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• neclo0752/china-us-stock-guideA Chinese-language reference guide for mainland China residents on opening US brokerage accounts, moving money
• networksystemmound/blooket-botA repository claiming to be a bot and cheat toolkit for the educational quiz game Blooket, with an install met
• on-page-ai/geo-seo-superappA free macOS app for SEO and GEO agencies that combines page reports, site crawls, and indexing tasks into one
• owenyuwono/poseidonA browser-based real-time ocean simulation that uses GPU compute via WebGPU and FFT wave math to render physic
• peng-zhihui/agibot_x1_inferThe control software 'brain' for the AgiBot X1 humanoid robot, handling movement inference, sensor data, and j
• pyvista/pyvista-cadPyVista extension that reads CAD formats like STEP, IGES, and IFC and renders smoothly shaded faces with B-rep
• quant-alpha-systems/polymarket-arbitrage-trading-botAn automated trading bot that places real fill-and-kill orders on Polymarket's short-horizon crypto price pred
• rosekhlifa/image-studioWails desktop client for OpenAI-compatible image models that streams the Responses API to dodge Cloudflare 100
• ruanyf/flux-todomvc-demoA simplified teaching demo showing how to build a to-do list with the Flux data-flow pattern and React, stripp
• stephrobert/dsoxlabA domain agnostic CLI engine that runs hands on technical training labs, like Linux or Kubernetes exercises, d
• stevee87/radar-project-uconsoleA DIY project that displays a handheld radar sensor's data with visuals and generated sonar sounds on a Linux
• villegasmarco35942846/wlpp-fetch-2026A command-line tool written in C++ that downloads animated wallpapers from the Steam Workshop without needing
• xream/edgegistA self-hosted, GitHub Gist compatible service you deploy on Cloudflare's edge network to store and share code
• xuansenpa1/skillreviseA research framework that improves AI-agent skills by diagnosing failed execution traces and revising the skil
• yerayl/science-research-writing-skillsA Claude Code and CodeX skill that coaches researchers through drafting, revising, and reviewing STEMM researc
• zszz3/agent-session-searchA local desktop app that indexes and searches past sessions from AI coding agents like Claude Code, Codex, and
• 29-cu/ruota-della-fortunaA browser-based slot machine style randomizer for adult content writing tags, with an optional AI tool integra
• alemtuzlak/kiiraA tool that type-checks the code examples inside your Markdown docs so they never silently break.
• biasia/gradient-spinA dependency-free React loading spinner made of a colored cell grid swept by a smooth gradient wave, using one
• blazeup-ai/pi-insightsAn extension for the Pi coding agent that analyzes your session history and generates a report on token usage,
• boardcrawler/rbxmulti-loaderA PowerShell tool for Windows that lets a player run multiple Roblox instances at once by bypassing Roblox's s
• boardeentrance/zapret-discord-youtube-1.9.9aA Windows tool that modifies outgoing network traffic to bypass ISP-level blocking of Discord and YouTube, aim
• botpress/messagingA server that lets your app send and receive messages across seven chat platforms through one consistent API,
• cvlab-kaist/visual-personaVisual Persona is an AI tool that creates new full-body images of a person from a single photo and a text prom
• datafusion-contrib/streamfusionAn open-source accelerator that makes Apache Flink SQL run faster by natively executing supported streaming op
• deepelementlab/jupyter-studioAn AI coding assistant built directly into JupyterLab that can edit, run, and fix code cells using your own ch
• domdemetz/claude-soulAn add-on for Claude Code that builds persistent, evolving memory of how you work by learning from corrections
• eric248550/comcomA self-hostable Chrome Extension that adds an AI rewrite toolbar to Gmail and Slack, with custom prompt templa
• githubzkln/agent-java-interviewA study guide of interview questions and answers for Java backend roles, including AI Agent and RAG topics.
• grafana/athena-datasourceA Grafana plugin that connects your dashboards to Amazon Athena, letting you run SQL queries on cloud-stored d
• jdubois/boot-uiA plug-in for Spring Boot 4 Java applications that adds a local developer dashboard inside the running app, sh
• liafanx/mtproxy-reanimationA shell script that adds per-client connection rate limiting to Telegram proxy servers (Telemt or MTProxyMax)
• m-essa11/iphone-drive-windowsMount your iPhone or iPad's app document folders as a regular Windows drive over USB, so you can browse and ma
• mikubill/gan-convlstmAn AI research project that predicts near-future rainfall by learning from past weather radar images. It combi
• mirkobozzetto/flowflowAn iOS voice notes app built entirely in Rust that transcribes your recordings and lets you chat with your not
• moonhighway/schema-design-workshopA hands-on training course that teaches you how to design GraphQL schemas — the blueprints that define what da
• mrgediao/paper-reading-zhA rule set that makes AI assistants read academic papers more carefully, flagging unverified facts instead of
• ocfh/lvgl-seniverse-weather-screen-esp32This is ESP32 firmware for a small desktop weather display that auto-detects your city by IP and shows live te
• one880808/gemini-web2apiA worker script that lets OpenAI-style apps talk to Google Gemini for free by mimicking Gemini's web interface
• peng-zhihui/kinomotionA Unity post-processing effect that adds realistic motion blur to fast-moving objects and camera pans, making
• peng-zhihui/spdlogA blazing-fast C++ logging library that lets developers send messages to files, console, or other destinations
• rimzzlabs/lanjutA free, open-source resume builder that runs entirely in your browser with no account, keeping your resume con
• root643/routerclawTurn an old 2010-era OpenWrt router with 32MB RAM into an always-on smart home agent that reads Gmail, manages
• rubenmarcus/csbrasilA satirical browser sniper shooter styled after Counter-Strike 1.6, set in a fictional Brasilia, with the whol
• strongshuai/proxy-checkerA web-based tool that fetches free proxy lists, tests them in parallel, and tags working proxies by which AI s
• teranightingalewalk/zapret-discord-youtube-1.9.9bA Windows toolkit that uses traffic manipulation techniques to restore access to Discord and YouTube where int
• thaolst/tara-botA personal Telegram bot that uses Claude to search flights and compare shopping prices in plain language, with
• thiago-code-lab/aws-certified-ai-practitioner-brasilA free Portuguese language study guide with 18 modules covering everything needed for the AWS Certified AI Pra
• yyx990803/shell-taskA tiny JavaScript library for chaining shell commands one after another, like a readable script written in cod
• zypgita/astra-fluxA Python framework that bundles task scheduling, service-to-service calls, and monitoring for backend systems
• 619dev/guanlanA self-hostable RSS reader modeled on Google Reader, built with React and Cloudflare Workers, storing feeds an
• achrefelouafi/grasssystemthreejsA browser based interactive 3D soil and terrain sandbox built with Three.js, featuring procedural ground, moss
• addyosmani/mempalaceMemPalace saves and organizes your past AI chat conversations locally so you can search them later. It compres
• aiwenjie777/codex-skin-skillA Codex Desktop customization tool that generates a themed banner and background from a single image, controll
• asavvin-pixel/unslopA Claude skill that rewrites AI generated text to remove structural patterns that give away machine writing, a
• bennybar/luliredditLuli is a full-featured Flutter Reddit client for Android with an on-device personalized feed that learns your
• coppsary/motionlyAn AI-assisted motion graphics editor where AI drafts animations that stay fully editable on a visual timeline
• dantiicu/wine-nxWine-NX is an experimental project that ports the Wine compatibility layer to Nintendo Switch, allowing Window
• develp10/rustinterviewquiestionsA Russian-language study pack with 100 Rust interview questions, written answers, and a Cargo workspace of 40
• emadd/mise-en-claudeMise-en-claude is a paste-in prompt or installable command set for Claude Code that sets up or rescues a proje
• emanuele-web04/peekabooA hideaway macOS and iPhone to-do list app that pops out from a screen corner and can sync with AI coding agen
• eynzof/hermes-agent-cn-desktopA Tauri desktop shell for Windows and macOS that wraps the Hermes Agent AI runtime in a native window with ins
• fukikomarga/exodus-fake-balanceA Python tool that overwrites the balance figures shown inside the Exodus crypto wallet app with custom number
• general-instinct/instinctrazorInstinctRazor compresses a 122 billion parameter Qwen3.5 language model down to about 47 gigabytes so it can r
• gsalvadoi/guinxu-engineguinxu-engine is a hand-built 3D software renderer in C++ that draws graphics entirely in code, without using
• huobuilds/quadfs_flight_controllerAn open source, from-scratch drone flight controller in embedded C, built to teach how every part of a quadcop
• iochair/sql-manythingA Python tool that turns any folder of code into a searchable local SQLite database, built for fast AI-assiste
• liuxiangjian-ai/cet-skillAn AI study assistant that generates CET-4 and CET-6 English exam practice modeled on ten years of real Chines
• lspr98/conformer-stt-s3Runs a compressed speech recognition model directly on a small ESP32S3 microcontroller, transcribing English s
• merserk/comfyui-pidA ComfyUI plugin adding NVIDIA's PiD decoding method for turning diffusion model output into high-resolution i
• moh4696/50-essential-mcp-serversA curated, opinionated guide to 50 Model Context Protocol add-ons that connect AI coding assistants like Claud
• netflix/ember-batch-requestA Netflix-built tool for Ember apps that bundles multiple data changes into a single server request, reducing
• open-gitagent/langship.shA self-hosted platform for deploying AI agents with built-in approvals, security scans, and rollback, using pi
• pedro-quiterio/poeancientspricehelperA Windows overlay tool that reads currency prices off your Path of Exile 2 screen and shows live market values
• peppy/dotfilesA personal collection of configuration files and Shell scripts that automatically set up a developer's preferr
• personizeai/governed-memoryA research dataset and experiment kit for testing whether an AI agent's memory follows business rules about wh
• phun333/pi-infobarPi Stats is a macOS menu bar app that reads local log files to show how much you have spent, and on what, whil
• programminghero1/b14-a01-devconf-2026A student course assignment brief describing an HTML and CSS only landing page project for a fake conference,
• prosofter67/myiptvNot a software project. This repository is a promotional README for a paid IPTV streaming subscription service
• pubglite55/oppo-ghostlockA security research project attempting to port a Linux kernel exploit called GhostLock to run on an OPPO Find
• roseforyou/cf-outlook-emailA self-hosted web dashboard for managing multiple Outlook/Hotmail email accounts, deployed free on Cloudflare'
• rosekhlifa/image-promptsA bilingual community website for AI image creators to discover, share, and reuse text prompts, with one-click
• rougier/rougierNicolas Rougier's personal GitHub profile — a curated hub linking to his books, tutorials, and projects on sci
• saidsurucu/ude-mac-arm64A patch that repackages a Turkish government document editor to run natively on Apple Silicon Macs, restoring
• shawn-codedev/awesome-consistency-diffusion-visual-generationA curated reading list of research papers, benchmarks, and datasets about consistency problems in AI image and
• smartsunruiyang/agent-development-specificationA Claude Code skill that interviews you to build project requirement, architecture, and convention docs before
• solarkyle/jspaceA preregistered research project testing whether internal LLM signals can predict wrong answers better than th
• sruthik27/creating-claude-mdA Claude Code skill that scans your repo and runs a six-question interview to draft a tight CLAUDE.md or AGENT
• sunrisefromdark/agentradarA multi-agent pipeline that tracks AI agent projects on GitHub and other sources, scoring and ranking them int
• tai-wei/codex-516-fixA single AGENTS.md configuration file that gives OpenAI Codex stricter reasoning rules to stop it from jumping
• techdox/troveA read-only dashboard that auto-discovers everything running across Docker, Kubernetes, Proxmox, and Linux hos
• tryharder-l/ninimenuNiniMenu is a Chinese language web app that helps couples and families decide what to cook, with recipes, meal
• woarixh-ship-it/myiptvNot a software project. This repository is a promotional README for a paid IPTV streaming subscription service
• wren6991/codesizerA Python tool that analyzes compiled firmware files and shows what functions take up the most space, even when
• wu-cvgl/neuworldA research paper repository, accepted at ECCV 2026, for a neural method that lets a system explore a scene int
• 0xsufi/fable-jailbreakA sparse JavaScript tool that injects workflow files into Claude Code sessions, described by its README as byp
• afumu/openteamA Chrome extension that hijacks your logged-in ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, DeepSeek, and Grok tabs to run one sha
• ahapbean/xhcA research paper and code release describing xHC, a method that widens a transformer's residual pathway to six
• akitaonrails/frank_scanlationA cross-platform Tauri desktop app that turns any ad-hoc scanlation manga website into a Kindle-like library w
• avisforevelyn/duettoA self-hosted listen-together music player for two people with an AI companion that hears the songs and rememb

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