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• wazuh/wazuhWazuh is a free, open-source security platform that monitors your computers, servers, containers, and cloud ac
• federico-busato/modern-cpp-programmingModern-CPP-Programming is a free, self-contained 29-lecture course on C++ from basics through C++26 — delivere
• getmaxun/maxunOpen source no-code web scraping platform. Record browser actions or describe what you want, then schedule rob
• microsoft/data-formulatorData Formulator is a Microsoft Research tool that lets you build charts and explore data by describing what yo
• android10/android-cleanarchitectureSample Android app in Java that shows how to apply Uncle Bob Clean Architecture with presentation, domain, and
• menzi11/bullshitgeneratorGenerates plausible-sounding but meaningless Chinese filler text. The author built it to test how GUI code ren
• apache/hadoopApache Hadoop is an open-source Java framework for distributed storage and batch processing of very large data
• infinitered/reactotronDesktop debugging app for React and React Native. Installs as a dev dependency and shows live state, API calls
• scylladb/scylladbScyllaDB is a C++ NoSQL database that is API-compatible with Cassandra and DynamoDB. Shared-nothing per-core d
• mindverse/second-meSecond Me is an open-source app that lets you train a personal AI on your own memories and data — a private as
• getlantern/lanternLantern is a free open-source VPN and censorship-circumvention client for Android, iOS, Windows, macOS, and Li
• go-task/taskTask is a cross-platform task runner and build tool written in Go. You define commands in a YAML Taskfile and
• spf13/spf13-vimspf13-vim is a ready-made Vim configuration with popular development plugins already set up — install it once
• konloch/bytecode-viewerBytecode Viewer is a Java reverse-engineering GUI that bundles six decompilers, disassemblers, and APK tooling
• avwo/whistleWhistle is a Node.js cross-platform debugging proxy. It intercepts HTTP, HTTPS, HTTP/2, WebSocket, and TCP tra
• apache/answerApache Answer is a self-hosted question-and-answer platform. Run it via Docker to spin up a Stack Overflow sty
• dagster-io/dagsterDagster is a Python orchestration platform for data pipelines. You define data assets as code and Dagster sche
• official-stockfish/stockfishA strong free chess engine that analyzes positions and finds the best moves. Speaks UCI so you plug it into a
• morhetz/gruvboxA warm retro color scheme for Vim with dark and light modes, tuned for long coding sessions and wide language
• getgrav/gravA flat-file PHP CMS that runs without a database. Drop the ZIP on a server, write content as Markdown files, a
• tidwall/gjsonGJSON is a tiny Go library that extracts values from JSON documents using a simple dot-notation path — no stru
• memvid/memvidMemvid gives AI agents persistent memory stored in a single portable file — no database or server needed, just
• experience-monks/math-as-codeA cheat sheet that translates mathematical symbols from academic papers — sigma, Greek letters, hats, and pipe
• mml-book/mml-book.github.ioCompanion site and notebooks for the book Mathematics For Machine Learning. Teaches the math you need before r
• maxwellito/vivusA tiny zero-dependency JavaScript library that animates SVG images to look like they are being drawn by hand,
• vercel/vercelThe Vercel CLI and its build tooling. Lets you deploy web apps from the terminal, preview branches, and ship t
• pranshuparmar/witrA command-line tool that shows why a process or network port is running — tracing the full chain from containe
• garrytan/gbrainA persistent memory system for AI agents that stores meetings, emails, and notes in a local knowledge graph so
• greyireland/algorithm-patternA study guide of pattern-based templates for coding interview problems. Written in Chinese with Go examples, p
• carguo/gsy_github_app_flutterAn open-source GitHub mobile client built with Flutter that lets you browse repos, issues, and notifications f
• amir1376/ab-download-managerA free desktop download manager that splits files into parallel parts for faster downloads. Runs on Windows, m
• jsdoc/jsdocReads special comments in your JavaScript files and turns them into an HTML API documentation site. Install vi
• github/opensource.guideA site of guides on how to start, run and contribute to open source projects. Curated by GitHub from community
• kubernetes-retired/dashboardWeb UI for managing Kubernetes clusters and the workloads running on them. Project is now archived; the README
• fabric/fabricPython library for running shell commands on remote machines over SSH. Built on Invoke and Paramiko for deploy
• mockito/mockitoMost popular Java mocking framework for unit tests. Lets you create fake versions of dependencies like databas
• microsoft/pyrightMicrosoft's fast static type checker for Python. Reads code before it runs and warns about type errors, with a
• spree/spreeAn open-source headless e-commerce platform with a REST API, TypeScript SDK, and Next.js storefront — for buil
• hoffstadt/dearpyguiA fast Python library for building desktop GUIs — windows, charts, sliders, node editors — powered by C++ and
• auchenberg/volkswagenSatirical npm package that detects when tests run on CI and silently makes them pass. A joke commentary on gam
• cmusatyalab/openfaceOpen-source face recognition library from CMU. Uses deep neural networks to turn face images into numerical re
• helm/chartsAn archived, no-longer-maintained collection of official Helm charts for Kubernetes that was sunset in Novembe
• nswbmw/n-blogA step-by-step Chinese tutorial that teaches Node.js by building a real multi-user blog with Express and Mongo
• ansible/awxOpen-source web UI, REST API, and task scheduler for Ansible. Upstream project behind Red Hat Ansible Automati
• pascalorg/editorA free browser-based 3D architectural editor for designing buildings with walls, floors, doors, windows, and l
• hammerspoon/hammerspoonmacOS desktop automation tool scripted in Lua. Gives programmatic control over windows, keyboard shortcuts, ap
• simulatedgreg/electron-vueA one-command boilerplate for building cross-platform desktop apps by combining Electron and Vue.js, with webp
• sparanoid/chinese-copywriting-guidelinesReference document defining standards for mixing Chinese text with Latin characters, numbers, and punctuation.
• kailashahirwar/cheatsheets-aiCollection of single-page visual cheat sheets for machine learning and deep learning. Covers TensorFlow, Keras
• kaldi-asr/kaldiEstablished speech recognition toolkit in C++ that converts spoken audio into text. Also handles speaker ident
• mikefarah/yqA command-line tool for reading, editing, and converting config files — YAML, JSON, XML, TOML, CSV, and more —
• saltstack/saltSalt is an event-driven, Python-based automation platform for configuring, managing, and orchestrating servers
• sass/sassThis repo holds the Sass language specification and feature proposals. It is not the compiler itself, which li
• matsuridayo/nekorayNekoBox for PC is a Qt desktop GUI for managing proxy configs on Windows and Linux, backed by sing-box. The or
• confident-ai/deepevalAn open-source testing framework for AI apps — works like Pytest but with built-in metrics for scoring chatbot
• zama-ai/bounty-programAn archived public record of Zama's bounty program, which paid developers to build open-source tools around Fu
• jackett/jackettA self-hosted server that translates torrent search requests from media-management apps like Sonarr and Radarr
• moya/moyaA Swift network abstraction library for iOS and Apple-platform apps that lets you define API endpoints as type
• plandex-ai/plandexA terminal AI coding agent built for large, multi-file tasks that keeps AI-generated changes in a sandbox for
• gpujs/gpu.jsA JavaScript library that automatically runs heavy number-crunching code on the GPU for big speed gains, worki
• apitable/apitableAn open-source, self-hostable alternative to Airtable — a spreadsheet-style collaborative database with real-t
• perfare/assetstudioAssetStudio is a Windows C# tool for opening Unity asset and assetbundle files and exporting textures, audio,
• gaizhenbiao/chuanhuchatgptChuanhu Chat is a Gradio web GUI for talking to ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, and many local LLMs, with agents, fil
• zziz/pwcA curated, no-longer-maintained index of top machine-learning research papers from major conferences paired wi
• apache/dorisApache Doris is an open-source analytical database that runs complex queries across billions of rows in under
• edent/supertinyiconsA collection of 477 brand and app logo icons as tiny SVG files, each under 1 kilobyte — small enough to inline
• farhanashrafdev/90daysofcybersecurityA free 90-day structured study plan for learning cybersecurity from scratch, with daily topics and curated lin
• jobbole/awesome-programming-booksA curated Chinese-language reading list of over 100 classic programming books, organized by topic — algorithms
• faker-js/fakerFaker is a TypeScript library that generates realistic fake data (names, addresses, dates, finance) for testin
• sundowndev/hacker-roadmapA curated learning roadmap and tool catalog for penetration testing — organized by attack category with links
• jupyter/jupyterThis is the Jupyter metapackage: a thin pip package that pulls in the full Jupyter notebook stack and hosts th
• algerkong/algermusicplayerAlger Music Player is a cross-platform Vue/Electron client for NetEase Cloud Music with desktop lyrics, EQ, do
• ag-grid/ag-gridAG Grid is a JavaScript data grid for React, Angular, Vue, and vanilla JS with sorting, filtering, editing, an
• mail-in-a-box/mailinaboxMail-in-a-Box turns a fresh Ubuntu 22.04 server into a full self-hosted mail stack (Postfix, Dovecot, Roundcub
• exceljs/exceljsA JavaScript library for reading, editing, and generating Excel (.xlsx) spreadsheet files and CSVs in Node.js
• albumentations-team/albumentationsA Python library for image augmentation that creates flipped, cropped, and color-shifted copies of your traini
• stephentian/33-js-conceptsA Chinese-language study guide listing 33 core JavaScript concepts every developer should understand — closure
• homebrew/homebrew-coreThe default tap of Homebrew formulae, the Ruby scripts that tell `brew` how to download, build, and install so
• uuidjs/uuidZero-dependency JavaScript and TypeScript library that generates and validates RFC9562 UUIDs (v1, v3, v4, v5,
• frontendbr/vagasBrazilian front-end developer job board run entirely as GitHub issues. Employers open an issue per opening, de
• tencent/weui-wxssOfficial WeChat-styled UI component stylesheet for WeChat Mini Programs, written in wxss. Provides buttons, ce
• checkly/headless-recorderDeprecated Chrome extension that recorded browser clicks and typing then emitted a runnable Playwright or Pupp
• limetext/limeOpen source attempt to clone Sublime Text with API compatibility so existing plugins keep working. Backend is
• cesiumgs/cesiumCesiumJS is a WebGL library for rendering 3D globes and 2D maps in the browser. Streams 3D Tiles, terrain, ima
• pre-commit/pre-commitFramework for managing multi-language git pre-commit hooks. Runs linters and formatters on staged files before
• facebookresearch/detrResearch code from Facebook AI for end-to-end object detection using Transformers — detects objects and draws
• encode/httpxPython HTTP client that supports both sync and async usage, HTTP/2, strict timeouts, and direct calls into WSG
• redis/ioredisA full-featured Redis client library for Node.js that supports Redis Cluster, Sentinel, pub/sub, pipelining, L
• polybar/polybarPolybar lets you build fully customizable status bars on Linux desktops — the strip showing time, battery, and
• feathersjs/feathersFeathers is a lightweight Node.js framework that turns any data resource into both a REST API and a real-time
• ochococo/design-patterns-in-swiftA cheat-sheet of all classic Gang of Four design patterns — Behavioral, Creational, and Structural — implement
• free-nodes/clashfreeDaily-updated list of free proxy node subscription links and config files for Clash clients on Windows, macOS,
• bol-van/zapretA multi-platform command-line tool written in C that bypasses Deep Packet Inspection (DPI) filtering to access
• grab/front-end-guideA detailed study guide by Grab's web team walking through every part of the modern JavaScript frontend stack —
• naklecha/llama3-from-scratchA Jupyter Notebook that rebuilds Meta's Llama 3 language model from scratch in plain Python, walking through e
• zephyrproject-rtos/zephyrZephyr is an open-source real-time operating system for microcontrollers and small embedded devices, supportin
• apache/pulsarApache Pulsar is a distributed messaging system — like a postal service for software — that moves millions of
• open-android/androidA Chinese-language curated index of popular Android open-source projects on GitHub, with video walkthroughs an
• go-sql-driver/mysqlA pure-Go MySQL and MariaDB database driver that plugs into Go's standard database/sql package so any Go app c
• kubernetes-sigs/kindkind (Kubernetes in Docker) runs a full local Kubernetes cluster using Docker containers as nodes, intended fo

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