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adonisjs/core

AdonisJS is a TypeScript-first web framework for building web apps and API servers. It comes with support for testing, modern tooling, an ecosystem of official packages, and more.

Stack

TypeScript npm

GitHub topics

#core #framework #mvc-framework #nodejs #nodejs-framework #typescript

Updated: 2026-10-08
Lists: 2 list mentions
First commit: 2015-10-12
History: 8 history points
License: MIT
Issues: 12 open

19,141

stars

Forks: 670
Commits: 2,559 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: 0 0.0%
Commit velocity, last 7 days: 0 0.0%

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uNetworking/uWebSockets

Simple, secure & standards compliant web server for the most demanding of applications

Stack

C++

GitHub topics

#commercial #cross-platform #http #proxy-protocol #pubsub #router

Updated: 2026-10-05
Lists: 2 list mentions
First commit: 2018-05-06
History: 1 history point
License: Apache-2.0
Issues: 54 open

18,999

stars

Forks: 1,869
Commits: 1,237 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: 0 0.0%
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handlebars-lang/handlebars.js

Minimal templating on steroids.

Stack

JavaScript Express Vite Bundler Composer npm

GitHub topics

#handlebars #mustache #templates

Updated: 2026-10-06
Lists: 2 list mentions
First commit: 2010-07-31
History: 8 history points
License: MIT
Issues: 114 open

18,681

stars

Forks: 2,072
Commits: 2,080 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: 0 0.0%
Commit velocity, last 7 days: 0 0.0%

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mysqljs/mysql

A pure node.js JavaScript Client implementing the MySQL protocol.

Stack

JavaScript npm

GitHub topics

#javascript #mysql #nodejs

Updated: 2024-06-25
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2012-04-13
History: 1 history point
License: MIT
Issues: 176 open

18,608

stars

Forks: 2,519
Commits: 1,378 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: 0 0.0%
Commit velocity, last 7 days: 0 0.0%

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teambit/bit

AI-powered development workspaces with reusable components, architectural clarity and zero overhead.

AI dev

Stack

TypeScript npm pnpm

GitHub topics

#ai #collaboration #component-driven #composable #composable-architecture #distributed

Updated: 2026-10-11
Lists: 4 list mentions
First commit: 2016-11-03
History: 3 history points
License: NOASSERTION
Issues: 76 open

18,495

stars

Forks: 963
Commits: 16,680 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: 0 0.0%
Commit velocity, last 7 days: 0 0.0%

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mjmlio/mjml

MJML: the only framework that makes responsive email easy

Stack

JavaScript npm Yarn

GitHub topics

#email #email-boilerplate #email-campaigns #mjml #responsive #responsive-email

Updated: 2026-10-09
Lists: 4 list mentions
First commit: 2016-01-28
History: 11 history points
License: MIT
Issues: 50 open

18,255

stars

Forks: 1,005
Commits: 2,654 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: 0 0.0%
Commit velocity, last 7 days: 0 0.0%

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pinojs/pino

🌲 super fast, all natural json logger

Stack

JavaScript npm

GitHub topics

#fast #json #logger #nodejs #pino

Updated: 2026-10-06
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2016-02-16
History: 1 history point
License: MIT
Issues: 168 open

18,239

stars

Forks: 1,006
Commits: 2,012 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: 0 0.0%
Commit velocity, last 7 days: 0 0.0%

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statsd/statsd

Daemon for easy but powerful stats aggregation

Stack

JavaScript npm

GitHub topics

#graphite #javascript #metrics #nodejs #statsd

Updated: 2025-05-20
Lists: 4 list mentions
First commit: 2010-12-30
History: 10 history points
License: MIT
Issues: 91 open

18,072

stars

Forks: 1,937
Commits: 1,040 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: 0 0.0%
Commit velocity, last 7 days: 0 0.0%

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nodemailer/nodemailer

✉️ Send e-mails with Node.JS – easy as cake!

AI dev

Stack

TypeScript npm

GitHub topics

#email #email-sender #nodemailer #rfc822

Updated: 2026-10-10
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2011-01-19
History: 1 history point
License: NOASSERTION
Issues: 2 open

17,680

stars

Forks: 1,434
Commits: 1,378 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: 0 0.0%
Commit velocity, last 7 days: 0 0.0%

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vitest-dev/vitest

Next generation testing framework powered by Vite.

AI dev

Stack

TypeScript Fastify React Vite Vue npm pnpm

GitHub topics

#test #testing-tools #vite

Updated: 2026-10-12
Lists: 2 list mentions
First commit: 2021-12-03
History: 2 history points
License: MIT
Issues: 348 open

17,205

stars

Forks: 2,075
Commits: 6,269 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: 0 0.0%
Commit velocity, last 7 days: 0 0.0%

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moment/luxon

⏱ A library for working with dates and times in JS

Stack

JavaScript npm

GitHub topics

#dates #datetime #intl #times #timezones

Updated: 2026-08-09
Lists: 2 list mentions
First commit: 2015-11-30
History: 1 history point
License: MIT
Issues: 198 open

16,453

stars

Forks: 805
Commits: 1,300 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: 0 0.0%
Commit velocity, last 7 days: 0 0.0%

Website GitHub

OptimalBits/bull

Premium Queue package for handling distributed jobs and messages in NodeJS.

Stack

JavaScript npm Yarn

GitHub topics

#job #job-queue #message #message-queue #nodejs #priority

Updated: 2026-10-03
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2013-06-27
History: 1 history point
License: NOASSERTION
Issues: 147 open

16,254

stars

Forks: 1,400
Commits: 2,219 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: 0 0.0%
Commit velocity, last 7 days: 0 0.0%

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amplication/amplication

Amplication brings order to the chaos of large-scale software development by creating Golden Paths for developers - streamlined workflows that drive consistency, enable high-quality code practices, simplify onboarding, and accelerate standardized delivery across teams.

Stack

TypeScript Express NestJS React Vite npm

GitHub topics

#api #code-generation #csharp #csharp-code #dotnet #dotnet-core

Updated: 2026-06-30
Lists: 3 list mentions
First commit: 2020-02-26
History: 6 history points
License: NOASSERTION
Issues: 665 open

16,010

stars

Forks: 1,541
Commits: 26,152 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: 0 0.0%
Commit velocity, last 7 days: 0 0.0%

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jsdoc/jsdoc

An API documentation generator for JavaScript.

Stack

JavaScript npm

GitHub topics

#api #docs #documentation #javascript #jsdoc

Updated: 2026-10-12
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2010-03-13
History: 1 history point
License: Apache-2.0
Issues: 461 open

15,467

stars

Forks: 1,495
Commits: 3,549 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: 0 0.0%
Commit velocity, last 7 days: 0 0.0%

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redis/ioredis

🚀 A robust, performance-focused, and full-featured Redis client for Node.js.

AI dev

Stack

TypeScript Express npm

GitHub topics

#nodejs #redis #redis-client #redis-cluster #redis-module #redis-sentinel

Updated: 2026-10-12
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2015-04-02
History: 1 history point
License: MIT
Issues: 183 open

15,338

stars

Forks: 1,262
Commits: 1,457 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: 0 0.0%
Commit velocity, last 7 days: 0 0.0%

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feathersjs/feathers

The API and real-time application framework

Stack

TypeScript Express Vue npm pnpm

GitHub topics

#browser #feathers #feathersjs #framework #javascript #nodejs

Updated: 2026-10-01
Lists: 2 list mentions
First commit: 2011-11-19
History: 8 history points
License: MIT
Issues: 123 open

15,255

stars

Forks: 803
Commits: 4,193 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: 0 0.0%
Commit velocity, last 7 days: 0 0.0%

Website GitHub

NodeBB/NodeBB

Node.js based forum software built for the modern web

Stack

JavaScript Express .NET SDK npm

GitHub topics

#community #forum #javascript #mongodb #node #nodebb

Updated: 2026-10-12
Lists: 3 list mentions
First commit: 2013-04-22
History: 9 history points
License: GPL-3.0
Issues: 114 open

15,234

stars

Forks: 3,006
Commits: 34,198 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: 0 0.0%
Commit velocity, last 7 days: 0 0.0%

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josdejong/mathjs

An extensive math library for JavaScript and Node.js

Stack

JavaScript Vite npm

GitHub topics

#bignumbers #complex-numbers #expression-evaluator #javascript #math #matrices

Updated: 2026-09-13
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2013-02-15
History: 1 history point
License: Apache-2.0
Issues: 228 open

15,085

stars

Forks: 1,324
Commits: 5,555 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: 0 0.0%
Commit velocity, last 7 days: 0 0.0%

Website GitHub

ajv-validator/ajv

The fastest JSON schema Validator. Supports JSON Schema draft-04/06/07/2019-09/2020-12 and JSON Type Definition (RFC8927)

Stack

TypeScript npm

GitHub topics

#ajv #json-schema #validator

Updated: 2026-09-06
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2015-05-19
History: 1 history point
License: MIT
Issues: 383 open

14,859

stars

Forks: 1,052
Commits: 2,721 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: 0 0.0%
Commit velocity, last 7 days: 0 0.0%

Website GitHub

BrainJS/brain.js

🤖 GPU accelerated Neural networks in JavaScript for Browsers and Node.js

Stack

TypeScript npm

GitHub topics

#api #brain #browser #convolutional-neural-networks #easy-to-use #hacktoberfest

Updated: 2024-09-26
Lists: 2 list mentions
First commit: 2010-05-10
History: 1 history point
License: MIT
Issues: 90 open

14,857

stars

Forks: 1,069
Commits: 1,497 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: 0 0.0%
Commit velocity, last 7 days: 0 0.0%

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hapijs/hapi

The Simple, Secure Framework Developers Trust

Stack

JavaScript npm

GitHub topics

#application #framework #hapi #http #nodejs

Updated: 2026-09-16
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2011-08-06
History: 1 history point
License: NOASSERTION
Issues: 56 open

14,785

stars

Forks: 1,354
Commits: 5,804 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: 0 0.0%
Commit velocity, last 7 days: 0 0.0%

Website GitHub

jimp-dev/jimp

An image processing library written entirely in JavaScript for Node, with zero external or native dependencies.

Stack

TypeScript Astro React npm pnpm

Updated: 2026-04-07
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2014-09-13
History: 1 history point
License: MIT
Issues: 189 open

14,668

stars

Forks: 777
Commits: 1,169 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: 0 0.0%
Commit velocity, last 7 days: 0 0.0%

Website GitHub

marko-js/marko

A declarative, HTML-based language that makes building web apps fun

AI dev

Stack

JavaScript Express Svelte npm pnpm

GitHub topics

#client-side-rendering #dom #frontend #isomorphic #javascript #nodejs

Updated: 2026-10-09
Lists: 2 list mentions
First commit: 2014-01-07
History: 8 history points
License: MIT
Issues: 33 open

14,446

stars

Forks: 661
Commits: 7,785 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: 0 0.0%
Commit velocity, last 7 days: 0 0.0%

Website GitHub

shelljs/shelljs

:shell: Portable Unix shell commands for Node.js

Stack

JavaScript npm

GitHub topics

#bash #javascript #node #nodejs #shell #shelljs

Updated: 2026-10-09
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2012-03-02
History: 1 history point
License: BSD-3-Clause
Issues: 116 open

14,398

stars

Forks: 762
Commits: 903 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: 0 0.0%
Commit velocity, last 7 days: 0 0.0%

Website GitHub

http-party/http-server

A simple, zero-configuration, command-line http server

Stack

JavaScript Express npm

GitHub topics

#command-line #hacktoberfest #hosting #http #http-server #server

Updated: 2026-04-15
Lists: 2 list mentions
First commit: 2011-06-15
History: 7 history points
License: MIT
Issues: 110 open

14,235

stars

Forks: 1,558
Commits: 684 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: 0 0.0%
Commit velocity, last 7 days: 0 0.0%

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louischatriot/nedb

The JavaScript Database, for Node.js, nw.js, electron and the browser

Stack

JavaScript npm

Updated: 2025-05-15
Lists: 2 list mentions
First commit: 2013-05-01
History: 8 history points
License: MIT
Issues: 208 open

13,528

stars

Forks: 1,009
Commits: 853 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: 0 0.0%
Commit velocity, last 7 days: 0 0.0%

GitHub

rwaldron/johnny-five

JavaScript Robotics and IoT programming framework, developed at Bocoup.

Stack

JavaScript npm

GitHub topics

#1-wire #adc #arduino #beaglebone-black #bluetooth #chip

Updated: 2023-10-24
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2012-03-30
History: 1 history point
License: NOASSERTION
Issues: 63 open

13,410

stars

Forks: 1,725
Commits: 3,368 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: 0 0.0%
Commit velocity, last 7 days: 0 0.0%

Website GitHub

mishoo/UglifyJS

JavaScript parser / mangler / compressor / beautifier toolkit

Stack

JavaScript npm

Updated: 2024-11-22
Lists: 2 list mentions
First commit: 2012-05-27
History: 8 history points
License: NOASSERTION
Issues: 45 open

13,377

stars

Forks: 1,221
Commits: 3,396 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: 0 0.0%
Commit velocity, last 7 days: 0 0.0%

Website GitHub

brianc/node-postgres

PostgreSQL client for node.js.

Stack

JavaScript Next.js React Vite npm Yarn

GitHub topics

#libpq #node-postgres #postgres #postgresql #postgresql-driver

Updated: 2026-10-01
Lists: 2 list mentions
First commit: 2010-09-29
History: 2 history points
License: MIT
Issues: 550 open

13,222

stars

Forks: 1,363
Commits: 2,946 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: 0 0.0%
Commit velocity, last 7 days: 0 0.0%

Website GitHub

nock/nock

HTTP server mocking and expectations library for Node.js

Stack

JavaScript npm

GitHub topics

#http #javascript #mock #nock #node

Updated: 2026-10-07
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2011-09-22
History: 1 history point
License: MIT
Issues: 108 open

13,127

stars

Forks: 774
Commits: 2,234 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: 0 0.0%
Commit velocity, last 7 days: 0 0.0%

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