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1. Express

   1 817 69,104 8.7 JavaScript

   Fast, unopinionated, minimalist web framework for node.

   

   Project mention: Orbis: Turn Any GitHub Repository Into an Interactive 3D Dependency Graph | dev.to | 2026-05-09

   Enter a public GitHub repository URL - for example https://github.com/expressjs/express

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3. http-server

   2 64 14,188 7.9 JavaScript

   A simple, zero-configuration, command-line http server

   

   Project mention: 10 hands-on Docker projects that’ll actually level up your skills not just hello-world junk | dev.to | 2025-06-19

   A simple static website served via Docker using Nginx or http-server. Nothing fancy just HTML, CSS, maybe a splash of JS.

4. Restify

   3 8 10,712 0.0 JavaScript

   The future of Node.js REST development

   

5. Dash

   4 2 10,585 0.0 JavaScript

   A beautiful web dashboard for Linux

   

6. webpack-dev-server

   5 11 7,851 7.7 JavaScript

   Serves a webpack app. Updates the browser on changes. Documentation https://webpack.js.org/configuration/dev-server/.

   

7. Cosmos-Server

   6 36 5,946 9.1 JavaScript

   ☁️ The Most Secure and Easy Selfhosted Home Server. Take control of your data and privacy without sacrificing security and stability (Authentication, anti-DDOS, anti-bot)

   

   Project mention: Ask HN: Help re-finding a self hosting platform with decent SSO support | news.ycombinator.com | 2026-03-27

   - https://cosmos-cloud.io

8. Grant

   7 5 4,172 5.3 JavaScript

   OAuth Proxy

   

9. react-server

   8 0 3,882 0.0 JavaScript

   :rocket: Blazing fast page load and seamless navigation.

   

10. node-oidc-provider

    9 15 3,743 9.1 JavaScript

    OpenID Certified™ OAuth 2.0 Authorization Server implementation for Node.js

    

11. form-data

    10 3 2,349 7.3 JavaScript

    A module to create readable `"multipart/form-data"` streams. Can be used to submit forms and file uploads to other web applications.

    

12. hyper-express

    11 39 2,020 8.3 JavaScript

    High performance Node.js webserver with a simple-to-use API powered by uWebsockets.js under the hood.

    

13. bittorrent-tracker

    12 3 1,927 1.7 JavaScript

    🌊 Simple, robust, BitTorrent tracker (client & server) implementation

    

14. learn-nodejs-hard-way

    13 3 1,795 8.5 JavaScript

    Learn NodeJS and master the art of server-side programming by creating a backend framework with 0 dependencies.

    

15. start-server-and-test

    14 1 1,572 5.0 JavaScript

    Starts server, waits for URL, then runs test command; when the tests end, shuts down server

    

16. node-minecraft-protocol

    15 2 1,394 7.3 JavaScript

    Parse and serialize minecraft packets, plus authentication and encryption.

    

17. servor

    16 2 1,056 0.0 JavaScript

    Dependency free file server for single page app development

    

18. appserver.io

    17 1 961 0.0 JavaScript

    A multithreaded application server for PHP, written in PHP.

    

19. Cowyo

    18 1 960 1.8 JavaScript

    A feature-rich wiki webserver for minimalists :cow: :speech_balloon:

    

20. nve

    19 0 711 6.7 JavaScript

    Run any command on specific Node.js versions

    

21. koop

    20 1 708 0.0 JavaScript

    Transform, query, and download geospatial data on the web.

    

22. pompelmi

    21 13 645 9.0 JavaScript

    ClamAV antivirus scanning for Node.js — scan file uploads with a single function call. Zero dependencies. Typed Symbol verdicts. Local or Docker/clamd.

    

    Project mention: Why Every AI+Security Tool I Tried Was Lying to Me (And What I Built Instead) | dev.to | 2026-05-18

    I'm Tommaso Bertocchi, a developer and open source creator. I also maintain Pompelmi, a file upload security scanner for Node.js with 600+ GitHub stars.

23. flying-squid

    22 1 603 4.6 JavaScript

    Create Minecraft servers with a powerful, stable, and high level JavaScript API.

    

24. Ultimate-NodeJs-Resources

    23 3 553 8.4 JavaScript

    All resources related to Node Js at one place

    

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