add express, automated mongodb atlas setup, fix stack architech

.changeset/plain-symbols-hide.md

@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+"create-better-t-stack": minor
+---
+
+Add express backend, mongodb database and automated mongodb atlas setup

apps/cli/README.md

@@ -24,10 +24,10 @@ Follow the prompts to configure your project or use the `--yes` flag for default
 - **Monorepo**: Turborepo for optimized build system and workspace management
 - **Frontend**: React, TanStack Router, TanStack Query, Tailwind CSS with shadcn/ui components
 - **Native Apps**: Create React Native apps with Expo for iOS and Android
-- **Backend Frameworks**: Choose between Hono or Elysia
+- **Backend Frameworks**: Choose between Hono, Express, or Elysia
 - **API Layer**: End-to-end type safety with tRPC
 - **Runtime Options**: Choose between Bun or Node.js for your server
-- **Database Options**: SQLite (via Turso), PostgreSQL, or no database
+- **Database Options**: SQLite (via Turso), PostgreSQL, MongoDB, or no database
 - **ORM Selection**: Choose between Drizzle ORM or Prisma
 - **Authentication**: Optional auth setup with Better-Auth
 - **Progressive Web App**: Add PWA support with service workers and installable apps
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ Usage: create-better-t-stack [project-directory] [options]
 Options:
   -V, --version                   Output the version number
   -y, --yes                       Use default configuration
-  --database <type>               Database type (none, sqlite, postgres)
+  --database <type>               Database type (none, sqlite, postgres, mongodb)
   --orm <type>                    ORM type (none, drizzle, prisma)
   --auth                          Include authentication
   --no-auth                       Exclude authentication
@@ -58,11 +58,8 @@ Options:
   --package-manager <pm>          Package manager (npm, pnpm, bun)
   --install                       Install dependencies
   --no-install                    Skip installing dependencies
-  --turso                         Set up Turso for SQLite database
-  --no-turso                      Skip Turso setup
-  --prisma-postgres               Set up Prisma Postgres
-  --no-prisma-postgres            Skip Prisma Postgres setup
-  --backend <framework>           Backend framework (hono, elysia)
+  --db-setup <setup>              Database setup (turso, prisma-postgres, mongodb-atlas, none)
+  --backend <framework>           Backend framework (hono, express, elysia)
   --runtime <runtime>             Runtime (bun, node)
   -h, --help                      Display help
 ```
@@ -93,3 +90,8 @@ Create a project with examples:
 ```bash
 npx create-better-t-stack my-app --examples todo ai
 ```
+
+Create a project with Turso database setup:
+```bash
+npx create-better-t-stack my-app --db-setup turso
+```

apps/cli/package.json

@@ -7,10 +7,7 @@
 	"bin": {
 		"create-better-t-stack": "dist/index.js"
 	},
-	"files": [
-		"template",
-		"dist"
-	],
+	"files": ["template", "dist"],
 	"keywords": [
 		"better-t-stack",
 		"typescript",

apps/cli/src/constants.ts

@@ -18,8 +18,7 @@ export const DEFAULT_CONFIG: ProjectConfig = {
 	git: true,
 	packageManager: getUserPkgManager(),
 	noInstall: false,
-	turso: false,
-	prismaPostgres: false,
+	dbSetup: "none",
 	backend: "hono",
 	runtime: "bun",
 };
@@ -62,6 +61,11 @@ export const dependencyVersionMap = {
 	"@hono/trpc-server": "^0.3.4",
 	hono: "^4.7.5",
 
+	cors: "^2.8.5",
+	express: "^5.1.0",
+	"@types/express": "^5.0.1",
+	"@types/cors": "^2.8.17",
+
 	ai: "^4.2.8",
 	"@ai-sdk/google": "^1.2.3",
 

apps/cli/src/helpers/backend-framework-setup.ts

@@ -27,6 +27,13 @@ export async function setupBackendDependencies(
 			dependencies.push("@elysiajs/node");
 			devDependencies.push("tsx", "@types/node");
 		}
+	} else if (framework === "express") {
+		dependencies.push("express", "cors");
+		devDependencies.push("@types/express", "@types/cors");
+
+		if (runtime === "node") {
+			devDependencies.push("tsx", "@types/node");
+		}
 	}
 
 	if (runtime === "bun") {

apps/cli/src/helpers/create-project.ts

@@ -54,8 +54,9 @@ export async function createProject(options: ProjectConfig): Promise<string> {
 			options.database,
 			options.orm,
 			options.packageManager,
-			options.turso ?? options.database === "sqlite",
-			options.prismaPostgres,
+			options.dbSetup === "turso",
+			options.dbSetup === "prisma-postgres",
+			options.dbSetup === "mongodb-atlas",
 		);
 
 		await setupAuthTemplate(

apps/cli/src/helpers/db-setup.ts

@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ import type {
 	ProjectPackageManager,
 } from "../types";
 import { addPackageDependency } from "../utils/add-package-deps";
+import { setupMongoDBAtlas } from "./mongodb-atlas-setup";
 import { setupPrismaPostgres } from "./prisma-postgres-setup";
 import { setupTurso } from "./turso-setup";
 
@@ -18,6 +19,7 @@ export async function setupDatabase(
 	packageManager: ProjectPackageManager,
 	setupTursoDb: boolean,
 	setupPrismaPostgresDb: boolean,
+	setupMongoDBAtlasDb: boolean,
 ): Promise<void> {
 	const s = spinner();
 	const serverDir = path.join(projectDir, "apps/server");
@@ -68,6 +70,18 @@ export async function setupDatabase(
 					await setupPrismaPostgres(projectDir, packageManager);
 				}
 			}
+		} else if (databaseType === "mongodb") {
+			if (orm === "prisma") {
+				addPackageDependency({
+					dependencies: ["@prisma/client"],
+					devDependencies: ["prisma"],
+					projectDir: serverDir,
+				});
+			}
+
+			if (setupMongoDBAtlasDb) {
+				await setupMongoDBAtlas(projectDir);
+			}
 		}
 	} catch (error) {
 		s.stop(pc.red("Failed to set up database"));

apps/cli/src/helpers/env-setup.ts

@@ -44,14 +44,18 @@ export async function setupEnvironmentVariables(
 
 	if (options.database !== "none") {
 		if (options.orm === "prisma" && !envContent.includes("DATABASE_URL")) {
-			const databaseUrlLine =
-				options.database === "sqlite"
-					? ""
-					: `\nDATABASE_URL="postgresql://postgres:postgres@localhost:5432/mydb?schema=public"`;
+			let databaseUrlLine = "";
+			if (options.database === "sqlite") {
+				databaseUrlLine = "";
+			} else if (options.database === "postgres") {
+				databaseUrlLine = `\nDATABASE_URL="postgresql://postgres:postgres@localhost:5432/mydb?schema=public"`;
+			} else if (options.database === "mongodb") {
+				databaseUrlLine = `\nDATABASE_URL="mongodb://localhost:27017/mydatabase"`;
+			}
 			envContent += databaseUrlLine;
 		}
 
-		if (options.database === "sqlite" && !options.turso) {
+		if (options.database === "sqlite" && options.dbSetup !== "turso") {
 			if (!envContent.includes("TURSO_CONNECTION_URL")) {
 				envContent += "\nTURSO_CONNECTION_URL=http://127.0.0.1:8080";
 			}

apps/cli/src/helpers/examples-setup.ts

@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ export async function setupExamples(
 
 	if (
 		examples.includes("ai") &&
-		backend === "hono" &&
+		(backend === "hono" || backend === "express") &&
 		hasWebFrontend &&
 		webAppExists
 	) {
@@ -89,6 +89,7 @@ async function updateServerIndexWithAIRoute(projectDir: string): Promise<void> {
 	if (await fs.pathExists(serverIndexPath)) {
 		let indexContent = await fs.readFile(serverIndexPath, "utf8");
 		const isHono = indexContent.includes("hono");
+		const isExpress = indexContent.includes("express");
 
 		if (isHono) {
 			const importSection = `import { streamText } from "ai";\nimport { google } from "@ai-sdk/google";\nimport { stream } from "hono/streaming";`;
@@ -110,6 +111,7 @@ app.post("/ai", async (c) => {
   return stream(c, (stream) => stream.pipe(result.toDataStream()));
 });`;
 
+			// Add imports and route handler for Hono
 			if (indexContent.includes("import {")) {
 				const lastImportIndex = indexContent.lastIndexOf("import");
 				const endOfLastImport = indexContent.indexOf("\n", lastImportIndex);
@@ -141,9 +143,66 @@ ${indexContent.substring(exportIndex)}`;
 ${aiRouteHandler}`;
 				}
 			}
+		} else if (isExpress) {
+			// Express implementation
+			const importSection = `import { streamText } from "ai";\nimport { google } from "@ai-sdk/google";`;
 
-			await fs.writeFile(serverIndexPath, indexContent);
+			const aiRouteHandler = `
+// AI chat endpoint
+app.post("/ai", async (req, res) => {
+  const { messages = [] } = req.body;
+
+  const result = streamText({
+    model: google("gemini-1.5-flash"),
+    messages,
+  });
+
+  result.pipeDataStreamToResponse(res);
+});`;
+
+			// Add imports for Express
+			if (
+				indexContent.includes("import {") ||
+				indexContent.includes("import ")
+			) {
+				const lastImportIndex = indexContent.lastIndexOf("import");
+				const endOfLastImport = indexContent.indexOf("\n", lastImportIndex);
+				indexContent = `${indexContent.substring(0, endOfLastImport + 1)}
+${importSection}
+${indexContent.substring(endOfLastImport + 1)}`;
+			} else {
+				indexContent = `${importSection}
+
+${indexContent}`;
+			}
+
+			// Add route handler for Express
+			const trpcHandlerIndex = indexContent.indexOf('app.use("/trpc"');
+			if (trpcHandlerIndex !== -1) {
+				indexContent = `${indexContent.substring(0, trpcHandlerIndex)}${aiRouteHandler}
+
+${indexContent.substring(trpcHandlerIndex)}`;
+			} else {
+				const appListenIndex = indexContent.indexOf("app.listen(");
+				if (appListenIndex !== -1) {
+					// Find the line before app.listen
+					const prevNewlineIndex = indexContent.lastIndexOf(
+						"\n",
+						appListenIndex,
+					);
+					indexContent = `${indexContent.substring(0, prevNewlineIndex)}${aiRouteHandler}
+
+${indexContent.substring(prevNewlineIndex)}`;
+				} else {
+					// Fallback: append to the end
+					indexContent = `${indexContent}
+
+${aiRouteHandler}`;
+				}
+			}
 		}
+
+		await fs.writeFile(serverIndexPath, indexContent);
 	}
 }
 

apps/cli/src/helpers/mongodb-atlas-setup.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,121 @@
+import path from "node:path";
+import { cancel, isCancel, log, text } from "@clack/prompts";
+import { execa } from "execa";
+import fs from "fs-extra";
+import pc from "picocolors";
+import { commandExists } from "../utils/command-exists";
+
+type MongoDBConfig = {
+	connectionString: string;
+};
+
+async function checkAtlasCLI(): Promise<boolean> {
+	return commandExists("atlas");
+}
+
+async function initMongoDBAtlas(
+	serverDir: string,
+): Promise<MongoDBConfig | null> {
+	try {
+		const hasAtlas = await checkAtlasCLI();
+
+		if (!hasAtlas) {
+			log.error(pc.red("MongoDB Atlas CLI not found."));
+			log.info(
+				pc.yellow(
+					"Please install it from: https://www.mongodb.com/docs/atlas/cli/current/install-atlas-cli/",
+				),
+			);
+			return null;
+		}
+
+		log.info(pc.yellow("Setting up MongoDB Atlas..."));
+
+		await execa("atlas", ["deployments", "setup"], {
+			cwd: serverDir,
+			stdio: "inherit",
+		});
+
+		log.info(pc.yellow("Please enter your connection string"));
+
+		const connectionString = await text({
+			message: "Paste your complete MongoDB connection string:",
+			validate(value) {
+				if (!value) return "Please enter a connection string";
+				if (!value.startsWith("mongodb")) {
+					return "URL should start with mongodb";
+				}
+			},
+		});
+
+		if (isCancel(connectionString)) {
+			cancel("MongoDB setup cancelled");
+			return null;
+		}
+
+		return {
+			connectionString: connectionString as string,
+		};
+	} catch (error) {
+		if (error instanceof Error) {
+			log.error(pc.red(error.message));
+		}
+		return null;
+	}
+}
+
+async function writeEnvFile(projectDir: string, config?: MongoDBConfig) {
+	const envPath = path.join(projectDir, "apps/server", ".env");
+	let envContent = "";
+
+	if (await fs.pathExists(envPath)) {
+		envContent = await fs.readFile(envPath, "utf8");
+	}
+
+	const mongoUrlLine = config
+		? `DATABASE_URL="${config.connectionString}"`
+		: `DATABASE_URL="mongodb://localhost:27017/mydb"`;
+
+	if (!envContent.includes("DATABASE_URL=")) {
+		envContent += `\n${mongoUrlLine}`;
+	} else {
+		envContent = envContent.replace(
+			/DATABASE_URL=.*(\r?\n|$)/,
+			`${mongoUrlLine}$1`,
+		);
+	}
+
+	await fs.writeFile(envPath, envContent.trim());
+}
+
+function displayManualSetupInstructions() {
+	log.info(`MongoDB Atlas Setup:
+
+1. Install Atlas CLI: https://www.mongodb.com/docs/atlas/cli/stable/install-atlas-cli/
+2. Run 'atlas deployments setup' and follow prompts
+3. Get your connection string from the output
+4. Format: mongodb+srv://USERNAME:PASSWORD@CLUSTER.mongodb.net/DATABASE_NAME
+5. Add to .env as DATABASE_URL="your_connection_string"`);
+}
+
+export async function setupMongoDBAtlas(projectDir: string) {
+	const serverDir = path.join(projectDir, "apps/server");
+
+	try {
+		const config = await initMongoDBAtlas(serverDir);
+
+		if (config) {
+			await writeEnvFile(projectDir, config);
+			log.success(
+				pc.green("MongoDB Atlas connection string saved to .env file!"),
+			);
+		} else {
+			await writeEnvFile(projectDir);
+			displayManualSetupInstructions();
+		}
+	} catch (error) {
+		log.error(pc.red(`Error during MongoDB Atlas setup: ${error}`));
+		await writeEnvFile(projectDir);
+		displayManualSetupInstructions();
+	}
+}

apps/cli/src/helpers/post-installation.ts

@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ import { note } from "@clack/prompts";
 import pc from "picocolors";
 import type {
 	ProjectAddons,
+	ProjectDBSetup,
 	ProjectDatabase,
 	ProjectFrontend,
 	ProjectOrm,
@@ -18,6 +19,7 @@ export function displayPostInstallInstructions(
 	addons: ProjectAddons[],
 	runtime: ProjectRuntime,
 	frontends: ProjectFrontend[],
+	dbSetup?: ProjectDBSetup,
 ) {
 	const runCmd = packageManager === "npm" ? "npm run" : packageManager;
 	const cdCmd = `cd ${projectName}`;

apps/cli/src/helpers/template-manager.ts

@@ -372,9 +372,9 @@ function getOrmTemplateDir(orm: ProjectOrm, database: ProjectDatabase): string {
 	}
 
 	if (orm === "prisma") {
-		return database === "sqlite"
-			? "template/with-prisma-sqlite"
-			: "template/with-prisma-postgres";
+		if (database === "sqlite") return "template/with-prisma-sqlite";
+		if (database === "postgres") return "template/with-prisma-postgres";
+		if (database === "mongodb") return "template/with-prisma-mongodb";
 	}
 
 	return "template/base";
@@ -388,9 +388,9 @@ function getAuthLibDir(orm: ProjectOrm, database: ProjectDatabase): string {
 	}
 
 	if (orm === "prisma") {
-		return database === "sqlite"
-			? "with-prisma-sqlite-lib"
-			: "with-prisma-postgres-lib";
+		if (database === "sqlite") return "with-prisma-sqlite-lib";
+		if (database === "postgres") return "with-prisma-postgres-lib";
+		if (database === "mongodb") return "with-prisma-mongodb-lib";
 	}
 
 	throw new Error("Invalid ORM or database configuration for auth setup");

apps/cli/src/helpers/turso-setup.ts

@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ import {
 import { $ } from "execa";
 import fs from "fs-extra";
 import pc from "picocolors";
+import { commandExists } from "../utils/command-exists";
 
 type TursoConfig = {
 	dbUrl: string;
@@ -26,12 +27,7 @@ type TursoGroup = {
 };
 
 async function isTursoInstalled() {
-	try {
-		const result = await $`turso --version`;
-		return result.exitCode === 0;
-	} catch (error) {
-		return false;
-	}
+	return commandExists("turso");
 }
 
 async function isTursoLoggedIn() {

apps/cli/src/index.ts

@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ import type {
 	ProjectAddons,
 	ProjectBackend,
 	ProjectConfig,
+	ProjectDBSetup,
 	ProjectDatabase,
 	ProjectExamples,
 	ProjectFrontend,
@@ -37,8 +38,11 @@ async function main() {
 		.version(getLatestCLIVersion())
 		.argument("[project-directory]", "Project name/directory")
 		.option("-y, --yes", "Use default configuration")
-		.option("--database <type>", "Database type (none, sqlite, postgres)")
-		.option("--orm <type>", "ORM type (none, drizzle, prisma)")
+		.option(
+			"--database <type>",
+			"Database type (none, sqlite, postgres, mongodb)",
+		)
+		.option("--orm <type>", "ORM type (drizzle, prisma)")
 		.option("--auth", "Include authentication")
 		.option("--no-auth", "Exclude authentication")
 		.option(
@@ -56,11 +60,14 @@ async function main() {
 		.option("--package-manager <pm>", "Package manager (npm, pnpm, bun)")
 		.option("--install", "Install dependencies")
 		.option("--no-install", "Skip installing dependencies")
-		.option("--turso", "Set up Turso for SQLite database")
-		.option("--no-turso", "Skip Turso setup")
-		.option("--prisma-postgres", "Set up Prisma Postgres")
-		.option("--no-prisma-postgres", "Skip Prisma Postgres setup")
-		.option("--backend <framework>", "Backend framework (hono, elysia)")
+		.option(
+			"--db-setup <setup>",
+			"Database setup (turso, prisma-postgres, mongodb-atlas, none)",
+		)
+		.option(
+			"--backend <framework>",
+			"Backend framework (hono, express, elysia)",
+		)
 		.option("--runtime <runtime>", "Runtime (bun, node)")
 		.parse();
 
@@ -125,20 +132,41 @@ async function main() {
 function validateOptions(options: CLIOptions): void {
 	if (
 		options.database &&
-		!["none", "sqlite", "postgres"].includes(options.database)
+		!["none", "sqlite", "postgres", "mongodb"].includes(options.database)
 	) {
 		cancel(
 			pc.red(
-				`Invalid database type: ${options.database}. Must be none, sqlite, or postgres.`,
+				`Invalid database type: ${options.database}. Must be none, sqlite, postgres, or mongodb.`,
 			),
 		);
 		process.exit(1);
 	}
 
-	if (options.orm && !["none", "drizzle", "prisma"].includes(options.orm)) {
+	if (options.orm && !["drizzle", "prisma"].includes(options.orm)) {
+		cancel(
+			pc.red(`Invalid ORM type: ${options.orm}. Must be drizzle or prisma.`),
+		);
+		process.exit(1);
+	}
+
+	if (
+		options.dbSetup &&
+		!["turso", "prisma-postgres", "mongodb-atlas", "none"].includes(
+			options.dbSetup,
+		)
+	) {
 		cancel(
 			pc.red(
-				`Invalid ORM type: ${options.orm}. Must be none, drizzle, or prisma.`,
+				`Invalid database setup: ${options.dbSetup}. Must be turso, prisma-postgres, mongodb-atlas, or none.`,
+			),
+		);
+		process.exit(1);
+	}
+
+	if (options.database === "mongodb" && options.orm === "drizzle") {
+		cancel(
+			pc.red(
+				"MongoDB is only available with Prisma. Cannot use --database mongodb with --orm drizzle",
 			),
 		);
 		process.exit(1);
@@ -163,51 +191,62 @@ function validateOptions(options: CLIOptions): void {
 			process.exit(1);
 		}
 
-		if ("turso" in options && options.turso === true) {
+		if (options.dbSetup && options.dbSetup !== "none") {
 			cancel(
 				pc.red(
-					"Turso setup requires a SQLite database. Cannot use --turso with --database none.",
+					`Database setup requires a database. Cannot use --db-setup ${options.dbSetup} with --database none.`,
 				),
 			);
 			process.exit(1);
 		}
 	}
 
-	if (
-		"turso" in options &&
-		options.turso === true &&
-		options.database &&
-		options.database !== "sqlite"
-	) {
-		cancel(
-			pc.red(
-				`Turso setup requires a SQLite database. Cannot use --turso with --database ${options.database}`,
-			),
-		);
-		process.exit(1);
-	}
-
-	if (
-		"turso" in options &&
-		options.turso === true &&
-		options.orm === "prisma"
-	) {
-		cancel(
-			pc.red(
-				"Turso setup is not compatible with Prisma. Cannot use --turso with --orm prisma",
-			),
-		);
-		process.exit(1);
-	}
-
-	if ("prismaPostgres" in options && options.prismaPostgres === true) {
-		if (
-			(options.database && options.database !== "postgres") ||
-			(options.orm && options.orm !== "prisma")
-		) {
+	// Check for database setup compatibility
+	if (options.dbSetup === "turso") {
+		if (options.database && options.database !== "sqlite") {
 			cancel(
 				pc.red(
-					"Prisma PostgreSQL setup requires PostgreSQL database with Prisma ORM. Cannot use --prisma-postgres with incompatible database or ORM options.",
+					`Turso setup requires a SQLite database. Cannot use --db-setup turso with --database ${options.database}`,
+				),
+			);
+			process.exit(1);
+		}
+
+		if (options.orm === "prisma") {
+			cancel(
+				pc.red(
+					"Turso setup is not compatible with Prisma. Cannot use --db-setup turso with --orm prisma",
+				),
+			);
+			process.exit(1);
+		}
+	}
+
+	if (options.dbSetup === "prisma-postgres") {
+		if (options.database && options.database !== "postgres") {
+			cancel(
+				pc.red(
+					"Prisma PostgreSQL setup requires PostgreSQL database. Cannot use --db-setup prisma-postgres with a different database type.",
+				),
+			);
+			process.exit(1);
+		}
+
+		if (options.orm && options.orm !== "prisma") {
+			cancel(
+				pc.red(
+					"Prisma PostgreSQL setup requires Prisma ORM. Cannot use --db-setup prisma-postgres with a different ORM.",
+				),
+			);
+			process.exit(1);
+		}
+	}
+
+	if (options.dbSetup === "mongodb-atlas") {
+		if (options.database && options.database !== "mongodb") {
+			cancel(
+				pc.red(
+					"MongoDB Atlas setup requires MongoDB database. Cannot use --db-setup mongodb-atlas with a different database type.",
 				),
 			);
 			process.exit(1);
@@ -226,10 +265,13 @@ function validateOptions(options: CLIOptions): void {
 		process.exit(1);
 	}
 
-	if (options.backend && !["hono", "elysia"].includes(options.backend)) {
+	if (
+		options.backend &&
+		!["hono", "elysia", "express"].includes(options.backend)
+	) {
 		cancel(
 			pc.red(
-				`Invalid backend framework: ${options.backend}. Must be hono or elysia.`,
+				`Invalid backend framework: ${options.backend}. Must be hono, elysia, or express.`,
 			),
 		);
 		process.exit(1);
@@ -409,42 +451,6 @@ function processFlags(
 		}
 	}
 
-	let database = options.database as ProjectDatabase | undefined;
-	let orm: ProjectOrm | undefined;
-	if (options.orm) {
-		orm = options.orm as ProjectOrm;
-	}
-
-	if ("prismaPostgres" in options && options.prismaPostgres === true) {
-		if (!database) {
-			database = "postgres" as ProjectDatabase;
-		}
-		if (!orm) {
-			orm = "prisma" as ProjectOrm;
-		}
-	}
-
-	let auth: boolean | undefined = "auth" in options ? options.auth : undefined;
-	let tursoOption: boolean | undefined =
-		"turso" in options ? options.turso : undefined;
-
-	let prismaPostgresOption: boolean | undefined =
-		"prismaPostgres" in options ? options.prismaPostgres : undefined;
-
-	if (
-		database === "none" ||
-		(database === "sqlite" && database !== undefined) ||
-		(orm !== undefined && orm !== "prisma")
-	) {
-		prismaPostgresOption = false;
-	}
-
-	if (database === "none") {
-		orm = "none";
-		auth = false;
-		tursoOption = false;
-	}
-
 	let examples: ProjectExamples[] | undefined;
 	if ("examples" in options) {
 		if (options.examples === false) {
@@ -517,12 +523,44 @@ function processFlags(
 		}
 	}
 
+	let database = options.database as ProjectDatabase | undefined;
+	let orm = options.orm as ProjectOrm | undefined;
+	const auth = "auth" in options ? options.auth : undefined;
+
 	const backend = options.backend as ProjectBackend | undefined;
 	const runtime = options.runtime as ProjectRuntime | undefined;
 	const packageManager = options.packageManager as
 		| ProjectPackageManager
 		| undefined;
 
+	let dbSetup: ProjectDBSetup | undefined = undefined;
+	if (options.dbSetup) {
+		if (options.dbSetup === "none") {
+			dbSetup = "none";
+		} else {
+			dbSetup = options.dbSetup as ProjectDBSetup;
+
+			if (dbSetup === "turso") {
+				database = "sqlite";
+
+				if (orm === "prisma") {
+					log.warn(
+						pc.yellow(
+							"Turso is not compatible with Prisma - switching to Drizzle",
+						),
+					);
+					orm = "drizzle";
+				}
+			} else if (dbSetup === "prisma-postgres") {
+				database = "postgres";
+				orm = "prisma";
+			} else if (dbSetup === "mongodb-atlas") {
+				database = "mongodb";
+				orm = "prisma";
+			}
+		}
+	}
+
 	const config: Partial<ProjectConfig> = {};
 
 	if (projectDirectory) config.projectName = projectDirectory;
@@ -532,9 +570,7 @@ function processFlags(
 	if (packageManager) config.packageManager = packageManager;
 	if ("git" in options) config.git = options.git;
 	if ("install" in options) config.noInstall = !options.install;
-	if (tursoOption !== undefined) config.turso = tursoOption;
-	if (prismaPostgresOption !== undefined)
-		config.prismaPostgres = prismaPostgresOption;
+	if (dbSetup !== undefined) config.dbSetup = dbSetup;
 	if (backend) config.backend = backend;
 	if (runtime) config.runtime = runtime;
 	if (frontend !== undefined) config.frontend = frontend;

apps/cli/src/prompts/backend-framework.ts

@@ -16,6 +16,11 @@ export async function getBackendFrameworkChoice(
 				label: "Hono",
 				hint: "Lightweight, ultrafast web framework",
 			},
+			{
+				value: "express",
+				label: "Express",
+				hint: "Fast, unopinionated, minimalist web framework for Node.js",
+			},
 			{
 				value: "elysia",
 				label: "Elysia",

apps/cli/src/prompts/config-prompts.ts

@@ -1,9 +1,10 @@
-import { cancel, group } from "@clack/prompts";
+import { cancel, group, log } from "@clack/prompts";
 import pc from "picocolors";
 import type {
 	ProjectAddons,
 	ProjectBackend,
 	ProjectConfig,
+	ProjectDBSetup,
 	ProjectDatabase,
 	ProjectExamples,
 	ProjectFrontend,
@@ -15,16 +16,15 @@ import { getAddonsChoice } from "./addons";
 import { getAuthChoice } from "./auth";
 import { getBackendFrameworkChoice } from "./backend-framework";
 import { getDatabaseChoice } from "./database";
+import { getDBSetupChoice } from "./db-setup";
 import { getExamplesChoice } from "./examples";
 import { getFrontendChoice } from "./frontend-option";
 import { getGitChoice } from "./git";
 import { getNoInstallChoice } from "./install";
 import { getORMChoice } from "./orm";
 import { getPackageManagerChoice } from "./package-manager";
-import { getPrismaSetupChoice } from "./prisma-postgres";
 import { getProjectName } from "./project-name";
 import { getRuntimeChoice } from "./runtime";
-import { getTursoSetupChoice } from "./turso";
 
 type PromptGroupResults = {
 	projectName: string;
@@ -36,8 +36,7 @@ type PromptGroupResults = {
 	git: boolean;
 	packageManager: ProjectPackageManager;
 	noInstall: boolean;
-	turso: boolean;
-	prismaPostgres: boolean;
+	dbSetup: ProjectDBSetup;
 	backend: ProjectBackend;
 	runtime: ProjectRuntime;
 	frontend: ProjectFrontend[];
@@ -46,6 +45,32 @@ type PromptGroupResults = {
 export async function gatherConfig(
 	flags: Partial<ProjectConfig>,
 ): Promise<ProjectConfig> {
+	// Handle specific dbSetup scenarios to adjust database and ORM before prompts
+	if (flags.dbSetup) {
+		if (flags.dbSetup === "turso") {
+			// Force database to be sqlite when turso is selected
+			flags.database = "sqlite";
+
+			// If orm is explicitly set to prisma, warn and switch to drizzle
+			if (flags.orm === "prisma") {
+				log.warn(
+					pc.yellow(
+						"Turso is not compatible with Prisma - switching to Drizzle",
+					),
+				);
+				flags.orm = "drizzle";
+			}
+		} else if (flags.dbSetup === "prisma-postgres") {
+			// Force database and orm for prisma-postgres
+			flags.database = "postgres";
+			flags.orm = "prisma";
+		} else if (flags.dbSetup === "mongodb-atlas") {
+			// Force database for mongodb-atlas
+			flags.database = "mongodb";
+			flags.orm = "prisma"; // MongoDB only works with Prisma
+		}
+	}
+
 	const result = await group<PromptGroupResults>(
 		{
 			projectName: async () => {
@@ -56,21 +81,15 @@ export async function gatherConfig(
 			runtime: () => getRuntimeChoice(flags.runtime),
 			database: () => getDatabaseChoice(flags.database),
 			orm: ({ results }) =>
-				getORMChoice(flags.orm, results.database !== "none"),
+				getORMChoice(flags.orm, results.database !== "none", results.database),
 			auth: ({ results }) =>
 				getAuthChoice(
 					flags.auth,
 					results.database !== "none",
 					results.frontend,
 				),
-			turso: ({ results }) =>
-				results.database === "sqlite" && results.orm !== "prisma"
-					? getTursoSetupChoice(flags.turso)
-					: Promise.resolve(false),
-			prismaPostgres: ({ results }) =>
-				results.database === "postgres" && results.orm === "prisma"
-					? getPrismaSetupChoice(flags.prismaPostgres)
-					: Promise.resolve(false),
+			dbSetup: ({ results }) =>
+				getDBSetupChoice(results.database ?? "none", flags.dbSetup),
 			addons: ({ results }) => getAddonsChoice(flags.addons, results.frontend),
 			examples: ({ results }) =>
 				getExamplesChoice(
@@ -102,8 +121,7 @@ export async function gatherConfig(
 		git: result.git,
 		packageManager: result.packageManager,
 		noInstall: result.noInstall,
-		turso: result.turso,
-		prismaPostgres: result.prismaPostgres,
+		dbSetup: result.dbSetup,
 		backend: result.backend,
 		runtime: result.runtime,
 	};

apps/cli/src/prompts/database.ts

@@ -26,6 +26,11 @@ export async function getDatabaseChoice(
 				label: "PostgreSQL",
 				hint: "Traditional relational database",
 			},
+			{
+				value: "mongodb",
+				label: "MongoDB",
+				hint: "NoSQL document-oriented database",
+			},
 		],
 		initialValue: DEFAULT_CONFIG.database,
 	});

apps/cli/src/prompts/db-setup.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,57 @@
+import { cancel, isCancel, select } from "@clack/prompts";
+import pc from "picocolors";
+import type { ProjectDBSetup } from "../types";
+
+export async function getDBSetupChoice(
+	databaseType: string,
+	dbSetup: ProjectDBSetup | undefined,
+): Promise<ProjectDBSetup> {
+	if (dbSetup !== undefined) return dbSetup as ProjectDBSetup;
+
+	let options: Array<{ value: ProjectDBSetup; label: string; hint: string }> =
+		[];
+
+	if (databaseType === "sqlite") {
+		options = [
+			{
+				value: "turso" as const,
+				label: "Turso",
+				hint: "Cloud SQLite with libSQL",
+			},
+			{ value: "none" as const, label: "None", hint: "Manual setup" },
+		];
+	} else if (databaseType === "postgres") {
+		options = [
+			{
+				value: "prisma-postgres" as const,
+				label: "Prisma Postgres",
+				hint: "Managed by Prisma",
+			},
+			{ value: "none" as const, label: "None", hint: "Manual setup" },
+		];
+	} else if (databaseType === "mongodb") {
+		options = [
+			{
+				value: "mongodb-atlas" as const,
+				label: "MongoDB Atlas",
+				hint: "Cloud MongoDB service",
+			},
+			{ value: "none" as const, label: "None", hint: "Manual setup" },
+		];
+	} else {
+		return "none";
+	}
+
+	const response = await select<ProjectDBSetup>({
+		message: `Select ${databaseType} setup option`,
+		options,
+		initialValue: "none",
+	});
+
+	if (isCancel(response)) {
+		cancel(pc.red("Operation cancelled"));
+		process.exit(0);
+	}
+
+	return response;
+}

apps/cli/src/prompts/examples.ts

@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ export async function getExamplesChoice(
 		});
 	}
 
-	if (backend === "hono") {
+	if (backend === "hono" || backend === "express") {
 		response = await multiselect<ProjectExamples>({
 			message: "Include examples",
 			options: [

apps/cli/src/prompts/orm.ts

@@ -1,15 +1,21 @@
-import { cancel, isCancel, select } from "@clack/prompts";
+import { cancel, isCancel, log, select } from "@clack/prompts";
 import pc from "picocolors";
 import { DEFAULT_CONFIG } from "../constants";
-import type { ProjectOrm } from "../types";
+import type { ProjectDatabase, ProjectOrm } from "../types";
 
 export async function getORMChoice(
 	orm: ProjectOrm | undefined,
 	hasDatabase: boolean,
+	database?: ProjectDatabase,
 ): Promise<ProjectOrm> {
 	if (!hasDatabase) return "none";
 	if (orm !== undefined) return orm;
 
+	if (database === "mongodb") {
+		log.info("Only Prisma is supported with MongoDB.");
+		return "prisma";
+	}
+
 	const response = await select<ProjectOrm>({
 		message: "Select ORM",
 		options: [

apps/cli/src/prompts/prisma-postgres.ts

@@ -1,21 +0,0 @@
-import { cancel, confirm, isCancel } from "@clack/prompts";
-import pc from "picocolors";
-import { DEFAULT_CONFIG } from "../constants";
-
-export async function getPrismaSetupChoice(
-	prismaSetup?: boolean,
-): Promise<boolean> {
-	if (prismaSetup !== undefined) return prismaSetup;
-
-	const response = await confirm({
-		message: "Set up Prisma Postgres database?",
-		initialValue: DEFAULT_CONFIG.prismaPostgres,
-	});
-
-	if (isCancel(response)) {
-		cancel(pc.red("Operation cancelled"));
-		process.exit(0);
-	}
-
-	return response;
-}

apps/cli/src/prompts/turso.ts

@@ -1,19 +0,0 @@
-import { cancel, confirm, isCancel } from "@clack/prompts";
-import pc from "picocolors";
-import { DEFAULT_CONFIG } from "../constants";
-
-export async function getTursoSetupChoice(turso?: boolean): Promise<boolean> {
-	if (turso !== undefined) return turso;
-
-	const response = await confirm({
-		message: "Set up Turso database?",
-		initialValue: DEFAULT_CONFIG.turso,
-	});
-
-	if (isCancel(response)) {
-		cancel(pc.red("Operation cancelled"));
-		process.exit(0);
-	}
-
-	return response;
-}

apps/cli/src/types.ts

@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
-export type ProjectDatabase = "sqlite" | "postgres" | "none";
-export type ProjectOrm = "drizzle" | "prisma" | "none";
+export type ProjectDatabase = "sqlite" | "postgres" | "mongodb" | "none";
+export type ProjectOrm = "drizzle" | "prisma";
 export type ProjectPackageManager = "npm" | "pnpm" | "bun";
 export type ProjectAddons = "pwa" | "biome" | "tauri" | "husky";
-export type ProjectBackend = "hono" | "elysia";
+export type ProjectBackend = "hono" | "elysia" | "express";
 export type ProjectRuntime = "node" | "bun";
 export type ProjectExamples = "todo" | "ai";
 export type ProjectFrontend =
@@ -10,6 +10,11 @@ export type ProjectFrontend =
 	| "tanstack-router"
 	| "tanstack-start"
 	| "native";
+export type ProjectDBSetup =
+	| "turso"
+	| "prisma-postgres"
+	| "mongodb-atlas"
+	| "none";
 
 export interface ProjectConfig {
 	projectName: string;
@@ -22,9 +27,8 @@ export interface ProjectConfig {
 	examples: ProjectExamples[];
 	git: boolean;
 	packageManager: ProjectPackageManager;
-	noInstall?: boolean;
-	turso?: boolean;
-	prismaPostgres: boolean;
+	noInstall: boolean;
+	dbSetup: ProjectDBSetup;
 	frontend: ProjectFrontend[];
 }
 
@@ -39,8 +43,7 @@ export type CLIOptions = {
 	git?: boolean;
 	packageManager?: string;
 	install?: boolean;
-	turso?: boolean;
-	prismaPostgres?: boolean;
+	dbSetup?: string;
 	backend?: string;
 	runtime?: string;
 };

apps/cli/src/utils/command-exists.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+import { execa } from "execa";
+
+export async function commandExists(command: string): Promise<boolean> {
+	try {
+		const isWindows = process.platform === "win32";
+		if (isWindows) {
+			const result = await execa("where", [command]);
+			return result.exitCode === 0;
+		}
+
+		const result = await execa("which", [command]);
+		return result.exitCode === 0;
+	} catch {
+		return false;
+	}
+}

apps/cli/src/utils/display-config.ts

@@ -60,14 +60,8 @@ export function displayConfig(config: Partial<ProjectConfig>) {
 		configDisplay.push(`${pc.blue("Skip Install:")} ${config.noInstall}`);
 	}
 
-	if (config.turso !== undefined) {
-		configDisplay.push(`${pc.blue("Turso Setup:")} ${config.turso}`);
-	}
-
-	if (config.prismaPostgres !== undefined) {
-		configDisplay.push(
-			`${pc.blue("Prisma Postgres Setup:")} ${config.prismaPostgres ? "Yes" : "No"}`,
-		);
+	if (config.dbSetup !== undefined) {
+		configDisplay.push(`${pc.blue("Database Setup:")} ${config.dbSetup}`);
 	}
 
 	return configDisplay.join("\n");

apps/cli/src/utils/generate-reproducible-command.ts

@@ -12,8 +12,8 @@ export function generateReproducibleCommand(config: ProjectConfig): string {
 			flags.push(`--orm ${config.orm}`);
 		}
 
-		if (config.database === "sqlite") {
-			flags.push(config.turso ? "--turso" : "--no-turso");
+		if (config.dbSetup && config.dbSetup !== "none") {
+			flags.push(`--db-setup ${config.dbSetup}`);
 		}
 	}
 

apps/cli/template/with-auth/apps/server/src/lib/with-express-context.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+import type { CreateExpressContextOptions } from "@trpc/server/adapters/express";
+import { fromNodeHeaders } from "better-auth/node";
+import { auth } from "./auth";
+
+export async function createContext(opts: CreateExpressContextOptions) {
+	const session = await auth.api.getSession({
+		headers: fromNodeHeaders(opts.req.headers),
+	});
+	return {
+		session,
+	};
+}
+
+export type Context = Awaited<ReturnType<typeof createContext>>;

apps/cli/template/with-auth/apps/server/src/with-express-index.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+import "dotenv/config";
+import { createExpressMiddleware } from "@trpc/server/adapters/express";
+import { toNodeHandler } from "better-auth/node";
+import cors from "cors";
+import express from "express";
+import { auth } from "./lib/auth";
+import { createContext } from "./lib/context";
+import { appRouter } from "./routers/index";
+
+const app = express();
+
+app.use(
+  cors({
+    origin: process.env.CORS_ORIGIN || "",
+    methods: ["GET", "POST", "OPTIONS"],
+    allowedHeaders: ["Content-Type", "Authorization"],
+    credentials: true,
+  }),
+);
+
+app.all("/api/auth{/*path}", toNodeHandler(auth));
+app.use(express.json());
+
+
+app.use("/trpc", createExpressMiddleware({ router: appRouter, createContext }));
+
+
+app.get("/", (_req, res) => {
+  res.status(200).send("OK");
+});
+
+app.listen(3000, () => {
+  console.log("Server is running on port 3000");
+});

apps/cli/template/with-auth/apps/server/src/with-prisma-mongodb-lib/auth.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+import { betterAuth } from "better-auth";
+import { prismaAdapter } from "better-auth/adapters/prisma";
+import prisma from "../../prisma";
+
+export const auth = betterAuth({
+  database: prismaAdapter(prisma, {
+    provider: "mongodb",
+  }),
+  trustedOrigins: [process.env.CORS_ORIGIN || ""],
+  emailAndPassword: { enabled: true },
+  advanced: {
+    defaultCookieAttributes: {
+      sameSite: "none",
+      secure: true,
+    },
+  },
+});

apps/cli/template/with-express/apps/server/src/index.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+import "dotenv/config";
+import { createExpressMiddleware } from "@trpc/server/adapters/express";
+import cors from "cors";
+import express from "express";
+import { createContext } from "./lib/context";
+import { appRouter } from "./routers/index";
+
+const app = express();
+
+app.use(
+  cors({
+    origin: process.env.CORS_ORIGIN || "",
+    methods: ["GET", "POST", "OPTIONS"],
+    allowedHeaders: ["Content-Type", "Authorization"],
+    credentials: true,
+  }),
+);
+
+app.use(express.json());
+
+app.use("/trpc", createExpressMiddleware({ router: appRouter, createContext }));
+
+app.get("/", (_req, res) => {
+  res.status(200).send("OK");
+});
+
+app.listen(3000, () => {
+  console.log("Server is running on port 3000");
+});

apps/cli/template/with-express/apps/server/src/lib/context.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+import type { CreateExpressContextOptions } from "@trpc/server/adapters/express";
+
+export async function createContext(opts: CreateExpressContextOptions) {
+	return {
+		session: null,
+	};
+}
+
+export type Context = Awaited<ReturnType<typeof createContext>>;

apps/cli/template/with-prisma-mongodb/apps/server/prisma/index.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+import { PrismaClient } from "@prisma/client";
+
+let prisma = new PrismaClient();
+
+export default prisma;

apps/cli/template/with-prisma-mongodb/apps/server/prisma/schema/auth.prisma

@@ -0,0 +1,59 @@
+model User {
+  id            String    @id @map("_id")
+  name          String
+  email         String
+  emailVerified Boolean
+  image         String?
+  createdAt     DateTime
+  updatedAt     DateTime
+  sessions      Session[]
+  accounts      Account[]
+
+  @@unique([email])
+  @@map("user")
+}
+
+model Session {
+  id        String   @id @map("_id")
+  expiresAt DateTime
+  token     String
+  createdAt DateTime
+  updatedAt DateTime
+  ipAddress String?
+  userAgent String?
+  userId    String
+  user      User     @relation(fields: [userId], references: [id], onDelete: Cascade)
+
+  @@unique([token])
+  @@map("session")
+}
+
+model Account {
+  id                    String    @id @map("_id")
+  accountId             String
+  providerId            String
+  userId                String
+  user                  User      @relation(fields: [userId], references: [id], onDelete: Cascade)
+  accessToken           String?
+  refreshToken          String?
+  idToken               String?
+  accessTokenExpiresAt  DateTime?
+  refreshTokenExpiresAt DateTime?
+  scope                 String?
+  password              String?
+  createdAt             DateTime
+  updatedAt             DateTime
+
+  @@map("account")
+}
+
+model Verification {
+  id         String    @id @map("_id")
+  identifier String
+  value      String
+  expiresAt  DateTime
+  createdAt  DateTime?
+  updatedAt  DateTime?
+
+  @@map("verification")
+}

apps/cli/template/with-prisma-mongodb/apps/server/prisma/schema/schema.prisma

@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+generator client {
+  provider = "prisma-client-js"
+  previewFeatures = ["prismaSchemaFolder"]
+}
+
+datasource db {
+  provider = "mongodb"
+  url      = env("DATABASE_URL")
+}

apps/cli/template/with-prisma-mongodb/apps/server/prisma/schema/todo.prisma

@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+model Todo {
+  id        String  @id @default(auto()) @map("_id") @db.ObjectId
+  text      String
+  completed Boolean @default(false)
+
+  @@map("todo")
+}

apps/web/package.json

@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 	"private": true,
 	"scripts": {
 		"build": "next build",
-		"dev": "next dev",
+		"dev": "next dev --turbopack",
 		"start": "next start",
 		"check": "biome check --write .",
 		"postinstall": "fumadocs-mdx"

apps/web/src/app/(home)/_components/StackArchitech.tsx

@@ -74,32 +74,45 @@ const StackArchitect = () => {
 	}, []);
 
 	useEffect(() => {
-		if (stack.database === "none" && stack.orm !== "none") {
-			setStack((prev) => ({ ...prev, orm: "none" }));
-		}
-
-		if (stack.database !== "postgres" || stack.orm !== "prisma") {
-			if (stack.prismaPostgres === "true") {
-				setStack((prev) => ({ ...prev, prismaPostgres: "false" }));
+		if (stack.database === "none") {
+			if (stack.orm !== "none") {
+				setStack((prev) => ({ ...prev, orm: "none" }));
+			}
+			if (stack.auth === "true") {
+				setStack((prev) => ({ ...prev, auth: "false" }));
+			}
+			if (stack.dbSetup !== "none") {
+				setStack((prev) => ({ ...prev, dbSetup: "none" }));
 			}
 		}
 
-		if (stack.database !== "sqlite" || stack.orm === "prisma") {
-			if (stack.turso === "true") {
-				setStack((prev) => ({ ...prev, turso: "false" }));
-			}
+		if (stack.database === "mongodb" && stack.orm === "drizzle") {
+			setStack((prev) => ({ ...prev, orm: "prisma" }));
 		}
 
-		if (stack.database === "none" && stack.auth === "true") {
-			setStack((prev) => ({ ...prev, auth: "false" }));
+		if (stack.dbSetup === "turso") {
+			if (stack.database !== "sqlite") {
+				setStack((prev) => ({ ...prev, database: "sqlite" }));
+			}
+			if (stack.orm === "prisma") {
+				setStack((prev) => ({ ...prev, orm: "drizzle" }));
+			}
+		} else if (stack.dbSetup === "prisma-postgres") {
+			if (stack.database !== "postgres") {
+				setStack((prev) => ({ ...prev, database: "postgres" }));
+			}
+			if (stack.orm !== "prisma") {
+				setStack((prev) => ({ ...prev, orm: "prisma" }));
+			}
+		} else if (stack.dbSetup === "mongodb-atlas") {
+			if (stack.database !== "mongodb") {
+				setStack((prev) => ({ ...prev, database: "mongodb" }));
+			}
+			if (stack.orm !== "prisma") {
+				setStack((prev) => ({ ...prev, orm: "prisma" }));
+			}
 		}
-	}, [
-		stack.database,
-		stack.orm,
-		stack.prismaPostgres,
-		stack.turso,
-		stack.auth,
-	]);
+	}, [stack.database, stack.orm, stack.dbSetup, stack.auth]);
 
 	useEffect(() => {
 		const cmd = generateCommand(stack);
@@ -113,6 +126,33 @@ const StackArchitect = () => {
 
 		notes.frontend = [];
 
+		notes.dbSetup = [];
+		if (stack.database === "none") {
+			notes.dbSetup.push("Database setup requires a database.");
+		} else {
+			if (stack.dbSetup === "turso") {
+				if (stack.database !== "sqlite") {
+					notes.dbSetup.push("Turso setup requires SQLite database.");
+				}
+				if (stack.orm === "prisma") {
+					notes.dbSetup.push("Turso is not compatible with Prisma ORM.");
+				}
+			} else if (stack.dbSetup === "prisma-postgres") {
+				if (stack.database !== "postgres") {
+					notes.dbSetup.push(
+						"Prisma PostgreSQL setup requires PostgreSQL database.",
+					);
+				}
+				if (stack.orm !== "prisma") {
+					notes.dbSetup.push("Prisma PostgreSQL setup requires Prisma ORM.");
+				}
+			} else if (stack.dbSetup === "mongodb-atlas") {
+				if (stack.database !== "mongodb") {
+					notes.dbSetup.push("MongoDB Atlas setup requires MongoDB database.");
+				}
+			}
+		}
+
 		notes.addons = [];
 		if (!hasWebFrontend) {
 			notes.addons.push("PWA and Tauri are only available with React Web.");
@@ -125,6 +165,8 @@ const StackArchitect = () => {
 			notes.orm.push(
 				"ORM options are only available when a database is selected.",
 			);
+		} else if (stack.database === "mongodb" && stack.orm === "drizzle") {
+			notes.orm.push("MongoDB is only available with Prisma ORM.");
 		}
 
 		notes.auth = [];
@@ -132,23 +174,6 @@ const StackArchitect = () => {
 			notes.auth.push("Authentication requires a database.");
 		}
 
-		notes.turso = [];
-		if (stack.database !== "sqlite") {
-			notes.turso.push(
-				"Turso integration is only available with SQLite database.",
-			);
-		}
-		if (stack.orm === "prisma") {
-			notes.turso.push("Turso is not compatible with Prisma ORM.");
-		}
-
-		notes.prismaPostgres = [];
-		if (stack.database !== "postgres" || stack.orm !== "prisma") {
-			notes.prismaPostgres.push(
-				"Prisma PostgreSQL setup requires PostgreSQL database with Prisma ORM.",
-			);
-		}
-
 		notes.examples = [];
 		if (!hasWebFrontend) {
 			notes.examples.push(
@@ -198,12 +223,8 @@ const StackArchitect = () => {
 			flags.push("--no-auth");
 		}
 
-		if (stackState.turso === "true") {
-			flags.push("--turso");
-		}
-
-		if (stackState.prismaPostgres === "true") {
-			flags.push("--prisma-postgres");
+		if (stackState.dbSetup !== "none") {
+			flags.push(`--db-setup ${stackState.dbSetup}`);
 		}
 
 		if (stackState.backendFramework !== "hono") {
@@ -263,7 +284,6 @@ const StackArchitect = () => {
 						if (currentSelection.length === 1) {
 							return prev;
 						}
-
 						return {
 							...prev,
 							frontend: currentSelection.filter((id) => id !== techId),
@@ -296,6 +316,10 @@ const StackArchitect = () => {
 						prev.frontend.includes("react-router") ||
 						prev.frontend.includes("tanstack-start");
 
+					const hasPWACompatibleFrontend =
+						prev.frontend.includes("tanstack-router") ||
+						prev.frontend.includes("react-router");
+
 					if (index >= 0) {
 						currentArray.splice(index, 1);
 					} else {
@@ -318,8 +342,7 @@ const StackArchitect = () => {
 						if (
 							category === "addons" &&
 							(techId === "pwa" || techId === "tauri") &&
-							!prev.frontend.includes("tanstack-router") &&
-							!prev.frontend.includes("react-router")
+							!hasPWACompatibleFrontend
 						) {
 							return prev;
 						}
@@ -342,45 +365,40 @@ const StackArchitect = () => {
 				}
 
 				if (category === "database") {
+					let updatedState = { ...prev, database: techId };
+
 					if (techId === "none") {
-						return {
-							...prev,
-							database: techId,
+						updatedState = {
+							...updatedState,
 							orm: "none",
-							turso: "false",
-							prismaPostgres: "false",
+							dbSetup: "none",
 							auth: "false",
 						};
-					}
+					} else if (prev.database === "none") {
+						updatedState.orm = techId === "mongodb" ? "prisma" : "drizzle";
+						updatedState.dbSetup = "none";
 
-					if (prev.database === "none") {
-						return {
-							...prev,
-							database: techId,
-							orm: "drizzle",
-							turso: techId === "sqlite" ? prev.turso : "false",
-							prismaPostgres:
-								techId === "postgres" && prev.orm === "prisma"
-									? prev.prismaPostgres
-									: "false",
-							auth:
-								hasWebFrontend(prev.frontend) ||
-								prev.frontend.includes("native")
-									? "true"
-									: "false",
-						};
-					}
-
-					const updatedState = {
-						...prev,
-						database: techId,
-					};
-
-					if (techId === "sqlite") {
-						updatedState.prismaPostgres = "false";
-					} else if (techId === "postgres" && prev.orm === "prisma") {
+						const hasCompatibleFrontend =
+							prev.frontend.length > 0 && !prev.frontend.includes("none");
+						if (hasCompatibleFrontend) {
+							updatedState.auth = "true";
+						}
 					} else {
-						updatedState.turso = "false";
+						if (techId === "mongodb" && updatedState.orm === "drizzle") {
+							updatedState.orm = "prisma";
+						}
+
+						if (updatedState.dbSetup !== "none") {
+							if (
+								(updatedState.dbSetup === "turso" && techId !== "sqlite") ||
+								(updatedState.dbSetup === "prisma-postgres" &&
+									techId !== "postgres") ||
+								(updatedState.dbSetup === "mongodb-atlas" &&
+									techId !== "mongodb")
+							) {
+								updatedState.dbSetup = "none";
+							}
+						}
 					}
 
 					return updatedState;
@@ -396,31 +414,41 @@ const StackArchitect = () => {
 						orm: techId,
 					};
 
-					if (techId === "prisma") {
-						updatedState.turso = "false";
-						if (prev.database === "postgres") {
-						} else {
-							updatedState.prismaPostgres = "false";
+					if (updatedState.dbSetup !== "none") {
+						if (
+							(updatedState.dbSetup === "turso" && techId === "prisma") ||
+							(updatedState.dbSetup === "prisma-postgres" &&
+								techId !== "prisma")
+						) {
+							updatedState.dbSetup = "none";
 						}
-					} else if (techId === "drizzle" || techId === "none") {
-						updatedState.prismaPostgres = "false";
 					}
 
 					return updatedState;
 				}
 
-				if (
-					category === "turso" &&
-					(prev.database !== "sqlite" || prev.orm === "prisma")
-				) {
-					return prev;
-				}
+				if (category === "dbSetup") {
+					if (prev.database === "none" && techId !== "none") {
+						return prev;
+					}
 
-				if (
-					category === "prismaPostgres" &&
-					(prev.database !== "postgres" || prev.orm !== "prisma")
-				) {
-					return prev;
+					const updatedState = {
+						...prev,
+						dbSetup: techId,
+					};
+
+					if (techId === "turso") {
+						updatedState.database = "sqlite";
+						updatedState.orm = "drizzle";
+					} else if (techId === "prisma-postgres") {
+						updatedState.database = "postgres";
+						updatedState.orm = "prisma";
+					} else if (techId === "mongodb-atlas") {
+						updatedState.database = "mongodb";
+						updatedState.orm = "prisma";
+					}
+
+					return updatedState;
 				}
 
 				if (
@@ -440,15 +468,6 @@ const StackArchitect = () => {
 		[],
 	);
 
-	const hasWebFrontend = useCallback((frontendOptions: string[]) => {
-		return (
-			frontendOptions.includes("tanstack-router") ||
-			frontendOptions.includes("react-router") ||
-			frontendOptions.includes("tanstack-start") ||
-			frontendOptions.includes("native")
-		);
-	}, []);
-
 	const copyToClipboard = useCallback(() => {
 		navigator.clipboard.writeText(command);
 		setCopied(true);
@@ -698,12 +717,16 @@ const StackArchitect = () => {
 
 									const isDisabled =
 										(activeTab === "orm" && stack.database === "none") ||
-										(activeTab === "turso" &&
-											(stack.database !== "sqlite" ||
-												stack.orm === "prisma")) ||
-										(activeTab === "prismaPostgres" &&
-											(stack.database !== "postgres" ||
-												stack.orm !== "prisma")) ||
+										(activeTab === "dbSetup" &&
+											((tech.id !== "none" && stack.database === "none") ||
+												(tech.id === "turso" &&
+													(stack.database !== "sqlite" ||
+														stack.orm === "prisma")) ||
+												(tech.id === "prisma-postgres" &&
+													(stack.database !== "postgres" ||
+														stack.orm !== "prisma")) ||
+												(tech.id === "mongodb-atlas" &&
+													stack.database !== "mongodb"))) ||
 										(activeTab === "examples" &&
 											(((tech.id === "todo" || tech.id === "ai") &&
 												!hasWebFrontendSelected) ||
@@ -866,7 +889,7 @@ const StackArchitect = () => {
 									}
 								</span>
 
-								{stack.orm && stack.database !== "none" && (
+								{stack.orm !== "none" && stack.database !== "none" && (
 									<span className="inline-flex items-center rounded border border-cyan-300 bg-cyan-100 px-1.5 py-0.5 text-cyan-800 text-xs dark:border-cyan-700/30 dark:bg-cyan-900/30 dark:text-cyan-300">
 										{TECH_OPTIONS.orm.find((t) => t.id === stack.orm)?.icon}{" "}
 										{TECH_OPTIONS.orm.find((t) => t.id === stack.orm)?.name}
@@ -882,37 +905,18 @@ const StackArchitect = () => {
 										</span>
 									)}
 
-								{stack.turso === "true" &&
-									stack.database === "sqlite" &&
-									stack.orm !== "prisma" && (
-										<span className="inline-flex items-center rounded border border-pink-300 bg-pink-100 px-1.5 py-0.5 text-pink-800 text-xs dark:border-pink-700/30 dark:bg-pink-900/30 dark:text-pink-300">
-											{
-												TECH_OPTIONS.turso.find((t) => t.id === stack.turso)
-													?.icon
-											}{" "}
-											{
-												TECH_OPTIONS.turso.find((t) => t.id === stack.turso)
-													?.name
-											}
-										</span>
-									)}
-
-								{stack.prismaPostgres === "true" &&
-									stack.database === "postgres" &&
-									stack.orm === "prisma" && (
-										<span className="inline-flex items-center rounded border border-indigo-300 bg-indigo-100 px-1.5 py-0.5 text-indigo-800 text-xs dark:border-indigo-700/30 dark:bg-indigo-900/30 dark:text-indigo-300">
-											{
-												TECH_OPTIONS.prismaPostgres.find(
-													(t) => t.id === stack.prismaPostgres,
-												)?.icon
-											}{" "}
-											{
-												TECH_OPTIONS.prismaPostgres.find(
-													(t) => t.id === stack.prismaPostgres,
-												)?.name
-											}
-										</span>
-									)}
+								{stack.dbSetup !== "none" && (
+									<span className="inline-flex items-center rounded border border-pink-300 bg-pink-100 px-1.5 py-0.5 text-pink-800 text-xs dark:border-pink-700/30 dark:bg-pink-900/30 dark:text-pink-300">
+										{
+											TECH_OPTIONS.dbSetup.find((t) => t.id === stack.dbSetup)
+												?.icon
+										}{" "}
+										{
+											TECH_OPTIONS.dbSetup.find((t) => t.id === stack.dbSetup)
+												?.name
+										}
+									</span>
+								)}
 
 								{stack.addons.map((addonId) => {
 									const addon = TECH_OPTIONS.addons.find(

apps/web/src/lib/constant.ts

@@ -74,6 +74,13 @@ export const TECH_OPTIONS = {
 			icon: "🦊",
 			color: "from-purple-500 to-purple-700",
 		},
+		{
+			id: "express",
+			name: "Express",
+			description: "Popular Node.js framework",
+			icon: "🚂",
+			color: "from-gray-500 to-gray-700",
+		},
 	],
 	database: [
 		{
@@ -91,6 +98,13 @@ export const TECH_OPTIONS = {
 			icon: "🐘",
 			color: "from-indigo-400 to-indigo-600",
 		},
+		{
+			id: "mongodb",
+			name: "MongoDB",
+			description: "NoSQL document database",
+			icon: "🍃",
+			color: "from-green-400 to-green-600",
+		},
 		{
 			id: "none",
 			name: "No Database",
@@ -115,6 +129,44 @@ export const TECH_OPTIONS = {
 			icon: "◮",
 			color: "from-purple-400 to-purple-600",
 		},
+		{
+			id: "none",
+			name: "No ORM",
+			description: "Skip ORM integration",
+			icon: "🚫",
+			color: "from-gray-400 to-gray-600",
+		},
+	],
+	dbSetup: [
+		{
+			id: "turso",
+			name: "Turso",
+			description: "SQLite cloud database powered by libSQL",
+			icon: "☁️",
+			color: "from-pink-400 to-pink-600",
+		},
+		{
+			id: "prisma-postgres",
+			name: "Prisma PostgreSQL",
+			description: "Set up PostgreSQL with Prisma",
+			icon: "🐘",
+			color: "from-indigo-400 to-indigo-600",
+		},
+		{
+			id: "mongodb-atlas",
+			name: "MongoDB Atlas",
+			description: "Cloud MongoDB setup with Atlas",
+			icon: "🌩️",
+			color: "from-green-400 to-green-600",
+		},
+		{
+			id: "none",
+			name: "Basic Setup",
+			description: "No cloud DB integration",
+			icon: "💻",
+			color: "from-gray-400 to-gray-600",
+			default: true,
+		},
 	],
 	auth: [
 		{
@@ -133,42 +185,6 @@ export const TECH_OPTIONS = {
 			color: "from-red-400 to-red-600",
 		},
 	],
-	turso: [
-		{
-			id: "true",
-			name: "Turso",
-			description: "SQLite cloud database",
-			icon: "☁️",
-			color: "from-pink-400 to-pink-600",
-			default: false,
-		},
-		{
-			id: "false",
-			name: "No Turso",
-			description: "Skip Turso integration",
-			icon: "🚫",
-			color: "from-gray-400 to-gray-600",
-			default: true,
-		},
-	],
-	prismaPostgres: [
-		{
-			id: "true",
-			name: "Prisma PostgreSQL",
-			description: "Set up PostgreSQL with Prisma",
-			icon: "🐘",
-			color: "from-indigo-400 to-indigo-600",
-			default: false,
-		},
-		{
-			id: "false",
-			name: "Skip Prisma PostgreSQL",
-			description: "Basic Prisma setup",
-			icon: "🚫",
-			color: "from-gray-400 to-gray-600",
-			default: true,
-		},
-	],
 	packageManager: [
 		{
 			id: "npm",
@@ -293,9 +309,8 @@ export const PRESET_TEMPLATES = [
 			backendFramework: "hono",
 			database: "sqlite",
 			orm: "drizzle",
+			dbSetup: "none",
 			auth: "true",
-			turso: "false",
-			prismaPostgres: "false",
 			packageManager: "bun",
 			addons: [],
 			examples: [],
@@ -314,9 +329,8 @@ export const PRESET_TEMPLATES = [
 			backendFramework: "hono",
 			database: "sqlite",
 			orm: "drizzle",
+			dbSetup: "none",
 			auth: "true",
-			turso: "false",
-			prismaPostgres: "false",
 			packageManager: "bun",
 			addons: [],
 			examples: [],
@@ -335,9 +349,8 @@ export const PRESET_TEMPLATES = [
 			backendFramework: "hono",
 			database: "postgres",
 			orm: "drizzle",
+			dbSetup: "none",
 			auth: "false",
-			turso: "false",
-			prismaPostgres: "false",
 			packageManager: "bun",
 			addons: [],
 			examples: [],
@@ -356,9 +369,8 @@ export const PRESET_TEMPLATES = [
 			backendFramework: "hono",
 			database: "sqlite",
 			orm: "drizzle",
+			dbSetup: "turso",
 			auth: "true",
-			turso: "true",
-			prismaPostgres: "false",
 			packageManager: "bun",
 			addons: ["pwa", "biome", "husky", "tauri"],
 			examples: ["todo", "ai"],
@@ -374,10 +386,9 @@ export type StackState = {
 	runtime: string;
 	backendFramework: string;
 	database: string;
-	orm: string | null;
+	orm: string;
+	dbSetup: string;
 	auth: string;
-	turso: string;
-	prismaPostgres: string;
 	packageManager: string;
 	addons: string[];
 	examples: string[];
@@ -392,9 +403,8 @@ export const DEFAULT_STACK: StackState = {
 	backendFramework: "hono",
 	database: "sqlite",
 	orm: "drizzle",
+	dbSetup: "none",
 	auth: "true",
-	turso: "false",
-	prismaPostgres: "false",
 	packageManager: "bun",
 	addons: [],
 	examples: [],