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Open Source Packages

Libraries, frameworks, tools, and SDKs used by the apps in this directory — scored the same way as the apps themselves.

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93Health
Framework Cargo

Tokio

The async runtime powering most of Rust's networked, concurrent, and I/O-bound applications.

33,150
MIT
Used by 95
63Health
Framework npm

Commander.js

The complete, battle-tested framework for building Node.js command-line interfaces.

28,391
MIT
Used by 94
55Health
Framework Go

Cobra

The commander library that powers Kubernetes, Hugo, and GitHub CLI's command-line interfaces.

44,603
Apache 2.0
Used by 62
79Health
Framework npm

yargs

The modern, pirate-themed command-line argument parser and command framework for Node.js

11,504
MIT
Used by 42
90Health
Framework PyPI

Typer

Typer is a Python library for building CLI applications, using type hints to generate arguments, options, validation, help text, and shell completion automatically.

19,983
MIT
Used by 26
93Health
Framework Go

urfave/cli

A declarative, dependency-free Go package for building fast, friendly command-line tools.

24,235
MIT
Used by 17
80Health
Framework Go

Bubble Tea

A Go framework based on The Elm Architecture for building terminal UIs, from simple prompts to full-window, high-performance TUI applications.

44,940
MIT
Used by 13
84Health
Framework Go

Ginkgo

A mature, BDD-style testing framework for Go that pairs with Gomega to write expressive, parallelizable specs.

9,052
MIT
Used by 10
88Health
Framework Composer

Symfony Console

The PHP framework component for building beautiful, testable command-line applications

9,812
MIT
Used by 8
87Health
Framework npm

oclif Core

The Node.js framework that powers Salesforce CLI and Heroku CLI, providing flag parsing, help generation, and a plugin system for building CLIs.

316
MIT
Used by 8
91Health
Framework npm

Pulumi

Infrastructure as Code in your favorite programming language, powered by a shared multi-language deployment engine.

25,682
Apache 2.0
Used by 6
60Health
Framework npm

citty

A zero-dependency, type-safe CLI framework for Node.js built on native util.parseArgs, with nested subcommands, lifecycle hooks, and a plugin system.

1,316
MIT
Used by 6
78Health
Framework PyPI

Textual

The Python framework for building sophisticated terminal and web user interfaces with a simple, async-native API.

37,221
MIT
Used by 3
92Health
Framework Cargo

Thrift

Cross-language RPC framework with a Rust crate for interoperable clients and servers.

10,959
Apache 2.0
Used by 3
70Health
Framework npm

nest-commander

nest-commander lets NestJS developers build command-line apps using the same decorators, DI, and modules as their web services.

485
MIT
Used by 3
95Health
Framework PyPI

dbt-core

dbt-core is the open-source framework that lets analysts and engineers transform warehouse data using version-controlled SQL models, automated tests, and documentation.

13,821
Apache 2.0
Used by 2
79Health
Framework PyPI

mini-swe-agent

A radically simple, ~100-line Python AI software engineering agent that solves tasks using only bash.

7,542
MIT
Used by 2
85Health
Framework npm

workflow

Durable, resilient workflow execution for TypeScript, with automatic retries, persistence, and built-in observability.

2,399
Apache 2.0
Used by 2
38Health
Framework npm

Clipanion

A type-safe, dependency-free CLI framework for building nested, typed command-line applications in TypeScript.

1,257
MIT
Used by 2
85Health
Framework npm

alchemy

Infrastructure-as-Effects for TypeScript — cloud resources, IAM, and app logic in one type-safe Effect program.

1,228
Apache 2.0
Used by 2
89Health
Framework PyPI

Scrapling

Adaptive Python web scraping framework with anti-bot fetchers and a spider crawling engine

80,950
BSD 3
Used by 1
85Health
Framework Cargo

actix

A Rust actor framework for building concurrent, message-driven systems on top of Tokio.

9,242
Other
Used by 1
81Health
Framework npm

Raycast API

The official React and TypeScript API for building extensions and AI tools that run inside Raycast, plus the `ray` CLI for scaffolding, building, and publishing them.

7,743
MIT
Used by 1
91Health
Framework PyPI

Twisted

A mature, event-driven networking engine for Python built around the reactor pattern, with async HTTP, SSH, DNS, IMAP, and IRC protocols built in.

5,979
MIT
Used by 1

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