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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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91Health
Library npm

Zod

TypeScript-first schema validation with static type inference and zero dependencies.

43,990
MIT
Used by 277
90Health
Framework PyPI

FastAPI

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

102,333
MIT
Used by 76
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
65Health
Library npm

Ajv

The fastest JSON Schema validator for Node.js and the browser, compiling schemas straight into executable validation code.

14,828
MIT
Used by 67
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
62Health
Library PyPI

rich

A Python library for rendering rich text, tables, progress bars, and syntax-highlighted code in the terminal.

57,363
MIT
Used by 46
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.

49,630
MIT
Used by 46
90Health
Library npm

Prisma Client

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

47,610
Apache 2.0
Used by 46
86Health
Library PyPI

typing_extensions

Backported and experimental type-hint features for Python, usable on older interpreters and ahead of the stdlib.

582
Other
Used by 45
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
45Health
Library npm

zod-to-json-schema

Converts Zod validation schemas into standard JSON Schema, ready for OpenAPI, OpenAI, and JSON Schema draft 7 consumers.

1,252
Other
Used by 30
90Health
Library PyPI

websockets

Build correct, fast WebSocket servers and clients in Python with asyncio, threading, or Sans-I/O APIs.

5,717
BSD 3
Used by 29
90Health
Framework PyPI

Typer

Typer is a Python library for building CLI applications, using type hints to generate arguments, options, validation, help text, and shell completion automatically.

19,983
MIT
Used by 26
91Health
Library PyPI

jsonschema

The reference implementation of JSON Schema validation for Python, supporting every draft from 3 to 2020-12.

4,980
MIT
Used by 26
91Health
Framework npm

Fastify

A fast and low-overhead web framework for Node.js, built around schema-based validation and a plugin architecture

37,137
MIT
Used by 25
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
91Health
Library npm

Effect

A TypeScript library and ecosystem for building robust, type-safe, concurrent applications with a full functional effect system

16,037
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
91Health
Library PyPI

Celery

Distributed task queue for running asynchronous jobs, scheduled work, and complex workflows across Python applications at scale.

28,883
BSD 3
Used by 16
92Health
Library npm

Protobuf-ES

A conformance-tested, ESM-first Protocol Buffers runtime and code generator for modern JavaScript and TypeScript.

1,662
Apache 2.0
Used by 16
95Health
Library npm

Mongoose

Schema-based MongoDB object modeling for Node.js, with built-in validation, middleware hooks, and typed models.

27,468
MIT
Used by 15
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
87Health
Library npm

Valibot

Modular, type-safe schema validation library with bundle sizes starting under 1KB

9,002
MIT
Used by 15

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