API starters · Rank #37
nestjs-starter
Grade C: derived only from the two verdicts below. How grades work
Production-ready NestJS boilerplate — JWT auth, Prisma, Redis, BullMQ, Swagger, i18n, and full AI developer workflows (Claude Code + GitHub Copilot) with spec-driven feature scaffolding.
Why this verdict
How we check →- No commits in 90 days; last commit 158 days ago. receipt ↗
- NestJS 11 declared; latest is 12 (1 major behind). receipt ↗
- On current major: Prisma. receipt ↗
- Not counted in verdict: TypeScript 6 → 7. receipt ↗
Snapshot: commit b5f05bd on master, checked 2026-10-19 07:41 UTC. Receipts link to files at this exact commit.
Dependency freshness
| Package | Declared | Latest | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| NestJS @nestjs/core | 11.1.19 | 12.1.3 | 1 major behind |
| TypeScript typescript | 6.0.3 | 7.0.2 | Behind, not counted |
| Prisma @prisma/client | 7.8.0 | 7.10.1 | Current |
Declared = lowest version the kit's dependency file (package.json, pyproject.toml or requirements.txt) allows. Latest = the npm "latest" tag or the newest PyPI release. TypeScript, the Stripe SDK, FastAPI and other 0.x packages are shown but not counted in the verdict.
What's in the stack
- Framework
- NestJS
- Database / ORM
- Prisma, node-postgres
- Testing
- Jest
- Monitoring
- Sentry
Detected from declared dependencies. A listed package means it's installed, not necessarily fully wired up.
What the README says you get
- AdminAdmin user deletion
Soft-delete a user
- AdminDefault admin seed
Create default admin user
- AnalyticsSentry error tracking
Enables error tracking
- APISwagger UI docs
Swagger UI is available at /docs
- AuthToken refresh
Renew token pair
- AuthUser signup
POST /v1/auth/signup
- DataPrisma migrations
Run migrations (dev)
- DataProduction migrations
Run migrations (production)
- DeployDocker entrypoint
The entrypoint runs prisma generate and prisma migrate deploy on startup
- OtherHealth check endpoint
GET /health
- OtherHot reload dev
Start with hot reload
- TestingTests with coverage
Run tests with coverage
Extracted from the kit's README by a local AI model (deepseek-flash) on Sep 29, 2026. Every item is checked against an exact README quote; 1 unverifiable item was discarded. A README claim is the maker's description, not something we tested.
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History
Sep 29, 2026 → Oct 19, 2026. One square per check, colored by maintenance status. Hover for details.
Show as a table
| Date | Maintenance | Dependencies | Commits (90d) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 19, 2026 | Slowing | 1 major behind | 0 |
| Oct 12, 2026 | Slowing | 1 major behind | 0 |
| Sep 29, 2026 | Slowing | 1 major behind | 0 |
Sources
Every claim on this page comes from these public records, checked . Open them to verify.
- Commit history ↗ default branch (master) at the checked commit: pulse, contributors, last commit
- Releases ↗ latest release
- package.json ↗ declared dependency versions and stack (at commit b5f05bd)
- README ↗ quoted features at the checked commit
- npm registry ↗ latest versions (each linked in the table above)