# the-road-to-graphql/fullstack-apollo-express-postgresql-boilerplate

💥 A sophisticated GraphQL with Apollo, Express and PostgreSQL boilerplate project.

Repository: https://github.com/the-road-to-graphql/fullstack-apollo-express-postgresql-boilerplate
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/fullstack-apollo-express-postgresql-boilerplate
Homepage: https://roadtoreact.com
Language: JavaScript
License: MIT
License Family: permissive
Topics: react, reactjs, react-apollo, react-apollo-graphql, apollographql, apollo-client, apollo-server, apollo-server-express, authentication, authorization, boilerplate, fullstack, starter-kit, postgresql, postgresql-boilerplate, postgresql-database, postgres
Last push: 2020-06-12T08:43:37+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 32/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-02T17:46:02.011165+00:00)
- activity 0, release rhythm 35, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 3040, "days_push": 2273, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: no_releases
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 1205, forks 257 (observed 2026-08-28T04:03:59.165220+00:00)

## What it is
A fullstack GraphQL boilerplate combining Apollo Server on Express with a React Apollo Client, backed by PostgreSQL via Sequelize. It ships with JWT authentication, role-based authorization, cursor-based pagination, dataloader performance optimizations, and E2E testing setup.

## Use cases
- start a fullstack GraphQL app with Apollo and PostgreSQL
- learn how to build an Apollo Server with Express and Sequelize
- scaffold a React + Apollo Client project with authentication
- see examples of JWT sign up, sign in, and sign out in GraphQL
- implement role-based authorization in GraphQL resolvers
- set up cursor-based pagination in a GraphQL API
- learn E2E testing for a GraphQL fullstack app

## When to choose
- starting a new Node.js GraphQL project with PostgreSQL and React
- learning Apollo Server and Apollo Client from a working example
- needing authentication and authorization wired up out of the box

## When to avoid
- you need a production-ready, actively maintained starter (last release 2020)
- your stack is not Node.js, Express, React, or PostgreSQL
- you want REST instead of GraphQL
- you prefer an ORM other than Sequelize

## Facets
- artifact type: learning-resource
- maturity: maintenance
- function: graphql, auth, authorization, web-framework, database, e2e-testing
- domain: web-development, backend, frontend, apis, databases, developer-tools
- platform: cross-platform
- tags: apollo-server, apollo-client, express, postgresql, sequelize, react, starter-kit, jwt, fullstack, dataloader, boilerplate, nodejs, javascript, web-server

## Member repositories
- the-road-to-graphql/fullstack-apollo-express-postgresql-boilerplate (main) score 32

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:03:59.165220+00:00.
- Health v2: computed from the inputs above; adoption is never an input.
- Inferred fields (summary, facets, guidance): AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, on 2026-08-30T08:33:21.786094+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/the-road-to-graphql/fullstack-apollo-express-postgresql-boilerplate (fetched 2026-08-28T04:03:59.165220+00:00, sha 2b552e89bf31)
  - homepage: https://roadtoreact.com (fetched 2026-08-29T12:27:26.670238+00:00, sha 5ff5431365e2)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.