Catto App Template

A production-ready, full-stack TypeScript monorepo template for building modern web and mobile applications.

What's Included

• Next.js 16 frontend with React 19, Tailwind CSS v4, and Apollo Client
• NestJS 11 backend with GraphQL (Apollo Server 4)
• Prisma 7 ORM with PostgreSQL
• Capacitor 8 for iOS and Android mobile apps
• Better Auth + JWT dual authentication system
• Internationalization (next-intl) with English and Spanish
• 14 reusable @ccatto/ packages* consumed from npm (UI components, auth, push notifications, email, payments, and more)
• TurboRepo for fast monorepo builds

Quick Start

# Clone and install
git clone https://github.com/ccatto/catto-app-template.git my-app
cd my-app
yarn install

# Set up environment
cp apps/frontend/.env.example apps/frontend/.env.local
cp apps/backend/.env.example apps/backend/.env
# Edit .env files with your database URL and secrets

# Set up database
yarn db:push

# Run development servers
yarn dev

Frontend: http://localhost:3000 Backend: http://localhost:4000/graphql

Documentation

• Getting Started - Full setup guide
• CLAUDE.md - AI assistant context file

Architecture

catto-app-template/
├── apps/
│   ├── frontend/     # Next.js 16 (pages, components, i18n)
│   ├── backend/      # NestJS (GraphQL API, auth, modules)
│   ├── database/     # Prisma schema and migrations
│   └── mobile/       # Capacitor (iOS/Android)
├── docs/             # Documentation
└── CLAUDE.md         # AI context file

License

MIT