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

📦GitHub: For complete code.
📝Blog: Deep dive into the architecture, security, and flow

💬 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.✊