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dimsemenov/PhotoSwipe

JavaScript image gallery for mobile and desktop, modular, framework independent

Stack

JavaScript React npm

GitHub topics

#gallery #image #javascript #lightbox

Updated: 2025-12-04
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2011-04-07
History: 7 history points
License: MIT
Issues: 170 open

25,247

stars

Forks: 3,263
Commits: 735 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

Website GitHub

responsively-org/responsively-app

A modified web browser that helps in responsive web development. A web developer's must have dev-tool.

Stack

TypeScript Electron React Tailwind CSS npm Yarn

GitHub topics

#contributions-welcome #desktop-app #developer-tools #electron #good-first-issue #hacktoberfest

Updated: 2026-09-02
Lists: 2 list mentions
First commit: 2019-07-12
History: 45 history points
License: AGPL-3.0
Issues: 325 open

25,165

stars

Forks: 1,397
Commits: 2,258 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

Website GitHub

highlightjs/highlight.js

JavaScript syntax highlighter with language auto-detection and zero dependencies.

AI dev

Stack

JavaScript npm pip

GitHub topics

#highlighting #javascript #language-grammars #syntax-highlighter #syntax-highlighting

Updated: 2026-08-30
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2006-08-19
History: 7 history points
License: BSD-3-Clause
Issues: 98 open

24,993

stars

Forks: 3,753
Commits: 6,835 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

Website GitHub

nylas/nylas-mail

:love_letter: An extensible desktop mail app built on the modern web. Forks welcome!

Archived

Stack

JavaScript Electron React Composer npm pip

GitHub topics

#babel #electron #email #flux #javascript #linux

Updated: 2026-06-25
Lists: 2 list mentions
First commit: 2015-02-04
History: 9 history points
License: MIT
Issues: 1,003 open

24,732

stars

Forks: 1,343
Commits: 6,117 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

Website GitHub

validatorjs/validator.js

String validation

AI dev

Stack

JavaScript npm

GitHub topics

#hacktoberfest #input #javascript #node #sanitization #sanitize

Updated: 2026-09-11
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2010-10-06
History: 8 history points
License: MIT
Issues: 540 open

23,737

stars

Forks: 2,523
Commits: 2,366 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: 0 0.0%
Commit velocity, last 7 days: 0 0.0%

GitHub

node-red/node-red

Low-code programming for event-driven applications

Stack

JavaScript Express npm

GitHub topics

#flow-based-programming #javascript #low-code #node-red #openjs-foundation #visual-programming

Updated: 2026-09-18
Lists: 2 list mentions
First commit: 2013-09-05
History: 8 history points
License: Apache-2.0
Issues: 348 open

23,673

stars

Forks: 3,888
Commits: 10,811 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

Website GitHub

chalk/chalk

🖍 Terminal string styling done right

Stack

JavaScript npm

GitHub topics

#ansi #ansi-escape-codes #chalk #cli #color #commandline

Updated: 2026-09-27
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2013-08-03
History: 1 history point
License: MIT
Issues: 1 open

23,323

stars

Forks: 3,404
Commits: 380 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: 0 0.0%
Commit velocity, last 7 days: 0 0.0%

GitHub

benweet/stackedit

In-browser Markdown editor

Stack

JavaScript Express Vue npm

GitHub topics

#blogger #couchdb #dropbox #editor #gist #github

Updated: 2023-07-04
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2017-07-23
History: 1 history point
License: Apache-2.0
Issues: 728 open

23,096

stars

Forks: 2,809
Commits: 323 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: 0 0.0%
Commit velocity, last 7 days: 0 0.0%

Website GitHub

mochajs/mocha

☕️ Classic, reliable, trusted test framework for Node.js and the browser

AI dev

Stack

JavaScript Astro Vite npm

GitHub topics

#bdd #browser #javascript #mocha #mochajs #node

Updated: 2026-10-12
Lists: 2 list mentions
First commit: 2011-08-29
History: 1 history point
License: MIT
Issues: 228 open

22,891

stars

Forks: 3,163
Commits: 4,222 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: 0 0.0%
Commit velocity, last 7 days: 0 0.0%

Website GitHub

svg/svgo

SVG Optimizer for Node.js and CLI. ⚙️

Stack

JavaScript Vite pnpm

GitHub topics

#cli #hacktoberfest #javascript #minification #nodejs #optimization

Updated: 2026-08-27
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2012-08-22
History: 8 history points
License: MIT
Issues: 275 open

22,713

stars

Forks: 1,478
Commits: 1,648 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

Website GitHub

react-bootstrap/react-bootstrap

Bootstrap components built with React

Stack

TypeScript React Vite npm Yarn

GitHub topics

#bootstrap #hacktoberfest #javascript #react #react-components #typescript

Updated: 2026-10-10
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2013-12-27
History: 1 history point
License: MIT
Issues: 238 open

22,602

stars

Forks: 3,568
Commits: 4,605 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: 0 0.0%
Commit velocity, last 7 days: 0 0.0%

Website GitHub

js-cookie/js-cookie

A simple, lightweight JavaScript API for handling cookies, client-side.

Stack

JavaScript npm

GitHub topics

#cookie #javascript

Updated: 2026-08-10
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2009-08-03
History: 7 history points
License: MIT
Issues: 11 open

22,587

stars

Forks: 2,044
Commits: 1,061 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

GitHub

typicode/lowdb

Simple and fast JSON database

Stack

JavaScript npm

GitHub topics

#database #electron #embeddable #embedded-database #javascript #json

Updated: 2026-03-27
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2014-04-02
History: 1 history point
License: MIT
Issues: 17 open

22,580

stars

Forks: 963
Commits: 547 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: 0 0.0%
Commit velocity, last 7 days: 0 0.0%

GitHub

emberjs/ember.js

Ember.js - A JavaScript framework for creating ambitious web applications

Stack

TypeScript Vite npm pnpm

GitHub topics

#ember #hacktoberfest #javascript #javascript-framework

Updated: 2026-09-06
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2011-04-30
History: 7 history points
License: MIT
Issues: 261 open

22,572

stars

Forks: 4,170
Commits: 29,876 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

Website GitHub

react-grid-layout/react-grid-layout

A draggable and resizable grid layout with responsive breakpoints, for React.

AI dev

Stack

TypeScript React Yarn

GitHub topics

#drag-and-drop #es2015 #grid #javascript #react #resize

Updated: 2026-10-05
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2014-12-27
History: 1 history point
License: MIT
Issues: 63 open

22,447

stars

Forks: 2,700
Commits: 933 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: 0 0.0%
Commit velocity, last 7 days: 0 0.0%

Website GitHub

bevacqua/dragula

:ok_hand: Drag and drop so simple it hurts

Stack

JavaScript Electron npm Yarn

GitHub topics

#component #drag-and-drop #drag-drop #dragging #front-end #javascript

Updated: 2024-06-07
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2015-04-13
History: 7 history points
License: MIT
Issues: 159 open

22,131

stars

Forks: 1,922
Commits: 369 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

Website GitHub

markdown-it/markdown-it

Markdown parser, done right. 100% CommonMark support, extensions, syntax plugins & high speed

Stack

TypeScript Vite npm

GitHub topics

#commonmark #javascript #markdown

Updated: 2026-09-12
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2014-09-02
History: 1 history point
License: MIT
Issues: 14 open

21,974

stars

Forks: 1,853
Commits: 1,256 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: 0 0.0%
Commit velocity, last 7 days: 0 0.0%

Website GitHub

aidenybai/react-scan

Scan and fix React performance issues

AI dev

Stack

TypeScript Next.js Nuxt React Remix npm pnpm

GitHub topics

#javascript #react #react-dom #react-scan #rendering

Updated: 2026-08-16
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2024-09-06
History: 1 history point
License: MIT
Issues: 77 open

21,867

stars

Forks: 392
Commits: 738 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: 0 0.0%
Commit velocity, last 7 days: 0 0.0%

Website GitHub

jsdom/jsdom

A JavaScript implementation of various web standards, for use with Node.js

AI dev

Stack

JavaScript npm

GitHub topics

#dom-apis #html #javascript #jsdom #nodejs

Updated: 2026-10-07
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2010-01-17
History: 1 history point
License: MIT
Issues: 298 open

21,703

stars

Forks: 1,809
Commits: 4,093 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: 0 0.0%
Commit velocity, last 7 days: 0 0.0%

GitHub

SBoudrias/Inquirer.js

A collection of common interactive command line user interfaces.

AI dev

Stack

TypeScript Vite npm Yarn

GitHub topics

#cli #command-line #javascript #javascript-library #node-js #nodejs

Updated: 2026-10-12
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2013-05-17
History: 1 history point
License: MIT
Issues: 15 open

21,633

stars

Forks: 1,365
Commits: 2,303 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: 0 0.0%
Commit velocity, last 7 days: 0 0.0%

GitHub

wekan/wekan

The Open Source kanban, built with Meteor. GitHub issues/PRs are only for FLOSS Developers, not for support, support is at https://wekan.fi/commercial-support/ . PR source translation to imports/i18n/data/en.i18n.json, other translations at https://app.transifex.com/wekan/wekan . No telemetry.

AI dev

Stack

JavaScript npm

GitHub topics

#docker-image #foss #javascript #kanban #meteor #real-time

Updated: 2026-09-20
Lists: 3 list mentions
First commit: 2015-05-12
History: 8 history points
License: MIT
Issues: 164 open

21,091

stars

Forks: 2,999
Commits: 28,123 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

Website GitHub

avajs/ava

Node.js test runner that lets you develop with confidence 🚀

Stack

JavaScript npm

GitHub topics

#assert #async #async-functions #ava #cli #cli-app

Updated: 2026-10-08
Lists: 2 list mentions
First commit: 2014-11-18
History: 8 history points
License: MIT
Issues: 76 open

20,822

stars

Forks: 1,466
Commits: 2,092 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: 0 0.0%
Commit velocity, last 7 days: 0 0.0%

GitHub

motdotla/dotenv

Loads environment variables from .env for nodejs projects.

Stack

JavaScript npm

GitHub topics

#configuration-file #dotenv #env #environment-variables #javascript #node

Updated: 2026-10-09
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2013-07-05
History: 1 history point
License: BSD-2-Clause
Issues: 4 open

20,545

stars

Forks: 974
Commits: 1,129 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: 0 0.0%
Commit velocity, last 7 days: 0 0.0%

Website GitHub

bokeh/bokeh

Interactive Data Visualization in the browser, from Python

Stack

Python Express Tornado npm PEP 517 pip

GitHub topics

#bokeh #data-visualisation #interactive-plots #javascript #jupyter #notebooks

Updated: 2026-09-13
Lists: 3 list mentions
First commit: 2012-03-25
History: 12 history points
License: BSD-3-Clause
Issues: 854 open

20,447

stars

Forks: 4,262
Commits: 21,170 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

Website GitHub

knex/knex

A query builder for PostgreSQL, MySQL, CockroachDB, SQL Server, SQLite3 and Oracle, designed to be flexible, portable, and fun to use.

Stack

JavaScript Vite Vue npm

GitHub topics

#javascript #knex #mysql #postgresql #sql #sqlite3

Updated: 2026-06-26
Lists: 2 list mentions
First commit: 2012-12-29
History: 8 history points
License: MIT
Issues: 755 open

20,337

stars

Forks: 2,220
Commits: 3,212 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: 0 0.0%
Commit velocity, last 7 days: 0 0.0%

Website GitHub

basecamp/trix

A rich text editor for everyday writing

Stack

JavaScript Ruby on Rails Bundler npm Yarn

GitHub topics

#custom-elements #editor #javascript #rich-text-editor #text-editor #wysiwyg

Updated: 2026-09-10
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2014-02-18
History: 44 history points
License: MIT
Issues: 186 open

20,005

stars

Forks: 1,133
Commits: 3,183 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

Website GitHub

11ty/buildawesome

A simpler site generator. Transforms a directory of templates (of varying types) into HTML.

Stack

JavaScript React Vite Vue npm

GitHub topics

#blog-engine #documentation-tool #eleventy #javascript #static-site-generator #templates

Updated: 2026-10-16
Lists: 0 list mentions
First commit: 2017-11-27
History: 107 history points
License: MIT
Issues: 163 open

19,972

stars

Forks: 592
Commits: 3,796 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: +11 +0.1%
Commit velocity, last 7 days: +55 +1.5%

Website GitHub

whyour/qinglong

支持 Python3、JavaScript、Shell、Typescript 的定时任务管理平台（Timed task management platform supporting Python3, JavaScript, Shell, Typescript）

AI dev

Stack

TypeScript Express React pnpm

GitHub topics

#crontab #docker #javascript #python #shell #task-manager

Updated: 2026-09-18
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2021-03-14
History: 6 history points
License: Apache-2.0
Issues: 108 open

19,893

stars

Forks: 3,232
Commits: 2,101 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

Website GitHub

11ty/eleventy

A simpler site generator. Transforms a directory of templates (of varying types) into HTML.

Stack

JavaScript React Vite Vue npm

GitHub topics

#blog-engine #documentation-tool #eleventy #javascript #static-site-generator #templates

Updated: 2026-06-10
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2017-11-27
History: 3 history points
License: MIT
Issues: 175 open

19,682

stars

Forks: 583
Commits: 3,608 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

Website GitHub

testing-library/react-testing-library

🐐 Simple and complete React DOM testing utilities that encourage good testing practices.

Stack

JavaScript React Yarn

GitHub topics

#javascript #reactjs #testing

Updated: 2026-08-27
Lists: 2 list mentions
First commit: 2018-03-19
History: 8 history points
License: MIT
Issues: 84 open

19,663

stars

Forks: 1,171
Commits: 544 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: 0 0.0%
Commit velocity, last 7 days: 0 0.0%

Website GitHub

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