🌐 Fullstack Svelte + Crow C++ Template

A fullstack starter template featuring:

• ⚡ Svelte (frontend with Vite)
• 🦅 Crow (backend in C++)
• 🐘 PostgreSQL integration with libpq
• 📦 Simple environment-based configuration
• 🛠️ Minimal, fast, and scalable fullstack setup

📁 Project Structure

fullstack-template/
├── client/ # Svelte frontend
├── server/ # Crow backend (C++)
└── README.md

🚀 Setup Guide

📦 Prerequisites

• Node.js (https://nodejs.org/)
• CMake (https://cmake.org/)
• g++ or Visual Studio Build Tools
• PostgreSQL installed & running
• libpq installed (PostgreSQL client lib)

🔧 1. Clone the Repository

git clone https://github.com/yourusername/fullstack-template.git
cd fullstack-template

🌐 2. Frontend Setup (Svelte)

cd client
npm install
npm run dev

This will run the frontend at: http://localhost:5173

🖥️ 3. Backend Setup (Crow + PostgreSQL)

cd ../server
mkdir build && cd build
cmake ..
cmake --build .
./crow-template

The backend will run at: http://localhost:2000

🔐 4. Create .env file inside server/

PG_HOST=localhost
PG_PORT=5432
PG_DB=kanbique
PG_USER=postgres
PG_PASSWORD=yourpassword

🧪 Test the Backend API

curl http://localhost:2000/api/hello

Expected output:

{ "message": "Hello from Crow!" }

📦 Production Build

Build Frontend

cd client
npm run build

Build Backend (Release mode)

cd ../server/build
cmake --build . --config Release

You can configure Crow to serve the frontend static files from client/dist.

🙌 Acknowledgements

• Crow C++ Framework — https://crowcpp.org/
• Svelte — https://svelte.dev/
• PostgreSQL — https://www.postgresql.org/
• Vite — https://vitejs.dev/