Tired of copy-pasting the same auth logic in every project? Me too. So I built NodeAuth—a no-fluff, production-ready backend auth starter powered by JWT, cookies, and MongoDB.
🔍 What It Solves
We all know the drill: you're spinning up a new project and boom—time to set up login, register, token refresh, logout... again. 😩
NodeAuth handles that headache for you.
Whether you're:
- Bootstrapping your next SaaS
- Learning backend auth flows
- Building a side project fast
This gives you a plug-and-play foundation with best practices already baked in.
⚙️ Key Features
- 🔐 JWT Access + Refresh Token Flow
- 🍪 Cookie-based auth (goodbye localStorage vulnerabilities)
- 🧂 Argon2 hashing (because Bcrypt is great, but Argon2 is 🔥)
- 🧪 Optional tests via Vitest + Supertest
- 🧱 Clean, scalable folder structure
🚀 Tech Stack
- Node.js (Express)
- MongoDB (Mongoose)
- Argon2
- JWT
- Vitest + Supertest
🧠 Want to Learn?
The code is open-source, well-commented, and built to be easy to extend.
Check out:
- 🧵 Full folder breakdown
- 🔐 Auth flow from register → refresh → logout
- ✏️ Future-proof tips (adding Google OAuth, role-based access)
🔗 Repo & Blog
💬 Feedback?
Use it, break it, fork it, improve it—I’d love to hear from you.
Leave a comment or connect on LinkedIn or talhabilal.dev
Let’s make backend auth less painful together. ✊
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