Changelog

Swagger API docs & Task CRUD routes

Optional Swagger/OpenAPI docs and a real Task CRUD API replacing the generic example routes.

• Swagger UI at /api/docs, JSON spec at /api/docs.json (opt-in via --swagger)
• Task CRUD routes at /api/tasks for all 4 ORM variants
• OpenAPI spec auto-generated from Zod schemas
• Prisma SQLite Docker fix for file: prefix

Docker & template fixes

Fixes broken Docker builds for Yarn and improves generated code consistency.

• Yarn Dockerfile now includes corepack enable
• Package-manager-specific prisma generate in Dockerfile
• CLI arg validation for --database, --db-provider, --package-manager
• Rate limiter skips in test environment
• 80 unit tests (up from 27)

Cross-platform fixes & Prisma 7

Fixes Windows/macOS install issues and upgrades to Prisma 7 config format.

• Windows spawn fix (single command string)
• Prisma 7 support with prisma.config.ts defineConfig
• Graceful handling when git/pnpm/yarn not installed
• Project name validation and sanitization
• Cleanup on failed generation

Rate limiting & docs rewrite

Adds express-rate-limit to generated projects and rewrites documentation with fumadocs components.

• Rate limiting with global limiter + per-route factory
• Docs rewritten with fumadocs Tabs, Steps, Files, Callout
• Copy-to-clipboard for npx command on landing page

Logging, validation & CRUD routes

Adds pino logging, Zod validation middleware, custom error classes, and CRUD routes for all ORMs.

• Structured logging with pino/pino-http
• Zod request validation middleware
• Custom error classes (AppError, NotFoundError, etc.)
• CRUD route variants for Prisma, Drizzle, TypeORM, and in-memory
• Package manager choice (npm, pnpm, yarn)
• 5 bug fixes across Docker, Drizzle, TypeORM, Husky, Vercel

Async install spinner

Fixed CLI freezing during dependency installation with async spawn.

• Non-blocking installs with animated spinner
• Separate status messages for deps and devDeps

npm package README

Added README for the npm registry page.

Latest deps & simplified CI

Dependencies resolve to latest at generation time. Replaced ts-node with tsx.

• Latest dependency versions resolved at project creation
• tsx replaces ts-node + nodemon for dev server
• GitHub Actions simplified from 7 checks to 2

Complete rewrite in TypeScript

Full rewrite from Bash to TypeScript CLI. Generates Express 5 projects with database, Docker, and testing support.

• Interactive CLI with @clack/prompts
• Express 5 with async error handling
• Database ORM selection (Prisma, Drizzle, TypeORM)
• PostgreSQL, MySQL, SQLite support
• Docker multi-stage builds + compose
• Jest + Supertest + ESLint + Prettier + Husky
• Non-interactive mode with --yes flag

Modular Bash CLI with CI/CD

Refactored CLI into modular Bash scripts with CI/CD workflows and code quality tooling.

• Modular generator scripts
• GitHub Actions CI/CD
• Husky + commitlint
• Documentation website introduced

Initial release

First version of PEST.js. A Bash script that scaffolds Express + TypeScript projects.

• Bash-based project scaffolding
• Express + TypeScript generation
• ESLint, Prettier, Jest setup