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• parro-it/awesome-micro-npm-packagesA curated list of tiny, single-purpose Node.js npm packages that each do exactly one small task, from sorting
• ttimo/doom3.gplThe official GPL source code release of the Doom 3 game engine in C++, letting developers study, modify, and b
• luosiallen/latent-consistency-modelAI image generation model that produces high-quality images in just 2–4 steps instead of dozens, making genera
• open-sdr/openwifiAn open-source Wi-Fi implementation built on programmable FPGA hardware, letting researchers inspect and modif
• dotnetcore/utilA C# application framework for .NET that wraps popular third-party libraries into unified, simpler APIs with a
• netflix/ribbonJava library by Netflix for client-side load balancing and fault-tolerant communication between cloud services
• conardli/garden-skillsA collection of structured plug-in instructions (called skills) for AI coding assistants like Claude Code and
• mintimate/oh-my-rimeA ready-to-use configuration package for the Rime Chinese input method engine that gives you a polished multi-
• ant-design/ant-motionAn animation library from Ant Design that provides ready-made React components for smooth UI transitions — inc
• chiahsien/chtcollectionviewwaterfalllayoutAn iOS and tvOS library that adds a Pinterest-style waterfall grid layout to UICollectionView, displaying item
• googlecloudplatform/golang-samplesGoogle's official collection of working Go code samples showing how to connect Go programs to Google Cloud Pla
• mlgmxyysd/xiaomi-hyperos-bootloader-bypassA PHP proof-of-concept that bypasses Xiaomi HyperOS account binding restrictions for bootloader unlocking, usi
• redspider1/concurrentA community-written series of articles in Chinese covering Java multithreading and concurrency in depth, struc
• snesrev/zelda3A fully playable reverse-engineered recreation of The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past written in C, with a
• zh-lx/pinyin-proA JavaScript library that converts Chinese characters into pinyin (romanized pronunciation). Works in browsers
• kwai-kolors/kolorsAn AI image generator from Kuaishou that creates photorealistic images from text descriptions in Chinese or En
• riscv/riscv-isa-manualThe official RISC-V Instruction Set Architecture manual — the authoritative reference document defining how RI
• dokuwiki/dokuwikiAn open-source wiki engine written in PHP that lets you create and edit interconnected web pages using simple
• theprimeagen/99A beta Neovim plugin by ThePrimeagen that adds AI-powered codebase search and in-editor text replacement, usin
• zimfw/zimfwA fast Zsh plugin manager and configuration framework that pre-builds your shell setup so your terminal starts
• camwiegert/in-viewA tiny JavaScript library (under 2KB) that fires events when page elements scroll into or out of the visible b
• hiddendevj/crawler_illegal_cases_in_chinaA reference collection of real legal cases, laws, and news about web scraping violations in China, organized b
• opendrivelab/uniadA self-driving car research framework that trains perception, prediction, and planning as one unified model —
• apache/rocketmq-externalsA community hub for Apache RocketMQ add-ons and integrations — including a monitoring dashboard, Kubernetes op
• emilhernvall/dnsguideA five-chapter hands-on guide for building your own DNS server from scratch in Rust, teaching you how the Doma
• pyrogram/pyrogramPyrogram is a Python library that lets you control Telegram as a bot or regular user account using Telegram's
• ecomfe/specA collection of Chinese-language front-end coding style guides from Baidu's ecomfe team, covering JavaScript,
• microsoft/azurelinuxCBL-Mariner is Microsoft's stripped-down Linux distribution built for its own cloud and edge infrastructure, o
• objectbox/objectbox-javaObjectBox is a fast, easy-to-use database for Android, Java, and Kotlin apps that lets you store and retrieve
• zensical/zensicalZensical is a fast static site generator for documentation, made by the Material for MkDocs team. Write your d
• formidablelabs/react-liveReact Live is a library that embeds a live, editable code editor directly in any React page or docs site, so r
• mangerlahn/latestLatest is a free, open-source Mac app that checks all your installed applications for updates — covering both
• futurice/pepperoni-app-kitArchived React Native starter kit that gave iOS and Android apps a pre-configured foundation with Redux state,
• johnno1962/injectioniiiDeveloper tool for iOS and macOS that reloads changed Swift or Objective-C source files into a running app ins
• microsoft/coreutilsMicrosoft's official package that brings classic Linux/macOS command-line tools like ls, grep, and find to Win
• optonaut/activelabel.swiftActiveLabel is a Swift library for iOS that upgrades the standard text label to automatically detect and respo
• rsmbl/resemble.jsJavaScript library that compares two images pixel by pixel and highlights the differences, most commonly used
• vuejs/routerVue Router 4 is the official routing library for Vue.js 3, letting you build multi-page web apps where users n
• formidablelabs/react-game-kitArchived set of React components for building 2D browser and mobile games using a game loop, physics via Matte
• remacs/remacsArchived project that replaced Emacs's C core with Rust one file at a time, serving as a historical example of
• jlcodes99/vscode-antigravity-cockpitVS Code extension that shows your remaining Google Antigravity AI model quotas as a live dashboard with countd
• mapsme/omimSource code for MAPS.ME, an offline maps app for iPhone and Android that downloads OpenStreetMap community dat
• markusschanta/awesome-jupyterCurated community-maintained directory of tools, libraries, and resources built around Jupyter notebooks, orga
• oucmachinelearning/oucmlA university machine learning group's collection of generative adversarial network implementations, featuring
• ridter/intranet_penetration_tipsA Chinese-language reference collection for security professionals testing corporate networks, covering the fu
• satnaing/astro-paperReady-made blog theme for Astro that gives you a fast personal blog with dark mode, fuzzy search, RSS feed, pa
• tucnak/telebotGo framework for building Telegram bots that handles all communication with Telegram servers so you only write
• bentrevett/pytorch-sentiment-analysisFour hands-on tutorials teaching you how to classify text as positive or negative using PyTorch, progressing f
• jsonchao/awesome-android-interviewA curated guide of Android developer interview questions and answers in Chinese, compiled from real interviews
• madmalik/mononokiMononoki is a clean, monospaced font for code editors and terminals, with an optional dotted-zero feature (ss0
• naereen/badgesA copy-paste reference of hundreds of README badges showing build status, license, language, and more — with r
• security-onion-solutions/securityonionSecurity Onion is a free, open-source network security monitoring platform that bundles intrusion detection, p
• wangshusen/drlA university-level deep reinforcement learning course delivered as PDF lecture slides and Chinese-language vid
• whisperspeech/whisperspeechWhisperSpeech is an open-source text-to-speech system that converts written text into natural-sounding audio u
• bespokesynth/bespokesynthBespoke Synth is a free, open-source modular synthesizer for Windows, Mac, and Linux that lets you build custo
• bingyanstudio/lapiscvA Markdown-based resume template for VSCode, Typora, and Obsidian that exports to a polished PDF, with two vis
• firefox-devtools/debuggerThe archived home of the Firefox JavaScript debugger, which lets developers pause and step through webpage cod
• kaieye/2022-machine-learning-specializationLab notebooks and exercises for Andrew Ng's 2022 Machine Learning Specialization on Coursera, covering supervi
• armink/easyloggerA tiny C and C++ logging library for microcontrollers and IoT devices, using under 1.6KB of storage and 0.3KB
• carguo/gsy_flutter_bookA comprehensive Chinese-language Flutter tutorial series covering everything from Dart basics to advanced rend
• pytorch/executorchExecuTorch lets you run PyTorch AI models directly on phones, tablets, and microcontrollers with a 50KB on-dev
• zju3dv/easymocapA Python toolbox from Zhejiang University that reconstructs 3D human body, hand, and face motion from regular
• going-doer/paper2codeAn AI system that reads a machine learning research paper as a PDF or LaTeX file and automatically generates a
• tachibanayoshino/animeganA TensorFlow project that converts real photos and videos into anime-style images using a generative adversari
• browserify/browserify-handbookA handbook explaining how to use Browserify to write modular JavaScript using Node.js-style require() calls an
• fathah/hermes-desktopA native desktop app for Mac, Windows, and Linux that provides a graphical interface for the Hermes AI agent,
• promptslab/promptifyA Python library that uses large language models to perform structured text tasks — NER, classification, summa
• stvir/pysotResearch toolkit for single-object video tracking using Siamese network algorithms like SiamRPN++ and SiamMask
• voidzero-dev/vite-plusVite+ bundles a dev server, test runner, linter, formatter, and production bundler into one CLI tool called `v
• yizhongw/self-instructA research method and released dataset for teaching language models to follow instructions by having the model
• jendrikseipp/vultureA command-line tool that scans Python codebases for dead code — unused functions, classes, variables, and impo
• kaitai-io/kaitai_structDescribe a binary file format once in a simple .ksy file and automatically generate a ready-to-use parser in a
• o2oa/o2oaAn open-source, low-code office automation platform for businesses to build internal workflows, approval forms
• stackblitz/webcontainer-coreThe official bug tracker for WebContainers — a StackBlitz technology that runs full development environments i
• hahwul/webhackersweaponsA curated, community-maintained directory of hundreds of tools, browser extensions, and Burp Suite plugins use
• hussien89aa/androidtutorialforbeginnersA complete beginner Android development course in Java: 17 full apps built from scratch including a calculator
• lightvector/katagoOne of the strongest open-source Go-playing programs, trained through self-play with no human game records. It
• matz/streemAn experimental, early-stage programming language by Ruby's creator that treats programs as data pipelines — c
• insanelife/chinesenlpcorpusA curated index of datasets for Chinese natural language processing research, covering reading comprehension,
• jariz/vibrant.jsA deprecated JavaScript library that extracts the most prominent colors from images, such as a dominant color
• pattle/simpsons-in-cssA CSS art project that recreates Simpsons characters entirely in code with no image files, using only CSS shap
• aaswordman/operitAn Android AI assistant app that connects AI models to your phone's real capabilities: managing files, browsin
• arashpayan/appiraterA small iOS library that automatically asks users to rate your app on the App Store, but only after they have
• jplayer/jplayerA jQuery plugin that adds audio and video playback to web pages with a consistent look across all browsers, us
• nisrulz/app-privacy-policy-generatorA free browser-based tool that generates ready-to-use privacy policy and terms of use documents for Android, i
• polynote/polynoteAn experimental multi-language notebook environment where Scala, Python, and SQL cells share variables in a si
• pyimagesearch/imutilsA Python package of convenience functions that simplify common OpenCV image operations like rotating, resizing
• vuejs/eslint-plugin-vueThe official ESLint plugin for Vue.js that automatically checks your Vue single-file components for coding mis
• activemerchant/active_merchantA Ruby library that lets your web app accept payments through 100+ payment processors — Stripe, Braintree, Aut
• greenbone/openvas-scannerAn open-source vulnerability scanner that probes computers and network devices for known security weaknesses,
• markdalgleish/stellar.jsA jQuery plugin for parallax scrolling effects that makes background images and page elements move at differen
• php-amqplib/php-amqplibThe most widely used PHP client for RabbitMQ, letting you publish and consume messages through queues so diffe
• kay-is/react-from-zeroAn 18-lesson React tutorial where every lesson is a single HTML file that runs in a browser with no build tool
• liveblocks/liveblocksAn SDK and hosted service for adding real-time collaboration features — live cursors, shared editing, threaded
• nvlabs/neuralangeloA research system from NVIDIA that turns ordinary video footage into a detailed 3D surface mesh using neural r
• phith0n/mind-mapA curated collection of security mind map images and PDFs covering penetration testing, XSS, SQL injection, SS
• 0x4d31/awesome-threat-detectionA curated list of tools, frameworks, datasets, and learning resources for threat detection and threat hunting
• cl0610/java-concurrencyA structured series of Chinese-language articles teaching Java concurrency from basics to advanced topics like
• margox/braft-editorA React rich text editor component with formatting, image and video insertion, and multi-language support, bui
• testing-library/jest-domA library of 30+ extra assertion helpers for Jest and Vitest that make web UI tests more readable — write expe

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