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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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74Health
Library npm

dotenv

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

20,536
Other
Used by 227
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
47Health
Tool npm

cross-env

Cross-platform CLI for setting environment variables in npm scripts without worrying about Windows vs POSIX syntax.

6,523
MIT
Used by 118
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
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
93Health
Library PyPI

urllib3

A powerful, user-friendly HTTP client for Python with thread-safe connection pooling, TLS verification, and retry handling.

4,058
MIT
Used by 48
68Health
Library npm

proxy-agent

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

1,161
MIT
Used by 47
62Health
Library PyPI

rich

A Python library for rendering rich text, tables, progress bars, and syntax-highlighted code in the terminal.

57,363
MIT
Used by 46
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.

49,630
MIT
Used by 46
90Health
Library npm

Prisma Client

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

47,610
Apache 2.0
Used by 46
92Health
SDK npm

@clickhouse/client

The official TypeScript client for connecting Node.js applications to ClickHouse over HTTP.

331
Apache 2.0
Used by 38
90Health
Library PyPI

websockets

Build correct, fast WebSocket servers and clients in Python with asyncio, threading, or Sans-I/O APIs.

5,717
BSD 3
Used by 29
90Health
Library PyPI

pydantic-settings

Type-safe application settings management for Python, built on Pydantic models.

1,456
MIT
Used by 27
90Health
Framework PyPI

Typer

Typer is a Python library for building CLI applications, using type hints to generate arguments, options, validation, help text, and shell completion automatically.

19,983
MIT
Used by 26
89Health
Tool npm

shadcn

Add beautifully designed, accessible UI components as owned source code via a CLI

123,770
MIT
Used by 24
98Health
Framework Composer

Laravel

The expressive, elegant PHP framework for building modern web applications

34,910
MIT
Used by 21
84Health
Library npm

http-proxy-middleware

The one-liner Node.js proxy middleware for connect, express, next.js, hono, and more.

11,126
MIT
Used by 20
63Health
Tool Composer

Laravel Tinker

A powerful REPL console for interacting with a full Laravel application from the command line

7,442
MIT
Used by 19
61Health
Library Cargo

dotenvy

A well-maintained, actively developed fork of the dotenv crate for loading .env files in Rust

1,250
MIT
Used by 19
55Health
Library Composer

Collision

Beautiful command-line error reporting for PHP apps and test suites

4,658
MIT
Used by 18
48Health
Library npm

forge

A native, pure-JavaScript implementation of TLS and PKI cryptography for building crypto-based Node.js and browser apps.

5,331
Other
Used by 17
91Health
Library PyPI

Celery

Distributed task queue for running asynchronous jobs, scheduled work, and complex workflows across Python applications at scale.

28,883
BSD 3
Used by 16
84Health
Library npm

got

Human-friendly and powerful HTTP request library for Node.js, with retries, streams, pagination, and RFC 7234 caching built in.

14,940
MIT
Used by 15
62Health
Library npm

dotenv-expand

Expands variable references, command substitution, and encrypted values in dotenv-parsed .env files.

1,057
BSD 3
Used by 14

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