Express TypeScript Docker Boilerplate

A production-ready Express.js boilerplate using TypeScript, ESLint, Prettier, Docker, Docker Compose, Winston logging, Morgan HTTP logging, Helmet for security, express-rate-limit, and Yarn as the package manager.

🛠 Features

• ⚙️ Express 5 with TypeScript
• 🧼 ESLint + Prettier for code linting and formatting
• 🐳 Docker & Docker Compose for dev and production
• 🌐 Helmet for security headers
• 🚫 Rate limiting with express-rate-limit
• 📜 HTTP request logging with Morgan
• 🪵 Advanced logging using Winston and Daily Rotate File
• 🔐 .env support with dotenv
• 📦 Yarn as the default package manager
• 📁 Clean and modular file structure

Requirements

• Node v23.11.0
• Docker

🚀 Getting Started

1. Clone the Repo

git clone https://github.com/MANOJ-M-01/Express-Boilerplate.git
cd Express-Boilerplate

2. Install Dependencies

yarn install

3. Run in Development

yarn dev

Or using Docker:

docker-compose -f docker-compose-dev.yaml up --build

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🛠 Available Scripts

Command	Description
yarn dev	Start development server with ts-node-dev
yarn start	Start server with ts-node
yarn build	Compile TypeScript to JavaScript
yarn serve	Run compiled code from dist/
yarn typecheck	Type check without emitting output
yarn lint	Run ESLint
yarn prettier:check	Check formatting with Prettier
yarn prettier:format	Auto-format code with Prettier

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🐳 Docker Usage

Development

docker-compose -f docker-compose-dev.yaml up --build

Production

docker-compose -f docker-compose-prod.yaml up --build

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🧪 Linting & Formatting

yarn lint
yarn prettier:check
yarn prettier:format

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📝 License

MIT License

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🙌 Acknowledgements

• Express
• TypeScript
• Winston
• Docker