[3] In February 2017, Kamil Myśliwiec was inspired by Angular to build a Node.js-based framework with an architecture based on Socket.IO and Express.

[1][3] According to the NestJS GitHub repository, the first tagged release, version 4.4.0, was on November 23, 2017.

[4] Over the following years, the framework broadened its functionality, adding support for additional adapters and drivers, such as Fastify,[5] to provide more options for developers.

It also introduced integration with popular message brokers, including RabbitMQ[6] and Kafka,[7] to facilitate communication in distributed systems.

NestJS is used by Sanofi, Adidas, Autodesk, Mercedes-Benz, GitLab, Red Hat, BMW, Roche, IBM, Decathlon, Société Générale, JetBrains, TotalEnergies, Capgemini, REWE digital and others.