🚀 Introducing Stack Render: Instantly Generate Express + GraphQL APIs from Your ERD

Hey Devs 👋

A few months ago, I posted on Reddit about a small experiment that grew into something pretty exciting. Like many of you, I was constantly looking for ways to speed up backend development without sacrificing flexibility. So I built a tool that does just that — meet Stack Render.

🛠️ What is Stack Render?
Stack Render is a tool that generates a fully functional Express + GraphQL backend directly from your Entity Relationship Diagram (ERD). Instead of spending hours wiring up models, endpoints, and resolvers, you can generate a ready-to-run backend in minutes.

Here's what it generates for you:

✅ Sequelize Models & Migrations

⚙️ GraphQL Inputs, Types, and Endpoints – fully customizable

🔄 GraphQL Resolvers – with built-in data validation and support for file uploads

🔐 Authentication & Authorization – currently in progress

💾 Downloadable Backend – test it locally, tweak it however you want

💡 Why I Built It
Backend work is full of repetitive boilerplate. Creating models, setting up endpoints, writing resolvers — it’s easy to lose days (or weeks) just scaffolding. Stack Render helps eliminate that grind so we can focus on what actually matters: building features that solve real problems.

⚡ The Workflow
Design your ERD in Stack Render

Customize your Inputs , Types & Endpoints

Download a complete Express + GraphQL backend

Customize, test, deploy

That’s it. No magic, just a lot of code generation love behind the scenes.

🧪 Still a Work in Progress
Authentication and authorization layers are still under construction, but the current version already covers a ton of ground — especially if you're building CRUD-heavy applications.

👨‍💻 Who’s it for?
Developers building MVPs

Solo devs looking to accelerate development

Startups that want to move fast without skipping best practices

Anyone tired of boilerplate

🔍 What's Next?
OAuth integration

More complex relationships and computed fields

Deployment templates

REST API generation (maybe?)

🎯 Try It Out!
I’d love for you to give it a try, break it, and tell me what you think. This tool is made for devs like you — feedback is gold 🏆.

Feel free to drop a comment or DM me on Twitter or GitHub — I’m always down to improve this with the community.

Let’s spend less time writing boilerplate and more time building amazing things.

Happy coding,