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72Health
Library npm

Chalk

The most popular Node.js library for styling terminal string output with ANSI colors.

23,319
MIT
Used by 98
90Health
Tool npm

Oxlint

Rust-based JavaScript/TypeScript linter that runs 50-100x faster than ESLint, with zero configuration required.

22,902
MIT
Used by 70
89Health
Library npm

xterm.js

A fast, self-contained TypeScript library for embedding fully-featured terminals in the browser.

21,228
MIT
Used by 57
58Health
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
90Health
Library npm

Inquirer.js

Interactive command-line prompts for Node.js — lists, checkboxes, confirms, and more with a single async API.

21,630
MIT
Used by 43
46Health
Tool npm

npm-run-all

A cross-platform CLI that runs multiple npm-scripts in parallel or in sequence, replacing fragile shell operators like && with Windows-safe orchestration.

5,834
MIT
Used by 41
76Health
Tool npm

TypeScript Native Preview

Preview npm build of tsgo, the native Go port of the TypeScript compiler ahead of TypeScript 7.0.

26,165
Apache 2.0
Used by 34
93Health
Tool npm

nest-cli

Scaffolds, builds, and serves NestJS applications through schematics-driven code generation and pluggable compiler backends.

2,199
MIT
Used by 19
89Health
Library npm

Ink

React for CLIs — build and test interactive command-line apps using declarative, Flexbox-based components instead of manual stdout writes.

39,967
MIT
Used by 18
63Health
Library npm

forge

A native, pure-JavaScript implementation of TLS and PKI cryptography for building crypto-based Node.js and browser apps.

5,334
Other
Used by 17
69Health
Library npm

OTPAuth

HOTP and TOTP one-time password library for Node.js, Deno, Bun, and browsers

1,482
MIT
Used by 15
91Health
Tool npm

Rspack CLI

The official command-line interface for running Rspack builds, dev servers, and previews.

12,930
MIT
Used by 12
72Health
Library npm

libsodium-wrappers

WebAssembly build of libsodium with hand-friendly JavaScript wrappers for encryption, signing, hashing, and key exchange.

1,155
Other
Used by 10
40Health
Library npm

react-native-get-random-values

A native polyfill that implements crypto.getRandomValues() for React Native so libraries like uuid work without modification.

415
MIT
Used by 8
91Health
Tool npm

verdaccio

A lightweight, zero-config-required private npm registry with built-in caching and proxying of public registries.

17,898
MIT
Used by 7
49Health
Library npm

tweetnacl-js

A JavaScript port of the audited TweetNaCl cryptographic library, providing public-key and secret-key encryption, signing, and hashing for Node.js and browsers.

1,923
Other
Used by 7
91Health
Framework npm

Pulumi

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

25,735
Apache 2.0
Used by 6
59Health
Library npm

umzug

Framework-agnostic migration tool for Node.js with a clean, typed API for running and rolling back migrations.

2,214
MIT
Used by 6
41Health
Library npm

hash-wasm

Lightning-fast hash and password-derivation functions using hand-tuned WebAssembly binaries

1,159
Used by 6
57Health
Tool npm

Yarn

A fast, reliable, and secure dependency manager for JavaScript projects, caching every download for deterministic, offline-capable installs.

41,475
Other
Used by 5
97Health
Tool npm

npm

The default command-line package manager for Node.js and the JavaScript ecosystem

10,156
Used by 5
40Health
Library npm

JavaScript-MD5

A zero-dependency JavaScript MD5 and HMAC-MD5 hashing implementation that runs identically in Node.js, browsers, and AMD module loaders.

4,556
MIT
Used by 5
45Health
Library npm

speakeasy

A Node.js library for generating and verifying RFC 4226 (HOTP) and RFC 6238 (TOTP) one-time passcodes for two-factor authentication.

2,753
MIT
Used by 5
81Health
Tool npm

fallow

Rust-native static analysis for TypeScript and JavaScript that finds dead code, duplication, cycles, and architecture drift with no compiler or AI in the loop.

4,929
MIT
Used by 3

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