Top Backend repositories

Repositories with the GitHub topic “backend”: 25 repositories with 630k stars between them, mostly written in TypeScript, Go and JavaScript. The highest-rated is binhnguyennus/awesome-scalability, #366 on the bestofgithub Elo ladder.

Biggest movers this week

convex/convex-backend

Open on GitHubTypeScript

The open-source reactive database for app developers

  • 1,501+11 Elo, change today
  • 12.8k stars
  • 852 forks
git
git clone https://github.com/convex/convex-backend.git
  • backend
  • convex
  • database
  • rust

heroiclabs/nakama

Open on GitHubGo

Scalable open-source game backend server: multiplayer, matchmaking, leaderboards, chat, and social features for games.

  • 1,676+8 Elo, change today
  • 13.7k stars
  • 1.5k forks
git
git clone https://github.com/heroiclabs/nakama.git
  • backend
  • cpp
  • csharp
  • dotnet

nhost/nhost

Open on GitHubGo

The Open Source Firebase Alternative with GraphQL.

  • 1,435+9 Elo, change today
  • 9.3k stars
  • 640 forks
git
git clone https://github.com/nhost/nhost.git
  • authentication
  • backend
  • backend-as-a-service
  • database

liyupi/codefather

Open on GitHubTypeScript

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  • 1,591+2 Elo, change today
  • 9k stars
  • 1.3k forks
git
git clone https://github.com/liyupi/codefather.git
  • ai
  • ai-agents
  • algorithm
  • backend

appwrite/appwrite

Open on GitHubTypeScript

The open-source cloud for agents & devs. Including Auth, Databases, Storage, Functions, Messaging, Hosting, Realtime, WAF and more

  • 1,952+8 Elo, change today
  • 58.1k stars
  • 5.8k forks
  • 486 watchers
docker
git clone https://github.com/appwrite/appwrite && cd appwrite && docker compose up -d
  • android
  • appwrite
  • backend
  • backend-as-a-service

backend-br/vagas

Open on GitHub

Divulgação de vagas para pessoas desenvolvedoras backend, via issues do GitHub.

  • 1,403+2 Elo, change today
  • 8k stars
  • 201 forks
git
git clone https://github.com/backend-br/vagas.git
  • backend
  • backend-br
  • backend-jobs
  • brasil

Top 25 on the Elo ladder

  1. #366
    binhnguyennus/awesome-scalability

    The Patterns of Scalable, Reliable, and Performant Large-Scale Systems

    2,030 Elo −3575.7k
  2. #504
    ashishps1/awesome-system-design-resources

    Learn System Design concepts and prepare for interviews using free resources.

    1,974 Elo +1943.3kJava
  3. #562
    appwrite/appwrite

    The open-source cloud for agents & devs. Including Auth, Databases, Storage, Functions, Messaging, Hosting, Realtime…

    1,952 Elo +3758.1kTypeScript
  4. #635
    Dokploy/dokploy

    Open Source Alternative to Vercel, Netlify and Heroku.

    1,932 Elo +1438.5kTypeScript
  5. #1,009
    GitHubDaily/GitHubDaily

    坚持分享 GitHub 上高质量、有趣实用的开源技术教程、开发者工具、编程网站、技术资讯。A list cool, interesting projects of GitHub.

    1,854 Elo −2148.4k
  6. #1,329
    mouredev/Hello-Python

    Curso para aprender el lenguaje de programación Python desde cero y para principiantes. 100 clases, 44 horas en vídeo…

    1,807 Elo −3338kPython
  7. #1,372
    tokio-rs/axum

    Ergonomic, modular web framework built on Tokio, Tower and Hyper.

    1,801 Elo −2827.8kRust
  8. #1,399
    LeCoupa/awesome-cheatsheets

    👩‍💻👨‍💻 Awesome cheatsheets for popular programming languages, frameworks and development tools. They include everything…

    1,797 Elo −4846.6kJavaScript
  9. #2,494
    heroiclabs/nakama

    Scalable open-source game backend server: multiplayer, matchmaking, leaderboards, chat, and social features for games.

    1,676 Elo +4713.7kGo
  10. #2,732
    pocketbase/pocketbase

    Open Source realtime backend in 1 file

    1,658 Elo −8961.5kGo
  11. #3,702
    parse-community/parse-server

    Parse Server for Node.js / Express

    1,592 Elo −3921.3kJavaScript
  12. #3,706
    liyupi/codefather

    程序员鱼皮的编程宝典 ⭐️ 2026年最全编程学习路线图!包含Java学习路线、前端学习路线、Python学习路线、C++学习路线、算法学习路线、计算机基础学习路线、AI应用开发学习路线、AI…

    1,591 Elo +389kTypeScript
  13. #3,839
    iii-hq/iii

    Effortlessly compose, extend, observe, discover, and react to every service in real-time for the first time ever.

    1,583 Elo −7718.9kRust
  14. #4,397
    Sairyss/domain-driven-hexagon

    Learn Domain-Driven Design, software architecture, design patterns, best practices. Code examples included

    1,551 Elo −3015kTypeScript
  15. #4,695
    encoredev/encore

    Infrastructure orchestration from local to your cloud

    1,534 Elo +1112.7kGo
  16. #5,386
    convex/convex-backend

    The open-source reactive database for app developers

    1,501 Elo +7012.8kTypeScript
  17. #5,902
    valeriansaliou/sonic

    🦔 Fast, lightweight & schema-less search backend. An alternative to Elasticsearch that runs on a few MBs of RAM.

    1,478 Elo +921.3kRust
  18. #6,020
    octobercms/october

    Self-hosted CMS platform based on the Laravel PHP Framework.

    1,472 Elo −2611.1kPHP
  19. #6,268
    hiteshchoudhary/apihub

    Your own API Hub to learn and master API interaction. Ideal for frontend, mobile dev and backend developers.

    1,462 Elo 9.8kJavaScript
  20. #6,944
    nhost/nhost

    The Open Source Firebase Alternative with GraphQL.

    1,435 Elo +449.3kGo
  21. #7,796
    backend-br/vagas

    Divulgação de vagas para pessoas desenvolvedoras backend, via issues do GitHub.

    1,403 Elo +238k
  22. #8,763
    andreasbm/web-skills

    A visual overview of useful skills to learn as a web developer

    1,363 Elo −77.6kJavaScript
  23. #9,251
    techschool/simplebank

    Backend master class: build a simple bank service in Go

    1,336 Elo −116.5kGo
  24. #9,505
    buildship-ai/rowy

    Low-code backend platform. Manage database on spreadsheet-like UI and build cloud functions workflows in JS/TS, all in…

    1,318 Elo +16.8kTypeScript
  25. #9,586
    sparckles/Robyn

    Robyn is a Super Fast Async Python Web Framework with a Rust runtime.

    1,309 Elo −117.4kPython