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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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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
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
54Health
Framework Go

Cobra

The commander library that powers Kubernetes, Hugo, and GitHub CLI's command-line interfaces.

44,650
Apache 2.0
Used by 62
90Health
Framework npm

Hono

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

32,364
MIT
Used by 60
75Health
Framework npm

yargs

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

11,504
MIT
Used by 42
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
77Health
Framework Go

Gin

A high-performance HTTP web framework for Go, built on a zero-allocation radix-tree router with an Express.js-style API.

89,268
MIT
Used by 22
92Health
Framework Go

urfave/cli

A declarative, dependency-free Go package for building fast, friendly command-line tools.

24,260
MIT
Used by 17
82Health
Framework Go

Bubble Tea

A Go framework based on The Elm Architecture for building terminal UIs, from simple prompts to full-window, high-performance TUI applications.

45,125
MIT
Used by 13
94Health
Framework Go

Echo

A minimalist, high-performance Go web framework with a radix-tree router, built-in middleware chain, and first-class HTTP/2 support.

32,734
MIT
Used by 13
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
81Health
Framework Go

Ginkgo

A mature, BDD-style testing framework for Go that pairs with Gomega to write expressive, parallelizable specs.

9,061
MIT
Used by 10
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
Framework npm

Pulumi

Infrastructure as Code in your favorite programming language, powered by a shared multi-language deployment engine.

25,735
Apache 2.0
Used by 6
81Health
Framework npm

grammY

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

3,757
MIT
Used by 6
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
92Health
Framework npm

CopilotKit

React hooks and providers for building AI copilots with shared state, generative UI, and human-in-the-loop workflows.

37,567
MIT
Used by 3
48Health
Framework Go

GoConvey

Behavior-driven testing for Go with nested specs, rich assertions, and a live browser results UI.

8,404
MIT
Used by 3
71Health
Framework npm

hapi

A config-driven Node.js framework for building HTTP APIs and web servers with built-in validation, caching, and auth.

14,790
BSD 3
Used by 2
38Health
Framework npm

Clipanion

A type-safe, dependency-free CLI framework for building nested, typed command-line applications in TypeScript.

1,256
MIT
Used by 2

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