Awesome Deno

Deno is a simple, modern and secure runtime for JavaScript and TypeScript that uses V8 and is built in Rust.

This list is a collection of the best Deno modules and resources.

Contents

• Docs
  • Official Docs
  • External Docs
  • Online Playgrounds
• Modules
  • Automation
  • CLI utils
  • Database
  • Frontend development
  • Frontend framework
  • Logging
  • Mail
  • Markdown
  • String utils
  • Template engine
  • Testing
  • Utils
  • Web framework
  • WebSocket
  • Web utils
  • Webview
  • XML
• Registries
• Showcases
• Tools
• Articles
• Presentations
• Resources in Other Languages
  • Chinese
  • Hebrew
  • Indonesian
  • Italian
  • Japanese
  • Korean
  • Russian
  • Spanish
  • Uzbek

Docs

Official Docs

• Official Site
• Deno API Reference
  • Deno Unstable API Reference
• Deno Manual

External Docs

• V8 Docs for Deno
• DenoBeginner.com - A completely free crash course on deno for beginners.

Online Playgrounds

• deno.town
• Deno Playground
  • maman/deno-playground
• DenoBR Playground
• myCompiler.io
• Repl.it

Modules

NOTICE: Deno has a few official modules that could be found at deno_std. Consider submitting to the deno.land/x registry.

Automation

• autopilot - Autopilot - Cross-platform web automation with Deno.

CLI utils

• cac - Simple yet powerful framework for building command-line apps.
• charmd - A simple, extendable markdown renderer for your terminal.
• chart - Console ASCII line charts with no dependencies.
• cli-spinner - Show spinners in the terminal while running long tasks.
• cliffy - The complete solution for building interactive command-line tools.
• kia - Simple terminal spinners for Deno 🦕
• terminal_images - A Deno module and CLI tool for displaying images in the terminal.

Database

• deno_mysql - MySQL database driver.
• deno_mongo - MongoDB database driver.
• redis - An experimental implementation of redis client for deno.
• denodb - MySQL, SQLite, MariaDB, PostgreSQL and MongoDB ORM for Deno.
• dndb - Persistent and embedable NoSQL database engine written for Deno 🦕.
• dsddb - A dead simple persistant key-value database utilizing the JSON format.
• dso - A simple ORM library based on mysql.
• postgres - Driver for PostgreSQL database.
• sql-builder - An sql query builder.
• maxminddb - A library that enables the usage of MaxmindDB geoIP database files

Frontend development

• postcss - A tool for transforming styles with JS plugins.

Frontend framework

• aleph.js - A React framework in Deno, inspired by Next.js.

Logging

• gardens - A useful logging utility for JavaScript everywhere.

Mail

• deno-smtp - A smtp mail sender for deno.

Markdown

• marked - Markdown-to-HTML converter.

String utils

• camelcase - Convert a dash/dot/underscore/space separated string to camelCase: foo-bar → fooBar.
• deno_case_style - String validator and formater for different case style. eg: camelCase etc.
• deno-prettystring - Format, trim and remove extra white spaces between characters from string.
• deno-slugify - A string slugifier for deno.
• normalize_diacritics - Remove accents/diacritics in string.

Template engine

• dejs - Ejs template engine for deno.
• deno_tiny_templates - Template renderer for deno.
• eta - Fast, lightweight, and configurable embedded template engine.

Testing

• deno-pretty-assert - A colorful assertEqual for deno.
• deno-puppeteer - A library which provides a high-level API to control Chromium or Chrome over the DevTools Protocol.
• expect - Helpers for writing jest like expect tests in deno.
• merlin - Testing and Benchmarking framework for deno 🧙‍♂️
• pretty_benching - A small library to make your Deno benchmarking progress and results look pretty.
• rhum - A lightweight testing framework for Deno.
• superdeno - Super-agent driven library for testing Deno HTTP servers.
• superoak - HTTP assertions for Oak made easy via SuperDeno.
• tincan - A Jest-like testing library for Deno.
• unexpected - Extensible BDD assertion toolkit.

Utils

• buckets - Bundle assets and scripts in a single executable file.
• bytes_formater - Format bytes (Uint8Array, ArrayBufferView, etc) output, useful when debugging IO functions.
• coffee - Deno Configuration - a type-safe, easy to use Deno config manager.
• computed_types - Joi like validators for Typescript and Deno.
• dcc - Deno Cache Clean, reloading deps when next running.
• denon - A file watcher with a for-await generator.
• deno-context - Propagate deadlines, a cancellation and other request-scoped values to multiple promise. The behaviour is like Go's context.
• deno_cron - A cron Job scheduler that allows you to write human readable cron syntax with tons of flexibility
• deno-deamon - Make the Deno program run in the background.
• deno-dotenv
  • pietvanzoen/deno-dotenv - Dotenv handling for deno.
  • cardosomarcos/deno-dotenv - Loads environment variables from .env for Deno projects.
• deno-fnparse - An extremely simple parser combinator for JavaScript.
• deno-globrex - Port of globrex to deno, glob to regular expression.
• deno_notify - Send desktop notifications on all platforms.
• deno-opn - Opens stuff like websites, files, executables. Cross-platform.
• deno-plugin-prepare - A library for managing Deno native plugin dependencies.
• deno_random_interval - Helper to generate random interval.
• deno_tokenizer - A simple tokenizer for deno.
• deno-using - An python-style with statements for deno.
• dinoenv - tiny library to manage environment variables with deno.
• ensure - Ensure you are running a minimum version of Deno, Typescript, or V8.
• evt - Type safe replacement for EventEmitter.
• fossil - A value-type validation suite.
• garn-yaml - Read or write yaml interpolating env variables.
• garn-validator - Create validations with ease.
• invert-kv - Invert key-value pairs in Deno.
• lazy - A linq-like lazy-evaluation iteration module.
• maze_generator - Javascript module for generating, solving, analyzing and displaying mazes.
• ms - Easily convert various time formats to milliseconds.
• online - Check if you're currently online in Deno.
• qrcode - QR code image generator for Deno.
• recursive-readdir - Recursively read directories in Deno.
• rubico - 🏞 [a]synchronous function composition; it just works.
• type-fest - A collection of essential TypeScript types (port of sindresorhus/type-fest).
• wasm-gzip - Encrypt and decrypt gzip for Deno.
• watch - A file watcher.
• wu-diff-js - A diff library to compute differences between two slices using wu(the O(NP)) algorithm.

Web framework

• abc - A better Deno framework to create web application.
• alosaur - Alosaur - Deno web framework with many decorators.
• attain - A middleware web framework for Deno which is using http standard library inspired by express and Oak. Fast and stable with proper memory usage.
• aqua - A minimal and fast web framework for Deno.
• deno-express - Node Express ported to Deno.
• denotrain - All-in-One web framework like express or fastify for Node.js with middleware support.
• dinatra - Sinatra like light weight web app framework for deno.
• doa - A middleware framework for Deno's http serve🦕. Transplanted from Koa with ❤️
• drash - A REST microframework for Deno's HTTP server with zero dependencies.
• dragon - ⚡A powerful HTTP router and URL matcher for building Deno web servers with dragon 🐲.
• microraptor - Lightweight framework for easy network routing with validation.
• oak - A middleware framework for Deno's net server.
  • oak-http-proxy - Proxy middleware for Deno Oak HTTP servers.
• opine - Fast, minimalist web framework ported from ExpressJS.
  • opine-http-proxy - Proxy middleware for Deno Opine HTTP servers.
• pogo - Server framework for Deno.
• servest - A progressive HTTP server/router.

WebSocket

• deno-websocket - 🦕A simple WebSocket library like ws of node.js library.
• dropper - Custom event-based WebSockets framework for building real-time apps on Deno 🦕
• websocket_server - A WebSocket server library.
• sockets - A WebSocket library for Deno.

Web utils

• compression - Deno HTTP compression middleware.
• djwt - Make JSON Web Tokens (JWT) on Deno based on JWT and JWS specifications.
• forwarded - Deno port of forwarded library.
• gentleRpc - A JSON-RPC 2.0 TypeScript library for Deno and the browser.
• gql - Universal GraphQL HTTP middleware.
• graphql-tag - GraphQL schema AST from template literal.
• nats - A Deno client for the NATS messaging system.
• obsidian - A native GraphQL caching client and server module.
• qs - A query string parser with nesting support.
• router - A high-performance basic router works anywhere.
• status - HTTP codes and status utility for Deno.
• ts-prometheus - A prometheus client.
• up - Check if a website is up in Deno.
• youtube-deno - A Deno client library for the YouTube Data API for any interaction with YouTube.

Webview

• webview - Deno bindings for webview, a tiny library for creating web-based desktop GUIs.

XML

• deno-xml-parser - Deno XML parser ported from segmentio/xml-parser.
• sax-ts - SAX-style XML parser ported from sax-js.

Registries

• crux.land - A free registry service meant for hosting small ( < 10kB) single deno scripts.
• Deno PKG - An easier way to use code from GitHub in your Deno project.
• deno.land/x/ - The official 3rd party module registry.
• nest.land - An immutable, blockchain powered Deno package registry. 🥚

Showcases

• AuthCompanion - A token-based user management server.
• Deno Rest - A Boilerplate for deno RESTful apis.
• Deno Seed - Complete boilerplate for development. :seedling:
• GitHub Profile Trophy - 🏆 Add dynamically generated GitHub Trophy on your readme
• UsingDeno - Curated list of Web Applications & Projects using Deno 🦕.

Tools

• commands - Create commands shortcuts for node js and deno
• clone - A simple utility for the convenient clone.
• decense - Generate a license with one deno run command.
• dedep - Manage dependency versions.
• denoget - Denoget installs executable Deno script.
• denoify - For NPM module authors that would like to support Deno but do not want to write and maintain a port.
• denoinit - Denoinit generates useful files for Deno project.
• denoliver - A simple, dependency free file server with live reload.
• denomander - Deno command-line interfaces inspired from commander.js.
• denon - A daemon script runner, like nodemon. Built in and for Deno.
• denopkg - An easier way to use code from GitHub in your Deno project.
• denoversion - SemVer and git version management for Deno.
• denox - Like packages.json scripts, but for Deno with permissions support.
• deno.mk - Cross-platform Makefile for installing and running Deno.
• maxmcd's deno-docker A docker image.
• hayd's deno-docker Several docker images.
• deno-vscode - Leverage the typedef and intellisense built into vscode using this extension.
• dev_server - Let TypeScript files be used directly in the script tag.
• dmm - Lightweight Deno Module Manager
• dpm - Deno Package Manager, install global command for deno. like denoget.
• dvm
  • justjavac/dvm - Deno Version Manager: manage multiple active Deno versions.
  • axetroy/dvm - Version manger for Deno without runtime dependencies.
  • dvm.cmd - Deno Version Manager for Windows. Written as a single batch file.
  • ghosind/dvm - A lightweight Deno Version Manager for Linux/MacOS.
• elm-live-reload - An elm live reloader written in Deno.
• kopo-cli - A Deno registry browser in the terminal.
• lume - A static site generator similar to Jekyll or Eleventy with support for multiple file formats.
• make-deno-edition - Automatically makes package.json projects (such as npm packages and node.js modules) compatible with Deno.
• nessie - Create, migrate and rollback migrations for PostgreSQL, MySQL and SQLite.
• packer-provisioner-deno - A Packer plugin that makes it easy to build virtual machine images with Deno scripts.
• pagic - The easiest way to generate static html page from markdown, built with Deno.
• pika Deno plugin
• starter - Deno module starter template with GitHub Actions CI
• task-runner - Write tasks just like npm scripts.
• trex - Package management like npm for deno.
• typescript-deno-plugin - Deno language service plugin, providing intellisense in TypeScript files within editors.
• udd - Update Deno dependencies: updates import statements to their latest published version.
• velociraptor - An npm-style script runner for Deno.
• vscode-deno - VS Code extension that provides Deno support using the TypeScript Deno language service plugin.
• Update Deno - Github Action that puts a file with the latest Deno Version in your repository.
• denofn-selfhosted - Self-hosted Deno functions, made with Deno and Docker.

Articles

• Develop with Deno and Visual Studio Code
• First thoughts on Deno, the JavaScript/TypeScript run-time
• Getting started with Deno
• What's Deno, and how is it different from Node.js?
• Write a small API using Deno
• Deno on AWS Lambda with Architect or SAM
• Deno on Cloud Run
• Learn Deno: Chat app
• From Node to Deno
• Create a simple Note-taking app with Deno
• Develop and Dockerize a Blogging API With Deno, Oak, and MySQL
• Building API's using Deno, Oak and MYSQL
• Create interactive mail utility CLI Tool using Deno
• Create your first News CLI app using Deno
• Continuous Integration with Deno
• How to create and validate JSON Web Tokens in Deno
• Build A Simple Covid19 CLI Tool using Deno
• Creating a Web Application using Deno
• Read and Write in a local file with Deno
• The Hidden Superpower of Deno: xeval
• Test coverage in Deno with Codecov and GitHub Actions
• Deno REST API with Oak Tutorial Series 0, 1, 2
• Runtime permissions in Deno
• Using Webstorage in Deno

Presentations

• 10 Things I Regret About Node.js - Ryan Dahl - JSConf EU 2018
  • Slides
• JSDC 2018#A01 - Deno, A New Server-Side Runtime By Ryan Dahl
  • Slides
• Ryan Dahl. Deno, a new way to JavaScript. JS Fest 2019 Spring
  • Slides
• Rafał Pocztarski — From Node.js to Deno - JavaScript/TypeScript runtime built with V8 and Rust [EN]
• Ryan Dahl: A secure runtime for JavaScript and TypeScript | js.la April 2019
  • Slides
• Ryan Dahl: Deno, a new way to JavaScript - HolyJS 2019 Piter
  • Slides
• Rafał Pocztarski - What is Deno? A new runtime for modern JavaScript and TypeScript backends for 2020s - Deno Warsaw
• Michał Sabiniarz - How to contribute to Deno? - Deno Warsaw
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• Bartek Iwańczuk - Deno internals, how modern runtime is built - Deno Warsaw
  • Slides
• Ryan Dahl & Kitson Kelly: Deno is a New Way to JavaScript - TSConf 2019
• Bert Belder - Deno - dotJS 2019

Resources in Other Languages

Chinese

• Deno 并不是下一代 Node.js
• 玩 Deno 遇到问题的解决方案
• 让我们一起来学习别人学不动的 Deno
• Design Mistakes in Node zh-CN
• Node之父ry：Node中的设计错误
• 《Deno进阶开发笔记》
• Deno 手册
• Deno 中文开发者社区

Hebrew

• Deno intro in Hebrew (slides in English)

Indonesian

• Berkenalan dengan Deno
• Perkenalan Deno dan Instalasi
• Deno Land Indonesia website
• Deno Land Indonesia Telegram group

Italian

• Deno - L'anagramma di Node

Japanese

• Node.js における設計ミス By Ryan Dahl
• mizchi/deno_code_reading.md
• Design Mistakes in Node & Deno #kng5 / deno
• Dive into Deno：プロセス起動からTypeScriptが実行されるまで

Korean

• denoland.kr/

Russian

• Telegram channel
• Telegram chat

Spanish

• Hola Deno! . 🦕
• Así puedes crear tu primera API REST con Deno
• Primeros pasos con Deno 🦕 El sucesor de NodeJS desarrollado con Rust y TypeScript
• Primer vistazo con deno

Uzbek

• Telegram