Here are my currently active ones (verified):
- Sprint by Default, Hold to Walk: simply useful.
- Closer Promotion Terminal: adds a promotion terminal in your room.
- Death Marker: hovering hologram over downed dwarves. Useful to prioritize a class based on the situation.
- SimpleQOL: default hazard level and nice sorted list of missions. Waiting for some features but still good.
- Advanced Darkess: not sure about this one, solves a few glitches for me, but makes the caves a bit too dark.
- Ammo Percentage Indicator Extended: useful to avoid wasting resupplies.
- Silent Born Ready: removes those voicelines.
For those times we are too many I host with More Players Balanced, which however is only approved.
No mods for me, I love vanilla. But those mods do seem like good choices. Either way: Rock and Stone!