zetten

Zetten

Zetten is a minimalist, file-based full-stack framework for Node.js — inspired by the App Router concept from Next.js. It automatically loads HTTP routes, queues, cron jobs, and bootstrap scripts based on the file system.

Zetten is currently in active development. Expect breaking changes and missing features as the framework evolves.

📦 Installation

npm install zetten fastify
# or
pnpm add zetten fastify

Zetten uses fastify as a peer dependency (for now), so make sure to install it manually.

🚀 Quick Start

Create the following structure:

.
├── index.ts
└── routes/
    └── get.handler.ts

index.ts

import { Zetten } from 'zetten';
import { FastifyAdapter } from 'zetten/core/server/adapter/fastify';
import { HandlerPlugin } from 'zetten/handler';

const zetten = new Zetten({
  adapter: new FastifyAdapter(),
  port: 3030,
});

zetten.registerPlugin(new HandlerPlugin('./routes'));

zetten.start();

routes/get.handler.ts

import { FastifyRequest, FastifyReply } from 'fastify';
import { HandlerOptions } from '@zetten/handler';

export async function handler(_: FastifyRequest, reply: FastifyReply) {
  reply.send({ hello: 'zetten' });
}

export const options: HandlerOptions = {
  schema: {}, // You can define params, body, query validation here using Zod
};

🔗 Access

Run your app and visit: http://localhost:3030 You should see:

{ "hello": "zetten" }

🧩 Plugins by Convention

Zetten will automatically scan and load files based on folder + filename conventions:

Plugin	File Pattern
Routes	**/*.handler.ts
Queue	**/*.worker.ts
Cron Jobs	**/*.cron.ts
Bootstrap	**/*.boot.ts

All plugins are optional and modular.

📅 Roadmap

• File-based route loader
• Fastify adapter
• Cron job support
• Queue worker support
• Bootstrap scripts
• Authentication plugin
• Express and Hono adapters
• CLI tooling (zetten dev, zetten build, etc)
• Plugin lifecycle system
• Docs generation and introspection

📄 License

MIT © 2025 Mayron Fernandes

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Se quiser, posso também gerar badges (`npm`, `license`, `build passing`, etc), um `CHANGELOG.md` ou um gerador de projeto (`create-zett-app`). Me avisa o que quiser expandir!