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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

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
75Health
Library npm

file-type

Detect the file type of a buffer, stream, or file by reading its magic number.

4,326
MIT
Used by 44
75Health
Library npm

execa

A modern process-execution library for Node.js with template-string syntax and zero shell-injection risk.

7,602
MIT
Used by 43
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
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
75Health
Library npm

js-base64

Pure-JavaScript Base64 encoder/decoder with full Unicode and URL-safe support

4,361
BSD 3
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
37Health
Library Cargo

bincode

A compact, zero-fluff binary encoder and decoder for turning Rust structs into space-efficient byte streams.

3,060
MIT
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
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
71Health
Library npm

JSONPath

A JavaScript library for querying, transforming, and extracting data from JSON documents using an extended JSONPath syntax.

1,158
MIT
Used by 13
40Health
Library Cargo

byteorder

A lightweight Rust library for reading and writing numbers in big-endian and little-endian order

1,096
Other
Used by 8
69Health
Tool npm

@vitejs/plugin-basic-ssl

A Vite plugin that generates a self-signed certificate so your dev and preview servers can run over HTTPS with zero setup.

516
MIT
Used by 8
55Health
Library npm

superagent

A small, progressive HTTP request library for Node.js and browsers with a single fluent, chainable API on both platforms.

16,637
MIT
Used by 7
72Health
Library Cargo

ureq

A simple, safe, blocking HTTP client for Rust with minimal dependencies.

2,190
Apache 2.0
Used by 7
50Health
Library npm

follow-redirects

A drop-in replacement for Node's http and https modules that transparently follows redirects with zero runtime dependencies.

580
MIT
Used by 7
74Health
Library Go

certmagic

Automatic HTTPS for Go programs — the production-grade ACME client library that powers Caddy, obtaining and renewing TLS certificates with zero manual cert management.

5,598
Apache 2.0
Used by 6
45Health
Library npm

ffmpeg-static

Resolve static ffmpeg and ffprobe binary paths for macOS, Linux, and Windows in Node.js — no system install required.

1,392
GPL 3.0
Used by 6
37Health
Library npm

jmespath.js

Query and transform JSON data in JavaScript with a single declarative expression string

847
Apache 2.0
Used by 6
43Health
Library Go

gock

Versatile HTTP traffic mocking for Go, intercepting any net/http-based client for deterministic tests.

2,217
MIT
Used by 5
52Health
SDK npm

@neondatabase/serverless

Neon's serverless PostgreSQL driver for JavaScript and TypeScript, built for edge and serverless runtimes using HTTP and WebSockets instead of raw TCP.

548
MIT
Used by 5
53Health
Library Go

filetype

Fast, dependency-free Go library that detects file and MIME types from magic number signatures.

2,299
MIT
Used by 4

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