Production-ready TypeScript/React/Express starter with Passport.js

[bishopZ]

Hi Passport.js community,

We just open-sourced the 2026 Boilerplate, a production-ready TypeScript/React/Express starter, and Passport.js is our authentication layer. We wanted to drop by and say thank you.

We use Passport with a local strategy as a working, runnable example of authentication that developers can extend. It demonstrates the login flow without being too prescriptive about the database layer, which is exactly the right tradeoff for a boilerplate — it's real enough to learn from and loose enough to replace. Future iterations plan to add CSRF protection and login attempt limits on top of the same foundation.

The boilerplate includes:

• Passport.js local strategy with session management
• JWT flow, Express server, Redux Toolkit state management
• React 19, Vite, Chakra UI, Cypress E2E, ESLint
• Detailed auth documentation explaining the flow and migration paths

https://github.com/bishopZ/2026-Boilerplate

Thank you for building something so flexible and well-designed that it's still the go-to auth middleware for Node after all these years. Jared, the work is genuinely appreciated.