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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Chalk
The most popular Node.js library for styling terminal string output with ANSI colors.
Commander.js
The complete, battle-tested framework for building Node.js command-line interfaces.
undici
A fast, spec-compliant HTTP/1.1 client for Node.js, built from scratch with zero runtime dependencies
urllib3
A powerful, user-friendly HTTP client for Python with thread-safe connection pooling, TLS verification, and retry handling.
open
Cross-platform Node.js library that opens URLs, files, and executables in the user's default or a specified app.
proxy-agent
Maps HTTP, HTTPS, SOCKS, and PAC proxy protocols to the correct Node.js http.Agent implementation automatically.
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.
yargs
The modern, pirate-themed command-line argument parser and command framework for Node.js
@clickhouse/client
The official TypeScript client for connecting Node.js applications to ClickHouse over HTTP.
strip-ansi
Strips ANSI escape codes from strings — the small, fast utility Node.js later built directly into its own core API.
query-string
Parse and stringify URL query strings in JavaScript with flexible array, number, and boolean handling.
http-proxy-middleware
The one-liner Node.js proxy middleware for connect, express, next.js, hono, and more.
slugify
Slugify a string with accurate Unicode transliteration for URLs, filenames, and IDs.
forge
A native, pure-JavaScript implementation of TLS and PKI cryptography for building crypto-based Node.js and browser apps.
got
Human-friendly and powerful HTTP request library for Node.js, with retries, streams, pagination, and RFC 7234 caching built in.
colored
The simplest way to add ANSI colors and styles to terminal strings in Rust.
Echo
A minimalist, high-performance Go web framework with a radix-tree router, built-in middleware chain, and first-class HTTP/2 support.
Strum
Derive macros and traits that make Rust enums easier to convert to and from strings
he
A robust, spec-compliant HTML entity encoder and decoder for JavaScript with full Unicode support.
lz-string
Fast, dependency-free LZ-based string compression for JavaScript and TypeScript
fastest-levenshtein
The fastest JavaScript/TypeScript implementation of Levenshtein edit distance
@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.
oclif Core
The Node.js framework that powers Salesforce CLI and Heroku CLI, providing flag parsing, help generation, and a plugin system for building CLIs.
mdast-util-to-string
Get the plain-text content of any mdast node in a single function call.
