# Amala
**Amala** is a decorator-based API framework for KoaJS v2+ and Typescript.
Amala is fast, light, self-documenting and Docker-ready; Perfect for microservices.
- Define your REST API endpoints using ES8 _classes_ and _decorators_.
- Inject arguments into your endpoint handlers, effectively turning your controller endpoints into standalone, testable service endpoints.
- Clean, light and FAST endpoints. Powered by Koa.
- No further magic past decorators. Full access to underlying Koa app.
- Project creator comes with fully configured Docker and Docker-compose settings for quick containerization.
- In-built OpenAPI spec exporter and Swagger UI!
This leads to clean, self-documenting API endpoints and makes it so you can re-use those service endpoints elsewhere.
It also makes your endpoint endpoints easier to test.
## Supporting Amala
**Amala** is an MIT-licensed open source project with its ongoing development made possible entirely by
community support. If Amala is helping you build
awesome APIs, please consider Becoming a Patron.
If you would like to contribute in other ways, Pull requests are also welcome!
## Getting started
You may create an Amala project with any of the following:
- `npm init amala-app `
- `npm create amala-app `
- `yarn create amala-app `
For next steps, see official docs at https://amalajs.com.