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    Automattic/mongoose

    #478 this week

    MongoDB object modeling designed to work in an asynchronous environment.

    database
    backend
    mongo
    mongodb
    nodejs
    odm
    orm
    JavaScript
    MIT
    27.5K stars
    4.1K forks
    27.5K GitHub watchers
    Updated Oct 13, 2026
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    Where it stands

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    Ranks #478 of 2,845 repositories GStars tracks this week (top 17%).

    5 releases in the last 90 days, the latest 1 day ago, with 399 contributors on GitHub.

    Use Cases & Benefits

    • Provides an asynchronous MongoDB object modeling tool for Node.js and Deno environments.
    • Enables schema-based data validation, middleware, and easy model definition with automatic pluralization of collection names.
    • Use for building type-safe, schema-driven REST APIs with MongoDB in Node.js applications.
    • Use for managing complex data relationships and embedded documents with middleware and validation support.
    • Use for creating reusable plugins and extending MongoDB models with custom methods and statics.

    Should you depend on it?

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    License

    MIT

    Permissive: commercial use, modification and redistribution are allowed with attribution.

    Community files

    • README: present
    • Contributing guide: present

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    From the README

    Mongoose is a MongoDB object modeling tool designed to work in an asynchronous environment. Mongoose supports Node.js and Deno (alpha).

    The official documentation website is mongoosejs.com.

    Mongoose 9.0.0 was released on November 21, 2025. You can find more details on backwards breaking changes in 9.0.0 on our docs site.

    Excerpt from the Automattic/mongoose README on GitHub (MIT license). © its authors.Read the full README on GitHub

    Daily snapshots

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    Forks

    4.1K+42

    Open issues

    171-21

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