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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.

5929 packages

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64Health
Library npm

Chalk

The most popular Node.js library for styling terminal string output with ANSI colors.

23,315
MIT
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
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
74Health
Library npm

open

Cross-platform Node.js library that opens URLs, files, and executables in the user's default or a specified app.

3,505
MIT
Used by 47
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
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
79Health
Framework npm

yargs

The modern, pirate-themed command-line argument parser and command framework for Node.js

11,504
MIT
Used by 42
91Health
Library npm

BullMQ

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

9,396
MIT
Used by 41
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
92Health
Framework Composer

PHPUnit

The de facto standard, programmer-oriented unit testing framework for PHP.

20,055
BSD 3
Used by 34
93Health
Library Composer

Guzzle

An extensible PHP HTTP client for sending requests and integrating with web services

23,455
MIT
Used by 31
41Health
Library npm

strip-ansi

Strips ANSI escape codes from strings — the small, fast utility Node.js later built directly into its own core API.

498
MIT
Used by 31
69Health
Library npm

query-string

Parse and stringify URL query strings in JavaScript with flexible array, number, and boolean handling.

6,906
MIT
Used by 27
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
Library npm

slugify

Slugify a string with accurate Unicode transliteration for URLs, filenames, and IDs.

2,703
MIT
Used by 20
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
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
43Health
Library Cargo

colored

The simplest way to add ANSI colors and styles to terminal strings in Rust.

2,036
MPL-2.0
Used by 14
58Health
SDK Composer

league/flysystem-aws-s3-v3

The official AWS S3 v3 SDK adapter for PHP Flysystem's unified filesystem API.

1,657
MIT
Used by 14
91Health
Framework Go

Echo

A minimalist, high-performance Go web framework with a radix-tree router, built-in middleware chain, and first-class HTTP/2 support.

32,705
MIT
Used by 13

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