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• clidey/maithA research workspace and workflow for exploring unsolved math problems with AI while keeping a strict line bet
• cliptate/pycutApple Silicon CLI that transcribes videos with MLX speech models, optionally asks an LLM to pick highlights, a
• cocoapods/cocoapods-podfile_infoA CocoaPods plugin that reads your Podfile and reports back details about your project's third-party dependenc
• codeprakhar25/smartcompactA Claude Code plugin that lets you manually pick which conversation moments survive automatic summarization, t
• coding-meet/library-insightA CLI tool that scans your exact installed Java or Kotlin library version to give AI assistants and developers
• consultingfuture4200/tridbTriDB is a database tool that runs inside PostgreSQL to combine text similarity search, relationship mapping,
• conwayjw97/3d-spectrogramA browser tool that visualizes live audio as a moving 3D terrain, using Three.js and GLSL shaders to turn soun
• cprecioso/tubecasterA TypeScript tool that turns a YouTube playlist into a video podcast feed, so you can subscribe and watch it i
• creative-banda/copy_scene_treeA Godot 4 editor plugin that copies your scene's node hierarchy to the clipboard as clean text, useful for AI
• czmanix/pebble-color-optimizerA browser-based tool that converts photos into optimized 64-color images for Pebble Time smartwatches, simulat
• d7main/esp32_environmentalnodeFirmware for a tiny, battery-powered device that monitors soil moisture, temperature, and humidity, sending al
• daimajia/dictionaryThis repository is just a redirect page for Little Bear Dictionary, a dictionary or translation lookup app. Th
• daltoniam/dcxmppA library for iOS and Mac apps to connect to chat servers using the XMPP messaging protocol. It handles the co
• dancenitra/inspeximusA Python library and MCP server that gives AI agents a memory they can correct or erase on command, without us
• danusha2345/adrc-betaflightAn experimental Betaflight firmware fork that replaces the standard PID flight controller with ADRC, a method
• davidcervinka/vibe-editingEdit videos by chatting with an AI assistant in plain English. Describe cuts, pacing, music, and captions, and
• deklain4ik/flask-auth-templateA ready-to-use starter template for Flask web apps that comes with user login, registration, and logout featur
• dhkts1/teamclaude-rsA Rust command line proxy that spreads Claude API requests across multiple accounts and shows their usage in a
• dilidin2/ticAn AI agent skill that forces a five step reasoning process to catch edge cases and spatial or physical mistak
• dmaynard51/ultima5-iosA build script that packages the classic DOS game Ultima V into a playable iOS app using a patched open source
• domg73/comfyui-storyboard-toolsA set of ComfyUI custom nodes for cleaning up multi-frame AI-generated storyboard images, reducing detail blee
• dylanx32/build-a-boat-script-2026A small HTML script for the game Build A Boat For Treasure that adds aimbot support through a script loader.
• ebteam3/auto-battery-frame-generatorA single offline HTML tool that lets you design and export custom 3D-printable or CAD battery cell frames for
• efforg/psi-tumblr-crawlerA simple tool that automatically downloads posts from a Tumblr blog and saves them as structured JSON files, w
• elofight/emufightA Rust library that emulates NeoGeo and CPS-1 arcade games and supports low-lag online multiplayer via rollbac
• eternal-flame-ad/mh-z19A Go library that lets a Raspberry Pi read CO2 levels from an MH-Z19 sensor and hand you the number, so you ca
• eternal-flame-ad/unitdc-rsA calculator that understands units of measurement, letting you do math with quantities like meters, kilograms
• eyrefree/gobangA mobile-friendly Five-in-a-Row board game with a built-in AI opponent, built using the Cocos2d-x 2D game engi
• fa387/claude-science-wsl-setupCommunity scripts that automate installing and sandboxing Anthropic's Claude Science operon daemon on Windows
• farique/cursor-chat-explorerTerminal app that reads Cursor's local SQLite databases on macOS so you can browse past AI chats and export th
• fastlane/nightlyA small Ruby script that automatically publishes nightly beta versions of your Ruby gems to RubyGems.org every
• fat/jqueryThe source repository for jQuery, the classic JavaScript library that simplifies cross-browser web page manipu
• fathom-lab/styxxA Python library that watches AI agents while they run and flags reasoning faults like hallucination, drift, a
• flarelog-dev/sdkA zero-dependency JavaScript SDK for logging, error tracking, and distributed tracing across Cloudflare Worker
• fractale-lm/fractaleA usage toolkit for language models that remember long documents through 8 self-written compact memory notes i
• frangelbarrera/code-review-agent-mcpAn MCP server that plugs into AI coding assistants to give blunt, line-specific code reviews with clear severi
• fuusio/kideA Kotlin Multiplatform architecture library for building app interfaces with a strict, AI-debuggable Model Vie
• gabberflast/prose-revision-skill-ht-anthony-lee-zhangA Claude Skill that revises draft prose by fixing structure and idea order first, preserving the author's voic
• gabriella439/record-concatenationAn interactive REPL that shows how a type inference algorithm for combining records works, built as a companio
• gaearon/macro-componentsA React library that lets you build composite UI components (like cards or banners) by defining a layout once,
• gaearon/mdxMDX lets you write markdown with live JavaScript components embedded inside, powering interactive docs, blogs,
• gaearon/nextjs-appdir-embed-testingA minimal example showing how to correctly embed third-party HTML and JavaScript widgets, like analytics or ch
• gaearon/nuclideAn Atom editor plugin from Facebook that adds IDE-like features — code completion, debugging, remote developme
• gaearon/prettier-atomAn Atom editor plugin that automatically formats your JavaScript code using Prettier, either with a keystroke
• gaearon/react-devtools-experimentalAn experimental, unofficial rewrite of React DevTools, the browser extension developers use to inspect and deb
• gaearon/react-refresh-webpack-pluginA Webpack plugin that reloads only the React component you changed during development, keeping the rest of the
• gaearon/stack-frameA JavaScript toolkit that parses messy browser error stack traces into clean, structured objects with function
• gaearon/webpack.js.orgThe source repository for webpack.js.org, the official documentation and guides website for webpack, the popul
• geminimir/wardenA fail-closed authorization gateway that ensures AI agents only retrieve and cite documents a specific user is
• genymobile/genymotion-skillsInstruction files that teach AI assistants like Claude Code and Cursor how to manage Genymotion Android virtua
• geohot/erigonErigon is an Ethereum node client that lets your computer participate in the Ethereum network by validating tr
• geohot/img-labelerA browser-based image labeling tool for marking dashcam photos with categories like cars, lanes, and roads. Bu
• ghostcord0/videograbA free desktop app with a dark-themed GUI for downloading videos from many websites at the highest available q
• gibsonhu/rosmon2A tool for launching and monitoring robot programs built with ROS 2. It provides a terminal dashboard, a JSON
• gildo/tontoA Ruby-based NoSQL key-value document store that uses Git under the hood for version control, so every data ch
• gnacho/esphome-tuya-8zone-valveReplacement firmware that lets you control a cheap Chinese 8 zone sprinkler controller locally, without the cl
• greencrowdev/simple-soccer-onlineGodot demo project showing client-side prediction with server reconciliation over UDP, using a soccer scene as
• gskinnerteam/color_swirlA small browser-based creative coding experiment that generates mesmerizing swirling spiral animations by laye
• gskinnerteam/scssbreakpointutilityA small, undocumented CSS/SCSS utility likely for managing responsive breakpoints in stylesheets. No README, e
• gtteancum/ut99-xbox-releasesAn installation package that ports Unreal Tournament GOTY content, PS2 and Dreamcast maps, and a fan mod onto
• gusocosta/esp32_mp3_playerCode and wiring instructions for a DIY MP3 player built on the ESP32-C3 Super Mini that reads MP3 files from a
• hanyo-ai/pulseA self-hosted gateway and live dashboard that shows every prompt, tool call, and response an AI agent makes, w
• hapince-code/kaspa-woocommerce-gatewayA WooCommerce plugin that lets a WordPress store accept Kaspa cryptocurrency payments directly, using only a p
• hasil7677/mimirA local, file based memory system for AI agents that stores what they know as readable markdown notes in an Ob
• hengyuan-hu/viaA tool that lets AI coding agents like Claude Code control a simulated robot through a browser based 3D interf
• hiyouga/gpt-ossOpenAI's open-weight AI models (120B and 20B) for reasoning and agentic tasks, designed to run on personal har
• humenglover/pictkitA free browser-based image editing toolbox with over 27 tools for compressing, editing, and annotating images
• husker/a2acasta2acast lets AI coding assistants like Claude Code, Codex, and Copilot running on different computers send mes
• hzijad/playwright-agent-skillsA set of narrow, reusable Playwright testing skills that steer AI coding agents away from brittle selectors an
• i-stream/crossefA .NET library that lets Entity Framework Core LINQ queries join data across two different databases in a sing
• ijzereen/branch-of-thoughtA Chrome extension that visualizes Claude and ChatGPT conversation branches as an interactive graph so you can
• imdigitalashish/nyxA tool that compresses large text into dense images so AI coding agents read it using far fewer tokens, tuned
• iron-lan/tinyspectrumA macOS app that connects to tinySA Ultra spectrum analyzer hardware over USB, letting you capture, review, an
• ismkdc/opencode-securityA security plugin for OpenCode that scans your code for vulnerabilities and can generate patch files to fix th
• j4ck3lsyn-gen2/cve-2026-63030-wp2r00tA safety gated proof of concept tool demonstrating a WordPress REST API SQL injection vulnerability (CVE-2026-
• jawad-adas/ccmA command line dashboard for running multiple Claude Code accounts at once, showing live usage quotas and lett
• jimmysu0309/shinkansen-rss-translatorA self-hosted server that translates any RSS or Atom feed into Traditional Chinese and republishes it for your
• jloops412/ha-super-productivityA two way bridge between the Super Productivity task app and Home Assistant, letting tasks control smart home
• joshuakgoldberg/github-sponsors-to-markdownGenerates a formatted Markdown table of your GitHub Sponsors, organized by tier levels, that you can paste dir
• joshuakgoldberg/reprosA personal collection of small code projects that recreate specific bugs in open source software. Each bug rep
• jsiikme/sovereign-ai-panelAn unofficial browser extension that brings summarizing, key point extraction, translation, and open ended Q&A
• jurassix/essenceA Claude Code and multi agent plugin that strips AI generated writing, chat, comments, PRs, docs, down to only
• kachook/hermes-pulpieA local plugin for the Hermes AI agent that strips ads, navigation, and clutter from web pages using a small o
• kappaemme-git/codex-startup-pricing-labA Codex skill that researches competitor pricing and recommends evidence backed pricing models, plans, and a 1
• kassane/ollama-dA dependency-free D language library that connects your D programs to a local Ollama server for chat, text gen
• kasuncfdo/ghost-headless-blog-skillA Claude Code skill that teaches the AI assistant to build and fix a headless Ghost CMS blog inside a Next.js
• kdar/fbpokeA joke automation script that logs into Facebook and automatically pokes back anyone who pokes you, built with
• kegashin/mantleA browser-based editor that wraps screenshots and videos in styled frames and backgrounds to create polished s
• kelseyhightower/weather-dataA collection of pre-generated, random weather data sets to use as sample or placeholder data in your own proje
• kerbelp/context-mdA proposed standard for a context.md file that AI coding agents read before planning and append to after worki
• kevinnft/ai-agent-skillsA curated library of 191 markdown skill files that teach AI coding agents like Claude Code and Cursor how to h
• keyan/ev_routing_engineA C++ tool that plans the fastest electric-vehicle route between charging stations, factoring in charging stop
• khalidabdi1/swiftshipAn AI agent skill that gives Claude Code and similar tools everything needed to correctly prepare and submit a
• kotlin/kmp-with-cocoapods-xcode-two-kotlin-libraries-sampleA working sample project from JetBrains showing how to connect two Kotlin libraries to an Xcode project using
• kowais915/expo-app-starterAn Expo mobile app starter with authentication and a database already connected and its common bugs pre-fixed.
• krtirtho/spotube-matcherA helper server for the Spotube music app that stores a shared database of songs already matched to free strea
• kubeek-sec/deep-scanA modular security scanner with 20+ tools exposed as a CLI, MCP server, REST API, and continuous scanning flee
• kuberwastaken/subagentmaxxingA command line tool that lets a Claude Code agent drive OpenAI Codex and Cursor as subagents, just like native
• kwatson/jmap-screenerA background daemon that watches which folder you move an email into and automatically learns a filter rule so
• kyler505/codex-axiA command line control layer that lets one AI agent start, watch, steer, and resume Codex threads from the out

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