Individual
Combine filters →Individual-maintained means one person created the project and holds the final say over its releases and direction, even when others contribute. Many widely used libraries and tools work this way, sometimes funded through sponsorships or a paid product alongside. Decisions can be quick and consistent, and continuity depends on that person. A record holds this value when the repository belongs to a personal account or the project names one person as its author and lead, with no company or foundation behind it.
102 projects are maintained by an individual, listed alphabetically. Mostly UI components and editors, site and docs generators and Libraries and ORMs, of 22 categories in all. 170 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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AdminerWeb-based database management tool distributed as a single PHP file.
- amCharts 5
JavaScript library for interactive charts, maps and stock charts in web pages and web apps.
Anime.jsJavaScript animation library that animates CSS properties, SVG, DOM attributes and JavaScript objects.
- asdf
Command-line version manager for language runtimes and developer tools, configured per project in a .tool-versions file.
AtomicoMicro-library for building web components with functions and hooks.
AutoprefixerPostCSS plugin that parses CSS and adds vendor prefixes to rules, using browser support data from Can I Use.
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- BackstopJS
Visual regression testing tool that captures screenshots of a web app over time and compares them against approved references.
BasecoatComponent library built with Tailwind CSS that works with any web stack.
- Beasties
Build plugin that inlines a page's critical CSS and lazy-loads the rest of its stylesheets.
- Bits UI
Headless, unstyled Svelte component primitives for building accessible component libraries.
- 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.
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- Camaleon CMS
Content management system for Ruby on Rails, distributed as a gem and run inside a Rails application.
- 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.
ComentarioSelf-hosted web comment engine that adds threaded comments, voting and moderation to web pages through an embedded widget.
- Conform
Type-safe form validation library that progressively enhances HTML forms, with React bindings and support for Remix and Next.js.
- CookieConsent
Vanilla JavaScript consent management library that shows a cookie banner and blocks scripts until visitors consent.
Cropper.jsJavaScript image cropper, built as a series of web components.
cvaA TypeScript library for building type-safe, variant-driven class names with Tailwind CSS or any other styling approach.
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daisyUIComponent library for Tailwind CSS that adds named component classes and themes.
Day.jsJavaScript library that parses, validates, manipulates and displays dates and times, with a largely Moment.js-compatible API.
- dnd kit
Drag and drop toolkit for the web, with a framework-agnostic core and adapters for React, Vue, Svelte and Solid.
- DOMPurify
DOM-based XSS sanitizer that cleans HTML, MathML and SVG markup in the browser or on Node.js.
Driver.jsJavaScript library for product tours, element highlights and feature hints on web pages.
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- 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.
EJSTemplating language that generates HTML from plain JavaScript written inside templates, for Node.js and the browser.
Embla CarouselJavaScript carousel library with fluid motion, swipe gestures and a plugin system, usable with React, Vue, Svelte, Solid or plain JavaScript.
- Endroid QR Code
PHP library that generates QR codes as PNG, WebP, SVG, EPS or binary output.
esbuildJavaScript and TypeScript bundler and minifier, shipped as a native binary with a JavaScript API.
EtaEmbedded JavaScript template engine written in TypeScript that renders templates in Node, Deno and the browser.
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- Faircamp
Static site generator that builds a website from a folder of audio files, for audio producers.
- 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.
FlyEnvNative local development environment for Windows, macOS and Linux that runs runtimes, databases and web servers on the host, with local sites, HTTPS and an MCP server for AI coding agents.
Framework7Open-source framework for building mobile, desktop and web apps with native-looking UI components.
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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- GLightbox
Pure JavaScript lightbox that shows images, videos, iframes and inline content.
- goober
CSS-in-JS library whose styled API is inspired by emotion.
- Got
Human-friendly HTTP request library for Node.js with promise and stream APIs, retries, timeouts and RFC 7234 caching.
- 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-ws
Zero-dependency GraphQL over WebSocket server and client library for JavaScript, with adapters for common WebSocket servers.
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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.
- Heckle
Minimal Jekyll clone for Node.js that builds a site from Jekyll-style folders with Mold templates.
HiawathaOpen source web server for Unix-like systems, focused on security and a small footprint, with CGI, FastCGI and reverse proxy support.
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.
- Huginn
Self-hosted system for building agents that watch the web and incoming events and take automated actions on the user's behalf.
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IconoirOpen source SVG icon set with packages for React, React Native, Vue, Flutter and CSS.
InsightFlarePrivacy-friendly web analytics tool that a site owner deploys to their own Cloudflare account and embeds with a small script.
Intervention ImagePHP image processing library for creating, editing and composing images through one API over GD, Imagick or libvips.
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- JSDoc
Documentation generator that builds HTML API documentation from comments placed in JavaScript source code.
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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.
- Litekart
Self-hosted ecommerce platform whose Go backend, GoCommerce, serves the API and an admin panel for a separate SvelteKit storefront.
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Material for MkDocsDocumentation framework on top of MkDocs that builds static documentation sites from Markdown.
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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Nginx Proxy ManagerWeb admin interface for managing Nginx reverse proxy hosts, distributed as a Docker image with free Let's Encrypt certificates.
ntfySelf-hostable HTTP publish-subscribe server that delivers published messages as push notifications to phones, desktops and browsers.
- nvm
POSIX shell script that installs and switches between multiple Node.js versions for one user.
O
- 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.
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PandocHaskell library and command-line tool that converts documents between markup formats.
PestTesting framework for PHP that is built on PHPUnit and adds an expressive syntax for writing tests.
PHPUnitUnit testing framework for PHP, installed with Composer and run from the command line.
PocketBaseOpen-source Go backend shipped as a single executable, with an embedded SQLite database, realtime subscriptions, authentication and a dashboard.
- Pollen
Book-publishing system written in Racket that embeds code in text documents for multiple-output publishing.
PubliiDesktop CMS for Windows, macOS and Linux that builds static websites on the author's computer.
- pyenv
Shell-based version manager that switches between multiple installed Python versions.
R
- React Native for Web
Implementation of React Native's components and APIs for the web, rendering through React DOM.
reveal.jsOpen-source HTML presentation framework for building slide decks that run in a web browser.
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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.
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/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.
- Sonic
Schema-less search backend server written in Rust that indexes words against identifiers.
- Stog
Static site and blog generator written in OCaml that compiles XML documents, with Markdown sources through a plugin.
SwooleCoroutine-based PHP extension for concurrent networking and TCP, UDP, Unix socket, HTTP and WebSocket servers.
- 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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Tabler IconsSet of free, MIT-licensed SVG icons on a 24x24 grid, published as npm packages for plain HTML and for several frameworks.
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.
TraksSelf-hosted web analytics that runs on Cloudflare Workers, Durable Objects, D1 and R2 in the site owner's own Cloudflare account.
TwindCompiler that turns Tailwind-style utility classes into CSS at runtime in the browser or in JavaScript environments, without a build step.
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WebminWeb-based administration tool for Unix-like servers that configures system files and server applications such as Apache HTTP Server, BIND and MySQL.
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ZasStatic site generator written in Go that renders Markdown and HTML pages through a shared layout.
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.
Which of these is best?
We can't tell from here. What suits an editor-heavy marketing site can be wrong for a static documentation site. The list is alphabetical and nobody paid for a place on it.

