# meanjs/mean

MEAN.JS - Full-Stack JavaScript Using MongoDB, Express, AngularJS, and Node.js -

Repository: https://github.com/meanjs/mean
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/meanjs-mean
Homepage: http://meanjs.org
Language: JavaScript
License: MIT
License Family: permissive
Archived: true
Last push: 2021-08-12T18:56:32+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 10/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 0, release rhythm 8, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 4630, "days_push": 1847, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: archived
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 4835, forks 1928 (observed 2026-08-28T04:09:00.626263+00:00)

## What it is
MEAN.JS is a full-stack JavaScript boilerplate framework combining MongoDB, Express, AngularJS, and Node.js into a pre-wired application skeleton. It provides project scaffolding, authentication, CRUD examples, and build tooling to jumpstart MEAN-stack web application development.

## Use cases
- start a full-stack JavaScript web app with MongoDB and AngularJS
- scaffold a MEAN stack project with authentication and CRUD modules
- learn how MongoDB, Express, Angular, and Node fit together
- bootstrap a Node.js web application with a preconfigured build pipeline
- get a production-ready starting point for a JavaScript SPA with a REST API backend

## When to choose
- you specifically want the classic MEAN stack with AngularJS 1.x
- you need a quick boilerplate to learn or prototype MEAN-stack patterns
- you are maintaining or extending an existing MEAN.JS-based codebase

## When to avoid
- you want a modern Angular (2+) or React frontend - AngularJS is end-of-life
- you need an actively maintained framework with current security patches
- you prefer minimal, unopinionated setups or newer alternatives like NestJS or Next.js

## Facets
- artifact type: framework
- maturity: abandoned
- function: web-framework, boilerplate, orm, routing, auth
- domain: web-development, databases, developer-tools
- platform: cross-platform
- tags: mean-stack, angularjs, express, boilerplate, full-stack-javascript, scaffolding, full-stack, javascript, nodejs, mongodb

## Member repositories
- meanjs/mean (main) score 10

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:09:00.626263+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 2026-08-29T18:18:29.608046+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/meanjs/mean (fetched 2026-08-28T04:09:00.626263+00:00, sha 0176b4afc47c)
  - homepage: http://meanjs.org (fetched 2026-08-29T09:01:36.789413+00:00, sha a98b491b2bb2)
  - site_page: http://meanjs.org/docs.html (fetched 2026-08-29T09:01:36.836907+00:00, sha 00bad02baffb)
  - site_page: http://meanjs.org/docs/0.5.x (fetched 2026-08-29T09:01:36.889240+00:00, sha 3357f62461f4)
  - site_page: http://meanjs.org/docs/0.4.x (fetched 2026-08-29T09:01:36.936909+00:00, sha 479363d55095)
  - site_page: http://meanjs.org/docs/0.3.x (fetched 2026-08-29T09:01:36.974201+00:00, sha 5eab9e9bda8e)
  - site_page: http://meanjs.org/changelog.html (fetched 2026-08-29T09:01:37.026836+00:00, sha 058283d94310)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.