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Top 12 JavaScript Mad Science Projects

  • webtorrent

    ⚡️ Streaming torrent client for the web

    • Project mention: Bitmagnet Allows People to Run Their Own Decentralized Torrent Indexer Locally | news.ycombinator.com | 2024-02-18

  • PDFKit

    A JavaScript PDF generation library for Node and the browser

    • Project mention: Best HTML to PDF libraries for Node.js | dev.to | 2023-10-25

    PDFkit is one of the oldest and most well-established PDF libraries in the JavaScript ecosystem; it is still well-maintained, and regularly updated. This library is a popular option for creating and manipulating PDF documents in a server-side environment, typically using Node.js. It allows you to programmatically generate PDF files by defining each page's content, layout, and formatting.

  • SurveyJS

    Open-Source JSON Form Builder to Create Dynamic Forms Right in Your App. With SurveyJS form UI libraries, you can build and style forms in a fully-integrated drag & drop form builder, render them in your JS app, and store form submission data in any backend, inc. PHP, ASP.NET Core, and Node.js.

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  • isomorphic-git

    A pure JavaScript implementation of git for node and browsers!

    • Project mention: Tree-shaking, the horticulturally misguided algorithm | news.ycombinator.com | 2024-04-13

    A microcosm of the wasm issue was captured in this thread about implementing a web based git in JavaScript from scratch vs. compiling libgit

    https://github.com/isomorphic-git/isomorphic-git/issues/268

  • peerflix

    Streaming torrent client for node.js

    • Project mention: Plex to block all servers hosted at Hetzner | news.ycombinator.com | 2023-09-14

    When I used a Chromecast, I was fond of an even more direct method. I used a Node CLI called "peerflix" [0] to stream a video file while downloading its torrent (so there wasn't even a need to wait). Then I just opened my browser to the local network address where peerflix was hosting the h264 playlist, and used the Cast button to stream it to my device (which I believe technically means Chromecast "takes over" downloading the playlist, rather than my laptop pushing the video to it, so I just needed to use a URL with the LAN IP of my computer).

    At some point I also used a tool to stream to the Chromecast directly from the CLI (castnow?) - or maybe Peerflix even had this option, I can't remember. Nowadays I prefer to watch content on my phone in bed, which is why I like Jellyfin, because the iOS client can easily stream a video I downloaded onto my computer.

    [0] https://github.com/mafintosh/peerflix

  • GitTorrent

    A decentralization of GitHub using BitTorrent and Bitcoin

    • Project mention: Chris Wanstrath "defunkt" GitHub cofounder and former CEO is banned on GitHub | news.ycombinator.com | 2024-02-05

    It exists: https://radicle.xyz, but it doesn't really get used.

    I think gittorrent was the right name for the concept, really, hard to beat that. But that one withered on the vine: https://github.com/cjb/GitTorrent

  • js-git

    A JavaScript implementation of Git.

  • stackgl

    A node.js-style module system for GLSL! :sparkles:

  • WorkOS

    The modern identity platform for B2B SaaS. The APIs are flexible and easy-to-use, supporting authentication, user identity, and complex enterprise features like SSO and SCIM provisioning.

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  • image-to-ascii

    :floppy_disk: A Node.js module that converts images to ASCII art. (by IonicaBizau)

  • limdu

    Machine-learning for Node.js

  • peercast

    torrent-stream + chromecast

  • webcat

    Mad science p2p pipe across the web using webrtc that uses your Github private/public key for authentication and a signalhub for discovery

  • peerwiki

    all of wikipedia on bittorrent

NOTE: The open source projects on this list are ordered by number of github stars. The number of mentions indicates repo mentiontions in the last 12 Months or since we started tracking (Dec 2020).

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What are some of the best open-source Mad Science projects in JavaScript? This list will help you:

Project Stars
1 webtorrent 28,981
2 PDFKit 9,506
3 isomorphic-git 7,278
4 peerflix 6,147
5 GitTorrent 4,735
6 js-git 3,826
7 stackgl 2,157
8 image-to-ascii 1,558
9 limdu 1,057
10 peercast 514
11 webcat 437
12 peerwiki 312

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