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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.

5929 packages

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64Health
Library npm

Chalk

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

23,315
MIT
Used by 98
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
90Health
Library npm

xterm.js

A fast, self-contained TypeScript library for embedding fully-featured terminals in the browser.

21,173
MIT
Used by 57
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
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
90Health
Library npm

Prisma Client

Auto-generated, type-safe database client for Node.js and TypeScript.

47,610
Apache 2.0
Used by 46
59Health
Library npm

ora

An elegant, dependency-light terminal spinner for Node.js command-line apps and scripts.

9,747
MIT
Used by 42
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
89Health
Library PyPI

tqdm

A fast, extensible progress bar for Python loops and CLI pipelines, with negligible overhead.

31,335
Other
Used by 37
41Health
Library npm

strip-ansi

Strips ANSI escape codes from strings — the small, fast utility Node.js later built directly into its own core API.

498
MIT
Used by 31
40Health
Library npm

picocolors

The tiniest, fastest zero-dependency library for ANSI terminal color formatting in Node.js.

1,751
Other
Used by 24
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
42Health
Library npm

electron-log

Zero-dependency logging for Electron, Node.js, and NW.js apps with file, console, and remote transports.

1,473
MIT
Used by 20
55Health
Library Composer

Collision

Beautiful command-line error reporting for PHP apps and test suites

4,658
MIT
Used by 18
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
44Health
Library npm

react-device-detect

Detect device, browser, and OS type in React and conditionally render views accordingly

2,920
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
42Health
Library npm

GSAP

The industry-standard JavaScript animation library for tweening CSS, SVG, canvas, and UI with rock-solid cross-browser reliability.

28,405
Other
Used by 11
88Health
Framework Composer

Symfony Console

The PHP framework component for building beautiful, testable command-line applications

9,812
MIT
Used by 8
72Health
Library Cargo

console

A Rust library for terminal and console abstraction: colors, styles, cursor control, and terminal size detection

1,194
MIT
Used by 8
55Health
SDK npm

msgraph-sdk-javascript

Official Microsoft Graph JavaScript SDK for calling the Graph API from Node.js and the browser.

833
MIT
Used by 8
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

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