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• gregoire-costory/awesome-agentic-finopsA curated list of AI-powered tools that let teams chat with, monitor, and act on their cloud spending data.
• gunnerenchant32/team-fortress-2-dominate-every-matchA repository advertising a Team Fortress 2 game cheat with an external download link; its instructions to disa
• h4ni0/fableA personal workspace that links out to three separate side-project repositories using Git submodules, with lit
• hanversionovo/ohsidianAn unofficial port of the Obsidian note-taking app to HarmonyOS tablets and foldables, built by creating a com
• haritha-08/esp32_testA minimal personal test project for the ESP32 microcontroller written in C++ with PlatformIO, with almost no d
• harlan-zhang/maxspeakA free, open-source web app that converts text to spoken audio using MiniMax's AI voice service, with cloning
• he-wei-gui/everythingtohtmlA Python library and CLI that converts PDFs, Word, Excel, EPUB, and other formats into a single self-contained
• henan0o0/ao3-to-arxivTwo Tampermonkey userscripts that restyle AO3 fan fiction pages to look like arXiv or bioRxiv academic papers,
• hendrixer/harness-engineeringA one-day hands-on workshop teaching developers how to build durable, production-ready infrastructure around A
• hhhkarimi/telegram-channel-csv-exporterA Python tool with a GUI and CLI that exports public Telegram channel posts to CSV over a date range, without
• himanshu-dixit/personal-gatsby-websiteA ready-to-fork personal website template with a portfolio, blog, comments, newsletter, and dark mode, built w
• hloolx/hloolmailA self-hosted server that receives email for every address on a domain automatically, built for automation, te
• hostingglobal-tech/katok-windowsA Windows fork of katok, a local search tool for your own KakaoTalk chats, using keyword, BM25, and semantic s
• hunyed15/cloud-monitorCloud Monitor is a free, Cloudflare Workers based platform that watches servers connected through a ZJMF hosti
• icetea-cv/mv-romaA Python research library that finds matching points across multiple photos simultaneously — keeping correspon
• ikeda042/abysseyeA browser app for scientists to manage microscopy images, run AI classification on detected cell candidates, m
• infusionvictor/warren-buffett-jrA six-agent stock research system, built on Claude Code, that scores US companies on fundamentals, technicals,
• intergra/dishonored_2_simplified_chinese_translationA complete Simplified Chinese fan translation mod for the game Dishonored 2, covering menus, dialogue, subtitl
• internetmaximalism/lean-reinforced-concreteA pair of Claude skills that help formalize real systems in the Lean proof language and then try to break the
• isalia20/metalblasA Python library that replaces PyTorch's matrix multiplication on Apple Silicon Macs with custom Metal GPU cod
• ismkdc/kosmos-vize-bot-v2A Telegram bot that watches the Kosmos visa appointment system and alerts you the moment a new appointment slo
• iuliaferoli/backtoengineeringA visual, game-like tech tree website that maps out a learning path from beginner curiosity to building AI-pow
• jachinx-ai/writter-skillsA set of three Chinese-language AI agent skills that turn raw notes, interviews, or requirements into finished
• jack-and-jill-ai/jack_and_jill_ai_guidesA public collection of internal AI agent design frameworks from a recruiting startup with 200k users, sharing
• jacobparis/this-needs-a-callA self-hosted Vercel app that lets a Codex coding agent start a voice call session so you can talk through ide
• jakobfriedl/asyncscan-bofAn asynchronous TCP port scanner shipped as a Beacon Object File (BOF) for the Conquest C2 framework, used by
• janfrombelgium/japi-baseFirmware and hardware design for a homemade retro 8-bit-style computer built on a Raspberry Pi Pico 2 with VGA
• jeremytammik/eubimSlide deck and notes from a 2026 conference talk on using AI tools like Claude to automate building informatio
• jiang1997/claude-code-language-coachA Claude Code plugin that checks each prompt you type against a target language, suggesting grammar fixes or a
• jiezi-ai/grantJiezi Grant is a transparent, GitHub-run program that gives Chinese university students paid AI coding API cre
• jigggyzigggy/github-achievements-hunterA guide and set of shell scripts that help you unlock all of GitHub's profile achievement badges, automating t
• jnmhub/gopay-auto-protocolA Python script that automatically registers GoPay (an Indonesian digital payments app) accounts by buying tem
• joelbeja2000/ovenotesdsA homebrew Nintendo DS app that lets you draw on the touchscreen and upload your sketch as a PNG to a local se
• joesturge/godot-secure-templaterA command line tool that automates building encrypted Godot game export templates without manual compiler setu
• joshhu/jspaceAn interactive tool that visualizes what a language model is about to say at every internal layer and token po
• jpboliv/eridianA playful Claude Code plugin that makes responses talk like Rocky from Project Hail Mary while tracking token
• kappaemme-git/codex-sell-my-saas-skillA small Codex AI skill that reads any software product landing page URL and writes ready-to-publish social med
• kelseyhightower/cloudfunctionA support package that lets developers write Google Cloud Functions in Go, handling the plumbing between Go co
• kentem1/tiktok-reporting-botA README describing a tool that submits mass reports against TikTok accounts to get them removed, distributed
• kentjuno/audiobookkj-v2.1An experimental local AI studio that turns scripts into narrated audiobook and video projects using text-to-sp
• kevinbudz/quickbarA KDE Plasma 6 panel widget that moves application menu bars into your desktop panel, similar to how macOS men
• kieiken/ultracode-token-optimizationA Claude Code skill of operating rules for writing token-efficient multi-agent Ultracode workflow scripts.
• kizuna-intelligence/flux2-klein-liteA Python library that compresses the FLUX.2-klein image generation model using 4-bit quantization so it runs o
• klotzkette/arbeitszeugnispruefer-skillA single instruction file that turns an AI chatbot into a tool for analyzing German employment references for
• koaexe/koaexeA GitHub profile README for a self-taught developer and designer named Anirudh who works across UI design, web
• konokoaz/comfyui-krea2-referenceA ComfyUI add-on for the Krea 2 image model that combines a character reference and a style reference into one
• kremovtort/tabterm.nvimA Neovim plugin that gives each editor tab its own floating terminal workspace with a sidebar list of running
• krivitsky/professional-agentic-product-engineeringA field guide plus interactive tutor and coaching tools that teach people to work with AI coding agents throug
• kuaoaoaoao/coolrunA macOS menu bar app showing live gold prices in yuan and a spinning coin icon that speeds up with CPU usage,
• l-nemu/travelminimalAn iOS SwiftUI app for keeping a minimal personal travel journal, with budget planning, daily logs, a map view
• lanternko/aram-mayhem-databaseARAM Mayhem Database tracks League of Legends ARAM Mayhem match data that Riot's public API no longer provides
• liliu-z/stashbaseLocal knowledge base app that continuously indexes folders of notes and PDFs and exposes them to Claude, ChatG
• liuyoumi/codex-historyA command-line tool to safely browse, search, and delete local conversation history stored by the Codex AI cod
• locuslab/eqrResearch code from Carnegie Mellon that trains neural networks to solve hard reasoning tasks like extreme Sudo
• logxio/picchioA single-file Python tool that catches when a local LLM is silently running on CPU instead of GPU, or has a mi
• lourousa/frauddetectionA demo project showing how Apache Fluss, Flink, and Iceberg work together for real-time bank fraud detection w
• lsy5920/tangxin-zhizhe-extensionA Chrome extension for managing multiple video-platform accounts, tracking playback, and downloading videos in
• madeye/sip003-http2-obfuscatorGo SIP003 plugin example for Shadowsocks that wraps encrypted proxy traffic in HTTP/2 HEADERS and DATA frames
• malaq88/displayconnectAn Android app that sends bike navigation data over Bluetooth to a cheap ESP32 screen mounted on your handleba
• margetrp-hub/gpt-account-managerA self-hosted Python web app for managing multiple OpenAI and ChatGPT accounts in bulk — it runs OAuth credent
• maria-rcks/modeA personal configuration workspace that layers the author's preferred settings, tooling, and file changes on t
• mattc95/2026-ai-detector-benchmarkA May 2026 benchmark of four commercial AI-text detectors (GPTHumanizer, GPTZero, ZeroGPT, Sapling) on 1,000 b
• medadembha/docflowA set of Bash scripts that scaffolds a seven-folder documentation structure inside any code repository so AI c
• mega-edo/mega-tronA shared skill layer for Codex, Claude Code, and Gemini CLI that only loads relevant skills per prompt and tra
• megabytefisher/dragonfruitDragonfruit is a from scratch emulator that runs real Palm OS ROMs on ESP32 hardware by recreating the origina
• mengmengcode/mailgoA self-hosted webmail client that unifies multiple IMAP/SMTP accounts with PGP encryption and an AI writing as
• merrymak3r/wow-llm-personasA tiny local Python shim that gives AI playerbots in a classic WoW private server real, distinct personalities
• metin-aksu/miviewerA fast, minimal macOS image viewer that lets you browse every picture in a folder using the keyboard.
• mhiskall282/novice-dev-with-aiA 4-day beginner web development course teaching HTML, CSS, and Flexbox while using AI tools like Claude as gu
• mic92/fast-nix-gcfast-nix-gc is a faster, drop-in replacement for Nix's built-in garbage collection and store optimization comm
• mikemcquaid/open-source-resistanceOpen Source Resistance is a single-page Jekyll site hosting a manifesto arguing that company engineers should
• mikuz12/exampass-assistantA Python tool that converts university lecture slides and documents (PPTX, DOCX, PDF) into browser-ready HTML
• milankovo/struct-compareAn IDA Pro plugin that shows two structure or union types side by side, aligned by field offset, so reverse en
• mirandaaldana/idurar-crmPersonal fork of IDURAR, a MERN stack open-source ERP and CRM for small businesses to manage invoices, quotes,
• mmm1712/edge-ai-object-tracking-cameraA DIY pan/tilt camera that uses onboard AI hardware to detect and follow objects on its own, with no laptop re
• modelscope/awesome-vibe-researchA curated, community-maintained list of AI tools and agents that help with every stage of academic research, f
• moh4696/10-ai-careers-roadmapA free, curated collection of learning resources and roadmaps for ten AI-related careers, meant to accompany a
• moritzheiber/laptop-provisioningA personal automation toolkit that sets up an Ubuntu laptop for development with a single command, using recip
• mrcarlsama/mrcarlsama-social-transcriber-skillA skill for AI coding agents that downloads a single Douyin or Xiaohongshu video, extracts the audio, transcri
• mstryoda/pgtraceA Rust-based PostgreSQL extension that traces individual SQL queries and connects them to your application's e
• musaibbashir/beyond-the-layersA free, openly licensed book on Machine Learning and Deep Learning that builds intuition before introducing ma
• nanlan886/silhouette-sidebarAn Android app that adds a floating sidebar panel to phones and tablets that lack a built-in one. Tap a small
• nanparth/ai-skill-hubA personal collection of nine AI assistant skills covering research, business, legal diagrams, job application
• nashknight/llm-whiteboardA Chinese-language study guide with short PyTorch snippets for the LLM internals (attention, RoPE, LoRA, MoE,
• ncuzlyang/dangforgeA Chinese-language AI agent skill that walks an AI through a structured value-investing checklist before analy
• neha23jk/ekam_An AI powered platform that turns a plain English description of a competition into a running event, handling
• nevertoday/xiaoxiaodongA static community hub for AI image creators and a skill that compresses long articles or content into phone-r
• ningzimu/claude-code-lensA local proxy and visualizer that lets developers inspect exactly what Claude Code sends to and receives from
• nohzafk/emacs-workspace-hudAn Emacs extension that adds a floating status card in the top-right corner showing your Git branch, uncommitt
• nonetss/playbook-runnerA self hosted web dashboard for running and scheduling Ansible playbooks, without the setup weight of AWX or A
• oldantique/zotkitA command line tool for managing your Zotero reference library, including uploading and downloading attachment
• omarshahine/findmy-cliA macOS command-line tool that reads Find My people and device locations by screenshotting the Find My app and
• ontheview/mammotion-rcTurns a Mammotion robot lawn mower into a remotely controllable, camera-equipped device using a small Bluetoot
• oranger-l/mgsdA research codebase for training AI models to plan through visual spatial tasks like mazes by learning from bo
• orsso/d2d-companionA GNOME Shell extension that adds hover, press, and launch animations to the desktop dock without replacing it
• oscarpastry/trapshA command-line tool that records a terminal session and turns the working commands into a clean, reusable scri
• otsolain/geckoA self-hosted passive reconnaissance platform for authorized security testing that runs sequential information
• otsolain/sanguineroseA Python command-line tool for authorized security testing of website registration endpoints — sends batches o
• p2544/background-removerA single-file browser image editor that removes photo backgrounds using AI, a color selector, or a manual brus
• pantafive/faderA free, open-source macOS menu bar app to switch audio outputs, set per-app volume levels, group two devices t

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