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Open Source Packages

Libraries, frameworks, tools, and SDKs used by the apps in this directory — scored the same way as the apps themselves.

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72Health
Library Cargo

serde_json

The de facto standard JSON library for Rust, built on the Serde serialization framework

5,638
Apache 2.0
Used by 113
81Health
Library PyPI

Requests

The elegant, human-friendly HTTP library that made Python's most-used API for talking to the web.

54,353
Apache 2.0
Used by 112
76Health
Library Cargo

serde

A generic framework for serializing and deserializing Rust data structures efficiently and safely.

10,838
Other
Used by 109
93Health
Library PyPI

Pydantic

Data validation and settings management using Python type hints, backed by a Rust core.

28,891
MIT
Used by 104
56Health
Library PyPI

HTTPX

A next-generation HTTP client for Python with sync, async, and HTTP/2 support

15,517
BSD 3
Used by 86
95Health
Library PyPI

NumPy

The fundamental N-dimensional array library powering Python's scientific computing stack.

32,864
BSD 3
Used by 82
53Health
Library PyPI

PyYAML

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

2,950
MIT
Used by 80
63Health
Library PyPI

python-dotenv

Load environment variables from a .env file into Python's os.environ, the standard way to keep 12-factor config out of your code

8,883
BSD 3
Used by 73
82Health
Library Cargo

reqwest

An ergonomic, batteries-included HTTP client for Rust, with async and blocking APIs.

11,845
Other
Used by 72
68Health
Library Cargo

tempfile

A secure, cross-platform Rust library for temporary files and directories that clean up automatically on drop.

1,468
Other
Used by 69
66Health
Library Cargo

base64

Correct, fast, and configurable base64 encoding and decoding for Rust, with pluggable alphabets and padding.

738
Apache 2.0
Used by 66
92Health
Library PyPI

Pillow

The friendly PIL fork that adds image processing capabilities to Python

13,856
Other
Used by 62
98Health
Library PyPI

pandas

The Python DataFrame library for fast, flexible, and expressive data analysis and manipulation.

49,851
BSD 3
Used by 61
67Health
Library Cargo

sha2

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

2,267
Other
Used by 61
77Health
Library Cargo

regex

Rust's finite-automata regex engine with guaranteed linear-time matching and no catastrophic backtracking.

4,038
Apache 2.0
Used by 59
73Health
Library Cargo

Chrono

Timezone-aware date and time handling for Rust, with correct calendar operations and flexible strftime-style formatting.

3,913
Other
Used by 59
90Health
Library Cargo

Clap

The most widely used command-line argument parser for Rust, with both derive and builder APIs.

16,725
Other
Used by 56
81Health
Library Cargo

uuid

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

1,247
Other
Used by 56
84Health
Library PyPI

cryptography

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

7,786
Other
Used by 54
58Health
Library Cargo

tracing

Structured, application-level diagnostics for async Rust programs, built around scoped spans and events.

6,892
MIT
Used by 51
88Health
Library PyPI

Click

A composable Python toolkit for building command line interfaces with minimal boilerplate.

17,770
BSD 3
Used by 50
93Health
Library PyPI

urllib3

A powerful, user-friendly HTTP client for Python with thread-safe connection pooling, TLS verification, and retry handling.

4,064
MIT
Used by 48
73Health
Library PyPI

python-dateutil

Powerful extensions to Python's datetime module for parsing, deltas, recurrence, and timezones.

2,637
Other
Used by 48
57Health
Library PyPI

rich

A Python library for rendering rich text, tables, progress bars, and syntax-highlighted code in the terminal.

57,443
MIT
Used by 47

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