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92Health
Library npm

undici

A fast, spec-compliant HTTP/1.1 client for Node.js, built from scratch with zero runtime dependencies

7,705
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
85Health
Library npm

Pino

A super fast, low-overhead JSON logger for Node.js applications.

18,227
MIT
Used by 67
67Health
Library npm

JSZip

Create, read, and edit ZIP files directly in JavaScript, in the browser or Node.js.

10,386
Other
Used by 66
69Health
Library npm

Fuse.js

Lightweight, zero-dependency fuzzy-search library for JavaScript and TypeScript, in the browser or on the server.

20,491
Apache 2.0
Used by 65
92Health
Library npm

KaTeX

Fast, self-contained JavaScript library for print-quality LaTeX math rendering on the web.

20,405
MIT
Used by 65
79Health
Library npm

PapaParse

The fastest in-browser CSV parser for JavaScript, with streaming, Web Workers, and zero dependencies

13,576
MIT
Used by 61
59Health
Library npm

chokidar

Minimal and efficient cross-platform file watching for Node.js.

12,244
MIT
Used by 61
90Health
Framework npm

Hono

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

32,364
MIT
Used by 60
91Health
Library npm

Faker

Generate massive amounts of realistic fake data for testing, seeding, and mocking in JavaScript and TypeScript.

15,502
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
79Health
Library npm

Drizzle ORM

A lightweight, zero-dependency TypeScript ORM with full SQL-like query flexibility

35,907
Apache 2.0
Used by 57
89Health
Library npm

xterm.js

A fast, self-contained TypeScript library for embedding fully-featured terminals in the browser.

21,228
MIT
Used by 57
94Health
Framework npm

TanStack Router

A fully type-safe React router with built-in data loading, caching, and URL search-param validation.

15,136
MIT
Used by 57
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
81Health
Library npm

RxJS

The standard library for composing asynchronous and event-based programs using observable sequences

31,704
Apache 2.0
Used by 53
78Health
Library npm

markdown-it

A fast, pluggable CommonMark-compliant Markdown parser and renderer for JavaScript, safe by default.

21,945
MIT
Used by 52
50Health
Library npm

cookie-parser

Express middleware that parses HTTP Cookie headers into req.cookies, with support for signed and JSON-encoded cookie values.

2,030
MIT
Used by 52
82Health
Library npm

Embla Carousel React

A lightweight, dependency-free React hook for building fluid, touch-precise carousels and sliders.

8,429
MIT
Used by 51
58Health
Library npm

bcrypt.js

A zero-dependency, pure JavaScript implementation of bcrypt for hashing and verifying passwords in Node.js and the browser.

3,797
BSD 3
Used by 51
91Health
Library npm

core-js

Modular standard library and polyfills for JavaScript, from ECMAScript features to proposals and web standards.

25,536
MIT
Used by 50
74Health
Library npm

qs

A battle-tested querystring parser and serializer for Node.js with nested object support and built-in security limits.

8,943
BSD 3
Used by 49
71Health
Library npm

remark

A plugin-powered markdown processor that parses, transforms, and serializes markdown on top of unified.

9,008
MIT
Used by 48
66Health
Library npm

proxy-agent

Maps HTTP, HTTPS, SOCKS, and PAC proxy protocols to the correct Node.js http.Agent implementation automatically.

1,165
MIT
Used by 48

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