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

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92Health
Tool npm

GraphQL Code Generator

A plugin-based CLI that generates typed code from a GraphQL schema and operations

11,263
MIT
Used by 21
80Health
Library npm

pako

A fast, zlib-compatible compression library for JavaScript that runs identically in the browser and Node.js.

6,114
MIT
Used by 21
53Health
Library npm

jsonrepair

Repair invalid or broken JSON documents — missing quotes, trailing commas, truncation, and more

2,404
Other
Used by 21
75Health
Library npm

js-base64

Pure-JavaScript Base64 encoder/decoder with full Unicode and URL-safe support

4,361
BSD 3
Used by 20
59Health
Library npm

jiti

A zero-dependency runtime that transpiles TypeScript and ESM on the fly so Node.js can require() or import them directly.

2,958
MIT
Used by 20
75Health
Library Go

go-jose

The canonical Go implementation of JSON Web Encryption, Signature, and Token standards (JWE, JWS, JWT).

534
Apache 2.0
Used by 20
70Health
Library PyPI

orjson

A fast, correct, Rust-backed JSON library for Python with native dataclass, datetime, and numpy support

8,228
Apache 2.0
Used by 19
47Health
Library npm

node-xml2js

XML-to-JavaScript-object parser and builder for Node.js

4,962
MIT
Used by 19
94Health
Tool npm

nest-cli

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

2,197
MIT
Used by 19
53Health
Library Cargo

csv

Fast, flexible CSV reading and writing for Rust, with Serde support

1,959
Other
Used by 19
49Health
Library PyPI

tomli

A lil' TOML parser for Python — fast, spec-compliant, and dependency-free.

570
MIT
Used by 19
49Health
Library Cargo

hmac

Generic, pure-Rust implementation of Hash-based Message Authentication Code (HMAC)

372
Other
Used by 19
59Health
Library npm

ssh2

Pure-JavaScript SSH2 client and server library for Node.js, with SFTP, exec, shell, and port forwarding support.

5,821
MIT
Used by 18
43Health
Library Go

otp

A Go library for generating and validating TOTP and HOTP one-time passcodes, compatible with Google Authenticator.

2,956
Apache 2.0
Used by 18
39Health
Library Go

xxhash

A pure-Go implementation of the 64-bit xxHash (XXH64) algorithm with hand-written amd64 and arm64 assembly for maximum throughput.

2,142
MIT
Used by 18
43Health
Tool npm

url-loader

A webpack loader that inlines small files as base64 Data URLs, falling back to file-loader for anything over a configurable size limit.

1,394
MIT
Used by 18
85Health
Tool npm

@electron/rebuild

Rebuilds native Node.js modules against your installed Electron version so npm install just works.

1,122
MIT
Used by 18
76Health
Tool npm

postcss-cli

The command-line runner for PostCSS, transforming CSS files, globs, and directories from the terminal with your existing plugin chain.

857
MIT
Used by 18
61Health
Library Cargo

tar

Streaming Rust library for reading and writing TAR archives

737
Other
Used by 18
94Health
Library npm

protobuf.js

A fast, conformant JavaScript and TypeScript implementation of Protocol Buffers, no protoc required

10,589
Other
Used by 17
48Health
Library npm

forge

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

5,331
Other
Used by 17
47Health
Library npm

cuid2

Secure, collision-resistant unique IDs for JavaScript, built to resist guessing and horizontal-scale collisions.

3,399
MIT
Used by 17
37Health
Library Cargo

bincode

A compact, zero-fluff binary encoder and decoder for turning Rust structs into space-efficient byte streams.

3,060
MIT
Used by 17
35Health
Library npm

object-hash

Deterministic SHA1/MD5 hashing for any JavaScript value or object, in Node.js and the browser.

1,473
MIT
Used by 17

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