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mscdex/ssh2

SSH2 client and server modules written in pure JavaScript for node.js

Stack

JavaScript npm

Updated: 2026-08-20
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2012-08-03
History: 1 history point
License: MIT
Issues: 107 open

5,822

stars

Forks: 735
Commits: 1,101 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: 0 0.0%
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tape-testing/tape

tap-producing test harness for node and browsers

Stack

JavaScript npm

Updated: 2026-09-18
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2012-11-22
History: 1 history point
License: MIT
Issues: 40 open

5,796

stars

Forks: 304
Commits: 1,097 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: 0 0.0%
Commit velocity, last 7 days: 0 0.0%

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documentationjs/documentation

:book: documentation for modern JavaScript

Stack

JavaScript npm

GitHub topics

#babel #documentation #documentation-tool #javascript #jsdoc

Updated: 2025-04-15
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2015-03-10
History: 1 history point
License: NOASSERTION
Issues: 204 open

5,795

stars

Forks: 479
Commits: 1,373 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: 0 0.0%
Commit velocity, last 7 days: 0 0.0%

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istanbuljs/nyc

the Istanbul command line interface

Stack

JavaScript npm

GitHub topics

#code-coverage #istanbul #javascript

Updated: 2026-05-17
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2015-05-09
History: 1 history point
License: ISC
Issues: 208 open

5,758

stars

Forks: 362
Commits: 859 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: 0 0.0%
Commit velocity, last 7 days: 0 0.0%

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nodegit/nodegit

Native Node bindings to Git.

Stack

JavaScript npm

GitHub topics

#c-plus-plus #electron #git #javascript #js #libgit2

Updated: 2026-07-16
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2011-01-15
History: 1 history point
License: MIT
Issues: 367 open

5,750

stars

Forks: 708
Commits: 4,053 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: 0 0.0%
Commit velocity, last 7 days: 0 0.0%

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imagemin/imagemin

Minify images seamlessly

Stack

JavaScript npm

GitHub topics

#buffer #gif #imagemin #jpg #minify #nodejs

Updated: 2025-03-07
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2013-11-04
History: 1 history point
License: MIT
Issues: 81 open

5,718

stars

Forks: 260
Commits: 286 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: 0 0.0%
Commit velocity, last 7 days: 0 0.0%

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mifi/editly

Slick, declarative command line video editing & API

Stack

TypeScript npm

GitHub topics

#animations #cli #clips #command-line #editor #ffmpeg

Updated: 2025-05-12
Lists: 4 list mentions
First commit: 2020-04-15
History: 10 history points
License: MIT
Issues: 80 open

5,524

stars

Forks: 383
Commits: 430 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: 0 0.0%
Commit velocity, last 7 days: 0 0.0%

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bestiejs/benchmark.js

A benchmarking library. As used on jsPerf.com.

Archived

Stack

JavaScript npm

Updated: 2022-12-22
Lists: 2 list mentions
First commit: 2010-08-01
History: 8 history points
License: NOASSERTION
Issues: 52 open

5,451

stars

Forks: 330
Commits: 1,171 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: 0 0.0%
Commit velocity, last 7 days: 0 0.0%

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balderdashy/waterline

An adapter-based ORM for Node.js with support for mysql, mongo, postgres, mssql (SQL Server), and more

Stack

JavaScript npm

Updated: 2022-12-11
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2013-05-10
History: 1 history point
License: MIT
Issues: Disabled

5,380

stars

Forks: 591
Commits: 3,008 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: 0 0.0%
Commit velocity, last 7 days: 0 0.0%

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thinkjs/thinkjs

Use full ES2015+ features to develop Node.js applications, Support TypeScript.

Stack

JavaScript npm pnpm

GitHub topics

#koa #nodejs #thinkjs #typescript

Updated: 2026-10-08
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2013-09-27
History: 1 history point
License: MIT
Issues: 145 open

5,264

stars

Forks: 615
Commits: 7,366 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: 0 0.0%
Commit velocity, last 7 days: 0 0.0%

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loopbackio/loopback-next

LoopBack makes it easy to build modern API applications that require complex integrations.

AI dev

Stack

TypeScript Express npm

GitHub topics

#api #dependency-injection #framework #hacktoberfest #ioc #loopback

Updated: 2026-10-12
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2017-01-09
History: 1 history point
License: NOASSERTION
Issues: 337 open

5,106

stars

Forks: 1,064
Commits: 9,065 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: 0 0.0%
Commit velocity, last 7 days: 0 0.0%

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bitpay/bitcore

A full stack for bitcoin and blockchain-based applications

Stack

TypeScript Express React npm

Updated: 2026-10-08
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2013-07-04
History: 1 history point
License: MIT
Issues: 49 open

4,982

stars

Forks: 2,145
Commits: 18,866 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: 0 0.0%
Commit velocity, last 7 days: 0 0.0%

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Leonidas-from-XIV/node-xml2js

XML to JavaScript object converter.

Stack

CoffeeScript npm

GitHub topics

#coffeescript #javascript #node #node-js #nodejs #parsing

Updated: 2026-04-30
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2010-07-17
History: 1 history point
License: MIT
Issues: 249 open

4,959

stars

Forks: 600
Commits: 448 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: 0 0.0%
Commit velocity, last 7 days: 0 0.0%

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gajus/slonik

A Node.js PostgreSQL client with runtime and build time type safety, and composable SQL.

Stack

TypeScript Svelte Vite npm pnpm

GitHub topics

#javascript #nodejs #postgres #postgresql #typescript

Updated: 2026-10-11
Lists: 2 list mentions
First commit: 2017-03-24
History: 2 history points
License: NOASSERTION
Issues: 1 open

4,937

stars

Forks: 156
Commits: 1,827 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: 0 0.0%
Commit velocity, last 7 days: 0 0.0%

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pegjs/pegjs

PEG.js: Parser generator for JavaScript

Stack

JavaScript npm Yarn

GitHub topics

#javascript #parser-generator #peg #pegjs

Updated: 2021-11-08
Lists: 2 list mentions
First commit: 2010-03-07
History: 1 history point
License: MIT
Issues: 117 open

4,904

stars

Forks: 419
Commits: 1,409 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: 0 0.0%
Commit velocity, last 7 days: 0 0.0%

Website GitHub

apostrophecms/apostrophe

A full-featured, open-source content management framework built with Node.js that empowers organizations by combining in-context editing and headless architecture in a full-stack JS environment.

Stack

JavaScript Astro Express NestJS Vite npm pnpm

GitHub topics

#apostrophe #cms #cms-framework #jamstack #javascript #node

Updated: 2026-10-12
Lists: 3 list mentions
First commit: 2012-12-29
History: 9 history points
License: Unknown
Issues: 142 open

4,644

stars

Forks: 651
Commits: 12,566 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: 0 0.0%
Commit velocity, last 7 days: 0 0.0%

Website GitHub

faye/faye

Simple pub/sub messaging for the web

Stack

JavaScript Bundler npm

Updated: 2026-09-27
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2009-06-06
History: 1 history point
License: NOASSERTION
Issues: 24 open

4,383

stars

Forks: 367
Commits: 1,440 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: 0 0.0%
Commit velocity, last 7 days: 0 0.0%

Website GitHub

peterbraden/node-opencv

OpenCV Bindings for node.js

Stack

C++ npm

Updated: 2024-07-09
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2012-01-14
History: 1 history point
License: MIT
Issues: 127 open

4,382

stars

Forks: 834
Commits: 987 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: 0 0.0%
Commit velocity, last 7 days: 0 0.0%

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babel/minify

:scissors: An ES6+ aware minifier based on the Babel toolchain (beta)

Stack

JavaScript npm Yarn

GitHub topics

#babel #babel-minify #babel-preset #minify

Updated: 2024-06-01
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2015-08-17
History: 1 history point
License: MIT
Issues: 201 open

4,369

stars

Forks: 217
Commits: 999 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: 0 0.0%
Commit velocity, last 7 days: 0 0.0%

Website GitHub

theintern/intern

A next-generation code testing stack for JavaScript.

Stack

TypeScript Express npm

GitHub topics

#coverage #intern #javascript #testing #typescript #webdriver

Updated: 2023-03-14
Lists: 2 list mentions
First commit: 2012-12-13
History: 1 history point
License: NOASSERTION
Issues: 142 open

4,342

stars

Forks: 302
Commits: 1,403 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: 0 0.0%
Commit velocity, last 7 days: 0 0.0%

Website GitHub

sindresorhus/file-type

Detect the file type of a file, stream, or data

Stack

JavaScript npm

GitHub topics

#buffer #detect #file #file-types #javascript #magic

Updated: 2026-10-11
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2014-04-24
History: 1 history point
License: MIT
Issues: 2 open

4,330

stars

Forks: 398
Commits: 653 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: 0 0.0%
Commit velocity, last 7 days: 0 0.0%

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marionebl/svg-term-cli

Share terminal sessions via SVG and CSS

Stack

JavaScript React npm Yarn

Updated: 2024-05-01
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2017-11-25
History: 1 history point
License: MIT
Issues: 48 open

4,248

stars

Forks: 133
Commits: 91 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: 0 0.0%
Commit velocity, last 7 days: 0 0.0%

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codeceptjs/CodeceptJS

Supercharged End 2 End Testing Framework for NodeJS

AI dev

Stack

JavaScript Electron Express npm

GitHub topics

#acceptance-testing #bdd #bdd-framework #codeceptjs #e2e-tests #end-to-end-testing

Updated: 2026-10-11
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2015-11-22
History: 1 history point
License: MIT
Issues: 195 open

4,243

stars

Forks: 754
Commits: 3,836 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: 0 0.0%
Commit velocity, last 7 days: 0 0.0%

Website GitHub

clean-css/clean-css

Fast and efficient CSS optimizer for node.js and the Web

Stack

JavaScript npm

GitHub topics

#clean-css #css #css-optimizations #css-optimizer #minification #optimization

Updated: 2024-10-18
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2011-02-07
History: 1 history point
License: MIT
Issues: 47 open

4,199

stars

Forks: 319
Commits: 1,781 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: 0 0.0%
Commit velocity, last 7 days: 0 0.0%

Website GitHub

MrRio/vtop

Wow such top. So stats. More better than regular top.

Stack

JavaScript npm Yarn

Updated: 2020-10-08
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2014-05-21
History: 1 history point
License: MIT
Issues: 80 open

4,170

stars

Forks: 150
Commits: 277 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: 0 0.0%
Commit velocity, last 7 days: 0 0.0%

Website GitHub

simov/grant

OAuth Proxy

Stack

JavaScript Express Fastify npm

GitHub topics

#authentication #authorization #aws #aws-lambda #azure #express

Updated: 2025-02-04
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2014-06-22
History: 1 history point
License: MIT
Issues: 43 open

4,164

stars

Forks: 270
Commits: 1,194 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: 0 0.0%
Commit velocity, last 7 days: 0 0.0%

GitHub

nodeca/pica

Resize image in browser with high quality and high speed

Stack

TypeScript Vite npm

GitHub topics

#image #resize

Updated: 2026-08-15
Lists: 2 list mentions
First commit: 2014-08-31
History: 1 history point
License: MIT
Issues: 5 open

4,153

stars

Forks: 256
Commits: 415 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: 0 0.0%
Commit velocity, last 7 days: 0 0.0%

Website GitHub

Level/levelup

Superseded by abstract-level. A wrapper for abstract-leveldown compliant stores, for Node.js and browsers.

Archived

Stack

JavaScript npm

GitHub topics

#browser #javascript #level #leveldb #nodejs

Updated: 2024-12-01
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2012-07-10
History: 1 history point
License: MIT
Issues: 0 open

4,065

stars

Forks: 266
Commits: 1,006 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: 0 0.0%
Commit velocity, last 7 days: 0 0.0%

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bee-queue/bee-queue

A simple, fast, robust job/task queue for Node.js, backed by Redis.

Stack

JavaScript npm

GitHub topics

#bee-queue #job-queue #job-scheduler #redis #redis-queue #worker-queue

Updated: 2026-10-09
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2015-01-14
History: 1 history point
License: NOASSERTION
Issues: 43 open

4,036

stars

Forks: 221
Commits: 612 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: 0 0.0%
Commit velocity, last 7 days: 0 0.0%

GitHub

fuse-box/fuse-box

A blazing fast js bundler/loader with a comprehensive API :fire:

Archived

Stack

JavaScript Angular Electron Express React npm

GitHub topics

#bundler #hmr #hot-reload #javascript #loader #performance

Updated: 2022-12-01
Lists: 2 list mentions
First commit: 2016-10-28
History: 8 history points
License: MIT
Issues: 46 open

3,964

stars

Forks: 228
Commits: 3,687 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: 0 0.0%
Commit velocity, last 7 days: 0 0.0%

Website GitHub

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