ArikaJS

A Modern, Elegant Web Framework for Node.js

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🚀 What is ArikaJS?

ArikaJS is a modern, elegant, and powerful full-stack framework for Node.js. It is designed to provide an unparalleled developer experience by bringing enterprise-grade architecture patterns (inspired by Laravel and NestJS) into a native, high-performance TypeScript environment.

Whether you're building a simple REST API or a complex enterprise monolith, ArikaJS provides the tools you need—from a powerful ORM and background queues to expressive routing and real-time event broadcasting.

✨ Key Features

• 🎯 Elegant Syntax - Expressive, readable code that minimizes boilerplate.
• 🔥 TypeScript First - Deeply integrated type safety with zero-config setup.
• 🏛️ Modular Monorepo - Built as a collection of decoupled, high-quality packages.
• 🗄️ Active Record ORM - An intuitive, Fluent interface for database interactions.
• 💉 IoC & Dependency Injection - Powerful service container for decoupled architecture.
• 🔐 Auth & Authorization - Guards, Policies, and multi-provider authentication.
• 🔄 Queue & Scheduler - Background jobs and Cron-like task scheduling.
• 🌍 Localization (i18n) - Built-in support for multi-language applications.
• 📅 Carbon Date API - Elegant date and time manipulation.
• 🎨 Templating - Lightning-fast Arika View engine with layout support.
• 🧪 First-Class Testing - Built-in testing helpers and assertions.

📦 The ArikaJS Ecosystem

ArikaJS is composed of specialized modules that can be used together or independently.

| Package | Purpose | | :--- | :--- | | arikajs | The core framework wrapper and "glue" | | @arikajs/cli | Scaffolding, migrations, and local development | | @arikajs/database | Database layer, Schema builder, and ORM | | @arikajs/auth | Authentication (Web Session, JWT, API tokens) | | @arikajs/queue | Redis/Database/Sync background job processing | | @arikajs/scheduler | Fluid task scheduling for your application | | @arikajs/carbon | Powerful, fluent date manipulation (Carbon JS) | | @arikajs/view | Expressive template engine (Blade-inspired) | | @arikajs/cache | High-performance multi-driver caching | | @arikajs/mail | Fluent email API with SMTP, Log, and SES support | | @arikajs/events | Event-driven architecture with listeners | | @arikajs/validation | Powerful, schema-based request validation |

🚦 Quick Start

Create your first ArikaJS project in seconds:

# Scaffold a new application
npx @arikajs/cli@latest new my-app

# Navigate into the project
cd my-app

# Install dependencies and start development
npm install && arika serve --dev

📖 Basic Examples

Expressive Routing

import { Route } from 'arikajs';

Route.get('/', () => 'Hello World');

Route.group({ prefix: 'api', middleware: 'auth' }, () => {
    Route.get('/profile', [ProfileController, 'show']);
});

Powerful ORM (Active Record)

const user = await User.where('email', '[email protected]').first();

const posts = await user.posts().latest().get();

Background Jobs

import { dispatch } from '@arikajs/dispatcher';

await dispatch(new ProcessVideoJob(videoPath));

Fluent Date Handling (Carbon)

import { Carbon } from '@arikajs/carbon';

const nextWeek = Carbon.now().addWeek().toDateTimeString();
const diff = Carbon.parse(user.created_at).diffForHumans();

🛠️ CLI Commands

The ArikaJS CLI is your best friend during development.

arika list            # List all available commands
arika help <command>  # Show detailed help for a specific command
arika make:model      # Interactive menu to generate models/migrations
arika migrate         # Run pending database migrations
arika queue:work      # Start the background worker

🤝 Contributing

We love our community! Please see our Contributing Guide to learn how you can help make ArikaJS even better.

📝 License

ArikaJS is open-sourced software licensed under the MIT license.

Built with ❤️ by Prakash Tank & The ArikaJS Team

💬 Community & Support

• 📖 Documentation
• 💬 Discord Community
• 🐦 Twitter
• 🐛 Issue Tracker

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