--- title: Introducing the TERN stack and how to migrate from MERN... description: Introducing the TERN stack and how to migrate from MERN to TERN. MERN is a web technology stack consisting of MongoDB, Express.js, React, and Node.js. This... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/introducing-the-tern-stack-and-how-to-migrate-from-mern-to-tern-ifbeeqy4k twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Introducing the TERN stack and how to migrate from MERN to TERN | daily.dev og:description: Introducing the TERN stack and how to migrate from MERN to TERN. MERN is a web technology stack consisting of MongoDB, Express.js, React, and Node.js. This... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/introducing-the-tern-stack-and-how-to-migrate-from-mern-to-tern-ifbeeqy4k og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/iFBEEqY4K.png og:image:alt: Introducing the TERN stack and how to migrate from MERN to TERN 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. # Introducing the TERN stack and how to migrate from MERN to TERN **[Community Picks](https://daily.dev/sources/community)** · [@leggetter](https://daily.dev/leggetter) · 12 min read · 300 upvotes · 40 comments ## Summary Introducing the TERN stack and how to migrate from MERN to TERN. MERN is a web technology stack consisting of MongoDB, Express.js, React, and Node.js. This tutorial will assume you're using Tigris Cloud or a self-hosted instance of Tigris. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## Community discussion Top comments from developers on daily.dev. **@leggetter** · 7 upvotes > I'm the author of this post, so I'd love community feedback on the TERN stack. > > 1. What do you think of the concept of TERN? > 2, Are the migration instructions from the blog post useful for those of you who have a MongoDB application and are interested in migrating to Tigris? > 3. If you get a chance to try out the example app (https://github.com/tigrisdata-community/tern-stack-example), how easy is it to use? Do you think it's a useful example to help you understand TERN and using Tigris with Express.js, React, and Node.js? > > Update: I've created a follow-on article covering [getting started... **@kcoder** · 3 upvotes > I like the idea of this stack. **@tomking** · 3 upvotes > Interesting read. I'd be interested to know the disadvantages/cons to using Tigris over Mongo should any exist just to balance out the article a little. Other than that, a really good piece. **@blackhorse** · 2 upvotes > @leggetter Interesting read. I like this stack. Thank you **@kkurko** · 2 upvotes > The quality of the documentation is awesome🔥🔥🔥 ## Similar posts on daily.dev - [Don’t just attend KubeCon \+ CloudNativeCon, Merge Forward your experience\!](https://daily.dev/posts/don-t-just-attend-kubecon-cloudnativecon-merge-forward-your-experience--l0rpp73x8) · CNCF · 1 upvotes · 0 comments - [Announcing H2 2026 KCDs](https://daily.dev/posts/announcing-h2-2026-kcds-m96goajm1) · CNCF · 1 upvotes · 0 comments - [Two months of Open Community Groups](https://daily.dev/posts/two-months-of-open-community-groups-asf52zhbs) · CNCF · 0 upvotes · 0 comments --- Tags: [#react](https://daily.dev/tags/react), [#webdev](https://daily.dev/tags/webdev), [#javascript](https://daily.dev/tags/javascript), [#database](https://daily.dev/tags/database), [#typescript](https://daily.dev/tags/typescript), [#mongodb](https://daily.dev/tags/mongodb), [#npm](https://daily.dev/tags/npm), [#nosql](https://daily.dev/tags/nosql) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/introducing-the-tern-stack-and-how-to-migrate-from-mern-to-tern-ifbeeqy4k) ```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":"TechArticle","headline":"Introducing the TERN stack and how to migrate from MERN to TERN","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/introducing-the-tern-stack-and-how-to-migrate-from-mern-to-tern-ifbeeqy4k","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/introducing-the-tern-stack-and-how-to-migrate-from-mern-to-tern-ifbeeqy4k"},"datePublished":"2023-04-17T16:37:17.432Z","dateModified":"2023-12-07T12:02:45.284Z","description":"Introducing the TERN stack and how to migrate from MERN to TERN. 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I’d be interested to know the disadvantages/cons to using Tigris over Mongo should any exist just to balance out the article a little. Other than that, a really good piece.","datePublished":"2023-04-18T09:14:16.872Z","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/iFBEEqY4K#c-4tqr1lDu2","author":{"@type":"Person","name":"Tom King","url":"https://daily.dev/tomking","image":"https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/9280358?v=4"},"interactionStatistic":{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"LikeAction"},"userInteractionCount":3}},{"@type":"Comment","text":"@leggetter Interesting read. I like this stack. 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