meteor Core Packages
Overview of Meteor's package ecosystem organized by domain.
Authentication & Accounts
| Package | Description |
|---|---|
accounts-base |
Foundation for the user account system |
accounts-password |
Password-based authentication |
accounts-passwordless |
Magic-link/token-based authentication |
accounts-2fa |
Two-factor authentication support |
accounts-ui / accounts-ui-unstyled |
Pre-built UI components for auth |
accounts-oauth |
OAuth protocol support |
oauth / oauth1 / oauth2 |
OAuth implementation |
oauth-encryption |
Encrypted OAuth token storage |
service-configuration |
OAuth provider configuration |
Social Login Providers:
accounts-facebook,accounts-github,accounts-googleaccounts-twitter,accounts-meetup,accounts-weiboaccounts-meteor-developer
Data & Database
| Package | Description |
|---|---|
mongo |
MongoDB integration and collection API |
minimongo |
Client-side MongoDB emulation |
mongo-id |
MongoDB ObjectID generation |
mongo-livedata |
Reactive MongoDB queries |
npm-mongo |
MongoDB Node.js driver wrapper |
mongo-dev-server |
Development MongoDB server |
ddp |
Distributed Data Protocol meta-package |
ddp-common |
Shared DDP utilities |
ddp-client |
DDP client implementation |
ddp-server |
DDP server implementation |
ddp-rate-limiter |
Rate limiting for DDP methods/subscriptions |
ejson |
Extended JSON serialization |
Build System & Compilation
| Package | Description |
|---|---|
babel-compiler |
JavaScript transpilation via Babel |
babel-runtime |
Babel runtime helpers |
ecmascript |
ECMAScript 2015+ support |
ecmascript-runtime |
ES6+ runtime polyfills |
typescript |
TypeScript compilation support |
modules |
ES modules system |
modules-runtime |
Module runtime implementation |
modules-runtime-hot |
Hot module reloading runtime |
hot-code-push |
Live code updates |
hot-module-replacement |
HMR support |
rspack |
Rspack bundler integration |
boilerplate-generator |
HTML boilerplate generation |
dynamic-import |
Dynamic import() support |
caching-compiler |
Build cache management |
Minification & Assets
| Package | Description |
|---|---|
minifier-js |
JavaScript minification (terser) |
minifier-css |
CSS minification |
standard-minifier-js |
Default JS minifier package |
standard-minifier-css |
Default CSS minifier package |
standard-minifiers |
Meta-package for minifiers |
static-html |
Static HTML file processing |
Web & Server
| Package | Description |
|---|---|
webapp |
HTTP server and request handling |
webapp-hashing |
Asset fingerprinting |
reload |
Client-side app reload mechanism |
reload-safetybelt |
Reload failure recovery |
autoupdate |
Automatic client updates |
browser-policy |
Content Security Policy |
force-ssl |
HTTPS enforcement |
allow-deny |
Collection permission rules |
fetch |
HTTP Fetch API polyfill |
routepolicy |
Route-based policies |
Client-Side Utilities
| Package | Description |
|---|---|
tracker |
Reactive dependency tracking |
reactive-var |
Single reactive value |
reactive-dict |
Reactive key-value store |
session |
Client-side session storage |
localstorage |
LocalStorage wrapper |
socket-stream-client |
WebSocket client |
random |
Cryptographic random generation |
check |
Runtime type checking |
underscore |
Utility library |
base64 |
Base64 encoding/decoding |
diff-sequence |
Array diffing algorithm |
id-map |
ID-based mapping |
ordered-dict |
Ordered dictionary |
Testing (6 packages)
| Package | Description |
|---|---|
tinytest |
Meteor's built-in test framework |
tinytest-harness |
Test harness utilities |
test-helpers |
Testing utility functions |
test-in-browser |
Browser-based test runner |
test-in-console |
Console-based test runner |
Context & Roles
| Package | Description |
|---|---|
context |
Request context management (AsyncLocalStorage) |
roles |
User roles and permissions system |
Deprecated Packages (packages/deprecated/)
40+ legacy packages maintained for backward compatibility:
- UI libraries:
amplify,backbone,d3,handlebars - Legacy OAuth:
facebook,github,google(useaccounts-*instead) - Config UIs:
*-config-uipackages - Others:
jquery-history,jshint,jsparse,deps(usetracker)
Development-Only Packages
| Package | Description |
|---|---|
autopublish |
Auto-publish all collections (remove in production) |
insecure |
Allow all database writes (remove in production) |
NPM Packages (/npm-packages)
Packages published to npm for external use:
| Package | npm Name | Description |
|---|---|---|
meteor-babel |
@meteorjs/babel |
Babel wrapper for ES2015+ transpilation |
babel-preset-meteor |
@meteorjs/babel-preset-meteor |
Babel preset with Meteor-specific transforms |
meteor-rspack |
@meteorjs/rspack |
Rspack configuration builder |
meteor-promise |
meteor-promise |
ES6 Promise with Fiber support |
meteor-node-stubs |
meteor-node-stubs |
Node.js core module polyfills for browser |
eslint-plugin-meteor |
eslint-plugin-meteor |
Meteor-specific ESLint rules |