22 amazing 🤯 NPM packages you should Try

chalk

• Description: Style your terminal output with colors and styles.

• Example:
  

  const chalk = require('chalk'); console.log(chalk.blue('Hello world!')); 

figlet

• Description: Create ASCII art text in the terminal.

• Example:
  

  const figlet = require('figlet'); figlet('Hello World!', function(err, data) { if (err) { console.log('Something went wrong...'); console.dir(err); return; } console.log(data); }); 

ora

• Description: Elegant terminal spinner.

• Example:
  

  const ora = require('ora'); const spinner = ora('Loading unicorns').start(); setTimeout(() => { spinner.color = 'yellow'; spinner.text = 'Loading rainbows'; }, 1000); 

inquirer

• Description: Interactive command-line user interface.

• Example:
  

  const inquirer = require('inquirer'); inquirer.prompt([ { type: 'input', name: 'name', message: "What's your name?" } ]).then(answers => { console.log(`Hello, ${answers.name}!`); }); 

randomcolor

• Description: Generate attractive random colors.

• Example:
  

  const randomColor = require('randomcolor'); const color = randomColor(); console.log(color); 

faker

• Description: Generate massive amounts of fake data.

• Example:
  

  const faker = require('faker'); console.log(faker.name.findName()); 

axios

• Description: Promise-based HTTP client for the browser and Node.js.

• Example:
  

  const axios = require('axios'); axios.get('<https://jsonplaceholder.typicode.com/posts/1>') .then(response => console.log(response.data)) .catch(error => console.error(error)); 

moment

• Description: Parse, validate, manipulate, and display dates and times.

• Example:
  

  const moment = require('moment'); console.log(moment().format('MMMM Do YYYY, h:mm:ss a')); 

boxen

• Description: Create boxes in the terminal.

• Example:
  

  const boxen = require('boxen'); console.log(boxen('Hello, Box!', { padding: 1 })); 

node-fetch

• Description: A lightweight module that brings window.fetch to Node.js.

• Example:
  

  const fetch = require('node-fetch'); fetch('<https://jsonplaceholder.typicode.com/posts/1>') .then(response => response.json()) .then(data => console.log(data)) .catch(error => console.error(error)); 

lodash

• Description: A modern JavaScript utility library delivering modularity, performance, & extras.

• Example:
  

  const _ = require('lodash'); const array = [1, 2, 3, 4, 5]; console.log(_.shuffle(array)); 

node-notifier

• Description: A Node.js module for sending notifications on native Mac, Windows (post and pre 8) and Linux (or Growl as fallback).

• Example:
  

  const notifier = require('node-notifier'); notifier.notify({ title: 'My Notification', message: 'Hello, there!' }); 

dotenv

• Description: Loads environment variables from a .env file into process.env.

• Example:
  

  require('dotenv').config(); console.log(process.env.DB_HOST); 

crypto-random-string

• Description: Generate a cryptographically strong random string.

• Example:
  

  const cryptoRandomString = require('crypto-random-string'); console.log(cryptoRandomString({ length: 10 })); 

ascii-art

• Description: Generate ASCII art from text.

• Example:
  

  const ascii = require('ascii-art'); ascii.font('Hello World!', 'Doom', function(rendered) { console.log(rendered); }); 

node-emoji

• Description: Simple emoji support for Node.js projects.

• Example:
  

  const emoji = require('node-emoji'); console.log(emoji.get('coffee')); 

is-online

• Description: Check if the internet connection is available.

• Example:
  

  javascriptCopy code const isOnline = require('is-online'); isOnline().then(online => { console.log(online ? 'Online' : 'Offline'); }); 

number-to-words

• Description: Convert numbers to words.

• Example:
  

   javascriptCopy code const numberToWords = require('number-to-words'); console.log(numberToWords.toWords(123)); 

nodemailer

• Description: It is a module for sending emails from Node.js applications.

• Example:
  

  javascriptCopy code const nodemailer = require('nodemailer'); const transporter = nodemailer.createTransport({ service: 'gmail', auth: { user: 'your-email@gmail.com', pass: 'your-password' } }); const mailOptions = { from: 'your-email@gmail.com', to: 'recipient@example.com', subject: 'Sending Email using Node.js', text: 'Hello from Node.js!' }; transporter.sendMail(mailOptions, function(error, info) { if (error) { console.error(error); } else { console.log('Email sent: ' + info.response); } 

beeper

• Description: makes your terminal beep.

• Example:
  

  javascriptCopy code const beeper = require('beeper'); beeper(); 

funny-quotes

• Description: fetches random funny quotes.

• Example:
  

  javascriptCopy code const funnyQuotes = require('funny-quotes'); console.log(funnyQuotes.getRandomQuote()); 

random-puppy

• Description: fetches random puppy pictures from Reddit.

• Example:
  

  javascriptCopy code const randomPuppy = require('random-puppy'); randomPuppy() .then(url => console.log(url)) .catch(err => console.error(err));