A curated list of astonishing Node.js frameworks, libraries and resources. Inspired by awesome-php and awesome-python.
Your pull requests are very welcome! Let's make this the awesomest resource for Node!
Node版本和环境管理库
- nodeenv - Virtual environment for Node.js & integrator with virtualenv.
- nave - Virtual Environments for Node.
- n - Node版本管理.
- nvm - Node版本管理 (does not require prior installation of node).
开发使用的IDEs和编辑器
- Enide - Node Eclipse IDE with Nodeclipse plugin.
- InteliJIDEA - Fast Node plugin for InteliJ.
- Webstorm - "Create great websites and applications in a great IDE. The best JavaScript IDE and HTML editor is at your service."
- Visual Studio - With Node.js Tools for Visual Studio (Supports editing, IntelliSense, profiling, npm, TypeScript, debugging locally and remotely on Windows/MacOS/Linux)
- Atom - The hackable editor by GitHub
- Brackets - An open source code editor for the web, written in JavaScript, HTML and CSS.
- Cloud9 - Web editor with collaboration tools.
- Notepad++ - Notepad++ is a free source code editor and Notepad replacement that supports several languages.
- CmdEr - Not really and IDE, but a great "lovely console emulator package for Windows"
- Cloud Commander - Web file manager. Has editor and console. Allows you to develop web applications, sites etc.
生成项目的文档库.
- Docco - Docco is a quick-and-dirty documentation generator, written in Literate CoffeeScript.
- Groc - Documentation generation, in the spirit of literate programming.
- dox - JavaScript documentation generator for node using markdown and jsdoc.
包依赖管理库.
- npm - Default package manager. Installs, publishes and manages node programs.
构建和任务运行库
- Gulp.js - A streaming build system which use of streams and code-over-configuration.
- Grunt.js - A task runner to ease epetitive tasks like unit testing, compilation and so on.
- Nodemon - A dev utility that monitor any changes in source and automatically restart server.
- Browserify - Browserify lets you require('modules') in the browser by bundling up all of your dependencies.
- Socket.IO - Websocket framework for Node and Javascript.
- SockJS - Websocket emulation.
- Primus - An abstraction layer for real-time frameworks to prevent module lock-in.
- BinaryJS - BinaryJS is bidrectional realtime binary data with binary websockets
连接和操作数据库库
- Node-mysql - A pure node.js JavaScript Client implementing the MySql protocol.
- Node-mongodb-native - Mongo DB Native NodeJS Driver.
- Node-redis - Redis Driver, use hideredis for native parser, and checkout then-redis for a Promise-based API.
调试Node应用工具
- node-inspector - Node.js debugger based on Blink Developer Tools.
- longjohn - Longer stack traces for Node.
- TypesJs - Easy type checking, for Node & browsers.
- Nodev - Tool for easier debugging based on nodemon and node-inspector.
- cf-node-debug - Proxy to aid in debugging node running on a PaaS.
Tools for generating and working with log files.
- caterpillar - A logging system that can log and pipe the output off to different locations.
- tracer - A powerful and customizable logging library for node.js.
- Log.io - Real time logging facility on the browser.
- Bunyan - A simple and fast JSON logging module for node.js services.
Libraries that implement Object-Relational Mapping or datamapping techniques.
- Sequelize - Sequelize library provides easy access to MySQL, MariaDB, SQLite or PostgreSQL databases.
- Node-orm2 - Another Relational Object Mapper.
- Mongoose - Almost an ORM for mongodb.
Web开发框架.
- Express - A minimal and flexible node.js web application framework.
- Flatiron - An adaptable framework for building modern web applications.
- Koa - A framework which aims to be a smaller, more expressive, and more robust foundation for web applications.
- Totaljs - Friendly responsive design web application framework for node.
- Meteor - A platform that has strong features such as live page update, sync and hopt code pushes.
- Hapi - A rich framework for building applications and services.
Application Server is an environment to run and manage multiple applications.
- Impress - Impressive multipurpose scalable Application Server optimized for high load API and web applications.
- Calipso - Calipso is a simple CMS, built along similar themes to Drupal and Wordpress.
- KeystoneJS - Node.js CMS and web application platform built on Express and MongoDB.
Libraries for developing RESTful APIs.
- Sails - MVC framework which generates a RESTful JSON API.
- Node-restify - A node.js module built specifically to build correct REST web services.
- Heimdall - REST API Guardian for Express.
处理表单和表单数据的库
- node-validator - A simple string validation and sanitization
- express-validator - An express.js middleware for node-validator.
- PDFKit - A JavaScript PDF generation library for Node and browser.
Libraries for implementing authentications schemes.
- PassportJS - Simple authentication middleware framework.
- ldapjs - Pure JavaScript, from-scratch framework for implementing LDAP clients and servers.
Libraries and tools for templating and lexing.
- ECT - "Fastest JavaScript template engine with embedded CoffeeScript syntax" as they say (benchmark proof).
- Jade - Handful node template engine.
- Swig - A simple, powerful, and extendable JavaScript Template Engine.
Libraries and tools which support you by building Command-Line Interfaces.
- Inquirer - A collection of common interactive command line user interfaces. Ask questions, parsing, validating answers, managing hierarchical prompts and providing error feedback.
- commander.js - The complete solution for node.js command-line interfaces, inspired by Ruby's commander.
- cli - Rapidly build command line apps with node.
- cli-table - Pretty unicode tables for the CLI with Node.JS
- blessed - A curses-like library for node.js.
- chalk - Terminal string styling done right
- minimist - Simple module for command line arguments parsing.
- read - For reading user input from stdin.
- colors.js - get colors in your node.js console like what.
- configstore - Easily load and persist config without having to think about where and how.
- blessed - A curses-like library for node.js.
- log-symbols - Colored symbols for various log levels.https://github.com/sindresorhus/log-symbols
- terminal-menu - retro ansi terminal menus for serious 80s technicolor business.
- cli-spinner - A simple spinner for node cli.
- text-table - generate borderless text table strings suitable for printing to stdout.
Libraries, that help you manage asyncronous control flow and avoid callback hell.
- Callback-based:
- Async - Utility module which provides straight-forward, powerful functions for working with asynchronous JavaScript.
- Promise-based (Promises/A+):
- Q - Full-featured promise library with large API covering any situation you may encounter.
- RSVP.js - Lightweight, but still compliant, promise library.
- when.js - Rock solid, battle tested promise library.
- Bluebird - Bluebird is a fully featured promise library with focus on innovative features and performance.
- Fibers-base (node-fibers):
- asyncawait - Inspired by C# async/await feature, implementation of the same patter using fibers.
- Generator-based:
- Co - Generator based flow-control goodness for nodejs and the browser.
测试框架.
- mocha - Mocha is a feature-rich JavaScript test framework running on node.js and the browser, making asynchronous testing simple and fun.
- tape - tap-producing test harness for node and browsers.
- should.js - BDD style assertions for node.js -- test framework agnostic.
- chai - BDD / TDD assertion framework for node.js and the browser that can be paired with any testing framework.
- sinon - Standalone test spies, stubs and mocks for JavaScript.
- Jasmine - Simple Behavioral tests for Node and Javascript.
- Expresso - TDD framework for Node.
- NodeUnit - Simple syntax unit test tool.
- Concrete - Continuous integration server.
- ready.js - Continuous javascript integration tool.
- Jezebel - A REPL and continuous test runner for Node.js Jasmine tests.
Miscellaneous Tools which doesn't fit to the other categories.
- Github Linker - Chrome extension that linkifies dependencies in package.json on GitHub.
Other amazingly awesome lists can be found in the awesome-awesome and awesome-awesomeness projects.
Your contributions are always welcome!