The MongoDB Node.js Driver is the official database driver for connecting Node.js applications to MongoDB.
The driver handles the complexity of communicating with MongoDB servers, managing connection pools, executing queries, and handling authentication. It provides a complete API for CRUD operations, aggregation pipelines, transactions, and other MongoDB features. The driver is written in TypeScript and works with both TypeScript and JavaScript projects.
Teams building Node.js applications that use MongoDB should choose this driver. It suits any project from small prototypes to large production systems that need reliable, officially-supported access to MongoDB. The driver is the standard choice for Node.js developers working with MongoDB and is maintained directly by MongoDB.
The project maintains active development with regular updates and bug fixes tracked through MongoDB's public issue management system. Release integrity is ensured through GPG-signed packages and npm provenance attestations. The team follows semantic versioning for releases and provides detailed upgrade guides when major versions introduce breaking changes.
