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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

postcss

A CSS transformation engine that parses styles into an AST, letting JS plugins lint, prefix, and rewrite CSS — the foundation beneath Autoprefixer, Tailwind, and 200+ other tools.

28,972
MIT
Used by 277
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
92Health
Tool npm

Sass

The reference Dart implementation of Sass, the mature CSS preprocessor that compiles SCSS and indented syntax to standards-compliant CSS.

4,219
MIT
Used by 108
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
74Health
Library npm

open

Cross-platform Node.js library that opens URLs, files, and executables in the user's default or a specified app.

3,505
MIT
Used by 47
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
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
50Health
Library npm

image-size

Fast, zero-dependency Node.js library that reads image width and height straight from file or buffer headers.

2,229
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
67Health
Tool npm

less-loader

Webpack loader that compiles Less stylesheets into CSS

960
MIT
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
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
54Health
Library npm

node-sass

Node.js bindings to LibSass, the fast C/C++ implementation of Sass, for compiling SCSS and indented-syntax stylesheets to CSS.

8,451
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
74Health
Library npm

http-cookie-agent

Adds tough-cookie-based cookie jar support to Node.js global fetch, undici, axios, node-fetch, and other HTTP clients.

53
MIT
Used by 3

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