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async-labs/builderbook

Open source web application to learn JS stack: React, Material-UI, Next.js, Node.js, Express.js, Mongoose, MongoDB database. observed · 2026-08-28

github.com/async-labs/builderbook · homepage · JavaScript · MIT (permissive) observed · 2026-08-28

Health v2 · maintenance only

38/100

  • Activity 13
  • Release rhythm 35
  • Longevity 100

Flags: no_releases

How is this computed?

round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10) — computed 2026-09-03. Adoption (stars, forks) is never an input.

  • gap_med: n/a
  • age_days: 3195
  • days_rel: n/a
  • days_push: 527
  • n_releases_24m: 0

Full methodology

Adoption not part of the score

3793 stars · 898 forks observed · 2026-08-28

What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-29, confidence not recorded

An open-source full-stack web application for self-publishing and selling books or other online content, built with React, Next.js, Material-UI, Express, and MongoDB. It doubles as a learning resource, with an accompanying book that teaches how to build the project from scratch.

Use cases

  • self-publish and sell ebooks or online content
  • learn the React/Next.js/Node.js/MongoDB stack by example
  • use as a boilerplate for building a full-stack web app
  • add Stripe payments to a content site
  • integrate Google and GitHub OAuth login
  • send transactional email with AWS SES

When to choose

  • you want a working reference app for the modern JS stack
  • you need to sell digital books or content with Stripe
  • you want a full-stack starter with auth, email, and payments wired up

When to avoid

  • you need a non-JavaScript stack
  • you want a turnkey hosted publishing platform rather than code you deploy yourself
  • you need a headless CMS or blog rather than a book-selling app

Facets

application · maturity active

web-framework auth http-server templating email middleware web-development education self-hosted e-commerce self-hosted nextjs react material-ui mongoose mongodb express boilerplate self-publishing stripe aws-ses learning-project nodejs javascript web-server

1 source

Member repositories

RepositoryRoleHealth v2
async-labs/builderbookmain38

For agents

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