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• killop/gamedev-resourcesA curated directory of game-making links — free art, sound, engines, and tutorials — organized by category and
• kiminotes/kiminotes.github.comThis repository has no README, so its purpose isn't documented. The name suggests it's a personal GitHub Pages
• kimyuki3/kci-nas2A DIY NAS you build from an old PC and cheap disks that focuses on warning about failing disks, ransomware pro
• king03-sam/oshotspotA Linux CLI and web dashboard tool that creates a working WiFi hotspot when NetworkManager's built in hotspot
• king829-dev/mlb26-trackerA self-hosted bookmarklet tool that scrapes your MLB The Show 26 program progress and displays it on a dashboa
• kingofhenz/latinttsA Python script that converts a CSV of Latin vocabulary words into spoken-word study audio using Google text-t
• kky42/agent_hubA personal repository template for managing and syncing installable skills across multiple AI coding agents an
• kltownsend/loopcontrolbenchA benchmark that scores AI coding models on real bug fixes using each project's own tests as the judge, not an
• kmike/memory_profilerA Python tool that shows exactly how much RAM your code uses line by line, making memory hogs easy to spot.
• kn-neeraj/inference-engg-learningsA personal collection of Jupyter notebooks studying large language model inference, currently holding one note
• koenkk/neticapyNeticaPy is a Python wrapper for Netica, a commercial tool for building Bayesian network models that reason ab
• kokasexton/awesome-marketing-reposA curated GitHub list of open source marketing tools, organized by category from automation to SEO to AI agent
• kostja-me/srt-to-voiceA command line Python script that converts .srt subtitle files into per-line MP3 voice clips using the ElevenL
• krecks/lazymeetA local desktop app that transcribes and summarizes meeting recordings by speaker, with no cloud, accounts, or
• kristoferjoseph/test-crud-011A minimal todo list starter app with create/read/update/delete features, built to run locally and deploy on th
• krtirtho/node_crash_courseStarter files for a beginner YouTube crash course on Node.js, letting you run a local server and practice buil
• krvnium/4bit-matriksA tiny 4x4 RGB LED matrix powered by an ESP32 microcontroller that you draw pixel art on and animate live from
• kuameh/iina-storeAn IINA plugin that adds an in-app store for browsing, searching, and one-click installing other community-mad
• kulshekhar/incremental_dom.dartA Dart package that wraps Google's Incremental DOM library, letting Dart web apps update page elements surgica
• kvadratinho/mars-avatar-projectA conceptual white paper proposing that humans stay on Earth and direct semi-autonomous robotic avatars to exp
• kyamasam/facebook-ad-library-scraperA Python tool that scrapes Facebook's public Ad Library search results into JSON and CSV files.
• kylejeong2/postureA macOS app that watches your webcam and locks your keyboard until you fix your slouching posture.
• kylevedder/bughuntA Codex plugin that runs a sustained bug hunting loop, pairing each accepted finding with a failing test commi
• kyontanaka/yagni-auditorA Claude Code skill that runs static analysis on your skills, plugins, and CLAUDE.md files to find unnecessary
• l3aki/claude-ios-pluginsA Claude Code plugin marketplace bundling app building skills and tools for iOS, macOS, web apps, and web data
• lahcim/windowsautoprofilesA Windows command line tool that installs and switches between app workspace profiles, combining WinGet packag
• lara-zeus/echooA FilamentPHP form component that lets users record audio directly in the browser for Laravel admin panels.
• larsxschneider/coretexttoyCoreTextToy is a lightweight iOS component that renders styled text using simple HTML-like tags, giving you bo
• larsxschneider/tageschauappA simple iPhone app that plays the latest 8 PM edition of Germany's tagesschau evening news with one tap, skip
• last8exile/udpproxyA two part tool that tunnels UDP game traffic over TCP using GRPC, letting apps connect through networks that
• latent-9/reddit-growth-mcpAn MCP server and CLI that analyzes Reddit archives to recommend where and how to post for the best chance of
• laugherxiao/imario-benchmarkAn open benchmark and scoring script that lets anyone independently verify how accurately a synthetic survey e
• laughing-q/zshA personal zsh shell configuration that combines fzf, zoxide, and fd to make navigating and searching the term
• lcc-cl/claude-code-arsenalA bilingual Chinese and English website under construction that will collect Skills and CLAUDE.md templates fo
• leandrobon/mutable-crmA local CRM where you change the database structure by typing requests to an AI, which proposes safe schema ch
• lec77/popchatA lightweight macOS menu bar app for quick, temporary chats with AI models. It pops up a floating panel via ke
• leducbse/prometheus-aiWeb app that rewrites short user prompts into longer model-tailored ones for Claude, ChatGPT, Gemini, Grok, Mi
• legant-dev/legantAn open-source Go server that controls what AI agents can do on a user's behalf, with scoped time-limited toke
• leizhenpeng/typechatThis repository's README is empty, so no reliable description of what the project does is currently available.
• lemberalla/ave-releasesA frozen legacy update bridge that moves old AVE 1.0.15/1.0.16 macOS installations onto the app's current rele
• leonardm01/macintalkA macOS menu bar app that transcribes your speech on device with a hotkey, cleans it up using Apple Intelligen
• leonardoalt/kamerafreiA Berlin walk and bike route planner that lets you avoid streets covered by known surveillance cameras, using
• levantolabs/switchboard-pocA proxy that reads each request and automatically routes it to the cheapest AI model that can handle it, using
• lewisnathan22/ngxsmk-network-optimizerA described Windows tool that claims to boost game FPS and reduce network lag for titles like League of Legend
• libaice/movevm-agent-chainAn early-stage blockchain project where autonomous AI agents write and run their own smart contracts using the
• licenser/neongenNeongen is a Rust code generator that produces optimized ARM NEON instructions, saving developers from hand-wr
• lidavidm/apheleiaA Python project called apheleia with no README or documentation, making its purpose unclear. The name suggest
• lidavidm/rehack-oldre/hack is a fan-made recreation of the Lego turn-based strategy game 'Spybotics: The Nightfall Incident,' reb
• lifesimlabs/financial-literacy-simulatorAn early-stage, open-source proposal for a gamified financial life simulator for India, currently in the resea
• limajonas/animal-crossing-new-leaf-pt_brA fan made translation mod that converts Animal Crossing: New Leaf's text into Brazilian Portuguese for use wi
• linkmaster6/dolphin-2018-tdevA patched 2018-era Dolphin emulator build that adds the memory changes needed to run the Metroid Prime 3 Proto
• liqiwa/mcp-radarA daily automated tracker that scans GitHub for new MCP servers and ranks them by growth, publishing the resul
• littledan/summitA coordination hub for planning OpenJS Foundation Collaborator Summits, where JavaScript and Node.js maintaine
• liushuyu/llk-linux-forkAn undocumented shell script repository that appears to be a fork of a Linux tile-matching puzzle game tool, b
• lkdenchin/etu-smart-cabinetStudent smart-locker system with ESP32-C3 hardware, an Express backend, a UniApp mobile app, and a Vue 3 admin
• lnshrivas/sinceA lightweight Python tool that helps AI coding agents detect when files have changed on disk since the agent l
• lockhartkz/subllminalA portable desktop app that translates .srt and .ass subtitle files using a locally running AI model, keeping
• loganw234/mercenaries2A revival project for Mercenaries 2 (2008) that restores shut-down EA multiplayer servers and exposes the game
• lolhop/vitamaniaAn unofficial homebrew rhythm game for the PS Vita that plays 4-column osu!mania beatmaps, installed via VPK a
• looking-glass/liteforms-webA browser-based chat app where you talk to a customizable, animated 3D VRM avatar, using either local browser
• loomos-hub/glide-ffmpegA GPU-accelerated tool for smooth, sub-pixel pan and zoom animation over still images, replacing FFmpeg's stut
• lordnynex/gpt-2-output-datasetA dataset of human and GPT-2-generated text samples, with baseline detection benchmarks, for researchers study
• loslocos817yt-star/misericordioso-osA small C operating system kernel that can be built and booted in QEMU, with almost no documentation of what i
• lrlna/bson-rsA Rust library that converts Rust data structures to and from BSON, the binary format MongoDB uses to store da
• lucascanero/edreams-flex-scannerA Chrome extension that scans eDreams across a range of departure dates and trip lengths to find the cheapest
• lucasroesler/pytest-openfaas-sampleA tutorial that shows how to write automated tests for a serverless calculator function and auto-deploy it via
• luclasm/luclasA locally-run AI agent that learns from every task, rewrites its own operating rules over time, and adapts spe
• ludios/minttyAn experimental fork of the mintty terminal for Windows with rendering changes aimed at faster performance, at
• luke-jr/tmpThis repository has no README or documentation, so its purpose cannot be determined from the available content
• lukeed/autoprefixerA tool that automatically adds browser-specific prefixes to CSS code so developers can write clean, standard s
• lukeed/happy-domA lightweight tool that fakes a web browser environment in JavaScript so testing frameworks can run web app te
• luksamuk/vlm-webcam-visionA webcam app that uses a local vision language model to detect and track hands in real time, drawing smoothed
• lunat1q/stenoA local, privacy-first Windows app that transcribes calls in real time with exact per-speaker labels, plus a c
• luopeixiang/html-artifactsA Claude Code skill that makes the assistant respond with self-contained, interactive HTML pages instead of pl
• m1detheanalyst/maison-lumi-re-global-skincare-beauty-e-commerce-dashboardA three page Power BI dashboard analyzing sales, market efficiency, and product profitability for a global ski
• m4cs/targkillA Rust CLI tool with a live terminal UI that finds all Cargo target/ build folders on your system, shows their
• magnusrodseth/attack-on-titanA browser game where you swing through a procedurally generated city on grappling hooks and slice giant titans
• maha-strategies/maha-mcp-bridgeA local security bridge that lets AI agents query your databases and documents while automatically redacting p
• mahimailabs/voicegatewayA self-hosted dashboard that tracks the real cost and quality of every voice AI call across speech-to-text, LL
• maiieul/qwik-uiA headless UI component library for Qwik that handles behavior, accessibility, and keyboard navigation while l
• makan0713/onnx-web-worker-starterA reusable starter kit for running ONNX machine learning models inside a browser Web Worker so the interface s
• malashkadev/auraA free, open source Windows app that turns your speech into cleaned up, punctuated text in any application, us
• mame/chkbuildA tool that automatically compiles the latest source code on a schedule and produces browsable web pages showi
• manfredfr/co2-sensor-zigbee-rustA do it yourself CO2 sensor that runs on a small chip and reports air quality to Home Assistant over Zigbee, u
• manifold-engineering/voserA free desktop app that simulates how sound from multiple loudspeakers behaves outdoors, letting you place vir
• manish-manghwani-org/xcurate-publicA terminal tool that reads your X timeline, ranks tweets worth replying to, and drafts replies in your own voi
• mantekio/syria-government-design-systemAn independent report benchmarking fourteen national government design systems to propose how Syria could buil
• marcelkolano-alt/agenthail-n8n-approval-exampleAn n8n workflow template showing how to pause an automated task and wait for a real person to approve it befor
• marcindudekdev/consolidate-permission-promptsA Claude Code skill that cleans up bloated permission-allow lists by removing redundant and junk rules.
• marclave/clientThe full source code for Keybase, a secure messaging and file-sharing app, covering its iOS, Android, desktop,
• marcusbiel/roundcraftRoundcraft is a small JavaScript and Three.js mini game built by parents and kids to teach coding through a re
• mario/dreyA tool that lets multiple editors and AI coding agents share one language server per project instead of each s
• mark44928/android12-fastfetchA Fastfetch configuration file that shows a decorated system info display for Android 12 devices running a nat
• marketicbuilder/crypto-backtest-engine-v3A crypto trading strategy backtester that scores buy/sell signals using 8 combined indicators including live B
• markmatsu/pdf-batch-translatorA command line tool that translates a folder of English PDFs into clean Japanese Markdown, keeping only the re
• markmcd/bully-detectorA Chrome extension that shows a live countdown timer in a Discord server, tracking how long it's been since so
• martinkoutecky/lsdocA Rust parser that reads Logseq flavored Markdown and Org files and matches Logseq's own parser exactly, meant
• martyaxel/ai-orchestrator-runbookA single runbook file that sets up a two-agent workflow where Claude Code plans and Codex executes coding task
• maryanprydatko/uivetA test and evaluation harness for LLM-generated UI that samples multiple generations, renders them in a real b
• maslow/experiment-minio-with-oidcA local experiment that connects MinIO (self-hosted file storage) with Casdoor (a login and identity managemen

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