Sahat Yalkabov

Hackathon Starter

Name: Hackathon Starter
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Author: Sahat Yalkabov

Long-running Node.js/Express boilerplate with Passport auth (local, passkeys, 2FA, many OAuth providers), MongoDB, Pug, and 20+ API examples.

Free★ 35,260 starsLast commit Oct 2026

Express.js
Passport
MongoDB
OAuth
2FA
Bootstrap
AI Examples

Hackathon Starter is a boilerplate for Node.js web applications built on Express, MongoDB/Mongoose, Passport, and Pug templates. It covers email/password, passwordless, and passkey login, OAuth with Google, Microsoft, Facebook, LinkedIn, X, Twitch, GitHub, and Discord, plus 2FA and full account management. It also ships API integration examples (including Stripe and PayPal) and AI examples such as a ReAct agent and RAG via LangChain, Groq, and Hugging Face. Stripe and PayPal appear as API examples, not as a subscription billing system.

Key Benefits

Local, passwordless, and passkey login plus 8 OAuth providers via Passport
Two-factor authentication with email codes and authenticator apps
Account management: profile, password reset, email verification, account deletion
CSRF protection, reCAPTCHA, and rate limiting built in
AI agent and RAG examples alongside 20 third-party API examples
Extensive README with how-to guides and a go-to-production checklist

What's Included

Authentication & Payments

User Authentication
Subscription Management
Invoice Generation

Content & Marketing

Content Management
Blog System
Email Templates
SEO Optimization
Landing Pages

Technical Stack

Backend

Node.js
Express
MongoDB
Mongoose

Libraries

Passport
Pug
Bootstrap 5.3
Sass
Nodemailer
LangChain
express-session
express-rate-limit

Payment Providers

Stripe
PayPal

What Users Say

Quotes as shown on Hackathon Starter's website.

“Nice! That README alone is already gold!”
Adrian Le Bas
“Awesome. Simply awesome.”
Steven Rueter
“I'm using it for a year now and many projects, it's an awesome boilerplate and the project is well maintained!”
Kevin Granger

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Key Benefits

Local, passwordless, and passkey login plus 8 OAuth providers via Passport

Two-factor authentication with email codes and authenticator apps

Account management: profile, password reset, email verification, account deletion

CSRF protection, reCAPTCHA, and rate limiting built in

AI agent and RAG examples alongside 20 third-party API examples

Extensive README with how-to guides and a go-to-production checklist

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