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The React Framework. Maintained by vercel on GitHub, where it has earned 142,244 stars from the community.

Promise based HTTP client for the browser and node.js. Maintained by axios on GitHub, where it has earned 109,107 stars from the community.

The Node.js best practices list (July 2026). Maintained by goldbergyoni on GitHub, where it has earned 105,474 stars from the community.

@goldbergyoni4mo ago

Spring Boot helps you to create Spring-powered, production-grade applications and services with absolute minimum fuss. Maintained by spring-projects on GitHub, where it has earned 81,247 stars from the community.

@spring-projects2mo ago

A progressive Node.js framework for building efficient, scalable, and enterprise-grade server-side applications with TypeScript/JavaScript. Maintained by nestjs on GitHub, where it has earned 76,320 stars from the community.

Apache Superset is a Data Visualization and Data Exploration Platform. Maintained by apache on GitHub, where it has earned 75,054 stars from the community.

Bidirectional and low-latency communication for every platform. Maintained by socketio on GitHub, where it has earned 63,303 stars from the community.

@socketio3mo ago

Payload is the open-source, fullstack Next.js framework, giving you instant backend superpowers. Get a full TypeScript backend and admin panel instantly. Use Payload as a headless CMS or for building powerful applications. Maintained by payloadcms on GitHub, where it has earned 45,112 stars from the community.

@payloadcms57m ago

Node.js/Bun Production Process Manager with a built-in Load Balancer. Maintained by Unitech on GitHub, where it has earned 43,232 stars from the community.

@Unitech3mo ago

Move Fast and Break Nothing. End-to-end typesafe APIs made easy. Maintained by trpc on GitHub, where it has earned 40,602 stars from the community.

Express inspired web framework written in Go. Maintained by gofiber on GitHub, where it has earned 40,205 stars from the community.

Use Ant Design like a Pro!. Maintained by ant-design on GitHub, where it has earned 38,759 stars from the community.

@ant-design7w ago

The world's most flexible commerce platform for agents and developers. Maintained by medusajs on GitHub, where it has earned 36,258 stars from the community.

@medusajs3w ago

A boilerplate for Node.js web applications. Maintained by sahat on GitHub, where it has earned 35,235 stars from the community.

， Windows / macOS / Linux. Maintained by qier222 on GitHub, where it has earned 33,250 stars from the community.

@qier2224mo ago

Apollo is a reliable configuration management system suitable for microservice configuration management scenarios. Maintained by apolloconfig on GitHub, where it has earned 29,797 stars from the community.

@apolloconfig2mo ago

The Monorepo Platform that amplifies both developers and AI agents. Nx optimizes your builds, scales your CI, and fixes failed PRs automatically. Ship in half the time. Maintained by nrwl on GitHub, where it has earned 29,394 stars from the community.

MongoDB object modeling designed to work in an asynchronous environment. Maintained by Automattic on GitHub, where it has earned 27,478 stars from the community.

@Automattic3mo ago

CLI tool for Angular. Maintained by angular on GitHub, where it has earned 27,022 stars from the community.

Crawlee—A web scraping and browser automation library for Node.js to build reliable crawlers. In JavaScript and TypeScript. Extract data for AI, LLMs, RAG, or GPTs. Download HTML, PDF, JPG, PNG, and other files from websites. Works with Puppeteer, Playwright, Cheerio, JSDOM, and raw HTTP. Both headful and headless mode. With proxy rotation. Maintained by apify on GitHub, where it has earned 24,703 stars from the community.

Comprehensive and exhaustive JavaScript & Node.js testing best practices (August 2025). Maintained by goldbergyoni on GitHub, where it has earned 24,621 stars from the community.

@goldbergyoni3y ago

Simple, unobtrusive authentication for Node.js. Maintained by jaredhanson on GitHub, where it has earned 23,532 stars from the community.

@jaredhanson2y ago

The local-first database that runs on every JS runtime and replicates with your existing backend - no vendor, no lock-in - https://rxdb.info/. Maintained by pubkey on GitHub, where it has earned 23,403 stars from the community.

Parse Server for Node.js / Express. Maintained by parse-community on GitHub, where it has earned 21,401 stars from the community.

@parse-community3mo ago

Fluent UI web represents a collection of utilities, React components, and web components for building web applications. Maintained by microsoft on GitHub, where it has earned 20,268 stars from the community.

@microsoft3w ago

A Vue 3 Component Library. Fairly Complete. Theme Customizable. Uses TypeScript. Fast. Maintained by tusen-ai on GitHub, where it has earned 18,532 stars from the community.

@tusen-ai5w ago

Mobile UI Components based on Vue & WeUI. Maintained by airyland on GitHub, where it has earned 17,458 stars from the community.

@airyland6mo ago

Amplication brings order to the chaos of large-scale software development by creating Golden Paths for developers - streamlined workflows that drive consistency, enable high-quality code practices, simplify onboarding, and accelerate standardized delivery across teams. Maintained by amplication on GitHub, where it has earned 16,017 stars from the community.

@amplication3mo ago

A Q&A platform software for teams at any scales. Whether it's a community forum, help center, or knowledge management platform, you can always count on Apache Answer. Maintained by apache on GitHub, where it has earned 15,679 stars from the community.

HTTP, HTTP2, HTTPS, Websocket debugging proxy. Maintained by avwo on GitHub, where it has earned 15,608 stars from the community.

《 Node.js》. Maintained by nswbmw on GitHub, where it has earned 15,390 stars from the community.

ActivityPub-federated video streaming platform using P2P directly in your web browser. Maintained by Chocobozzz on GitHub, where it has earned 15,345 stars from the community.

@Chocobozzz5h ago

Scalable PaaS (automated Docker+nginx) - aka Heroku on Steroids. Maintained by caprover on GitHub, where it has earned 15,094 stars from the community.

@caprover3mo ago

Human-friendly and powerful HTTP request library for Node.js. Maintained by sindresorhus on GitHub, where it has earned 14,927 stars from the community.

@sindresorhus3mo ago

A declarative, HTML-based language that makes building web apps fun. Maintained by marko-js on GitHub, where it has earned 14,382 stars from the community.

@marko-js3mo ago

A habit tracker app which treats your goals like a Role Playing Game. Maintained by HabitRPG on GitHub, where it has earned 14,185 stars from the community.

@HabitRPG1d ago

Spec-compliant and production ready JavaScript GraphQL server that lets you develop in a schema-first way. Built for Express, Connect, Hapi, Koa, and more. Maintained by apollographql on GitHub, where it has earned 13,952 stars from the community.

@apollographql19h ago

Use Claude Code, OpenCode, Cursor CLI, and Codex on mobile and web with CloudCLI (aka Claude Code UI). CloudCLI is a free open source webui/GUI that helps you manage your Claude Code session and projects remotely. Maintained by siteboon on GitHub, where it has earned 13,653 stars from the community.

@siteboon4w ago

Graphile's Crystal Monorepo; home to Grafast, PostGraphile, pg-introspection, pg-sql2 and much more!. Maintained by graphile on GitHub, where it has earned 12,933 stars from the community.

@graphile1d ago

Admin UI for administration of spring boot applications. Maintained by codecentric on GitHub, where it has earned 12,844 stars from the community.

@codecentric2mo ago

Backend system based on node.js + Mongodb. node.js + Mongodb. Maintained by bailicangdu on GitHub, where it has earned 12,345 stars from the community.

@bailicangdu4y ago

The MEAN stack uses Mongo, Express, Angular(6) and Node for simple and scalable fullstack js applications. Maintained by linnovate on GitHub, where it has earned 12,054 stars from the community.

@linnovate8mo ago

Toonflow AI ，、。 AI 、、，，。Toonflow is an open-source AI tool that turns stories and scripts into animated short dramas. Features AI scriptwriting, storyboarding, character and video generation. A cross-platform desktop app for efficient content creation. Maintained by HBAI-Ltd on GitHub, where it has earned 11,474 stars from the community.

@HBAI-Ltd3mo ago

The one-liner node.js http-proxy (httpxy) middleware for connect, express, next.js and more. Maintained by chimurai on GitHub, where it has earned 11,126 stars from the community.

@chimurai23h ago

The easiest way to use git. On any platform. Anywhere. Maintained by FredrikNoren on GitHub, where it has earned 10,592 stars from the community.

@FredrikNoren3mo ago

The official MongoDB Node.js driver. Maintained by mongodb on GitHub, where it has earned 10,177 stars from the community.

@mongodb3mo ago

Peer-to-peer file transfers in your browser. Maintained by kern on GitHub, where it has earned 10,164 stars from the community.

Online Accounting Software. Maintained by akaunting on GitHub, where it has earned 10,024 stars from the community.

@akaunting2mo ago

High performance JavaScript templating engine. Maintained by goofychris on GitHub, where it has earned 9,855 stars from the community.

@goofychris3mo ago

Evolution API is an open-source WhatsApp integration API. Maintained by evolution-foundation on GitHub, where it has earned 9,590 stars from the community.

@evolution-foundation5mo ago

Open Source Wealth Management Software. Angular + NestJS + Prisma + Nx + TypeScript. Maintained by ghostfolio on GitHub, where it has earned 9,408 stars from the community.

@ghostfolio12h ago

Angular UI Component Library based on Ant Design. Maintained by NG-ZORRO on GitHub, where it has earned 9,165 stars from the community.

@NG-ZORRO2mo ago

, web / vscode / idea / Alfred Workflow. Maintained by any86 on GitHub, where it has earned 8,654 stars from the community.

Hippy is designed to easily build cross-platform dynamic apps.. Maintained by Tencent on GitHub, where it has earned 8,557 stars from the community.

hsweb (haʊs wɛb) spring-boot 2.x,。. Maintained by hs-web on GitHub, where it has earned 8,400 stars from the community.

Reactive State for Angular. Maintained by ngrx on GitHub, where it has earned 8,334 stars from the community.

Angular powered Bootstrap. Maintained by ng-bootstrap on GitHub, where it has earned 8,231 stars from the community.

@ng-bootstrap3mo ago

HTTP request logger middleware for node.js. Maintained by expressjs on GitHub, where it has earned 8,201 stars from the community.

@expressjs5d ago

Stealth headless browser for AI agents — bypass Cloudflare, bot detection, and anti-scraping. Drop-in Puppeteer/Playwright replacement. Maintained by jo-inc on GitHub, where it has earned 7,816 stars from the community.

A boilerplate for building production-ready RESTful APIs using Node.js, Express, and Mongoose. Maintained by hagopj13 on GitHub, where it has earned 7,661 stars from the community.

@hagopj132y ago

What is Express?

Express is the minimal Node.js web framework for APIs, servers, and middleware-based apps. This gallery lists 1,287 open-source projects built with Express, most of them in DevTools, APIs and Templates, ranked by GitHub stars so the most-adopted repositories come first.

How projects are selected

Projects are public GitHub repositories found with the GitHub search query “topic:express” and at least 50 stars. Each repository is checked against Express’s languages and ecosystem before it is categorized, and stars, forks and last-commit dates come straight from the GitHub API, refreshed daily (current snapshot: October 6, 2026). Nothing here is paid placement.

Express projects: FAQ

How many open-source Express projects are listed?: 1,287 open-source projects built with Express are listed, sourced from public GitHub repositories as of October 6, 2026.
What is the most-starred Express project on GitHub?: next.js by vercel leads with 142,244 GitHub stars (142.2k), followed by axios with 109,107.
What kinds of projects are built with Express?: The largest category is DevTools, with 565 projects (44% of the gallery), followed by APIs with 143. Projects span 14 categories in total.
Which license do most Express projects use?: MIT is the most common license, used by 658 of 1,287 projects (51%); Apache-2.0 is next with 91. 433 projects declare no recognized license.

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