Why developers like NestJS

What is NestJS?

Nest is a framework for building efficient, scalable Node.js server-side applications. It uses progressive JavaScript, is built with TypeScript (preserves compatibility with pure JavaScript) and combines elements of OOP (Object Oriented Programming), FP (Functional Programming), and FRP (Functional Reactive Programming). Under the hood, Nest makes use of Express, but also, provides compatibility with a wide range of other libraries, like e.g. Fastify, allowing for easy use of the myriad third-party plugins which are available.

NestJS is a tool in the Frameworks (Full Stack) category of a tech stack.

NestJS is an open source tool with 68.3K GitHub stars and 7.7K GitHub forks. Here’s a link to NestJS's open source repository on GitHub

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Who uses NestJS?

Companies

430 companies reportedly use NestJS in their tech stacks, including kevin., Wellhub, and Colavosalon.

kevin.

Wellhub

Colavosalon

quero

SplitC

Voiceflow

Software Engineering

Cozero

Modanisa.com

Developers

1903 developers on StackShare have stated that they use NestJS.

Vishwajeet Vatharkar

JavaScript Development

My Stack

Personal

eNPi Techs

Web Stack

My Stack

NestJS Integrations

refine, Memphis, HyperDX, ShortLoop, and Runnable Workflows are some of the popular tools that integrate with NestJS. Here's a list of all 6 tools that integrate with NestJS.

refine

Memphis

HyperDX

ShortLoop

Runnable Workflows

Apitoolkit

Pros of NestJS

Powerful but super friendly to work with

Fast development

Easy to understand documentation

Angular style syntax for the backend

NodeJS ecosystem

Typescript

Its easy to understand since it follows angular syntax

Good architecture

Integrates with Narwhal Extensions

Typescript makes it well integrated in vscode

Graphql support easy

Agnosticism

Easily integrate with others external extensions

Official courses

Decisions about NestJS

Here are some stack decisions, common use cases and reviews by companies and developers who chose NestJS in their tech stack.

Ilkin Mammadli

Backend Developer · Apr 29, 2023 | 3 upvotes · 299.2K views

Needs advice

MongoDB

NestJS

and

PostgreSQL

Hello everyone! I'm interested in building a Tinder-like application using NestJS with TypeScript. I'm currently exploring database options that can best support my application's needs. Can you recommend a suitable database and ORM for this type of project?

Thank you in advance for your help!

Amit Kumar

Sep 5, 2022 | 6 upvotes · 355.7K views

Needs advice

LoopBack

NestJS

and

Sails.js

We have an existing (Apis only) Rails backend, that by default follows the MVC pattern, (at peaks of 700 requests a second). I am tasked with making the same (read-heavy) application in any JavaScript framework. I was advised to follow the MVC structure. So I am considering these 3 ( Sails.js, LoopBack, NestJS). I get that sails is closest to rails, but that's not particularly a priority.

Dilenio Enderle

Jun 5, 2022 | 3 upvotes · 332.5K views

Needs advice

AdonisJS

and

NestJS

I'm using AdonisJS and NestJS in two projects! both frameworks are good!

Daison Carino

Senior Software Engineer at Incube8 Pte. Ltd · May 5, 2022 | 4 upvotes · 320.1K views

Needs advice

NestJS

and

Next.js

I would choose Next.js / Nuxt.js or SvelteKit as they're implemented to support the backend that manages cookies/sessions/API/reactive components and props.

The good thing about them is that if ever your app grows with a ton of traffic, you can easily migrate your SSR app and use other programming languages such as Golang or Rust to serve the API.

NestJS is only used for the backend side, however, the backend side of this is already offered from these big 3 (Next/Nuxt/SvelteKit), as these 3 major SSR Frameworks were able to connect from RDB / MongoDB / GraphQL / 3rd Party APIs, you name it!

Regarding websocket / service-worker (PWA) / wasm, those big 3 can do it too

TL;DR: NodeJS is so big, don't complicate your life, make a single route to handle the frontend and backend, migrating to performant environment such as Go/Rust can be done over an api call inside those big 3 Next/Nuxt/SvelteKit.

Bhupal Reddy

back end developer at elixir softlab solutions pvt ltd · Mar 24, 2022 | 4 upvotes · 314.9K views

Needs advice

LoopBack

and

NestJS

which one is best for enterprise applications LoopBack or NestJS?

Rafsanjanee Rizvi

Owner at Mingchen Information And Technology · Dec 24, 2020 | 4 upvotes · 395.4K views

Needs advice

ExpressJS

NestJS

and

Spring Boot

Hi, I am a new developer using Ionic to develop a mobile app. I have recently tried to build a social mobile app which will have video calling, payment transaction, chatting, sharing, etc. I am now confused as to which framework I should use for the backend: Spring Boot or ExpressJS or NestJS? Any detailed advice will be better for my development. Looking forward to your valuable reply.

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NestJS's Features

Extensible - Gives you true flexibility by allowing use of any other libraries thanks to modular architecture.
Versatile - An adaptable ecosystem that is a fully-fledged backbone for all kinds of server-side applications.
Progressive - Takes advantage of latest JavaScript features, bringing design patterns and mature solutions to node.js world.

NestJS Alternatives & Comparisons

What are some alternatives to NestJS?

AdonisJS

It is a Node.js Framework which is highly focused on developer ergonomics, stability and confidence.

FeathersJS

Feathers is a real-time, micro-service web framework for NodeJS that gives you control over your data via RESTful resources, sockets and flexible plug-ins.

Koa

Koa aims to be a smaller, more expressive, and more robust foundation for web applications and APIs. Through leveraging generators Koa allows you to ditch callbacks and greatly increase error-handling. Koa does not bundle any middleware.

LoopBack

A highly-extensible, open-source Node.js framework that enables you to create dynamic end-to-end REST APIs with little or no coding. Connect to multiple data sources, write business logic in Node.js, glue on top of your existing services and data, connect using JS, iOS & Android SDKs.

hapi

hapi is a simple to use configuration-centric framework with built-in support for input validation, caching, authentication, and other essential facilities for building web applications and services.

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