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• cgissing/windows-computer-useA plugin that lets AI agents (like Codex) control Windows desktop apps by seeing the screen, clicking buttons,
• charlesdove977/procedure-opsProcedure Ops adds a slash command to Claude Code that guides founders and operators through writing Standard
• clefspear/starcommandA cross-shell terminal greeting that draws a unique, reproducible rocket ship from a random color palette ever
• cliffsector21/fooocusA repository with no source code that presents itself as a pre-packaged build of the open-source Fooocus image
• cschanhniem/clawpingA Cloudflare Workers-based Telegram watchdog that monitors home servers and self-hosted apps from the inside,
• cub3y0nd/entropicEntropic is a retro terminal-style blog theme built with Astro, featuring ASCII art, ANSI colors, and plain-te
• dabit3/cloud-stacked-diffscloud-stacked-diffs is an agent skill that teaches AI coding assistants to split large tasks into a chain of s
• daemonmothsmelter/ai-wrapper-saas-builderA GitHub landing page claiming to offer a pre-activated Windows build of an AI Wrapper and SaaS Builder tool,
• davidcarliez/cve-2026-58635-pocA proof-of-concept exploit showing how a Windows Narrator Braille bug lets a standard user gain SYSTEM level a
• ddekadt/my580_agentic_aiUniversity workshop materials teaching agentic AI concepts to social science and data science students using G
• drobiazkin/ai-agent-architectureA free, open engineering book and course teaching how LLM systems and AI agents actually work, from tokenizati
• ebyebots/chrome_fixA one-click Windows script that changes a Chrome browser flag to bypass Russian internet censorship that block
• edgenuitybot/exodusbotPaid Tampermonkey userscript that overlays automation toggles on the Edgenuity online school platform, includi
• en970/ui-vaultA curated directory of 190+ free and low-cost tools for building bold, premium, 3D web and app interfaces, org
• endadministrator/ai-interior-design-roomgpt-remodel-aiRepository claiming to offer pre-activated builds of AI interior design tools (RoomGPT, Remodel AI) with paid
• evolink-ai/awesome-seedream-5-pro-guide-and-promptA prompt and example guide for the Seedream 5.0 Pro image generation model, showing how to edit, position, and
• f1shel/mpm-liteResearch code from a 2026 graphics paper that simulates materials like snow and elastic bodies without needing
• feelingiacolander/ai-email-assistant-superhuman-ai-shortwaveA landing page claiming to distribute pre-activated Windows builds of Superhuman and Shortwave AI email tools,
• flh-raouf/td-bddLocal BDD/SQL practice app for CS students at ESI Algiers — 26 exercises on a realistic Algerian telecom schem
• flinttarantulagorge/opus-clip-vizard-pro-freeA GitHub landing page claiming to distribute pre-activated copies of Opus Clip and Vizard Pro AI video tools w
• francescopnr-dev/xmb-dashboardA KDE Plasma 6 desktop widget that turns your app launcher into a fullscreen PlayStation-style XrossMediaBar m
• gaearon/redux-react-hookA library of React hooks that let components read data from a Redux store and dispatch actions without the usu
• gammachain-dev/arbitrage-trading-botAn automated trading bot that watches Polymarket crypto prediction markets every second and buys or sells base
• ghuyphan/kiosk-browserAn Android kiosk app that locks a device into full screen browsing of one configured website, with remote curs
• gotolu/cx-notifier-marketplaceA notifier plugin for Codex and Claude Code that alerts you by chat app or desktop when a task finishes or nee
• greennavigatorcanal/chatgpt-gpt-5A GitHub landing page claiming to distribute a pre-activated Windows build of ChatGPT Desktop with GPT-5 acces
• huiyeji-7/pei-pei-shuaAn Android study app for China's civil service exam that adds a floating AI button over any app — tap it to sc
• hustcc/amapcnReady-made map components for building China-focused maps on top of the AMap Gaode Maps API.
• hy-spongebob/hy-spongebobA placeholder repo for SpongeBob, an AI research project from USTC and Tencent that edits video and audio toge
• ibkr-bouncybot/ibkr-trading-botA Windows desktop app that automates a single long-side stock trade at a time through Interactive Brokers. It
• icutool/microsoftemailmanageA self-hosted FastAPI dashboard for bulk-importing, tagging, and monitoring many Hotmail and Outlook mailboxes
• insight-vla/insightA robotics research framework from Stanford and Princeton that lets a robot identify which movement skills it
• iranee/fnos-hermes-agentAn AI assistant app built specifically for fnOS NAS devices, installed as a native app with a web control pane
• itsmepure/dlmm-manual-bypurexbtA Telegram bot for manually managing Solana liquidity positions on Meteora DLMM, where every trade action requ
• ivon852/ecchi-fanservice-anime-list-dataA structured JSON dataset cataloging anime titles with explicit fanservice content, designed to power Hugo-gen
• jacobparis/trackcnA command line tool that copies files, folders, or code from GitHub repos into your project and lets you pull
• javlonbek1233/-stormbound-warriorA TypeScript app called Stormbound Warrior built with Google's Gemini AI, runnable locally with a Gemini API k
• javlonbek1233/zenith-city-2121A TypeScript app called Zenith City 2121, built with Google AI Studio and Gemini AI, though its README only co
• jcarterjohnson/constellateConstellate turns your saved AI chat history into an explorable 3D map where similar conversations cluster tog
• jesseduffield/openprayA satirical Go tool that pays an AI model on a schedule to generate prayers asking it to protect your server,
• jiangmuran/claude-in-boxA Docker container that runs Claude Code in interactive mode and exposes it as a web service over one port, so
• jiefuhe/nineplusA personal-build iOS app that shows your Ninebot electric vehicle's battery, range, and location via a dashboa
• jillesme/pi-herdr-squadA Pi coding agent extension that spins up temporary, strictly read-only teams of investigation agents inside H
• jpy211987605-cmd/finance-realtime-analysisA real-time data platform that collects, stores, and visualizes live prices for gold, silver, oil, and copper
• jstone2934/kagentA VS Code and Cursor extension that turns AI coding agent file edits into candlestick stock charts, letting yo
• juncheng0178-del/gwenA small Chinese language model built from scratch in plain PyTorch, with 80M–252M parameters, designed for lea
• kakunin-ai/kakunin-coreA platform that issues digital certificates to AI agents, scores their behavior for risk, and automatically re
• kernullist/pseudoforgeAn IDA Pro plugin that cleans up decompiled Windows kernel driver code, turning raw addresses and hex codes in
• killop/codedb-mcpA fast Rust server that indexes your codebase and lets AI coding assistants search it by exact text or by mean
• kkongry0819/6657upupWindows desktop helper for the Douyu live-stream chat that copies stock jokes and quotes and can generate new
• kqiu10/sherlogSherlog is an AI-powered tool that reads your application failure logs, finds the bug, proposes a code fix, an
• kyubuns/lightweightfpscounterA minimal, low overhead on screen FPS counter plugin for Unity's Universal Render Pipeline, showing detailed C
• langchain-ai/google-adk-realtime-deepagents-exampleA demo voice agent that talks with you live using Google's Gemini API and hands off complex questions to a bac
• lengthshieldgrip/ai-meeting-notes-otterai-fireflies-granolaA repository with no source code that claims to offer pre-activated, subscription-free versions of Otter.ai, F
• lulufubin/final-env-publicA Python library that makes web requests carry the exact same network fingerprint as real Firefox 151, so requ
• lyrics-nju/nan-sentinelWindows desktop app that monitors QQ group chats in the background, uses AI to sort incoming messages into fou
• madisonrickert/ableton-sheet-music-extensionAn Ableton Live extension that displays MIDI clips as traditional sheet music with instrument transposition pr
• mangox-ai/ai-video-downloaderClaude Code skills that download videos from social platforms and generate Vietnamese dubbed versions using sp
• matem6/yarp2jbA PS5 jailbreak tool that combines two exploits to gain root-level kernel access on firmware 9.00–12.70. Takes
• matheusaudibert/souzadexA community gallery site of AI generated images of one person, collected through GitHub pull request submissio
• mathruffian-dot/antigravity-lazy-packA public cheat-sheet repository of reusable setup guides and checklists for an AI-assisted development workflo
• metin-aksu/metoolsA macOS menu bar app that adds Windows style cut and paste, new text file creation, and familiar keyboard shor
• miaai-lab/qwen3.6-35b-a3b-ud-q8_k_xl_dgx-spark-recipeShell scripts that start, stop, and auto download a large open weight AI language model to run locally on high
• mikewang817/tformulaA terminal tool that renders LaTeX math formulas as real images when using AI coding agents like Codex or Clau
• mithun-srinivas/doxdockA free set of PDF and image tools, like merge, split, compress, and edit, that all run inside your browser wit
• mu-wan/papery-epub-readerA quiet, ad free, local first EPUB and TXT ebook reader for Windows, Linux, Android, and the web, with no acco
• nestyme/awesome-promptsA personal collection of AI prompts and agent skills for critiquing a business, analyzing competitor videos, a
• nikhilkain/strideStride is a free, privacy-first Android step counter app with no ads or accounts. It counts steps, shows progr
• nokia-guy123/rwfilemanagerAn overlay file browser you inject into any iOS app to browse, edit, rename, and manage the app's private stor
• ntu-ai4x/conceptseg-r1Research code for concept-level image segmentation that pairs a multimodal LLM with a frozen SAM 3 model and t
• nullmagic2/dos98-englishAn unofficial English translation of PC-98 MS-DOS 5.00, distributed as IPS patches you apply to your own origi
• numb94/crewai-astockA CrewAI multi-agent system for studying China A-share stocks, with seven cooperating agent roles, a Flask plu
• oop7/android-debloaterDesktop app that removes unwanted pre-installed apps from Android phones in bulk via a computer, with automati
• open-dpm/dpmAn open-source toolkit that treats data product schemas, ownership, and rules as versioned files checked autom
• openwhale-org/openwhaleA TypeScript framework for building automated crypto trading strategies, with AI models callable directly insi
• optima-cityu/llm4ad_nextA research platform that uses AI language models together with an evolutionary process to automatically write
• outaouss/1337_piscine_2025A collection of practice exercises and exam previews to help students prepare for 1337 Khouribga's entry codin
• owenihfyoung3284/burp-suite-executor-scriptsA collection of Burp Suite extensions and Python scripts for web security and penetration testing, including S
• pashpashpash/schwab-cliA command-line tool written in Rust that connects to Charles Schwab's brokerage API, letting you check balance
• patrickarlt/grunt-middlemanA Grunt plugin that lets you run Middleman, a Ruby static site generator, directly from your Grunt build pipel
• pauloberezini/hermes-synapseA self-hosted, visual framework for building teams of AI agents that plan dynamically and coordinate through a
• pbakaus/impeccable-talksConference talk decks, speaker notes, and demos by Paul Bakaus about AI skill engineering and design tooling.
• pioner92/react-native-columnarA React Native library that moves large numeric datasets from native C++ code to JavaScript as zero-copy typed
• pomran/steam-friend-finderA tool that scans your Steam library and ranks your friends by gaming compatibility — whoever shares the most
• quixiai/embeddinggemma.cA fast C server that turns text into embedding vectors using the EmbeddingGemma 300M model. It runs on CPUs an
• rmndkyl/lyid-scriptsA paid storefront for crypto airdrop automation bots, not free open source code.
• rod-trent/siemtriageAn AI agent that triages Microsoft Sentinel and Defender security incidents automatically, producing a verdict
• roomdelegatekink/bark-piper-coqui-tts-local-ttsA landing page claiming to offer pre-activated Windows builds of Bark, Piper TTS, and Coqui TTS with no restri
• rossevelt1313/mimoautoA TypeScript CLI that automates Xiaomi MiMo account signup end to end and outputs a working API key.
• ruthvikj/realityframeRealityFrame is a Python webcam app that applies real-time visual effects like thermal vision, ghost mode, and
• sadassimov/geemu-skillA skill folder for Claude Code and OpenAI Codex that gives AI assistants structured workflows and domain knowl
• samwhosung/benillaA from-scratch rebuild of the 2006 World of Warcraft game client using Rust and Bevy. It reads your legal game
• sander110419/lightroom-cc-on-linuxA step-by-step, AI-researched guide with patched files that make Adobe Lightroom CC actually work on Linux thr
• scaleapi/swe-interactA 75-task benchmark that tests AI coding agents on realistic, multi-turn conversations with a simulated user,
• sdkdeepa/ailearninglab-workshopWorkshop materials for building AI agents with Google's Agent Development Kit (ADK). Covers single agents, par
• search-swarm/searchswarmSearchSwarm trains a 30B-parameter agent to delegate complex research tasks to subagents, each gathering cited
• selva-345/incomeshield-aiA prototype platform that automatically compensates Indian gig workers when weather, air quality, or traffic c
• sheetadvocatetag/gradio-streamlit-ai-demosA repository with no source code that claims to distribute pre-activated builds of Gradio and Streamlit via an
• shiye-10pages/memoryhubA local, evidence backed personal memory system that stores your AI conversations and lets any AI recall them
• something-mighty/vk_dxgiSingle-header C++ library that gives Vulkan applications on Windows direct control over DXGI presentation, unl

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