Top 23 JavaScript Express Projects

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1. Express

   1 817 69,104 8.7 JavaScript

   Fast, unopinionated, minimalist web framework for node.

   

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3. javascript-testing-best-practices

   2 16 24,601 1.5 JavaScript

   📗🌐 🚢 Comprehensive and exhaustive JavaScript & Node.js testing best practices (August 2025)

   

4. Passport

   3 63 23,533 7.5 JavaScript

   Simple, unobtrusive authentication for Node.js.

   

5. Habitica

   4 178 13,904 9.7 JavaScript

   A habit tracker app which treats your goals like a Role Playing Game.

   

   Project mention: A Homemade Robot Nag | news.ycombinator.com | 2026-03-07

6. art-template

   5 2 9,878 3.9 JavaScript

   High performance JavaScript templating engine

   

7. morgan

   6 11 8,178 6.3 JavaScript

   HTTP request logger middleware for node.js

   

   Project mention: JavaScript Awesome Package | dev.to | 2026-02-03

   Morgan - HTTP request logger middleware for node.js

8. node-express-boilerplate

   7 13 7,619 2.0 JavaScript

   A boilerplate for building production-ready RESTful APIs using Node.js, Express, and Mongoose

   

9. serverless-express

   8 18 5,269 5.1 JavaScript

   Run Express and other Node.js frameworks on AWS Serverless technologies such as Lambda, API Gateway, Lambda@Edge, and more.

   

10. nodejs-testing-best-practices

    9 15 4,363 7.7 JavaScript

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

    

11. Grant

    10 5 4,172 5.3 JavaScript

    OAuth Proxy

    

12. express-status-monitor

    11 5 3,621 0.0 JavaScript

    🚀 Realtime Monitoring solution for Node.js/Express.js apps, inspired by status.github.com, sponsored by https://dynobase.dev

    

13. rate-limiter-flexible

    12 9 3,552 8.7 JavaScript

    Atomic and non-atomic counters and rate limiting tools. Limit resource access at any scale.

    

14. hyper-express

    13 39 2,020 8.3 JavaScript

    High performance Node.js webserver with a simple-to-use API powered by uWebsockets.js under the hood.

    

15. mern-ecommerce

    14 2 1,967 6.1 JavaScript

    :balloon: Fullstack MERN Ecommerce Application

    

16. generator

    15 1 1,851 2.8 JavaScript

    Express' application generator (by expressjs)

    

17. btc-rpc-explorer

    16 39 1,781 4.0 JavaScript

    Database-free, self-hosted Bitcoin explorer, via RPC to Bitcoin Core.

    

18. accountill

    17 2 1,693 0.0 JavaScript

    Fullstack open source Invoicing application made with MongoDB, Express, React & Nodejs (MERN)

    

19. simple-react-full-stack

    18 2 1,633 0.0 JavaScript

    Boilerplate to build a full stack web application using React, Node.js, Express and Webpack.

    

20. graphql-upload

    19 6 1,439 7.9 JavaScript

    Middleware and a scalar Upload to add support for GraphQL multipart requests (file uploads via queries and mutations) to various Node.js GraphQL servers.

    

21. celebrate

    20 1 1,350 6.7 JavaScript

    A joi validation middleware for Express.

    

22. express-vue

    21 2 1,302 0.0 JavaScript

    Vue rendering engine for Express.js. Use .Vue files as templates using streams

    

23. express-locallibrary-tutorial

    22 1 1,274 6.6 JavaScript

    Local Library website written in NodeJS/Express; example for the MDN server-side development NodeJS module: https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Learn/Server-side/Express_Nodejs.

    

24. apicache

    23 1 1,248 0.0 JavaScript

    Simple API-caching middleware for Express/Node.

    

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