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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proxy-agent
Maps HTTP, HTTPS, SOCKS, and PAC proxy protocols to the correct Node.js http.Agent implementation automatically.
Prisma Client
Auto-generated, type-safe database client for Node.js and TypeScript.
form-data
Build readable multipart/form-data streams in Node.js for forms and file uploads
file-type
Detect the file type of a buffer, stream, or file by reading its magic number.
OpenTelemetry Auto-Instrumentations for Node.js
Zero-code observability for Node.js apps, bundling every OpenTelemetry contrib instrumentation into a single metapackage.
Inquirer.js
Interactive command-line prompts for Node.js — lists, checkboxes, confirms, and more with a single async API.
execa
A modern process-execution library for Node.js with template-string syntax and zero shell-injection risk.
buffer
The Node.js Buffer API, reimplemented for the browser on top of Uint8Array.
BullMQ
Fast, reliable Redis-based message queue and background job processing for Node.js and TypeScript.
mime-types
The ultimate JavaScript content-type utility for resolving MIME types from file extensions and paths.
Archiver
A streaming Node.js library for generating ZIP and TAR archives on the fly
Socket.IO
Bidirectional, low-latency, event-based realtime communication for Node.js and the browser.
@clickhouse/client
The official TypeScript client for connecting Node.js applications to ClickHouse over HTTP.
@hono/node-server
The official Node.js adapter that runs your Hono application on a native Node HTTP server using web-standard APIs.
body-parser
Node.js body-parsing middleware that turns raw HTTP request bodies into ready-to-use req.body objects.
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.
compression
Node.js middleware that transparently gzip-, deflate-, or Brotli-compresses HTTP responses for Express and raw http servers.
Node-Redis
The official, high-performance TypeScript client for Redis in Node.js.
passport
Simple, unobtrusive authentication middleware for Node.js with 480+ pluggable strategies.
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.
postgres
Postgres.js is a zero-dependency PostgreSQL client for Node.js, Deno, Bun, and Cloudflare Workers built on ES6 tagged template literals.
gray-matter
Fast, dependable front-matter parser for YAML, JSON, TOML, and CoffeeScript metadata blocks
prom-client
The de facto Prometheus client library for instrumenting Node.js applications with counters, gauges, histograms, and summaries.
cookie
Basic HTTP cookie parser and serializer for HTTP servers, with zero dependencies and full RFC 6265 support.
