Directory

Open Source Packages

Libraries, frameworks, tools, and SDKs used by the apps in this directory — scored the same way as the apps themselves.

5929 packages

All Packages

91Health
Tool npm

prettier

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

52,316
MIT
Used by 310
78Health
Library npm

dotenv

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

20,543
Other
Used by 227
78Health
Library npm

date-fns

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

36,647
MIT
Used by 202
89Health
Library npm

jsdom

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

21,692
MIT
Used by 200
94Health
Library npm

Axios

Promise-based HTTP client for the browser and Node.js with interceptors, automatic transforms, and cancellation

109,216
MIT
Used by 190
85Health
Framework npm

Express

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

69,493
MIT
Used by 158
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.

3,668
Apache 2.0
Used by 129
90Health
SDK npm

MCP TypeScript SDK

The official TypeScript SDK for building Model Context Protocol servers and clients.

13,477
MIT
Used by 118
84Health
Library npm

ws

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

22,807
MIT
Used by 116
72Health
Library Cargo

serde_json

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

5,638
Apache 2.0
Used by 113
81Health
Library PyPI

Requests

The elegant, human-friendly HTTP library that made Python's most-used API for talking to the web.

54,353
Apache 2.0
Used by 112
82Health
Library npm

i18next

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

8,637
MIT
Used by 110
90Health
Library npm

sharp

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

32,726
Apache 2.0
Used by 109
76Health
Library Cargo

serde

A generic framework for serializing and deserializing Rust data structures efficiently and safely.

10,838
Other
Used by 109
93Health
Library PyPI

Pydantic

Data validation and settings management using Python type hints, backed by a Rust core.

28,891
MIT
Used by 104
96Health
Framework PyPI

pytest

The Python testing framework that makes writing small tests easy and scales to complex functional test suites.

14,543
MIT
Used by 100
95Health
Framework Cargo

Tokio

The async runtime powering most of Rust's networked, concurrent, and I/O-bound applications.

33,257
MIT
Used by 96
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.

3,479
Apache 2.0
Used by 91
56Health
Library PyPI

HTTPX

A next-generation HTTP client for Python with sync, async, and HTTP/2 support

15,517
BSD 3
Used by 86
95Health
SDK npm

OpenAI

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

11,192
Apache 2.0
Used by 86
64Health
Library npm

fs-extra

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

9,590
MIT
Used by 84
91Health
Tool PyPI

Uvicorn

A lightning-fast ASGI server for Python, built on uvloop and httptools.

10,993
BSD 3
Used by 83
95Health
Library PyPI

NumPy

The fundamental N-dimensional array library powering Python's scientific computing stack.

32,864
BSD 3
Used by 82
92Health
Library npm

ioredis

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

15,343
MIT
Used by 81

Join founders buildingwith open source

Opinionated takes, migration guides, cost-saving tips, and insights from the open source ecosystem.

Subscribe on Substack
Join 750+ subscribers