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• tinygo-org/tinygoGo compiler that produces tiny binaries for microcontrollers like Arduino and ESP32, plus WebAssembly and WASI
• openzipkin/zipkinZipkin collects timing data from each service in a multi-service application so you can look up exactly where
• nikic/php-parserPHP library that parses PHP 7 and 8 source code into an Abstract Syntax Tree, lets you transform it with visit
• emirpasic/godsGoDS is a Go library of ready-made data structures (trees, sets, queues, maps, linked lists) you can drop into
• jordan-cutler/path-to-senior-engineer-handbookA curated collection of newsletters, books, courses, and community resources to help working software engineer
• vasanthk/react-bitsDocumentation-only reference collecting React design patterns, anti-patterns, performance tips, and common got
• nondanee/unblockneteasemusicLocal proxy server for the Netease Cloud Music app that swaps greyed-out tracks for working versions sourced f
• pawdroid/free-serversA regularly-refreshed list of free proxy server nodes for ss, v2ray, and trojan protocols with subscription UR
• marlinfirmware/marlinMarlin is open-source firmware for RepRap-style 3D printers that translates print instructions into motor, hea
• nvlabs/instant-ngpNVIDIA research tool that turns a set of photos or 3D data into an interactive scene you can fly through, trai
• dortania/opencore-legacy-patcherA Python tool that lets older Macs unsupported by Apple run modern macOS versions (Big Sur through Sequoia) by
• jianchang512/pyvideotransDesktop tool that translates videos end to end by transcribing speech, translating the text with an LLM, dubbi
• xiaye13579/bbllThird-party Android TV client for Bilibili that wraps the official public API and adds D-Pad navigation and re
• baomidou/mybatis-plusJava toolkit that extends MyBatis with ready-made CRUD methods, pagination, a lambda query API, and a code gen
• fivethirtyeight/dataPublic archive of datasets and code behind FiveThirtyEight articles, covering politics, sports, economics, and
• zarazhangrui/frontend-slidesClaude Code plugin that builds self-contained HTML slide decks from a prompt, with 12 visual themes and one-cl
• gyoogle/tech-interview-for-developerA Korean-language encyclopedia of computer science topics for entry-level developer technical interviews, cove
• slackhq/nebulaOpen-source overlay network that builds an encrypted mesh between machines so they talk directly, with a light
• tanweai/puaA skill plugin for AI coding assistants that uses escalating pressure tactics to stop the AI from giving up on
• stefan-jansen/machine-learning-for-tradingCompanion code for the book Machine Learning for Algorithmic Trading — 150+ Jupyter notebooks taking you from
• ufund-me/qbotQbot is a free, self-hosted AI quantitative trading platform that lets you design, backtest, and automate stoc
• allenai/olmocrolmOCR converts scanned PDFs and image documents into clean plain text or Markdown using a 7-billion-parameter
• yorukot/superfileA keyboard-driven terminal file manager with a visual TUI, plugin and theme support, available for Linux, macO
• taizilongxu/interview_pythonA comprehensive Chinese-language study guide of Python interview questions and answers covering language inter
• asciinema/asciinemaRecords terminal sessions as lightweight text-based .cast files instead of video. Plays back in any terminal o
• thedaviddias/front-end-performance-checklistA community-maintained checklist of concrete front-end performance improvements covering HTML, CSS, fonts, ima
• ltbgykio/books-free-booksA Chinese-language curated index of free book download links, mostly PDFs hosted on third-party services. The
• material-components/material-components-androidGoogle's official Material Design UI components library for native Android apps. Drop-in replacement for the o
• mustardchef/wsabuildsReady-to-install Windows Subsystem for Android packages that bundle the Google Play Store and optional Magisk
• abseil/abseil-cppGoogle's open-source C++17 utility libraries: Swiss-table hash maps, absl::Status, time, flags, logging, and c
• microsoft/react-native-windowsMicrosoft's extension of React Native that builds native Windows apps from JavaScript or TypeScript. Targets P
• tensorflow/tensor2tensorTensor2Tensor is a library of pre-built deep learning models and datasets for research tasks like translation,
• zhanymkanov/fastapi-best-practicesAn opinionated, battle-tested guide to structuring and building production FastAPI services, covering project
• source-foundry/hackHack is a free, open-source monospaced font designed for code editors and terminals, tuned for legibility at s
• keploy/keployKeploy records real API calls and database queries from a running backend service using eBPF, then replays the
• leon-ai/leonSelf-hosted open-source personal assistant similar to Siri or Alexa, but private and extensible via a communit
• julianshapiro/velocityA JavaScript animation library for web pages. Faster than jQuery animations, works standalone or alongside jQu
• topoteretes/cogneeOpen-source memory layer for AI agents that persists knowledge in a graph across sessions, letting agents reca
• google-gemini/cookbookOfficial collection of runnable Jupyter notebook tutorials for Google's Gemini AI API covering text, image, au
• nicbarker/claySingle-header C library that calculates UI layouts using a flexbox-like model and outputs a renderer-agnostic
• nvidia-nemo/nemoPython framework from NVIDIA for building speech AI models. Covers automatic speech recognition, text-to-speec
• alibaba/dataxAlibaba's open-source batch data synchronization framework that moves data between databases, warehouses, and
• dair-ai/ml-youtube-coursesA curated directory of free machine learning and AI university courses on YouTube, organized by topic — deep l
• leonxlnx/taste-skillA collection of agent skills you install into Claude Code, Cursor, or Codex so the AI produces frontends with
• dair-ai/ml-visualsA community-maintained Google Slides deck of 100+ machine learning diagrams. Free to copy and reuse in papers,
• idvel/rime-iceReady-to-use Simplified Chinese input configuration bundle for the Rime engine — polished, fully offline, with
• ranger/rangerA keyboard-driven terminal file manager with Vim-style navigation, a three-column layout, and live previews fo
• bvaughn/react-windowReact component library that renders very large lists and grids efficiently by only drawing the items visible
• microsoft/agent-lightningMicrosoft's training toolkit that makes an existing AI agent smarter using reinforcement learning, automatic p
• kvcache-ai/ktransformersResearch toolkit for running very large AI language models on modest hardware by offloading expert layers to C
• facebook/frescoMeta's Android library for loading and displaying images. Handles memory, two-level caching, progressive JPEGs
• lottie-react-native/lottie-react-nativeReact Native component that plays Lottie animations — JSON files exported from Adobe After Effects — natively
• koel/koelA self-hosted personal music streaming service. Point it at a folder of audio files, run the Laravel and Vue s
• ory/hydraOry Hydra is an open-source OAuth 2.0 and OpenID Connect server that handles token issuance, client management
• sindresorhus/type-festtype-fest is a TypeScript library that adds dozens of missing utility types — like Merge, PartialDeep, and Req
• gfx-rs/wgpuwgpu is a Rust graphics library that lets you write GPU rendering code once and run it on Windows, Linux, macO
• bbfamily/abuA Python quantitative trading system for stocks, options, futures, and bitcoin. Includes machine learning sign
• janeczku/calibre-webA self-hosted web frontend for a Calibre ebook library. Browse, read, and send books to e-readers from any bro
• denisidoro/naviAn interactive cheatsheet tool for the terminal. Search command snippets, fill in arguments with dynamic sugge
• jonasschmedtmann/complete-javascript-courseCompanion code repo for Jonas Schmedtmann's Complete JavaScript Udemy course. Contains starter files and final
• doitsujin/dxvkDXVK is a translation layer that lets Windows games using Direct3D 8 through 11 run on Linux through Wine with
• foambubble/foamFoam is a personal knowledge management system for VS Code that turns plain Markdown files into a linked netwo
• julienschmidt/httprouterHttpRouter is a fast, lightweight HTTP router for Go that adds named URL path variables and method-based routi
• bleedline/aimoneyhunterA Chinese-language awesome-list of AI side-hustle ideas: making videos, images, audio, and written content wit
• clauderic/dnd-kitFramework-agnostic drag-and-drop toolkit for the web with adapters for React, Vue, Svelte, and SolidJS. Includ
• moonlight-stream/moonlight-qtOpen-source desktop client that streams games and desktop from a gaming PC running NVIDIA GameStream or Sunshi
• xx025/carrotCarrot is a community-maintained directory of free ChatGPT mirrors, AI chat tools, and AI agents — organized i
• vitejs/awesome-viteAwesome Vite is a community-curated directory of templates, plugins, tutorials, and tools for Vite.js — organi
• gztchan/awesome-designAwesome Design is a community-maintained directory of UI and UX design resources — covering stock photos, icon
• material-components/material-components-webGoogle's prebuilt Material Design UI components for the web: buttons, text fields, menus, cards, and dialogs.
• ent/entType-safe entity framework and ORM for Go. You define schemas in Go code and ent generates a statically typed
• getzola/zolaStatic site generator written in Rust that ships as a single binary. Turns Markdown into a fast HTML site with
• imranr98/obtainiumAndroid app that installs and updates other apps directly from GitHub, GitLab, F-Droid, and other sources, byp
• pydantic/pydantic-aiPydantic AI is a Python library for building AI agents and LLM-powered features with type safety, structured o
• cjbarber/toolsofthetradeA community-maintained directory of online services and tools that startups and developers commonly reach for,
• hkuds/ai-traderOpen-source trading platform where AI agents can register, publish signals, copy trades, and sync orders with
• zlmediakit/zlmediakitA high-performance C++ streaming media server that receives live audio and video feeds and delivers them to ma
• bkaradzic/bgfxA cross-platform rendering library that lets your game or app draw graphics using a single API instead of writ
• less/less.jsOfficial JavaScript compiler for Less, a CSS preprocessor that adds variables, mixins, nested selectors, and m
• huanshere/videolingoAutomated tool that downloads a video, transcribes it with WhisperX, translates subtitles with an LLM, and opt
• upptime/upptimeUptime monitor and status page that runs entirely on GitHub Actions and GitHub Pages, with checks, incidents,
• ipfs/kuboKubo is the original and most-used way to run an IPFS node — software that lets your machine store and share f
• richards199999/thinking-claudeRetired project that gave Claude a step-by-step thinking protocol via custom instructions, plus a Chrome exten
• vitalysim/awesome-hacking-resourcesA community-curated directory of courses, YouTube channels, practice labs, and reference links for learning et
• uberguidoz/flipperPersonal grab-bag of custom files, scripts, and mods for the Flipper Zero hardware hacking multi-tool.
• cure53/dompurifyDOMPurify is a JavaScript library that strips malicious code from untrusted HTML before it is shown on a webpa
• google/magikaMagika is a Google tool that identifies what type a file really is by inspecting its contents with a small AI
• launchbadge/sqlxSQLx is a Rust library for running SQL queries against PostgreSQL, MySQL, MariaDB, and SQLite with the unique
• rupa/zShell script that tracks the directories you visit most and lets you jump to them by typing a fragment of the
• nvidia/open-gpu-kernel-modulesNVIDIA's open-source Linux kernel driver modules for their GPUs, letting advanced users, distribution packager
• victoriametrics/victoriametricsVictoriaMetrics is a fast, lightweight time series database for storing and querying monitoring metrics at hig
• influxdata/telegrafGo agent that pulls metrics and logs from 300+ sources via a plugin system and ships them to databases like In
• woltapp/blurhashBlurHash converts images into compact 20-30 character strings that decode into blurry color-correct placeholde
• academicpages/academicpages.github.ioJekyll template for an academic personal site with built-in sections for publications, talks, teaching, and CV
• qv2ray/qv2rayDiscontinued cross-platform Qt desktop GUI for the V2Ray proxy core, supporting VMess, VLESS, Trojan, SOCKS5,
• audacity/audacityFree cross-platform audio editor and multi-track recorder for Windows, macOS, and Linux, currently being rewri
• aws/aws-cliThe AWS CLI is the official command-line tool for Amazon Web Services, letting you manage cloud infrastructure
• snail007/goproxyGoProxy is a feature-rich proxy server in a single binary that handles HTTP, SOCKS5, WebSocket, TCP, UDP, and
• itwanger/tobebetterjavaerA large free Chinese-language guide to learning Java and backend development, covering everything from Java ba
• camel-ai/camelCAMEL is an open-source Python framework for building and researching systems where multiple AI agents collabo

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