Nestify - Supercharged NestJS CLI

A powerful CLI tool for scaffolding production-ready NestJS projects with Docker, testing, and CI/CD setup out of the box.

Documentation

For full documentation, visit https://srt.rw/rT9RNP

Installation

npm install -g nestify-cli

Quick Start

nestify new my-awesome-app

Follow the interactive prompts to configure your project with:

• Package manager (npm/yarn/pnpm)
• Docker support (MySQL/PostgreSQL/MongoDB + Redis)
• Swagger documentation
• GitHub Actions CI/CD

Project Structure

my-awesome-app/
├── src/                        # Application source code
│   ├── main.ts                 # Application entry point
│   ├── app.module.ts           # Root application module
│   ├── app.controller.ts       # Main controller with health checks
│   ├── app.controller.spec.ts  # Main controller unit tests
│   ├── app.service.ts          # Main service
│   ├── app.service.spec.ts     # Main service unit tests
│   ├── common/                 # Common utilities and shared code
│   │   ├── decorators/         # Custom decorators
│   │   ├── enums/              # Application enums
│   │   ├── exceptions/         # Custom exceptions
│   │   ├── filters/            # Exception filters
│   │   ├── guards/             # Route guards
│   │   ├── interceptors/       # Request/response interceptors
│   │   ├── middleware/         # Custom middleware
│   │   └── pipes/              # Validation pipes
│   ├── config/                 # Configuration files
│   ├── modules/                # Feature modules
│   └── shared/                 # Shared services and utilities
│       ├── services/           # Shared services
│       └── utils/              # Utility functions
├── test/                       # End-to-end tests
│   ├── app.e2e-spec.ts        # E2E test suite
│   └── jest-e2e.json          # E2E test configuration
├── .github/
│   └── workflows/
│       └── tests.yml          # CI/CD pipeline
├── .dockerignore              # Docker ignore rules
├── .env                       # Development environment variables
├── .env.example               # Example environment file
├── .env.testing               # Testing environment variables
├── .env.testing.example       # Example testing environment file
├── docker-compose.yml         # Docker services configuration
├── Dockerfile                 # Application container definition
├── package.json              # Dependencies and scripts
├── tsconfig.json            # TypeScript configuration
├── tsconfig.build.json      # TypeScript build configuration
├── eslint.config.mjs       # ESLint configuration
├── .prettierrc            # Prettier configuration
├── .gitignore            # Git ignore rules
└── README.md            # Project documentation

Key Features

• Production-ready NestJS setup with best practices
• Docker Compose with database and Redis
• ORM Support with Prisma (CLI-based) or TypeORM
• Testing with Jest (unit & e2e)
• CI/CD with GitHub Actions
• Code quality with ESLint and Prettier
• API documentation with Swagger (optional)
• Environment management with .env files

Database & ORM Support

Prisma

Nestify uses the official Prisma CLI to initialize your database layer, ensuring you always get the latest features and best practices.

TypeORM

Full TypeORM support with entity-based models for MySQL, PostgreSQL.

Mongoose

MongoDB integration with Mongoose for schema-based modeling.

License

MIT

Author

Shafi Danny MUGABO
GitHub | NPM | Documentation