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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cron-parser
Parse, validate, and iterate cron expressions in Node.js with full timezone and DST support.
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.
debug
A tiny, zero-config JavaScript debugging utility with namespaced, color-coded output for Node.js and the browser.
helmet
Secure Node and Express apps by setting protective HTTP response headers with a single line of middleware.
superjson
Serialize JavaScript to a superset of JSON that keeps Dates, Maps, Sets, BigInts, and more intact.
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.
jQuery
A fast, small, feature-rich JavaScript library for DOM traversal, event handling, animation, and Ajax with a concise, chainable API.
mocha
The classic, battle-tested JavaScript test framework for Node.js and the browser, built around flexible async testing and pluggable reporters.
express-rate-limit
Basic IP rate-limiting middleware for Express to throttle repeated requests and protect public APIs and sensitive endpoints.
three.js
The cross-browser JavaScript 3D library that renders scenes through WebGL and WebGPU behind one unified, node-based shading API.
Inquirer.js
Interactive command-line prompts for Node.js — lists, checkboxes, confirms, and more with a single async API.
knex
A flexible, portable SQL query builder for Node.js supporting PostgreSQL, MySQL, CockroachDB, SQL Server, SQLite3, and Oracle.
csv-parse
A flexible, dependency-free CSV parser for Node.js and the browser with stream, callback, and sync APIs.
ignore
A pure JavaScript manager, filter, and parser for .gitignore-style rules, built exactly to the gitignore spec.
ts-morph
Navigate and manipulate TypeScript code with a friendlier compiler API wrapper
supabase-js
The official isomorphic JavaScript SDK for Supabase — database, auth, realtime, storage, and edge functions in one client.
react-textarea-autosize
A drop-in <textarea> replacement for React that automatically grows and shrinks to fit its content.
