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Top 23 JavaScript Server Projects
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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: 10 hands-on Docker projects that’ll actually level up your skills not just hello-world junk | dev.to | 2025-06-19
A simple static website served via Docker using Nginx or http-server. Nothing fancy just HTML, CSS, maybe a splash of JS.
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webpack-dev-server
Serves a webpack app. Updates the browser on changes. Documentation https://webpack.js.org/configuration/dev-server/.
Related issue in the project's Github
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Cosmos-Server
☁️ The Most Secure and Easy Selfhosted Home Server. Take control of your data and privacy without sacrificing security and stability (Authentication, anti-DDOS, anti-bot)
Project mention: Cosmos: All-in-one container and reverse proxy management | news.ycombinator.com | 2025-03-01 -
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form-data
A module to create readable `"multipart/form-data"` streams. Can be used to submit forms and file uploads to other web applications.
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hyper-express
High performance Node.js webserver with a simple-to-use API powered by uWebsockets.js under the hood.
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Project mention: PrivTracker – Private BitTorrent tracker for everyone | news.ycombinator.com | 2025-01-11
How about webtorrent's tracker? There is no Docker file but it should be doable https://github.com/webtorrent/bittorrent-tracker
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start-server-and-test
Starts server, waits for URL, then runs test command; when the tests end, shuts down server
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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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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 Server projects in JavaScript? This list will help you:
| # | Project | Stars |
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| 1 | Express | 67,611 |
| 2 | http-server | 13,999 |
| 3 | Restify | 10,717 |
| 4 | Dash | 10,492 |
| 5 | webpack-dev-server | 7,847 |
| 6 | Cosmos-Server | 5,068 |
| 7 | Grant | 4,166 |
| 8 | react-server | 3,885 |
| 9 | node-oidc-provider | 3,519 |
| 10 | form-data | 2,323 |
| 11 | hyper-express | 1,977 |
| 12 | bittorrent-tracker | 1,865 |
| 13 | start-server-and-test | 1,564 |
| 14 | learn-nodejs-hard-way | 1,554 |
| 15 | node-minecraft-protocol | 1,323 |
| 16 | servor | 1,055 |
| 17 | appserver.io | 966 |
| 18 | Cowyo | 939 |
| 19 | nve | 706 |
| 20 | koop | 694 |
| 21 | flying-squid | 582 |
| 22 | httptoolkit-server | 501 |
| 23 | pogo | 482 |
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