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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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91Health
Tool npm

prettier

An opinionated code formatter that enforces consistent style across every language your project speaks.

52,263
MIT
Used by 310
74Health
Library npm

dotenv

Loads environment variables from a .env file into process.env for Node.js apps.

20,536
Other
Used by 227
68Health
Library npm

date-fns

Modern JavaScript date utility library with 200+ pure, immutable functions

36,648
MIT
Used by 202
93Health
Library npm

jsdom

A pure-JavaScript implementation of the WHATWG DOM and HTML standards for Node.js.

21,681
MIT
Used by 199
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
86Health
Framework npm

Express

The fast, unopinionated, minimalist web framework for Node.js

69,454
MIT
Used by 158
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
94Health
SDK npm

AWS SDK for JavaScript (S3 Client)

The official modular AWS SDK v3 client for Amazon S3, with TypeScript-first APIs and streaming support.

3,666
Apache 2.0
Used by 129
83Health
Library npm

ws

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

22,804
MIT
Used by 116
75Health
Library Cargo

serde_json

The de facto standard JSON library for Rust, built on the Serde serialization framework

5,636
Apache 2.0
Used by 111
89Health
Library npm

sharp

High-performance Node.js image processing powered by libvips, built for fast resizing and format conversion.

32,677
Apache 2.0
Used by 109
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
79Health
Tool npm

concurrently

Run multiple terminal commands in parallel, with color-coded output and cross-platform support.

7,848
MIT
Used by 103
64Health
Library npm

Chalk

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

23,315
MIT
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
96Health
Library npm

OpenTelemetry JavaScript (@opentelemetry/api)

Vendor-neutral tracing, metrics, and context API that libraries and apps instrument once, so any OpenTelemetry-compatible backend can consume it.

3,467
Apache 2.0
Used by 91
42Health
Library npm

rimraf

Cross-platform recursive file and directory removal for Node.js, modeled on the UNIX `rm -rf` command.

5,848
Other
Used by 87
95Health
SDK npm

OpenAI

The official Node.js/TypeScript client for the OpenAI API, auto-generated from OpenAI's own OpenAPI spec.

11,174
Apache 2.0
Used by 86
56Health
Library npm

fs-extra

Drop-in replacement for Node's fs module adding copy, remove, mkdirs, and JSON helpers with native promise support.

9,589
MIT
Used by 84
93Health
Library npm

ioredis

A robust, full-featured Redis client for Node.js with built-in Cluster, Sentinel, and TypeScript support.

15,339
MIT
Used by 81
51Health
Library npm

cors

Node.js CORS middleware for Express and Connect that sets standards-compliant headers to control cross-origin browser access.

6,194
MIT
Used by 79
90Health
Framework PyPI

FastAPI

A modern, high-performance Python web framework for building APIs with automatic validation, serialization, and interactive docs.

102,333
MIT
Used by 76
94Health
Tool npm

webpack-cli

The official command-line interface for webpack, adding build, watch, serve, and config-validation commands to any project.

2,616
MIT
Used by 72

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