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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open
Cross-platform Node.js library that opens URLs, files, and executables in the user's default or a specified app.
execa
A modern process-execution library for Node.js with template-string syntax and zero shell-injection risk.
ssh2
Pure-JavaScript SSH2 client and server library for Node.js, with SFTP, exec, shell, and port forwarding support.
cross-spawn
A cross-platform drop-in replacement for Node's spawn and spawnSync that fixes Windows-only child_process bugs.
tinyexec
A tiny, higher-level interface around Node's child_process for running commands without the boilerplate.
portalocker
Cross-platform file locking for Python, with Redis-backed distributed locks built in.
is-valid-path
Lightweight utility that checks whether a string is a valid, non-glob file path in Node.js.
promisify-child-process
Drop-in async/await wrappers for Node's spawn, exec, fork, and execFile that stay real ChildProcess instances.
yesql
Loads named SQL statements from .sql files and turns named parameters into positional placeholders for PostgreSQL and MySQL prepared statements.