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hackathon-starter
Node.js and Express boilerplate with auth, API examples and AI samples
- Stars
- 35.3k
- License
- MIT
- Last commit
- Oct 2026
- Last release
- Feb 2026
- Language
- JavaScript
Overview
Hackathon Starter is an Express and MongoDB web app template with local, passkey and OAuth 2.0 sign-in, account management, 2FA, a contact form and file upload. It ships examples for third-party APIs such as Stripe, Twilio and Google Maps, plus AI samples: a ReAct agent with tool calling and MongoDB session persistence, and RAG with embedding caching. Views are server-rendered Pug with Bootstrap 5.3 and Sass.
Who it is for: Developers starting a Node.js web app with auth and API integrations
Strengths
- Local, passkey and eight OAuth 2.0 providers already wired up
- Account flows included: email verification, password reset, 2FA, account deletion
- Many API integration examples: Stripe, Twilio, Google Drive, Maps, Steam
- Live demo and a production checklist (PROD_CHECKLIST.md)
Weaknesses
- Requires MongoDB; no other database option is documented
- No Dockerfile or compose file detected
- AI examples are a small part of a general web boilerplate
- Most integrations need separate API keys and OAuth app setup
What it needs
- JavaScript, LangChain, Groq, Hugging Face, GPT-OSS
- Needs MongoDB, Node.js LTS 24, SMTP provider
- env example file
- sign-in: Passport
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