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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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86Health
Framework npm

Express

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

69,454
MIT
Used by 158
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
Framework npm

Hono

A small, ultrafast web framework built on Web Standards that runs identically everywhere.

32,186
MIT
Used by 60
94Health
Tool npm

electron-builder

A complete solution to package and build ready-to-distribute Electron apps for macOS, Windows, and Linux with auto-update support out of the box.

14,661
MIT
Used by 56
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
74Health
Library npm

open

Cross-platform Node.js library that opens URLs, files, and executables in the user's default or a specified app.

3,505
MIT
Used by 47
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
62Health
Library npm

Handlebars.js

A logic-less, extensible templating engine built on Mustache syntax with helpers, partials, and precompilation.

18,673
MIT
Used by 44
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
38Health
Library npm

gray-matter

Fast, dependable front-matter parser for YAML, JSON, TOML, and CoffeeScript metadata blocks

4,490
MIT
Used by 31
53Health
Library npm

Mustache.js

Logic-less {{mustache}} templates for JavaScript, running anywhere JS runs.

16,722
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
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
44Health
Library npm

electron-store

Simple, encrypted JSON persistence for your Electron app — save user settings, window state, and cache across the main and renderer processes.

5,019
MIT
Used by 15
48Health
Library Go

Sprig

Over 100 template functions for Go's text/template and html/template, covering strings, lists, dicts, dates, math, crypto, and semver comparisons.

4,742
MIT
Used by 15
63Health
Library npm

ejs

Embedded JavaScript templates for rendering HTML with plain JS control flow

8,125
Apache 2.0
Used by 14
73Health
Framework npm

Koa

Koa is an expressive, minimal Node.js web framework built on async functions for cleaner middleware and better error handling.

35,685
MIT
Used by 13
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
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
96Health
Library npm

Swiper

A hardware-accelerated, mobile-first touch slider for carousels, galleries, and slideshows

41,907
MIT
Used by 10
58Health
Library npm

conf

Simple, schema-validated config file persistence for Node.js apps and CLI tools

1,346
MIT
Used by 10
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

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