Open source
Combine filters →Open source here means the complete software is published under a license that meets the Open Source Definition, such as MIT, GPL or Apache 2.0. Anyone may use it for any purpose, change it and share the changes, within the license’s conditions. A company may still sell support, hosting or add-ons. A record holds this value when every part needed to run the software is under such a license. When some features sit under different terms, the record is open core.
487 projects are open source, listed alphabetically. Mostly web frameworks, UI components and editors and Libraries and ORMs, of 23 categories in all. 13 records do not record this field, and cannot appear here either way. Counts only projects with momentum; the full list has the rest.
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- @easyops-cn/docusaurus-search-local
Offline search theme for Docusaurus v2 and v3 that indexes the docs and blog locally, with no external search service.
- @wordpress/env
Command-line tool that sets up a local WordPress environment for building and testing plugins and themes, Docker-based by default, published from the Gutenberg monorepo.
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- Ace
Embeddable code editor written in JavaScript for web pages and JavaScript applications.
- acme.sh
ACME protocol client written in POSIX shell that issues, installs and renews TLS certificates from ACME certificate authorities.
- Acquia Drupal Starter Kit
Drupal distribution of modules and configuration for building low-code websites on the Acquia platform.
- Active Record
Object-relational mapping library for Ruby that maps classes to database tables, distributed as part of Rails.
Actix WebRust web framework for building HTTP servers and web applications, with routing, middleware, WebSocket support and an async runtime.
AdminerWeb-based database management tool distributed as a single PHP file.
AdminNeoDatabase management tool written in PHP that is distributed as a single file and built on Adminer.
AdonisJSTypeScript-first Node.js web framework for web apps and API servers, with ORM, validation, mail and queues in the core distribution.
- aiohttp
Asynchronous HTTP client and server library for Python, built on asyncio, with a web server and a client session API.
AjvJSON Schema and JSON Type Definition validator for Node.js and browsers that compiles schemas into validation functions.
- Alinea
Git-based headless CMS for Next.js that stores every entry as a JSON file in the project repository.
Alpine.jsJavaScript framework that adds reactive behavior to HTML through attributes written in the markup.
Ametys CMSJava content management system for websites, intranets and portals, published under the Apache License.
AnalogFull-stack meta-framework for building Angular applications and websites, with Vite builds and Nitro server integrations.
AngularTypeScript-based web application framework with client-side, server-side and prerendered rendering.
Angular MaterialMaterial Design UI components for Angular applications, built by the Angular team.
Angular PrimitivesHeadless, accessible UI primitives for Angular that ship without styles.
Anime.jsJavaScript animation library that animates CSS properties, SVG, DOM attributes and JavaScript objects.
Ant DesignEnterprise-class UI design language and React component library.
Ant Design MobileUI component library of essential UI blocks for building mobile web apps.
- Apache APISIX
Open-source API gateway for routing, securing and managing traffic to APIs, microservices and LLM providers, built on NGINX and etcd.
Apache EChartsJavaScript library for interactive charts and data visualization that runs in the browser.
- Apache HTTP Server
Open-source web server for modern operating systems, extended by loadable modules.
Apache OFBizJava suite of enterprise business applications for ERP, CRM and e-commerce, built on an entity engine, a service engine and a widget-based UI.
Apache ShenYuJava-native API gateway for HTTP, Dubbo, gRPC and WebSocket services, with plugins for authentication, traffic control and observability.
- Apache SkyWalking
Application performance monitoring system for distributed systems, microservices and container-based architectures.
- Apache Struts
Apache Struts is an open-source MVC framework for building Java web applications.
- Apache Tomcat
Java servlet and JSP container, an open source implementation of the Jakarta Servlet, Pages, Expression Language, WebSocket, Annotations and Authentication specifications.
- Apache Wicket
Component-based Java web framework that keeps behavior in Java classes and markup in plain HTML.
Apollo ClientGraphQL client library for JavaScript that fetches, caches and modifies remote and local application data.
Apollo ServerOpen-source GraphQL server for Node.js that runs as an add-on to new or existing Node.js apps, including Express, Fastify and AWS Lambda.
AppwriteOpen-source backend platform with authentication, databases, storage, functions and messaging, available as Appwrite Cloud or self-hosted with Docker.
Arco DesignReact UI components library based on the Arco Design system.
- Arco Design Vue
Vue UI component library, based on the Arco Design system, distributed as an npm package.
- asdf
Command-line version manager for language runtimes and developer tools, configured per project in a .tool-versions file.
ASP.NET CoreCross-platform, open-source framework for building web apps and services with .NET and C#.
assistant-uiOpen-source TypeScript and React library of components for building AI chat interfaces.
AstroWeb framework for content-driven websites that prerenders pages to static HTML and can render routes on demand.
AstryxOpen source React design system built on StyleX, with themes and a command-line tool.
- Atomic Server
Self-hostable server for storage, search, sharing and sync of Atomic Data, with a web app and a RESTful API.
AtomicoMicro-library for building web components with functions and hooks.
- Auth.js
Authentication library for JavaScript web frameworks, with OAuth and OpenID Connect providers, email sign-in and credentials.
AutheliaOpen-source authentication and authorization server and portal that adds multi-factor authentication and single sign-on in front of web applications.
- AutoAnimate
Zero-config, drop-in animation utility that adds transitions to a web app when elements are added, removed or moved.
AutomergeLibrary of data structures for building collaborative applications, with a JavaScript package and a Rust core.
AutoprefixerPostCSS plugin that parses CSS and adds vendor prefixes to rules, using browser support data from Can I Use.
- AVA
Test runner for Node.js with a concise API, detailed error output and concurrent test runs.
- Awesomplete
Ultra lightweight autocomplete widget for input fields, with zero dependencies.
- axe-core
JavaScript accessibility testing engine that checks websites and other HTML-based user interfaces inside automated tests.
AxiosPromise-based HTTP client for the browser and Node.js.
- Axum
Rust HTTP routing and request-handling library focused on ergonomics and modularity.
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- Babel
JavaScript compiler that rewrites next-generation JavaScript into code that runs in the browsers and runtimes a project targets.
- Babylon.js
Open-source JavaScript and TypeScript 3D rendering engine for the web.
- BackstopJS
Visual regression testing tool that captures screenshots of a web app over time and compares them against approved references.
- Bagatto
Static site generator in which each site is a Janet program that declares its data and its output files.
Base UIUnstyled React component library for building accessible user interfaces.
BasecoatComponent library built with Tailwind CSS that works with any web stack.
baserCMSOpen-source PHP content management system built on CakePHP for building and customizing websites, with a REST API.
- Beasties
Build plugin that inlines a page's critical CSS and lazy-loads the rest of its stylesheets.
Better AuthFramework-agnostic authentication and authorization framework for TypeScript.
BiomeToolchain for web projects with a formatter and a linter, usable from the command line and through a language server.
- Bits UI
Headless, unstyled Svelte component primitives for building accessible component libraries.
- Blazor
Web UI framework for building interactive web apps with C# and Razor components, shipped as part of ASP.NET Core.
BokehPython library for interactive plots and data applications that render in web browsers.
BootstrapHTML, CSS and JavaScript toolkit for developing responsive, mobile-first projects on the web.
BootstrapVueNextVue 3 component library that implements Bootstrap 5 components with TypeScript types and WAI-ARIA markup.
- Browserify
Bundler that lets browser code use Node.js-style require() calls to load npm modules into a single script.
- BSSG
Static site generator written in Bash that builds a website from Markdown posts and pages.
- Bull Board
Dashboard UI for Bull and BullMQ job queues, mounted into an existing Node server or run as a standalone CLI or Docker image.
BunFast all-in-one JavaScript and TypeScript runtime that also ships a package manager, test runner and bundler as one executable.
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c15tOpen-source consent manager that renders cookie banners, a preferences dialog and consent-gated scripts for JavaScript frameworks.
- Camaleon CMS
Content management system for Ruby on Rails, distributed as a gem and run inside a Rails application.
CarbonPHP library that extends DateTime with an API for creating, changing and formatting dates.
- Carbon Components Svelte
Svelte component library implementing IBM's open source Carbon Design System.
CasdoorOpen-source identity and access management and single sign-on platform with a web admin console.
- Cash
Small jQuery-style library for DOM manipulation in modern browsers.
CASLJavaScript authorization library that defines what a given user may access, for browsers and Node.js.
CephOpen-source distributed storage system that serves object, block and file interfaces from one cluster built on commodity hardware.
cert-managerKubernetes controller that issues and renews X.509 TLS certificates for workloads in a Kubernetes or OpenShift cluster.
- Chai
Assertion library for Node.js and the browser that pairs with any JavaScript test framework.
Chart.jsJavaScript charting library that draws charts on an HTML5 canvas.
ChartistJavaScript library that draws responsive charts as SVG, styled with CSS.
- Choices.js
Vanilla JavaScript select box and text input plugin with configurable options and no jQuery dependency.
- class-validator
Validation library for TypeScript and JavaScript classes that checks object properties against rules declared with decorators.
ClickHouseColumn-oriented SQL database management system for analytical queries, available as open-source server software and as a cloud service.
CloudscapeOpen source design system of guidelines, React components and design resources for building web applications.
CodeceptJSEnd-to-end testing framework that writes tests as user actions and runs them through Playwright, WebDriver, Puppeteer or Appium.
CodeIgniterPHP MVC web framework with a small footprint and few configuration requirements.
ComentarioSelf-hosted web comment engine that adds threaded comments, voting and moderation to web pages through an embedded widget.
CompanionOpen source Node.js server that handles OAuth and streams files from remote sources such as Google Drive and Dropbox into uploads made with Uppy.
- Compiled
Compile-time CSS-in-JS library for React that writes its styles out as atomic CSS.
Concrete CMSOpen-source content management system for teams, written in PHP, with a built-in REST API and a MySQL or MariaDB database.
- Conform
Type-safe form validation library that progressively enhances HTML forms, with React bindings and support for Remix and Next.js.
Connect for ECMAScriptTypeScript implementation of Connect, a family of libraries for building type-safe APIs from Protocol Buffers schemas.
ContemberOpen-source platform for building data-driven web applications, with a GraphQL API, PostgreSQL and a React administration interface.
- CookieConsent
Vanilla JavaScript consent management library that shows a cookie banner and blocks scripts until visitors consent.
CoolifyOpen-source, self-hostable platform that deploys applications, databases and services to Docker containers on the user's own servers.
Cropper.jsJavaScript image cropper, built as a series of web components.
cssnanoModular CSS minifier, built on the PostCSS ecosystem, that compresses stylesheets with a set of optimizations and presets.
CubicWebPython web framework for data-centric applications built on an explicit schema, with a query language and components called cubes.
cvaA TypeScript library for building type-safe, variant-driven class names with Tailwind CSS or any other styling approach.
CypressEnd-to-end and component testing framework that runs tests in a real browser.
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D3JavaScript library for bespoke data visualization that runs in the browser.
daisyUIComponent library for Tailwind CSS that adds named component classes and themes.
date-fnsJavaScript library of functions for manipulating dates in browsers and on Node.js.
Day.jsJavaScript library that parses, validates, manipulates and displays dates and times, with a largely Moment.js-compatible API.
Decap CMSGit-based content management interface, delivered as a single-page admin app, that edits the content files of a static site.
- Devise
Authentication solution for Rails based on Warden, with modules for sign-in, registration, confirmation, password recovery and account locking.
Dexie.jsWrapper library for IndexedDB, the standard database in the browser, for offline-first web applications.
- Diesel
Safe, extensible ORM and query builder for Rust.
DioxusRust framework for building fullstack web, desktop and mobile apps from one codebase.
DjangoPython web framework with an ORM, URL routing, templating, forms and an automatic admin interface.
- Django REST framework
Toolkit for building Web APIs on Django, with serialization, views, authentication and permissions.
django-allauthIntegrated set of Django applications for local and social account authentication, registration and account management.
- dnd kit
Drag and drop toolkit for the web, with a framework-agnostic core and adapters for React, Vue, Svelte and Solid.
- DocSearch
Free search program from Algolia that crawls documentation into an Algolia index and provides a search box for it through open source frontend packages.
Doctrine DBALPHP database abstraction layer with an object-oriented API for queries and for schema introspection and management.
Doctrine ORMPHP object-relational mapper that provides transparent persistence for PHP objects.
DocusaurusReact-based static site generator for documentation websites and blogs written in Markdown and MDX.
DokkuSelf-hosted platform as a service that runs on a single Linux server and deploys web apps pushed to it with git.
- Dompdf
PHP library that converts HTML and CSS to PDF documents.
- DOMPurify
DOM-based XSS sanitizer that cleans HTML, MathML and SVG markup in the browser or on Node.js.
DotclearOpen-source PHP engine for publishing blogs, with several blogs and users in one installation.
dotLottie WebJavaScript and TypeScript player for Lottie and dotLottie animations, built on a Rust and WebAssembly core.
Driver.jsJavaScript library for product tours, element highlights and feature hints on web pages.
Drizzle ORMTypeScript ORM that maps SQL databases to typed schemas and queries, with a companion migration tool, Drizzle Kit.
Drupal CommerceE-commerce module suite that adds online store features to Drupal sites.
DuckDBAnalytical SQL database that runs in-process inside Python, Node.js and other applications, with a WebAssembly build for browsers.
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e107Open-source PHP content management system for websites, blogs and intranets, with a plugin and theme system.
- Easy CMS
Embedded headless CMS that runs inside a Nuxt or Next.js app, with a typed local API, a REST API and an admin at /admin.
- EasyMDE
Drop-in JavaScript Markdown editor that replaces a textarea, with a toolbar, live rendering of Markdown syntax and autosave.
EchoGo web framework built on the standard net/http package, with a radix-tree router, request binding, middleware and centralized error handling.
- Eclipse Mojarra
Eclipse's implementation of the Jakarta Faces specification for building Java web user interfaces.
EdgeTemplate engine for Node.js that renders markup from templates with JavaScript expressions, components and partials.
EJSTemplating language that generates HTML from plain JavaScript written inside templates, for Node.js and the browser.
Element PlusUI component library for Vue 3, written in TypeScript.
EleventyStatic site generator that transforms a directory of templates in various languages into HTML.
ElysiaTypeScript web framework for building backend servers, optimized for Bun and also runnable on Node.js.
Embla CarouselJavaScript carousel library with fluid motion, swipe gestures and a plugin system, usable with React, Vue, Svelte, Solid or plain JavaScript.
- EmDash
Full-stack TypeScript CMS built on Astro, with an admin panel, a REST API and a plugin system, that runs on Cloudflare or a Node.js server.
EmotionCSS-in-JS library for writing styles with JavaScript, with packages for React and for other frameworks.
EncoreBackend framework for TypeScript and Go in which application code declares the infrastructure it uses, such as databases, Pub/Sub and cron jobs.
- Endroid QR Code
PHP library that generates QR codes as PNG, WebP, SVG, EPS or binary output.
EnvoyOpen source edge and service proxy for cloud-native applications.
esbuildJavaScript and TypeScript bundler and minifier, shipped as a native binary with a JavaScript API.
ESLintPluggable linter for JavaScript that reports and fixes problems in source code through configurable rules and plugins.
EtaEmbedded JavaScript template engine written in TypeScript that renders templates in Node, Deno and the browser.
EverShopOpen-source TypeScript e-commerce platform built on Node.js and PostgreSQL, with a GraphQL API and React storefront and admin.
- Exceptionless
Error and log reporting service with a self-hostable server, a web dashboard and client libraries for .NET and JavaScript.
Expo RouterFile-based router for universal React Native apps that run on Android, iOS and the web, part of the open-source Expo platform.
ExpressMinimalist web framework for Node.js for building web applications and APIs.
ExpressoTSTypeScript framework for building server-side Node.js applications, with dependency injection and an Express adapter.
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Fabric.jsJavaScript HTML5 canvas library for interactive objects, with SVG and JSON import and export.
- Faircamp
Static site generator that builds a website from a folder of audio files, for audio producers.
FakerJavaScript library that generates fake but realistic data for testing and development, in the browser and in Node.js.
FakerPHP library that generates fake data for tests, database seeding and anonymized datasets.
- fast-check
Property-based testing framework for JavaScript and TypeScript that generates inputs to check properties of code.
FastAPIPython web framework for building APIs from standard Python type hints, served by an ASGI server.
- fastest-validator
JavaScript validation library that compiles an object schema into a checker function for Node.js, browsers and Deno.
FastifyNode.js web framework for building HTTP APIs and web applications, with a plugin architecture and schema-based validation.
- favicons
Node.js module that generates favicons and their associated icon and web app manifest files from a source image.
FiberExpress-inspired web framework for Go, built on Fasthttp.
- Filament
UI framework for Laravel for building admin panels and apps from Livewire-based tables, forms and other components.
FilePondJavaScript file upload library that turns file inputs into a drop area with previews, validation, image processing and uploads.
- FlexSearch
Full-text search library for browsers and Node.js that keeps its index in memory or in a database.
Floating UIJavaScript library that positions floating elements such as tooltips, popovers and dropdowns next to their anchors, with React and Vue bindings.
- Fluent UI System Icons
Icon set of familiar icons from Microsoft, shipped as SVG files and as native Android, iOS and Flutter libraries.
Fluent.jsJavaScript implementation of Project Fluent, a localization framework for translations with plurals, genders and grammatical cases.
FormatJSA set of JavaScript libraries for internationalization built on ICU MessageFormat and the ECMA-402 Intl APIs.
FormikAn open source form library for React and React Native that holds form values, validation and submission state.
Framework7Open-source framework for building mobile, desktop and web apps with native-looking UI components.
Frappe FrameworkPython and JavaScript low-code web framework for building data-driven web applications, with a built-in admin interface, roles and permissions.
- Frappe Gantt
JavaScript library that draws configurable, interactive Gantt charts for the web.
- frp
Reverse proxy that exposes services behind a NAT or firewall to the internet through a server with a public IP address, written in Go.
FumadocsReact documentation framework that composes into an existing React framework to build docs sites.
Fuse.jsLightweight fuzzy-search library written in TypeScript, with no dependencies, for searching in browsers and on servers.
- fuzzysort
JavaScript library that fuzzy-matches search text against strings and object properties, with scores and highlighting.
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GarageS3-compatible object storage server for self-hosted, geo-distributed deployments, written in Rust.
GinGo web framework with a Martini-like API for building web services, REST APIs and web applications.
- GLightbox
Pure JavaScript lightbox that shows images, videos, iframes and inline content.
GlitchTipOpen-source error tracking platform that works with Sentry client SDKs, self-hosted or hosted by GlitchTip.
go-zeroGo web and RPC framework with code generation from API definitions, built-in resilience components and the goctl command-line tool.
- goober
CSS-in-JS library whose styled API is inspired by emotion.
- Gophenberg
Plugin-first CMS with a Go backend, a React admin built on the Gutenberg block editor and optional Astro themes, backed by PostgreSQL.
GORMGo ORM library that maps structs to database tables, with associations, hooks, transactions and auto migrations.
GoshtosoGo UI component library of templ components for server-rendered web applications.
- Got
Human-friendly HTTP request library for Node.js with promise and stream APIs, retries, timeouts and RFC 7234 caching.
GradioPython package for building web interfaces and demos for machine learning models and Python functions.
- Grafana Loki
Horizontally scalable log aggregation system that indexes log labels rather than the text of log lines.
GrandNodeOpen-source e-commerce platform built on ASP.NET Core and MongoDB, with multi-store and multi-vendor support.
GrapesJSOpen-source web builder framework that adds a visual editor for HTML templates to an application.
- GraphQL Code Generator
Plugin-based command-line tool that generates typed code from a GraphQL schema and its operations.
- GraphQL Mesh
Framework for composing REST, OpenAPI, gRPC, SOAP, database and GraphQL sources into a GraphQL federation supergraph.
- GraphQL Tools
A collection of npm packages for building, mocking and stitching GraphQL schemas and resolvers in JavaScript.
- GraphQL Yoga
Fully-featured GraphQL server library for JavaScript that runs on the WHATWG Fetch API across Node.js and other JavaScript runtimes.
- graphql-ws
Zero-dependency GraphQL over WebSocket server and client library for JavaScript, with adapters for common WebSocket servers.
- GraphQL.js
JavaScript implementation of the GraphQL specification, providing the parser, validator, executor and type system used to build GraphQL servers, clients and tools.
GravFlat-file PHP content management system that stores pages as Markdown and YAML files without a database.
Grid.jsFree and open-source JavaScript table plugin that works with React, Angular, Vue and plain JavaScript.
- Griffel
CSS-in-JS library that defines styles as JavaScript objects and can compile them ahead of time.
gulpJavaScript toolkit that automates build and workflow tasks by composing single-purpose tasks and plugins into streaming pipelines defined in a gulpfile.
- Guzzle
PHP HTTP client library for sending HTTP requests and integrating with web services.
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h3HTTP server framework for JavaScript runtimes, built on the Request, Response and Headers primitives of the web platform.
HandlebarsJavaScript templating engine that compiles Handlebars templates into functions that render HTML, text and other output.
- HastySite
Static site generator written in Nim that builds a site from Markdown contents and Mustache templates.
Headless UIUnstyled, accessible UI components for React and Vue, designed to work with Tailwind CSS.
- Heckle
Minimal Jekyll clone for Node.js that builds a site from Jekyll-style folders with Mold templates.
- Heroicons
Set of free, MIT-licensed SVG icons for user interface development, with React and Vue packages.
HestiaCPWeb control panel for Debian and Ubuntu servers that manages web domains, mail, DNS zones and databases from one dashboard.
Hey APICode generator that turns OpenAPI specifications into TypeScript clients, schemas and other generated code, published as @hey-api/openapi-ts.
HiawathaOpen source web server for Unix-like systems, focused on security and a small footprint, with CGI, FastCGI and reverse proxy support.
highlight.jsJavaScript syntax highlighter with automatic language detection that runs in the browser and on Node.js.
HistoireVite-based tool that builds interactive story books of components for Vue, React and Svelte.
- hls.js
JavaScript library that plays HTTP Live Streaming video in browsers through HTML5 video and Media Source Extensions.
- Hocuspocus
WebSocket backend for Yjs documents that syncs changes between clients in real time, from the team behind Tiptap.
HologramElixir full-stack web framework whose client-side code runs in the browser as Elixir, compiled to JavaScript.
HonoWeb framework built on Web Standards that runs on any JavaScript runtime.
howler.jsJavaScript audio library for the modern web that plays sounds through the Web Audio API with an HTML5 Audio fallback.
- htmx
Dependency-free browser library that lets HTML attributes make AJAX requests, use CSS transitions, WebSockets and Server-Sent Events.
http4sScala library for typeful, functional and streaming HTTP servers and clients, built on FS2 and cats-effect.
- Huginn
Self-hosted system for building agents that watch the web and incoming events and take automated actions on the user's behalf.
HugoStatic site generator written in Go that builds websites from Markdown content and Go templates.
HyperswitchOpen-source payments orchestration platform that routes transactions across payment processors, with a vault, a control center and reconciliation, self-hosted or hosted by Juspay.
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IconifyUnified icon framework that loads open source icons from any icon library on demand.
IconoirOpen source SVG icon set with packages for React, React Native, Vue, Flutter and CSS.
ikiwikiWiki compiler that builds wiki pages into a static website, storing page history in a revision control system, with blogging support.
Inertia.jsAdapter protocol and client libraries for building single-page React, Vue and Svelte apps on top of server-side routing.
InngestWorkflow orchestration platform for durable functions with step retries, scheduling and flow control, run by applications through language SDKs and self-hostable as a single server.
InsightFlarePrivacy-friendly web analytics tool that a site owner deploys to their own Cloudflare account and embeds with a small script.
InstantOpen-source backend for web and mobile apps with a client-side, real-time database, auth, permissions, storage and streams.
- InstantSearch
Open source JavaScript UI library of widgets that builds a search interface on Algolia's search API, with React and Vue wrappers.
Intervention ImagePHP image processing library for creating, editing and composing images through one API over GD, Imagick or libvips.
- IPX
Image optimizer that serves images in any size and format from a URL, using sharp for raster images and svgo for SVG.
- ISPConfig
Open source hosting control panel for managing websites, MySQL databases and cron jobs on Linux servers from a web browser.
iTwinUIDesign system from Bentley Systems with a React component library, CSS and design-token packages.
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JaegerOpen-source distributed tracing platform that collects, stores and shows traces from requests that cross services.
JekyllRuby static site generator that turns plain text, Markdown and Liquid templates into websites and blogs.
jQueryJavaScript library that simplifies HTML document traversal and manipulation, event handling, animation and Ajax.
- JSDoc
Documentation generator that builds HTML API documentation from comments placed in JavaScript source code.
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- Kart
Python static site generator that uses Jinja2 templates and Markdown, with blog and tag index support.
KeycloakOpen source identity and access management server with OpenID Connect, OAuth 2.0 and SAML 2.0 support.
- KeyDB
Multithreaded, Redis-compatible key-value database and cache server, a fork of Redis.
KobalteUI toolkit of unstyled, accessible components and primitives for building web apps with SolidJS.
KratosGo framework for building HTTP and gRPC microservices, with application lifecycle, generated transports, middleware and configuration.
KtorKotlin framework for building asynchronous servers and HTTP clients, extended with plugins and engines.
KumoCloudflare's component library of accessible React UI components for building web applications, built on Base UI.
KuzzleOpen-source backend server with a pre-built API, realtime notifications and data storage for web, mobile and IoT applications.
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LadleComponent workshop that runs React component stories in a Vite dev server and builds them into a static app.
LaradockDocker Compose setup and CLI that starts a pre-configured local stack of PHP, web server and service containers for PHP projects.
LaravelPHP web application framework with routing, an ORM, templating, queues and scheduled jobs.
- Laravel Vite Plugin
Vite plugin that configures Vite for use with a Laravel backend server.
LeafletJavaScript library for mobile-friendly interactive maps that runs in the browser.
legoACME client and library written in Go that obtains, renews and revokes TLS certificates from Let's Encrypt and other ACME servers.
LEPTON CMSContent management system written in PHP that runs on MySQL or MariaDB and is installed by uploading its package to a web space.
LeptosRust framework for building reactive web applications, client-side or full-stack with server rendering and server functions.
- Lerd
Open-source local PHP development environment for Linux and macOS that runs sites, PHP versions and services as rootless Podman containers.
- Less
Backwards-compatible language extension for CSS that compiles Less stylesheets to plain CSS with Node.js or in the browser.
- Lighthouse
Open-source automated tool that audits web pages and web apps for performance, accessibility, SEO and best practices.
- Lightning CSS
CSS parser, transformer, bundler and minifier written in Rust, usable from JavaScript, Rust or a standalone CLI.
- Lightning Web Components
UI framework for building custom elements (web components) with HTML, JavaScript and CSS, maintained by Salesforce.
LimeSurveyOpen-source survey platform for creating surveys that respondents take through a link or an embed on a website.
- Linaria
Zero-runtime CSS-in-JS library that extracts styles written in JavaScript into CSS files at build time.
LitJavaScript library for building web components with reactive properties and declarative HTML templates.
- Litekart
Self-hosted ecommerce platform whose Go backend, GoCommerce, serves the API and an admin panel for a separate SvelteKit storefront.
LivewireFull-stack framework for Laravel that builds dynamic user interfaces in PHP without a separate JavaScript framework.
Lobe UIReact component library for building AI chat and generated-content web apps.
LoupePHP full-text search library that stores its index in SQLite and needs no separate search service.
LowdefyConfig-first web framework that builds business apps and internal tools from YAML configuration, served by a Node.js server.
- Lucid
SQL query builder, Active Record ORM and migrations library for AdonisJS applications.
LucideOpen-source set of scalable vector icons, distributed as packages for vanilla JavaScript and for frameworks.
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- Makko
Markdown-based static site generator for blogs and websites, written in Zig.
MantineReact component library with hooks and a theming system, installed from npm as @mantine/core and related packages.
- markdown-it
JavaScript Markdown parser that follows the CommonMark specification and supports syntax extensions and plugins.
MarkoHTML-based language and runtime for building web applications and user interfaces, with the Marko Run application framework.
Master CSSVirtual CSS language with enhanced syntax that generates styles from class names written in HTML and JavaScript.
Material for MkDocsDocumentation framework on top of MkDocs that builds static documentation sites from Markdown.
Material UIReact component library that implements Google's Material Design.
- Material Web
Web components for the Material 3 design system, installed from the @material/web npm package.
MetroJavaScript bundler for React Native projects, with a development server and a build API.
- Mezzio
PHP microframework built on PSR-15 middleware, in which the application chooses its routing and templating.
microfeedSelf-hosted content management system for podcasts, blogs, photos, documents and links, running on Cloudflare Workers with D1 and R2 storage.
MicronautJVM application framework for Java, Kotlin and Groovy with compile-time dependency injection, AOP and HTTP servers and clients.
- Milvus
Vector database for storing and searching embeddings, run as a Docker or Kubernetes server or as Milvus Lite, a Python library.
ministaStatic site generator that builds websites from React JSX components with Vite.
miseCommand-line tool that installs a project's dev tools, sets its environment variables and runs its tasks from one mise.toml file.
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Naive UIVue 3 component library written in TypeScript, with a theme system configured through JavaScript theme overrides.
NATSMessaging server that routes messages between applications and services by subject, with optional persistence through JetStream.
NeosOpen-source content management system and application framework for websites and digital content, built on the Flow PHP framework.
NestJSProgressive Node.js framework for building efficient, scalable server-side applications with TypeScript.
- Netty
Java network application framework for building protocol servers and clients with an asynchronous, event-driven model.
Next.jsReact framework for building full-stack web applications, with routing, rendering and data fetching.
- NG-ZORRO
Angular UI component library based on Ant Design.
nginxC-based HTTP web server with reverse proxy, content cache, load balancer and mail proxy features.
Nginx Proxy ManagerWeb admin interface for managing Nginx reverse proxy hosts, distributed as a Docker image with free Let's Encrypt certificates.
NiftDependency-aware command-line build tool and template language that generates websites from HTML, content and data files.
- Nitro
TypeScript server toolkit for full-stack servers with filesystem routing, storage, caching and a Vite plugin, deployable to Node.js, Bun, Deno and serverless hosts.
- Node-RED
Browser-based flow editor and Node.js runtime for building event-driven applications that connect devices, services and data.
ntfySelf-hostable HTTP publish-subscribe server that delivers published messages as push notifications to phones, desktops and browsers.
NuxtVue-based framework for building server-rendered, static and hybrid websites and web apps.
- Nuxt Content
File-based content module for Nuxt that queries Markdown, YAML, CSV and JSON files from a Vue application.
- Nuxt UI
Vue component library built on Reka UI and Tailwind CSS, used as a Nuxt module or as a Vite plugin in plain Vue apps.
- nvm
POSIX shell script that installs and switches between multiple Node.js versions for one user.
NxMonorepo task runner and build system for TypeScript and polyglot codebases, with caching and affected-only runs.
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OAuth2 ProxyGo reverse proxy that adds OAuth 2.0 and OpenID Connect authentication in front of web applications.
- Ocsigen Eliom
OCaml framework for building client and server web and mobile applications as a single program.
- Octicons
Set of SVG icons built by GitHub, with helper packages for JavaScript, React and Ruby.
- Open Web Analytics
Open source web analytics framework that records visits to websites and applications and reports on them, with a JavaScript tracker and a PHP server.
OpenCartOpen source ecommerce platform written in PHP for running an online store on a web server.
OpenMeterOpen-source usage metering and billing platform that ingests usage events and bills customers for the usage.
OramaSearch library for full-text, vector and hybrid search that runs in the browser, on a server or at the edge.
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PagefindStatic search library that builds a search index from built HTML at build time and serves search from static files.
Panda CSSStyling engine that generates atomic CSS at build time from type-safe TypeScript style definitions.
PandocHaskell library and command-line tool that converts documents between markup formats.
Parse ServerOpen source backend for web and mobile apps that runs on Node.js, stores data in MongoDB or PostgreSQL, and can be mounted on an Express app.
PayloadTypeScript framework that runs inside a Next.js app and generates an admin panel, database schema and REST, GraphQL and local APIs from one config, used as a headless CMS or application backend.
PestTesting framework for PHP that is built on PHPUnit and adds an expressive syntax for writing tests.
pgAdminOpen-source administration and development tool for PostgreSQL, run as a desktop application or as a web application.
PGliteEmbeddable WebAssembly build of PostgreSQL, packaged as a TypeScript and JavaScript library for the browser, Node.js, Bun and Deno.
PhalconFull-stack PHP web framework delivered as a PHP extension.
Phosphor IconsOpen-source icon family of SVG icons in six weights, with packages for the web, React, Vue and other frameworks.
- PHP-FPM
FastCGI process manager for PHP, built as an optional SAPI in the PHP source tree.
PHPUnitUnit testing framework for PHP, installed with Composer and run from the command line.
Play FrameworkJava and Scala web framework whose production build is a distribution that runs as a server process, with Twirl templates.
- Playroom
Design environment that renders JSX from a team's own component library across themes and screen sizes.
PlaywrightBrowser automation and end-to-end test framework that drives Chromium, Firefox and WebKit through one API.
PocketBaseOpen-source Go backend shipped as a single executable, with an embedded SQLite database, realtime subscriptions, authentication and a dashboard.
PoeticMetricOpen source website analytics tool that uses no cookies, offered as a managed service on poeticmetric.com or self-hosted with Docker Compose.
- Pollen
Book-publishing system written in Racket that embeds code in text documents for multiple-output publishing.
- Porsche Design System
Design system of Web Components with npm wrapper packages for React, Angular, Vue and vanilla JavaScript, published by Porsche AG.
PostCSSTool for transforming CSS with JavaScript plugins.
PostgRESTStandalone web server that serves a RESTful API directly from a PostgreSQL database schema.
PreactJavaScript library for building component-based user interfaces on a virtual DOM, with a React-compatible API through an optional alias.
- Prefect
Python workflow orchestration framework that runs flows on schedules, events or API calls, with a self-hostable server.
PrettierOpinionated code formatter for JavaScript and many other languages that rewrites source to a consistent style.
Prisma ORMTypeScript and Node.js object-relational mapper that generates a type-safe database client from a schema file.
PubliiDesktop CMS for Windows, macOS and Linux that builds static websites on the author's computer.
- Puck
Open-source visual editor library for React that lets users build drag-and-drop pages from the components an app defines.
PushwordSymfony-based content management system for websites, with Markdown or database content and an optional static export.
- pyenv
Shell-based version manager that switches between multiple installed Python versions.
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QuarkusJava framework for building cloud-native applications that run on the JVM or as native executables.
QuasarVue.js framework with UI components and a CLI that builds single-page, server-rendered, static, PWA, mobile, desktop and browser extension apps.
QwikFramework for web apps that resumes on the client instead of hydrating, with Qwik City for routing and server rendering.
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- Radiance
Web application environment for Common Lisp, for personal websites and deployable applications.
Radix IconsSet of 15×15 icons that ships as individual React components on npm.
Radix PrimitivesUnstyled, accessible React component primitives for building design systems and web apps.
Radix ThemesPre-styled, open-source component library designed to work out of the box with minimal configuration.
ReactJavaScript library for building component-based user interfaces for the web, with react-dom for browsers and server rendering.
React AriaUnstyled, accessible React components and hooks from Adobe for building custom UI, published as react-aria-components.
- React Bootstrap
Bootstrap components rebuilt as React components, installed from npm alongside the Bootstrap stylesheet.
React CosmosSandbox for developing and testing React UI components in isolation, with file-based fixtures, a playground interface and a static export.
- React Native for Web
Implementation of React Native's components and APIs for the web, rendering through React DOM.
React RouterRouter for React whose framework mode adds server rendering, static pre-rendering and data loading for building full-stack web apps.
- React Spectrum
React component library implementing Adobe's Spectrum design system, with accessible and adaptive components.
React SuiteReact component library of UI components, published as the rsuite npm package.
RedictDistributed key/value store, an independent LGPL-licensed fork of Redis.
RedisIn-memory data store used as a cache, database and streaming engine, offered under source-available and open-source licenses.
RemixFull-stack web framework built on Web APIs that combines routing, data, UI and asset compilation in one stack.
reveal.jsOpen-source HTML presentation framework for building slide decks that run in a web browser.
RocketAsync web framework for Rust with typed routes, request guards and built-in form and JSON handling.
RolldownJavaScript and TypeScript bundler written in Rust with a Rollup-compatible API, designed as the bundler of Vite.
RollupJavaScript module bundler that compiles ES module source into bundles for browsers, Node.js and other platforms.
RsbuildBuild tool for modern web applications that runs on Rspack and supports React, Vue, Svelte and other frameworks.
RspackFast Rust-based bundler for the web with a modernized webpack API.
RspressStatic site generator built on Rsbuild that turns Markdown and MDX files into documentation websites.
Ruby on RailsRuby web application framework with an ORM, routing, ERB views, background jobs and built-in deployment tooling.
RustFSS3-compatible distributed object storage server written in Rust.
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- S3Proxy
Java server that speaks the S3 API and forwards requests to other object storage backends, such as AWS S3, Azure Blob Storage, Google Cloud Storage, the local filesystem and SFTP.
SanicAsynchronous Python web framework with its own production-ready web server.
- Sanity UI
React component library and design system from Sanity, with layout primitives and theme tokens for building accessible web apps.
ScalarOpen-source API reference renderer that turns OpenAPI and AsyncAPI documents into interactive API documentation.
- Search API
Drupal module that provides a framework for creating searches on Drupal entities, backed by a search server or Drupal's own database.
SEED DesignDesign system from Daangn that delivers one set of design tokens to React, Lynx and CSS packages.
Semi DesignReact component library and design system from the Douyin front-end team, with themes built on design tokens.
shadcn-svelteSvelte port of shadcn/ui, with components that a CLI copies into a project's source code.
shadcn-templGo and templ components whose source code is added to a project with a CLI, so the project can customize it.
shadcn-vueVue components whose source code is added to a project with a CLI, so the project can customize it.
shadcn/uiComposable React components whose source code is added to a project with a CLI, so the project can customize it.
sharpNode.js module that resizes and converts JPEG, PNG, WebP, AVIF and other image formats, using the libvips image library.
ShikiSyntax highlighter for JavaScript runtimes that colors code with the TextMate grammars used by VS Code.
- Siemens iX
Open-source design system of web components for industrial software interfaces, with packages for React, Vue and Angular.
Simple IconsIcon set of SVG logos for popular brands, published as an npm and Composer package.
- Sinatra
Ruby DSL for building web applications with a small set of route definitions, run on a Rack server.
Skeleton SvelteSvelte component package of the Skeleton design system, which is built on Tailwind CSS.
SlidevMarkdown-based slides maker and presenter that builds slide decks as web pages with Vue and Vite.
Socket.IOLibrary that enables low-latency, bidirectional and event-based communication between a client and a server.
SockudoSelf-hosted realtime server written in Rust that serves Pusher-compatible WebSocket and HTTP APIs.
SolidStartFull-stack application framework for Solid, built on Vite.
- Sonic
Schema-less search backend server written in Rust that indexes words against identifiers.
SpartanAccessible UI primitives for Angular, with the behavior installed from npm and the styled components copied into the project.
- Spectrum Web Components
Web components implementing Adobe's Spectrum design system, open source and usable with any web framework or none.
SPIPPublishing system for the Internet, written in PHP, for multilingual websites with collaborative editing.
Spring BootJava framework for building stand-alone Spring applications with an embedded web server and auto-configuration.
Spring FrameworkComprehensive programming and configuration model for Java-based enterprise applications, on any deployment platform.
- SQLite
Public-domain C library that implements a self-contained SQL database engine in a single file.
StarletteLightweight ASGI framework and toolkit for building async web services in Python.
StarlightDocumentation theme and integration for the Astro framework that builds documentation websites from Markdown, Markdoc and MDX.
StencilToolchain that compiles TypeScript components into web components, distributable as custom elements, framework wrappers or prerendered websites.
- Stog
Static site and blog generator written in OCaml that compiles XML documents, with Markdown sources through a plugin.
StreamlitPython framework that turns scripts into interactive web apps for data work.
- Style Dictionary
Build system that exports design tokens defined once in JSON or JavaScript to platform formats such as CSS, iOS, Android and JavaScript.
- styled-components
Styling library for React that writes component styles as CSS in tagged template literals.
- styled-jsx
Babel plugin and runtime that transpile CSS written in style tags inside JSX components into class names scoped to that component.
- Stylelint
CSS linter that reports errors and enforces conventions in stylesheets, with rules, plugins and shareable configs.
StyleXJavaScript styling library whose build-time compiler turns style definitions into atomic CSS class names.
SVAR Svelte CoreSvelte component library of form controls, popups, notifications and other UI elements, published as @svar-ui/svelte-core.
SvelteCompiler that turns Svelte components into JavaScript that updates the DOM directly, used to build web applications.
SvelteKitSvelte-based framework for building web applications with server rendering, prerendering and client-side rendering.
Sveltia CMSGit-based headless CMS, a single-page admin interface for editing content stored in a Git repository of a static site.
SVGONode.js library and command-line application that optimizes SVG files by removing redundant information, with a browser bundle and a webpack loader.
SvixOpen source webhook service that sends webhooks with retries, signatures and a customer-facing portal, self-hosted or as a hosted service.
SWCRust-based platform that compiles, bundles and minifies JavaScript and TypeScript, with npm packages for its JavaScript APIs.
SwooleCoroutine-based PHP extension for concurrent networking and TCP, UDP, Unix socket, HTTP and WebSocket servers.
SymfonyPHP full-stack web framework built from a set of reusable, standalone components.
- Symfony AssetMapper
Symfony component that maps asset directories to versioned public files and loads JavaScript through browser importmaps, without a bundler.
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Tailwind CSSUtility-first CSS framework that generates styles from class names used in HTML and other templates.
Tailwind VariantsFirst-class variant API for Tailwind CSS that defines typed component recipes with variants, slots and compound styles.
tailwind-mergeUtility function that merges Tailwind CSS classes in JavaScript so that conflicting classes resolve without style conflicts.
TallStackUISuite of more than 80 Blade components for TALL Stack applications built with Laravel, Livewire, Alpine.js and Tailwind CSS.
TamaguiUniversal styling and UI component library for React and React Native, with an optimizing compiler for web and native.
TanStack QueryAsynchronous state management and data-fetching library that caches, updates and synchronizes server state in web applications.
TanStack StartFull-stack framework for React and Solid, powered by TanStack Router, for server-rendered, static and client-only web apps.
TDesign ReactReact component library for the TDesign design system, published as the tdesign-react npm package.
TemporalOpen-source durable execution platform whose server runs workflows and retries failed steps, self-hosted or as Temporal Cloud.
TerserJavaScript minifier and compressor for ES6+ code, used from the command line or through the Node.js API.
TheliaOpen-source e-commerce CMS and framework built on Symfony for online stores and web content.
- TiDB
Open-source distributed SQL database, MySQL compatible, that supports hybrid transactional and analytical workloads.
tinyhttpExpress-like web framework for Node.js, written in TypeScript and published as native ESM.
TomeDrupal module that generates static HTML from a Drupal site and keeps its content as files.
- Topcoat
Rust framework that renders full-stack web apps as HTML on the server, with client reactivity compiled from the same Rust code.
TornadoPython web framework and asynchronous networking library that runs its own HTTP server rather than WSGI.
TraefikCloud-native application proxy and reverse proxy that discovers routes from container, orchestrator and file providers.
TraksSelf-hosted web analytics that runs on Cloudflare Workers, Durable Objects, D1 and R2 in the site owner's own Cloudflare account.
- Trigger.dev
Open-source platform for building durable AI agents and background tasks in TypeScript, offered as a cloud service and for self-hosting.
tsdownBundler for TypeScript and JavaScript libraries that emits ESM, CJS, IIFE or UMD bundles and declaration files, built on Rolldown.
TurboJavaScript framework from Hotwire that updates server-rendered web applications by sending HTML over the wire.
- Turbopack
Incremental bundler for JavaScript and TypeScript, written in Rust, that ships inside Next.js.
- Turborepo
Build system written in Rust that runs the package.json scripts of JavaScript and TypeScript monorepos with caching and parallel execution.
- Turso Database
Embedded SQL database engine written in Rust that is compatible with SQLite, with a hosted service beside it.
TwindCompiler that turns Tailwind-style utility classes into CSS at runtime in the browser or in JavaScript environments, without a build step.
txtaiPython framework for semantic search, LLM pipelines and workflows, with an embeddings database, a web API and Docker images.
TypeDocDocumentation generator that builds HTML or JSON API documentation from the comments of TypeScript projects.
TypeScriptProgramming language that adds static types to JavaScript, with a compiler (tsc) that converts its code to JavaScript.
TypesenseOpen-source search server with an HTTP API that indexes collections of documents for instant search, self-hosted or as Typesense Cloud.
- Typesense InstantSearch Adapter
JavaScript adapter that connects InstantSearch.js and its React, Vue and Angular bindings to a Typesense search server.
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U.S. Web Design SystemPublic domain library of user interface components, CSS, JavaScript and a visual style guide designed for U.S. federal government websites.
- uFuzzy
JavaScript fuzzy search library that matches a short search phrase against a list of phrases without building an index.
- uhtml
Micro HTML and SVG renderer for building reactive web pages with template literals.
UmamiOpen-source web and product analytics platform, self-hosted or offered as Umami Cloud.
UnpolyJavaScript and CSS library that makes links, forms and server-rendered HTML pages update fragments without a full page load.
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- validator
Go package that validates struct and field values using struct tags.
ValkeyBSD-licensed in-memory key-value datastore for caching, message queues and primary database use, forked from Redis.
vanilla-extractBuild-time CSS tool that lets styles be written in TypeScript, with locally scoped class names and CSS variables.
VantVue component library for mobile web apps, written in TypeScript.
- Vapor
Server-side Swift HTTP web framework for building backends, web apps, APIs and HTTP servers.
- Velite
Content layer library that turns Markdown, MDX, YAML and JSON files into typed data for a JavaScript or TypeScript application.
VendureOpen-source headless commerce framework built on Node.js and TypeScript, with a GraphQL API.
- Vercel CLI
Command-line interface of the Vercel hosting platform, used to deploy projects, run them locally and manage them from a terminal.
Vibe Design SystemReact component library and design system from monday.com, with styles, tokens and guidelines for application development.
VinxiJavaScript toolkit for composing full stack applications and frameworks from Vite and Nitro primitives.
Vinyl CacheCaching HTTP reverse proxy, installed in front of any HTTP server to cache its responses, configured with the Vinyl Configuration Language (VCL).
ViteFrontend build tool and dev server for web applications, with a development server and a production bundler.
VitePressStatic site generator built on Vite and Vue that turns Markdown content into content-centric websites.
VitessCloud-native, horizontally scalable distributed database system built around MySQL.
VitestTesting framework for JavaScript and TypeScript projects, built on Vite.
VocsDocumentation framework that builds Markdown and MDX sources into docs sites, powered by Vite.
VueJavaScript framework for building user interfaces on the web, with a reactive rendering system and optional server rendering.
- Vue (Official)
Language tooling for Vue single-file components, with the Vue (Official) VS Code extension, a language server and the vue-tsc type checker.
VuetifyOpen source UI component framework for Vue, distributed as the vuetify npm package.
Vuetify0Headless Vue components and composables with no styling, distributed as the @vuetify/v0 npm package.
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wasm-packCommand-line tool that builds Rust crates into WebAssembly packages for JavaScript, with npm publishing support.
- wbsx
Command-line toolkit that builds websites and web apps from XML with XSLT stylesheets.
WebminWeb-based administration tool for Unix-like servers that configures system files and server applications such as Apache HTTP Server, BIND and MySQL.
- WebOptimizer
ASP.NET Core middleware that bundles and minifies CSS and JavaScript files at runtime and keeps the output in memory.
webpackJavaScript module bundler that packs application modules and assets into optimized output for browsers and other runtimes.
WordPressOpen-source PHP content management system for websites and blogs, with a block editor, themes and plugins.
WorkermanAsynchronous, event-driven PHP framework for building network servers that handle HTTP, WebSocket and custom socket protocols.
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ZasStatic site generator written in Go that renders Markdown and HTML pages through a shared layout.
- Zero
Sync engine that keeps a client-side datastore of a web app in step with a Postgres database.
ZodTypeScript-first schema validation library that validates data and infers static types from the same schemas.
ZolaStatic site generator distributed as a single binary, with the Tera template engine, Sass compilation and search built in.
- zs
Static site generator written in Go that builds Markdown and HTML files into a site, with plugins, hooks and routes.
Which of these is best?
We don't know. A portfolio, a shop and a documentation site need different things from their software, and so does a team of one against an agency. Nobody pays to be listed here and the order is alphabetical.


