NestJS Starter Kits

Opinionated, production-ready NestJS starter kits for building real-world backend applications.

This repository is a monorepo containing multiple NestJS starter kits, each designed to solve a specific backend use case with best practices, clean architecture, and scalable structure in mind.

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✨ Why this repository exists

Most NestJS examples focus on how things work. This repository focuses on how things should be built in production.

Each starter kit in this repo is:

• Opinionated (with clear architectural decisions)
• Easy to extend
• Ready to be used in real projects
• Well-documented per kit

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📦 Available Starter Kits

Kit	Description	Status
nestjs-basic	Minimal NestJS setup with clean structure	✅ Ready
nestjs-swagger	REST API starter with Swagger OpenAPI	🚧 In Progress
nestjs-auth-jwt	Authentication using JWT	🔜 Planned
nestjs-auth-rbac	Role-based access control	🔜 Planned
nestjs-prisma	Prisma ORM integration	🔜 Planned

📂 All starter kits are located inside the /kits directory.

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🗂 Repository Structure

nestjs-starter-kits/
├── README.md
├── kits/
│   ├── basic/
│   │   └── nestjs-basic/
│   ├── swagger/
│   │   └── nestjs-swagger/
│   └── auth/
│       └── nestjs-auth-jwt/

Each kit is self-contained and includes:

• Its own README.md
• Independent configuration
• Clear setup instructions

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🚀 Getting Started

1. Choose a starter kit inside the kits/ directory
2. Copy the kit to your project directory
3. Install dependencies
4. Start building

Example:

cd kits/swagger/nestjs-swagger
npm install
npm run start:dev

Each kit may have additional setup steps. Please refer to the README.md inside the selected kit.

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🧠 Design Principles

These starter kits are built with the following principles:

• Separation of concerns
• DTO-first API design
• Validation & error handling by default
• Explicit configuration
• Readable over clever code

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🧪 What this is NOT

• Not a boilerplate generator
• Not a CLI tool
• Not a one-size-fits-all solution

This repository is a collection of curated starting points, not magic.

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🤝 Contribution

Contributions are welcome.

If you want to:

• Improve an existing kit
• Propose a new starter kit
• Fix documentation

Please open an issue or submit a pull request.

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📄 License

MIT License © 2025

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⭐ Support

If this repository helps you:

• Give it a ⭐
• Share it with your team
• Use it as a base for your next project

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Happy building with NestJS 🚀