5 alternatives to deno
denoland/deno — A modern runtime for JavaScript and TypeScript. (108,794 stars, MIT, dev-tools, infra, security).
These are the closest projects in the JustClaw-It index that we serve licence-cleared code from, ranked by relevance and by our code-quality score (1–10, the mean over each repo's graded components: completeness, code quality, deployability, reusability, strategic value). JustClaw-It also serves 1,262 licence-cleared components from denoland/deno itself.
| # | Repo | Score | Licence | Stars |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | denodrivers/sqlite3 | 4.4 | Apache-2.0 | 311 |
| 2 | whiskeysockets/baileys | 4.5 | MIT | 11,547 |
| 3 | hexagon/croner | 7.9 | MIT | 2,609 |
| 4 | surrealdb/surrealdb.js | 4.8 | Apache-2.0 | 357 |
| 5 | panva/oauth4webapi | 4.9 | MIT | 797 |
The alternatives in detail
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The fastest and correct SQLite3 module for Deno runtimescore 4.4/10 · Apache-2.0 permissive · 311 stars · 22 components · search them
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Socket-based TS/JavaScript API for WhatsApp Webscore 4.5/10 · MIT permissive · 11,547 stars · 91 components · search them
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Trigger functions or evaluate cron expressions in JavaScript or TypeScript. No dependencies. Most features. Node. Deno. Bun. Browser.score 7.9/10 · MIT permissive · 2,609 stars · 6 components · search them
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SurrealDB SDK for JavaScriptscore 4.8/10 · Apache-2.0 permissive · 357 stars · 182 components · search them
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Low-Level OAuth 2 / OpenID Connect Client API for JavaScript Runtimesscore 4.9/10 · MIT permissive · 797 stars · 37 components · search them
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