I Found a Tool That Generates a Complete .NET 8 or Java Spring Boot API From SQL Schema in 30 Seconds

I've been building enterprise APIs

for 15 years.

Every project starts the same way.

Set up the project structure. Write

the controllers. Wire up the services.

Configure the DbContext. Write migration

scripts. Set up Swagger. Add error

handling middleware. Configure CI/CD.

Write the Dockerfile.

Two days minimum. Every single time.

Last week I stumbled across a tool

called ScaffoldBridge that changed

how I think about project setup.

scaffoldbridge.io

What It Does

You paste a SQL schema:

CREATE TABLE Products (

  Id          INT           NOT NULL PRIMARY KEY,

  ProductName NVARCHAR(100) NOT NULL,

  Price       DECIMAL(18,2) NOT NULL,

  IsActive    BIT           NULL,

  CreatedAt   DATETIME2     NOT NULL

);



CREATE TABLE Categories (

  Id   INT          NOT NULL PRIMARY KEY,

  Name NVARCHAR(50) NOT NULL

);

You choose your stack (.NET 8 or

Java Spring Boot) and click Generate.

30 seconds later you have a complete

project ZIP.

What's in the ZIP

For .NET 8:

YourProject/

├── Controllers/

│ └── ProductsController.cs

├── Services/

│ ├── IProductService.cs

│ └── ProductService.cs

├── Repositories/

│ ├── IProductRepository.cs

│ └── ProductRepository.cs

├── Models/

│ └── Product.cs

├── DTOs/

│ └── ProductDto.cs

├── Data/

│ └── AppDbContext.cs

├── Middleware/

│ └── ErrorHandlingMiddleware.cs

├── database/

│ ├── create_tables.sql

│ ├── drop_tables.sql

│ └── seed_data.sql

├── .github/workflows/

│ └── build.yml

├── Dockerfile

├── .dockerignore

└── Program.cs

For Java Spring Boot (Maven):

your-project/

├── src/main/java/com/company/api/

│ ├── controller/

│ │ └── ProductController.java

│ ├── service/

│ │ ├── ProductService.java

│ │ └── ProductServiceImpl.java

│ ├── repository/

│ │ └── ProductRepository.java

│ ├── model/

│ │ └── Product.java

│ ├── dto/

│ │ └── ProductDto.java

│ └── ApiApplication.java

├── src/main/resources/

│ └── application.properties

├── database/

│ └── create_tables.sql

├── .github/workflows/

│ └── build.yml

├── Dockerfile

├── .dockerignore

└── pom.xml

Not stubs. Not empty methods.

Working CRUD that runs immediately.

The GitHub Push Feature

This is what impressed me most.

After generating you can push

directly to GitHub from the UI.

It:

1. Creates the repo structure


2. Pushes all files in one commit


3. Polls the GitHub Actions workflow


4. Shows build status in real time


5. Confirms green build


6. Docker image pushed to ghcr.io

You go from SQL schema to a verified,

building, Docker-ready GitHub repo

without touching your terminal.

How It Compares to OpenAPI Generator

I've used OpenAPI Generator for years.

Here's the honest comparison:

OpenAPI Generator is great for

generating SDKs in 50+ languages.

ScaffoldBridge is better for getting

a complete server-side project running.

Different tools for different jobs.

The Visual Builder

There's also a visual API builder

where you design entities without

writing SQL or OpenAPI.

Add entities, define properties,

set relationships — then generate

directly from the visual design.

Useful for early-stage projects

where the schema isn't defined yet.

What's Coming

They're adding MCP server generation.

Same concept — paste your schema,

get a hosted MCP endpoint.

Claude Desktop, ChatGPT, and Cursor

can connect to it immediately.

Your AI tools understand your API

design before you write a single

line of backend code.

That's actually a big deal for

AI-first development workflows.

Pricing

Free tier: 5 generations/month

Pro: $49/month for unlimited

Worth trying the free tier first.

scaffoldbridge.io

My Honest Take

It won't replace a good developer.

The generated code is a starting

point not a finished product.

But it eliminates the setup tax

every project pays.

If you spend 2 days on boilerplate

per project and run 10 projects

a year that's 20 days.

ScaffoldBridge turns that into

5 minutes.

The time you save goes into

actual feature development.

That's the value proposition.

Have you tried any scaffold tools

for .NET or Java?

What's your current approach to

eliminating boilerplate?

Drop your thoughts in the comments.