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Search JavaScript libraries

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Kamil Tomšík
·Sep 6, 2018

I usually work on enterprise projects so when I'm picking library I look (besides github stars) for its latest release, how it was active overall and what the source code looks like.

Basically, I was using github search which kinda worked but my workflow was like:

  • search for something
  • filter for javascript (and hope their detection works fine)
  • sort by stars (because by default it sorts by relevance)
  • open first two pages of those matches and check number of issues & activity
  • close what doesn't meet my standards
  • inspect api & source code of what was left

So I made a simple tool for that, it's called SearchLibs and now I only need to:

  • search & quickly compare on one page (sorted by stars and activity + new/old packages are at the bottom)
  • open & inspect what I find promising

It was in "beta" for more than year (for me and my friends) and now it's finally public so if you find yourself in a need for a library, you can give it a try.

Any ideas or comments are welcome.