npm is the package manager for node.js

packages people 'npm install' a lot

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  browserify

  browser-side require() the node way

  13.0.0 published 2016-01-09T18:36:00.872Z by feross

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  grunt-cli

  The grunt command line interface.

  0.1.13 published 2014-01-24T14:30:10.422Z by tkellen

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  bower

  The browser package manager

  1.7.7 published 2016-01-27T17:23:48.077Z by sheerun

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  gulp

  The streaming build system

  3.9.0 published 2015-06-01T21:50:47.221Z by phated

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  grunt

  The JavaScript Task Runner

  0.4.5 published 2014-05-12T17:45:09.046Z by cowboy

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  express

  Fast, unopinionated, minimalist web framework

  4.13.4 published 2016-01-22T02:15:21.453Z by dougwilson

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  npm

  a package manager for JavaScript

  3.7.1 published 2016-02-01T23:33:52.051Z by iarna

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  cordova

  Cordova command line interface tool

  6.0.0 published 2016-01-28T17:12:49.285Z by stevegill

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  forever

  A simple CLI tool for ensuring that a given node script runs continuously (i.e. forever)

  0.15.1 published 2015-07-31T05:50:53.540Z by indexzero

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  less

  Leaner CSS

  2.6.0 published 2016-01-29T21:06:12.560Z by matthew-dean

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  pm2

  Production process manager for Node.JS applications with a built-in load balancer.

  1.0.0 published 2016-01-04T12:46:44.304Z by tknew

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  karma

  Spectacular Test Runner for JavaScript.

  0.13.19 published 2016-01-06T00:54:29.196Z by dignifiedquire

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  coffee-script

  Unfancy JavaScript

  1.10.0 published 2015-09-03T19:47:34.946Z by jashkenas

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  statsd

  A simple, lightweight network daemon to collect metrics over UDP

  0.7.2 published 2014-09-11T20:03:35.253Z by pkhzzrd

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  yo

  CLI tool for running Yeoman generators

  1.6.0 published 2016-01-08T07:41:43.598Z by sboudrias

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recently updated packages

• cocos-cli

  cocos cli

  0.1.3 published 2016-02-22T09:17:51.686Z by heysdk

• thot

  log management for node and express

  0.2.1 published 2016-02-22T09:17:20.020Z by guduf

• gulp-uglify

  Minify files with UglifyJS.

  1.5.2 published 2016-02-07T19:39:24.137Z by terinjokes

• justo-generator-justo

  Generator for a Justo.js project.

  0.1.0 published 2016-02-22T09:16:22.424Z by justojs

• marked-plus-renderer

  marked with a few more features

  0.0.20160222 published 2016-02-22T09:16:19.906Z by leungwensen

• react-styleguidist

  React components styleguide generator

  2.0.0 published 2016-02-22T09:15:47.697Z by sapegin

• egeria-temple

  Dead simple templating functionality for Egeria

  0.7.1 published 2016-02-22T09:15:34.965Z by mysidestheyaregone

• ember-cli-fill-murray-person-identifying-information

  The default blueprint for ember-cli addons.

  0.1.0 published 2016-02-22T09:15:30.231Z by korbutvitaliy

• buddy-plugin-twig

  Buddy plugin for twig source transforms (via twig)

  0.8.8 published 2016-02-22T09:15:00.819Z by popeindustries

• grunt-contrib-clean

  Clean files and folders

  1.0.0 published 2016-02-15T21:44:36.353Z by shama

• express-dom

  Prepare, render web pages - express middleware

  4.0.0-rc1 published 2016-02-22T09:14:53.101Z by kapouer

• buddy-plugin-stylus

  Buddy plugin for stylus source transforms (via Stylus)

  0.53.0 published 2016-02-22T09:14:46.375Z by popeindustries

most depended-upon packages

• lodash

  Lodash modular utilities.

  4.5.1 published 2016-02-22T06:42:24.244Z by jdalton

• async

  Higher-order functions and common patterns for asynchronous code

  1.5.2 published 2016-01-08T00:03:32.998Z by aearly

• request

  Simplified HTTP request client.

  2.69.0 published 2016-01-27T19:00:03.126Z by mikeal

• underscore

  JavaScript's functional programming helper library.

  1.8.3 published 2015-04-02T15:32:54.520Z by jashkenas

• express

  Fast, unopinionated, minimalist web framework

  4.13.4 published 2016-01-22T02:15:21.453Z by dougwilson

• commander

  the complete solution for node.js command-line programs

  2.9.0 published 2015-10-13T15:26:25.933Z by zhiyelee

• debug

  small debugging utility

  2.2.0 published 2015-05-10T07:21:25.639Z by tootallnate

• chalk

  Terminal string styling done right. Much color.

  1.1.1 published 2015-08-19T20:10:58.495Z by sindresorhus

• bluebird

  Full featured Promises/A+ implementation with exceptionally good performance

  3.3.1 published 2016-02-13T18:04:21.418Z by esailija

• q

  A library for promises (CommonJS/Promises/A,B,D)

  1.4.1 published 2015-05-17T04:25:07.299Z by kriskowal

• mkdirp

  Recursively mkdir, like `mkdir -p`

  0.5.1 published 2015-05-14T02:27:01.553Z by substack

• colors

  get colors in your node.js console

  1.1.2 published 2015-06-17T13:03:00.583Z by marak