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Express TypeScript Starter

A production-ready Express.js starter template with TypeScript, featuring comprehensive tooling, security best practices, and monitoring capabilities.

Features

🚀 TypeScript - Write better, more maintainable code
📊 OpenTelemetry - Distributed tracing out of the box
🔒 Security - Helmet, CORS, and rate limiting preconfigured
📝 API Documentation - Swagger/OpenAPI integration
🪵 Logging - Structured logging with Pino
🔍 Error Tracking - Sentry integration
⚡ Performance - Response compression
🧪 Testing - Jest setup for unit tests
💅 Code Quality - ESLint, Prettier, and Git hooks

Quick Start

npx create-express-ts-starter my-app
cd my-app
npm install
npm run dev

Available Scripts

npm run dev - Start development server with hot reload
npm run build - Build for production
npm start - Start production server
npm run lint - Lint code with ESLint
npm run format - Format code with Prettier
npm test - Run tests

Environment Variables

Copy .env.example to .env and configure:

cp .env.example .env

See .env.example for all available options.

Project Structure

src/
├── config/         # Configuration files
├── controllers/    # Route controllers
├── middleware/     # Express middleware
├── models/         # Database models
├── routes/         # Route definitions
├── services/       # Business logic
├── types/          # TypeScript types
├── utils/          # Utility functions
└── index.ts        # App entry point