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Minimal starter boilerplate

A single app service with no datastores — add exactly what you need. One click generates a complete, runnable bootstrap — docker-compose, Makefile, Dockerfile, CI and more.

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The stack

Node.js 24

docker-compose.yml preview

# docker-compose.yml — generated by Stacktora
services:
  app:
    image: node:24-alpine
    command: npm run dev
    ports:
      - "3000:3000"
    env_file: [ .env ]

What you get

docker-compose.ymlMakefileDockerfileREADME.md.env.example.gitignore.dockerignore.github/workflows/ci.yml.tool-versions.editorconfigProcfile … and more

Quickstart

# clone, then one command to a running stack
git clone … && cd app
$ make setup   # install toolchain + deps, build images
$ make dev     # boot the full stack
# → app live at localhost:3000

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