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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.

52,316
MIT
Used by 310
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
76Health
Library Cargo

serde

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

10,838
Other
Used by 109
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
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
Framework PyPI

FastAPI

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

102,676
MIT
Used by 78
82Health
Library Cargo

reqwest

An ergonomic, batteries-included HTTP client for Rust, with async and blocking APIs.

11,845
Other
Used by 72
63Health
Library npm

diff

A battle-tested JavaScript library for computing and applying text diffs at the character, word, line, sentence, CSS, or JSON level.

9,210
BSD 3
Used by 70
68Health
Library Cargo

tempfile

A secure, cross-platform Rust library for temporary files and directories that clean up automatically on drop.

1,468
Other
Used by 69
85Health
Library npm

Pino

A super fast, low-overhead JSON logger for Node.js applications.

18,227
MIT
Used by 67
66Health
Library Cargo

base64

Correct, fast, and configurable base64 encoding and decoding for Rust, with pluggable alphabets and padding.

738
Apache 2.0
Used by 66
67Health
Library Cargo

sha2

Pure Rust implementation of the SHA-2 hash function family (SHA-224/256/384/512) with hardware-accelerated backends.

2,267
Other
Used by 61
77Health
Library Cargo

regex

Rust's finite-automata regex engine with guaranteed linear-time matching and no catastrophic backtracking.

4,038
Apache 2.0
Used by 59
73Health
Library Cargo

Chrono

Timezone-aware date and time handling for Rust, with correct calendar operations and flexible strftime-style formatting.

3,913
Other
Used by 59
90Health
Tool npm

SWC

Rust-based JavaScript/TypeScript compiler, a drop-in super-fast alternative to Babel

34,208
Apache 2.0
Used by 56
90Health
Library Cargo

Clap

The most widely used command-line argument parser for Rust, with both derive and builder APIs.

16,725
Other
Used by 56
81Health
Library Cargo

uuid

Generate and parse UUIDs in Rust across every standardized version, from v1 to v8.

1,247
Other
Used by 56
58Health
Library Cargo

tracing

Structured, application-level diagnostics for async Rust programs, built around scoped spans and events.

6,892
MIT
Used by 51
60Health
Library npm

Winston

A battle-tested Node.js logging library with pluggable transports, custom formats, and multiple log levels.

24,519
MIT
Used by 50
90Health
Tool PyPI

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.

49,811
MIT
Used by 46
86Health
Library PyPI

PyJWT

A Python implementation of RFC 7519 for encoding, decoding, and verifying JSON Web Tokens.

5,706
MIT
Used by 44
76Health
Library npm

file-type

Detect the file type of a buffer, stream, or file by reading its magic number.

4,325
MIT
Used by 44
91Health
Framework Cargo

Tauri

Build tiny, fast, and secure desktop and mobile apps with a Rust backend and a web frontend.

111,435
Apache 2.0
Used by 42
44Health
Library npm

buffer

The Node.js Buffer API, reimplemented for the browser on top of Uint8Array.

1,891
MIT
Used by 42

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