Rankings

180 tools · sorted by momentum · updated May 29, 2026

1.
PayloadBackend

A backend tool focused on cms and backend.

0381K/wk12 mentionsnpm
50.5
+38%
2.
RemixFrontend

A frontend tool focused on react and framework.

0972K/wk12 mentionsnpm
46.6
+57%
3.
ElysiaBackend

A backend tool focused on bun and framework.

0461K/wk12 mentionsnpm
46.5
+46%
4.
AstroFrontend

A frontend tool focused on content and framework.

03M/wk12 mentionsnpm
45.8
+53%
5.
Chakra UIFrontend

A frontend tool focused on components and styling.

01M/wk12 mentionsnpm
44.4
+55%
6.
tRPCBackend

A backend tool focused on typescript and rpc.

03M/wk12 mentionsnpm
43.9
+50%
7.
HonoBackend

A backend tool focused on edge and framework.

038M/wk12 mentionsnpm
41.2
+68%
8.
MastraAI

An ai tool focused on agents and typescript.

0358K/wk12 mentionsnpm
40.2
0%
9.
StrapiBackend

A backend tool focused on cms and backend.

0184K/wk12 mentionsnpm
40.0
0%
10.
ExpressBackend

A backend tool focused on node and server.

0102M/wk12 mentionsnpm
38.9
+66%
11.
StencilFrontend

A frontend tool focused on web-components and frontend.

01M/wk12 mentionsnpm
35.2
0%
12.
SolidStartFrontend

A frontend tool focused on solid and framework.

059K/wk12 mentionsnpm
34.4
+25%
13.
Alpine.jsFrontend

A frontend tool focused on lightweight and frontend.

0498K/wk12 mentionsnpm
33.4
0%
14.
VitePressFrontend

A frontend tool focused on docs and vue.

0506K/wk12 mentionsnpm
33.3
0%
15.
MantineFrontend

A frontend tool focused on components and hooks.

02M/wk12 mentionsnpm
33.0
0%
16.
AdonisJSBackend

A backend tool focused on node and framework.

098K/wk12 mentionsnpm
32.7
0%
17.
NuxtFrontend

A frontend tool focused on vue and framework.

01M/wk12 mentionsnpm
31.6
0%
18.
SvelteKitFrontend

A frontend tool focused on svelte and framework.

02M/wk12 mentionsnpm
31.2
0%
19.
SolidFrontend

A frontend tool focused on reactive and frontend.

02M/wk12 mentionsnpm
29.6
0%
20.
Next.jsFrontend

A frontend tool focused on react and framework.

040M/wk26 mentionsnpm · Hacker News
29.4
+19%
21.
AngularFrontend

A frontend tool focused on typescript and framework.

05M/wk12 mentionsnpm
28.6
0%
22.
Ant DesignFrontend

A frontend tool focused on components and enterprise.

03M/wk12 mentionsnpm
28.3
0%
23.
TanStack QueryFrontend

A frontend tool focused on data-fetching and react.

052M/wk26 mentionsnpm · Hacker News
28.0
+19%
24.
QwikFrontend

A frontend tool focused on resumable and frontend.

027K/wk12 mentionsnpm
26.7
0%
25.
Better AuthBackend

A backend tool focused on auth and identity.

03M/wk12 mentionsnpm
26.6
0%
26.
TanStack RouterFrontend

A frontend tool focused on routing and react.

08K/wk12 mentionsnpm
25.3
+30%
27.
PiniaFrontend

A frontend tool focused on state and vue.

04M/wk12 mentionsnpm
24.7
0%
28.
NestJSBackend

A backend tool focused on node and framework.

010M/wk12 mentionsnpm
24.6
0%
29.
VueFrontend

A frontend tool focused on vue and frontend.

012M/wk12 mentionsnpm
24.3
0%
30.
JotaiFrontend

A frontend tool focused on state and react.

04M/wk12 mentionsnpm
24.2
0%
31.
StorybookFrontend

A frontend tool focused on ui and testing.

016M/wk12 mentionsnpm
23.2
0%
32.
ZustandFrontend

A frontend tool focused on state and react.

036M/wk12 mentionsnpm
22.9
0%
33.
Tailwind CSSFrontend

A frontend tool focused on css and styling.

0107M/wk12 mentionsnpm
22.4
0%
34.
MotionFrontend

A frontend tool focused on animation and react.

012M/wk12 mentionsnpm
22.4
0%
35.
React Hook FormFrontend

A frontend tool focused on forms and react.

050M/wk12 mentionsnpm
21.6
0%
36.
FastifyBackend

A backend tool focused on node and server.

07M/wk12 mentionsnpm
21.5
0%
37.
ViteFrontend

A frontend tool focused on bundler and frontend.

0123M/wk12 mentionsnpm
21.1
0%
38.
Material UIFrontend

A frontend tool focused on components and design-system.

09M/wk12 mentionsnpm
20.6
0%
39.
Redux ToolkitFrontend

A frontend tool focused on state and redux.

019M/wk26 mentionsnpm · Hacker News
20.6
0%
40.
DirectusBackend

A backend tool focused on headless and backend.

015K/wk12 mentionsnpm
18.8
0%
41.
Radix UIFrontend

A frontend tool focused on components and accessibility.

0152M/wk12 mentionsnpm
17.6
0%
42.
StarletteBackend

A backend tool focused on python and asgi.

022 mentionsPyPI · Hacker News
13.6
0%
43.
TypeScriptDevTools

A devtools tool focused on language and tooling.

028 mentionsHacker News
13.0
+19%
44.
FlowiseAI

An ai tool focused on visual-builder and agents.

02K/wk12 mentionsnpm
12.6
0%
45.
CrewAIAI

An ai tool focused on agents and python.

08 mentionsPyPI
9.8
0%
46.
HaystackAI

An ai tool focused on rag and search.

08 mentionsPyPI
9.8
0%
47.
GraphRAGAI

An ai tool focused on graph and rag.

08 mentionsPyPI
9.8
0%
48.
DagsterData

A data tool focused on orchestration and data.

08 mentionsPyPI
9.8
0%
49.
LanceDBData

A data tool focused on vector-db and analytics.

08 mentionsPyPI
9.8
0%
50.
PydanticAIAI

An ai tool focused on python and agents.

08 mentionsPyPI
9.5
0%
51.
LiteLLMAI

An ai tool focused on gateway and llm.

08 mentionsPyPI
9.5
0%
52.
Mem0AI

An ai tool focused on memory and agents.

08 mentionsPyPI
9.5
0%
53.
TRLAI

An ai tool focused on training and rlhf.

08 mentionsPyPI
9.5
0%
54.
AirflowData

A data tool focused on orchestration and data.

08 mentionsPyPI
9.5
0%
55.
PolarsData

A data tool focused on dataframe and analytics.

08 mentionsPyPI
9.5
0%
56.
dltData

A data tool focused on pipelines and elt.

08 mentionsPyPI
9.5
0%
57.
E2BDevTools

A devtools tool focused on sandbox and agents.

08 mentionsPyPI
9.5
0%
58.
LangChainAI

An ai tool focused on llm and python.

08 mentionsPyPI
9.2
0%
59.
LangGraphAI

An ai tool focused on agents and graph.

08 mentionsPyPI
9.2
0%
60.
browser-useAI

An ai tool focused on browser and agents.

08 mentionsPyPI
9.2
0%
61.
LangflowAI

An ai tool focused on visual-builder and llm.

08 mentionsPyPI
9.2
0%
62.
UnslothAI

An ai tool focused on training and fine-tuning.

08 mentionsPyPI
9.2
0%
63.
FastAPIBackend

A backend tool focused on python and api.

08 mentionsPyPI
8.4
0%
64.
AgnoAI

An ai tool focused on agents and multi-model.

08 mentionsPyPI
7.9
0%
65.
Apache SparkData

A data tool focused on distributed and analytics.

08 mentionsPyPI
7.9
0%
66.
SQLMeshData

A data tool focused on transforms and sql.

08 mentionsPyPI
7.9
0%
67.
DjangoBackend

A backend tool focused on python and framework.

08 mentionsPyPI
7.6
0%
68.
dbt CoreData

A data tool focused on transforms and analytics.

08 mentionsPyPI
7.6
0%
69.
LocalStackDevTools

A devtools tool focused on cloud and testing.

08 mentionsPyPI
7.6
0%
70.
TurborepoDevTools

A devtools tool focused on monorepo and build.

0npm
6.5
0%
71.
PlaywrightDevTools

A devtools tool focused on testing and browser.

0npm
6.5
0%
72.
ChangesetsDevTools

A devtools tool focused on releases and monorepo.

0npm
6.5
0%
73.
vLLMAI

An ai tool focused on inference and serving.

08 mentionsPyPI
6.3
0%
74.
Parse ServerBackend

A backend tool focused on backend and api.

0npm
6.3
0%
75.
MilvusData

A data tool focused on vector-db and search.

08 mentionsPyPI
6.3
0%
76.
NxDevTools

A devtools tool focused on monorepo and build.

0npm
6.3
0%
77.
BiomeDevTools

A devtools tool focused on formatter and linter.

0npm
6.3
0%
78.
pnpmDevTools

A devtools tool focused on packages and javascript.

0npm
6.3
0%
79.
release-pleaseDevTools

A devtools tool focused on releases and automation.

0npm
6.3
0%
80.
LlamaIndexAI

An ai tool focused on rag and python.

08 mentionsPyPI
6.0
0%
81.
smolagentsAI

An ai tool focused on agents and huggingface.

08 mentionsPyPI
6.0
0%
82.
Semantic KernelAI

An ai tool focused on agents and sdk.

08 mentionsPyPI
6.0
0%
83.
CypressDevTools

A devtools tool focused on testing and browser.

0npm
6.0
0%
84.
pandasData

A data tool focused on python and dataframe.

08 mentionsPyPI
5.2
0%
85.
QdrantData

A data tool focused on vector-db and search.

08 mentionsPyPI
5.2
0%
86.
Delta LakeData

A data tool focused on lakehouse and storage.

014 mentionsHacker News
5.2
0%
87.
DokkuInfra

An infra tool focused on paas and deploy.

014 mentionsHacker News
5.2
0%
88.
CaddyInfra

An infra tool focused on server and proxy.

014 mentionsHacker News
5.2
0%
89.
Trigger.devDevTools

A devtools tool focused on jobs and queues.

0npm
5.2
0%
90.
SWCDevTools

A devtools tool focused on compiler and tooling.

0npm
5.2
0%
91.
Drizzle ORMBackend

A backend tool focused on orm and typescript.

0npm
4.9
0%
92.
InstructorAI

An ai tool focused on structured-output and python.

08 mentionsPyPI
4.4
0%
93.
CAMELAI

An ai tool focused on agents and research.

08 mentionsPyPI
4.4
0%
94.
PromptflowAI

An ai tool focused on pipelines and evaluation.

08 mentionsPyPI
4.4
0%
95.
PEFTAI

An ai tool focused on fine-tuning and training.

08 mentionsPyPI
4.4
0%
96.
WeaviateData

A data tool focused on vector-db and search.

08 mentionsPyPI
4.4
0%
97.
ChromaData

A data tool focused on vector-db and ai.

08 mentionsPyPI
4.4
0%
98.
Apache ArrowData

A data tool focused on columnar and data.

08 mentionsPyPI
4.4
0%
99.
BytewaxData

A data tool focused on streaming and python.

08 mentionsPyPI
4.4
0%
100.
TileDBData

A data tool focused on arrays and storage.

08 mentionsPyPI
4.4
0%
101.
pre-commitDevTools

A devtools tool focused on git-hooks and automation.

08 mentionsPyPI
4.4
0%
102.
VitestDevTools

A devtools tool focused on testing and javascript.

0npm
4.3
0%
103.
PrismaBackend

A backend tool focused on orm and backend.

0npm
4.1
0%
104.
ESLintDevTools

A devtools tool focused on linting and javascript.

0npm
3.0
0%
105.
BunDevTools

A devtools tool focused on runtime and tooling.

0npm
2.4
0%
106.
LoopBackBackend

A backend tool focused on node and api.

0npm
2.1
0%
107.
commitlintDevTools

A devtools tool focused on git and linting.

0npm
2.1
0%
108.
AutoGenAI

An ai tool focused on agents and microsoft.

0
0.0
0%
109.
DSPyAI

An ai tool focused on prompting and python.

0
0.0
0%
110.
OpenHandsAI

An ai tool focused on coding and agents.

0
0.0
0%
111.
OllamaAI

An ai tool focused on local-models and inference.

0
0.0
0%
112.
LangfuseAI

An ai tool focused on observability and llm.

0
0.0
0%
113.
AutoGPTAI

An ai tool focused on agents and automation.

0
0.0
0%
114.
Text Generation InferenceAI

An ai tool focused on serving and inference.

0
0.0
0%
115.
shadcn/uiFrontend

A frontend tool focused on components and react.

0
0.0
0%
116.
GinBackend

A backend tool focused on go and api.

0
0.0
0%
117.
EchoBackend

A backend tool focused on go and api.

0
0.0
0%
118.
Actix WebBackend

A backend tool focused on rust and api.

0
0.0
0%
119.
AxumBackend

A backend tool focused on rust and api.

0
0.0
0%
120.
gqlgenBackend

A backend tool focused on graphql and go.

0
0.0
0%
121.
LuciaBackend

A backend tool focused on auth and typescript.

0
0.0
0%
122.
PocketBaseBackend

A backend tool focused on database and backend.

0
0.0
0%
123.
AppwriteBackend

A backend tool focused on backend and platform.

0
0.0
0%
124.
LaravelBackend

A backend tool focused on php and framework.

0
0.0
0%
125.
SymfonyBackend

A backend tool focused on php and framework.

0
0.0
0%
126.
FeathersBackend

A backend tool focused on realtime and node.

0
0.0
0%
127.
MercuriusBackend

A backend tool focused on graphql and fastify.

0
0.0
0%
128.
DuckDBData

A data tool focused on analytics and database.

0
0.0
0%
129.
ClickHouseData

A data tool focused on analytics and database.

0
0.0
0%
130.
Apache KafkaData

A data tool focused on streaming and messaging.

0
0.0
0%
131.
MeilisearchData

A data tool focused on search and database.

0
0.0
0%
132.
Apache FlinkData

A data tool focused on streaming and data.

0
0.0
0%
133.
DataFusionData

A data tool focused on query-engine and rust.

0
0.0
0%
134.
TrinoData

A data tool focused on query-engine and sql.

0
0.0
0%
135.
OpenSearchData

A data tool focused on search and analytics.

0
0.0
0%
136.
JupyterLabData

A data tool focused on notebooks and python.

0
0.0
0%
137.
Jupyter NotebookData

A data tool focused on notebooks and python.

0
0.0
0%
138.
Apache SupersetData

A data tool focused on bi and analytics.

0
0.0
0%
139.
Apache DorisData

A data tool focused on analytics and database.

0
0.0
0%
140.
MinIOData

A data tool focused on object-storage and data.

0
0.0
0%
141.
CoolifyInfra

An infra tool focused on self-hosting and platform.

0
0.0
0%
142.
CapRoverInfra

An infra tool focused on paas and docker.

0
0.0
0%
143.
k3sInfra

An infra tool focused on kubernetes and lightweight.

0
0.0
0%
144.
TraefikInfra

An infra tool focused on proxy and ingress.

0
0.0
0%
145.
PrometheusInfra

An infra tool focused on observability and metrics.

0
0.0
0%
146.
GrafanaInfra

An infra tool focused on observability and dashboards.

0
0.0
0%
147.
OpenTelemetry CollectorInfra

An infra tool focused on observability and traces.

0
0.0
0%
148.
TemporalInfra

An infra tool focused on workflows and infra.

0
0.0
0%
149.
TerraformInfra

An infra tool focused on iac and cloud.

0
0.0
0%
150.
PulumiInfra

An infra tool focused on iac and cloud.

0
0.0
0%
151.
CrossplaneInfra

An infra tool focused on iac and kubernetes.

0
0.0
0%
152.
Argo CDInfra

An infra tool focused on gitops and kubernetes.

0
0.0
0%
153.
FluxInfra

An infra tool focused on gitops and kubernetes.

0
0.0
0%
154.
EnvoyInfra

An infra tool focused on proxy and service-mesh.

0
0.0
0%
155.
IstioInfra

An infra tool focused on service-mesh and kubernetes.

0
0.0
0%
156.
cert-managerInfra

An infra tool focused on tls and kubernetes.

0
0.0
0%
157.
KEDAInfra

An infra tool focused on autoscaling and kubernetes.

0
0.0
0%
158.
LonghornInfra

An infra tool focused on storage and kubernetes.

0
0.0
0%
159.
containerdInfra

An infra tool focused on containers and runtime.

0
0.0
0%
160.
MobyInfra

An infra tool focused on containers and runtime.

0
0.0
0%
161.
KubernetesInfra

An infra tool focused on containers and orchestration.

0
0.0
0%
162.
HelmInfra

An infra tool focused on packaging and kubernetes.

0
0.0
0%
163.
OpenFaaSInfra

An infra tool focused on serverless and platform.

0
0.0
0%
164.
Apache APISIXInfra

An infra tool focused on gateway and api.

0
0.0
0%
165.
NGINXInfra

An infra tool focused on proxy and server.

0
0.0
0%
166.
NetdataInfra

An infra tool focused on monitoring and infra.

0
0.0
0%
167.
PortainerInfra

An infra tool focused on containers and ops.

0
0.0
0%
168.
CloudNativePGInfra

An infra tool focused on postgres and kubernetes.

0
0.0
0%
169.
PrettierDevTools

A devtools tool focused on formatting and javascript.

0
0.0
0%
170.
uvDevTools

A devtools tool focused on python and packages.

0
0.0
0%
171.
DenoDevTools

A devtools tool focused on runtime and tooling.

0
0.0
0%
172.
HoppscotchDevTools

A devtools tool focused on api and testing.

0
0.0
0%
173.
MockoonDevTools

A devtools tool focused on api and mocking.

0
0.0
0%
174.
DaggerDevTools

A devtools tool focused on ci and automation.

0
0.0
0%
175.
InfisicalDevTools

A devtools tool focused on secrets and developer-experience.

0
0.0
0%
176.
semantic-releaseDevTools

A devtools tool focused on releases and automation.

0
0.0
0%
177.
LefthookDevTools

A devtools tool focused on git-hooks and automation.

0
0.0
0%
178.
HuskyDevTools

A devtools tool focused on git-hooks and javascript.

0
0.0
0%
179.
JestDevTools

A devtools tool focused on testing and javascript.

0
0.0
0%
180.
esbuildDevTools

A devtools tool focused on bundler and tooling.

0
0.0
0%
Ranking methodology

Momentum now favors fresh adoption efficiency, not just big existing audience size.

Recent maintainer activity and release recency help surface tools that feel alive right now.

Large incumbents can still rank, but they no longer dominate only because they are already huge.