Spin up a configured Node.js project — right away.
A community-driven project generator. Pick your framework, package manager and dependencies, then download a ready-to-run project or copy the CLI command. No boilerplate, no setup.
Every Node.js project starts the same way: create the folder, init the package manager, install the framework, wire up TypeScript, add the ORM, configure linting, set up Docker, write the .env.example... Before writing a single line of business logic, you've burned 30 minutes on scaffolding you've done dozens of times before.
Right Away gives you a web interface where you make all those decisions visually and get back a .zip you can unzip and start coding immediately. Everything is pre-configured and wired together — tsconfig.json, package.json, folder structure, config files for every tool you picked.
- Choose your framework — NestJS, Express, Fastify, Hono, Next.js or Vite
- Pick your language — TypeScript or JavaScript
- Select a module system — ESM or CommonJS
- Choose a package manager — npm, yarn, pnpm or bun
- Fill in project metadata — name, description, version, author, license, Node version
- Add dependencies from the catalog — ORM, auth, validation, testing, caching, tooling and more
- Preview the file structure live as you configure
- Generate .zip — download the project ready to run
right-away/
├── apps/
│ ├── web/ # React + Vite frontend
│ └── api/ # Node.js + Express backend
├── packages/
│ └── shared/ # TypeScript types shared between apps
├── spec/
│ ├── overview.md
│ ├── frontend/
│ │ ├── components.md
│ │ └── flows.md
│ ├── backend/
│ │ ├── api.md
│ │ └── generator.md
│ └── catalog/
│ └── dependencies.md
└── README.md
| Layer | Technology |
|---|---|
| Frontend | React, Vite, TypeScript |
| Backend | Node.js, Express, TypeScript |
| Zip gen | archiver + Handlebars templates |
| Monorepo | pnpm workspaces |
All features are specced in /spec before implementation. Each markdown file describes the contract — component props, API endpoints, generator behavior — so the intent is always clear and separate from the code.
# Install dependencies
pnpm install
# Run frontend + backend in parallel
pnpm dev
# Frontend → http://localhost:5173
# Backend → http://localhost:3001This is a community project. If you want to add a framework, a new dependency to the catalog, or improve a template, open a PR — contributions are welcome.