create-stackflow 1.0.4 → 1.0.7

package/README.md

@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ Features:
 - React Router DOM
 - Zustand / Redux Toolkit / Context API
 - React Hook Form
-- Zod / Yup validation
+- Zod / Yup validation (Joi is backend-only)
 - Axios API layer
 - TanStack Query
 - Protected routes
@@ -141,14 +141,12 @@ StackFlow automatically generates:
 my-app/
 │
 ├── frontend/
+│   └── package.json
 │
 ├── backend/
+│   └── package.json
 │
-├── package.json
-│
-├── .gitignore
-│
-└── README.md
+└── node_modules/   (hoisted at project root after install)
 ```
 
 ---

package/cli.js

@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ const program = new Command();
 program
   .name("create-stackflow")
   .description("Generate a production-minded MERN starter with frontend, backend, auth, CRUD, and dashboard UI.")
-  .version("1.0.4")
+  .version("1.0.7")
   .argument("[project-name]", "project folder name")
   .option("--skip-install", "generate files without installing dependencies")
   .option("--yes", "use recommended defaults")

package/package.json

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "create-stackflow",
-  "version": "1.0.4",
+  "version": "1.0.7",
   "description": "Interactive CLI for generating modern full-stack MERN applications.",
   "type": "module",
   "bin": {

package/src/commands/create.js

@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ import { createRootFiles } from "../generators/root.js";
 import { createBackend } from "../generators/backend.js";
 import { createFrontend } from "../generators/frontend.js";
 import { formatName } from "../utils/names.js";
+import { installHoistedWorkspace } from "../utils/install.js";
 
 export async function createStackFlow(options) {
   printBanner();
@@ -51,8 +52,8 @@ export async function createStackFlow(options) {
   await createBackend(context);
 
   if (!context.skipInstall) {
-    await step("Installing root workspace dependencies", () =>
-      execa("npm", ["install"], { cwd: projectDir, stdio: "ignore" }),
+    await step("Installing dependencies (root node_modules)", () =>
+      installHoistedWorkspace(context),
     );
   }
 
@@ -61,7 +62,7 @@ export async function createStackFlow(options) {
   if (context.runProject) {
     console.log(chalk.cyan("\n🚀 Starting the project..."));
     try {
-      await execa("npm", ["run", "dev"], { cwd: projectDir, stdio: "inherit" });
+      await execa("npm", ["run", "dev"], { cwd: context.frontendDir, stdio: "inherit" });
     } catch (error) {
       console.error(chalk.red("\nFailed to start the project."));
       console.error(chalk.dim(error.message));
@@ -77,6 +78,7 @@ function recommendedDefaults(projectName) {
     frontend: "react",
     language: "typescript",
     backendLanguage: "javascript",
+    backendModule: "esm",
     styling: "tailwind",
     tailwind: true,
     uiLibrary: "shadcn",
@@ -103,17 +105,16 @@ function recommendedDefaults(projectName) {
     orm: "Mongoose",
     authStrategy: "JWT",
     passwordHashing: "bcryptjs",
-    fileUpload: "Multer",
+    fileUpload: "None",
     backendValidation: "None",
     securityPackages: ["helmet", "cors", "express-rate-limit", "hpp"],
-    cookieParser: true,
     logging: "Morgan",
-    swagger: true,
+    swagger: false,
     socketio: false,
     winston: false,
     morgan: true,
     cloudinary: false,
-    multer: true,
+    multer: false,
     helmet: true,
     cors: true,
     rateLimit: true,
@@ -163,7 +164,7 @@ function printSuccess(context) {
   console.log(chalk.green.bold("StackFlow app created successfully."));
   console.log();
   console.log(chalk.white("Next steps:"));
-  console.log(chalk.cyan(`  cd ${context.projectName}`));
+  console.log(chalk.cyan(`  cd ${context.projectName}/${frontend}`));
   console.log(chalk.cyan("  npm run dev"));
   console.log();
   console.log(chalk.dim(`Frontend: ${frontend}`));