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• vashhdev/onepaceA terminal tool that streams fan-edited One Piece anime episodes directly into the mpv media player without do
• veripublica/epubveriA fast, pure Rust EPUB file validator that checks ebooks against the official EPUB specification without needi
• vovw/patchpolReproduces a robotics AI paper where a robot arm pushes a T-shaped block to a target using dense camera vision
• vulhub/evil-ipp-serverA fake printer server that exploits CVE-2024-47177 to test if systems trust malicious network printers. Securi
• weellio/waivepulseAn offline, local AI tool that turns lyrics and style tags into a full song with vocals, plus a stem-separatio
• wkratos/c-exam-practice-1337-42A personal archive of over forty C programming exercises used to prepare for the 42 and 1337 coding school ent
• wolffsroom/beachbuggyracing-vitaAn unofficial patcher and loader that lets you play the mobile game Beach Buggy Racing on a PlayStation Vita u
• wudongming97/fasteditwamA research variant of FastWAM that predicts a single future frame with Z-Image to train robots faster on the L
• yangshun/tileryTilery is a TypeScript layout engine for building web apps with resizable, draggable, multi-panel workspaces l
• yarmoluk/ckg-nvidia-aiAn MCP server that gives AI agents a pre-built, traversable knowledge graph of the NVIDIA AI developer stack i
• yyx990803/emitter-fsmA lightweight JavaScript state machine library built on Node's EventEmitter, letting you define states and tra
• yyx990803/linguistThe tool GitHub uses to detect which programming languages a repository is written in and generate the colored
• yyx990803/mini-css-extract-pluginA webpack plugin that pulls CSS out of JavaScript bundles into separate cacheable files, speeding up sites and
• yyx990803/phoenixA web framework for the Elixir language that helps you build and scale fast, real-time web apps from prototype
• yyx990803/postcss-modulesA PostCSS plugin that automatically renames CSS class names to be unique, preventing style conflicts and gener
• yyx990803/samplesA collection of example projects and demos showing how to build cross-platform apps with Kraken, a Dart-based
• zhisheng17/es-learningA curated entry point pointing Java developers to official Elasticsearch docs for the REST API and Java client
• 0xknowles/rubyCustom firmware turning Xteink e-ink readers into a passive WiFi and Bluetooth signal logger, meant strictly f
• 0xrphl/solar-crypto-mining-farm-maximization-controlA DIY controller that automatically mines Bitcoin using only surplus home solar power, never pulling from the
• aa2246740/ultimate-designA design workflow skill for AI coding assistants that clarifies a request, builds the design, then critiques a
• abderazak-py/retro-homepageA single-binary homelab dashboard with a retro CRT aesthetic that shows service links, live system stats, and
• abhayparolkar/zboyA local, sandboxed coding agent for Mac that keeps AI-driven file and shell access inside a disposable contain
• aclark4life/home-depot-crawlA Python scraper built with Scrapy that automatically collects Home Depot product data like price, specs, and
• acoyfellow/zero-cloudflare-helloA one-click deployable hello world example that runs a compiled Zero-language binary on Cloudflare Containers.
• adrenak/scene-switcherA Unity Editor tool that lets you quickly jump between game scenes using a keyboard shortcut menu instead of d
• aetheria-labs1/storefront-skillsAI skill packs that teach Claude Code, Codex, and Cursor to generate, optimize, and publish Shopify storefront
• ag-grid/ag-grid-webcomponent-exampleAn example project showing how to embed ag-Grid, a powerful interactive JavaScript data grid, into a web page
• agg23/openfpga-templateA starter template for building FPGA-based retro gaming cores for the Analogue Pocket handheld device, providi
• alenvelocity/waketoxboxA Windows tray app that wakes a sleeping PC with a game controller and launches it straight into Xbox Full Scr
• alienstoearth/litematica-rceA proof of concept showing a now patched Minecraft mod bug where a malicious server could plant a file in a pl
• anil-matcha/awesome-gpt-image-2-api-promptsA curated collection of ready-to-use text prompts for OpenAI's GPT-Image-2 API, covering styles like portraits
• anil-matcha/face-aging-and-race-change-with-conditional-cycle-ganA machine learning project that edits faces in photos. It can digitally age a person or change their apparent
• anil-matcha/open-ai-vibe-coding-courseA free course that teaches you how to start and run an online business using AI tools, with zero coding requir
• arthurmoorgan/driftA Windows desktop browser built on Electron with vertical tabs, an encrypted password vault, built-in ad block
• asaptf/swift-language-modelsA four-part hands-on course in Swift that builds language models from scratch, going from simple letter counti
• ashishdevasia/ha-proton-drive-backupA Home Assistant add-on that automatically backs up your smart home data to Proton Drive on a schedule, with t
• atcold/sota-modelsA collection of state-of-the-art deep learning architectures bundled together so you can benchmark how fast ea
• atom/etch-list-viewA component for the Atom editor's UI framework that renders very long lists efficiently by only drawing the it
• atomicstrata/atomicmemoryPortable memory layer for AI agents that stores messages and facts in Postgres with pgvector, with a TypeScrip
• autofac/autofac.extras.nhibernateA bridge library for .NET that lets NHibernate's internal database objects use Autofac's dependency injection,
• automatic1111/peacefulprotestsA RimWorld mod that adds a new storyteller character named George Floyd, giving players an extra narrative sty
• ayusrjn/bentenBenten listens to calls between people and voice AI agents, then scores how well the conversation went — measu
• azerdsq131/mcpmA CLI that installs and configures MCP servers across AI coding tools like Claude Code, Cursor, and VS Code in
• bagoldbe/form4labA self-hosted research tool that collects public insider stock trades, scores the traders, and lets you backte
• bearishsun/context-compilerContext Compiler is a Claude Code skill that splits large coding tasks across four AI stages so the expensive
• beastmastergrinder/turbopuffer-engine-opensourceAn educational Go clone of the turbopuffer vector search engine, showing how to build fast vector and full-tex
• benagastov/nim-wasm-compilerA browser-based tool that compiles and runs Nim code entirely in the browser with no server, by chaining WebAs
• benchflow-ai/skillsbench-trajectoriesA public data repository storing processed results and summary data behind the SkillsBench AI leaderboard, whi
• bjdubb/codex-full-outputcodex-full-output is an unofficial Windows patch that expands the OpenAI Codex desktop app's truncated tool ou
• blackfan/s3-request-signerA Burp Suite and Caido extension that automatically generates correctly signed S3 requests for security testin
• brandonrossmq5697/scale-loom-windows-workflowA Windows utility for FL Studio that colors piano roll notes by musical scale and adds harmonic labels for eas
• bro77xp/beginner-friendly-ai-vtuberA Python app that creates a local AI VTuber: it listens to your microphone, generates replies with a local AI
• brunosimon/hetic-h4-p2021-webpack-templateA ready-to-use starter template for web projects that handles all the tedious build configuration so you can s
• burrow-cloud/burrowAn open source tool that lets your AI coding agent deploy, scale, and manage your own Kubernetes cluster behin
• ca-x/nowledge-mem-snapA self-hosted backup and restore service for Nowledge Mem: schedules automatic backups to S3, WebDAV, GCS, or
• canack/huesmithA Rust library that turns a cheap ESP32 board into a smart light that pairs directly with a Philips Hue Bridge
• cardeo/rapid-design-systemA methodology document for product teams that explains how to build a lightweight design system by theming exi
• carlomigueldy/embervaleA browser-based voxel action game where you fight waves of enemies and bosses using two-handed sword combos.
• chaiops/llm-archA terminal UI that visualizes the architecture of a large language model by reading only its checkpoint header
• chonsong/skill-retrieverSkill Retriever is a Hermes Agent plugin that uses one LLM call per query to pick the 3-20 most relevant skill
• ciprianveg/gb10-glm-5.2Deployment configs and patches for running the quantized GLM-5.2 AI language model across an 8-machine GB10 GP
• codearc-studio/devshedA macOS menu bar app and CLI tool that finds and safely deletes leftover Xcode, simulator, and developer tool
• codebreaker77/x-algo-breakdownA source-code-level technical breakdown of X's May 2026 recommendation algorithm, covering its ranking, modera
• codefarm0/coupon-redemption-systemA demo e-commerce system showing how Redis-based distributed locking prevents a limited coupon from being over
• codeitlikemiley/service_templateA Rust starter template that generates ready-to-customize gRPC backend service skeletons in seconds using carg
• codeitlikemiley/tmpA Rust-based repository with no README documentation, description, or usage guide, making its purpose and func
• colin-johnston/hadronA starter kit for building custom WordPress themes fast, combining the Sage theme framework with the Foundatio
• cookiengineer/godecomposeA command line tool that reconstructs readable Go source code from a compiled binary by matching it against kn
• crumbleerp/clarityAn open-source, self-hosted CMS that replaces Sanity by storing your content in your own PostgreSQL database a
• csm101/delphi-visual-studio-code-debuggerA debugger for Delphi Windows programs that works in VS Code or with AI agents, letting you set breakpoints, s
• cyberful/cyberfulAn AI-agent-driven security workbench for authorized penetration testing, bug bounty hunting, and code audits,
• d4l3k/quicA from-scratch experimental attempt to build QUIC, a modern fast networking protocol, in Go. It's a personal l
• da7-tech/mindA single offline Python file that gives AI coding agents brain-like memory with spreading-activation recall, E
• danmoreng/qwen3-tts-androidAn Android app that generates speech from text entirely on your phone using the Qwen3-TTS model, including cus
• davidmosiah/creative-forgeAn AI agent driven pipeline for building paid ad creatives that separates what agents claim from what is actua
• dcbuild3r/x-circleLocal browser tool that turns your X (Twitter) archive into a private network graph and a Top 200 circle PNG e
• deepak1556/node-memwatchnode-memwatch monitors a Node.js app's memory over time and alerts you to leaks, with a HeapDiff tool to pinpo
• democraitus/elons-brainPackages 72 named Elon Musk mental models from 'The Book of Elon' as Claude Code skills, letting you get cited
• diabloidyobane/blindspotA security research project that reverse-engineered a manually-mapped cheat DLL in The Division 2 using read-o
• different-ai/embedbase-siri-gpt4-paul-grahamLets you ask Siri questions about Paul Graham's essays and get answers pulled from his writing using embedding
• dimavedenyapin/openvastA terminal dashboard that rents GPUs from vast.ai, runs AI models on them with llama.cpp, and wires them into
• dimfot3/inverse-insid3A computer vision tool that finds objects in images by learning what normal background looks like, then treati
• dmaynard51/ultima1-iosA build script that turns an existing iOS DOSBox app into a one-tap Ultima I game for iPhone and iPad, using y
• dncolomer/vdotoolA Hermes agent plugin that opens a live two-way video and audio link to your phone, so the AI can see, hear, a
• doganulus/reelay-codegenReelay generates efficient C++ monitoring code from a YAML pattern description, detecting event sequences in r
• dojovader/java-ramp-upA 90-day, day-by-day study plan for learning Java, from basic syntax through Spring Boot microservices and con
• eatakishiyev/context-forgeA context compiler that scores, compresses, reorders, and budgets AI agent conversation history before each mo
• edwluo/designing-loopsA Claude Code skill that picks the right kind of repeating task and writes stop conditions that actually hold,
• emanthen/stackliftEight composable Terraform modules that provision a production AWS stack (VPC, RDS, ECS Fargate, ALB, Secrets
• epflight/fullyopenmeditronEPFL LiGHT lab's reproducible pipeline for fine-tuning open LLMs on medical reasoning, covering synthetic data
• eranshir/telestudyA Claude Code skill that turns any book, PDF, or article into an interactive HTML study guide with a zoomable
• esonhugh/tradingviewA Claude Code plugin giving an AI assistant read-only access to TradingView quotes, charts, indicators, and ne
• eternal-flame-ad/fedi-emoji-toolA tool for Misskey community server admins that automatically discovers and downloads custom emoji from connec
• facebookresearch/bouquetA benchmarking tool that tests machine translation models across 1000+ language pairs and scores their output
• femboyisp/emryA lightweight, self-hosted monitoring tool for ML training runs: a single emit() call streams metrics to an ap
• fertilesoilproductions/mastA free Unity editor tool for snapping modular 3D pieces onto a grid to quickly build game scenes.
• ffmpegkit-maintained/ffmpegA community-maintained Android fork of the archived FFmpegKit library, updated for Android SDK 35, 16KB page s
• firaslatrech/codecityA tool that turns any public GitHub repository into a drivable 3D city, where files become buildings and folde
• founddream/quireMonochromatic editorial design system packaged as an agent skill, with HTML and PDF templates for white papers
• frankie567/reauthAn early-stage Python toolkit of authentication building blocks, from one-time passwords today to a full OIDC

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