JavaScript Backend

Open-source JavaScript projects categorized as Backend

Top 23 JavaScript Backend Projects

  1. awesome-cheatsheets

    👩‍💻👨‍💻 Awesome cheatsheets for popular programming languages, frameworks and development tools. They include everything you should know in one single file.

    Project mention: 🔥 Hidden Gems on GitHub That Every Developer (IT/Non-IT) Needs to Explore | dev.to | 2025-05-30

    📦 18. Awesome Cheatsheets 📍 https://github.com/LeCoupa/awesome-cheatsheets  📜 One-liners and syntax reminders for 20+ languages/tools.  ✅ Best For: Everyone - literally!

  2. InfluxDB

    InfluxDB – Built for High-Performance Time Series Workloads. InfluxDB 3 OSS is now GA. Transform, enrich, and act on time series data directly in the database. Automate critical tasks and eliminate the need to move data externally. Download now.

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  3. parse-server

    Parse Server for Node.js / Express

    Project mention: 6 Open-Source Firebase Alternatives for Self-Hosting and Data Control | dev.to | 2025-06-09

    5. Parse Platform

  4. web-skills

    A visual overview of useful skills to learn as a web developer

  5. Cockpit

    Add content management functionality to any site - plug & play / headless / api-first CMS (by agentejo)

  6. hoodie

    :dog: The Offline First JavaScript Backend (by hoodiehq)

  7. nodejs-testing-best-practices

    Beyond the basics of Node.js testing. Including a super-comprehensive best practices list and an example app (April 2025)

  8. blaze

    ⚡ File sharing progressive web app built using WebTorrent and WebSockets (by blenderskool)

    Project mention: Sharedrop: Easy P2P file transfer powered by WebRTC – inspired by Apple AirDrop | news.ycombinator.com | 2024-07-07
  9. SaaSHub

    SaaSHub - Software Alternatives and Reviews. SaaSHub helps you find the best software and product alternatives

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  10. kuzzle

    Open-source Back-end, self-hostable & ready to use - Real-time, storage, advanced search - Web, Apps, Mobile, IoT -

  11. learn-nodejs-hard-way

    Learn NodeJS and master the art of server-side programming by creating a backend framework with 0 dependencies.

  12. nextacular

    An open-source starter kit that will help you build full-stack multi-tenant SaaS platforms efficiently and help you focus on developing your core SaaS features. Built on top of popular and modern technologies such as Next JS, Tailwind, Prisma, and Stripe.

  13. axios-module

    Secure and easy axios integration for Nuxt 2

  14. Nullstack

    Feature-Driven Full Stack JavaScript Components

  15. everything-chatgpt

    🔍 Explore what happens under the hood with the ChatGPT web app, its backend API calls and more. And some speculation, of course.

  16. Stackoverflow-Clone-Frontend

    Clone project of a famous Q/A website for developers built using MySQL, Express, React, Node, Sequelize :globe_with_meridians:

  17. mojo.js

    :unicorn: The Mojolicious real-time web framework for Node.js

  18. i18next-http-backend

    i18next-http-backend is a backend layer for i18next using in Node.js, in the browser and for Deno.

    Project mention: react internationalization i18n | dev.to | 2024-08-01

    i18n // load translation using http -> see /public/locales // learn more: https://github.com/i18next/i18next-http-backend .use(Backend) // detect user language // learn more: https://github.com/i18next/i18next-browser-languageDetector .use(LanguageDetector) // pass the i18n instance to react-i18next. .use(initReactI18next) // init i18next // for all options read: https://www.i18next.com/overview/configuration-options .init({ ns: [ "translation", "header", "note", "settings", "zod", "custom", "introduce", "message", ], defaultNS: "translation", fallbackLng: "en", debug: false, detection: { caches: ["localStorage"], }, }); export default i18n;

  19. inspect

    Source Code that Powers the CSFloat Inspect Link API

  20. pocketbase-sveltekit-starter

    a starter project to build a SvelteKit frontend with PocketBase backend

  21. Quantum

    🚀 Hackable & Self-hosted Open-Source alternative to Vercel, Heroku, Netlify, etc. All your applications, just in one place. Develop and deploy with your favorite tools, and enjoy continuous deployment with GitHub. (by rodyherrera)

  22. fresh

    A swiss army knife to create modern turbo stacks for web artisans (by mislam)

    Project mention: TypeZero now supports npm, yarn, pnpm, and bun! 🚀 | dev.to | 2025-02-04

    Hey folks! Just wanted to share that TypeZero now supports all major package managers. If you haven't heard of it, TypeZero is a zero-config TypeScript starter kit for Node.js that eliminates hours of project setup and configuration headaches.

  23. gindex-v4

    A Vue Js Based G Index with Improved Dark Mode, Search and Video Player

  24. stack-underflow-mern-gql

    Feature-rich ‘stack overflow’ (QnA site) clone. Made using MERN + GraphQL stack.

  25. reddish-mern

    Simplified ‘reddit’ (popular social-media site) clone. Made using MERN stack.

  26. SaaSHub

    SaaSHub - Software Alternatives and Reviews. SaaSHub helps you find the best software and product alternatives

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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 Backend projects in JavaScript? This list will help you:

# Project Stars
1 awesome-cheatsheets 42,801
2 parse-server 21,148
3 web-skills 7,142
4 Cockpit 5,403
5 hoodie 4,425
6 nodejs-testing-best-practices 4,106
7 blaze 2,371
8 kuzzle 1,598
9 learn-nodejs-hard-way 1,502
10 nextacular 1,216
11 axios-module 1,192
12 Nullstack 781
13 everything-chatgpt 589
14 Stackoverflow-Clone-Frontend 568
15 mojo.js 493
16 i18next-http-backend 485
17 inspect 454
18 pocketbase-sveltekit-starter 435
19 Quantum 348
20 fresh 310
21 gindex-v4 252
22 stack-underflow-mern-gql 221
23 reddish-mern 186

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