diff --git a/packages/barrels/bin/barrels.js b/packages/barrels/bin/barrels.js
index 9abaafaa3..25546a533 100755
--- a/packages/barrels/bin/barrels.js
+++ b/packages/barrels/bin/barrels.js
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env node
 import {existsSync} from "node:fs";
 import {readFile, writeFile} from "node:fs/promises";
-import {join} from "node:path";
+import {dirname, join} from "node:path";
 
 import {globby} from "globby";
 
@@ -46,8 +46,16 @@ async function build() {
 
   const excluded = exclude.map((path) => `!${path}`).concat(directory.map((path) => `!${path}/index.ts`));
 
-  const promises = directory.map(async (directory) => {
-    const baseIndex = join(process.cwd(), directory);
+  const directories = (
+    await globby(directory, {
+      cwd: process.cwd()
+    })
+  ).reduce((set, file) => {
+    return set.add(dirname(file));
+  }, new Set());
+
+  const promises = [...directories.keys()].map(async (directory) => {
+    const baseIndex = join(process.cwd(), directory?.path ?? directory);
 
     const files = await globby(["**/*.ts", "!index.ts", ...excluded], {
       cwd: directory
diff --git a/packages/cli-core/src/utils/createTasksRunner.ts b/packages/cli-core/src/utils/createTasksRunner.ts
index 420f3d6e6..4b020374d 100644
--- a/packages/cli-core/src/utils/createTasksRunner.ts
+++ b/packages/cli-core/src/utils/createTasksRunner.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 // @ts-ignore
 import {isFunction} from "@tsed/core";
-import {Listr, ListrTaskWrapper, Logger} from "listr2";
+import {Listr, type ListrTaskWrapper, Logger} from "listr2";
 
 import type {TaskOptions, Tasks} from "../interfaces/Tasks.js";
 import {getLogger} from "./createInjector.js";
diff --git a/packages/cli-core/src/utils/loadPlugins.ts b/packages/cli-core/src/utils/loadPlugins.ts
index 6a390f42b..13d7c0eda 100644
--- a/packages/cli-core/src/utils/loadPlugins.ts
+++ b/packages/cli-core/src/utils/loadPlugins.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,3 @@
-import {fileURLToPath} from "node:url";
-
 import {GlobalProviders, InjectorService} from "@tsed/di";
 import chalk from "chalk";
 // @ts-ignore
@@ -21,7 +19,7 @@ export async function loadPlugins(injector: InjectorService) {
     .filter((mod) => mod.startsWith(`@${name}/cli-plugin`) || mod.includes(`${name}-cli-plugin`))
     .map(async (mod) => {
       try {
-        const {default: plugin} = await fs.importModule(mod, fileURLToPath(rootDir));
+        const {default: plugin} = await fs.importModule(mod, rootDir);
 
         if (!injector.has(plugin)) {
           const provider = GlobalProviders.get(plugin)?.clone();
diff --git a/packages/cli-core/src/utils/mapCommanderOptions.ts b/packages/cli-core/src/utils/mapCommanderOptions.ts
index 51148a720..637347ab5 100644
--- a/packages/cli-core/src/utils/mapCommanderOptions.ts
+++ b/packages/cli-core/src/utils/mapCommanderOptions.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
-import commander from "commander";
+import type {Command} from "commander";
 
-export function mapCommanderOptions(commands: commander.Command[]) {
+export function mapCommanderOptions(commands: Command[]) {
   const options: any = {};
   commands.forEach((command) => {
     Object.entries(command.opts())
diff --git a/packages/cli-plugin-eslint/src/hooks/EslintInitHook.ts b/packages/cli-plugin-eslint/src/hooks/EslintInitHook.ts
index d474e3457..897375fe7 100644
--- a/packages/cli-plugin-eslint/src/hooks/EslintInitHook.ts
+++ b/packages/cli-plugin-eslint/src/hooks/EslintInitHook.ts
@@ -70,6 +70,14 @@ export class EslintInitHook {
 
           await this.packageManagers.runScript("prepare");
         }
+      },
+      {
+        title: "Run linter",
+        task: () => {
+          return this.packageManagers.runScript("test:lint:fix", {
+            ignoreError: true
+          });
+        }
       }
     ];
   }
@@ -115,6 +123,15 @@ export class EslintInitHook {
       );
     }
 
+    if (ctx.vitest) {
+      this.packageJson.addDevDependencies(
+        {
+          "eslint-plugin-vitest": "latest"
+        },
+        ctx
+      );
+    }
+
     if (ctx.prettier) {
       this.packageJson.addDevDependencies(
         {
diff --git a/packages/cli-plugin-eslint/templates/init/eslint.config.mjs.hbs b/packages/cli-plugin-eslint/templates/init/eslint.config.mjs.hbs
index 705f34168..bbdb5f078 100644
--- a/packages/cli-plugin-eslint/templates/init/eslint.config.mjs.hbs
+++ b/packages/cli-plugin-eslint/templates/init/eslint.config.mjs.hbs
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ import typescriptParser from "@typescript-eslint/parser";
 {{#if prettier}}import pluginPrettierRecommended from "eslint-plugin-prettier/recommended";
 {{/if}}import pluginSimpleImportSort from "eslint-plugin-simple-import-sort";
 {{#if vitest}}import vitest from "eslint-plugin-vitest";
-i{{/if}}import globals from "globals";
+{{/if}}import globals from "globals";
 
 export default [
   {
@@ -58,8 +58,7 @@ export default [
     },
     rules: {
       "simple-import-sort/imports": "error",
-      "simple-import-sort/exports": "error",
-      "workspaces/no-absolute-imports": "error"
+      "simple-import-sort/exports": "error"
     }
   }{{#if prettier}},
   pluginPrettierRecommended{{/if}}
diff --git a/packages/cli-plugin-vitest/src/CliPluginVitestModule.ts b/packages/cli-plugin-vitest/src/CliPluginVitestModule.ts
index ce6f47afd..5ec0cd05b 100644
--- a/packages/cli-plugin-vitest/src/CliPluginVitestModule.ts
+++ b/packages/cli-plugin-vitest/src/CliPluginVitestModule.ts
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ export class CliPluginVitestModule {
     const runtime = this.runtimes.get();
 
     this.packageJson.addScripts({
-      test: `${runtime.run("test:lint")} && ${runtime.run("test:coverage")} `,
+      test: `${runtime.run("test:lint")} && ${runtime.run("test:coverage")}`,
       "test:unit": "cross-env NODE_ENV=test vitest run",
       "test:watch": "cross-env NODE_ENV=test vitest",
       "test:coverage": `cross-env NODE_ENV=test vitest run --coverage`
diff --git a/packages/cli/src/commands/generate/GenerateCmd.spec.ts b/packages/cli/src/commands/generate/GenerateCmd.spec.ts
index d3e66cf2a..65f79236d 100644
--- a/packages/cli/src/commands/generate/GenerateCmd.spec.ts
+++ b/packages/cli/src/commands/generate/GenerateCmd.spec.ts
@@ -115,7 +115,7 @@ describe("GenerateCmd", () => {
           express: false,
           koa: false,
           platformSymbol: undefined,
-          barrels: '["./src/controllers/rest/index.js"]',
+          barrels: '["./src/controllers/rest"]',
           imports: [
             {from: "@tsed/ajv"},
             {symbols: "{config}", from: "./config/index.js"},
@@ -169,7 +169,7 @@ describe("GenerateCmd", () => {
           express: false,
           koa: false,
           platformSymbol: undefined,
-          barrels: '["./src/controllers/rest/index.js"]',
+          barrels: '["./src/controllers/rest"]',
           imports: [
             {from: "@tsed/ajv"},
             {symbols: "{config}", from: "./config/index.js"},
diff --git a/packages/cli/src/utils/__snapshots__/fillImport.spec.ts.snap b/packages/cli/src/utils/__snapshots__/fillImport.spec.ts.snap
index 4448675ca..d050719fc 100644
--- a/packages/cli/src/utils/__snapshots__/fillImport.spec.ts.snap
+++ b/packages/cli/src/utils/__snapshots__/fillImport.spec.ts.snap
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 exports[`fillImports() > should return barrels and imports files for ('arc_default', oidc: false, graphql: false, swagger: true, passportjs: false, express: false, koa: false, mongoose: false) 1`] = `
 {
   "architecture": "arc_default",
-  "barrels": "["./src/controllers/rest/index.js","./src/controllers/pages/index.js"]",
+  "barrels": "["./src/controllers/rest","./src/controllers/pages"]",
   "express": false,
   "graphql": false,
   "imports": [
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ exports[`fillImports() > should return barrels and imports files for ('arc_defau
 exports[`fillImports() > should return barrels and imports files for ('arc_default', oidc: true, graphql: false, swagger: false, passportjs: false, express: false, koa: true, mongoose: false) 1`] = `
 {
   "architecture": "arc_default",
-  "barrels": "["./src/controllers/rest/index.js","./src/interactions/index.js"]",
+  "barrels": "["./src/controllers/rest","./src/interactions"]",
   "express": false,
   "graphql": false,
   "imports": [
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ exports[`fillImports() > should return barrels and imports files for ('arc_defau
 exports[`fillImports() > should return barrels and imports files for ('arc_default', oidc: true, graphql: true, swagger: true, passportjs: true, express: false, koa: true, mongoose: true) 1`] = `
 {
   "architecture": "arc_default",
-  "barrels": "["./src/controllers/rest/index.js","./src/controllers/pages/index.js","./src/interactions/index.js","./src/datasources/index.js","./src/resolvers/index.js"]",
+  "barrels": "["./src/controllers/rest","./src/controllers/pages","./src/interactions","./src/datasources","./src/resolvers"]",
   "express": false,
   "graphql": true,
   "imports": [
@@ -131,7 +131,7 @@ exports[`fillImports() > should return barrels and imports files for ('arc_defau
 exports[`fillImports() > should return barrels and imports files for ('feature', oidc: false, graphql: false, swagger: false, passportjs: false, express: false, koa: false, mongoose: false) 1`] = `
 {
   "architecture": "feature",
-  "barrels": "["./src/rest/index.js"]",
+  "barrels": "["./src/rest"]",
   "express": false,
   "graphql": false,
   "imports": [
@@ -158,7 +158,7 @@ exports[`fillImports() > should return barrels and imports files for ('feature',
 exports[`fillImports() > should return barrels and imports files for ('feature', oidc: false, graphql: false, swagger: true, passportjs: false, express: false, koa: false, mongoose: false) 1`] = `
 {
   "architecture": "feature",
-  "barrels": "["./src/rest/index.js","./src/pages/index.js"]",
+  "barrels": "["./src/rest","./src/pages"]",
   "express": false,
   "graphql": false,
   "imports": [
@@ -192,7 +192,7 @@ exports[`fillImports() > should return barrels and imports files for ('feature',
 exports[`fillImports() > should return barrels and imports files for ('feature', oidc: true, graphql: false, swagger: false, passportjs: false, express: true, koa: false, mongoose: false) 1`] = `
 {
   "architecture": "feature",
-  "barrels": "["./src/rest/index.js","./src/interactions/index.js"]",
+  "barrels": "["./src/rest","./src/interactions"]",
   "express": false,
   "graphql": false,
   "imports": [
@@ -230,7 +230,7 @@ exports[`fillImports() > should return barrels and imports files for ('feature',
 exports[`fillImports() > should return barrels and imports files for ('feature', oidc: true, graphql: true, swagger: true, passportjs: true, express: true, koa: false, mongoose: true) 1`] = `
 {
   "architecture": "feature",
-  "barrels": "["./src/rest/index.js","./src/pages/index.js","./src/interactions/index.js","./src/datasources/index.js","./src/resolvers/index.js"]",
+  "barrels": "["./src/rest","./src/pages","./src/interactions","./src/datasources","./src/resolvers"]",
   "express": false,
   "graphql": true,
   "imports": [
diff --git a/packages/cli/src/utils/fillImports.ts b/packages/cli/src/utils/fillImports.ts
index 4296412e7..242b71a51 100644
--- a/packages/cli/src/utils/fillImports.ts
+++ b/packages/cli/src/utils/fillImports.ts
@@ -10,11 +10,11 @@ export function fillImports(ctx: any) {
 
   ctx.barrels = JSON.stringify(
     [
-      isFeature ? "./src/rest/index.js" : "./src/controllers/rest/index.js",
-      ctx.swagger && (isFeature ? "./src/pages/index.js" : "./src/controllers/pages/index.js"),
-      ctx.oidc && "./src/interactions/index.js",
-      ctx.graphql && "./src/datasources/index.js",
-      ctx.graphql && "./src/resolvers/index.js"
+      isFeature ? "./src/rest" : "./src/controllers/rest",
+      ctx.swagger && (isFeature ? "./src/pages" : "./src/controllers/pages"),
+      ctx.oidc && "./src/interactions",
+      ctx.graphql && "./src/datasources",
+      ctx.graphql && "./src/resolvers"
     ].filter(Boolean)
   );
 
diff --git a/packages/cli/templates/init/.dockerignore.hbs b/packages/cli/templates/init/.dockerignore.hbs
index fec4b2af0..3a9f7b09d 100644
--- a/packages/cli/templates/init/.dockerignore.hbs
+++ b/packages/cli/templates/init/.dockerignore.hbs
@@ -2,3 +2,4 @@ node_modules
 Dockerfile
 .env.local
 .env.development
+**/*.spec.ts
diff --git a/packages/cli/templates/init/.swcrc.hbs b/packages/cli/templates/init/.swcrc.hbs
index 6fb5a60fa..f686f85cc 100644
--- a/packages/cli/templates/init/.swcrc.hbs
+++ b/packages/cli/templates/init/.swcrc.hbs
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
       "decorators": true,
       "dynamicImport": true
     },
-    "target": "es2023",
+    "target": "es2022",
     "externalHelpers": true,
     "keepClassNames": true,
     "transform": {
diff --git a/packages/cli/templates/init/docker/npm/Dockerfile.hbs b/packages/cli/templates/init/docker/npm/Dockerfile.hbs
index f0b94268b..013823ee5 100644
--- a/packages/cli/templates/init/docker/npm/Dockerfile.hbs
+++ b/packages/cli/templates/init/docker/npm/Dockerfile.hbs
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ COPY ./src ./src
 
 RUN npm run build
 
-FROM node:${NODE_VERSION}-alpine as runtime
+FROM node:${NODE_VERSION}-alpine AS runtime
 ENV WORKDIR /opt
 WORKDIR $WORKDIR
 
diff --git a/packages/cli/templates/init/docker/pnpm/Dockerfile.hbs b/packages/cli/templates/init/docker/pnpm/Dockerfile.hbs
index a06c501d5..d30c383c6 100644
--- a/packages/cli/templates/init/docker/pnpm/Dockerfile.hbs
+++ b/packages/cli/templates/init/docker/pnpm/Dockerfile.hbs
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ COPY ./src ./src
 
 RUN pnpm run build
 
-FROM node:${NODE_VERSION}-alpine as runtime
+FROM node:${NODE_VERSION}-alpine AS runtime
 ENV WORKDIR /opt
 WORKDIR $WORKDIR