Orbital Express

An opinionated Express.js + Sequelize framework for building production-grade APIs fast. Feature-folder architecture, generator-first workflow, built-in auth, background jobs, real-time, i18n, and AI-native skills.

→ Full documentation: hackbyrd.github.io/orbital-express

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Quick start

npx create-orbital-app my-api

What it is

• Feature-folder architecture — model, routes, actions, tasks, tests, and i18n for a feature live in one folder under app/
• Generator-first — yarn gen Feature scaffolds everything; yarn del removes it cleanly
• Auth out of the box — access + revocable refresh tokens, multiple user types, Google OAuth
• Background jobs — Bull/Redis queue with typed task files
• Real-time — Socket.IO with JWT authentication
• AI-native — skills for Claude Code, Cursor rules, GitHub Copilot instructions, MCP server

Links

• Documentation
• Getting started
• create-orbital-app
• orbital-express-mcp