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85Health
Library npm

i18next

The internationalization framework for JavaScript, with zero runtime dependencies and a pluggable ecosystem for every environment.

8,633
MIT
Used by 109
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
90Health
Framework npm

Hono

A small, ultrafast web framework built on Web Standards that runs identically everywhere.

32,186
MIT
Used by 60
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
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
89Health
Library npm

@hono/zod-validator

Type-safe request validation middleware for Hono, powered by Zod schemas.

992
MIT
Used by 34
66Health
Library npm

postgres

Postgres.js is a zero-dependency PostgreSQL client for Node.js, Deno, Bun, and Cloudflare Workers built on ES6 tagged template literals.

8,725
Other
Used by 31
63Health
Library npm

i18next-http-backend

An i18next backend plugin that loads translation resources over HTTP using fetch or XMLHttpRequest, for Node.js, browsers, and Deno.

525
MIT
Used by 25
92Health
Library npm

openid-client

Certified OAuth 2 and OpenID Connect client for every modern JavaScript runtime.

2,410
MIT
Used by 24
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
59Health
Library npm

Croner

A zero-dependency cron job scheduler and cron-expression evaluator for JavaScript and TypeScript

2,591
MIT
Used by 19
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
83Health
Library npm

SimpleWebAuthn Browser

Browser-side WebAuthn client for passkey registration, authentication, and feature detection in web apps.

2,345
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
69Health
Library npm

OTPAuth

HOTP and TOTP one-time password library for Node.js, Deno, Bun, and browsers

1,476
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
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
87Health
Library PyPI

confluent-kafka-python

High-performance Python client for Apache Kafka, built on librdkafka with Producer, Consumer, AdminClient, and Schema Registry support.

509
Apache 2.0
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

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