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# Awesome JavaScript



A curated list of awesome JavaScript frameworks, libraries, tools and resources.



* [Web Frameworks](#web-frameworks)

* [UI Libraries](#ui-libraries)

* [Mobile](#mobile)

* [Package Managers and Sources](#package-managers-and-sources)

* [Process Manager](#process-manager)

* [Control Flow](#control-flow)

* [DOM](#dom)

* [Real-time](#real-time)

* [Testing](#testing)

* [Logging](#logging)

* [Profiling](#profiling)

* [CLI](#cli)

* [ORM](#orm)

* [Migration](#migration)

* [HTTP](#http)

* [Network](#network)

* [Functional Programming](#functional-programming)

* [Regular Expression](#regular-expression)

* [String](#string)

* [Number](#number)

* [Date](#date)

* [Math](#math)

* [Data Structure](#data-structure)

* [WYSIWYG](#wysiwyg)

* [ASCII] (#ascii)

* [Linter](#linter)

* [Editors](#editors)

* [Blog Engine](#blog-engine)

* [CMS](#cms)

* [Social Media](#social-media)

* [Animation](#animation)

* [Data Visualization](#data-visualization)

* [Data Processing](#data-processing)

* [Keyboard](#keyboard)

* [PDF](#pdf)

* [Image Processing](#image-processing)

* [Audio](#audio)

* [Video](#video)

* [Robotics and IoT](#robotics-and-iot)

* [Science](#science)

  * [Satellite](#satellite)

* [Miscellaneous Libraries](#miscellaneous-libraries)

* [Desktop App](#desktop-app)

* [Resources](#resources)



## Web Frameworks



* [AngularJS](https://angularjs.org/) - HTML enhanced for web apps. AngularJS lets you extend HTML vocabulary for your application.

* [Ember.js](http://emberjs.com/) - A framework for creating ambitious web applications.

* [Express](http://expressjs.com) - Fast, unopinionated, minimalist web framework for Node.js.

* [Koa](http://koajs.com/) - Next generation web framework for Node.js.

* [Meteor](https://www.meteor.com) - The JavaScript App Platform. Build apps that are a delight to use, faster than you ever thought possible.

* [Meatier](https://github.com/mattkrick/meatier) - A Meteor alternative. Like Meteor but Meatier.

* [Derby](http://derbyjs.com/) - MVC framework making it easy to write realtime, collaborative applications that run in both Node.js and browsers.

* [Backbone.js](http://backbonejs.org/) - Give your JS app some Backbone with Models, Views, Collections, and Events.

* [Marionette](http://marionettejs.com/) - Simplifies your Backbone application code with robust views and architecture solutions.

* [Hapi](http://hapijs.com/) - A rich framework for building applications and services. It enables developers to focus on writing reusable application logic instead of spending time building infrastructure.

* [Diet](http://dietjs.com/) - A tiny, fast and modular node.js web framework. Good for making fast & scalable apps and apis.

* [Sails.js](http://sailsjs.org/) - Realtime MVC framework for Node.js.

* [LoopBack](http://loopback.io/) - LoopBack is a highly-extensible, open-source Node.js framework for quickly create dynamic end-to-end REST APIs.

* [AquaJS](http://www.aquajsio.com/) - A Node.js Framework for your next API development. It gives you a quick and organized way to start developing an application.

* [Restify](https://github.com/restify/node-restify) - Node.js REST framework specifically meant for web service APIs.

* [Aurelia](http://aurelia.io/) - A JavaScript client framework for mobile, desktop and web leveraging simple conventions and empowering creativity.

* [Total.js](https://www.totaljs.com/) - Free web application framework for building Web sites and Web applications using JavaScript, HTML and CSS. Node.js (HMVC) web application framework.

* [MERN](http://mern.io/) - A scaffolding tool which makes it easy to build isomorphic apps using Mongo, Express, React and NodeJS.

* [MEAN](http://mean.io/) - An opinionated fullstack javascript framework (MongoDB, Express, Angular and Node.JS) - which simplifies and accelerates web application development.



## UI Libraries



* [React](https://facebook.github.io/react/) - A JavaScript library for building user interfaces using components, virtual DOM and implements one-way reactive data flow.

* [Preact](https://github.com/developit/preact) - Fast 3kb React alternative with the same ES6 API. Components & Virtual DOM.

* [Vue.js](http://vuejs.org/) - Reactive components for modern web interfaces.



## Mobile



* [React Native](https://facebook.github.io/react-native/) - A framework for building native apps using React.



## UI Interaction Libraries



* [Hammer.js](https://github.com/hammerjs/hammer.js) - A javascript library for multi-touch gestures.

* [Slick](https://github.com/kenwheeler/slick) - The last carousel you'll ever need.



## Package Managers and Sources



* [NPM](https://www.npmjs.com/) - Node Package Manager.

* [Atmosphere](https://atmospherejs.com/) - The trusted source for Meteor packages.



## Process Manager



* [PM2](http://pm2.keymetrics.io/) - Production process manager for Node.js applications with a built-in load balancer.

* [Forever](https://github.com/foreverjs/forever) - A simple CLI tool for ensuring that a given script runs continuously (i.e. forever).

* [nodemon](https://github.com/remy/nodemon) - Monitor for any changes in your node.js application and automatically restart the server - perfect for development.

* [node-supervisor](https://github.com/petruisfan/node-supervisor) - A little supervisor script for nodejs. It runs your program, and watches for code changes, so you can have hot-code reloading-ish behavior, without worrying about memory leaks and making sure you clean up all the inter-module references, and without a whole new require system.



## Control Flow



* [Async](https://github.com/caolan/async) - A utility module which provides straight-forward, powerful functions for working with asynchronous JavaScript.

* [q](https://github.com/kriskowal/q) - A tool for creating and composing asynchronous promises in JavaScript.

* [Bluebird](https://github.com/petkaantonov/bluebird) - A full featured promise library with unmatched performance.

* [When.js](https://github.com/cujojs/when) - A solid, fast Promises/A+ and when() implementation, plus other async goodies.

* [Co](https://github.com/tj/co) - The ultimate generator based flow-control goodness for nodejs (supports thunks, promises, etc).



## DOM



* [jQuery](https://jquery.com/) - Fast, small, and feature-rich JavaScript library.

* [Zepto](http://zeptojs.com/) - A minimalist JavaScript library for modern browsers with a largely jQuery-compatible API.

* [Cheerio](https://github.com/cheeriojs/cheerio) - Fast, flexible, and lean implementation of core jQuery designed specifically for the server.



## Real-time



* [Socket.io](http://socket.io/) - The fastest and most reliable real-time engine. Works on every platform, browser or device, focusing equally on reliability and speed.

* [Deepstream.io](https://deepstream.io/) - A clusterable server that provides everything necessary to build powerful realtime applications.

* [Faye](http://faye.jcoglan.com/) - A publish-subscribe messaging system based on the Bayeux protocol.

* [Primus](https://github.com/primus/primus) - The creator god of transformers but now also known as universal wrapper for real-time frameworks.

* [SocketCluster](https://github.com/SocketCluster/socketcluster) - Highly scalable realtime microframework.



## Testing



* [Mocha](http://mochajs.org/) - A feature-rich JavaScript test framework running on Node.js and the browser, making asynchronous testing simple and fun.

* [Jest](https://jestjs.io/) - A delightful JavaScript Testing Framework with a focus on simplicity.

* [Jasmine](http://jasmine.github.io/) - A Behavior Driven Development testing framework for JavaScript. It's suited for websites, Node.js projects, or anywhere that JavaScript can run.

* [Vorlon.JS](http://vorlonjs.com/) - An open source, extensible, platform-agnostic tool for remotely debugging and testing your JavaScript. Powered by node.js and socket.io.

* [Nightwatch.js](http://nightwatchjs.org/) - Write End-to-End tests in Node.js quickly and effortlessly that run against a Selenium server.

* [Chai](http://chaijs.com/) - A BDD / TDD assertion library for node and the browser that can be delightfully paired with any javascript testing framework.

* [Intern](https://theintern.github.io/) - Software testing for humans.

* [QUnit](https://qunitjs.com/) - A powerful, easy-to-use JavaScript unit testing framework. It's used by the jQuery, jQuery UI and jQuery Mobile projects and is capable of testing any generic JavaScript code, including itself!

* [CodeceptJS](http://codecept.io/) - Modern era acceptance testing for Node.js.



## Logging



* [Pino](http://getpino.io/#/) - Very low overhead Node.js logger, inspired by Bunyan.

* [Winston](https://github.com/winstonjs/winston) - A multi-transport async logging library for Node.js.

* [Bunyan](https://github.com/trentm/node-bunyan) - A simple and fast JSON logging module for Node.js services.



## Profiling



* [Clinic.js](https://clinicjs.org/) - Tools to help diagnose and pinpoint Node.js performance issues.

* [0x](https://github.com/davidmarkclements/0x) - Single-command flamegraph profiling.



## CLI



* [Vorpal](http://vorpal.js.org/) - A framework that makes it easy to build mature, immersive command-line applications in JavaScript.

* [Inquirer.js](https://github.com/SBoudrias/Inquirer.js) - A collection of common interactive command line user interfaces.

* [Cash](https://github.com/dthree/cash) - A cross-platform implementation of Unix shell commands written in pure ES6.

* [how2](https://github.com/santinic/how2) - Stackoverflow from the terminal.



## ORM



* [Sequelize](https://sequelize.org/) - A promise-based Node.js ORM for Postgres, MySQL, MariaDB, SQLite and Microsoft SQL Server.

* [Bookshelf.js](https://bookshelfjs.org/) - A JavaScript ORM for Node.js, built on the Knex SQL query builder.

* [Objection.js](https://vincit.github.io/objection.js/) - An SQL-friendly ORM for Node.js



## Migration



* [migrate](https://github.com/tj/node-migrate) - Abstract migration framework for node.



## HTTP



* [Request](https://github.com/request/request) - Simplified HTTP request client.

* [SuperAgent](https://github.com/visionmedia/superagent) - A small progressive client-side HTTP request library, and Node.js module with the same API, sporting many high-level HTTP client features.

* [Nock](https://github.com/pgte/nock) - HTTP mocking and expectations library.

* [node-http-proxy](https://github.com/nodejitsu/node-http-proxy) - A full-featured http proxy for Node.js.

* [http-server](https://github.com/indexzero/http-server) - A simple zero-configuration command-line http server.



## Network



### Email



* [Nodemailer](https://github.com/nodemailer/nodemailer) - Send e-mails with Node.JS – easy as cake!

* [emailjs](https://github.com/eleith/emailjs) - Send emails, html and attachments (files, streams and strings) from node.js to any smtp server

* [node-imap](https://github.com/mscdex/node-imap) - An IMAP client module for Node.js.



### SSH



* [SSH2](https://github.com/mscdex/ssh2) - SSH2 client and server modules written in pure JavaScript for Node.js.



### FTP



* [node-ftp](https://github.com/mscdex/node-ftp) - An FTP client module for Node.js.



### Torrent



* [Torrent](https://github.com/maxogden/torrent) - Download torrents with node from the CLI.



## Git



* [NodeGit](https://github.com/nodegit/nodegit) - Native Node bindings to Git.



## Functional Programming



* [Underscrore](http://underscorejs.org/) - JavaScript library that provides a whole mess of useful functional programming helpers without extending any built-in objects.

* [Lodash](https://lodash.com/) - A modern JavaScript utility library delivering modularity, performance, & extras.

* [Lazy.js](http://danieltao.com/lazy.js/) - Similar to Underscore and Lodash, but with an underlying engine that supports many more use cases than those libraries, while offering comparable or superior performance in most scenarios.

* [Vitals](https://www.npmjs.com/package/node-vitals) - Do more with less. A simple, high-performing, functional JavaScript library.



## Regular Expression



* [VerbalExpressions](https://github.com/VerbalExpressions/JSVerbalExpressions) - A JavaScript library that helps to construct difficult regular expressions.



## String



* [Chance](http://chancejs.com/) - A minimalist generator of random strings, numbers, etc. to help reduce some monotony particularly while writing automated tests or anywhere else you need anything random.

* [faker.js](https://github.com/Marak/Faker.js) - Generate massive amounts of fake data in Node.js and the browser.



## Number



* [Accounting.js](https://github.com/openexchangerates/accounting.js) - A tiny JavaScript library providing simple and advanced number, money and currency formatting.

* [Numeral.js](http://numeraljs.com/) - A javascript library for formatting and manipulating numbers.



## Date



* [Moment.js](http://momentjs.com/) - Parse, validate, manipulate, and display dates in JavaScript.

* [Date](https://github.com/MatthewMueller/date) - Date for humans.



## Math



* [Math.js](http://mathjs.org/) - An extensive math library for JavaScript and Node.js

* [NumJs](https://github.com/nicolaspanel/numjs) - A npm/bower package for scientific computing with JavaScript.



## Data Structure



* [Buckets](https://github.com/mauriciosantos/Buckets-JS) - A complete, fully tested and documented data structure library written in pure JavaScript.

* [TreeModel](https://github.com/joaonuno/tree-model-js) - Manipulate and traverse tree-like structures in javascript.



## WYSIWYG



* [MediumEditor](https://github.com/yabwe/medium-editor) - Medium.com WYSIWYG editor clone. Uses contenteditable API to implement a rich text solution.

* [ContentTools](http://getcontenttools.com/) - A JS library for building WYSIWYG editors for HTML content.



## ASCII



* [blessed](https://github.com/chjj/blessed) - A curses-like library with a high level terminal interface API for node.js.

* [blessed-contrib](https://github.com/yaronn/blessed-contrib) - Build dashboards (or any other application) using ascii/ansi art and javascript.

* [oo-ascii-tree](https://www.npmjs.com/package/oo-ascii-tree) - Renders ASCII trees from an object-oriented object graph.



## Linter



* [ESLint](http://eslint.org/) - The pluggable linting utility for JavaScript and JSX.

* [JSLint](https://github.com/douglascrockford/JSLint) - The JavaScript code quality tool.



## Editors



* [NTVS](https://github.com/Microsoft/nodejstools) - A free, open source plugin that turns Visual Studio into a Node.js IDE. It is designed, developed, and supported by Microsoft and the community.

* [Abricotine](https://github.com/brrd/Abricotine) - A markdown editor for desktop.



## Blog Engine



* [Ghost](https://ghost.org/) -  An open source publishing platform which is beautifully designed, easy to use, and free for everyone.

* [Hexo.io](https://hexo.io/) - A fast, simple & powerful blog framework.



## CMS



* [Relax](https://github.com/relax/relax) - New generation CMS on top of React, Redux and GraphQL.



## Social Media



* [fb-sleep](https://github.com/sqren/fb-sleep-stats) - Use Facebook to track your friends’ sleeping habits.



## Animation



* [mo.js](https://github.com/legomushroom/mojs) - Motion graphics toolbelt for the web.



## Data Visualization



* [D3.js](https://d3js.org/) - A JavaScript library for manipulating documents based on data and helps you bring data to life using HTML, SVG, and CSS.

* [Sigma](http://sigmajs.org/) - A JavaScript library dedicated to graph drawing.

* [Timesheet.js](https://github.com/sbstjn/timesheet.js) - JavaScript library for HTML5 & CSS3 time sheets.



## Data Processing



* [EclairJS](https://github.com/EclairJS/eclairjs-node) - Node.js API for Apache Spark with Remote Client.



## Keyboard



* [Mousetrap](https://craig.is/killing/mice) - A simple library for handling keyboard shortcuts in Javascript.

* [Keymaster](https://github.com/madrobby/keymaster) - A simple micro-library for defining and dispatching keyboard shortcuts. It has no dependencies.



## PDF



* [PDFkit](https://github.com/devongovett/pdfkit) - A JavaScript PDF generation library for Node and the browser.

* [PDF.js](https://github.com/mozilla/pdf.js) - A Portable Document Format (PDF) viewer that is built with HTML5.

* [pdfmake](http://pdfmake.org/) - Client/server side PDF printing in pure JavaScript.



## Image Processing



* [CamanJS](http://camanjs.com/) - A combination of a simple-to-use interface with advanced and efficient image/canvas editing techniques.

* [Jimp](https://github.com/oliver-moran/jimp) - An image processing library written entirely in JavaScript for Node, with zero external or native dependencies.



## Audio



* [SoundJS](http://www.createjs.com/soundjs) - A JavaScript library that provides a simple API, and powerful features to make working with audio a breeze.

* [JuliusJS](https://github.com/zzmp/juliusjs) - A speech recognition library for the web.



## Video



* [Fluent ffmpeg](https://github.com/fluent-ffmpeg/node-fluent-ffmpeg) - A fluent API to FFMPEG.



## Robotics and IoT



* [Johnny-Five](https://github.com/rwaldron/johnny-five) - The JavaScript robotics programming framework.

* [Cylon.js](https://cylonjs.com/) - Next generation robotics framework with support for 43 different platforms.

* [Node-RED](http://nodered.org/) - A tool for wiring together hardware devices, APIs and online services in new and interesting ways.



## Science



### Satellite



* [Himawari](https://github.com/jakiestfu/himawari.js) - Download real-time images of Earth from the Himawari-8 satellite.



## Miscellaneous Libraries



* [is.js](https://github.com/arasatasaygin/is.js) - Micro check library.



## Desktop App



* [N1](https://github.com/nylas/N1) - An open-source mail client built on the modern web with Electron, React, and Flux.

* [Wmail](https://github.com/Thomas101/wmail) - The missing desktop client for Gmail & Google Inbox. Bringing the Gmail & Google Inbox experience to your desktop in a neatly packaged app.



## Resources



### Courses



* [Free Code Camp](http://www.freecodecamp.com/) - An open source community that helps you learn to code and help nonprofits.



### Lessons



* [JS Bits](https://github.com/vasanthk/js-bits) - JavaScript concepts explained with proper code samples.

* [Angular 2 Education](https://github.com/timjacobi/angular2-education) - A curated list of helpful material to get started with education on Angular 2.

* [Beginner Webpack Tutorial](https://github.com/AriaFallah/WebpackTutorial) - A simple webpack tutorial.

* [You Don't Need jQuery](https://github.com/oneuijs/You-Dont-Need-jQuery) - Examples of how to do query, style, dom, ajax, event etc like jQuery with plain JavaScript.

* [You don't (may not) need Lodash/Underscore](https://github.com/cht8687/You-Dont-Need-Lodash-Underscore) - Lists of Javascript methods which you can use natively to replace Lodash or Underscore.

* [Regular Expressions in JavaScript](http://javascript.info/tutorial/regular-expressions-javascript) - Regular expressions in JavaScript



### Tips and Tricks



* [ES6 Cheatsheet](https://github.com/DrkSephy/es6-cheatsheet) - A cheatsheet containing ES2015 (ES6) tips, tricks, best practices and code snippet examples for your day to day workflow.

* [JS Tips](https://github.com/loverajoel/jstips) - This is about one JS tip every day!

* [JavaScript Style](https://github.com/airbnb/javascript) - Airbnb JavaScript style guide.



### Web Reference



* [Mozilla Developer Network](https://developer.mozilla.org) - The official Mozilla Foundation website for development documentation of web standards and Mozilla projects.



### Books



* [JavaScript: The Good Parts](http://www.amazon.com/JavaScript-Good-Parts-Douglas-Crockford/dp/0596517742) by Douglas Crockford

* [The Principles of Object-Oriented JavaScript](https://www.nostarch.com/oojs) by Nicholas C. Zakas



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