Curated Packages

Table of contents

Standard library	Nim distribution	Metapackages
Algorithms & data structures	Text	Language	Development
System	Database	Multimedia	Web
Internet	Specific targets	IoT & Embedded	Cloud
GUI	Games	Science	Vertical Domains

See also: Nimble package directory

Curated list of Nim packages

A common problem with Nim is finding packages as the search feature in Nimble is limited and package authors don't always make their package descriptors easily searchable. Here is a classified list of packages. The taxonomy can be improved: you can use it to find packages in some categories, but also to find categories without packages. This list favours pure Nim packages. Bindings and wrappers for external libraries or services could be added to another page eventually. Another limitation is that it does not specify with which version of Nim these packages can be used. This list has been curated to include quality packages well written and with supporting documentation.

Standard library

• The standard library already includes many optimized algorithms.

Nim distribution

• Fusion has modules that aren't part of the standard library but are bundled with Nim..

Algorithms & data structures

• Cryptography
  • nimcrypto: https://github.com/cheatfate/nimcrypto
  • RollingHash: https://marcazar.github.io/RollingHash
  • bslcurve: https://github.com/status-im/nim-blscurve
  • fletcher: https://github.com/Akito13/nim-fletcher
  • xxtea: https://github.com/xxtea/xxtea-nim
  • des: https://github.com/LucaWolf/des.nim
  • ed25519: https://github.com/niv/ed25519.nim
  • murmurhash: https://github.com/cwpearson/nim-murmurhash
  • NiMPC: https://github.com/markspanbroek/nimpc
  • shimsham: https://github.com/apense/shimsham
  • Constantine: https://github.com/mratsim/constantine
• Random
  • drand: https://github.com/JeffersonLab/drand48
  • random: https://github.com/oprypin/nim-random
  • sysrandom: https://github.com/euantorano/sysrandom.nim
  • gimei: https://github.com/mkanenobu/nim-gimei
  • faker: https://github.com/jiro4989/faker
• Maths
  • Numerical methods
    • numericalnim: https://github.com/HugoGranstrom/numericalnim/
  • Tensors, matrix
    • Arraymancer: https://github.com/mratsim/Arraymancer
    • neo: https://github.com/andreaferretti/neo
    • Flambeau: https://github.com/SciNim/flambeau
  • Statistics
    • alea: https://github.com/unicredit/alea
  • Sets
    • isl: https://github.com/mratsim/nim-isl
  • Miscellaneous
    • stint: https://github.com/status-im/nim-stint
    • seqmath: https://github.com/jlp765/seqmath
    • sequtils: http://htmlpreview.github.io/?https://github.com/Michedev/sequtils2/blob/master/sequtils2.html
    • spills: https://github.com/andreaferretti/spills
• Compression
  • Zip
    • zip: https://github.com/nim-lang/zip
    • zippy: https://github.com/guzba/zippy
  • Tar
• Data structures
  • rbtree: https://github.com/Nycto/RBTreeNim
  • BipBuffer: https://marcazar.github.io/BipBuffer
  • BitVector: https://marcazar.github.io/BitVector
  • bloom: https://www.github.com/boydgreenfield/nimrod-bloom
  • binaryheap: https://github.com/bluenote10/nim-heap
  • cdt: https://github.com/StefanSalewski/cdt
  • faststack: https://github.com/Vladar4/FastStack
  • minmaxheap: https://github.com/stefansalewski/minmaxheap
  • quadtree: https://github.com/Nycto/QuadtreeNim
  • k-d tree: https://github.com/jblindsay/kdtree
  • RTree: https://github.com/StefanSalewski/RTree
  • sorta: https://github.com/narimiran/sorta
  • StashTable: https://github.com/olliNiinivaara/StashTable
• Collections
• Sorts
• Regular expressions
  • npeg: https://github.com/zevv/npeg
  • regex: https://github.com/nitely/nim-regex
• Search and comparison
  • astar: https://github.com/Nycto/AStarNim
  • lapper: https://github.com/brentp/nim-lapper
  • negamax: https://github.com/JohnAD/negamax
  • syphus: https://github.com/makingspace/syphus-nim
  • ulid: https://github.com/adelq/ulid
• Patterns
  • citadino: https://github.com/makingspace/cittadino
  • nimobserver: https://github.com/Tangdongle/nimobserver
• Graphics algorithms
  • delaunay: https://github.com/Nycto/DelaunayNim
  • rect_packer: https://github.com/yglukhov/rect_packer
• States machine and automata
  • Synthesis: https://github.com/mratsim/Synthesis

Text

• Text algorithms
  • cello: https://unicredit.github.io/cello/ (note: the original link does not work, is it this one?)
  • porter: https://github.com/iourinski/porter
  • strslice: https://github.com/PMunch/strslice
  • alignment: https://github.com/jiro4989/alignment
• Enhanced Unicode support
  • unicodedb: https://github.com/nitely/nim-unicodedb
  • unicodeplus: https://github.com/nitely/nim-unicodeplus
  • strunicode: https://github.com/nitely/nim-strunicode
• Calendar, date, time
  • timezones: https://github.com/GULPF/timezones
  • chrono: https://github.com/treeform/chrono
• Internationalization
• Rich text
  • hastyscribe: https://h3rald.com/hastyscribe
  • markdown: https://github.com/soasme/nim-markdown
• Typography
  • typography: https://github.com/treeform/typography

Language

• Regular Expression
  • regex: https://github.com/nitely/nim-regex
• Pattern matching
  • ast_pattern_match: https://github.com/krux02/ast-pattern-matching
  • patty: https://github.com/andreaferretti/patty
  • gara: https://github.com/alehander92/gara
• With context
  • subfield: https://github.com/jyapayne/subfield
  • tuples: https://github.com/MasonMcGill/tuples
  • with: https://github.com/zevv/with
• Contracts
  • contracts: https://github.com/Udiknedormin/NimContracts
  • contra: https://github.com/juancarlospaco/nim-contra
• Functional programming
  • nimfp: https://github.com/vegansk/nimfp
  • zero-functional: https://github.com/zero-functional/zero-functional
  • cascade: https://github.com/citycide/cascade
• Formatter
  • strfmt: https://lyro.bitbucket.org/strfmt
• Memory management
• Optimization
  • memo: https://github.com/andreaferretti/memo
• Error handling
  • optionsutils: https://github.com/PMunch/nim-optionsutils
  • ur: https://github.com/JohnAD/ur
• Control structures
  • itertools: https://github.com/narimiran/itertools
  • loopfusion: https://github.com/numforge/loopfusion
  • looper: https://github.com/b3liever/looper
• Metaprogramming
  • nesm: https://xomachine.gitlab.io/NESM/
• Object orientation
  • classy: https://github.com/nigredo-tori/classy
  • interfaced: https://github.com/andreaferretti/interfaced
  • protocoled: https://github.com/b3liever/protocoled
  • oop_utils: https://github.com/bluenote10/oop_utils
• Toy languages
  • MiNiM: https://h3rald.com/minim
  • spry: https://github.com/gokr/spry
  • spryvm: https://github.com/gokr/spryvm
  • ad: https://github.com/subsetpark/ad
  • awk: https://github.com/greencardamom/awk
  • brainfuck: https://github.com/def-/nim-brainfuck
  • nim0: https://gitlab.com/pmetras/nim0
• Compiler
  • nlvm: https://github.com/arnetheduck/nlvm
• Miscellaneous
  • pykot: https://github.com/jabbalaci/nimpykot
  • pylib: https://github.com/Yardanico/nimpylib

Development

• Editor, IDE, & plugins
  • nimlsp: https://github.com/PMunch/nimlsp
  • nim.nvim: https://github.com/alaviss/nim.nvim
  • vscode-nim: https://github.com/saem/vscode-nim
• REPL
  • inim: https://github.com/inim-repl/INim
• Parser:
  • lilt: https://github.com/quelklef/lilt
  • binaryparse: https://github.com/PMunch/binaryparse
  • argparse: https://github.com/iffy/nim-argparse
  • binarylang: https://github.com/sealmove/binarylang
• Lex, Yacc:
  • nimly: https://github.com/loloiccl/nimly
• AST tools
• Serializer
  • serialization: https://github.com/status-im/nim-serialization
  • protobuf: https://github.com/PMunch/protobuf-nim
  • yaml: http://flyx.github.io/NimYAML/
  • samson: https://github.com/GULPF/samson
  • unpack: https://github.com/technicallyagd/unpack
  • cbor: https://github.com/ehmry/nim-cbor
  • nimpb: https://github.com/oswjk/nimpb
  • packedjson: https://github.com/Araq/packedjson
  • tnetstring: http://bitbucket.org/mahlon/nim-tnetstring
  • nimjson: https://github.com/jiro4989/nimjson
  • msgpack4nim: https://github.com/jangko/msgpack4nim
• Command line
  • Arguments parser
    • docopt: https://github.com/docopt/docopt.nim
    • cligen: https://github.com/c-blake/cligen
  • Line-oriented command interpreter
    • Loki: https://github.com/beshrkayali/loki
  • Text entry
• Config parser
  • confutils: https://github.com/status-im/nim-confutils
  • dotenv: https://github.com/euantorano/dotenv.nim
  • parseini: https://github.com/lihf8515/parseini
  • parsetoml: https://github.com/NimParsers/parsetoml
  • envconfig: https://github.com/jiro4989/envconfig
• Useful Macros
• Documentation
  • ntangle: https://github.com/OrgTangle/ntangle
• Tests
  • einheit: https://github.com/jyapayne/einheit
• Installer
• Resource bundler
• Build system
  • c2nim: https://github.com/nim-lang/c2nim
  • nake: https://github.com/fowlmouth/nake
  • nimterop: https://github.com/nimterop/nimterop
• Package management
  • nifty: https://github.com/h3rald/nifty
  • plz: https://github.com/juancarlospaco/nim-pypi
• Continuous integration
• DSL
• Version control
  • p4ztag_to_json: https://github.com/kaushalmodi/p4ztag_to_json
  • semver: https://github.com/euantorano/semver.nim
  • spdx_licenses: https://github.com/euantorano/spdx_licenses.nim
  • parseLicense Parse SPDX Licenses from string to Enum at compile-time
• Input validation
  • validateip: https://github.com/Akito13/nim-validateip
• Code analysis
  • coco: https://github.com/samuelroy/coco
• Scripting
  • nimr: https://github.com/Jeff-Ciesielski/nimr
  • nimcr: https://github.com/PMunch/nimcr
• Benchmarking
  • criterion: https://github.com/disruptek/criterion
  • nimbench: https://github.com/ivankoster/nimbench
  • stopwatch: https://gitlab.com/define-private-public/stopwatch
  • timeit: https://github.com/xflywind/timeit
  • timespec_get: https://github.com/Matceporial/nim-timespec_get
  • golden: https://github.com/disruptek/golden
• External libraries integration
  • nimgen: https://github.com/genotrance/nimgen

System

• Platform
  • psutil: https://github.com/johnscillieri/psutil-nim
• Logs & syslog
  • chronicles: https://github.com/status-im/nim-chronicles
• Concurrent
  • chronos: https://github.com/status-im/nim-chronos
  • Threading
    • weave: https://github.com/mratsim/weave
    • shared: https://github.com/genotrance/shared
    • timerpool: https://github.com/mikra01/timerpool
  • Process
  • Multiplexing
  • Routines
  • Scheduler
    • nim-schedules: https://github.com/soasme/nim-schedules
  • Message passing
• Publisher/Consumer
  • cittadino: https://github.com/makingspace/cittadino
• Message Queues, pipes
  • beanstalk: https://github.com/tormaroe/beanstalkd.nim
• Globbing
  • glob: https://github.com/citycide/glob
• IO
  • serial: https://github.com/euantorano/serial.nim
  • nimbluez: https://github.com/Electric-Blue/NimBluez
  • Async
    • asyncpythonfile: https://github.com/fallingduck/asyncpythonfile-nim
  • Sync
• Networking
  • stomp: http://bitbucket.org/mahlon/nim-stomp
• Debugging
• Profiler, benchmarks
• Users, groups and passwords management
• RPC
• Containers
  • asyncdocker: http://tulayang.github.io/asyncdocker.html
• Miscellaneous
  • stew: https://github.com/status-im/nim-stew
  • tempdir: https://github.com/euantorano/tempdir.nim

Database

• JSON parser, generator
• CSV parser
  • csvtools: https://github.com/unicredit/csvtools
• SQL parser
• Drivers
  • SQLite
    • SQLiteral: https://github.com/olliNiinivaara/SQLiteral
  • MySQL
    • asyncmysql: https://github.com/tulayang/asyncmysql
  • PostgreSQL
  • Others
    • db_clickhouse: https://github.com/leonardoce/nim-clickhouse
• XML parser, generator
  • xmltools: https://github.com/vegansk/xmltools
  • xml.nim: https://github.com/ba0f3/xml.nim
• ORM
  • norm: https://github.com/moigagoo/norm
  • allographer: https://github.com/itsumura-h/nim-allographer
  • Gatabase
• NoSQL
  • litestore: https://h3rald.com/litestore
  • nimongo: https://github.com/SSPkrolik/nimongo
  • redis: https://github.com/nim-lang/redis
• Search
  • sonic: https://github.com/xmonader/nim-sonic-client

Multimedia

• Magic file detection
  • imghdr: https://github.com/achesak/nim-imghdr/blob/master/imghdr.nim
• Audio and music
  • Files/stream formats
  • Midi
  • WAV:
    • wave: https://github.com/jiro4989/wave
• Image
  • Colors:
    • chroma: https://github.com/treeform/chroma
  • Formats: BMP, GIF, JPEG, PNG, SVG
    • nimBMP: https://github.com/jangko/nimBMP
    • nimSvg: https://github.com/bluenote10/NimSvg
    • nimPNG: https://github.com/jangko/nimPNG
    • pnm: https://github.com/jiro4989/pnm
    • X-Pixmap, NetPBM (PGM, PBM)
  • Filters and effects
    • imageman: https://github.com/SolitudeSF/imageman
    • perlin: https://github.com/Nycto/PerlinNim
    • blurhash: https://github.com/SolitudeSF/blurhash
• Video
  • srt: https://github.com/achesak/nim-srt
  • subviewer: https://github.com/achesak/nim-subviewer
  • VapourSynth.nim: https://github.com/mantielero/VapourSynth.nim
• Raytracing
  • trace of radiance: https://github.com/mratsim/trace-of-radiance
• 3D, VR
  • @see: Algorithms > Graphics algorithms
• EBook
  • biblioteca_guarrilla: https://github.com/juancarlospaco/biblioteca-guarrilla

Web

• Single page applications
  • react: https://github.com/andreaferretti/react.nim
  • karax: https://github.com/karaxnim/karax
• HTML and CSS helpers
  • random_font_color: https://github.com/juancarlospaco/nim-random-font-color
  • Parsing
    • nimquery: https://github.com/GULPF/nimquery
    • Q
  • Generator
    • Gen: https://github.com/Adeohluwa/gen
  • Generating
    • rosencrantz: https://github.com/andreaferretti/rosencrantz
• HTTP tools: Request, Response, Encodings, Authentication, Status, Cookies
  • httpauth: https://github.com/FedericoCeratto/nim-httpauth
  • biscuits: https://github.com/achesak/nim-biscuits
  • Websockets
    • websocket: https://github.com/niv/websocket.nim
    • ws: https://github.com/treeform/ws
• Templating
  • emerald: https://flyx.github.io/emerald/
  • moustachu: https://github.com/fenekku/moustachu
  • mustache: https://github.com/soasme/nim-mustache
  • templates: https://github.com/onionhammer/nim-templates
• CGI?
• Frameworks
  • jester: https://github.com/dom96/jester
  • prologue: https://github.com/planety/prologue
  • NimWC https://github.com/ThomasTJdev/nim_websitecreator
  • Basolato: https://github.com/itsumura-h/nim-basolato
  • Starlight: https://github.com/planety/starlight
  • Akane: https://github.com/Ethosa/akane

Internet

• URI, URL
  • Urlly: https://github.com/treeform/urlly
• MIME
• Email
• SMTP
  • easymail: https://github.com/coocheenin/easymail
• IMAP
• IRC
• SSL
• Telnet
• Authentication, OAuth
• Bot building
  • telebot: https://github.com/ba0f3/telebot.nim
• Web services
• Webdav
  • webdavclient: https://github.com/beshrkayali/webdavclient

Specific targets

• JavaScript
  • Websockets

IoT & Embedded

• Hardware
  • boneIO: https://github.com/xyz32/boneIO
• Microcontrollers
  • MSP430f5510 (6kB): https://gitlab.com/jalexander8717/msp430f5510-nim
  • STM32F3 (16 kB): https://github.com/mwbrown/nim_stm32f3
  • Arduino + Mediatek LinkIt ONE SDK: https://github.com/gokr/ardunimo
  • Arduino ESP8266 + Flashing Nim into Arduino: https://gitlab.com/NetaLabTek/Arduimesp

Cloud

• Distributed systems
• Map, reduce
• Streams
  • mangle: https://github.com/baabelfish/mangle
• HyperLogLog and family

GUI

• nimx: https://github.com/yglukhov/nimx
• nigui: https://github.com/trustable-code/NiGui
• libui: https://github.com/nim-lang/ui
• fidget: https://github.com/treeform/fidget
• gintro (GTK): https://github.com/StefanSalewski/gintro
• nimqml (QT): https://github.com/filcuc/nimqml
• wnim (Windows): https://github.com/khchen/wNim
• winim (Windows): https://github.com/khchen/winim
• imgui: https://github.com/nimgl/imgui
• webgui: https://github.com/juancarlospaco/webgui

• Console/Terminal
  • progress: https://github.com/euantorano/progress.nim
  • NimCx: https://github.com/qqtop/NimCx
  • dashing: https://github.com/FedericoCeratto/nim-dashing
  • illwill: https://github.com/johnnovak/illwill
  • Curses
• Forms
• Reports
  • foliant: https://github.com/foliant-docs/foliant-nim
  • nimtomd: https://github.com/ThomasTJdev/nimtomd
  • pager: https://git.sr.ht/~reesmichael1/nim-pager
  • Tabular
    • terminaltables: https://github.com/xmonader/nim-terminaltables
  • Plots
    • nimgraphviz: https://github.com/QuinnFreedman/nimgraphviz
    • ggplotnim: https://github.com/Vindaar/ggplotnim
    • nim-plotly: https://github.com/brentp/nim-plotly
    • matplotnim: https://github.com/ruivieira/matplotnim
    • gnuplotnim: https://github.com/dvolk/gnuplot.nim
    • graph: https://github.com/stisa/graph
    • nimetry: https://github.com/benjif/nimetry
    • gr.nim: https://github.com/mantielero/gr.nim
  • Formats: PDF, Tex, RST, ePub...
    • nimPDF: https://github.com/jangko/nimpdf
• Editor
  • NEd: https://github.com/StefanSalewski/NEd

Games

• Games development
  • turn_based_game: https://github.com/JohnAD/turn_based_game/wiki
  • Game engine
    • nimgame2: https://github.com/Vladar4/nimgame2
    • nimgl: https://github.com/lmariscal/nimgl
    • rapid: https://github.com/liquid600pgm/rapid
    • tinamou: https://github.com/Double-oxygeN/tinamou
    • rod: https://github.com/yglukhov/rod
  • Framework
    • nico: https://github.com/ftsf/nico
    • c4: https://github.com/c0ntribut0r/cat-400
  • Games
    • nim-chess4: https://github.com/StefanSalewski/nim-chess4
    • tetris: https://github.com/Joco223/Tetris-In-Nim
  • Emulation
    • nimes: https://github.com/def-/nimes
  • Miscellaneous games
    • nasher: https://github.com/squattingmonk/nasher.nim
    • neverwinter: https://github.com/niv/neverwinter.nim

Science

• Science
  • @see: Algorithms > Graphics algorithms
  • units: https://github.com/Udiknedormin/NimUnits
  • metric: https://github.com/mjendrusch/metric
• Astronomy
  • orbits: https://github.com/treeform/orbits
• Mathematics
  • @see Algorithms & data structures > Maths
  • ski: https://github.com/jiro4989/ski
  • chebyshev: https://github.com/jxy/chebyshev
  • mathexpr: https://github.com/Yardanico/nim-mathexpr
  • Constants Mathematical named static constants useful for different disciplines
  • linear algebra: https://github.com/planetis-m/manu
• Biology
  • falas: https://brentp.github.io/falas/falas.html
  • nimna: https://github.com/mjendrusch/nimna
  • polypbren: https://github.com/guibar64/polypbren
  • Genomic
    • nim-hts: https://github.com/brentp/hts-nim
    • nim-hts-tools: https://github.com/brentp/hts-nim-tools
    • slivar: https://github.com/brentp/slivar
• Data science
  • @see GUI > Reports > Plots
  • arraymancer: https://mratsim.github.io/Arraymancer/
  • NimData: https://github.com/bluenote10/NimData
  • nimdataframe: https://github.com/qqtop/nimdataframe
  • Datamancer: https://github.com/SciNim/Datamancer
  • laser: https://github.com/numforge/laser
  • nimhdf5: https://github.com/Vindaar/nimhdf5
  • pipelines: https://github.com/calebwin/pipelines
  • mentat: https://github.com/ruivieira/nim-mentat
  • mpfit: https://github.com/Vindaar/nim-mpfit
  • teafiles: https://github.com/unicredit/nim-teafiles
• Machine Learning
  • arraymancer_vision: https://github.com/edubart/arraymancer-vision
  • nlopt: https://github.com/Vindaar/nimnlopt
  • torch: https://github.com/fragcolor-xyz/nimtorch
  • flambeau: https://github.com/SciNim/flambeau
  • nimfastText: https://github.com/genotrance/nimfastText
  • lda: https://github.com/unicredit/lda
  • libsvm: https://github.com/genotrance/libsvm
  • opencv: https://github.com/dom96/nim-opencv

Vertical domains

• Blockchain
  • eth: https://github.com/status-im/nim-eth
  • nimbus: https://github.com/status-im/nimbus
• Geo / GIS
  • OpenStreetMap
  • OpenStreetMap Nominatim
  • OpenStreetMap Overpass
  • Open Source Routing Machine for OpenStreetMap
  • OpenWeatherMap
  • OpenElevation
  • GeoRef Argentina
  • USIG Argentina
  • OpenStreetCams (WIP)
• Office applications
• Natural language processing
• Security
• Platform specific
  • Linux & *nix
  • Windows
  • OS X
• Tools
• Servers
• Intelligent Home
  • nimha: https://github.com/ThomasTJdev/nim_homeassistant

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