Top 23 JavaScript Backend Projects

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1. awesome-cheatsheets

   1 33 46,537 2.6 JavaScript

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

   

2. AppSignal

   www.appsignal.com sponsored

   Monitoring that respects your time & budget. APM, error tracking, and dashboards for modern web apps. Ten-minute setup, transparent flat pricing, and support from engineers who actually use the product.

   

3. parse-server

   2 43 21,402 9.7 JavaScript

   Parse Server for Node.js / Express

   

   Project mention: AI Coding: Building a 1-Hour App Clone Is Easy. Shipping It Is the Work | dev.to | 2026-03-18

   If you’re coming from the Parse ecosystem, it may help to know that Parse itself is a long-running open source backend framework. You can start from the official Parse Platform site, or go deeper with the community’s Parse Server repository. Our own developer docs are organized around that reality. If you want implementation-level guides, start with our SashiDo Documentation.

4. web-skills

   3 3 7,569 0.0 JavaScript

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

   

5. Cockpit

   4 19 5,398 0.0 JavaScript

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

   

6. hoodie

   5 1 4,454 0.0 JavaScript

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

   

7. nodejs-testing-best-practices

   6 15 4,396 2.1 JavaScript

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

   

8. blaze

   7 3 2,472 0.0 JavaScript

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

   

9. SaaSHub

   www.saashub.com sponsored

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

   

10. learn-nodejs-hard-way

    8 4 1,867 2.8 JavaScript

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

    

    Project mention: The Nodebook | news.ycombinator.com | 2026-08-04

11. axios-module

    9 6 1,184 0.0 JavaScript

    Secure and easy axios integration for Nuxt 2

    

12. Nullstack

    10 1 782 3.7 JavaScript

    Feature-Driven Full Stack JavaScript Components

    

13. everything-chatgpt

    11 6 595 7.4 JavaScript

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

    

14. Stackoverflow-Clone-Frontend

    12 13 566 0.0 JavaScript

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

    

15. Ultimate-NodeJs-Resources

    13 3 555 5.8 JavaScript

    All resources related to Node Js at one place

    

16. i18next-http-backend

    14 7 526 7.6 JavaScript

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

    

17. mojo.js

    15 15 511 6.5 JavaScript

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

    

18. fresh

    16 1 319 7.5 JavaScript

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

    

19. gindex-v4

    17 1 253 0.0 JavaScript

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

    

20. stack-underflow-mern-gql

    18 7 225 0.0 JavaScript

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

    

21. Lexicon

    19 1 216 9.6 JavaScript

    The free open source offline writing assistant assist with grammar, rewriting & tone entirely on your machine. (by AashishH15)

    

    Project mention: Show HN: Lexicon a free Grammarly alternative, local writing assistant | news.ycombinator.com | 2026-07-26

22. reddish-mern

    20 6 193 4.1 JavaScript

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

    

23. LawinServer

    21 1 184 7.6 JavaScript

    LawinServerV1 is a local single-user Fortnite backend (server emulator) with tons of original game features which supports both Battle Royale and Save the World.

    

24. Stackoverflow-Clone-Backend

    22 1 136 0.0 JavaScript

    Backend code of the Stackoverflow Clone project. Built using Express, Node, MySQL, and Sequelize

    

25. i18next-fs-backend

    23 2 117 7.7 JavaScript

    i18next-fs-backend is a backend layer for i18next using in Node.js and for Deno to load translations from the filesystem.

    

26. SaaSHub

    www.saashub.com sponsored

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

    

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