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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-google
accounts-twitter, accounts-meetup, accounts-weibo
accounts-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 (use accounts-* instead)
Config UIs: *-config-ui packages
Others: jquery-history, jshint, jsparse, deps (use tracker)

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