Nx comes with dedicated documentation for each framework:

@nrwl/node:execute

Execute a Node application

Options can be configured in workspace.json when defining the executor, or when invoking it. Read more about how to configure targets and executors here: https://nx.dev/core-concepts/configuration#targets.

Options

buildTarget (required)

Type: string

The target to run to build you the app

args

Type: array

Extra args when starting the app

host

Default: localhost

Type: string

The host to inspect the process on

inspect

Default: inspect

Type: string | boolean

Ensures the app is starting with debugging

port

Default: 9229

Type: number

The port to inspect the process on. Setting port to 0 will assign random free ports to all forked processes.

runtimeArgs

Type: array

Extra args passed to the node process

waitUntilTargets

Type: array

The targets to run to before starting the node app

watch

Default: true

Type: boolean

Run build when files change