Enhancement: Implement create-next-app Style Interactive Scaffolding for fastapi-new

[NafeesMadni]

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Description

Currently, fastapi-new creates a very minimal project. While this is great for simplicity, developers building full-stack applications often spend significant time manually adding repetitive boilerplate for frontend (Tailwind CSS) and database (SQLModel) integration.

Minimal Example of the Proposed Use Case
Here is the "Expected vs. Current" workflow:

• Current Behavior:

  1. Run uvx fastapi-new my-app.
  2. Project is created with only a basic main.py.
  3. User must manually uv add sqlmodel jinja2, create /templates, and configure the app.

• Expected/Proposed Behavior:

  1. Run uvx fastapi-new my-app.

  2. Interactive Prompt appears:

     • > Include Database? (None / SQLite / PostgreSQL)
     • > Include Tailwind CSS? (y/N)
     • > Initialize with .env and Pydantic-Settings? (y/N)
     • > Include a basic Pytest suite? (y/N)

  3. Project is generated with the selected dependencies already in pyproject.toml and a basic database.py or static/ folder structure ready to go.

What you are doing, what you expect to happen, and what is currently happening:

• Doing: I am exploring ways to make the FastAPI "start-up" experience as seamless as create-next-app.
• Expectation: I expect a "wizard" style interface that handles common architectural choices.
• Currently Happening: The tool only provides a single static template, requiring manual intervention for every new project.

Contribution & Discussion
I would like to discuss further the design of these Interactive Prompts and the best way to handle the conditional template generation. As a Python Backend Developer and frequent FastAPI user, I have already forked the repository. I would love to contribute to the implementation myself through a Pull Request once we agree on the direction.

As this would be my first contribution to a FastAPI project, I have already been studying the src/fastapi_new source code and the project's use of Typer and uv. I am eager to align my implementation with your existing coding standards and would really appreciate any guidance you can give during the review process.

Operating System

Linux, Windows, macOS

Operating System Details

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Version

0.0.5

Python Version

3.13.12

Additional Context

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