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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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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
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
89Health
Tool npm

lint-staged

Run linters and formatters only against the files staged in git, so a slow full-project lint never blocks a commit.

14,731
MIT
Used by 120
47Health
Tool npm

cross-env

Cross-platform CLI for setting environment variables in npm scripts without worrying about Windows vs POSIX syntax.

6,523
MIT
Used by 118
75Health
Library Cargo

serde_json

The de facto standard JSON library for Rust, built on the Serde serialization framework

5,636
Apache 2.0
Used by 111
76Health
Library Cargo

serde

A generic framework for serializing and deserializing Rust data structures efficiently and safely.

10,825
Other
Used by 108
79Health
Tool npm

concurrently

Run multiple terminal commands in parallel, with color-coded output and cross-platform support.

7,848
MIT
Used by 103
82Health
Library npm

js-yaml

A fast, complete YAML 1.2 and 1.1 parser and serializer for JavaScript.

6,630
MIT
Used by 101
64Health
Library npm

Chalk

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

23,315
MIT
Used by 98
90Health
Library npm

yaml

A definitive TypeScript parser and stringifier for YAML, supporting 1.1 and 1.2 with comment and CST access.

1,691
Other
Used by 98
63Health
Framework npm

Commander.js

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

28,391
MIT
Used by 94
51Health
Library npm

jsonwebtoken

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

18,196
MIT
Used by 93
42Health
Library npm

rimraf

Cross-platform recursive file and directory removal for Node.js, modeled on the UNIX `rm -rf` command.

5,848
Other
Used by 87
55Health
Library PyPI

PyYAML

A full-featured YAML parser and emitter for Python, with C-accelerated bindings

2,942
MIT
Used by 79
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
90Health
Tool npm

Oxlint

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

22,741
MIT
Used by 70
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
67Health
Library Cargo

base64

Correct, fast, and configurable base64 encoding and decoding for Rust, with pluggable alphabets and padding.

736
Apache 2.0
Used by 66
69Health
Library npm

JSZip

Create, read, and edit ZIP files directly in JavaScript, in the browser or Node.js.

10,383
Other
Used by 65
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
66Health
Library Cargo

url

A WHATWG-standard-compliant URL parser and manipulation library for Rust.

1,576
Apache 2.0
Used by 62
81Health
Library npm

PapaParse

The fastest in-browser CSV parser for JavaScript, with streaming, Web Workers, and zero dependencies

13,568
MIT
Used by 61
90Health
Library npm

xterm.js

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

21,173
MIT
Used by 57
90Health
Library Cargo

Clap

The most widely used command-line argument parser for Rust, with both derive and builder APIs.

16,707
Other
Used by 56

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