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Top 23 Express Open-Source Projects
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Comprehensive Node.js development guidelines Based on goldbergyoni/nodebestpractices
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Project mention: Orbis: Turn Any GitHub Repository Into an Interactive 3D Dependency Graph | dev.to | 2026-05-09
Enter a public GitHub repository URL - for example https://github.com/expressjs/express
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payload
Payload is the open-source, fullstack Next.js framework, giving you instant backend superpowers. Get a full TypeScript backend and admin panel instantly. Use Payload as a headless CMS or for building powerful applications.
Project mention: EmDash: A spiritual successor to WordPress and plugin security | news.ycombinator.com | 2026-04-01Payload can be deployed to Cloudflare Workers: https://github.com/payloadcms/payload/tree/main/templates/wi...
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Project mention: Fiber – An Express-inspired web framework written in Go | news.ycombinator.com | 2026-02-06
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javascript-testing-best-practices
📗🌐 🚢 Comprehensive and exhaustive JavaScript & Node.js testing best practices (August 2025)
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apollo-server
🌍 Spec-compliant and production ready JavaScript GraphQL server that lets you develop in a schema-first way. Built for Express, Connect, Hapi, Koa, and more.
Apollo Server is the go-to solution for building GraphQL servers in JavaScript:
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crystal
🔮 Graphile's Crystal Monorepo; home to Grafast, PostGraphile, pg-introspection, pg-sql2 and much more! (by graphile)
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mean
The MEAN stack uses Mongo, Express, Angular(6) and Node for simple and scalable fullstack js applications
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http-proxy-middleware
:zap: The one-liner node.js http-proxy middleware for connect, express, next.js and more
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Morgan - HTTP request logger middleware for node.js
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node-express-boilerplate
A boilerplate for building production-ready RESTful APIs using Node.js, Express, and Mongoose
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docx
Easily generate and modify .docx files with JS/TS with a nice declarative API. Works for Node and on the Browser.
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serverless-express
Run Express and other Node.js frameworks on AWS Serverless technologies such as Lambda, API Gateway, Lambda@Edge, and more.
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hackernews-react-graphql
Hacker News clone rewritten with universal JavaScript, using React and GraphQL.
Project mention: Show HN: I'm building an open source discussion forum for latest ArXiv papers | news.ycombinator.com | 2025-10-21Hey HN!
I built arXiv News (https://arxiv-news.com) – a discussion space for research papers.
The problem: I browse arXiv constantly for new papers, but there's nowhere good to discuss them. Twitter is chaotic, Reddit is fragmented, and arXiv itself has no comments.
So I cloned HN's design (using https://github.com/clintonwoo/hackernews-react-graphql) and applied it to arXiv. Upvote papers, comment, sort by hot/new/discussed, filter by category, post ideas/papers you've found. A daily scraper pulls all new papers automatically.
I'd love to hear peoples thoughts. Trying to iterate/improve upon what I currently have so I need feedback.
https://github.com/peterdunson/arxiv-news
Thanks!
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SaaS Boilerplate
Build your own SaaS business with SaaS boilerplate. Productive stack: React, Material-UI, Next, MobX, WebSockets, Express, Node, Mongoose, MongoDB. Written with TypeScript.
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nodejs-testing-best-practices
Beyond the basics of Node.js testing. Including a super-comprehensive best practices list and an example app (April 2025)
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NOTE:
The open source projects on this list are ordered by number of github stars.
The number of mentions indicates repo mentiontions in the last 12 Months or
since we started tracking (Dec 2020).
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Index
What are some of the best open-source Express projects? This list will help you:
| # | Project | Stars |
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| 1 | nodebestpractices | 105,174 |
| 2 | Express | 69,157 |
| 3 | payload | 42,940 |
| 4 | Fiber | 39,835 |
| 5 | javascript-testing-best-practices | 24,601 |
| 6 | Passport | 23,533 |
| 7 | apollo-server | 13,939 |
| 8 | Habitica | 13,914 |
| 9 | crystal | 12,926 |
| 10 | mean | 12,061 |
| 11 | http-proxy-middleware | 11,132 |
| 12 | art-template | 9,860 |
| 13 | morgan | 8,180 |
| 14 | node-express-boilerplate | 7,619 |
| 15 | express-validator | 6,238 |
| 16 | docx | 5,787 |
| 17 | bulletproof-nodejs | 5,771 |
| 18 | expressjs.com | 5,345 |
| 19 | serverless-express | 5,268 |
| 20 | hackernews-react-graphql | 4,452 |
| 21 | SaaS Boilerplate | 4,443 |
| 22 | nodejs-testing-best-practices | 4,363 |
| 23 | Grant | 4,172 |
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