plugins	List all available plugins with descriptions
list_presets	List all available domain presets
project_info	Show project metadata from the manifest

Then just ask: "Scaffold a SaaS backend with Prisma, JWT auth, and Stripe payments"

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> Generate production-ready backend foundations so developers can focus on business logic, not boilerplate.

BackGen is a CLI tool that generates complete Express.js backend projects on Prisma, Drizzle, or Mongoose — with authentication, multi-tenant infrastructure, production hardening, Docker, and testing — all working out of the box.

npx @ibrahimkhaled19/backgen init my-api --orm drizzle
cd my-api
npm run dev

Swagger docs at http://localhost:3000/docs in under 60 seconds. Pick your ORM, keep everything else.

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Features

• Express + TypeScript — strict mode, ESLint 9 (flat config), Vitest
• Multi-ORM — Prisma, Drizzle, or Mongoose. Pick at init time, switch later via the manifest
• SaaS-ready — saas-core preset ships Organizations, Memberships, Invitations, RBAC, tenant-scoped queries
• Hardened by default — helmet, strict CORS, request ID, request timeout, xss + mongo-sanitize, graceful shutdown, /health + /ready, error envelope
• Plugin System — JWT, Clerk, Stripe, S3, ratelimit via backgen add
• Resource Generator — CRUD modules with relations, validation, Swagger
• Domain Presets — saas-core, healthcare, SaaS, ecommerce, CRM, LMS — full domain in one command
• Seed & Factory Generators — development data and test factories
• Docker — multi-stage Dockerfile + docker-compose
• Swagger/OpenAPI — auto-ge

... View full README on GitHub