A list of cool node modules. Inspired by awesome.
- clocker: Track project hours.
- deejay: Music player that broadcasts to everyone on the same network.
- http-server: A simple zero-configuration command-line http server.
- jsinspect: Detect copy-pasted and structurally similar code.
- kgcat: Tap into Google's knowledge right from your console.
- normit: Google translate with speech synthesis in your terminal.
- opn-cli: Opens stuff like websites, files, executables. Cross-platform.
- peerflix: Streaming torrent client.
- tetris: Play tetris in your terminal, with colors.
- vmd: Preview markdown files in a separate window. Markdown is formatted exactly the same as on GitHub.
- vtop: A graphical activity monitor for the command line.
- botkit: A toolkit for making Slack bot applications.
- browserify: Browser-side
require()the node.js way.
- color: JavaScript color conversion and manipulation library.
- colorname: Provides color names.
- color-blind: Simulate color blindness by converting RGB hex codes.
- one-color: An OO-based JavaScript color parser/computation toolkit with support for RGB, HSV, HSL, CMYK, and alpha channels.
- beeper: Make your terminal beep.
- get-stdin: Get stdin as a string or buffer.
- listr: Terminal task list.
- log-update: Log by overwriting the previous output in the terminal.
- minimist: Parse argument options.
- ora: Elegant terminal spinners.
- progress-bar: Flexible ascii progress bar.
- single-line-log: Output one line and move to beginning of line.
- vorpal: Framework for interactive CLIs.
- compression: Compression middleware for express.
- tar-stream: Streaming tar parser and generator.
- electron: Build cross platform desktop apps with web technologies.
- electron-prebuilt: Install electron prebuilt binaries using npm.
- campaign: Compose responsive email templates easily, fill them with models, and send them out.
- smtp-protocol: Write SMTP clients and servers.
- dotenv: Loads environment variables from a .env file.
- fullname: Get the fullname of the current user.
- username: Get the username of the current user.
- chokidar: A neat wrapper around node.js fs.watch / fs.watchFile / fsevents.
- cpy: Copy files.
- del: Delete files and folders.
- file-type: Detect the file type of a Buffer/Uint8Array.
- folder-walker: Get a stream of files walking recursively through a folder.
- fuse-bindings: FUSE bindings for Node.
- list-dir: List directory contents recursively.
- tempfile: Get a random temp file path.
- boxen: Create boxes in the terminal.
- bytes: Utility to parse a string bytes (ex: 1TB) to bytes (1099511627776) and vice-versa.
- camelcase: Convert a dash/dot/underscore/space separated string to camelCase.
- chalk: Terminal string styling done right.
- decamelize: Convert a camelized string into a lowercased one with a custom separator.
- htmlout: HTML-styled console output.
- ms: Tiny milisecond conversion utility.
- pretty-error: See node errors with less clutter.
- uppercamelcase: Convert a dash/dot/underscore/space separated string to UpperCamelCase.
- git-http-backend: Serve a git repository over HTTP.
- nodegit: Native Node bindings for Git.
- hyperstream: Stream HTML into HTML at a CSS selector.
- axios: Promise based HTTP client.
- body-parser: Request body parsing middleware for express.
- busboy: A streaming parser for HTML form data.
- download: Download and extract files.
- express: Fast, unopinionated, minimalist web framework.
- got: Simplified HTTP/HTTPS requests.
- hyperquest: Streaming http requests.
- request: Simplified HTTP request client.
- server-static: Serve static files.
- superagent: Progressive client-side HTTP request library.
- timeout: Request timeout middleware for express.
- gif-stream: A streaming GIF encoder and decoder.
- inkjet: JPEG-image decoding, encoding & EXIF reading library.
- jimp: An image processing library written entirely in JavaScript, with zero external or native dependencies.
- jpeg-js: A pure javascript JPEG encoder and decoder for Node.
- jpg-stream: A streaming JPEG encoder and decoder.
- opencv: OpenCV bindings for Node.
- pics: Ties together streaming image encoders and decoders with a nice API.
- png-stream: A streaming PNG encoder and decoder.
- qr-image: Yet another QR code generator.
- sharp: The fastest Node.js module for resizing JPEG, PNG, WebP and TIFF images. Uses the libvips library.
- to-ico: Convert PNG to ICO in memory.
- morgan: HTTP request logger for express.
- marked: A markdown parser and compiler. Built for speed.
- mime: A super simple utility library for dealing with mime-types.
- dns-discovery: Service discovery using regular DNS and multicast DNS.
- get-port: Get an available port.
- internal-ip: Get your internal IPv4 or IPv6 address.
- ipify: Get your public IP address, using the ipify API.
- network-address: Get the local network address of your machine.
- public-ip: Get your public IP address - very fast!
- socket.io: Real-time bidirectional event-based communication.
- ssh2: SSH2 client and server modules written in pure JavaScript
- tcp-bind: Bind a low port and drop sudo priviledges ASAP.
- torrent-stream: The low level streaming torrent engine that peerflix uses.
- webtorrent: Streaming torrent client for the web.
- wifi-list: List nearby wifi networks.
- camelize: Recursively transform object keys to camel-case.
- difflet: Colorful diffs for javascript objects.
- mongoose: MongoDB object modeling designed to work in an asynchronous environment.
- mongorito: MongoDB ODM for modern Node apps.
- sequelize: Promise-based ORM for Postgres, MySQL, MariaDB, SQLite and Microsoft SQL Server.
- csv-parser: Streaming CSV parser.
- excel-stream: A stream that converts excel spreadsheets into JSON object arrays.
- pdfkit: PDF generation library.
- auto-daemon: Automatically spawn implicit background services.
- forever: A simple CLI tool for ensuring that a given script runs continuously.
- pm2: Production process manager for Node.js applications with a built-in load balancer.
- psy: Process monitor command. Like pm2 and forever, but will less features.
- bluebird: Full featured promise library with unmatched performance.
- q: A tool for creating and composing asynchronous promises.
- casual: Fake data generator.
- chance: Random generator helper.
- faker: Generate massive amounts of fake data.
- flux: Application Architecture for Building User Interfaces.
- redux: Predictable state container for JavaScript apps.
- react: A declarative, efficient, and flexible JavaScript library for building user interfaces.
- react-native: A framework for building native apps with React.
- react-router: A complete routing library for React.
- protocol-buffers: Protocol Buffers for Node.
- multi-write-stream: Create a writable stream that writes to multiple other writeable streams.
- chai: BDD/TDD assertion framework.
- istanbul: Code coverage tool.
- mocha: Simple, flexible, fun javascript test framework.
- sinon: Test spies, stubs and mocks.
- supertest: Super-agent driven library for testing node.js HTTP servers using a fluent API.
- supertest-as-promised: Supercharges supertest with a then method.
- lazy.js: Functional utility library for JavaScript with a lazy engine.
- lodash: A modern JavaScript utility library delivering modularity, performance & extras.
- ramda: Practical functional Javascript.
- is-my-json-valid: JSONSchema validator that uses code generation.
- fluent-ffmpeg: A fluent API to FFMPEG.
- ffprobe: Use ffprobe to get info from media files.
- mp4-stream: Streaming mp4 encoder and decoder.
- get-browser-rtc: Get WebRTC methods unprefixed.
- simple-peer: Simple WebRTC video/voice and data channels.
- webrtc-adapter: Shim to insulate apps from spec changes and prefix differences.
- wrtc: WebRTC stack for Node.