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A curated list of awesome MongoDB resources, libraries, tools and applications

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Resources

Documentation

  • MongoDB Server Introduction
  • MongoDB Server Documentation
  • MongoDB Tutorials
  • MongoDB Guides
  • MongoDB Driver Documentation
  • MongoDB Connectors

Articles

  • 14 Things I Wish I'd Known When Starting with MongoDB (Phil Factor)
  • A Custom WordPress Dashboard with MongoDB Atlas, Microsoft Azure, & Serverless Functions (Ahmad Awais)
  • Building with Patterns - Series of articles regarding MongoDB Design Patterns and common use case of each Design Pattern with real world examples.
  • Five Things About Scaling MongoDB (A. Jesse Jiryu Davis, MongoDB Inc.) - Scale 101
  • Optimizing MongoDB Compound Indexes (A. Jesse Jiryu Davis, MongoDB Inc.) - Everything you need/have to know about indexes
  • Server Discovery And Monitoring In PyMongo, Perl, And C (A. Jesse Jiryu Davis, MongoDB Inc.)
  • Monitoring MongoDB performance metrics (Jean-Mathieu Saponaro, Datadog)
  • Tuning MongoDB performance for production systems (Marek Trunkat, Apify) - The techniques and MongoDB Cloud features to debug performance issues and expose sub-optimal queries

Books

  • 50 Tips and Tricks for MongoDB Developers - Advanced MongoDB tips and tricks, given by a MongoDB inc. engineer
  • MongoDB Applied Design Patterns (Rick Copeland)
  • MongoDB in Action, Third Edition (Arek Borucki)
  • Practical MongoDB Aggregations E-Book - Free e-book: How to develop effective and optimal data manipulation and analytics pipelines
  • The Little MongoDB Book - Basic introduction

Talks

  • MongoDB Schema Design (Tugdual Grall, MongoDB Inc.) [47']
  • Partial and Fuzzy Matching with MongoDB (John Page, MongoDB Inc.) [35']
  • Scaling MongoDB on Amazon Web Services (Michael Saffitz, Apptentive) [50']

Tutorials

  • Deploy a Highly-Available MongoDB Replica Set on AWS
  • Sharded Cluster with Docker Compose

More

  • MongoDB source code
  • MongoDB University - Certifications and free online courses
  • MongoDB 101 by Academy 3T - Free and self-paced MongoDB courses for beginners

Libraries

Ballerina

  • ballerina-mongodb - Official Ballerina driver

C

  • mongo-c-driver - Official C driver

C++

  • mongo-cxx-driver - Official C++ driver

C#/.NET ###

  • FluentStorage - .NET polycloud storage framework which provides a unified API across 15+ providers, including MongoDB GridFS
  • mongo-csharp-driver - Official C# driver
  • mongo-efcore-provider - Official Entity Framework (EF) Core provider for MongoDB
  • MongoRepository - Repository abstraction layer on top of the C# driver

D

  • vibe.d - D web framework shipping with a MongoDB driver

Dart

  • mongo_dart - Community Dart driver

Delphi

  • Alcinoe - Library for Delphi that includes a MongoDB client
  • TMongoWire - Minimal community Delphi driver

Elixir

  • elixir-mongodb-driver - Community Elixir driver
  • mongodb - Community Elixir driver
  • mongodb_ecto - Adapter for the Ecto database wrapper

Erlang

  • mongodb-erlang - Community Erlang driver

Go

  • Bongo - ODM based on mgo
  • bsonic - Parse Lucene-style query syntax into BSON filters for MongoDB
  • mgo - Community Go driver
  • mongo-go-driver - Official Go driver

Haskell

  • mongodb - Community Haskell driver

Java

  • Jongo - Query in Java as in Mongo shell
  • Hibernate OGM - The power and simplicity of JPA for NoSQL datastores
  • mongo-java-driver - Official Java driver
  • Mongojack - Based on Jackson, allows you to easily handle your mongo objects as POJOs
  • Morphia - Java ODM
  • Morphium - Java ODM and caching layer
  • Spring Data MongoDB - Spring based, object-document support and repositories

JavaScript

  • Camo - Class-based ES6 ODM for Mongo-like databases
  • connect-mongo - MongoDB session store for Connect and Express written in Typescript.
  • deno_mongo - Community Deno driver
  • MEAN.JS - Full stack based on MongoDB, Express, AngularJS, and Node.js
  • MERN (mern-starter) - Full stack based on MongoDB, Express, React and Node.js
  • Meteor - Real-time/reactive client-server framework based on MongoDB, with lots of features
  • Monarch ORM - Type-safe ODM for MongoDB with complete type inference
  • MongoMQ2 - A general-purpose message and event queuing library for MongoDB
  • Mongoose - Node.js asynchronous ODM
  • CASL Mongoose - Permissions management library integrated with Mongoose
  • mongration - Node.js migration framework
  • Neuledge - Universal schema-based ORM with multi-state representation for entities
  • node-mongodb-native - Official Node.js driver
  • Typegoose - Define Mongoose models using TypeScript classes

Kotlin

driver-kotlin-coroutine

Official Kotlin driver

kmongo

Kotlin toolkit based on the Java driver

Lisp

  • cl-mongo - Community Common Lisp interface

OCaml

  • Mongo.ml - Community OCaml driver

PHP

  • laravel-mongodb - Official Eloquent model and query builder for Laravel
  • PHP Driver - Official PHP driver
  • Doctrine MongoDB ODM and MongoDB ODM Bundle for Symfony - Fully featured ORM with Symfony integration
  • MongoDB Bundle - Integration of the official library with Symfony, without ORM
  • yii-mongodb - Yii 2 MongoDB extension
  • opentelemetry php auto-mongodb - Automatic monitoring of MongoDB commands with OpenTelemetry
  • mongo-php-adapter - Adapter for applications using ext-mongo

PowerShell

  • Mdbc - MongoDB cmdlets for PowerShell

Python

  • AtlasQ - MongoDB Atlas Search wrapper with MongoEngine syntax
  • Beanie - Asynchronous ODM based on Motor and Pydantic, which supports migrations out of the box
  • Djongo - MongoDB connector for Django compatible with Django ORM
  • Mongo-Thingy - Powerful schema-less ODM for MongoDB and Python (sync + async)
  • MongoEngine - ODM on top of PyMongo
  • Motor - Official non-blocking Python driver for Tornado or asyncio
  • PyMongo - Official Python driver
  • ODMantic - Asynchronous ODM on top of pydantic
  • TxMongo - Twisted's MongoDB driver

R

  • mongolite - Fast and simple client for R
  • mdbplyr - Build MongoDB queries and aggregations as if you were using dplyr, no more head-crushing JSON fights!

Ruby

  • mongo-ruby-driver - Official Ruby driver
  • Mongoid - ODM framework

Rust

  • mongodb-rust-driver - Official Rust driver

Scala

  • driver-scala - Official Scala driver
  • ReactiveMongo - Non-blocking Scala driver
  • Spark-MongoDB - Read/write data with Spark SQL

Smalltalk

  • MongoTalk - Community Smalltalk driver

Swift

  • MongoSwift - Official MongoDB Swift driver (discontinued)
  • MongoKitten - Community asynchronous Swift driver

Tools

Administration

  • mgob - Full-featured MongoDB dockerized backup agent
  • mongoctl - Manage MongoDB servers and replica sets using JSON configurations
  • mongodb-tools - Three neat Python scripts to work with collections and indexes
  • mtools - Collection of scripts to set up test environments and visualize log files
  • nginx-gridfs - Nginx module for serving files from GridFS
  • pt-mongodb-query-digest - Aggregates queries from query profiler and reports query usage statistics
  • pt-mongodb-summary - MongoDB cluster status overview command line tool

Services:

  • MongoDB Atlas - MongoDB Inc. DBaaS offer (works with AWS, Azure, or GCP)
  • MongoDB Cloud Manager - MongoDB Inc. databases management offer
  • ObjectRocket - Rackspace DBaaS offer (has other database types too)
  • Scalegrid - Fully managed DBaaS (with option to bring your own Azure/AWS account)

Data

  • mongo-connector - Streaming replication to Elasticsearch, Solr, or MongoDB
  • mongo_fdw - PostgreSQL foreign data wrapper
  • mongo-hadoop - Hadoop connector
  • Mongolastic - MongoDB to Elasticsearch (and vice-versa) migration tool

Services:

  • Cluster to cluster sync - MongoDB Inc. solution for continuous data sync between separate clusters

Deployment

  • ansible-role-mongodb - Ansible role
  • chef-mongodb - Chef cookbook
  • DockerHub Official Docker Image
  • Helm Chart
  • puppet-mongodb - Puppet module (formerly puppetlabs-mongodb)

Desktop

  • Compass - Free Cross-platform GUI from MongoDB
  • DocKit - Open-source MongoDB GUI client with built-in Data AI Agent for natural language queries, collection management, and import/export. Cross-platform (Tauri + Vue 3).
  • MongoDB for VS Code - Connect to MongoDB and prototype queries from VS Code
  • MongoDB MCP Server - Official Model Context Protocol server for interacting with MongoDB databases and MongoDB Atlas
  • MongoHub - Mac native client
  • MQLens - Free, native, cross-platform GUI with all auth modes, TLS/SSH/SOCKS5, aggregation explain plans, schema analysis, GridFS, embedded mongosh and an optional AI query assistant; encrypted credentials, zero telemetry
  • WebDB – Web-based and open-source "efficient database IDE". Provides ERDs, data generators, an AI assistant, a NoSQL structure manager, a time machine, auto-completion and more

Services:

  • DataGrip - Cross-platform JetBrains' IDE
  • Mingo - MongoDB Admin. Intuitive UI. Fast. Reliable
  • Monghoul - MongoDB GUI with smart autocomplete, visual aggregation builder, and built-in MCP server
  • Moon Modeler - Data modeling tool for MongoDB and relational databases
  • NoSQLBooster - Feature-rich but easy-to-use cross-platform IDE (formerly MongoBooster)
  • Studio 3T - Cross-platform GUI, stable and powerful (formerly MongoChef and Robo 3T)
  • TablePlus - Native, lightweight GUI on macOS
  • VisuaLeaf - MongoDB GUI designed for speed, clarity, and effortless data exploration

Development

  • Argon - Git-style branching, time travel, and merge; create disposable database sandboxes for tests and AI agents
  • C# Analyzer - View the MongoDB Query API equivalents of your builder expressions in Visual Studio
  • mgodatagen - Random data generator
  • migrate-mongo - Database migration tool
  • Mongo Playground - Online query playground
  • Mongo Seeding - Node.js library, CLI and Docker image for populating databases using JS and JSON files
  • Mongoeye - Schema and data analyzer: explore data in your collections
  • sql-to-mongo-db-query-converter - Query converter from SQL to MongoDB
  • Variety - Schema analyzer: see what fields are in your collection and what's their content
  • VS Code Extension

Services:

  • MongoDB Atlas App Services - MongoDB Inc. solution to run code without the operational overhead
  • MongoDB Realm - MongoDB Inc. solution for mobile data sync

Monitoring

  • mongo-munin - Collection of Munin plugins
  • nagios-plugin-mongodb - Nagios plugin (in Python)
  • Percona Monitoring and Management - Free and open-source platform for managing and monitoring databases performances
  • mongotail - Log all MongoDB queries in a "tail"able way

Services:

  • Datadog - SaaS-based monitoring
  • Solarwindws Database Performance Monitor - SaaS-based query performance analytics and monitoring

Low-Code

DronaHQ

Retool alternative

Retool

Drag-and-drop editor with pre-built components to build internal tools

💡 These tools are not necessarily made for MongoDB in particular, but support it.

  • Appsmith - Open-source Retool alternative
  • Appwrite - Open-source Firebase alternative
  • Budibase - Open-source Retool alternative
  • ILLA Builder - Open-source Retool alternative
  • Tooljet - Open-source Retool alternative

Services:

Shell

  • MongoDB Atlas CLI - Official Atlas API command-line client
  • mongosh - Official command-line client

Web

  • adminMongo - Web-based user interface to handle connections and databases needs
  • mongo-express - Web-based admin interface built with Express
  • mongoadmin - Admin interface built with Django
  • Mongoku - MongoDB client for the web
  • Rockmongo - PHPMyAdmin for MongoDB, sort of

Services:

  • HumongouS.io - Easy online GUI and data-visualization dashboards

Applications

Those open-source applications have MongoDB somewhere in their stack:

  • BookCars - Cross-platform, customizable and cost-efficient car rental management application
  • CodeCombat - Multiplayer programming game for learning how to code
  • Countly - Mobile & web analytics and marketing platform built with Node.js
  • Errbit - A Ruby on Rails based tool for collecting and managing errors from other applications.
  • FactorJS - JavaScript CMS built with Mongoose
  • GrandNode - Multi-platform e-commerce shopping cart built with ASP.NET
  • LastSaaS - Open-source SaaS platform foundation with multi-tenant auth, Stripe billing, and MCP server, built with Go and MongoDB
  • Leanote - Evernote clone built with Go
  • NodeBB - Node.js based forum software ("built for the modern web")
  • Reaction - Event-driven, real-time commerce platform built with ES6
  • SaaS Boilerplate - Boilerplate for SaaS products, built with TypeScript, React and Express
  • uptime - Remote monitoring application built with Node.js and Bootstrap
  • WildDuck Mail Server - Scalable high availability email server that uses MongoDB for email storage