Thread by @PKodmad

JS open source awards are this week (I think at #JSNationLive). They a have a bunch of categories with many new open source projects nominated. Here are my predictions (no affliations, just personal interest), thread of threads

Breakthrough project of the year.

Tailwind CSS - The minimal css framework thats taken the frontend world just can't stop talking about. Low-level, performant and non-opinionated. Some very cool projects have been built with this.
github.com/tailwindcss/ta…
Stars - 24.1k

Alpine JS - The minimal javascript framework that managed to shine inspite of a crowded playground. Syntax like Vue but an attitude like Tailwind. Not so popular but I've definitely seen twitter threads and courses on this.
github.com/alpinejs/alpine
Stars - 8.7k

Eleventy - A new static site generator again breaking through from under the shadow of gatsby and Jekyll. It's the simplest one and takes performance and developer experience seriously!
github.com/11ty/eleventy/
Stars - 5.9k

Deno - The Javascript runtime built out of the learnings of nodejs. Sparked multiple debates and memes alike.
github.com/denoland/deno
Stars - 63.k

I want Eleventy to win. I think it was a difficult category of libraries and this library has shined brightly.

I predict Tailwind will win. It's a crowd favourite. Gives real value to the community and an innovation unto itself.

You can check them all yourself here
osawards.com/javascript/#no…

Productivity booster

Snowpack - A revolutionary build system for development mode. A unique library that cares about developer life and strives to make it fast! Works with webpack and parcel.
github.com/pikapkg/snowpa…
Stars - 9.6k

Destiny - A library to re-arrange file structure and prettify it. Encourages consistency and automates organisation. No more file structure discussions within your team!
github.com/benawad/destiny
Stars - 2.6k

Visbug - A google effort to make website inspection friendly to designers. A tool that imitates design tools but allows designers to work on the webpage directly. Useful for prototyping discussions between designers and developers.
github.com/GoogleChromeLa…
Stars - 3.8k

Taskbook - A CLI note organiser, for those who don't want to use an electron app for notetaking. Boasts of a flat learning curve and complex task management abilities including boards and timelines.
github.com/klaussinani/ta…
Stars - 7.6k

I want Snowpack to win and I think it will! It has opened up a new category of bundlers that did not exist before and inspired the project Vite as well.