Zero Dependency Club

A curated list of packages, tools, and other software with zero third-party dependencies.

Members • FAQ • Contributing

Members

Project	Description	Language	License
asciigraph	ASCII line graphs in command line apps	Go	BSD-3-Clause
autocomp.js	Autocomplete library	JavaScript	MIT
btree.c	B-tree	C	MIT
btree	B-tree	Go	MIT
ccache	LRU Cache for high concurrency	Go	MIT
chi	HTTP router	Go	MIT
codapi	Code sandbox engine	Go	Apache-2.0
cors	CORS request handler	Go	MIT
env	Parse environment variables into structs	Go	MIT
faker	Fake data generator	Go	MIT
gc	Mark-and-sweep garbage collector	C	MIT
goawk	Embeddable AWK interpreter	Go	MIT
go-lua	Lua VM	Go	MIT
go-quartz	Scheduling library	Go	MIT
gofakeit	Fake data generator	Go	MIT
hamt	Hash array-mapped trie	C	MIT
hashmap.c	Hash map	C	MIT
htmz	HTML microframework	JavaScript	MIT
httpbin	HTTP request & response testing service	Go	MIT
libs	Helper libraries for writing games	C	Public domain
linenoise	Line editing (readline alternative)	C	BSD-2-Clause
microdot	Web framework	Python	MIT
nanoserde	JSON/TOML/RON serialization	Rust	MIT
netjail	Network access control for HTTP/TCP	Go	MIT
notes	Text notes management tool	Shell	MIT
parson	JSON library	C	MIT
pico-args	CLI arguments parser	Rust	MIT
quickjs	Javascript engine	C	MIT
sc	Common libraries and data structures	C	BSD-3-Clause
sds	Dynamic strings library	C	BSD-2-Clause
seahorse	CLI framework	Rust	MIT
simple-graph	Graph database in SQLite	SQL	MIT
sqlite	Database engine	C	Public domain
sqlpkg	SQLite package manager	Go	MIT
steganography	LSB steganography on images	Go	MIT
tagger	Tag editor	JavaScript	MIT
TiddlyWiki	Self-contained Wiki	JavaScript	BSD-3-Clause
toml	TOML serialization	Go	MIT
utf8.h	UTF-8 string functions	C	Unlicense
uuid	Generate and inspect UUIDs	Go	BSD-3-Clause
wazero	WebAssembly runtime	Go	Apache-2.0
xid	Globally unique ID generator	Go	MIT
xxhash	64-bit xxHash algorithm (XXH64)	Go	MIT
yaegi	Go interpreter	Go	Apache-2.0

Frequently asked questions

Why?

Because having zero dependencies is awesome.

But having dependencies is okay.

Sure!

What does "zero dependencies" even mean?

It means that your software does not rely on external libraries to compile, install, or function. With one exception: it may depend on the standard library and runtime of the language you are using.

Which languages do you accept?

All of them.

I have a JavaScript project with 0 dependencies and only 2635 "devDependencies", would you accept it?

Nope. "Dev" dependencies are also dependencies.

Contributing

Make sure that the project you want to add meets the following criteria:

• Zero dependencies (stdlib only)
• Open source license
• Hosted on GitHub (mirror is OK)
• 50+ stars
• Stable working version
• English documentation

Then send a PR. That's it!