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9.5 9.7 L4 import-fresh VS cheerio

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9.2 6.0 import-fresh VS jsdom

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9.1 9.1 L1 import-fresh VS v86

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dotenv

9.0 8.5 L5 import-fresh VS dotenv

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8.3 3.6 L4 import-fresh VS agenda

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8.0 0.0 import-fresh VS patch-package

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nodegit

7.7 8.0 L4 import-fresh VS nodegit

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7.6 0.0 L1 import-fresh VS opencv

OpenCV Bindings for node.js
hypernova

7.6 4.1 L5 import-fresh VS hypernova

A service for server-side rendering your JavaScript views
ssh2

7.6 7.2 L4 import-fresh VS ssh2

SSH2 client and server modules written in pure JavaScript for node.js
semver

7.4 7.0 L2 import-fresh VS semver

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execa

7.3 5.0 L4 import-fresh VS execa

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nan

7.0 4.3 L3 import-fresh VS nan

Native Abstractions for Node.js
editly

6.9 5.3 import-fresh VS editly

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ow

6.7 4.6 import-fresh VS ow

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Faker.js

6.6 1.7 import-fresh VS Faker.js

What really happened with Aaron Swartz?
file-type

6.6 7.2 L2 import-fresh VS file-type

Detect the file type of a Buffer/Uint8Array/ArrayBuffer
simplecrawler

6.6 1.3 L5 import-fresh VS simplecrawler

Flexible event driven crawler for node.
opn

6.4 2.4 import-fresh VS opn

Open stuff like URLs, files, executables. Cross-platform.
webworker-threads

6.2 0.7 L1 import-fresh VS webworker-threads

Lightweight Web Worker API implementation with native threads
multiline

5.8 0.0 L5 import-fresh VS multiline

Multiline strings in JavaScript.
node-pre-gyp

5.7 7.0 L5 import-fresh VS node-pre-gyp

Node.js tool for easy binary deployment of C++ addons
banshee

5.7 0.0 import-fresh VS banshee

Real-time anomalies detection for periodic time series.
clipboardy

5.6 0.8 import-fresh VS clipboardy

Access the system clipboard (copy/paste)
emittery

5.5 6.8 import-fresh VS emittery

Simple and modern async event emitter
@sindresorhus/is

5.5 6.9 import-fresh VS @sindresorhus/is

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Bottleneck

5.4 0.0 L4 import-fresh VS Bottleneck

Job scheduler and rate limiter, supports Clustering
mem

5.0 2.0 L5 import-fresh VS mem

Memoize functions - an optimization technique used to speed up consecutive function calls by caching the result of calls with identical input
hasha

4.9 2.1 import-fresh VS hasha

Hashing made simple. Get the hash of a buffer/string/stream/file.
dot-prop

4.6 5.5 L5 import-fresh VS dot-prop

Get, set, or delete a property from a nested object using a dot path
node-bell

4.5 0.0 L5 import-fresh VS node-bell

Real-time anomalies detection for periodic time series.
basic-ftp

4.4 8.9 import-fresh VS basic-ftp

FTP client for Node.js, supports FTPS over TLS, passive mode over IPv6, async/await, and Typescript.
schemapack

3.9 0.0 L3 import-fresh VS schemapack

Create a schema object to encode/decode your JSON in to a compact byte buffer with no overhead.
nar

3.8 0.0 import-fresh VS nar

node.js application archive - create self-contained binary like executable applications that are ready to ship and run
common-errors

3.5 0.0 L5 import-fresh VS common-errors

Common error classes and utility functions
deep-assign

3.4 0.0 L5 import-fresh VS deep-assign

Recursive Object.assign().
stringify-object

3.4 2.3 L3 import-fresh VS stringify-object

Stringify an object/array like JSON.stringify just without all the double-quotes
cashify

3.4 4.8 import-fresh VS cashify

💸 Lightweight currency conversion library, successor of money.js
node-video-lib

3.2 1.0 import-fresh VS node-video-lib

Node.js Video Library / MP4 & FLV parser / MP4 builder / HLS muxer
require-uncached

3.0 0.0 import-fresh VS require-uncached

Import a module while bypassing the cache
os-locale

2.9 2.1 L5 import-fresh VS os-locale

Get the system locale
lazy-req

2.8 0.0 import-fresh VS lazy-req

Import a module lazily
import-lazy

2.8 0.0 import-fresh VS import-lazy

Import a module lazily
onetime

2.3 0.0 import-fresh VS onetime

Ensure a function is only called once
resolve-from

2.2 0.0 import-fresh VS resolve-from

Resolve the path of a module like require.resolve() but from a given path
strip-bom

2.1 0.0 import-fresh VS strip-bom

Strip UTF-8 byte order mark (BOM) from a string
parent-module

1.5 1.0 import-fresh VS parent-module

Get the path of the parent module
remote-git-tags

1.4 2.1 import-fresh VS remote-git-tags

Get tags from a remote git repo. Using only JS. No git binary required.

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import-fresh

Import a module while bypassing the cache

Useful for testing purposes when you need to freshly import a module.

Install

$ npm install import-fresh

Usage

// foo.js
let i = 0;
module.exports = () => ++i;

const importFresh = require('import-fresh');

require('./foo')();
//=> 1

require('./foo')();
//=> 2

importFresh('./foo')();
//=> 1

importFresh('./foo')();
//=> 1

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