NPM Catalog

Browse the most popular npm packages by category — Frontend, Backend, Mobile, and more — without leaving VS Code.

No more digging through search results: open a category, see what's popular, read the full README, and install with one click.

Features

60+ categories across 6 groups: Frontend, Backend (Node.js), Mobile (React Native), Full-Stack Frameworks, DevOps & Tooling, and Shared & Utilities.
Popularity-ranked results, fetched live from the npm registry.
Nothing loads until you ask — no unnecessary background network requests.
Load more pagination to keep browsing deeper into a category.
Full package details on click — rendered README with syntax highlighting, license, homepage/repository links, weekly download count, and GitHub stars.
One-click install via the integrated terminal.

Click the NPM Catalog icon in the activity bar.
Expand a group (e.g. Frontend), then a category (e.g. State Management).
Click "Click to load packages…" to see the most popular packages for that category.
Click any package to view its details and press Install.
Need more options? Click "Load 20 more…" at the bottom of the list.

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