Dex

Dex is a composable, Bun-first framework stack for building small full‑stack apps:

• @dex/router: file-based React router + generator
• @dex/server: Elysia helpers (assets, SPA fallback, dev reload)
• @dex/dev: tiny dev process supervisor

Dex is made of composable packages (that’s the framework), but distribution is GitHub-only:

• A single dex CLI binary (compiled with Bun) installed from GitHub Releases.
• Templates shipped as .tgz release assets that dex scaffold downloads and extracts.

Repo layout

• framework/packages/ — composable packages (framework building blocks)
• templates/starter/ — minimal app template using the packages

Try the starter

cd framework
bun install

To run the starter template locally, scaffold it into a new app:

DEX_TEMPLATE_REPO=patrickaigbogun/dex dex scaffold ./myapp --tag latest
cd myapp
dex start

Install dex (GitHub Releases)

curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/patrickaigbogun/dex/master/install.sh | bash

Windows (PowerShell):

irm https://raw.githubusercontent.com/patrickaigbogun/dex/master/install.ps1 | iex

Pin a version:

DEX_VERSION=v0.1.0 curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/patrickaigbogun/dex/master/install.sh | bash

$env:DEX_VERSION="v0.1.0"; irm https://raw.githubusercontent.com/patrickaigbogun/dex/master/install.ps1 | iex

Install location (default ~/.local/bin):

DEX_INSTALL_DIR=/usr/local/bin curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/patrickaigbogun/dex/master/install.sh | sudo bash

$env:DEX_INSTALL_DIR="$env:LOCALAPPDATA\Dex\bin"; irm https://raw.githubusercontent.com/patrickaigbogun/dex/master/install.ps1 | iex

Release assets

• dex-linux-x64
• dex-linux-arm64
• dex-darwin-x64
• dex-darwin-arm64
• dex-windows-x64.exe
• dex-template-spa.tgz
• dex-package-router.tgz
• dex-package-server.tgz
• dex-package-dev.tgz
• dex-package-pie.tgz