Express

Fast, unopinionated, minimalist web framework for node. (by expressjs)

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  3. Next.js

    2,354 Express VS Next.js

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  4. React

    1,942 Express VS React

    The library for web and native user interfaces.

  5. TypeScript

    1,427 Express VS TypeScript

    TypeScript is a superset of JavaScript that compiles to clean JavaScript output.

  6. node

    1,220 Express VS node

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  7. Socket.io

    853 Express VS Socket.io

    Realtime application framework (Node.JS server)

  8. Angular

    805 Express VS Angular

    Deliver web apps with confidence πŸš€

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  10. Django

    536 Express VS Django

    The Web framework for perfectionists with deadlines.

  11. jest

    523 Express VS jest

    Delightful JavaScript Testing.

  12. PostgreSQL

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  13. axios

    480 Express VS axios

    Promise based HTTP client for the browser and node.js

  14. Vue.js

    386 Express VS Vue.js

    This is the repo for Vue 2. For Vue 3, go to https://github.com/vuejs/core

  15. Nest

    370 Express VS Nest

    A progressive Node.js framework for building efficient, scalable, and enterprise-grade server-side applications with TypeScript/JavaScript πŸš€

  16. MongoDB

    309 Express VS MongoDB

    The MongoDB Database

  17. dotenv

    249 Express VS dotenv

    Loads environment variables from .env for nodejs projects.

  18. Nodemon.io

    150 Express VS Nodemon.io

    Monitor for any changes in your node.js application and automatically restart the server - perfect for development

  19. fastify

    127 Express VS fastify

    Fast and low overhead web framework, for Node.js

  20. Mongoose

    118 Express VS Mongoose

    MongoDB object modeling designed to work in an asynchronous environment.

  21. Koa

    77 Express VS Koa

    Expressive middleware for node.js using ES2017 async functions

  22. Hapi

    52 Express VS Hapi

    The Simple, Secure Framework Developers Trust

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    Preferred Nodejs library for making APIs

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    My go to for building Node JS backend!

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