Admin panel for Node.js and Mongoose

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It's been a while since I'm looking for a Node.js package to provide a clean (but customizable) admin interface to perform CRUD actions on a MongoDB database in a structured manner (allowing trusted users edit their data involving automatic form validation, considering relationships between models, etc).

It's true it can always be used 3rd party tools to achieve this purpose (like the Django Admin interface or Rails Admin).

But I was wondering if there's an already made solution out there running on top of Node.js.

Does anyone know a solution of this kind?

Note that I'm NOT looking for an interface to access databases, like phpmyadmin or mongoose-admin.

I'm not sure I understand. What is the conceptual difference between Django Admin and mongoose-admin?? — freakish, Jul 10 '12 at 09:02
Well, as far as I've seen, mongoose-admin doesn't provide a simple way for building custom views, like Django Admin panel does. — fer, Jul 10 '12 at 09:27
See my very closely related question: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/11119913/a-good-tool-for-building-admin-content-management-interface-over-mongodb — jsalonen, Aug 15 '12 at 06:07
there's no reason to force yourself to use NodeJS for everything. Django can use MongoDB and you will get *great* validation of data, something you do not get with MEAN. — , Aug 02 '14 at 01:44
You should take a look at Forest Admin: https://www.forestadmin.com We build the first backend-agnostic admin panel available as a SaaS where we only host he UI (never the data, nor the backend code). — Sandro Munda, Nov 16 '18 at 23:34
check out AdminBro: https://github.com/SoftwareBrothers/admin-bro — wojtekk, Dec 22 '18 at 11:04

alekperos · Answer 1 · 2016-03-29T13:28:29.193

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Have a look on this link:

https://github.com/wearefractal/smog

... it is a straightforward tool to admin mongoDB from webUI.

it looks pretty good, and may be in near future User based management will be added, but you can extend this to support the features you need.

UPDATE

smog is no longer supported, instead have a look into MongoTron

edited Mar 29 '16 at 13:28

answered Sep 20 '12 at 09:25

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Not active any more, last commit was 2 months ago. – Dmitry Polushkin Mar 05 '13 at 09:55
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Which is now 2 years ago... – LordParsley Mar 21 '16 at 18:53

score 17 · Accepted Answer · answered Sep 05 '13 at 07:53

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https://github.com/jedireza/drywall

This seems promising as a good start to an admin panel.

answered Sep 05 '13 at 07:53

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Although in an early stage, already looks quite promising indeed. – fer Sep 05 '13 at 08:29
Library looks good but it does not have bulk delete options.. – Ronak Amlani Feb 09 '16 at 12:25
Strapi can also be a good solution for these needs. – Pierre Sep 04 '17 at 10:38
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The github now points to: https://jedireza.github.io/aqua/ – CTS_AE Oct 04 '17 at 17:58
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And the new thing totally doesn't answer the question - its too generic. Wheres an actual admin panel? – Ben G Jul 11 '18 at 06:47
The "new" successor project Aqua has been deprecated and archived as well .. :-/ – friederbluemle Sep 15 '18 at 09:25

score 12 · Answer 3 · answered Feb 04 '15 at 19:52

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If your Node.js app exposes a RESTful API, ng-admin is a good solution.

Disclaimer: we built it.

answered Feb 04 '15 at 19:52

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score 9 · Answer 4 · answered Feb 28 '15 at 07:27

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We've used http://keystonejs.com/ for creating admin UIs.

answered Feb 28 '15 at 07:27

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Keystone creates simultaniusly Mongoose models, Graphql queries and mutations, and AdminUI. Very customizable, well documented and active – Ralexrdz Jan 23 '20 at 22:01

score 4 · Answer 5 · answered Nov 12 '13 at 05:22

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We are using Formage (https://github.com/Empeeric/formage) as an admin addon and so far it has worked well for our basic needs. It is a fork from Mongoose-admin.

answered Nov 12 '13 at 05:22

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score 4 · Answer 6 · answered Jul 31 '14 at 14:23

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Check penguin: a module that automatically generates administration pages based on your Mongoose models.

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score 3 · Answer 7 · answered Aug 30 '13 at 08:19

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I'm using https://npmjs.org/package/mongo-express if you're used to bootstrap you might enjoy it too.

answered Aug 30 '13 at 08:19

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Are you still using this, I am trying to use this with mongodb 3 so after updating the mongodb packages the only thing it does is show: 'Add auth details to config or turn on admin!'. Without the updated mongodb packages I can browse through the databases but when trying to insert it complains about the drivers not fit for the mongodb version. Either way; it's broken for mongodb 3 – HMR Jun 02 '15 at 08:11

score 3 · Answer 8 · answered Jan 02 '15 at 14:04

You could take a look at AllcountJS. It's actually not a admin UI tool but rather a framework for rapid business application development. It builds auto-generated UI (grids, forms, etc.) from domain model descriptions in JSON-like format. Provides built-in security and user management. Supports view customization and theming (see extending docs). If you're already using Express in your application you could integrate them to run in single Node.js instance.

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