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• shbontour/notion-agent-cacheA command-line tool that syncs selected Notion pages to local Markdown files so AI assistants can read your do
• shenawy29/xdg-nvfilechooser.nvimA Neovim plugin that replaces your Linux desktop's file-upload picker with a fast, keyboard-driven fuzzy finde
• shopify/ucp-cliShopify CLI that lets an AI agent search merchant catalogs, build carts, and complete checkouts using the open
• signalapp/emoji-search-indexA searchable, multi-language keyword database that helps Signal users find the right emoji by typing what they
• stealthyboy93/bibata-catppuccin-cursorA set of Linux cursor themes that recolors the Bibata cursor design into the four official Catppuccin palettes
• svd-ai-lab/open-engineerA Windows desktop engineering workbench built on OpenCode that bundles skills for scientific paper search and
• swmarakis/thinkpad-fan-controlThinkPad Fan Control gives Linux laptop owners manual control over their cooling fan through a desktop app and
• syncfusion/maui-ui-builderAn AI coding-assistant skill that turns a plain-English description of a mobile or desktop UI into ready-to-us
• taskslinger/taskslingerTaskSlinger is the official issue tracker repository for the taskslinger.net product, used only for reporting
• teambaconn/unrealeasypackageA desktop app that puts a graphical interface over Unreal Engine's packaging process, with saved build profile
• technolaaji/scribe-libraryScribe Library is a local, offline web server for browsing, reading, and syncing handwritten notebooks and ebo
• techuouo520/userdataissafefromusersA satirical, archived project whose joke terms-of-service README wraps a tool for reading and exporting your o
• terryc21/skill-reviewerA Claude Code skill that reviews other Claude Code skills, producing a sorted report of strengths, finding car
• tigercosmos/aoe-miniA browser-based real-time strategy game inspired by Age of Empires II, built in TypeScript with three civiliza
• timoncool/hermes-ru-localeA complete Russian language translation for Hermes Agent Desktop, covering 2218 interface strings and installa
• tomasgz7/coresyncA five-agent AI pipeline that automates matching check-in and check-out records to reconcile corporate trainin
• tonybanters/lsbtwA from-scratch C reimplementation of the `ls` command built as a learning project, showing step by step how di
• tonyd2wild/2wild-coding-agent-latency-monitorA zero-dependency live dashboard that fires many parallel streaming requests at an AI model server and shows r
• tzz1289328163-tzz/one-sentence-ai-food-orderingA prototype that turns one natural language sentence into a food delivery recommendation, cart, and order flow
• umocxzzz/astrbot_plugin_owstats777An Astrbot chat plugin that lets players look up Overwatch 2 stats, match history, and AI-generated coaching f
• vanillanahida/nte-custom-bagelA Windows mod tool for the game NTE that lets players replace in-game photo backgrounds with their own images
• vatsal057/chrome-to-safariA macOS command line tool and app that converts Chrome extensions into Safari extensions signed with a free Ap
• venglin/setcredA security research disclosure for CVE-2026-45250, a FreeBSD 14.x kernel bug that lets any logged-in user gain
• vigneshwari-08/server_log-analyzer-intrusion-detectorA single Bash script that ranks errors from Linux system logs and spots SSH brute-force attempts, ranking atta
• vivekvkashyap/synthetic-self-improve-rlA Claude Code skill that runs a loop where Claude invents synthetic training data, retrains a small student mo
• w3nder/multi-wa-apiA server-side API for controlling multiple WhatsApp accounts at once. Send messages, receive events, and manag
• waylean/siduchishui-skillA Codex/AI-agent skill that structures decision making under uncertainty for technical diagnosis, using a deci
• weijunn/doubaoassistantA browser extension for Doubao and Dola chat that extracts watermark-free generated images and videos, extends
• wepoets1107/btc-collision-hunterA Python art project that generates Bitcoin private keys and checks for funded wallets — not to find any, but
• wezzard/toll-free-harnessA TypeScript library that lets you automate Claude Code and similar AI coding assistants by programmatically s
• whale-yd00/whale-yd00-whale-browser-extensionA Chrome and Edge browser extension that extracts visible text from any web page — including login-gated sites
• wood-q/mokioagentA step by step Python teaching project that grows a minimal AI tool call into a small coding and terminal assi
• wshuyi/zettel-builderA Python tool that converts reading material into a network of atomic note cards using the Zettelkasten method
• x-plug/toolcuaToolCUA is a research AI agent that operates a desktop like a human, choosing between clicking through a GUI a
• yingkaisun-kai/floralmdA native Mac app for opening and editing single Markdown files anywhere on your computer, no vault or folder s
• yoshuawuyts/virtual-rafA lightweight JavaScript library that syncs virtual-dom UI updates with the browser's requestAnimationFrame lo
• yuheng0426/game_programmingreferenceA folder-by-folder C++ learning collection that teaches game systems, from basic movement to rollback networki
• yzy1223/jarvisJ.A.R.V.I.S. is a Python multi-agent coding assistant that remembers successful past sessions, turning repeate
• z-yiwei/signal-playgroundA browser tool for learning signals and DSP where you type a LaTeX expression and see the time-domain signal p
• z3247124509-sketch/vibe-coding-prd-skillA Codex skill that turns messy product requirements or documents into a clean, coding ready PRD.
• zakipedio/gadgetsniperA command line tool that scans 64-bit Windows DLLs to find call-stack spoofing gadgets using real instruction
• zenitlab/ai-hot-radarAn open-source AI news aggregator that pulls from eight sources, filters and scores items using AI, and delive
• zhouwei713/miniature-rescue-promptA prompt-writing skill for AI text-to-video tools that generates giant-hand miniature disaster rescue clips us
• zhovner/adafruit-pn532An Arduino library forked from Adafruit's PN532 driver that reads and writes RFID and contactless payment card
• ziyangcheng001-hue/yuni-tabA browser extension that turns your new tab page into a glowing, liquid-glass styled Bing search page with vid
• zzszmyf/codefuseCodeFuse pre-indexes a codebase into a searchable graph of functions, classes, and their relationships so AI c
• zzyong24/thirdspace-vault-templateA ready-to-clone knowledge base template that lets AI agents like Claude Code and Cursor automatically organiz
• 0xblackash/cve-2026-46242A write-up explaining CVE-2026-46242, a high-severity use-after-free vulnerability in the Linux kernel's epoll
• 1038lab/comfyui-agnes-aiComfyUI nodes that call the free, cloud-based Agnes AI API to generate images and videos, enhance prompts, and
• 11station/applied-linguistics-paper-writingA Codex skill that helps researchers write and polish applied linguistics papers, from research questions to j
• 1tdspg-26/front-aula5-1semA classroom HTML exercise where students build a multi-page sports website with accessible navigation.
• 5ec1cff/mysysteminjectorA customization tool for Xiaomi phones running MIUI or HyperOS that lets power users disable aggressive app ki
• 6mb/vohiveA self-hosted dashboard for managing multiple cellular USB modems, letting each one run its own proxy, send SM
• acoyfellow/svelte-edgeA Cloudflare Workers demo where a chat AI writes Svelte 5 interface code that gets compiled and shown live ins
• adindazu/ultimatevocalA Rust project labeled as a real-time processing framework, but its README is generic template text with no co
• adityaarsharma/wordpress-malware-removalAn AI-agent-driven toolkit that audits, cleans, and hardens hacked WordPress sites, including hidden malware.
• adsorgcn/adspilotAdsPilot is a locally run AI agent that operates your own Google Ads account directly through natural language
• ai-nate/miaosuanMiaosuan is an open-source daily strategy-review tool that has an AI agent read what happened each day, interp
• aithink001/codex-dream-skin-themesAn open source skill that adds custom background images and color themes to the Codex desktop app on macOS and
• akinia0315/sky-with-youAn automation tool that gives an AI companion a physical presence in the PC game Sky: Children of the Light, l
• alectrocute/honeypromptA deception tool that runs fake network services like SSH, web, Docker and Kubernetes APIs, using an LLM to co
• allyourcodebase/nasmA Zig package that lets you pull the NASM x86 assembler into your Zig project as a build dependency.
• alonsovm44/tc-langA minimal systems programming language with only 10 keywords that transpiles to readable C11, aimed at embedde
• andyuneducated/resolve-aiScaffold of a multi-agent customer-support system with four specialist agents coordinated by LangGraph, five m
• applicative-systems/gcangcan finds what is quietly pinning gigabytes in your Nix store and lets you review, sort, and safely delete th
• arcboxlabs/expo-libghosttyA real terminal screen component for Expo and React Native apps on iOS and Android, built on the Ghostty termi
• arseniomuanda/gestschoolA Laravel and PHP school management system for handling enrollments, grades, attendance, and reports, free for
• artem76228/paperosA custom operating system for the M5Stack Cardputer pocket computer. It includes a file manager, paint app, ga
• asyncawait547/omnidispatchA hackathon demo that speeds up infrastructure incident dispatch using three parallel AI agents on Azure, with
• ataraxy-labs/lazydiffA terminal tool for reviewing Git diffs and GitHub pull requests without leaving the command line.
• baiyuetribe/codesA small collection of one-click shell scripts that quickly install useful software like Docker and a web-based
• barathgb007/upstox-python-dataA Python toolkit for pulling live and historical Indian stock market data from Upstox, including options data
• bear4f/netshape-managerA command line tool that auto-tunes Linux server networking to reduce buffering and dropped connections for me
• beatweavergazebo/cinema-4d-full-version-crackedA repository falsely claiming to offer a free, unlocked copy of Cinema 4D (a paid 3D modeling app). It contain
• biplobsarker/umbrella-hwidWindows tool that changes hardware identifiers (motherboard, disk, MAC, GPU, registry entries) so a PC reports
• bitbetterde/paperless-ngx-erechnungA Paperless-ngx plugin that automatically reads German electronic invoices (XRechnung and ZUGFeRD) and extract
• bluejacketblackhawk/saysomethingA free, open source, fully local voice dictation app for Windows and Mac that types what you say using on devi
• bnlbnf/relaywatchA dashboard that discovers AI API relay/reseller sites, compares their model prices, tracks announcements and
• boring-marketing-com/ai-short-form-video-skillA written playbook that guides an AI agent through making a complete short-form video, from script and voiceov
• bossrodcommunity/bagyo-rescueA nearly-empty TypeScript monorepo scaffold managed with pnpm workspaces and Turborepo. README documents comma
• brun3y/ibm_bob_harnessA Docker wrapper that exposes IBM's Bob Shell AI coding agent over a REST API and Slack bot, with an unrestric
• brunch/clean-css-brunchA plugin for the Brunch build tool that automatically shrinks CSS files during project builds, making websites
• carlborg/tuya-pet-feeder-reverse-engineeringHow one person removed cloud dependency from a Tuya pet feeder by replacing its WiFi module with an ESP8266 an
• carriex6/cvpr2026_similarity_as_evidenceOfficial CVPR 2026 code that uses BiomedCLIP image similarity to estimate uncertainty in active learning for m
• catowabisabi/heso-ai-orchestratorA two-agent system that automatically reviews and improves your codebase in a continuous loop — one agent thin
• changcheng967/fh6-allinone-trainerA single-file trainer tool for Forza Horizon 6 that lets you max out in-game currency, unlock all cars and upg
• chinaran0/wujing_dicChrome extension that builds weak-password wordlists for authorized pentests from the current domain. Strips c
• cmdos-app/cmdosA Chrome extension that opens a keyboard command bar (Alt+S) for quickly accessing notes, links, screenshots,
• coac/bithumb.jsBithumb.js is a JavaScript library that wraps the Bithumb cryptocurrency exchange's API so you can check price
• codejunkie99/familiar-second-brainA local Markdown vault plus MCP server that lets multiple AI assistants share notes and memory across sessions
• codeteacher330/string-similarityA small, deprecated JavaScript library that scores how similar two pieces of text are, from 0 to 1, using Dice
• coleam00/helplineA pretend B2B helpdesk monorepo that serves as a worked example of an AI Layer (CLAUDE.md hierarchy, hooks, sk
• collindjohnson/agent-notifyA small tool that sends you a desktop alert when your AI coding assistant finishes a task or needs a response,
• cozytab/fable5-modeA Claude Code skill and hook set that forces disciplined planning, self checking, and checklist enforcement so
• cuihuan/awesome-ai-gatewayA curated, scored comparison of over 50 AI gateway and LLM proxy tools, including a cost benchmark and a decis
• cvinfotech/cv-lead-to-sheet-bridgeA WordPress plugin that sends form submissions from Contact Form 7, WPForms, Gravity Forms, or Elementor into
• cyizeredev/epmsAn academic full-stack web app for managing employee payroll: add staff, assign departments, calculate gross-t
• dakros66/doc-u1-linkA desktop tool that converts 3D print project files from Bambu Studio into a format that works on a Snapmaker
• dalang-io/ssoA self-hosted identity provider you run yourself, letting your app offer a Google-style login button using sta
• dangtrantanluc/reinforcement-learning-arenaAn educational project where PPO, Dyna-Q, and DQN reinforcement learning agents compete in a Bomberman-style g

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