Approved Package Registry

This registry tracks the approved external dependencies for the Conduit backend application. Any addition to package.json must be documented and vetted here.

Package	Version	Type	Purpose	Justification
express	^4.19.2	Runtime	HTTP Web Framework	Battle-tested, minimalist web framework for routing and middleware.
@prisma/client	^5.14.0	Runtime	Database ORM Client	Type-safe database query client generated directly from Prisma schema.
argon2	^0.40.1	Runtime	Password Hashing	Memory-hard password hashing algorithm, winner of PHC; safe alternative to bcrypt.
jsonwebtoken	^9.0.2	Runtime	Authentication	Industry-standard implementation for issuing and verifying JWTs.
zod	^3.23.8	Runtime	Request Validation	Declarative, TypeScript-first schema validation for request payloads.
slugify	^1.6.6	Runtime	String Utilities	URL-safe slug generation for article titles.
dotenv	^16.4.5	Runtime	Environment Configuration	Loads environment variables from .env file into process.env.
cors	^2.8.5	Runtime	Middleware	Cross-Origin Resource Sharing middleware for client compatibility.
typescript	^5.4.5	Dev	Compiler	Static typing and modern JavaScript compilation.
prisma	^5.14.0	Dev	CLI / Tooling	Prisma CLI for schema management and migrations.
jest	^29.7.0	Dev	Testing Framework	Comprehensive test runner and assertion library.
ts-jest	^29.1.3	Dev	Testing Tooling	TypeScript preprocessor for Jest.
supertest	^7.0.0	Dev	Testing Tooling	HTTP assertion library for API integration testing.
husky	^8.0.3	Dev	Git Hooks	Manages Git pre-commit and commit-msg quality gates.
@commitlint/cli	^19.3.0	Dev	Git Tooling	Enforces Conventional Commits specification.
@commitlint/config-conventional	^19.2.2	Dev	Git Tooling	Shared config for conventional commit format.
eslint	^8.57.0	Dev	Linter	Static code analysis and lint rule enforcement.
@typescript-eslint/parser	^7.10.0	Dev	Linter	ESLint parser for TypeScript AST.
@typescript-eslint/eslint-plugin	^7.10.0	Dev	Linter	TypeScript specific linting rules.
@stryker-mutator/core	^8.2.6	Dev	Quality Gate	Mutation testing framework measuring test suite behavioral rigor.
@stryker-mutator/jest-runner	^8.2.6	Dev	Quality Gate	Stryker runner for Jest test execution.