linnovate/mean

The MEAN stack uses Mongo, Express, Angular(6) and Node for simple and scalable fullstack js applications

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Welcome to the mean stack

The mean stack is intended to provide a simple and fun starting point for cloud native fullstack javascript applications.
MEAN is a set of Open Source components that together, provide an end-to-end framework for building dynamic web applications; starting from the top (code running in the browser) to the bottom (database). The stack is made up of:

  • MongoDB : Document database – used by your back-end application to store its data as JSON (JavaScript Object Notation) documents
  • Express (sometimes referred to as Express.js): Back-end web application framework running on top of Node.js
  • Angular (formerly Angular.js): Front-end web app framework; runs your JavaScript code in the user's browser, allowing your application UI to be dynamic
  • Node.js : JavaScript runtime environment – lets you implement your application back-end in JavaScript

Pre-requisites

Installation

git clone https://github.com/linnovate/mean
cd mean
cp .env.example .env
yarn
yarn start (for development)

Docker based

⚠️ Make sure your Docker version is 19.03.0+.

git clone https://github.com/linnovate/mean
cd mean
cp .env.example .env
docker-compose up -d

Credits

  • The MEAN name was coined by Valeri Karpov.
  • Initial concept and development were done by Amos Haviv and sponsored by Linnovate.
  • Inspired by the great work of Madhusudhan Srinivasa.
angular
express
javascript
mongodb
node
stack

linnovate/mean

The MEAN stack uses Mongo, Express, Angular(6) and Node for simple and scalable fullstack js applications

TypeScript

12,044

1,795 commits

updated Feb 17, 2026

See the code

README

Welcome to the mean stack

The mean stack is intended to provide a simple and fun starting point for cloud native fullstack javascript applications.
MEAN is a set of Open Source components that together, provide an end-to-end framework for building dynamic web applications; starting from the top (code running in the browser) to the bottom (database). The stack is made up of:

  • MongoDB : Document database – used by your back-end application to store its data as JSON (JavaScript Object Notation) documents
  • Express (sometimes referred to as Express.js): Back-end web application framework running on top of Node.js
  • Angular (formerly Angular.js): Front-end web app framework; runs your JavaScript code in the user's browser, allowing your application UI to be dynamic
  • Node.js : JavaScript runtime environment – lets you implement your application back-end in JavaScript

Pre-requisites

Installation

git clone https://github.com/linnovate/mean
cd mean
cp .env.example .env
yarn
yarn start (for development)

Docker based

⚠️ Make sure your Docker version is 19.03.0+.

git clone https://github.com/linnovate/mean
cd mean
cp .env.example .env
docker-compose up -d

Credits

  • The MEAN name was coined by Valeri Karpov.
  • Initial concept and development were done by Amos Haviv and sponsored by Linnovate.
  • Inspired by the great work of Madhusudhan Srinivasa.
angular
express
javascript
mongodb
node
stack

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