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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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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
62Health
Framework npm

Commander.js

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

28,412
MIT
Used by 94
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
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
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
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
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
86Health
Tool npm

js-beautify

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

8,999
MIT
Used by 11
62Health
Tool npm

jest-junit

A Jest reporter that converts test results into JUnit-compatible XML for CI dashboards and test-analytics tools.

502
Apache 2.0
Used by 11
90Health
Framework npm

Mastra Core

The TypeScript framework for building AI agents, workflows, and RAG apps with unified access to 40+ LLM providers.

28,377
Apache 2.0
Used by 8
87Health
Framework npm

oclif Core

The Node.js framework that powers Salesforce CLI and Heroku CLI, providing flag parsing, help generation, and a plugin system for building CLIs.

317
MIT
Used by 8
91Health
Tool npm

verdaccio

A lightweight, zero-config-required private npm registry with built-in caching and proxying of public registries.

17,898
MIT
Used by 7
81Health
Framework npm

grammY

The modern TypeScript framework for building Telegram bots on Node.js and Deno

3,757
MIT
Used by 6
97Health
Tool npm

npm

The default command-line package manager for Node.js and the JavaScript ecosystem

10,156
Used by 5
50Health
Tool npm

Peggy

Parser generator for JavaScript using parsing expression grammars (PEG)

1,180
MIT
Used by 5
92Health
Framework Go

Fiber

An Express-inspired Go web framework built on Fasthttp for zero-allocation, extreme-performance HTTP servers.

40,185
MIT
Used by 4
84Health
Framework npm

graphql-yoga

A fully-featured, spec-compliant GraphQL server built on the WHATWG Fetch API, running anywhere from Node to Cloudflare Workers.

8,529
MIT
Used by 4
52Health
Framework npm

botbuilder-js

The Node.js/TypeScript SDK for Microsoft Bot Framework — adapters, middleware, and channel integrations for building conversational bots.

724
MIT
Used by 4

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