# Effect TypeScript Standard Library for Production Applications

> Effect is a comprehensive TypeScript standard library that provides structured concurrency, typed errors, dependency injection, schema validation, and observability — replacing dozens of individual packages with one cohesive, type-safe framework for building production-grade applications.

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# Effect TypeScript Standard Library for Production Applications

Effect is a comprehensive TypeScript standard library that provides structured concurrency, typed errors, dependency injection, schema validation, and observability — replacing dozens of individual packages with one cohesive, type-safe framework for building production-grade applications.

## Installation

Use the upstream install or setup path that matches your environment:
- pnpm install # Requires pnpm version 10.4.0
- Make the changes you propose to the codebase. If your changes impact functionality, please **add corresponding tests** to validate your updates.
- If you encounter style issues, use pnpm lint-fix to automatically correct some of these.
- pnpm changeset

Requirements and caveats from upstream:
- | @effect/platform-node | Platform utilities for [Node.js](https://nodejs.org) | [README](https://github.com/Effect-TS/effect/blob/main/packages/platform-node/README.md) |
- | @effect/platform-node-shared | Shared utilities for [Node.js](https://nodejs.org) | [README](https://github.com/Effect-TS/effect/blob/main/packages/platform-node-shared/README.md) |
- | @effect/sql-sqlite-node | An @effect/sql implementation using the better-sqlite3 library. | [README](https://github.com/Effect-TS/effect/blob/main/packages/sql-sqlite-node/README.md) |

Basic usage or getting-started notes:
- For detailed information and usage examples, visit the [Effect website](https://www.effect.website/).
- Run the following commands to ensure your changes do not introduce any issues:
- pnpm test-types: Run type-level tests. Tests are written using [tstyche](https://tstyche.org/).

- Source: https://github.com/Effect-TS/effect
- Extracted from upstream docs: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Effect-TS/effect/HEAD/README.md

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