express-typescript-boilerplate

A little bit opinionated Express + TypeScript + MongoDB boilerplate.

What is used:

• express
• mongoose (typegoose) - MongoDB Driver
• helmet - basic security
• joi - schema validator
• express-session - session middleware*
• argon2 - password encryption
• debug - logger
• express-slow-down
• express-rate-limit

• Sessions are stored in Redis (ioredis, connect-redis).

Installation

1. Install dependencies

npm -i #or yarn

2. Build sources

npm run build #or yarn build

3. Copy .env.example to .env
4. Edit .env file and put required variables
5. Start

npm start