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80Health
Library npm

node-postgres

Non-blocking PostgreSQL client for Node.js with pure JavaScript and native libpq bindings.

13,205
MIT
Used by 120
56Health
Library npm

fs-extra

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

9,589
MIT
Used by 84
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
74Health
Library npm

Drizzle ORM

A lightweight, zero-dependency TypeScript ORM with full SQL-like query flexibility

35,767
Apache 2.0
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
67Health
Tool npm

prisma-cli

The unified Prisma CLI — one binary for ORM migrations, Composer apps, and the Prisma Developer Platform.

21
Apache 2.0
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
72Health
Library PyPI

psycopg2

The most popular PostgreSQL database adapter for Python, implementing the full DB API 2.0 specification.

3,654
Other
Used by 42
81Health
Library npm

better-sqlite3

The fastest and simplest SQLite3 library for Node.js, with a synchronous API and full transaction support.

7,484
MIT
Used by 40
95Health
SDK PyPI

redis-py

The official Python client for Redis, with sync, asyncio, cluster, and Sentinel support.

13,640
MIT
Used by 39
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
82Health
Library Go

Go-MySQL-Driver

A pure Go implementation of the MySQL wire protocol, used as the database/sql driver for MySQL, MariaDB, and TiDB.

15,282
MPL-2.0
Used by 33
94Health
Library npm

node-mongodb-native

The official MongoDB driver for Node.js: a typed, promise-based client for connecting to and querying MongoDB from JavaScript and TypeScript.

10,177
Apache 2.0
Used by 31
66Health
Library npm

postgres

Postgres.js is a zero-dependency PostgreSQL client for Node.js, Deno, Bun, and Cloudflare Workers built on ES6 tagged template literals.

8,725
Other
Used by 31
66Health
Library npm

knex

A flexible, portable SQL query builder for Node.js supporting PostgreSQL, MySQL, CockroachDB, SQL Server, SQLite3, and Oracle.

20,341
MIT
Used by 29
82Health
Library PyPI

Psycopg

The modern PostgreSQL adapter for Python, with native async and pipeline support

2,493
Other
Used by 29
95Health
SDK npm

supabase-js

The official isomorphic JavaScript SDK for Supabase — database, auth, realtime, storage, and edge functions in one client.

4,562
MIT
Used by 28
52Health
Library PyPI

asyncpg

A fast PostgreSQL database client library for Python built directly on asyncio, implementing the PostgreSQL binary wire protocol natively for high-throughput async applications.

8,088
Apache 2.0
Used by 26
89Health
Library Cargo

rusqlite

An ergonomic, safe Rust wrapper around SQLite with typed rows and prepared statement caching.

4,396
MIT
Used by 21
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
95Health
Library Go

clickhouse-go

The official Go driver for ClickHouse, pairing a fast native protocol client with full database/sql compatibility.

3,343
Apache 2.0
Used by 19
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
88Health
Library npm

TypeORM

A TypeScript/JavaScript ORM supporting both Active Record and Data Mapper, across more databases than any other JS ORM

36,653
MIT
Used by 16

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