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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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91Health
Tool npm

prettier

An opinionated code formatter that enforces consistent style across every language your project speaks.

52,263
MIT
Used by 310
92Health
Library npm

postcss

A CSS transformation engine that parses styles into an AST, letting JS plugins lint, prefix, and rewrite CSS — the foundation beneath Autoprefixer, Tailwind, and 200+ other tools.

28,972
MIT
Used by 277
94Health
Tool npm

typescript-eslint

The official meta-package bundling the TypeScript ESLint parser, plugin, and rule presets behind a single typed config() helper.

16,391
MIT
Used by 260
74Health
Library npm

dotenv

Loads environment variables from a .env file into process.env for Node.js apps.

20,536
Other
Used by 227
95Health
Library npm

Axios

Promise-based HTTP client for the browser and Node.js with interceptors, automatic transforms, and cancellation

109,212
MIT
Used by 190
86Health
Tool npm

tsx

A drop-in replacement for the node CLI that runs TypeScript and ESM files instantly, powered by esbuild.

12,141
MIT
Used by 177
96Health
Framework npm

Next.js

The React framework for production: file-based routing, server rendering, and Rust-powered builds.

142,310
MIT
Used by 154
52Health
Tool npm

ts-node

TypeScript execution engine and REPL for Node.js that runs .ts files directly, without a separate compile step.

13,124
MIT
Used by 122
83Health
Library npm

ws

A simple, blazing-fast, thoroughly tested WebSocket client and server library for Node.js.

22,804
MIT
Used by 116
95Health
Library npm

Marked

A fast, low-level Markdown compiler that parses CommonMark and GFM into HTML in Node.js, browsers, or the CLI.

37,141
MIT
Used by 112
75Health
Library Cargo

serde_json

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

5,636
Apache 2.0
Used by 111
95Health
SDK npm

Sentry JavaScript (@sentry/browser)

The official Sentry SDK for capturing errors, performance traces, and session replays in browser JavaScript apps.

8,742
MIT
Used by 110
73Health
Library Go

testify

The essential Go toolkit for assertions, mocks, and structured test suites.

26,203
MIT
Used by 102
82Health
Library npm

js-yaml

A fast, complete YAML 1.2 and 1.1 parser and serializer for JavaScript.

6,630
MIT
Used by 101
90Health
Library npm

yaml

A definitive TypeScript parser and stringifier for YAML, supporting 1.1 and 1.2 with comment and CST access.

1,691
Other
Used by 98
63Health
Framework npm

Commander.js

The complete, battle-tested framework for building Node.js command-line interfaces.

28,391
MIT
Used by 94
56Health
Library npm

fs-extra

Drop-in replacement for Node's fs module adding copy, remove, mkdirs, and JSON helpers with native promise support.

9,589
MIT
Used by 84
90Health
Framework PyPI

FastAPI

A modern, high-performance Python web framework for building APIs with automatic validation, serialization, and interactive docs.

102,333
MIT
Used by 76
90Health
Tool npm

Oxlint

Rust-based JavaScript/TypeScript linter that runs 50-100x faster than ESLint, with zero configuration required.

22,741
MIT
Used by 70
60Health
Library npm

diff

A battle-tested JavaScript library for computing and applying text diffs at the character, word, line, sentence, CSS, or JSON level.

9,207
BSD 3
Used by 70
92Health
Library npm

undici

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

7,695
MIT
Used by 70
83Health
Library npm

Pino

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

18,194
MIT
Used by 67
89Health
Library npm

jose

Zero-dependency JWT, JWS, JWE, and JWK toolkit for Node.js, browsers, and edge runtimes.

7,792
MIT
Used by 66
55Health
Framework Go

Cobra

The commander library that powers Kubernetes, Hugo, and GitHub CLI's command-line interfaces.

44,603
Apache 2.0
Used by 62

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