--- title: Adding GitHub Authentication to an Express application... description: servercn is a CLI tool that generates GitHub OAuth 2.0 authentication boilerplate for Express applications. Running a single npx command scaffolds the full... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/adding-github-authentication-to-an-express-application-shouldn-t-take-hours-of-setup--m7gqy3qt8 twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Adding GitHub Authentication to an Express application shouldn't take hours of setup. | daily.dev og:description: servercn is a CLI tool that generates GitHub OAuth 2.0 authentication boilerplate for Express applications. Running a single npx command scaffolds the full... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/adding-github-authentication-to-an-express-application-shouldn-t-take-hours-of-setup--m7gqy3qt8 og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/m7Gqy3qt8.png og:image:alt: Adding GitHub Authentication to an Express application shouldn't take hours of setup. og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Adding GitHub Authentication to an Express application shouldn't take hours of setup. **[Backend Developer ](https://daily.dev/sources/amandeep58)** · [@akkal](https://daily.dev/akkal) · 1 min read · 1 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary servercn is a CLI tool that generates GitHub OAuth 2.0 authentication boilerplate for Express applications. Running a single npx command scaffolds the full OAuth flow including Passport.js integration, TypeScript support, routes, controllers, and configuration. Aimed at reducing setup time for GitHub authentication in Node.js/Express projects. ## Content With servercn's GitHub OAuth component, you get: ✅ Complete GitHub OAuth 2.0 flow ✅ Passport.js integration ✅ TypeScript support ✅ Ready-to-use Express routes ✅ Secure authentication workflow Install it with a single command: ``` npx servercn-cli add oauth ``` Choose GitHub, and servercn generates the required configuration, routes, controllers, and authentication flow for your project. Build faster. Ship authentication in minutes. Docs: https://www.servercn.xyz/docs/express/components/github-oauth Docs: https://servercn.vercel.app/docs/express/components/github-oauth GitHub: https://github.com/akkaldhami/servercn #NodeJS #ExpressJS #TypeScript #OAuth #GitHubOAuth #PassportJS #BackendDevelopment #WebDevelopment #OpenSource #servercn #shadcnforbackend --- Tags: [#typescript](https://daily.dev/tags/typescript), [#authentication](https://daily.dev/tags/authentication), [#express](https://daily.dev/tags/express), [#oauth](https://daily.dev/tags/oauth) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/adding-github-authentication-to-an-express-application-shouldn-t-take-hours-of-setup--m7gqy3qt8) ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180},"sameAs":["https://twitter.com/dailydotdev","https://github.com/dailydotdev","https://www.linkedin.com/company/daily-dev-ltd"]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https://daily.dev/#website","url":"https://daily.dev","name":"daily.dev","publisher":{"@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization"},"potentialAction":{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https://daily.dev/search?q={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"DiscussionForumPosting","mainEntityOfPage":"https://daily.dev/posts/adding-github-authentication-to-an-express-application-shouldn-t-take-hours-of-setup--m7gqy3qt8","headline":"Adding GitHub Authentication to an Express application shouldn't take hours of setup.","text":"servercn is a CLI tool that generates GitHub OAuth 2.0 authentication boilerplate for Express applications. 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