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+Template project for creating new Node.js / TypeScript services
+
+---
+
+## Get Started
+
+### Pull down the code
+
+```bash
+git init
+git pull https://gitea.jbrumond.me/templates/nodejs-typescript-service.git master
+```
+
+### Update configuration
+
+- In `package.json`, update any fields like `name`, `description`, `repository`, etc.
+
+
+
+## Building from source
+
+```bash
+npm ci
+npm run tsc
+
+# Make a directory to store data in
+mkdir ./data
+
+# Run the server
+APP_PATH="./build" DATA_PATH="./data" CONF_PATH="./conf" node ./build/start.js
+```
+
+
+
+## Building container image
+
+```bash
+docker build . -f Dockerfile -t nodejs-template-service:latest
+```
+
+