Spring Dev looking at Nest.JS and I have some major concerns about the packages that its built on and the node community more generally.

• typeorm

  1 1,835 9.4 TypeScript

  TypeORM module for Nest framework (node.js) 🍇 (by nestjs)

  

Also, re: TypeORM - first, it looks like they've forked it. (https://github.com/nestjs/typeorm) -- I'm not sure how maintained it is. On their docs they've got a few different recipes for using different ORM solutions -- there's an article for sequelize, mongoose, -- but it looks like you can plug in anything you desire. For my two cents, I really dislike ORMs in javascript and would likely opt for using the database driver(s) directly.

• restana

  1 452 4.0 JavaScript

  Restana is a lightweight and fast Node.js framework for building RESTful APIs.

  

Most newer server frameworks are quite easy to modify and update yourself. For instance, I added async middleware support to https://github.com/BackendStack21/restana without being that familiar with the codebase.

• SurveyJS

  surveyjs.io sponsored

  Open-Source JSON Form Builder to Create Dynamic Forms Right in Your App. With SurveyJS form UI libraries, you can build and style forms in a fully-integrated drag & drop form builder, render them in your JS app, and store form submission data in any backend, inc. PHP, ASP.NET Core, and Node.js.

  

• Next.js

  2,044 120,572 10.0 JavaScript

  The React Framework

  

You could also look at Next.js, https://nextjs.org/, which is definitely not going away and arguably offers more for modern development than just the simple REST api.

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