How to Build a Custom Node.js CLI Tool to Bootstrap Backend Projects

Setting up a new backend project from scratch can be tedious. If you frequently build APIs using Node.js, Express, TypeScript, and Prisma, you likely find yourself repeating the same boilerplate setup every time.

Instead of copying and pasting old code, you can build your own custom Command Line Interface (CLI) tool (npx create-nxa-server project_name) to generate a production-ready backend architecture in seconds.

In this tutorial, we will build a simple Node.js CLI tool that scaffolds a new backend project.