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97Health
Tool npm

TypeScript

A strongly typed superset of JavaScript that compiles to clean, portable JavaScript.

111,050
Apache 2.0
Used by 500
94Health
Tool npm

Vite

Next-generation frontend build tool with an instant dev server, lightning-fast HMR, and optimized production builds.

82,823
MIT
Used by 324
92Health
Library npm

postcss

A CSS transformation engine that parses styles into an AST, letting JS plugins lint, prefix, and rewrite CSS — the foundation beneath Autoprefixer, Tailwind, and 200+ other tools.

28,972
MIT
Used by 277
93Health
Tool npm

@vitejs/plugin-react

The official Vite plugin for React with Babel-powered Fast Refresh and JSX transforms

1,158
MIT
Used by 209
88Health
Library npm

Autoprefixer

Parses your CSS and automatically adds vendor prefixes using real-world browser usage data from Can I Use.

22,229
MIT
Used by 198
86Health
Tool npm

tsx

A drop-in replacement for the node CLI that runs TypeScript and ESM files instantly, powered by esbuild.

12,141
MIT
Used by 177
95Health
Library npm

@babel/core

The core JavaScript compiler that transforms next-generation syntax into code every browser and runtime can understand.

43,996
MIT
Used by 163
82Health
Tool npm

esbuild

An extremely fast JavaScript and CSS bundler and minifier written in Go.

40,058
MIT
Used by 139
52Health
Tool npm

ts-node

TypeScript execution engine and REPL for Node.js that runs .ts files directly, without a separate compile step.

13,124
MIT
Used by 122
51Health
Library npm

jsonwebtoken

The de facto Node.js library for signing, verifying, and decoding JSON Web Tokens.

18,196
MIT
Used by 93
97Health
Tool npm

webpack

A static module bundler that builds a dependency graph of your project's modules and packages them into optimized browser bundles

65,948
MIT
Used by 90
66Health
Tool npm

tsup

Zero-config TypeScript library bundler powered by esbuild

11,295
MIT
Used by 84
94Health
Tool npm

webpack-cli

The official command-line interface for webpack, adding build, watch, serve, and config-validation commands to any project.

2,616
MIT
Used by 72
78Health
Library npm

vite-tsconfig-paths

Resolves TypeScript's tsconfig.json path aliases inside Vite, so aliased imports work without redeclaring them in the Vite config.

1,632
MIT
Used by 68
89Health
Library npm

jose

Zero-dependency JWT, JWS, JWE, and JWK toolkit for Node.js, browsers, and edge runtimes.

7,792
MIT
Used by 66
72Health
Tool npm

css-loader

Resolves CSS @import and url() like JavaScript imports so webpack can bundle stylesheets and their assets.

4,320
MIT
Used by 65
67Health
Library Go

jwt

A zero-dependency Go implementation of JSON Web Tokens (JWT) with pluggable HMAC, RSA, RSA-PSS, ECDSA, and Ed25519 signing methods.

9,225
MIT
Used by 62
94Health
Tool npm

electron-builder

A complete solution to package and build ready-to-distribute Electron apps for macOS, Windows, and Linux with auto-update support out of the box.

14,661
MIT
Used by 56
90Health
Tool npm

SWC

Rust-based JavaScript/TypeScript compiler, a drop-in super-fast alternative to Babel

34,191
Apache 2.0
Used by 55
61Health
Tool npm

style-loader

A webpack loader that injects bundled CSS into the DOM using style or link tags at runtime.

1,666
MIT
Used by 54
91Health
Tool npm

rollup

A module bundler for JavaScript that compiles small pieces of code into optimized libraries and applications using native ES modules.

26,307
MIT
Used by 53
51Health
Library npm

cookie-parser

Express middleware that parses HTTP Cookie headers into req.cookies, with support for signed and JSON-encoded cookie values.

2,030
MIT
Used by 52
73Health
Tool npm

babel-loader

Babel loader for webpack (and Rspack) that transpiles modern JavaScript with filesystem caching and source map support.

4,835
MIT
Used by 51
56Health
Library npm

bcrypt.js

A zero-dependency, pure JavaScript implementation of bcrypt for hashing and verifying passwords in Node.js and the browser.

3,797
BSD 3
Used by 51

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