What is misskey built with?

Q: Which repos have a stack like misskey's?

The ones that share most of its stack: n8n-io/n8n, twentyhq/twenty, and TryGhost/Ghost.

misskey is a TypeScript repo built with Vue, Vite, NestJS, and fastify. It reaches its data with TypeORM, signs people in with bcryptjs, @simplewebauthn/server, otpauth, pkce-challenge, and @simplewebauthn/browser, stores files in AWS S3, watches its errors with Sentry, makes its content with node-html-parser, sharp, sanitize-html, @kitajs/html, js-yaml, and 12 more, validates its data with Ajv and ReadMe, is tested with Chromatic, Vitest, @nestjs/testing, vitest-mock-extended, @sinonjs/fake-timers, and 7 more, and uses Redis, bullmq, meilisearch, @aws-sdk/lib-storage, Postgres, and 1 more. It has 385,031 written lines, with 171 test files.

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The card says what it's built with. Its whole map opens it up: every part of the code and how it connects to the rest.

Frontend

The base 2

Vue658 files · in packages/frontend/package.json
Vite11 files · in packages/frontend/package.json

Interface 6

Chart.js20 files
chartjs-adapter-date-fns1 file
chartjs-plugin-zoom1 file
cropperjs1 file
canvas-confetti1 file
textarea-caret1 file

Backend

The base 1

NestJS693 files · in packages/backend/package.json

Data 6

Redis61 files · packages/backend/src/core/entities/UserEntityService.ts, line 7
bullmq40 files
meilisearch3 files
@aws-sdk/lib-storage1 file
Postgres1 file · packages/backend/src/postgres.ts, line 7
idb-keyval2 files

Data access 1

TypeORM231 files

Sign-in 5

@simplewebauthn/browser4 files
@simplewebauthn/server4 files
bcryptjs16 files
otpauth3 files
pkce-challenge1 file

Services 2

Support

Testing 12

Vitest151 files
@nestjs/testing31 files
Chromatic5 files
@sinonjs/fake-timers4 files
Testing Library4 files
playwright3 files
vitest-mock-extended7 files
aws-sdk-client-mock2 files
happy-dom1 file
simple-oauth21 file
vitest-fetch-mock1 file
vitest-websocket-mock1 file

Tools 15

Rolldown8 files
esbuild5 files
TypeScript4 files
oxc-walker3 files
chokidar2 files
fkill2 files
rollup2 files
vue-component-type-helpers2 files
@vue/compiler-core1 file
openapi-typescript1 file
magic-string2 files
tsd2 files

3 more

openapi-types1 file
v-code-diff1 file
wawoff21 file

The base 1

fastify5 files

Content 17

sanitize-html4 files
sharp4 files
shiki3 files
@kitajs/html2 files
mediabunny1 file
nodemailer1 file
qr-scanner1 file
node-html-parser5 files
exifreader3 files
js-yaml3 files
blurhash1 file
feed1 file

5 more

file-type1 file
is-svg1 file
juice1 file
probe-image-size1 file
rss-parser1 file

Validation 2

Ajv3 files
ReadMe1 file

Other 50

json515 files
date-fns10 files
execa7 files
chalk4 files
fastify3 files
Matter.js3 files
systeminformation3 files
jsonld2 files
node-fetch2 files
analytics1 file
chalk-template1 file
got1 file

38 more

http-link-header1 file
nanoid1 file
SemVer1 file
ulid1 file
uuid1 file
ms62 files
tinycolor216 files
punycode.js11 files
eventemitter310 files
throttle-debounce10 files
color-convert4 files
compare-versions4 files
re24 files
seedrandom3 files
vary3 files
content-disposition2 files
fluent-ffmpeg2 files
ipaddr.js2 files
reflect-metadata2 files
ws2 files
@smithy/node-http-handler1 file
@zip.js/zip.js1 file
accepts1 file
cacheable-lookup1 file
cbor21 file
crc-321 file
fastify-raw-body1 file
hpagent1 file
intersection-observer1 file
mime-types1 file
minimatch1 file
random-seed1 file
reconnecting-websocket1 file
secure-json-parse1 file
stringz1 file
tmp1 file
wanakana1 file
web-push1 file

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Frequently asked questions

What language is misskey written in?

misskey is written in TypeScript, with 385,031 written lines.

What framework does misskey use?

misskey is built with Vue, Vite, NestJS, and fastify.

The proof: in packages/frontend/package.json

What does misskey sign people in with?

misskey signs people in with bcryptjs, @simplewebauthn/server, otpauth, pkce-challenge, and @simplewebauthn/browser.

What services does misskey use?

misskey stores files in AWS S3, watches its errors with Sentry, and uses Redis, bullmq, meilisearch, @aws-sdk/lib-storage, Postgres, and idb-keyval.

The proof: packages/backend/src/core/DriveService.ts, line 13

Does misskey have tests?

Yes. misskey has 171 test files and is tested with Chromatic, Vitest, @nestjs/testing, vitest-mock-extended, @sinonjs/fake-timers, aws-sdk-client-mock, simple-oauth2, Testing Library, playwright, happy-dom, vitest-fetch-mock, and vitest-websocket-mock.

Which repos have a stack like misskey's?

The ones that share most of its stack:n8n-io/n8n twentyhq/twenty TryGhost/Ghost