Nest

Judgement

What it is

Framework or platform

What it does

A TypeScript server framework for Node.js with modules, dependency injection and decorators, running on Express or Fastify.

Adopt it when

You build larger Node.js back ends and want Angular-style structure.

Watch out

Heavy abstraction and boilerplate for small services.

Ready for

Production-ready

Runs as

Library

Built with

TypeScript, Node.js, Express and Fastify

How established

Established: started 9 years ago, latest release v12.3.0.

What the license allows

You can build it into a product you sell, as long as you keep its copyright notice.

Judged on 2026-11-03 from the project's README and GitHub data. The license and age lines are worked out directly.

Built from

Follow it down: Nest → TypeScript → Go → runs on a microchip

How compilers were built, back to punched paper tape

Built on Nest: 6 projects

1. 1
   Postiz-app gitroomhq

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   Complete system Usable You manage several social accounts and want a Buffer alternative you can self-host or buy hosted.

   ★ 41k AGPL-3.0 TypeScript Active, pushed today
2. 2
   Ghostfolio ghostfolio

   Open Source Wealth Management Software. Angular + NestJS + Prisma + Nx + TypeScript 🤍

   Complete system Production-ready You invest across several brokers and want one private portfolio view, self-hosted or as a paid hosted service.

   ★ 9.6k AGPL-3.0 TypeScript Active, pushed today
3. 3
   CRUD nestjsx

   NestJs CRUD for RESTful APIs

   Building block Usable You build NestJS APIs on TypeORM with many plain CRUD resources and want to skip boilerplate.

   ★ 4.3k MIT TypeScript Active, pushed 20 days ago
4. 4
   Room-assistant mKeRix

   Presence tracking and more for automation on the room-level

   Complete system Usable You want room-level presence from several small Linux boxes and already run Home Assistant or MQTT.

   ★ 1.4k MIT TypeScript Active, pushed yesterday
5. 5
   BillingSDK dodopayments

   Modern Billing & Monetization UI Components Library

   Building block Usable You are building billing pages in React and Tailwind and want ready components.

   ★ 511 GPL-3.0 TypeScript Active, pushed 8 days ago
6. 6
   Nestjs-library-crud woowabros

   Automatically generate CRUD Rest API based on NestJS and TypeOrm

   Building block Usable You want a more recently maintained alternative to nestjsx/crud for NestJS and TypeORM APIs.

   ★ 227 MIT TypeScript Slowing, pushed 11 months ago

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