Node.js REST API Boilerplate Pack — 5 Production-Ready Starters

The Node.js REST API Boilerplate Pack gives you five fully configured, production-ready starters so you can skip the setup ceremony and start building features on day one. Each boilerplate is architected around a specific use case — from a lightweight Express API to a full-featured multi-tenant SaaS backend — and ships with authentication, error handling, logging, and environment configuration already wired up.

The pack covers: a minimal Express + TypeScript starter for microservices, a JWT-based auth API with refresh token rotation, a multi-tenant SaaS API with organization scoping, a file upload API with S3 integration, and a real-time API using WebSockets and Redis pub/sub. Every boilerplate follows the same folder structure and naming conventions so switching between them is frictionless.

Each starter includes a Dockerfile, a docker-compose file for local development, and a GitHub Actions CI pipeline. Documentation covers how to extend the codebase, add new routes following the existing pattern, and deploy to Railway, Render, or a VPS. Stop rebuilding your auth layer from scratch — just fork, configure, and ship.