Introduction

What ngXpress is, what's in the box, and why it exists.

ngXpress is a free, open-source Angular full-stack starter kit: one process, server-side rendering, a real API, and authentication that ships. It pairs Angular 22 with Express 5 in a single Node process, so you get SSR, a production API, and a working auth flow without stitching together a separate frontend and backend.

Clone it, rebrand it, and ship it — the goal is a baseline you'd actually put in production, not a toy demo.

See it running

The live demo is the Stride sample app — landing page, auth, an admin dashboard, and a Tasks CRUD feature, all built on top of ngXpress.

Tech stack

  • Angular 22 — standalone components, signals, native control flow (@if / @for), zoneless by default
  • SSR in one process — @angular/ssr + Express 5, no separate frontend/backend servers
  • Better Auth — email/password, session cookies, password reset, SSR session via TransferState
  • Prisma 7 — PostgreSQL by default (@prisma/adapter-pg); any database Prisma supports
  • spartan/ui — accessible Helm components (Brain primitives + Tailwind), the shadcn-style kit for Angular
  • Signal Forms — @angular/forms/signals on login, signup, and task dialogs
  • Tailwind CSS 4 — utility-first styling with the Spartan Vega theme
  • TypeScript everywhere — the Angular app, the Express API, and the Prisma client
  • pnpm 11 — packageManager pinned; the lockfile is the source of truth

Why one process

Most "full-stack Angular" setups mean two servers: an Angular dev server for the UI and a separate Node/Express API, glued together with a proxy config and CORS rules. ngXpress renders Angular with SSR inside the same Express process that serves the API, so:

  • there's one PORT to deploy, not two
  • API routes and Angular routes share the same origin — no CORS to configure
  • the session cookie set by Better Auth is available to both the SSR render and the API immediately

What's included

  • SaaS landing page — hero, features, pricing, FAQ, dark/light theme
  • Authentication — sign in, sign up, forgot/reset password
  • Admin workspace — sidebar layout, dashboard stats, session-aware nav
  • Tasks CRUD — list, filter, create, update, delete; API scoped to the signed-in user
  • Error pages — 403, 404, 500, 503 shells you can wire to real status codes

See What's Included for details on each piece.

Where to go next

Prefer to read the source? The GitHub repository has the full README and code.

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