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Modules/frameworks/tools for node

Building blocks for other node projects.

Database

• redis-node-client — by Fictorial
• node-couch — a CouchDB connector
• node-tyrant — An implementation of the Tokyo Tyrant network protocol for the Node.js
• postgres-js — Postgres protocol implemented in pure JS
• persistence — Multi-backend database/nosql system. Currently has a Sqlite3 driver.
• node_postgres — Beginning of bindings to libpg
• node.dbslayer.js – Interface to DBSlayer (MySQL)
• node-fleet — a FleetDB Client
• node-mongodb — Async interface to MongoDB

Templating libraries

• sass.js — Parses Sass templates and renders css.
• haml-js — Server side html generation using javascript. Parses haml templates and renders html.
• tmpl-node — a feature-rich template module for node.js
• template.node.js — A light, fast, cached template module for node.

Package Management Systems

• kiwi — Feature rich, fast, bash based package management
• node package manager

TCP/IP

• node-smtp — Implementation of the SMTP protocol in Node

OpenSSL / Crypto / Hashing

• node-crypto — OpenSSL based Hashing, Signing and Verifying
• hashlib — Fast hashing module, written in C/C++, supports: md5, md6, sha1, sha256, sha512

RCP

• bertrpc
• jsonrpc

Testing / Spec Frameworks

• spectacular — for testing
• jspec — Feature Rich BDD Testing Framework
• Test — JavaScript unit testing framework.
• Speks — A specification framework for your node-code

Web Sockets

• node.websocket.js — WebSocket-compatible server.
• local-websocket-server — Local Web Socket server.
• node.ws.js — A basic Web Socket server with interface similar to tcp.createServer(…)
• nodejs-http-websocket — A websocket server on top of the http server.

Parsers

XML

• libxmljs — Bindings to libxml2
• node-xml — An xml parser for node.js

Command Line Option Parsers

• optparse-js — Option Parser in JS
• trollopjs — Another option parser

Other

• node-csv — Efficient Evented CSV Parsing.

Debugging / Console Utilities

• node_debug — HTTP based console and object explorer
• consolelog.js — stylized console logging for node.js

Web frameworks

• express — A robust feature rich web development framework inspired by Sinatra
• coltrane — A try at a higher level library/framework for node.js web development
• vroom — A simple resource oriented web framework built on top of Node.js
• node-router — Simple Sinatra-like http server based on fu.js from the original node-chat demo.
• simplex
• (fab) — A chained DSL for building node.js apps
• Picard
• Nerve — Microframework with simple array-based syntax for defining an app on top of node.
• querystring.node.js — Robust query string parsing for node.
• nodemachine — A port of WebMachine to Node.js

Other

• node.routes.js — A simple url router
• node-XMLHttpRequest
• Restler — Simplified REST client for Node.js
• soda.js — Asynchonous JavaScript module loader for client-side and Node.js.
• Comet LongPollingBuffer — A Library to simplify the server side of Comet AJAX long polling.
• node-flickr — A simple library to enable easy use of the flickr api
• flickrnode — An alternative library to enable use of the flickr api (not as complete as node-flickr, but supports auth)
• eyes.js — A better, customizable value inspector for node.js
• limestone — Sphinx search server connector

Modules with node support

CommonJS compatible modules that can be used with node.

• sass.js — Parses Sass templates and renders css.
• haml-js — Server side html generation using javascript. Parses haml templates and renders html.
• match-js — Simple pattern matching (functional style) in JS.
• datatypes-js — Byte encoding/decoding for typical datatypes in JS.
• qxoo — port of the qooxdoo OO system to commonJS
• email.js — Email generation and parsing in Javascript.

Projects using node

Complete projects that use node.

• node_chat by ry (live demo at chat.tinyclouds.org)
• pubsub — by Malte Ubl
• frisbee — A clone of the Disqus blog commenting system, by Urban Hafner
• hxV8 — the haXe → javascript compiler with modifications to use node I/O. by blackdog66
• aiobot a very crude abusing of node.js and javascript as a whole aiming to provide a simple bot for irc
• nodewiki — a simple wiki based on node and redis
• awesome — a Redis clone in node.js
• Sousaball by creationix (sousaball.creationix.com)
• DinMaker by creationix (live demo at chat.creationix.com)
• Flickr Spy — Discover where your Flickr contacts are commenting
• NodeFTPd — Node FTP Server
• blog.js — Simple blogging engine based on node.js

Companies using node

• Fictorial
• Debuggable (using node.js for transload.it’s file uploading & encoding server)
• Adcloud (Javascript Adserver on EC2)
• Vision Media