NestJS Starter

A NestJS starter template with authentication, user management, email service, and database setup.

Features

• Authentication: JWT-based auth with access/refresh tokens, session management
• User Management: Registration, login, email verification, password reset
• Email Service: BullMQ queue-based email sending with Handlebars templates
• Database: PostgreSQL with TypeORM, migration support, transaction factory
• API Documentation: Swagger/OpenAPI with Dracula theme
• Security: Helmet, CORS, bcrypt password hashing
• Docker: Ready-to-use Docker Compose setup (dev & prod)

Tech Stack

• NestJS 11
• TypeScript 5
• PostgreSQL 17 + TypeORM
• Redis + BullMQ
• JWT Authentication
• Swagger/OpenAPI
• Docker & Docker Compose

Getting Started

Prerequisites

• Node.js 22+
• pnpm
• Docker & Docker Compose

Setup

1. Copy the environment file and configure it:

cp .env.example .env

2. Start with Docker Compose (development):

docker compose -f compose.dev.yml --env-file .env up --build

3. Or start locally:

pnpm install
pnpm migration:run
pnpm start:dev

API Documentation

Once running, visit http://localhost:4000/docs for Swagger documentation.

Project Structure

src/
├── auth/                  # Authentication module
│   ├── dto/               # Auth DTOs (login, register, etc.)
│   ├── entities/          # Session, PasswordResetToken, VerificationCode
│   ├── guards/            # AuthGuard (JWT)
│   ├── services/          # AuthService, CustomJwtService, VerificationCodeService
│   └── utils/             # Request utilities
├── common/                # Shared utilities
│   ├── decorators/        # CurrentUser, Pagination, Filtering, Sorting decorators
│   ├── entities/          # AbstractEntity (base entity)
│   ├── enums/             # ErrorCode enum
│   ├── interceptors/      # ResponseInterceptor
│   ├── transformers/      # Decimal column transformer
│   └── utils/             # Object utils, auth utils, decimal utils
├── config/                # Environment config & validation
├── database/              # Database module, migrations, transaction factory
├── mail/                  # Email service with BullMQ queue
│   ├── enums/             # Mail job names
│   └── templates/         # Handlebars email templates
├── users/                 # User module
│   ├── dto/               # User DTOs
│   └── entities/          # User, Password entities
├── app.module.ts          # Root module
├── data-source.ts         # TypeORM CLI data source
└── main.ts                # Application entry point

Scripts

Command	Description
pnpm start:dev	Start in development mode (watch)
pnpm start:prod	Start in production mode
pnpm build	Build the project
pnpm migration:create --name=migration-name	Create a new migration
pnpm migration:generate --name=migration-name	Auto-generate migration from entities
pnpm migration:run	Run pending migrations
pnpm migration:revert	Revert last migration
pnpm lint	Run ESLint
pnpm test	Run tests