Best libraries on Reddit

166 reviews from r/dotnet, r/vuejs, r/editors and 22 more subreddits

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#1

Vuetify

5.0
(5)
"Vuetify"
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"Loving Vuetify here for my b2b SAAS app."
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"Vuetify is really a cool one."
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"I have done a couple of projects in Vuetify and found it works really well."
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"Cleanest experience I’ve had."
#2

Spitfire

5.0
(5)
"Best Spitfire libraries, Chamber Strings, Tundra, the new SSO."
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"Definitely get their Intimate strings at 14.50 is an amazing price."
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"I've had all of 1hr to tinker but I LOVE IT."
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"Tundra, Solstice, OACW, Jupiter, Mercury, Originals Intimate Strings/Frozen Strings are all ones I use all the time."
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"Albion Solstice - Arguably one of the best products Spitfire has produced."
#3

Extreme

5.0
(5)
"The usual suspects."
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"I like Extreme too."
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"Another vote for Extreme."
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"They’ve been the gold standard my whole career but still put out decent stuff and have a massive back catalogue."
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#4

Playnite

5.0
(4)
"Playnite would be your best bet. I recommend it 100% over GOG Galaxy."
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"I suggest you checking out Playnite. It integrate not only steam and epic but also other gaming platforms."
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"I found Playnite to be more useful than Gog"
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"Use playnite it works great, most advanced filters, and you have control over the app itself as it open source."
#5

Shadcn

5.0
(4)
"My recommendation is Shadcn for Vue."
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"Shadcn / element plus."
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"Shadcn or Vuetify."
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"I am really loving shadcn-vue."
#6

APM

5.0
(4)
"Have always been incredibly un-annoying to deal with."
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"The usual suspects."
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"All 3 own all their music so you won’t ever have to remove/retire a cue if they lose the rights."
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#7

Zod

4.8
(4)
"Zod or better yet JSONSchema+ajv"
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"Zod"
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"Zod is quickly becoming the industry standard"
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"Zod (whatever is good)"
#8

PrimeVue

4.8
(4)
"I’ve just come back to primevue."
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"I would totally recommend PrimeVue."
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"For me it seems like PrimeVue is a lot more maintained compared to other UI libraries."
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"I've been using primevue for a while, easily customizable good DX"
#9

Puppeteer Sharp

4.8
(4)
"[Puppeteer Sharp]."
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"Puppeteer Sharp, it's amazing!"
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"Puppeteersharp or you can follow this video."
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"I settled on PuppeteerSharp."
#10

Element Plus

5.0
(3)
"I'm using element plus at my work and it has been very nice so far."
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"For me : Web UI : Element plus Mobile UI : Quasar"
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"I like Element Plus a lot."
#11

DaisyUI

5.0
(3)
"I really like DaisyUI."
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"I use daisyUI."
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"[DaisyUI ](https://daisyui.com/)is pretty good and is built with only CSS."
#12

Syncfusion

5.0
(3)
"The Syncfusion Angular UI components library is the only suite that you will ever need."
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"Syncfusion has some very good libraries for PDF manipulation."
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"You can try the Syncfusion Flutter Widgets for creating a desktop app for Windows."
#13

New Orleans Public Library

5.0
(3)
"Their staff is super awesome and helped me through the process and even made an account for me."
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"I can’t recommend it enough, I prefer it over Broward by a long shot."
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"It’s AMAZING. Also, the process was super easy. I was able to do it over the phone and had access immediately."
#14

Toronto Public Library

5.0
(3)
"Have heard the ones at Gerrard Ashdale and Dundas and Jones are great!"
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"Beaches - separated kids area, a little playhouse, comfy chairs, even some toys."
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"Wynchwood has a cute infant/kids area!"
#15

GOG Galaxy

3.3
(4)
"GoG Galaxy for me. enough to list all games I have from many platforms"
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"Gog Galaxy. It can link all your different stores in one place and show your complete list of games."
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"GoG galaxy stacks on a same tile games that you own on multiple platforms. But atm it’s buggy, specially with Steam"
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"I had high hopes for GOG Galaxy but the tools that add libraries feel abandoned and don't work anymore."
#16

QuestPDF

4.0
(3)
"QuestPdf"
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"QuestPDF is a great c# library that should cover most layouts you can think of very easily."
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"I use QuestPDF to generate PDF documents."
#17

Rotativa

3.3
(3)
"Rotativa"
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"Try Rotativa"
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"Years ago I swore to Rotativa but it required gdi+."
#18

PuppeteerSharp

5.0
(2)
"Man, use puppeteerSharp, it’s great, it’s easy."
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"Just use puppeteersharp, it’s the best option to generate pdfs from html."
#19

Quasar

5.0
(2)
"I would recommend Quasar for your situation."
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"Quasar is the easiest to use in my opinion."
#20

React Native Paper

5.0
(2)
"My go to libs are react native paper, axios, reanimated/gesture handler, navigation, zustand/redux depending on the scale of the app."
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"For UI components, React Native Paper or UI Kitten can speed things up with pre-built, customizable components."
#21

Tabler

5.0
(2)
"Tabler here"
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"Tabler"
#22

Joi

3.0
(3)
"Joi,zod,yup"
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"Used to use joi, switched to zod"
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"I used to use https://joi.dev/"
#23

Carnegie Library

4.5
(2)
"It's like $30 every TWO years. Cheapest one I've found."
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"Carnegie was 2 years for 35 bucks last year."
#24

Economics Library

4.5
(2)
"Top 1 ko before ay Econ Lib."
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"Econ lib? May separate cubicle to sleep."
#25

api2pdf

4.0
(2)
"Api2pdf works well"
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"We use api2pdf (paid API). Cheap and never fails us."
#26

LayerChart

4.0
(2)
"[Layerchart](http://www.layerchart.com) is one library I've used before."
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"I've heard [LayerChart](https://www.layerchart.com/) is great 😁"
#27

Queens Public Library

4.0
(2)
"Queens Public Library in NYC if an annual $50 for non residents"
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"The catalog is very good"
#28

Epidemic Sound

4.0
(2)
"Is good. Subscription based though."
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"If you have zero budget Epidemic is the best."
#29

Houston Public Library

4.0
(2)
"Houston Public Library $40"
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"Their Hoopla offering isn't much more than tv episodes, movies, but not audiobooks. But their Libby offerings are quite extensive."
#30

Scryber

4.0
(2)
"If you don't need HTML I would suggest looking into scryber."
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"[https://github.com/richard-scryber/scryber.core]"
#31

Puppeteer

4.0
(2)
"FWIW, I built my own HTML to PDF C# console program."
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"I use pupetter and blazer."
#32

IronPDF

4.0
(2)
"We use ironpdf but we directly make the html to be turned into pdf."
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"We use iron pdf, but all you really need is headless chrome or edge or whatever."
#33

Pinchflat

4.0
(2)
"Pinchflat."
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"Switched to Pinchflat and haven’t had any issues."
#34

Scripps Ranch Library

4.0
(2)
"Scripps Ranch library is great for the pond ... I found the inside a bit dated but it was clean and the courtyard was lovely."
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"I like Scripps Ranch as it’s quiet and has a pretty courtyard sitting area, plus there’s a big pond outside you can walk around."
#35

Highcharts

4.0
(2)
"I use highcharts."
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"Highcharts."
#36

CxReports

5.0
(1)
"If you need PDFs with company branding, tables that span multiple pages, charts, or QR codes, take a look at [CxReports](https://cx-reports.com)."
#37

TubeArchivist

5.0
(1)
"You need TubeArchivist. You can subscribe to channels and/or playlists."
#38

yt-dlp

5.0
(1)
"[yt-dlp](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp) and a shell script."
#40

Redux Toolkit

5.0
(1)
"Redux Toolkit is great for state management, streamlines a lot of Redux boilerplate."
#41

Axios

5.0
(1)
"For API calls, I'd recommend Axios over fetch for better error handling and cleaner syntax."
#42

React Native Reanimated

5.0
(1)
"React Native Reanimated for animations & React Native Gesture Handler."
#43

React Native Gesture Handler

5.0
(1)
"React Native Reanimated for animations & React Native Gesture Handler."
#44

Tanstack Query

5.0
(1)
"Tanstack query (100%)"
#45

Expo

5.0
(1)
"Expo (100%)"
#46

NativeWind

5.0
(1)
"NativeWind (100%)"
#47

date-fns

5.0
(1)
"Date-fns (100%)"
#48

Thomas Rex Beverly

5.0
(1)
"Thomas Rex Beverly's libraries are excellent."
#49

Moosecat

5.0
(1)
"They offer a dope custom song library that fits my needs super well."
#50

Boom Library

5.0
(1)
"For rural settings, I recommend the Boom Library (specifically, their Autumn, Winter, etc. series)."
#51

Audio Network

5.0
(1)
"All day, any day."
#52

Track Club

5.0
(1)
"My favorite part of track club is the ability to download the stems."
#53

West One

5.0
(1)
"High quality, diverse, easy to search, lots of versions, stems."
#54

Vanacore

5.0
(1)
"Is fantastic."
#55

Musio

5.0
(1)
"For $10/month, Musio is a great resource to have."
#56

AutoGluon

5.0
(1)
"Been using AutoGluon in production for a year and in development a couple years now."
#57

MicroModal

5.0
(1)
"I recently used https://micromodal.vercel.app/ in a Vue/nuxt project and it's great."
#58

Williamsburg Public Library

5.0
(1)
"Williamsburg library is my favorite over the course of the last nearly 40 years."
#59

Denver Public Library

5.0
(1)
"Aside from, for instance, the Denver public library, Williamsburg library is my favorite."
#60

Pianobook

5.0
(1)
"There are stock guitar libraries in FLEX that are free and really great. I use them all the time."
#61

Yup

4.0
(1)
"Yup is pretty good."
#62

Boost Beast

4.0
(1)
"I'd be looking at Boost Beast or Mongoose."
#63

CivetWeb

4.0
(1)
"Civetweb is good."
#64

Garritan Personal Orchestra

4.0
(1)
"Looks like Garritan Personal Orchestra works with that."
#65

Playwright

4.0
(1)
"Is playwright an option for you?"
#66

JSReport

4.0
(1)
"Https://jsreport.net/ They have a .net sdk"
#67

PDF Sharp

4.0
(1)
"We use PDF sharp at work."
#68

DinkToPDF

4.0
(1)
"Currently using DinkToPDF and for my scope it works pretty well."
#69

PDFPig

4.0
(1)
"Has anyone tried pdfpig yet?"
#70

Eric W Contrast and Feathered Flutes

4.0
(1)
"I got Eric W’s Contrast and Feathered Flutes."
#71

BBCSO Pro

4.0
(1)
"I keep being tempted by BBCSO pro."
#72

SelectPDF

4.0
(1)
"Had some good success using https://selectpdf.com. Easy to use and very configurable."
#73

NReco

4.0
(1)
"NReco is one I’ve used in the past, did the job."
#74

Chart.js

4.0
(1)
"Chart js"
#75

Layercake

4.0
(1)
"I recently had good luck with Layercake (built on layer chart)."
#76

AmCharts

4.0
(1)
"AmCharts."
#77

Power Table

4.0
(1)
"I've been using Power Table. Pretty nice, very customisable."
#78

D3.js

4.0
(1)
"D3 is always good shout if you can bothered to learn it."
#79

TubeSync

4.0
(1)
"TubeSync."
#80

Clipgrab

4.0
(1)
"Clipgrab to download."
#81

Zustand

4.0
(1)
"Zustand (I'm currently looking for something better which has computed state but meanwhile it's the best state manager by far."
#82

useForm

4.0
(1)
"UseForm (I only used this one, might try tanstack form once it's ready)"
#83

lestrrat-go

4.0
(1)
"This library has suited us well so far."
#84

21South

4.0
(1)
"The cues feel pretty fresh and they all have good rises and falls, plus every stem."
#85

Alibi

4.0
(1)
#86

Sonic Library

4.0
(1)
#87

BMG

4.0
(1)
"The usual suspects."
#88

Beatbox

4.0
(1)
"It's an Australian company with a good sized library."
#89

Musicbed

4.0
(1)
"Is decent."
#90

DeWolfe

4.0
(1)
"I think it's pricey but very good."
#91

go-jose

4.0
(1)
"I'm using go-jose. I don't know if there are benefits over other libraries but it's worked for me as expected and is actively maintained."
#92

PDFsharp

4.0
(1)
"I had good experiences with PDFsharp at work."
#93

TheArtOfDev HtmlRenderer

4.0
(1)
"I highly recommend it for 'simple' HTML."
#94

PrinceXML

4.0
(1)
"PrinceXML."
#95

MuseSounds

4.0
(1)
"MuseSounds are free and better than free DAW plugins."
#96

PerpetualBooster

4.0
(1)
"PerpetualBooster deserves more attention."
#97

Overdrive

4.0
(1)
"Overdrive is still up and running."
#98

PrimeVue, Element Plus, Vuetify

4.0
(1)
"I prefer to use UI libraries with all necessary components (primevue, element plus or vuetify)"
#99

Hearth & Hollow

3.0
(1)
"Im really tempted by Hearth & Hollow."
#100

Apryse

1.0
(1)
"Can’t suggest good ones, but for God's sake avoid anything related to Apryse."

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