MERN Production Starter

A modern, highly scalable MERN (MongoDB, Express, React, Node.js) stack starter boilerplate designed for production use. It comes pre-configured with secure JWT authentication, state management, global error handling, dynamic API interceptors, and containerized Docker setup out of the box.

Key Features

• Authentication & Authorization: Secure JWT-based auth with protected route guards and user role management.
• Frontend Shell: Powered by React and Vite for sub-second hot module replacement (HMR).
• Robust Backend: Express REST API with centralized operational error handling and Mongoose schema modeling.
• DevOps & Automation: Multi-container orchestrations via Docker Compose and automated build pipelines via GitHub Actions.
• Developer Experience: Concurrent execution scripts for running client and server seamlessly in development.

Project Structure

mern-production-starter/
├── .github/workflows/   # CI/CD GitHub Actions pipelines
├── client/              # React + Vite frontend application
├── server/              # Express + Node.js REST API backend
├── docker-compose.yml   # Multi-container orchestration config
└── README.md

Getting Started

1. Clone or Use Template

Click "Use this template" above or clone locally:

git clone [https://github.com/Gopinathzues/mern-production-starter.git](https://github.com/Gopinathzues/mern-production-starter.git)
cd mern-production-starter

2. Install Dependencies & Run

# Install client and server dependencies
cd server && npm install
cd ../client && npm install

Push to GitHub

Run these commands in PowerShell to update your repository:

git add README.md
git commit -m "docs: add CI badge and repository structure to README"
git push origin main