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SurveyJS - JavaScript Form Builder with No-Code UI & Built-In JSON Schema Editor
Keep full control over the data you collect and tailor the form builder’s entire look and feel to your users’ needs. SurveyJS works with React, Angular, Vue 3, and is compatible with any backend or auth system. Learn more.
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Stream - Scalable APIs for Chat, Feeds, Moderation, & Video.
Stream helps developers build engaging apps that scale to millions with performant and flexible Chat, Feeds, Moderation, and Video APIs and SDKs powered by a global edge network and enterprise-grade infrastructure.
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  1. Commander.js

    node.js command-line interfaces made easy

    commander:This package makes creating the CLI application easier. It provides functions that will allow you to set the commands, options and more

  2. SurveyJS

    JavaScript Form Builder with No-Code UI & Built-In JSON Schema Editor. Keep full control over the data you collect and tailor the form builder’s entire look and feel to your users’ needs. SurveyJS works with React, Angular, Vue 3, and is compatible with any backend or auth system. Learn more.

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  3. chalk

    đź–Ť Terminal string styling done right

    chalk:This package lets us print colored messages to the console. It will help us make our CLI application look nice and pretty

  4. conf

    Simple config handling for your app or module

    conf:This package allows us to save persistent information on the user’s machine. We will be using it to save the user’s todo list

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