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• ossu/code-of-conductThis repo contains the community rulebook for OSSU, a free online computer science education community. The ru
• op7418/guizang-material-illustrationAn AI agent skill that turns articles, charts, and concepts into a single labeled explanatory illustration in
• angular/web-codegen-scorerA command-line tool from the Angular team that scores AI-generated web code for build success, errors, accessi
• pocket-stack/pocketjsA framework that lets you write web style UI code in Solid or Vue and run it natively on PSP, PS Vita, browser
• ruanyf/loppoA command-line tool that turns a folder of markdown files into a polished, ready-to-publish static website wit
• kilian/trimageTrimage shrinks PNG and JPG image files down to their smallest possible size without any visible loss of quali
• ruanyf/wechat-miniprogram-demosA set of beginner tutorial code examples that teach you to build WeChat mini-programs — small apps that run in
• truelockmc/streambertA desktop app for streaming and downloading movies, shows, and anime from third-party sources without ads or t
• paddlepaddle/paddlemixPaddleMIX is a toolkit for building AI applications that work with text, images, video, and audio together. It
• indalok/rzwebA browser based tool that lets you analyze compiled programs like ELF or PE files entirely inside your web bro
• kubernetes/apiserverA Go library for building custom API servers that behave like the ones powering Kubernetes, supporting native
• blueturboguy07/cueA free Mac app that floats over your screen, listens to meetings, and uses your own AI key to help you answer
• yyx990803/html5-clearA deprecated proof-of-concept web app that recreates the iOS Clear to-do list's polished gestures and animatio
• affaan-m/agentshieldAgentShield scans AI agent configuration folders like Claude Code's for security risks such as hardcoded secre
• asimovinc/asimov-1Open source plans and software to build a 1.2 meter humanoid robot yourself, either as a DIY kit or by sourcin
• matinsenpai/aether-guiA one click desktop app that wraps the Aether censorship circumvention tunnel so people on restricted networks
• bradtraversy/proshop-v2A complete online store template with shopping cart, PayPal payments, product reviews, and an admin dashboard.
• deusyu/translate-bookA Claude Code skill that translates whole books between languages by splitting them into chunks and translatin
• archive228/loopkitLoopkit is a drop-in .claude harness plus 49 markdown skills that give coding agents like Claude Code or Curso
• karpathy/paper-notesA personal, informal collection of Andrej Karpathy's rough notes and summaries on AI research papers he's read
• karpathy/svmjssvmjs is a lightweight JavaScript library for training a Support Vector Machine classifier entirely in the bro
• tickernelz/opencode-memA plugin that gives AI coding assistants persistent memory of your projects and preferences using a local data
• justjavac/dvmA command line tool for installing and switching between multiple versions of the Deno JavaScript runtime on o
• yetone/kill-ai-slopA field guide and code scanner that catalogue the visual and writing habits typical of AI-generated products a
• django-haystack/pysolrPysolr is a lightweight Python library that lets your application talk to Apache Solr, a popular search server
• omnigent-ai/omnigentA common control layer over Claude Code, Codex, Pi, and custom agents that syncs sessions across devices and a
• tj/histoA lightweight terminal tool that draws live-updating histograms from numbers piped in via the command line. It
• zanwei/design-dnaAn agent skill that captures a website's visual style as structured JSON, then generates new interfaces matchi
• meesho/bharatmlstackAn open source machine learning platform from Meesho for serving features and running model inference at very
• hkirat/gsoc-good-first-issuesA curated list of beginner-friendly coding tasks from Google Summer of Code organizations, organized by progra
• twbs/examplesOfficial starter projects showing how to set up Bootstrap with different build tools like Webpack, Vite, React
• raymondhou0917/speak-human-twAn AI assistant skill that edits Traditional Chinese writing to remove AI-sounding patterns and correct mainla
• anthropics/launch-your-agentA Claude Code skill that guides technical founders from idea to deployed AI agent, handling scoping, creation,
• denissergeevitch/agents-best-practicesAn installable Agent Skill that teaches AI coding assistants how to design safe, reliable agent systems with p
• pyenv/pyenv-virtualenvwrapperA plugin that makes pyenv and virtualenvwrapper work together, so your isolated Python environments always use
• facebookresearch/sapiens2A family of AI vision models from Meta, pretrained on a billion human images, for tasks like pose detection, s
• polyfillpolyfill/polyfill-libraryA Node.js library that builds a custom JavaScript polyfill bundle tailored to whichever browser is requesting
• depthfirstdisclosures/nginx-riftA proof of concept exploit for a critical NGINX vulnerability that lets an attacker run code on a vulnerable s
• coszone/moepeekMoePeek is a lightweight macOS menu bar app that translates selected text, screenshots, or clipboard content u
• zulko/easyaiEasyAI is a Python toolkit for building and playing two-player board games like Tic Tac Toe or Connect 4 again
• fluxions-ai/vuiVui is a self-hosted, real-time voice assistant that runs speech recognition, a local language model, and text
• marcelroed/gigatokenGigatoken is a Rust based tokenizer that is a drop in replacement for HuggingFace tokenizers, running hundreds
• jaywcjlove/swiftui-exampleA cookbook of working SwiftUI code samples covering common app features like lists, animations, gestures, and
• xiaotianfotos/homerailA TypeScript runtime that turns AI agent chats into structured, replayable workflows you can run by voice, tex
• gabriella439/nixos-in-productionA free, open-access book about deploying and maintaining NixOS Linux in real-world production environments. It
• pyang5166/gbro-collage-brollAn AI agent skill that turns a short voiceover line into a stop-motion style paper-collage B-roll video using
• atom/flight-manual.atom.ioThe official guidebook for the Atom code editor, built as a documentation website. The project was archived in
• denoland/denokvA self-hosted version of Deno's key-value database cloud service. It lets you run the same Deno KV database on
• lenucksi/aur-malware-checkA shell script toolkit that checks Arch Linux systems for packages compromised in the June 2026 AUR supply-cha
• karpathy/hn-time-capsulehn-time-capsule pulls a Hacker News front page from exactly ten years ago and uses AI to grade which commenter
• karpathy/deep-vector-quantizationA training toolkit that teaches an AI model called a VQVAE to compress images into a small set of discrete cod
• pireel/pireelA free, browser-based video editor made for talking-head videos. It lets you add captions, graphics, and visua
• sophomoresty/gemini-web2apigemini-web2api is a single Python script that exposes Google Gemini through an OpenAI-compatible local API, us
• bakrianoo/mini-ragMini-RAG is a step-by-step video course with code that teaches you to build a real question-answering system o
• bytedance/lanceByteDance research release of a 3B-active-parameter unified multimodal model that handles image and video unde
• huangchihhungleo/claude-real-videoA local Python tool that extracts scene-change keyframes and audio transcripts from a video so you can paste t
• matinsenpai/senpaiscannerA terminal tool that scans Cloudflare IP ranges to find fast, working endpoints for VLESS or Trojan proxy conf
• spatie/laravel-event-projectorA Laravel library for event sourcing — instead of saving just the current state of your data, it records every
• peng-zhihui/serialchartSerialChart is a cross-platform desktop app that plots real-time data from serial-connected hardware like Ardu
• gaearon/subliminalA minimal VS Code theme inspired by Sublime Text that strips away visual clutter so you can focus on your code
• dzhng/skillsA library of reusable instructions for AI coding assistants that plan a feature into checkable pieces, build i
• mattzh72/articraftArticraft uses AI to automatically generate 3D models of objects with moving parts, like hinges or sliders, by
• withkynam/vibecode-pro-max-kitA framework of agents, skills, and memory files installed into a project so AI coding tools like Claude Code s
• uditakhourii/adhdA skill for AI coding agents that runs several independent reasoning attempts in parallel from different angle
• grafeodb/grafeoGrafeo is a fast, low-memory graph database written in Rust that runs embedded in your app or as a standalone
• 21cncstudio/project_auraProject Aura is an open-source DIY air quality monitor built on an ESP32-S3 chip with a touchscreen, web dashb
• mishakorzik/free-proxyA Python command-line tool that automatically collects and displays lists of free proxy servers, saving you th
• sapientinc/hrm-textPretraining stack for a 1B-parameter hierarchical recurrent language model that can be trained from scratch on
• xiejunjie524/handdraw-story-videoA tool that turns hand-drawn story illustrations into short vertical videos with a line-reveal and gradual-col
• hehehai/voxtVoxt is a macOS menu bar app that turns your speech into typed text, translations, or AI prompts, pasted direc
• levy-street/world-of-claudecraftA self-hostable World of Warcraft style multiplayer RPG playable online with friends or solo offline in your b
• pluviobyte/rnskillA library of installable AI agent skills for Chinese writing cleanup, WeChat article extraction, and several s
• robbyant/lingbot-vla-v2A research AI model that lets robots turn a camera view and a spoken instruction into physical movements acros
• sxyazi/free-hlsA tool that lets you upload and share videos for free by chopping them into pieces and storing them on free im
• peng-zhihui/minirover-hardwareOpen-source design files, firmware, and app for building your own small Mars-rover-style robot controlled from
• yyx990803/yorkieYorkie lets you set up Git hooks like linting or tests before a commit just by adding a section to your packag
• xw7872081123/wallpaper-engine-steamA repository that markets itself as a free download of the paid Wallpaper Engine Windows app, distributing a p
• ruanyf/book-computer-networksA free digital textbook that explains how computer networks work, from physical wires up to everyday apps, ava
• kubeezmedia/kubeez-scroll-world-videoA demo scroll driven landing page where a pre rendered camera flies through a burger themed world, all generat
• open-gigaai/giga-world-1GigaWorld-1 provides open training, inference, and data tools for building AI world models that predict video
• atcold/torch-video-tutorialsA curated set of video tutorials teaching Torch, a deep learning framework built on Lua. Covers fundamentals l
• 100/craniumCranium is a lightweight, header-only neural network library in C for training and running AI models on embedd
• stackblitz/bolt-slidesAn AI-agent-friendly tool that turns a single prompt into a presentation deck built as a real, interactive web
• subhan-code/amicro--micro-transitions-A copy-paste library of animated card layouts and hover effects for React projects, installed via a CLI.
• yyx990803/vue-wordleA browser-based Wordle clone built with Vue that lets you create and share custom word puzzles via a special l
• peng-zhihui/cycloidacuratornanoOpen-source hardware design for a small, precision motorized rotating unit built from a brushless motor and sp
• kelseyhightower/consul-on-kubernetesA step-by-step tutorial for manually deploying a secure, three-node Consul service discovery cluster on Kubern
• alayalab/alayaworldA research model that turns a single image plus a camera path and text prompt into a long, navigable AI genera
• michaelliv/pi-dynamic-workflowsAn extension for the Pi coding assistant that splits a task into pieces run in parallel by separate mini-agent
• qiuqiubuchongle-cloud/chokepoint-atlasA research tool that maps supply chains in AI-related industries to find which part will run out of capacity f
• webdevsimplified/parity-deals-cloneA Next.js learning project that recreates Parity Deals, a service letting companies charge lower prices to cus
• basz4ll/stable-diffusion-webuiA landing-page style repository that claims to distribute a Windows zip of the Automatic1111 Stable Diffusion
• lillian039/elfELF is a research codebase for a diffusion-based AI text generation model that refines text in a continuous em
• chrisbanes/skillsA collection of skill modules that teach AI coding assistants like Claude Code the correct patterns for Androi
• arnabchoudhury404/hydra-launcherLanding-page style repo claiming to distribute Hydra Launcher, a Windows game launcher, as a prebuilt zip with
• flizorules05/rom-mgba-pokemon-emulator-pcLanding-page style repository that claims to ship the mGBA Game Boy Advance emulator as a Windows zip, framed
• 100/solidSolid is a Python library of seven gradient-free optimization algorithms, like genetic algorithms and simulate
• sunislazi/rbxfpsunlocker-boost-more-240fpsLanding-page style repo that ships a Windows zip claiming to be a Roblox FPS unlocker, with no source code and
• tencent-hunyuan/unirlTencent's reinforcement learning framework for training image, video, and language AI models with a shared tra
• facebookresearch/boxerBoxer turns 2D object detections in photos into 3D bounding boxes for indoor scenes, giving position, orientat

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