Rising stars

Packages ranked by momentum — real-world usage relative to awareness. The higher the score, the more of a hidden gem it is.

How momentum works: Momentum = weekly downloads ÷ GitHub stars. A high score means real-world traction relative to awareness — the hidden gem signal.
1

p-retry

general-js
Stable
34833.7x
★ 1.0k↓ 35.0M/wkUpdated Mar 26
2

chalk

general-js
Stable
17731.9x
★ 23.1k↓ 410.4M/wkUpdated Jan 27
3

defu

general-js
Active
15821.6x
★ 1.3k↓ 21.1M/wkUpdated Apr 19
4

uuid

general-js
Stable
15719.0x
★ 15.3k↓ 239.8M/wkUpdated Apr 8
5

commander

general-js
Active
13027.4x
★ 28.1k↓ 366.6M/wkUpdated Apr 13
6

compression

express
Stable
11263.3x
★ 2.8k↓ 31.6M/wkUpdated Mar 2
7

express-rate-limit

express
Active
11003.9x
★ 3.3k↓ 35.8M/wkUpdated Apr 19
8

destr

general-js
Active
10423.8x
★ 1.4k↓ 14.3M/wkUpdated Apr 17
9

clsx

general-js
Dormant
9051.0x
★ 9.7k↓ 88.1M/wkUpdated Jun 10
10

archiver

general-js
Active
8177.5x
★ 3.0k↓ 24.1M/wkUpdated Apr 16
11

cors

express
Stable
8027.0x
★ 6.2k↓ 49.8M/wkUpdated Apr 6
12

@fastify/cors

fastify
Stable
6468.2x
★ 484↓ 3.1M/wkUpdated Apr 8
13

@vercel/blob

node
Active
5950.0x
★ 590↓ 3.5M/wkUpdated Apr 14
14

dotenv

node
Active
5869.1x
★ 20.4k↓ 119.6M/wkUpdated Apr 12
15

nanoid

general-js
Active
5723.7x
★ 26.7k↓ 153.1M/wkUpdated Apr 15
16

@fastify/static

fastify
Active
5649.2x
★ 490↓ 2.8M/wkUpdated Apr 18
17

@vercel/analytics

react
Stable
5515.1x
★ 504↓ 2.8M/wkUpdated Apr 1
18

react-day-picker

react
Active
5502.4x
★ 6.8k↓ 37.3M/wkUpdated Apr 14
19

consola

general-js
Active
4310.8x
★ 7.2k↓ 31.2M/wkUpdated Apr 17
20

cookie-parser

express
Stable
3834.9x
★ 2.0k↓ 7.8M/wkUpdated Apr 1
21

zod

general-js
Stable
3734.4x
★ 42.4k↓ 158.4M/wkUpdated Feb 15
22

@radix-ui/react-dialog

react
Stable
2647.1x
★ 18.8k↓ 49.7M/wkUpdated Feb 13
23

swagger-ui-express

express
Dormant
2429.5x
★ 1.5k↓ 3.6M/wkUpdated Jan 25
24

@fastify/helmet

fastify
Stable
2409.4x
★ 454↓ 1.1M/wkUpdated Apr 8
25

jsonwebtoken

node
Stable
2205.9x
★ 18.2k↓ 40.1M/wkUpdated Mar 30
26

date-fns

general-js
Dormant
2184.1x
★ 36.6k↓ 79.8M/wkUpdated Sep 8
27

got

general-js
Active
2179.0x
★ 14.9k↓ 32.5M/wkUpdated Apr 13
28

bcryptjs

node
Stable
2152.1x
★ 3.8k↓ 8.2M/wkUpdated Mar 26
29

@fastify/multipart

fastify
Stable
2107.0x
★ 540↓ 1.1M/wkUpdated Apr 8
30

inquirer

general-js
Active
2004.8x
★ 21.5k↓ 43.1M/wkUpdated Apr 19
31

mitt

general-js
Dormant
1822.7x
★ 11.9k↓ 21.6M/wkUpdated Aug 14
32

@tanstack/react-virtual

react
Active
1724.6x
★ 6.8k↓ 11.8M/wkUpdated Apr 14
33

@fastify/rate-limit

fastify
Stable
1710.0x
★ 589↓ 1.0M/wkUpdated Apr 8
34

pino

node
Active
1573.0x
★ 17.7k↓ 27.8M/wkUpdated Apr 11
35

flags

react
Active
1502.9x
★ 581↓ 873.2k/wkUpdated Apr 14
36

ofetch

general-js
Active
1225.8x
★ 5.2k↓ 6.4M/wkUpdated Apr 13
37

morgan

express
Stable
1217.4x
★ 8.2k↓ 10.0M/wkUpdated Apr 1
38

qrcode

general-js
Dormant
1157.2x
★ 8.1k↓ 9.4M/wkUpdated Aug 23
39

@fastify/swagger

fastify
Stable
1146.5x
★ 1.1k↓ 1.2M/wkUpdated Apr 8
40

Hono

general-js
Active
1132.2x
★ 30.0k↓ 34.0M/wkUpdated Apr 15
41

react-hook-form

react
Active
1115.8x
★ 44.7k↓ 49.8M/wkUpdated Apr 9
42

@vercel/edge-config

node
Active
1101.1x
★ 590↓ 649.6k/wkUpdated Apr 14
43

Marked

general-js
Active
1046.1x
★ 36.7k↓ 38.4M/wkUpdated Apr 20
44

@tanstack/react-query

react
Active
978.3x
★ 49.2k↓ 48.1M/wkUpdated Apr 16
45

valibot

general-js
Active
962.2x
★ 8.6k↓ 8.2M/wkUpdated Apr 12
46

dayjs

general-js
Active
946.6x
★ 48.6k↓ 46.0M/wkUpdated Apr 17
47

axios

general-js
Active
919.8x
★ 109.0k↓ 100.3M/wkUpdated Apr 20
48

helmet

express
Stable
898.8x
★ 10.7k↓ 9.6M/wkUpdated Apr 1
49

@fastify/jwt

fastify
Stable
877.5x
★ 581↓ 509.9k/wkUpdated Apr 8
50

@fastify/session

fastify
Stable
875.3x
★ 124↓ 108.5k/wkUpdated Apr 8
51

@fastify/sensible

fastify
Stable
786.2x
★ 533↓ 419.1k/wkUpdated Apr 8
52

@dnd-kit/core

react
Active
774.9x
★ 17.0k↓ 13.2M/wkUpdated Apr 15
53

cheerio

general-js
Active
708.4x
★ 30.3k↓ 21.4M/wkUpdated Apr 15
54

@fastify/autoload

fastify
Active
633.0x
★ 372↓ 235.5k/wkUpdated Apr 19
55

pdf-lib

general-js
Dormant
604.0x
★ 8.4k↓ 5.1M/wkUpdated Jul 17
56

express-session

express
Stable
565.9x
★ 6.4k↓ 3.6M/wkUpdated Apr 2
57

zustand

react
Active
539.4x
★ 57.8k↓ 31.2M/wkUpdated Apr 14
58

bullmq

node
Active
505.3x
★ 8.7k↓ 4.4M/wkUpdated Apr 14
59

ai (Vercel AI SDK)

general-js
Active
485.1x
★ 23.6k↓ 11.5M/wkUpdated Apr 19
60

Fuse.js

general-js
Active
444.2x
★ 20.2k↓ 9.0M/wkUpdated Apr 18
61

turbo (Turborepo)

node
Active
432.5x
★ 30.2k↓ 13.1M/wkUpdated Apr 15
62

exceljs

general-js
Dormant
415.8x
★ 15.3k↓ 6.3M/wkUpdated Jan 21
63

@tanstack/react-table

react
Active
401.8x
★ 27.9k↓ 11.2M/wkUpdated Apr 14
64

jsPDF

general-js
Active
399.2x
★ 31.2k↓ 12.5M/wkUpdated Apr 16
65

hpp

express
Dormant
386.9x
★ 396↓ 153.2k/wkUpdated Feb 6
66

Ky

general-js
Active
313.1x
★ 16.8k↓ 5.2M/wkUpdated Apr 14
67

swr

react
Active
309.8x
★ 32.4k↓ 10.0M/wkUpdated Apr 12
68

@fastify/redis

fastify
Stable
298.4x
★ 228↓ 68.0k/wkUpdated Apr 8
69

@ngx-translate/core

angular
Active
288.7x
★ 4.7k↓ 1.3M/wkUpdated Apr 16
70

@vueuse/core

vue
Stable
280.6x
★ 22.2k↓ 6.2M/wkUpdated Mar 31
71

passport

express
Dormant
271.6x
★ 23.5k↓ 6.4M/wkUpdated Aug 16
72

ngx-toastr

angular
Stable
242.1x
★ 2.6k↓ 626.5k/wkUpdated Feb 6
73

pinia

vue
Stable
239.3x
★ 14.6k↓ 3.5M/wkUpdated Apr 7
74

express-validator

express
Active
235.4x
★ 6.2k↓ 1.5M/wkUpdated Apr 15
75

nuqs

react
Active
234.1x
★ 10.3k↓ 2.4M/wkUpdated Apr 11
76

Drizzle ORM

general-js
Active
217.2x
★ 33.9k↓ 7.4M/wkUpdated Apr 19
77

prisma

node
Active
210.9x
★ 45.8k↓ 9.7M/wkUpdated Apr 15
78

socket.io

node
Active
199.5x
★ 63.0k↓ 12.6M/wkUpdated Apr 16
79

@vercel/functions

node
Active
187.5x
★ 15.3k↓ 2.9M/wkUpdated Apr 14
80

mathjs

general-js
Active
179.9x
★ 15.0k↓ 2.7M/wkUpdated Apr 16
81

ngx-spinner

angular
Active
174.7x
★ 865↓ 151.1k/wkUpdated Apr 16
82

@angular/cdk

angular
Active
142.0x
★ 25.0k↓ 3.6M/wkUpdated Apr 18
83

@ngneat/until-destroy

angular
Dormant
140.2x
★ 1.7k↓ 244.7k/wkUpdated Mar 21
84

@ngrx/store

angular
Active
117.1x
★ 8.3k↓ 973.1k/wkUpdated Apr 19
85

react-email

react
Active
105.7x
★ 18.4k↓ 1.9M/wkUpdated Apr 14
86

@angular/material

angular
Active
92.5x
★ 25.0k↓ 2.3M/wkUpdated Apr 18
87

@ng-bootstrap/ng-bootstrap

angular
Stable
83.5x
★ 8.2k↓ 688.0k/wkUpdated Dec 18
88

pm2

node
Stable
63.6x
★ 43.1k↓ 2.7M/wkUpdated Mar 27
89

@swimlane/ngx-charts

angular
Dormant
45.1x
★ 4.4k↓ 196.4k/wkUpdated Oct 27
90

@ngxs/store

angular
Active
40.8x
★ 3.5k↓ 144.7k/wkUpdated Apr 15
91

Apache ECharts

general-js
Active
39.2x
★ 66.2k↓ 2.6M/wkUpdated Apr 16
92

lenis

general-js
Active
31.2x
★ 13.7k↓ 426.6k/wkUpdated Apr 15
93

ngx-progressbar

angular
Stable
28.3x
★ 1.1k↓ 29.8k/wkUpdated Feb 7
94

ng-zorro-antd

angular
Active
15.4x
★ 9.1k↓ 140.9k/wkUpdated Apr 16
95

milkdown

react
Active
11.5x
★ 11.3k↓ 129.9k/wkUpdated Apr 14
96

@tanstack/vue-query

vue
Active
9.7x
★ 49.2k↓ 479.0k/wkUpdated Apr 16
97

AOS

general-js
Dormant
8.3x
★ 28.1k↓ 233.2k/wkUpdated Mar 26
98

naive-ui

vue
Stable
5.0x
★ 18.2k↓ 91.7k/wkUpdated Apr 3
99

p-limit

general-js
No stats
—
★ -↓ 242.2M/wk
100

papaparse

general-js
No stats
—
★ -↓ 9.3M/wk
101

superjson

general-js
No stats
—
★ -↓ 6.5M/wk
102

tailwind-merge

general-js
No stats
—
★ -↓ 59.7M/wk
103

execa

node
No stats
—
★ -↓ 126.7M/wk
104

ioredis

node
No stats
—
★ -↓ 16.7M/wk
105

mongoose

node
No stats
—
★ -↓ 5.0M/wk
106

multer

node
No stats
—
★ -↓ 14.1M/wk
107

nodemailer

node
No stats
—
★ -↓ 12.5M/wk
108

sharp

node
No stats
—
★ -↓ 51.8M/wk
109

tsx

node
No stats
—
★ -↓ 41.4M/wk
110

winston

node
No stats
—
★ -↓ 21.9M/wk
111

cmdk

react
No stats
—
★ -↓ 35.7M/wk
112

embla-carousel-react

react
No stats
—
★ -↓ 32.3M/wk
113

framer-motion

react
No stats
—
★ -↓ 39.2M/wk
114

jotai

react
No stats
—
★ -↓ 3.8M/wk
115

lucide-react

react
No stats
—
★ -↓ 73.9M/wk
116

react-dropzone

react
No stats
—
★ -↓ 9.4M/wk
117

react-resizable-panels

react
No stats
—
★ -↓ 33.4M/wk
118

react-wrap-balancer

react
No stats
—
★ -↓ 172.8k/wk
119

recharts

react
No stats
—
★ -↓ 46.5M/wk
120

sonner

react
No stats
—
★ -↓ 42.6M/wk
121

@tanstack/react-form

react
No stats
—
★ -↓ 1.5M/wk
122

use-immer

react
No stats
—
★ -↓ 622.7k/wk
123

vaul

react
No stats
—
★ -↓ 33.2M/wk
124

floating-vue

vue
No stats
—
★ -↓ 434.1k/wk
125

unplugin-vue-components

vue
No stats
—
★ -↓ 909.0k/wk
126

vee-validate

vue
No stats
—
★ -↓ 904.6k/wk
127

vue-final-modal

vue
No stats
—
★ -↓ 62.4k/wk
128

vue-i18n

vue
No stats
—
★ -↓ 2.8M/wk
129

vue-router

vue
No stats
—
★ -↓ 6.0M/wk
130

vue-toastification

vue
No stats
—
★ -↓ 167.6k/wk
131

@vueuse/motion

vue
No stats
—
★ -↓ 103.9k/wk