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24 alternatives to Zap – another JavaScript package manager
Hey! Zap is another package manager for the JavasScript ecosystem, written in Crystal and I have been working on this side project of mine for a year or so on-and-off. It aims to be fast but also: - flexible: configurable and supports advanced features like multiple install strategies, overrides, package extensions, workspaces, private registries… - reliable: multiple anti-corruption checks, store is flocked and supports multiple processes reading/writing to it… - dev friendly: tries to be sensible about the ouput and still display all the info needed There is still much work to do…
Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. Zap – another JavaScript package manager launched in 2023; newer entries below may have overtaken it.
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The easiest way to build powerful workflows with your apps
2016 · help.zapier.com · its alternatives →
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ZappJS▲184code generator for Node.js, Ruby, Swift, Java, PHP & more
2018 · zappjs.com · its alternatives →
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For the past few months we’ve been building Trigger.dev and can now share our beta with you: https://github.com/triggerdotdev/trigger.dev. Trigger.dev is an open source platform that makes it easy for developers to create event-driven background tasks directly in their code. You write workflows using our SDK, and can view all the runs in our web app. Why we built this: - We found current workflow / automation tools like Zapier and n8n are good for simple tasks, but not for more advanced use cases. - Dropping down into code in these tools is just not a great…
2023 · trigger.dev · its alternatives →
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Hi HN! Thanks for your attention to my post. It was a big challenge to run most of Node.js packages in browser, fast moreover. Virtual File system, resolve import/export. I got cold many times, depressions, burned out, yet still alive and finished it. Many guys helped me with an advice. Many users give a lot of positive feedback. There are 200,000 monthly unique users. I work full time now because of the freemium business model. To be honest - I am happy after many years of hard work.
2022 · playcode.io · its alternatives →
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Integrate with 750+ Apps Overnight
2017 · zapier.com · its alternatives →
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This is a project I've wanted to write for a long time now. I really love the ideas from Nix and I still have a ton of respect for the project, but Nix-the-language never felt intuitive to me and I wanted something with more approachable tooling (although this was circa 2016, so I'm sure Nix has improved a lot since then too-- that was before Flakes were around!) Anyway, I started on the current iteration of Brioche about 6 months ago, and I finally cut an initial release. I'd still consider this a "technical preview" version (performance especially is pretty painful, so that'll be a focus…
2024 · brioche.dev · its alternatives →
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:package: Like npm, but faster - an alternative package manager for Node - alexanderGugel/ied
2015 · github.com · its alternatives →
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The ultimate resource collection for Frontend Developers.
2023 · matejbendik.gumroad.com · its alternatives →
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Glasskube▲260The next generation package manager for Kubernetes
2024 · github.com · its alternatives →
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2014 · duojs.org · its alternatives →
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This TypeScript package allows you to safely execute JavaScript code within a WebAssembly sandbox using the QuickJS engine. Perfect for isolating and running untrusted code securely, it leverages the lightweight and fast QuickJS engine compiled to WebAssembly, providing a robust environment for code execution. Features - *Security*: Run untrusted JavaScript code in a safe, isolated environment. - *File System*: Can mount a virtual file system - *Custom Node Modules*: Custom node modules are mountable - *Fetch Client*: Can provide a fetch client to make http(s) calls - *Test-Runner*: Includes…
2024 · github.com · its alternatives →
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A lightweight macOS window and app manager scriptable with JavaScript - kasper/phoenix
2020 · github.com · its alternatives →
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Hi HN! I’m Syrus, from the Wasmer team. We just released the new version of WAPM that is an order of magnitude better than the previous one (that we also announced here in HN two years ago! [0]), enabling an incredible experience for using and publishing WebAssembly packages. The tech stack that we are using includes: * Python and Django (for the backend) with Graphene (for the open GraphQL API [1]) and Django Channels with websockets over GraphQL [2] for subscriptions * Next.js [3] with React-Relay [4] and Tailwind.css [5] for the frontend * WebAssembly and Wasmer [6] (for the online shell)…
2022 · wapm.io · its alternatives →
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A tiny dependency manager for modern browsers (992 bytes) - muicss/johnnydepp
2018 · github.com · its alternatives →
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QuickBEAM is a JavaScript runtime embedded inside the Erlang/OTP VM. If you’re building a full-stack app, JavaScript tends to leak in anyway — frontend, SSR, or third-party code. QuickBEAM runs that JavaScript inside OTP supervision trees. Each runtime is a process with a `Beam` global that can: - call Elixir code - send/receive messages - spawn and monitor processes - inspect runtime/system state It also provides browser-style APIs backed by OTP/native primitives (fetch, WebSocket, Worker, BroadcastChannel, localStorage, native DOM, etc.). This makes it usable for: - SSR…
Mar 2026 · github.com · its alternatives →
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A self-hostable Wasm sandbox for JavaScript workers.
Jun 2026 · kyushu.dev · its alternatives →
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