Express
OpenJS Foundation · Web frameworks & UI
Minimal, unopinionated web framework for Node.js with routing and middleware, the long-standing default for HTTP servers in the Node ecosystem
MITOpen sourceFreeLocalSelf-hostedNov 2, 2026
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FastAPI
Sebastián Ramírez (tiangolo) and FastAPI contributors · API development & tooling
Python web framework for building HTTP APIs from type-annotated functions, with automatic validation through Pydantic and generated OpenAPI documentation
MITOpen sourceFreeLocalSelf-hostedNov 2, 2026
Forgejo
Forgejo project (Codeberg e.V.) · Version control & code hosting
Community-governed self-hosted Git forge forked from Gitea, stewarded by Codeberg e.V., with pull requests, issues, packages and Forgejo Actions
GPL-3.0-or-laterOpen sourceFreeSelf-hostedNov 2, 2026
Gitea
Gitea Ltd. / Gitea community · Version control & code hosting
Lightweight self-hosted Git forge written in Go with repositories, pull requests, issues, packages and GitHub-compatible Actions, deployable as a single binary
MITOpen sourceFreeSelf-hostedNov 2, 2026
GitHub
GitHub (Microsoft) · Version control & code hosting
Microsoft-owned code hosting platform for Git repositories with pull requests, issues, Actions CI/CD, package registry, Copilot and the largest open-source community
ProprietaryFreemiumPaidSelf-hostedNov 2, 2026
GitLab
GitLab Inc. · Version control & code hosting
Open-core DevSecOps platform combining Git hosting, merge requests, integrated CI/CD pipelines, registry and security scanning, available as SaaS or self-managed
MITFreemiumPaidSelf-hostedNov 2, 2026
Hono
Hono project (Yusuke Wada and contributors) · Web frameworks & UI
Small TypeScript web framework built on Web Standard APIs that runs unchanged on Cloudflare Workers, Deno, Bun, Node.js and other JavaScript runtimes
MITOpen sourceFreeLocalSelf-hostedNov 2, 2026
Model Context Protocol
Model Context Protocol, a Series of LF Projects, LLC (originated by Anthropic) · Agent frameworks & orchestration
Open JSON-RPC standard for connecting AI applications to tools, data and prompts through servers, now stewarded under the Linux Foundation with SDKs in many languages
Open sourceOpen sourceFreeLocalSelf-hostedNov 2, 2026
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