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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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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
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
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
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
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
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
66Health
Library Cargo

url

A WHATWG-standard-compliant URL parser and manipulation library for Rust.

1,576
Apache 2.0
Used by 62
81Health
Library npm

PapaParse

The fastest in-browser CSV parser for JavaScript, with streaming, Web Workers, and zero dependencies

13,568
MIT
Used by 61
90Health
Library Cargo

Clap

The most widely used command-line argument parser for Rust, with both derive and builder APIs.

16,707
Other
Used by 56
90Health
Tool npm

SWC

Rust-based JavaScript/TypeScript compiler, a drop-in super-fast alternative to Babel

34,191
Apache 2.0
Used by 55
79Health
Library npm

markdown-it

A fast, pluggable CommonMark-compliant Markdown parser and renderer for JavaScript, safe by default.

21,901
MIT
Used by 52
75Health
Library npm

qs

A battle-tested querystring parser and serializer for Node.js with nested object support and built-in security limits.

8,940
BSD 3
Used by 49
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

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