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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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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
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
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
51Health
Library npm

jsonwebtoken

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

18,196
MIT
Used by 93
55Health
Library PyPI

PyYAML

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

2,942
MIT
Used by 79
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
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
85Health
Library Cargo

uuid

Generate and parse UUIDs in Rust across every standardized version, from v1 to v8.

1,242
Other
Used by 56
70Health
Library Cargo

sha2

Pure Rust implementation of the SHA-2 hash function family (SHA-224/256/384/512) with hardware-accelerated backends.

2,265
Other
Used by 55
84Health
Library PyPI

cryptography

The standard cryptographic library for Python, pairing safe high-level recipes with low-level primitives backed by Rust and OpenSSL.

7,765
Other
Used by 53
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
75Health
Library npm

qs

A battle-tested querystring parser and serializer for Node.js with nested object support and built-in security limits.

8,940
BSD 3
Used by 49
85Health
Library PyPI

PyJWT

A Python implementation of RFC 7519 for encoding, decoding, and verifying JSON Web Tokens.

5,700
MIT
Used by 44
65Health
Library PyPI

python-multipart

A fast, streaming multipart/form-data parser for Python that powers file uploads in FastAPI and Starlette.

531
Apache 2.0
Used by 43
44Health
Library npm

buffer

The Node.js Buffer API, reimplemented for the browser on top of Uint8Array.

1,891
MIT
Used by 42
51Health
Library npm

mime-types

The ultimate JavaScript content-type utility for resolving MIME types from file extensions and paths.

1,475
MIT
Used by 41
44Health
Library npm

crypto-js

A JavaScript library of crypto standards - hashing, HMAC, PBKDF2, and symmetric ciphers for Node.js and the browser.

16,409
MIT
Used by 40
84Health
Library npm

body-parser

Node.js body-parsing middleware that turns raw HTTP request bodies into ready-to-use req.body objects.

5,499
MIT
Used by 36
44Health
Library npm

fflate

High-performance DEFLATE, GZIP, Zlib, and ZIP compression for JavaScript in an 8kB package.

3,009
MIT
Used by 35
75Health
Library Cargo

flate2

Streaming DEFLATE, gzip, and zlib compression for Rust with pluggable backends

1,124
Other
Used by 35

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