NestJS

NestJS
Original author	Kamil Myśliwiec
Developers	Kamil Myśliwiec, NestJS core team and others
Initial release	February 26, 2017 (2017-02-26)1
Stable release	11.1.24 / May 25, 2026; 10 days ago2
Written in	TypeScript
Platform	Node.js
Type	Web framework
License	MIT License
Website	nestjs.com
Repository	github.com/nestjs/nest

NestJS, or simply Nest, is a server-side Node.js-based web framework, released as free and open-source software under an MIT License.³⁴

In February 2017, Kamil Myśliwiec was inspired by Angular to build a Node.js-based framework with an architecture based on Socket.IO and Express.³⁴¹ According to the NestJS GitHub repository, the first tagged release, version 4.4.0, was on November 23, 2017.⁵

Over the following years, the framework broadened its functionality, adding support for additional adapters and drivers, such as Fastify,⁶ to provide more options for developers. It also introduced integration with popular message brokers, including RabbitMQ⁷ and Kafka,⁸ to facilitate communication in distributed systems.

NestJS offers several features for handling requests and responses. Middleware are based on Express, and are executed before the route handler. Guards are used to control access to routes by determining whether a request meets specific conditions. Interceptors allow additional logic to be executed before or after method execution. An interceptor should implement the intercept method of NestInterceptor.⁴

NestJS is used by Sanofi, Adidas, Autodesk, Mercedes-Benz, GitLab, Red Hat, BMW, Roche, IBM, Decathlon, Société Générale, JetBrains, TotalEnergies, Capgemini, REWE digital and others.⁹¹⁰