nest-architect

Generate NestJS applications with pre-configured architecture patterns and ready-to-use ORM/ODM setup.

Installation

npm create nest-architect@latest my-app

Quick Start

# Create your project
npm create nest-architect@latest my-app

# Navigate to project
cd my-app

# Install dependencies  
npm install

# Configure your database connection
# Edit .env file with your database credentials

# Start development
npm run start:dev

Usage

When you run the command, you'll be prompted to choose:

? Choose your project architecture: 
  ❯ 🏷️   Featured Architecture
    🏛️   Clean Architecture

? Select the database type for your project:  
❯   🗃️    SQL
    📦   NoSQL

? Which ORM/ODM would you like to set up?
❯   📦   Prisma (SQL)
    📦   Mongoose (NoSQL)

Architectures

🏷️ Featured Architecture

Organizes code by features/resources. Each feature contains all related files (controllers, services, entities) in its own folder.

Template: create-nest-architect-template-featured

🏛️ Clean Architecture

4-layer architecture that separates concerns and maintains independence from external tools and libraries.

Template: create-nest-architect-template-clean

What You Get

• ✅ Pre-configured NestJS project with chosen architecture
• ✅ ORM/ODM setup with examples and best practices
• ✅ ConfigService configured for environment variables
• ✅ Ready-to-use project structure
• ✅ Example models and basic CRUD operations

Requirements

• Node.js
• npm
• git
• Database (PostgreSQL, MySQL, MongoDB, etc.)

Database Setup

📦 Prisma (SQL)

1. Configure your database provider in prisma/schema.prisma
2. Add your entities to the schema
3. Create .env file and set your DATABASE_URL
4. Run migration:

   npx prisma migrate dev

5. Start your application

📚 NestJS Prisma Documentation

📦 Mongoose (NoSQL)

1. Create your entities using Mongoose decorators (see generated examples)
2. Create modules with MongooseModule for each entity (see generated examples)
3. Create .env file and set your DATABASE_URL for MongoDB connection
4. Start your application

📚 NestJS Mongoose Documentation

Contributing

Contributions are welcome! Feel free to submit issues and pull requests.

Missing an architecture pattern or ORM/ODM? Open an issue or submit a PR.

Thanks

• Mehdi Larek
• Amine Serra
• Florian Forlini

License

MIT ©