
Research
Supply Chain Attack on Axios Pulls Malicious Dependency from npm
A supply chain attack on Axios introduced a malicious dependency, plain-crypto-js@4.2.1, published minutes earlier and absent from the project’s GitHub releases.
create-nodex
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CLI tool to create modern Node.js projects with TypeScript, AI capabilities, and more
Install globally:
npm install -g create-nodex
Or use directly with npx:
npx create-nodex
create-nodex [project-name]
If [project-name] is omitted, you'll be guided through an interactive setup:
With project name, creates a project with default settings:
Navigate to your project directory:
cd my-project
create-nodex add express
This will:
express dependencysrc/server.ts (or src/server.js)create-nodex add ai
This will:
create-nodex add ai-rag
This will:
my-project/
├── src/
│ ├── index.ts (or index.js)
│ ├── server.ts (if Express added)
│ └── ai/
│ ├── common/
│ │ └── ai-setup.ts
│ ├── [model-provider]/
│ │ └── [model]-example.ts
│ └── rag/
│ └── rag-example.ts
├── package.json
├── nodemon.json (if hot-reload enabled)
├── tsconfig.json (for TypeScript projects)
├── .gitignore
└── README.md
# Start development server
npm run dev:server
# Run tests
npm test
# Build for production
npm run build
Contributions are welcome! Please feel free to submit a Pull Request.
git checkout -b feature/amazing-feature)git commit -m 'Add some amazing feature')git push origin feature/amazing-feature)This project is licensed under the MIT License - see the LICENSE file for details.
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CLI tool to create modern Node.js projects with TypeScript, AI capabilities, and more
We found that create-nodex demonstrated a healthy version release cadence and project activity because the last version was released less than a year ago. It has 1 open source maintainer collaborating on the project.
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