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• ebookfoundation/free-programming-books-searchA local-search companion site for the free-programming-books list, letting you find books by title, author, or
• spotui/spotuiAn Android app that recreates the Spotify interface, syncing with a real Spotify account for playlists, lyrics
• obra/private-journal-mcpAn MCP tool that lets Claude keep a private, searchable journal of notes and observations saved locally on you
• netflix/vizceral-exampleA demo app from Netflix showing an interactive 3D-style network visualization of traffic between servers and s
• osulazerdownload/osulazerAn unofficial mirrored distribution of osu!lazer, the modern rebuild of the osu! rhythm game client, packaged
• zettpw/kmstoolsWindows desktop app that bundles KMS activation scripts for Microsoft Windows and Office into one menu-driven
• avaturn-live/avtr-1AVTR-1 turns a portrait photo and audio into a real-time lip-synced talking avatar video, with support for two
• torvalds/libgit2A C library that lets developers embed Git version control directly into their applications without shelling o
• antflydb/antflyA distributed Go search engine that combines keyword, vector, and graph search over text, images, audio, and v
• wan-video/wan-dancerWan-Dancer is an AI research project that generates long, coherent dance videos over a minute long directly fr
• woyin2024/lengyi-markdown-editorA free, single-file Markdown editor that runs entirely in your browser with live preview, local auto-save, mat
• zarazhangrui/personalized-podcastA Claude Code skill that turns articles, PDFs, or notes into a two-host audio podcast, published locally or sy
• dominostars/playtranslateAn Android app that reads game text off your screen in real time and translates it as an overlay, for language
• patrickjs/ngexamA study guide of AngularJS interview and practice questions ranging from beginner basics to expert-level archi
• bonus-2026/casino-bonusA promotional page describing a casino welcome bonus offer and explaining how online gambling bonus systems an
• caddyserver/nginx-adapterA tool that automatically converts your existing NGINX configuration files into Caddy's format, so you can swi
• kelseyhightower/nomad-on-kubernetesA step-by-step tutorial showing how to run HashiCorp Nomad inside Kubernetes, so you can manage containerized
• isaacs/inheritsA tiny JavaScript helper that sets up class inheritance, matching Node.js's built-in version but lightweight e
• monke-manager/monkemodmanagerA Windows tool for installing, updating, and managing mods for Gorilla Tag, a virtual reality game, through a
• oldeneratemplategenerator/olden-era-template-generatorA Windows desktop tool that generates ready-to-use template files for medieval and fantasy style creative proj
• 007firstlight/007-first-light-releaseA repository claiming to distribute a downloadable release of the game 007 First Light, with no source code or
• alisa0808/vox-directorAn agent skill that turns a one-line topic into a finished Vox-style paper-collage explainer video, fully auto
• garnix-io/garnix-ciGarnix is a continuous integration and hosting service built specifically for GitHub repositories that use the
• nightmare-eclipse/miniplasmaA proof-of-concept exploit showing an unpatched Windows privilege escalation bug that lets a low-permission pr
• wiedymi/resttyA fast, GPU-accelerated terminal emulator you can embed inside a web page, built on the same engine that power
• educlopez/thegridcn-uiA neon, sci-fi themed component library for shadcn/ui that lets you build React web apps styled like a Tron-in
• facebook/quicklayoutQuickLayout is a Swift library that helps iOS developers arrange screen elements like buttons and text using s
• jtenniswood/espcontrolFirmware that turns a cheap ESP32 touchscreen panel into a wall-mounted smart home control screen for Home Ass
• justrach/merjsAn experimental web framework written in Zig that offers Next.js-style file routing and server rendering while
• googleapis/google-cloud-php-coreA shared behind-the-scenes PHP package that provides foundational infrastructure—like authentication and API r
• zli12321/lhtbLHTB is a 46-task benchmark that tests how well AI agents sustain useful work in a terminal across hundreds of
• kuskhan/jetendardA build tool that merges JetBrainsMono coding font with Pretendard's Korean characters to produce a monospace
• torvalds/hunspellcolorizeA small command line tool that colorizes misspelled words as text scrolls through a pager, handy for catching
• baiyuetribe/baiyue_onekeyA Chinese-language one-click installer that bundles 25+ popular open-source applications into a single menu-dr
• wezzard/jlens-qwen36A visual debugging tool that reveals which words a large language model is internally leaning toward at each l
• anthropics/anthropic-sdk-rubyAn official Ruby library for talking to Claude, Anthropic's AI assistant, handling authentication and request
• ruanyf/fortunesA curated collection of fortune-cookie quote databases for the Unix `fortune` command, with a huge Chinese quo
• fastlane/docsThe instruction manual for fastlane, a tool that automates mobile app release tasks like building, screenshott
• jeff141/meatshellMeatshell is a lightweight desktop SSH client written in Rust that uses only a few dozen megabytes of memory i
• kadevin/ilab-gpt-conjureA local web app for generating images with GPT-image-2, with a reference image library, prompt templates, task
• paraschopra/make-pages-interactiveA Claude Code plugin that lets you leave comments directly on HTML pages and have Claude edit the page in plac
• jawaz-keyzor/cs2-external-cheat-2026A Windows overlay for Counter-Strike 2 that reads only screen output, no game memory, to show wall transparenc
• simplifaisoul/osirisAn open-source intelligence dashboard that shows live flights, earthquakes, wildfires, camera feeds, and news
• specterops/mssqlhoundMSSQLHound maps attack paths in Microsoft SQL Server environments by querying permissions, logins, and linked
• stellarwolf001/forza-horizon-6-spotify-radioA Windows mod that pipes a player's own Spotify Premium playlists into Forza Horizon 6 in place of the in-game
• neuralcpl/polymarket-trading-botA Node.js bot that runs arbitrage and copy-trading strategies on Polymarket's five-minute Bitcoin price market
• waylon/ashare-quant-strategiesA collection of 119 written articles explaining different quantitative stock trading strategies for the Chines
• ruanyf/survivorA free web version of "Survivors of the Future World," a book of essays arguing that AI and automation will re
• signal-trade-core/weather-prediction-botA TypeScript bot that reads daily weather forecasts and automatically bets on Polymarket temperature-range mar
• tencent-hunyuan/hy3d-benchA massive Tencent-released dataset of over 600,000 cleaned 3D objects, built to train and test AI models that
• zhristophe/claude-mythos-ai-anthropic-appAn unofficial desktop chat client for Claude that uses your own Anthropic API key and stores conversation hist
• danmcinerney/architect-loopTwo Claude Code skills that split coding and research work between Claude as planner and reviewer and Codex as
• aipoch/open-scienceOpen Science is a free desktop app where you describe a research task in plain language and an AI agent reads
• ruanyf/node-oauth-demoA minimal Node.js example showing the core OAuth 2.0 login flow, like 'Sign in with Google,' stripped down to
• anil-matcha/seedance-2-apiA Python wrapper that generates AI videos from text or images using ByteDance's Seedance models via the MuAPI
• quantumbyteoss/quantumbyteAn open-source app builder that generates working apps from a description, then continuously verifies the AI's
• inbrainfun/inbrainAn AI multi-agent system that detects trends, creates prediction markets, tracks their odds, and auto-resolves
• fractalfir/crustccrustc is the entire Rust compiler translated into 46 million lines of C, letting you build a working Rust com
• secret-tools/secret-toolSecret-Tools is a heavily styled GitHub page promoting future classified Discord bots and automation tools, th
• electron-userland/electron-wix-msiCreates traditional Windows MSI installers for Electron desktop apps, designed for enterprise environments whe
• cyc2018/text-typesettingA free browser-based tool that automatically fixes spacing, capitalization, and image formatting in documents
• olegsotnikov/sallyportA Mac app that stores your API and SSH credentials in a vault and runs actions for AI agents without exposing
• zenhosta/9driveA web dashboard that links multiple Google Drive accounts and automatically spreads file uploads across whiche
• fastlane/watchbuildA command-line tool that notifies you on Mac or Slack when Apple finishes processing your iOS app upload, so y
• liquid4all/antidoomA tool that trains a small model adapter to stop AI language models from getting stuck repeating the same word
• tobiaslee/rebuttal-skillAn AI assistant skill that helps researchers analyze peer review comments and draft evidence-based rebuttals f
• codecrafters-io/build-your-own-redisThe content definition behind CodeCrafters' Build Your Own Redis coding challenge, not a standalone app to run
• dharyen/ryujinx-emuA Windows distribution of the Ryujinx Nintendo Switch emulator, meant for running your own legally obtained Sw
• foru17/make-x-great-againA Chrome extension that uses AI to flag spam and bot accounts on X and lets you block them for real with one c
• getify/foi-langFoi is an experimental programming language blending functional and imperative styles, aiming to compile to We
• pi0/tired-maintainerAn open letter from a full-time open-source maintainer explaining the real cost of issue and pull request over
• mediatorspeak/dota2-gameplay-toolsA Dota 2 repository framed as an analytics and overlay toolkit, but its listed automation features describe ga
• nuviomedia/nuviodesktopNuvio is a cross-platform Android and iOS media hub app, built with Kotlin Multiplatform, that plays content t
• jsha/blocktogetherBlock Together helps Twitter users fight harassment by sharing block lists. One person blocks abusers, then ot
• shopify/shopify-ai-toolkitAn official Shopify plugin that connects AI coding assistants like Claude Code and Cursor to Shopify's live do
• thebuggeddev/football-stadiumAn interactive 3D demo that lets you preview the exact view from any stadium seat before buying a football mat
• can1357/haruspexHaruspex is a tool that discovers hidden, undocumented instructions in Intel CPUs by exploiting speculative ex
• jxlarrea/voice-satellite-card-integrationA free, browser based voice assistant for Home Assistant that runs wake word detection locally with no cloud n
• kelseyhightower/istio-ingress-tutorialA step-by-step tutorial for setting up Istio's ingress layer alone, using Envoy proxies to route external traf
• thesysdev/applessAn experimental phone app with no installed apps, where every screen is generated live by an AI model as you a
• patrickjs/everyone-ssn-usaA public awareness project about a Social Security number data breach, focused on urging affected people to fr
• hkust-c4g/anytalkerAn audio driven Python tool that turns a photo and a voice recording into a realistic talking head video, no c
• jason-uxui/gray-ui-csmAn open source demo of a Customer Success dashboard built to showcase modern React UI patterns, not a producti
• yc-duan/fastctxA local Rust tool runtime that gives AI coding agents fast, structured file reading, search, and command execu
• heroiclauncher/heroicgameslauncherAn open-source, cross-platform game launcher that unifies your Epic Games, GOG, and Amazon Games libraries int
• cat9999aaa/thinshellA governance framework for designing organizations where AI agents can be full members alongside humans, not j
• snazzybean/roommindA self learning Home Assistant integration that gives room by room climate control by modeling how each room h
• vercel-labs/mdxgA specification for how apps should present long markdown documents, with navigation, search, and page splitti
• moresamwilson/running-heatmapA Jupyter notebook that turns your downloaded Strava running data into an interactive multi layer heatmap of y
• neteroster/codexcontA Python proxy that sits between a coding agent and Codex-style APIs, detecting truncated AI reasoning and qui
• tj/go-naturaldateA Go package that converts plain-English phrases like "yesterday at 10am" or "three days ago" into actual date
• w3cj/how-llms-workAn interactive web app that teaches how large language models work by building one from scratch, covering ever
• heigeai/heige-codex-skin-studioA one-click theme switcher for OpenAI's Codex Desktop app that reskins the interface from a single image witho
• nvidia-nemo/evaluatorNeMo Evaluator is a tool that runs standardized tests on large language models to measure how well they perfor
• peng-zhihui/trafficmonitorA floating Windows desktop widget that shows real-time internet speed, CPU, and memory usage at a glance, with
• promptpartner/agentsmithA configurable setup system that installs disciplined rules and workflow steps into a project so AI coding ass
• sentient-os-labs/sentient-osA macOS app that reads your files and messages locally overnight to build a private knowledge base, then proac
• bonus-2026/crypto-casino-bonusNot a software project. A Markdown document promoting an online casino's welcome bonus, framed as a general gu
• jane-xiaoer/paper-collage-ad-codexA Codex skill that automates making a paper cutout style collage advertisement video, from script and keyframe
• simonlin1212/tradingagents-astockA multi agent AI framework that analyzes Chinese A-share stocks using seven specialist agents and a bull versu

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