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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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64Health
Library npm

Chalk

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

23,315
MIT
Used by 98
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
90Health
Library npm

xterm.js

A fast, self-contained TypeScript library for embedding fully-featured terminals in the browser.

21,173
MIT
Used by 57
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
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
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
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
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
72Health
Library PyPI

wcwidth

Measures the displayed width of Unicode strings in a terminal, so CLI/TUI output lines up correctly across CJK, emoji, and combining characters.

465
MIT
Used by 5
85Health
SDK PyPI

notion-client

A simple, fully-featured Python client for the official Notion API, with sync and async support.

2,182
MIT
Used by 4
42Health
Library npm

request-promise

A Bluebird-powered Promise wrapper around the request HTTP client for Node.js — deprecated since 2020 along with request itself.

4,714
Other
Used by 3
33Health
Library npm

ansi-colors

Fast, zero-dependency ANSI color and style helpers for terminal text

454
MIT
Used by 3
57Health
Library npm

wrap-ansi

Word-wraps strings containing ANSI escape codes without breaking color, style, or hyperlink sequences.

140
MIT
Used by 3

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