{"id":46368,"library":"simon","title":"Simon","description":"Simon (v0.2.3) is a minimal MongoDB wrapper for Node.js providing simplified CRUD, search, and pagination operations. Designed for quick prototypes and small-scale applications, it offers a lighter alternative to Mongoose with less overhead. However, it saw no updates after 2012 and has no TypeScript support, release cadence, or active maintenance. Compared to Mongoose or the official MongoDB driver, Simon lacks middleware, schema validation, and connection pooling. 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Modern Node.js patterns (async/await) will not work.","severity":"gotcha","affected_versions":">=0.0.0"},{"fix":"Use proper MongoDB connection string: mongodb://host:port/database","message":"Incorrect connection URI format can cause silent failures.","severity":"breaking","affected_versions":">=0.0.0"},{"fix":"Use async utilities or switch to a modern library.","message":"Query methods do not return promises; nesting callbacks leads to callback hell.","severity":"gotcha","affected_versions":">=0.0.0"},{"fix":"Refer to documentation or migrate to a more feature-rich library.","message":"Model methods like find() and save() do not support options (e.g., projection, sort, limit) that modern drivers provide.","severity":"deprecated","affected_versions":">=0.0.0"}],"env_vars":null,"search_vec":"'2012':43 'abandon':75 'activ':52 'altern':31 'applic':26 'cadenc':50 'compar':54 'connect':68 'crud':13,87 'design':18 'develop':83 'driver':61 'given':70 'howev':37 'javascript':84 'lack':63 'less':35 'lighter':30 'mainten':53 'middlewar':64 'minim':6 'mongodb':7,60,85 'mongoos':33,56 'new':82 'node.js':10 'offer':28 'offici':59 'oper':17 'overhead':36 'pagin':16,89 'pool':69 'project':76 'prototyp':21 'provid':11 'quick':20 'recommend':80 'releas':49 'saw':39 'scale':25 'schema':65 'search':14,88 'simon':1,2,62 'simpl':86 'simplifi':12 'small':24 'small-scal':23 'status':72 'support':48 'typescript':47 'updat':41 'v0.2.3':3 'valid':66 'wrapper':8","created_at":"2026-06-07T12:59:35.093703+00:00","updated_at":"2026-06-07T12:59:35.093703+00:00","problems":[{"fix":"Install mongodb: npm install mongodb@1.4","cause":"Simon requires the 'mongodb' package as a peer dependency but does not declare it properly.","error":"Error: Cannot find module 'mongodb'"},{"fix":"Always create document instances: var doc = new Model({...}); doc.save(callback);","cause":"Calling save() on a plain object instead of an instance created via new Model().","error":"TypeError: Object #<Object> has no method 'save'"},{"fix":"Ensure MongoDB is running and connection URI is correct: mongodb://localhost:27017/test","cause":"MongoDB server is not running or connection string is wrong.","error":"Error: connect ECONNREFUSED"}],"ecosystem":"npm","meta_description":null,"install_score":null,"quickstart_score":null,"quickstart_tag":null,"pypi_latest":null,"cli_name":null,"cli_version":null,"type":"library","homepage":"https://github.com/Lipathor/simon","github":"https://github.com/Lipathor/simon","docs":null,"changelog":null,"pypi":null,"npm":"simon","openapi_spec":null,"status_page":null,"smithery":null,"categories":["database"],"base_url":null,"auth_type":null,"provenance":{"verified_status":null,"verified_at":null,"last_verified":"2026-06-07","next_check":"2026-09-05","install_tag":null}}