PEST.js

Scaffold production-ready Express 5 + TypeScript projects in seconds.

npx pest-js-app

Features

• Express 5 — native async error handling
• TypeScript — strict mode, source maps
• Database — Prisma, Drizzle, or TypeORM with PostgreSQL, MySQL, or SQLite
• Docker — multi-stage Dockerfile + compose with DB health checks
• Testing — Jest + Supertest
• Linting — ESLint flat config + Prettier + Husky
• Deploy — Vercel config included

Quick Start

npx pest-js-app

Or skip the prompts:

npx pest-js-app --yes --name my-api --database prisma --db-provider postgresql --docker

Then:

cd my-api
npm run dev

CLI Options

--name <name>         Project name (kebab-case)
--database <orm>      prisma | drizzle | typeorm | none
--db-provider <db>    postgresql | mysql | sqlite
--docker              Enable Docker support
--no-docker           Disable Docker support
-y, --yes             Skip all prompts, use defaults
-v, --version         Show version
-h, --help            Show help

Documentation

Full docs at pestjs.vercel.app/docs.

License

MIT