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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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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
88Health
Library PyPI

Click

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

17,770
BSD 3
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
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
90Health
Tool PyPI

Ruff

An extremely fast Python linter and code formatter, written in Rust, built as a drop-in replacement for Flake8, Black, isort, and dozens of plugins.

49,811
MIT
Used by 46
91Health
Library npm

Prisma Client

Auto-generated, type-safe database client for Node.js and TypeScript.

47,678
Apache 2.0
Used by 46
55Health
Library npm

reflect-metadata

A polyfill for the Metadata Reflection API that powers decorator metadata in TypeScript and JavaScript.

3,361
Apache 2.0
Used by 46
53Health
Library PyPI

Jinja

A fast, expressive, and extensible templating engine for Python.

11,789
BSD 3
Used by 45
82Health
Library npm

react-hotkeys-hook

A lightweight React hook for wiring up keyboard shortcuts in components declaratively.

3,503
MIT
Used by 45
86Health
Library PyPI

PyJWT

A Python implementation of RFC 7519 for encoding, decoding, and verifying JSON Web Tokens.

5,706
MIT
Used by 44
48Health
Library npm

unified

Parse, inspect, transform, and serialize content through syntax-tree plugins.

5,036
MIT
Used by 44
76Health
Library npm

file-type

Detect the file type of a buffer, stream, or file by reading its magic number.

4,325
MIT
Used by 44
90Health
Library npm

Inquirer.js

Interactive command-line prompts for Node.js — lists, checkboxes, confirms, and more with a single async API.

21,630
MIT
Used by 43
93Health
Library PyPI

SQLAlchemy

The Python SQL toolkit and Object Relational Mapper that gives developers the full power and flexibility of SQL.

12,189
MIT
Used by 43
77Health
Library npm

execa

A modern process-execution library for Node.js with template-string syntax and zero shell-injection risk.

7,609
MIT
Used by 43
72Health
Library PyPI

psycopg2

The most popular PostgreSQL database adapter for Python, implementing the full DB API 2.0 specification.

3,656
Other
Used by 42
44Health
Library npm

buffer

The Node.js Buffer API, reimplemented for the browser on top of Uint8Array.

1,891
MIT
Used by 42
84Health
Library PyPI

psutil

Cross-platform Python library for retrieving process and system utilization data.

11,284
BSD 3
Used by 41
91Health
Library npm

BullMQ

Fast, reliable Redis-based message queue and background job processing for Node.js and TypeScript.

9,442
MIT
Used by 41
46Health
Tool npm

npm-run-all

A cross-platform CLI that runs multiple npm-scripts in parallel or in sequence, replacing fragile shell operators like && with Windows-safe orchestration.

5,834
MIT
Used by 41

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