Laravel-like DX.
JavaScript Simplicity.

Node 20+ ESM Fastify

Altarie.js gives you a clean, predictable structure with Fastify, Nunjucks, and better-sqlite3 — no transpilers, just ESM.

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Routing (Altarie)

// routes/web.js
export default async function (app) {
  const preAuth = app.mw.resolve(['auth'])

  app.get('/', async (req, reply) => reply.render('home.njk'))

  app.get('/dashboard', { preHandler: preAuth }, async (req, reply) => {
    return reply.render('dashboard.njk')
  })

  app.get('/api/health', async () => ({ status: 'ok' }))
}

Quick Start

1
Create a new app (npx)
```
npx altarie new myapp
cd myapp
```

Install & configure

npm install
cp .env.example .env
# edit .env as needed (APP_PORT, etc.)

3
Run in development
```
npm run dev
```
4
Open Devtools
```
/_altarie/routes
/_altarie/env
```

Features

Fastify Core

Modern HTTP server with great performance and plugin ecosystem.

Nunjucks Templates

Blade-like views with reply.render() convenience.

SQLite by default

Embedded DB via better-sqlite3, simple and stable for local dev.

Autoloaded Routes

Drop files in routes/ and they are registered automatically.

Youch Error Pages

Pretty error pages in development, compact JSON in production.

Security & CORS

Helmet and CORS with safe defaults baked in.

Project Structure

Inside `altarie/`

server.js — entry point
bootstrap/app.js — kernel (env, view, routes, errors, providers)
config/ — app, view, database configuration
core/ — env, view, error, devtools, database
routes/ — web.js, api.js
app/ — controllers, middleware, models, providers, views
database/ — migrate runner, migrations, seeds
tests/ — smoke tests

Commands

npm run dev   # development with auto-reload
npm start     # production mode
npm test      # run smoke tests
npm run db:migrate  # run migrations

Laravel-like DX.JavaScript Simplicity.