# hagopj13/node-express-boilerplate

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

Repository: https://github.com/hagopj13/node-express-boilerplate
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/node-express-boilerplate
Language: JavaScript
License: MIT
License Family: permissive
Topics: nodejs, express, mongoose, mongodb, boilerplate, starter, express-boilerplate, node-boilerplate, jest, es6, es2018, rest-api
Last push: 2024-07-08T10:46:16+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 23/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 0, release rhythm 8, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 2504, "days_push": 786, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: none
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 7668, forks 2292 (observed 2026-08-28T04:10:02.288054+00:00)

## What it is
A Node.js boilerplate/starter template for building production-ready RESTful APIs with Express and Mongoose. It ships with JWT authentication, request validation, logging, testing, Swagger docs, Docker support, and CI configured out of the box.

## Use cases
- scaffold a node express rest api project
- boilerplate for mongodb api with jwt auth
- production-ready express starter with tests and docker
- quickly start a nodejs backend with mongoose
- express api template with swagger documentation
- starter project with authentication and validation built in

## When to choose
- starting a new Node.js/Express REST API with MongoDB from scratch
- you want auth, validation, logging, testing, and docs preconfigured
- you prefer a conventional layered project structure with best practices

## When to avoid
- your stack is not Node.js/Express/MongoDB
- you need GraphQL or a relational database instead
- you want a minimal unopinionated setup you configure yourself

## Facets
- artifact type: learning-resource
- maturity: stable
- function: auth, authorization, web-framework, orm, logging, testing, api-framework, middleware, error-handling, form-handling
- domain: web-development, backend, apis, developer-tools, databases
- platform: cross-platform
- tags: express, mongoose, mongodb, rest-api, jwt, passport, joi, swagger, jest, starter-template, pm2, boilerplate, nodejs, docker

## Member repositories
- hagopj13/node-express-boilerplate (main) score 23

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:10:02.288054+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 2026-08-30T08:31:18.894570+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/hagopj13/node-express-boilerplate (fetched 2026-08-28T04:10:02.288054+00:00, sha ada6b13744d1)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.