wclr/ts-node-dev
Compiles your TS app and restarts when files are modified. observed · 2026-08-28
Health v2 · maintenance only
10/100
- Activity 0
- Release rhythm 8
- Longevity 100
Flags: archived
How is this computed?
round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10) — computed 2026-09-03. Adoption (stars, forks) is never an input.
- gap_med: n/a
- age_days: 3363
- days_rel: n/a
- days_push: 810
- n_releases_24m: 0
Adoption not part of the score
3436 stars · 120 forks observed · 2026-08-28
What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-29, confidence not recorded
A CLI development tool that runs TypeScript Node.js applications and automatically restarts them when files change, reusing the ts-node compilation process between restarts for speed. It is a tweaked version of node-dev built on top of ts-node.
Use cases
- run a TypeScript express server with auto-restart on file changes
- speed up TypeScript dev loop compared to nodemon with ts-node
- watch and restart a node app written in TypeScript
- develop a TypeScript backend without a separate build step
- transpile-only fast reload for large TypeScript codebases
When to choose
- you develop Node.js apps in TypeScript and want fast file-watch restarts
- nodemon + ts-node restarts are too slow for your codebase
- you want a simple dev runner without configuring a bundler
When to avoid
- you need production builds or bundling - use tsc, esbuild, or tsup instead
- your project already uses a bundler dev server like Vite or webpack watch
- you work in JavaScript only - plain node-dev or nodemon suffices
Facets
cli-tool · maturity maintenance
developer-tools build-tool cli developer-tools web-development cli cross-platform typescript hot-reload dev-server watch-mode ts-node command-line nodejs
1 source
- readme: https://github.com/wclr/ts-node-dev · fetched 2026-08-28 · b509095e5ccf
Member repositories
| Repository | Role | Health v2 |
|---|---|---|
| wclr/ts-node-dev | main | 10 |
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