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Top 23 JavaScript Backend Projects
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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!
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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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Project mention: 6 Open-Source Firebase Alternatives for Self-Hosting and Data Control | dev.to | 2025-06-09
5. Parse Platform
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Cockpit
Add content management functionality to any site - plug & play / headless / api-first CMS (by agentejo)
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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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Project mention: Sharedrop: Easy P2P file transfer powered by WebRTC – inspired by Apple AirDrop | news.ycombinator.com | 2024-07-07
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kuzzle
Open-source Back-end, self-hostable & ready to use - Real-time, storage, advanced search - Web, Apps, Mobile, IoT -
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learn-nodejs-hard-way
Learn NodeJS and master the art of server-side programming by creating a backend framework with 0 dependencies.
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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.
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everything-chatgpt
🔍 Explore what happens under the hood with the ChatGPT web app, its backend API calls and more. And some speculation, of course.
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Stackoverflow-Clone-Frontend
Clone project of a famous Q/A website for developers built using MySQL, Express, React, Node, Sequelize :globe_with_meridians:
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i18next-http-backend
i18next-http-backend is a backend layer for i18next using in Node.js, in the browser and for Deno.
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;
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pocketbase-sveltekit-starter
a starter project to build a SvelteKit frontend with PocketBase backend
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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)
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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.
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stack-underflow-mern-gql
Feature-rich ‘stack overflow’ (QnA site) clone. Made using MERN + GraphQL stack.
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Index
What are some of the best open-source Backend projects in JavaScript? This list will help you:
# | Project | Stars |
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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 |