KickJSThe Adaptive Node.js Framework

Build REST, GraphQL, WebSocket, or microservice APIs — your way. Decorator-driven, pluggable, and production-ready on Express 5.

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🔌 Adaptive Architecture

REST, GraphQL, WebSocket, SSE, or queues — pick what you need. Swap adapters without changing your code. One framework, every pattern.

🎯 Decorator-Driven DX

@Controller, @Query, @WsController, @Job — familiar patterns from Spring Boot and NestJS. TypeScript-first with full type safety.

📦 16 Packages, Pick What You Need

Core, HTTP, Swagger, GraphQL, WebSocket, Drizzle, Prisma, Queue (BullMQ/RabbitMQ/Kafka), OTel, Multi-tenant, and more. Install only what you use.

⚡ Vite HMR + DevTools Dashboard

Zero-downtime hot reload in dev. Built-in web dashboard at /_debug with health, metrics, routes, DI state, and WebSocket stats.

🛠 CLI That Scaffolds Everything

kick new (5 templates), kick g module/resolver/job (18+ files), kick add (16 packages), kick inspect (live debugging). One command to rule them all.

🔍 Auto OpenAPI + GraphiQL

Swagger UI and ReDoc from decorators + Zod. GraphiQL playground with zero config. @ApiQueryParams documents filterable/sortable fields.

🏗 Pluggable Everything

Template engines (EJS, Pug, Handlebars), queue providers (BullMQ, RabbitMQ, Kafka, Redis Pub/Sub), DB adapters, custom decorators, and a plugin system.

🚀 Production-Ready

Vue-inspired reactivity, OpenTelemetry tracing, rate limiting, sessions, CSRF, file uploads, multi-tenancy, graceful shutdown, and VS Code extension.