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Issue #681 • August 6, 2026
JavaScript Utilities
undent — A utility that removes extra leading spaces from template literals and multi‑line strings and is compatible with Deno, Node.js, Bun, or anywhere JS runs.
@pierre/trees — A file tree rendering library that's built for performance and flexibility and is super customizable, for displaying file trees in apps and has support for vanilla JS, React, and SSR.
µJS — A lightweight Ajax navigation library to easily make your website behave like a single-page app (SPA), with no framework or build step needed, just a single script tag and method call.
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Comark — A Markdown engine that extends standard Markdown with component syntax, parses it to a compact serializable Markdown document at build/runtime, and renders it with Vue, React, Svelte, Angular, HTML or ANSI.
LiquidGlass — A liquid glass effect library that lets you apply realistic glass refraction, blur, chromatic aberration, and lighting effects to any HTML element using WebGL shaders.
Brownies — A tiny package that combines cookies, localStorage, sessionStorage, and indexDB into a single easy-to-use API.
PolicyStack — A set of open-source primitives for dealing with privacy and consent in the same way you handle auth, payments, or feature flags: as code, version-controlled, testable, and ready for AI agents.
buffered-clone — A structuredClone-like utility that converts all supported JS types, plus ImageData, into a binary format.
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React Native & Mobile Tools
MapLibre React Native — Add interactive vector tile maps with MapLibre Native in Expo and React Native supporting Android & iOS.
React Native TrueSheet — An accessible bottom sheet component for React Native, powered by Fabric, with a flexible API, built-in keyboard handling, side sheet support, liquid glass effects, and lots more.
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react-native-docusign — A React Native / Expo module that wraps the official DocuSign iOS and Android SDKs, allowing apps to present the native DocuSign signing UI directly in-app (captive signing).
@mathnotes/mobile-ink — An iOS-first native drawing engine for React Native apps that provides Apple Pencil input, Skia/Metal rendering, stroke serialization, selection, zoom, and more.
expo-paperkit — An Apple PaperKit markup experience for Expo/React Native, offering drawings, shapes, and annotations powered by PaperKit (iOS 26+, macOS 26+).
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react-native-enriched-html — A React Native rich text solution that provides fully native input and display components, HTML-based parsing, and customizable styles.
React Native NSFW Detector — A fast on device AI image safety detector for React Native / Expo using a CoreML model, to detect unsafe visual content in images.
Legend Motion — A declarative animations library for React Native, to make it easy to transition between styles without needing to manage animations.
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JSON Tools, Databases, etc.
DryRun PostgreSQL MCP — A PostgreSQL MCP server that doesn't need connection to the production, providing AI agents, IDEs, and CI full schema awareness.
pg-typesafe — A utility that generates TypeScript types for PostgreSQL queries with no runtime dependencies, and zero additional verbosity.
visual-json — A visual JSON editor that's schema-aware, embeddable, and extensible, providing tree view, form view, diff view, and raw editing modes, all powered by a headless core library with React and Vue components.
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SQL Studio — A modern, fast, and easy-to-use native cross-platform SQL client that features a hand-crafted querying experience and effortless table editing.
Shaper — A suite of SQL-first data dashboards, reports, and customer-facing analytics, to visualize and share your data, powered by DuckDB.
TOON — Token-Oriented Object Notation, a compact, human-readable serialization of JSON data for LLM prompts, featuring a TypeScript SDK, CLI, and benchmarks.
Tinqer — A type-safe query builder for TypeScript where queries are expressed as inline arrow functions, parsed into an expression tree, and compiled into SQL for PostgreSQL or SQLite.
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Commercial Apps & Classifieds
Tabstack – A service that lets you extract data and automate the web in one API call.
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Crosstab – A Chrome extension built to transform web browsing into ready-to-use custom datasets.
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PgNative – A lightweight, native PostgreSQL client for Mac and Windows, with no subscriptions.
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Rork – A platform to create mobile apps by chatting with AI, then ship to the App Store.
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Tusk – An AI testing tool for API testing, unit testing, and integration testing.
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A Social Post for Thought
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