BeardPowered · App Scaffolding

Describe the tool.
Subdomain live
in three minutes.

App Factory scaffolds a full Node.js app with DNS configured, SSL provisioned, nginx proxying, and PM2 managing the process -- all from a description. Every BeardPowered app started this way. Now the same pipeline is available to any operator running their own stack.

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index2.beard.energy
LIVE
📝
Described: sovereign receipt ledger SQLite port 3090
⚙️
Scaffold generated -- server.js, public/, .env
AUTO
🌐
receipts.beard.energy -- DNS + SSL provisioned
AUTO
✓
PM2 process started -- app live
DONE
3
Minutes to live subdomain
0
Manual DNS or SSL config
28
BeardPowered apps built this way
$0
Monthly hosting per app
What It Does

Every BeardPowered app
started this way.

App Factory is not a demo pipeline. It is the actual scaffold system used to build every app in the BeardPowered suite.

Scaffold
Full stack in seconds
Describe what you need. App Factory generates a complete Node.js/Express scaffold with server.js, public directory, SQLite integration, and a .env template. Ready to run immediately.
Infrastructure
DNS, SSL, nginx, PM2 configured automatically
Cloudflare DNS entry added, Let's Encrypt SSL provisioned, nginx proxy configured, PM2 process started. Live HTTPS subdomain with zero manual configuration.
R2 Upload
Assets to Cloudflare R2
Built-in file uploader pushes images, videos, and documents to your R2 bucket. No separate upload pipeline to build.
Your Stack
Runs on your infrastructure
Not a cloud platform. Not Heroku. Your VPS, your PM2, your nginx. App Factory automates the setup -- you own everything it creates.
What It Replaces

Stop paying forever
for tools you'll never own.

Every one of these charges you monthly. None of them talk to each other. All of them own your data.

Competitor
Replit
$25/mo
✗Your code on Replit servers
✗Shut down or slow down anytime
✗No custom domain without paid plan
✗Not self-hosted ever
BeardPowered
BeardPowered App Factory
Yours. Forever.
✓Scaffold to live subdomain in 3 minutes
✓Your VPS, your nginx, your PM2
✓DNS + SSL automated -- no manual config
✓Every app you create is fully yours
Competitor
Heroku
$50+/mo
✗Monthly fee per dyno
✗Proprietary deployment pipeline
✗Vendor lock-in from day one
✗No self-hosted option
How It Connects

The factory that
built the factory.

App Factory created itself. Every app in the BeardPowered suite was scaffolded through this pipeline.

Every BeardPowered app was scaffolded through App Factory -- the foundation of the whole suite
Forge uses App Factory scaffold patterns when building new apps through Scout
BeardForms was scaffolded through App Factory and wired into the suite automatically
Scout can invoke App Factory patterns to propose new tools for your stack
Get Started

Three minutes to
a live subdomain.

The scaffold pipeline that built the entire BeardPowered suite. Now available for your own stack.

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