sindresorhus/awesome-nodejs

Resources

Tools

RunKit - Embed a Node.js environment on any website.

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Job queues

bullmqstars2.5k - Persistent job and message queue.

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Command-line utilities

zxstars32.5k - Write shell scripts JavaScript.

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Mad science

webtorrentstars26.5k - Streaming torrent client for Node.js and the browser.

PDFKitstars8.1k - PDF generation library.

xlsxstars30.5k - Pure JS Excel spreadsheet reader and writer.

Packages

Command-line apps

http-serverstars11.9k - Simple, zero-config command-line HTTP server.

penstars325 - Live Markdown preview in the browser from your favorite editor.

trymodulestars1.1k - Try out npm packages in the terminal.

themerstars4.8k - Generate themes for your editor, terminal, wallpaper, Slack, and more.

taskbookstars8.5k - Tasks, boards & notes for the command-line habitat.

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Functional programming

immutablestars32.1k - Immutable data collections.

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HTTP

node-fetchstars7.7k - window.fetch for Node.js.

axiosstars94.1k - Promise based HTTP client (works in the browser too).

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Debugging / Profiling

debugstars10.2k - Tiny debugging utility.

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Logging

consolastars3.8k - Console logger.

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Command-line utilities

progressstars2.8k - Flexible ascii progress bar.

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Build tools

pkgstars21.4k - Package your Node.js project into an executable.

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Hardware

serialportstars5.2k - Access serial ports for reading and writing.

usbstars1.3k - USB library.

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Templating

handlebars.jsstars16.6k - Superset of Mustache templates which adds powerful features like helpers and more advanced blocks.

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Web frameworks

Next.jsstars88.5k - Minimalistic framework for server-rendered universal JavaScript web apps.

Microstars10.1k - Minimalistic microservice framework with an async approach.

LoopBackstars4.2k - Powerful framework for creating REST APIs and easily connecting to backend data sources.

TypeGraphQLstars7.3k - Modern framework for creating GraphQL APIs with TypeScript, using classes and decorators.

Tinyhttpstars2.2k - Modern and fast Express-like web framework.

Ts.EDstars2.1k - Intituive TypeScript framework for building server-side apps on top of Express.js or Koa.js.

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Documentation

JSDocstars13k - API documentation generator similar to JavaDoc or PHPDoc.

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Filesystem

proper-lockfilestars184 - Inter-process and inter-machine lockfile utility.

Packages

Real-time

µWebSocketsstars13.9k - Highly scalable WebSocket server & client library.

Aedesstars1.4k - Barebone MQTT server that can run on any stream server.

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URL

humanize-urlstars233 - Humanize a URL: https://sindresorhus.com → sindresorhus.com.

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Data validation

joistars18.8k - Object schema description language and validator for JavaScript objects.

schema-inspectorstars490 - JSON API sanitization and validation.

ajvstars11.2k - The fastest JSON Schema validator. Supports v5, v6 and v7 proposals.

Packages

Parsing

remarkstars5.3k - Markdown processor powered by plugins.

x-raystars5.6k - Web scraping utility.

nearleystars3.2k - Simple, fast, powerful parsing for JavaScript.

google-libphonenumberstars1.2k - Parse, format, store and validate phone numbers.

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Humanize

msstars4k - Tiny millisecond conversion utility.

Packages

Testing

nycstars5k - Code coverage tool built on istanbul that works with subprocesses.

tapstars2k - TAP test framework.

trevorstars2.1k - Run tests against multiple versions of Node.js without switching versions manually or pushing to Travis CI.

Nockstars11.6k - HTTP mocking and expectations.

CodeceptJSstars3.7k - End-to-end testing.

Puppeteerstars78.6k - Headless Chrome.

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Minifiers

UglifyJS2stars12.1k - JavaScript minifier.

clean-cssstars3.9k - CSS minifier.

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Email

Nodemailerstars14.8k - The fastest way to handle email.

email-templatesstars3.4k - Create, preview, and send custom email templates.

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Job queues

agendastars8.3k - MongoDB-backed job scheduling.

node-resquestars1.1k - Redis-backed job queue.

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Natural language processing

retextstars2.2k - An extensible natural language system.

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AST

Acornstars8.4k - Tiny, fast JavaScript parser.

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Static site generators

docsifystars21k - Markdown documentation site generator with no statically built HTML files.

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Content management systems

Factorstars1.3k - Vue.js dashboard framework and headless CMS.

AdminBrostars5.1k - Auto-generated admin panel with CRUD for all your resources.

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Serialization

protobufstars8.3k - Implementation of Protocol Buffers.

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Miscellaneous

jsdomstars17.5k - JavaScript implementation of HTML and the DOM.

Resources

Tutorials

Node.js Best Practicesstars78.6k - Summary and curation of the top-ranked content on Node.js best practices, available in multiple languages.

The Node Way - An entire philosophy of Node.js best practices and guiding principles exists for writing maintainable modules, scalable applications, and code that is actually pleasant to read.

Portable Node.js guidestars1.3k - Practical guide on how to write portable/cross-platform Node.js code.

Resources

Newsletters

Node Weekly - Weekly e-mail round-up of Node.js news and articles.

Resources

Books

Node.js in Practice

Mastering Node

Node.js 8 the Right Way

Professional Node.js: Building JavaScript Based Scalable Software

Secure Your Node.js Web Application

Resources

Blogs

webapplog.com - Blog posts on Node.js and JavaScript from the author of Practical Node.js and Pro Express.js Azat Mardan.

Resources

Courses

Real Time Web with Node.js

Learn and Understand Node.js

Resources

Cheatsheets

Express.js

Resources

Tools

npm-hub - Chrome extension to display npm dependencies at the bottom of a repo's readme.

Resources

Community

Stack Overflow

Discord

Resources

Miscellaneous

nodebots - Robots powered by JavaScript.

Module Requests & Ideasstars527 - Request a JavaScript module you wish existed or get ideas for modules.

Packages

HTTP

undicistars3.9k - High performance HTTP client written from scratch with zero dependencies.

ky-universalstars531 - Universal HTTP client based on Fetch.

pureststars502 - REST client.

Packages

Web frameworks

Fastifystars24k - Fast and low overhead web framework.

Nuxt.jsstars40.7k - Minimalistic framework for server-rendered Vue.js apps.

AdonisJsstars12.7k - A true MVC framework for Node.js built on solid foundations of Dependency Injection and IoC container.

Moleculerstars5.1k - Fast & powerful microservices framework.

Packages

Streams

from2stars129 - Convenience wrapper for ReadableStream, inspired by through2.

Packages

Parsing

@parcel/cssstars1.9k - A CSS parser, transformer, and minifier written in Rust.

Packages

Minifiers

babel-minifystars4.3k - ES2015+ aware minifier based on the Babel toolchain.

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Debugging / Profiling

datsstars68 - Minimalistic and zero-dependencies StatsDstars16.5k client.

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Web frameworks

Ladstars2.2k - Framework made by a former Express TC and Koa member that bundles web, API, job, and proxy servers.

Packages

Image

ImageScriptstars387 - Image processing in JavaScript, utilizing WebAssembly for performance.

Resources

Books

Node.js Cookbook

Node.js Design Patterns

Resources

Videos

Google I/O 2009 - V8: High Performance JavaScript Engine - The basics of V8 architecture and how it optimizes JavaScript execution.

Google I/O 2012 - Breaking the JavaScript Speed Limit with V8 - How V8 optimizes JavaScript execution.

Google I/O 2013 - Accelerating Oz with V8: Follow the Yellow Brick Road to JavaScript Performance - How to detect app bottlenecks and optimize performance with V8 knowledge.

Node.js Internal Architecture | Ignition, Turbofan, Libuv - How Node.js works internally, with a focus on V8 and libuv.

Introduction to libuv: What's a Unicorn Velociraptor? - libuv architecture, thread pool, and event loop, with its source code.

libuv Cross platform asynchronous i/o - libuv architecture in detail, such as where it's actually using threads.

You Don't Know Node - ForwardJS San Francisco - Explaining Node.js internals with quizzes about V8, libuv, event loop, module, stream, and cluster.

Resources

Miscellaneous

v8-perfstars2k - Notes and resources related to V8 and thus Node.js performance.

Packages

Parsing

Chevrotainstars1.9k - Very fast and feature rich parser building toolkit for JavaScript.

Resources

Videos

Make a vanilla Node.js REST API - Building a REST API without using a framework like Express.

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Website

Documentation

Repositorystars88.4k

Packages

Node.js management

fnmstars7.9k - Cross-platform Node.js version manager built in Rust.

Packages

HTTP

smokestars153 - File-based HTTP mock server with recording abilities.

Packages

Testing

testcontainers-nodestars781 - Provides lightweight, throwaway instances of common databases, Selenium web browsers, or anything else that can run in a Docker container.

Packages

Automation

nut.jsstars927 - Cross-platform native GUI automation / testing framework with image matching capabilities which integrates with Jest.

Packages

Web frameworks

Marble.jsstars2k - Functional reactive framework for building server-side apps, based on TypeScript and RxJS.

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Data validation

Superstructstars6k - Simple and composable way to validate data in JavaScript (and TypeScript).

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Miscellaneous

editlystars3.4k - Declarative video editing API.

Packages

Authentication

Grantstars3.6k - OAuth providers for Express, Koa, Hapi, Fastify, AWS Lambda, Azure, Google Cloud, Vercel, and many more.

Packages

Mad science

Pipcookstars2.3k - Front-end algorithm framework to create a machine learning pipeline.

Packages

Testing

axe-corestars4.6k - Accessibility engine for automated Web UI testing.

Packages

Text

StegCloakstars2.5k - Conceal secrets within strings, in plain sight.

Resources

Videos

Mastering REST APIs in Node.js: Zero-To-Hero - Video course on how to make REST APIs using Node.js.

Packages

Miscellaneous

patch-packagestars7k - Make and preserve fixes to npm dependencies.

Packages

Documentation

Docusaurusstars34.3k - Documentation website generator that leverages React and Markdown, and comes with translation and versioning features.

Packages

Miscellaneous

huskystars26.9k - Create Git hook scripts.

Packages

Debugging / Profiling

NiMstars180 - Manages DevTools debugging workflow.

Packages

Testing

Playwrightstars39.4k - Headless Chromium, WebKit, and Firefox with a single API.

Resources

Tools

CodeSandbox - Online IDE and prototyping.

Packages

Miscellaneous

genepistars57 - Automatically generate a native Node.js addon from C++ code.

basic-ftpstars522 – FTP/FTPS client.

cashifystars382 - Currency conversion.

Packages

HTTP

global-agentstars230 - Global HTTP/HTTPS proxy agent that is configurable using environment variables.

Packages

Security

jose-simplestars51 - Encryption and decryption of data using the JOSE (JSON Object Signing and Encryption) standard.

Packages

Testing

nvestars574 - Run any command on multiple versions of Node.js locally.

Resources

Videos

10 Things I Regret About Node.js by Ryan Dahl - Insightful talk by the creator of Node.js about some of its limitions.

Packages

Command-line apps

npkillstars5.9k - Easily find and remove old and heavy node_modules folders.

Resources

Miscellaneous

modern-nodestars234 - Toolkit for creating node modules with Jest, Prettier, ESLint, and Standard.

Packages

Debugging / Profiling

swagger-statsstars724 - Trace API calls and monitor API performance, health, and usage metrics.

Packages

Text

nanoidstars17.7k - Tiny, secure, URL-friendly, unique string ID generator.

Resources

Tutorials

Build a real web app with no frameworks - A set of video tutorials/livestreams to help you build and deploy a real, live web app using a handful of simple libraries and the core Node.js modules.

Packages

Static site generators

Chargestars395 - Opinionated, zero-config static site generator using JSX and MDX.

Packages

Email

MJMLstars13.6k - Markup language designed to reduce the pain of creating responsive emails.

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Debugging / Profiling

thetoolstars193 - Capture different CPU, memory, and other profiles for your app in Chrome DevTools friendly format.

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Job queues

better-queuestars377 - Simple and efficient job queue when you cannot use Redis.

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Image

qrcodestars5.8k - QR code and bar code generator.

Packages

Node.js management

nodenvstars1.8k - Version manager that is similar to Ruby's rbenv. It supports auto version switching.

Resources

Articles

Using Express to Quickly Build a GraphQL Server

Packages

Job queues

sqs-consumerstars1.3k - Build Amazon Simple Queue Service (SQS) based apps without the boilerplate.

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Security

crypto-hashstars577 - Async non-blocking hashing.

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Filesystem

tempystars351 - Get a random temporary file or directory path.

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Miscellaneous

openstars2.6k - Opens stuff like websites, files, executables.

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Natural language processing

nlp.jsstars5k - Building bots, with entity extraction, sentiment analysis, automatic language identify, and more.

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Command-line apps

npm-namestars146 - Check a package name's availability on npm.

Resources

Books

Get Programming with Node.js

Packages

Job queues

RedisSMQstars427 - Simple high-performance Redis message queue with real-time monitoring.

Packages

Date

Day.jsstars39.4k - Immutable date library alternative to Moment.js.

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Miscellaneous

node-video-libstars298 - Pure JavaScript library for working with MP4 and FLV video files and creating MPEG-TS chunks for HLS streaming.

Resources

Cheatsheets

Strong Node.jsstars463 - Checklist for source code security analysis of a Node.js web service.

Resources

Videos

V8 Garbage Collector - Trash talk about the V8 garbage collector.

Packages

Security

rate-limiter-flexiblestars2.1k - Brute-force and DDoS attack protection.

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Mad science

stackgl - Open software ecosystem for WebGL, built on top of browserify and npm.

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Command-line apps

ESLintstars20.8k - The pluggable linting utility for JavaScript.

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Functional programming

lodashstars53.5k - Utility library delivering consistency, customization, performance, & extras. A better and faster Underscore.js.

RxJSstars27.2k - Functional reactive library for transforming, composing, and querying various kinds of data.

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Build tools

gulpstars32.6k - Streaming and fast build system that favors code over config.

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Web frameworks

Hapistars13.9k - Framework for building applications and services.

Koastars32.8k - Framework designed by the team behind Express, which aims to be a smaller, more expressive, and more robust foundation for web applications and APIs.

Expressstars57.4k - Web application framework, providing a robust set of features for building single and multi-page, and hybrid web applications.

Feathersstars14k - Microservice framework built in the spirit of Express.

Meteorstars42.9k - An ultra-simple, database-everywhere, data-on-the-wire, pure-Javascript web framework. (You might like awesome-meteorstars1.4k)

Restifystars10.4k - Enables you to build correct REST web services.

Packages

Documentation

Doccostars3.5k - Documentation generator which produces an HTML document that displays your comments intermingled with your code.

Packages

Testing

AVAstars19.8k - Futuristic test runner.

Mochastars21.5k - Feature-rich test framework making asynchronous testing simple and fun.

Resources

Tutorials

Nodeschool - Learn Node.js with interactive lessons.

Resources

Tools

npm semver calculator - Visually explore what versions of a package a semver range matches.

Packages

Mad science

YodaOSstars1.1k - AI operating system.

Packages

Security

GuardRails - GitHub app that provides security feedback in pull requests.

Resources

Videos

Hands on with Node.js

Packages

Filesystem

move-filestars177 - Move a file, even works across devices.

Packages

Real-time

rpc-websocketsstars455 - JSON-RPC 2.0 implementation over WebSockets.

Packages

Security

themisstars1.5k - Multilanguage framework for making typical encryption schemes easy to use: data at rest, authenticated data exchange, transport protection, authentication, and so on.

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Authorization

node-casbinstars1.9k - Authorization library that supports access control models like ACL, RBAC and ABAC.

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Debugging / Profiling

llnodestars989 - Post-mortem analysis tool which allows you to inspect objects and get insights from a crashed Node.js process.

Packages

Command-line apps

dischargestars499 - Easily deploy static websites to Amazon S3.

cash-clistars181 - Convert between 170 currencies.

Packages

Command-line utilities

Cliffystars298 - Framework for interactive CLIs.

Resources

Books

Practical Modern JavaScript

Mastering Modular JavaScript

Packages

Command-line utilities

sparklystars386 - Generate sparklines ▁▂▃▅▂▇.

Packages

Weird

cat-ascii-facesstars237 - ₍˄·͈༝·͈˄₎◞ ̑̑ෆ⃛ (=ↀωↀ=)✧ (^･o･^)ﾉ”.

Packages

Command-line apps

carbon-now-clistars5.3k - Beautiful images of your code — from right inside your terminal.

Packages

AST

babel-parser - JavaScript parser used in Babel.

Packages

Mad science

Brain.jsstars12.6k - Machine-learning framework.

Packages

Command-line utilities

cli-table3stars374 - Pretty unicode tables.

Packages

Content management systems

KeystoneJSstars6.5k - CMS and web application platform built on Express and MongoDB.

Packages

Mad science

BitcoinJSstars4.6k - Clean, readable, proven Bitcoin library.

Bitcorestars4.4k - Pure and powerful Bitcoin library.

NodeOSstars6.7k - The first operating system powered by npm.

Cytoscape.jsstars8.5k - Graph theory (a.k.a. network) modeling and analysis.

isomorphic-gitstars6.4k - Pure JavaScript implementation of Git.

Packages

Command-line apps

gh-homestars181 - Open the GitHub page of the repo in the current directory.

npm-homestars176 - Open the npm page of a package.

trashstars2.3k - Safer alternative to rm.

Packages

Functional programming

Ramdastars22.1k - Utility library with a focus on flexible functional composition enabled by automatic currying and reversed argument order. Avoids mutating data.

Moutstars1.2k - Utility library with the biggest difference between other existing solutions is that you can choose to load only the modules/functions that you need, no extra overhead.

Packages

Command-line utilities

yargsstars9.8k - Command-line parser that automatically generates an elegant user-interface.

get-stdinstars315 - Easier stdin.

Inkstars18.6k - React for interactive command-line apps.

terminal-linkstars500 - Create clickable links in the terminal.

terminal-imagestars873 - Display images in the terminal.

Inquirer.jsstars16.4k - Interactive command-line prompt.

sudo-blockstars91 - Block users from running your app with root permissions.

term-sizestars129 - Reliably get the terminal window size.

Packages

Build tools

parcelstars40.9k - Blazing fast, zero config web app bundler.

Packages

Web frameworks

ThinkJSstars5.3k - Framework with ES2015+ support, WebSockets, REST API.

ActionHerostars2.3k - Framework for making reusable & scalable APIs for TCP sockets, WebSockets, and HTTP clients.

Packages

Documentation

documentation.jsstars5.5k - API documentation generator with support for ES2015+ and flow annotation.

Packages

Real-time

Socket.iostars56k - Enables real-time bidirectional event-based communication.

Fayestars4.4k - Real-time client-server message bus, based on Bayeux protocol.

deepstream.iostars288 - Scalable real-time microservice framework.

Packages

Date

Luxonstars12.6k - Library for working with dates and times.

Packages

Parsing

Jisonstars4.1k - Friendly JavaScript parser generator. It shares genes with Bison, Yacc and family.

Packages

Testing

WebdriverIOstars7.6k - Automated testing based on the WebDriver protocol.

Packages

Benchmarking

Benchmark.jsstars5.2k - Benchmarking library that supports high-resolution timers and returns statistically significant results.

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Authentication

Passportstars20.3k - Simple, unobtrusive authentication.

Packages

Process management

Phusion Passengerstars4.8k - Friendly process manager that integrates directly into Nginx.

Packages

Content management systems

ApostropheCMSstars3.9k - Content management system with an emphasis on intuitive front end content editing and administration built on Express and MongoDB.

Strapistars45.9k - Content Management Framework (headless-CMS) to build powerful APIs.

Packages

Forum

nodeBBstars12.7k - Forum platform for the modern web.

Packages

Blogging

Ghoststars40.5k - Simple, powerful publishing platform.

Hexostars35k - Fast, simple and powerful blogging framework.

Packages

Miscellaneous

owstars3.5k - Function argument validation for humans.

semverstars4.2k - Semantic version parser.

@sindresorhus/isstars1.4k - Type check values.

emitterystars1.4k - Simple and modern async event emitter.

Resources

Courses

Learn to build apps and APIs with Node.js - Video course by Wes Bos.

Packages

Miscellaneous

env-dot-propstars30 - Get, set, or delete nested properties of process.env using a dot path.

Packages

Authorization

CASLstars4.1k - Isomorphic authorization for UI and API.

Packages

Parsing

fast-xml-parserstars1.5k - Validate and parse XML.

Packages

Job queues

bee-queuestars2.9k - High-performance Redis-backed job queue.

Packages

Text

i18nextstars6.3k - Internationalization framework.

Packages

Math

multimathstars60 - Core to create fast image math in WebAssembly and JS.

Packages

Web frameworks

Neststars48k - Angular-inspired framework for building efficient and scalable server-side apps.

Packages

Functional programming

Kefir.jsstars1.8k - Reactive library with focus on high performance and low memory usage.

Packages

Command-line utilities

oclifstars7.5k - CLI framework complete with parser, automatic documentation, testing, and plugins.

Packages

Serialization

snappystars472 - Native bindings for Google's Snappy compression library.

compactrstars94 - Implementation of the Compactr protocol.

Packages

Hardware

gpsstars210 - NMEA parser for handling GPS receivers.

Resources

Books

Node.js in Action

Packages

Network

netcatstars358 - Netcat port in pure JS.

Related lists

awesome-npmstars4k - Resources and tips for using npm.

awesome-cross-platform-nodejsstars999 - Resources for writing and testing cross-platform code.

Packages

Job queues

rsmqstars1.6k - Redis-backed message queue.

Packages

HTTP

gotqlstars379 - GraphQL request library built on gotstars11.6k.

Packages

Security

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