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Utilities, IDs & Helpers Packages

General-purpose utilities, helpers, and ID/UUID generation libraries that fill the small gaps every codebase eventually needs (Lodash, uuid, nanoid).

1293 packages

Packages in Utilities, IDs & Helpers

37Health
Library PyPI

TheFuzz

Fuzzy string matching for Python, powered by Levenshtein distance via rapidfuzz.

3,654
MIT
Used by 2
52Health
Library Go

bloom

A fast, memory-efficient Go library for Bloom filters, providing probabilistic set membership testing with tunable false-positive rates.

2,815
Other
Used by 2
65Health
Library PyPI

django-model-utils

Reusable Django model mixins, fields, and managers for timestamps, soft deletes, status tracking, and change detection.

2,759
BSD 3
Used by 2
89Health
Library Cargo

zerocopy

Zero-cost, safe conversions between Rust types and raw byte sequences via derivable traits.

2,597
Other
Used by 2
65Health
Library PyPI

deepdiff

Deep difference, search, and hashing for any nested Python object, with deltas you can serialize and replay.

2,531
MIT
Used by 2
86Health
Library Composer

Symfony PropertyInfo

Extracts PHP class property types, docs, and read/write info by combining reflection, PHPDoc, and Doctrine metadata.

2,220
MIT
Used by 2
86Health
Library npm

web

A comprehensive, SSR-safe collection of general-purpose React hooks covering state, side effects, sensors, and DOM interactions.

2,216
MIT
Used by 2
76Health
Library Cargo

phf

Compile-time perfect hash function maps and sets for zero-cost static lookups in Rust.

2,193
MIT
Used by 2
48Health
Library npm

python-shell

Run Python scripts from Node.js with simple, efficient stdio-based inter-process communication.

2,162
MIT
Used by 2
66Health
Library Cargo

bon

Compile-time-checked builder generator and named function arguments for Rust

2,135
Other
Used by 2
77Health
Library Composer

Brick Money

Immutable PHP library for exact money and currency arithmetic with explicit control over rounding.

1,928
MIT
Used by 2
70Health
Library PyPI

parse

Parse strings using a specification based on Python's format() syntax

1,793
MIT
Used by 2
57Health
Library npm

node-rate-limiter

A dependency-free rate limiter for Node.js and the browser built on a hierarchical token bucket.

1,566
MIT
Used by 2
41Health
Library npm

node-ip

Zero-dependency IP address utilities for Node.js — convert, compare, mask, and validate IPv4 and IPv6 addresses with a small synchronous API.

1,543
MIT
Used by 2
47Health
Library Cargo

derive_builder

A Rust derive macro that generates the builder pattern for arbitrary structs

1,541
Apache 2.0
Used by 2
77Health
Library Composer

PHPDoc Parser

A next-generation phpDoc parser producing an AST, with support for generics and intersection types.

1,535
MIT
Used by 2
36Health
Library Go

aurora

Ultimate ANSI colors for Go, with native Printf/Sprintf formatting and chainable colorizers.

1,496
Other
Used by 2
44Health
Library npm

finder

Generates the shortest, unique, and robust CSS selector for any DOM element in just 1.5kb.

1,489
MIT
Used by 2
47Health
Library Go

fuzzy

A dependency-free Go library for fuzzy string matching, ranking filename and symbol matches the way Sublime Text, VS Code, and IntelliJ do.

1,449
MIT
Used by 2
43Health
Library npm

jsonpath

jsonpath - Secure JSONPath Query Engine for Node.js

1,429
MIT
Used by 2
75Health
Library Go

xstrings

A zero-dependency Go package that ports common string functions from Python, Ruby, PHP, and Perl into idiomatic, UTF-8-safe Go.

1,413
MIT
Used by 2
44Health
Library Go

generic

A collection of type-safe generic data structures for Go, built on Go 1.18 generics with no reflection or interface{} boxing.

1,347
MIT
Used by 2
38Health
Library Go

bytebufferpool

A self-calibrating pool of reusable byte buffers that cuts allocations and GC pressure in Go services.

1,332
MIT
Used by 2
44Health
Library npm

download

Download and extract files over HTTP(S) with a single async call

1,298
MIT
Used by 2

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