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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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78Health
Library npm

node-postgres

Non-blocking PostgreSQL client for Node.js with pure JavaScript and native libpq bindings.

13,212
MIT
Used by 120
90Health
Library npm

sharp

High-performance Node.js image processing powered by libvips, built for fast resizing and format conversion.

32,726
Apache 2.0
Used by 109
92Health
Library npm

ioredis

A robust, full-featured Redis client for Node.js with built-in Cluster, Sentinel, and TypeScript support.

15,343
MIT
Used by 81
92Health
Library PyPI

Pillow

The friendly PIL fork that adds image processing capabilities to Python

13,856
Other
Used by 62
42Health
Library npm

qrcode

A zero-dependency-on-canvas QR code and 2D barcode generator for Node.js and the browser.

8,179
MIT
Used by 54
93Health
Library npm

PDF.js

Mozilla's HTML5-based library for parsing and rendering PDF documents in the browser and Node.js.

53,951
Apache 2.0
Used by 46
91Health
Library npm

Prisma Client

Auto-generated, type-safe database client for Node.js and TypeScript.

47,678
Apache 2.0
Used by 46
76Health
Library npm

file-type

Detect the file type of a buffer, stream, or file by reading its magic number.

4,325
MIT
Used by 44
93Health
Library PyPI

SQLAlchemy

The Python SQL toolkit and Object Relational Mapper that gives developers the full power and flexibility of SQL.

12,189
MIT
Used by 43
72Health
Library PyPI

psycopg2

The most popular PostgreSQL database adapter for Python, implementing the full DB API 2.0 specification.

3,656
Other
Used by 42
93Health
Library npm

MySQL2

Fast, pure-JavaScript MySQL client for Node.js with prepared statements, promises, and pooling.

4,386
MIT
Used by 41
80Health
Library npm

better-sqlite3

The fastest and simplest SQLite3 library for Node.js, with a synchronous API and full transaction support.

7,497
MIT
Used by 40
85Health
Library Go

pgx v4

A pure Go PostgreSQL driver and toolkit that goes beyond database/sql with binary-format performance and Postgres-specific features.

14,276
MIT
Used by 39
94Health
SDK PyPI

redis-py

The official Python client for Redis, with sync, asyncio, cluster, and Sentinel support.

13,647
MIT
Used by 39
67Health
Library Go

pq

A pure Go PostgreSQL driver for Go's standard database/sql package.

9,961
MIT
Used by 39
90Health
SDK npm

@clickhouse/client

The official TypeScript client for connecting Node.js applications to ClickHouse over HTTP.

332
Apache 2.0
Used by 38
91Health
Library Go

go-redis

The official, idiomatic Go client for Redis — connection pooling, Cluster, Sentinel, pipelines, and client-side caching built in.

22,255
Other
Used by 34
54Health
Library npm

html-to-image

Turns any DOM node into a PNG, JPEG, SVG, or canvas image entirely client-side, with no server or screenshot service required.

7,242
MIT
Used by 34
82Health
Library Go

Go-MySQL-Driver

A pure Go implementation of the MySQL wire protocol, used as the database/sql driver for MySQL, MariaDB, and TiDB.

15,285
MPL-2.0
Used by 33
94Health
SDK npm

Node-Redis

The official, high-performance TypeScript client for Redis in Node.js.

17,586
MIT
Used by 32
93Health
Library npm

node-mongodb-native

The official MongoDB driver for Node.js: a typed, promise-based client for connecting to and querying MongoDB from JavaScript and TypeScript.

10,178
Apache 2.0
Used by 31
64Health
Library npm

postgres

Postgres.js is a zero-dependency PostgreSQL client for Node.js, Deno, Bun, and Cloudflare Workers built on ES6 tagged template literals.

8,733
Other
Used by 31
56Health
Library npm

knex

A flexible, portable SQL query builder for Node.js supporting PostgreSQL, MySQL, CockroachDB, SQL Server, SQLite3, and Oracle.

20,347
MIT
Used by 29
81Health
Library PyPI

Psycopg

The modern PostgreSQL adapter for Python, with native async and pipeline support

2,504
Other
Used by 29

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