# practicajs/practica

Node.js solution starter boilerplate that is production-ready, packed with ✅  best practices and built with simplicity in mind

Repository: https://github.com/practicajs/practica
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/practica
Homepage: https://practica.dev/
Language: TypeScript
License: MIT
License Family: permissive
Topics: nodejs, best-practices, express, fastify, postgresql, mongodb, boilerplate, starter-kit, hacktoberfest
Last push: 2026-02-14T14:40:18+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 62/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-02T17:46:02.011165+00:00)
- activity 67, release rhythm 35, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 1675, "days_push": 200, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: no_releases
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 1677, forks 149 (observed 2026-08-28T04:05:20.847969+00:00)

## What it is
Practica.js is a CLI-based generator that scaffolds production-ready Node.js microservice boilerplates with best practices baked in, supporting Express or Fastify with PostgreSQL or MongoDB. It provides a full API-to-DB example flow including error handling, testing templates, Dockerfiles, and a documented 3-tier folder structure.

## Use cases
- generate a production-ready node.js microservice starter
- scaffold an express or fastify api with postgresql
- bootstrap a node.js project with best practices
- create a backend boilerplate with docker and testing setup
- start a typescript node.js service with proper folder structure
- avoid setting up error handling and db schemas from scratch

## When to choose
- starting a new Node.js backend or microservice from scratch
- you want battle-tested defaults for error handling, testing, and Docker
- you prefer Express or Fastify with PostgreSQL or MongoDB
- you value documented architectural decisions and simplicity

## When to avoid
- you have an existing codebase that can't adopt the generated structure
- you need a framework or database combination not yet supported
- you want a minimal starter with no opinions or conventions
- you need a frontend or full-stack scaffold rather than a backend service

## Facets
- artifact type: learning-resource
- maturity: active
- function: boilerplate, web-framework, developer-tools, cli, testing, logging, error-handling, configuration-management
- domain: web-development, backend, developer-tools, apis
- platform: cli, cross-platform
- tags: starter-kit, best-practices, express, fastify, postgresql, mongodb, typescript, microservice, code-generation, project-scaffolding, boilerplate, nodejs, docker

## Member repositories
- practicajs/practica (main) score 62

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:05:20.847969+00:00.
- Health v2: computed from the inputs above; adoption is never an input.
- Inferred fields (summary, facets, guidance): AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, on 2026-08-30T08:32:31.792351+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/practicajs/practica (fetched 2026-08-28T04:05:20.847969+00:00, sha 4ee3e2612002)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.