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94Health
Tool npm

typescript-eslint

The official meta-package bundling the TypeScript ESLint parser, plugin, and rule presets behind a single typed config() helper.

16,401
MIT
Used by 260
85Health
Framework npm

Express

The fast, unopinionated, minimalist web framework for Node.js

69,493
MIT
Used by 158
94Health
SDK npm

AWS SDK for JavaScript (S3 Client)

The official modular AWS SDK v3 client for Amazon S3, with TypeScript-first APIs and streaming support.

3,668
Apache 2.0
Used by 129
62Health
Framework npm

Commander.js

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

28,412
MIT
Used by 94
95Health
SDK npm

OpenAI

The official Node.js/TypeScript client for the OpenAI API, auto-generated from OpenAI's own OpenAPI spec.

11,192
Apache 2.0
Used by 86
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
97Health
Framework npm

Electron

Build cross-platform desktop apps with JavaScript, HTML, and CSS on Chromium and Node.js

123,289
MIT
Used by 69
90Health
Framework npm

Hono

A small, ultrafast web framework built on Web Standards that runs identically everywhere.

32,364
MIT
Used by 60
97Health
SDK npm

Google Cloud Storage

Node.js client library for Google Cloud Storage — upload, download, and manage buckets and objects programmatically.

3,201
Apache 2.0
Used by 59
90Health
Tool npm

SWC

Rust-based JavaScript/TypeScript compiler, a drop-in super-fast alternative to Babel

34,208
Apache 2.0
Used by 56
75Health
Framework npm

yargs

The modern, pirate-themed command-line argument parser and command framework for Node.js

11,504
MIT
Used by 42
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
96Health
SDK npm

google-api-nodejs-client

Google's officially supported Node.js client library for calling hundreds of Google APIs with built-in OAuth 2.0, API key, and service-account auth.

12,256
Apache 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
94Health
Tool npm

mocha

The classic, battle-tested JavaScript test framework for Node.js and the browser, built around flexible async testing and pluggable reporters.

22,896
MIT
Used by 30
97Health
SDK npm

@azure/identity

Microsoft Entra ID credential library that authenticates every Azure SDK client, from managed identity in production to CLI and browser login in development.

2,296
MIT
Used by 28
92Health
Framework npm

NestJS

A progressive Node.js framework for building efficient, scalable, and maintainable server-side applications in TypeScript.

76,743
MIT
Used by 27
83Health
Tool npm

svgo

A Node.js library and command-line tool that optimizes SVG files by removing redundant markup through a configurable plugin pipeline.

22,703
MIT
Used by 23
71Health
SDK npm

dockerode

A Node.js client for the Docker Engine Remote API, covering containers, images, networks, and volumes with streams intact.

4,946
Apache 2.0
Used by 19
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
Framework Cargo

napi-rs

Build precompiled Node.js add-ons in Rust via Node-API, no node-gyp required

7,950
MIT
Used by 13
63Health
SDK npm

@sendgrid/mail

Official Node.js SDK for sending transactional and marketing email through the Twilio SendGrid API.

3,052
MIT
Used by 13
86Health
Tool npm

js-beautify

Reformats and re-indents JavaScript, HTML, and CSS into clean, readable code

8,999
MIT
Used by 11
95Health
SDK npm

firebase-admin-node

Firebase Admin Node.js SDK for privileged, server-side access to Firebase Authentication, Firestore, Realtime Database, Cloud Messaging, and Storage.

1,750
Apache 2.0
Used by 11

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