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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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83Health
Library npm

ws

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

22,804
MIT
Used by 116
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
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
95Health
Library npm

Socket.IO

Bidirectional, low-latency, event-based realtime communication for Node.js and the browser.

63,200
MIT
Used by 39
51Health
Library Go

websocket

A fast, RFC 6455-compliant WebSocket implementation for Go with full control over framing, compression, and concurrency.

24,870
Other
Used by 39
96Health
SDK npm

@slack/web-api

Slack's official Node.js HTTP client for calling any of the 270+ Web API methods, with built-in queuing, retries, pagination, and rate-limit handling.

3,378
MIT
Used by 38
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
56Health
Library Cargo

tokio-tungstenite

Asynchronous, Tokio-native WebSocket streams built on tungstenite

2,507
MIT
Used by 25
87Health
Library npm

sql-formatter

A JavaScript/TypeScript library and CLI that pretty-prints SQL queries across 20+ dialects with configurable style options.

2,890
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
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
93Health
Library Composer

Doctrine DBAL

A PHP database abstraction layer with a fluent query builder and schema introspection across major RDBMS engines

9,708
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
96Health
SDK PyPI

Slack SDK for Python

The official Python SDK for building apps, bots, and integrations on the Slack Platform.

4,012
MIT
Used by 13
57Health
Library npm

Socket.IO Redis Adapter

Scale Socket.IO across multiple server instances by broadcasting events through Redis

2,767
MIT
Used by 12
42Health
Library npm

GSAP

The industry-standard JavaScript animation library for tweening CSS, SVG, canvas, and UI with rock-solid cross-browser reliability.

28,405
Other
Used by 11
70Health
Library npm

partysocket

A drop-in, auto-reconnecting WebSocket client with message buffering and React hooks

1,263
MIT
Used by 10
70Health
Library PyPI

websocket-client

A low-level, dependency-free WebSocket client for Python supporting both synchronous and event-driven connections.

3,707
Apache 2.0
Used by 9
79Health
Library PyPI

python-socketio

Python implementation of the Socket.IO realtime protocol for both servers and clients.

4,369
MIT
Used by 8

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