🍋 Lemonaut

Lemonaut is a lightweight and juicy microframework for building REST APIs in Node.js with simplicity, speed, and a batteries-included mindset.

Designed for learning. Optimized for productivity.

🚀 Features

• Zero-config setup for fast prototyping
• Built-in middleware: CORS, logging, error handling, body parsing, static serving, file uploads, rate limiting, and more
• Fully written in TypeScript
• Dependency injection support via container pattern
• Modular architecture inspired by clean code principles
• Minimal boilerplate, maximum productivity

📦 Installation

Install Lemonaut using your favorite package manager:

npm install lemonaut

🍋 Example

Here's a minimal Lemonaut app:

import { lemonaut } from "lemonaut";

const app = lemonaut();

app.get("/", (req, res) => {
  res.json({ message: "Hello, Lemon World! 🍋" });
});

app.get("/juicy", (req, res) => {
  res.json({ taste: "lemon-fresh" });
});

app.startMission(3000); // 🚀

📚 Full documentation is available at: 👉 https://lemonaut-docs.vercel.app/

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🧠 Open Source & Educational Lemonaut was born out of a desire to understand how Express works under the hood and how to resolve common backend pain points in a clean and structured way.

Instead of reading theory, we built a working microframework from scratch.

It’s open source and educational — whether you're curious about framework internals, dependency injection, middleware systems, or just want to build fast without repeating boilerplate, Lemonaut is here to help.

Give it a ⭐ if you enjoy it or learn something new!

⚖️ License Lemonaut is MIT licensed. Use it, learn from it, and modify it as you wish.