gihanrangana/vite-express-ssr-ts

Vite SSR is a powerful combination of technologies that can help you build fast, scalable, and SEO-friendly web applications.

Summary

gihanrangana/vite-express-ssr-ts is a starter template combining Express.js, TypeScript, and Vite to provide server-side rendering for web applications. It supplies a baseline configuration and scripts to run both a development server and a production build. The repository is published under the MIT license and includes a StackBlitz demo for quick exploration.

What it is useful for

This template is useful for engineers who want to build web applications with server-side rendering without manually configuring the underlying tooling. It brings together a Node.js backend (Express) with a frontend rendered on the server (Vite SSR). The README states this approach results in faster page load times and better indexability by search engines compared to client-rendered pages. Because it uses TypeScript, it provides static type checking during development. The structure separates API routes from the rendered frontend, with all API endpoints exposed under /api and the main application served from the root path. The provided scripts support standard development, build, and serve workflows.

How engineers can use it

To start a new project, the README documents three options: clicking the "Use this template" button on GitHub, running npx degit gihanrangana/vite-express-ssr-ts <project-name>, or cloning the repository directly. Once the project is set up locally, the documented commands are yarn install followed by yarn dev for development, or the npm equivalents (npm install and npm run dev). For production, the documented scripts are yarn build and yarn serve (or npm run build and npm run serve).

After starting the application, the server listens on http://localhost:3000, rendering the React application at the root and returning API responses at /api. Engineers can configure these API routes by editing server/app.ts, as noted in the README. For a quick look without local setup, the README points to a StackBlitz demo.