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• obra/superpowers-marketplaceA curated catalog of plugins for Claude Code, the AI coding assistant. Install plugins to add tested skills li
• builtbybel/fluentcleanerA free, open-source Windows disk cleaner that removes temp files and app leftovers using a community-maintaine
• apache/amoroApache Amoro is a management layer for data lakes that automatically optimizes large-scale storage — merging f
• lyra81604/zhengxi-viewsAn AI skill that answers questions about Chinese fund manager Zheng Xi using his real public statements, and s
• ai-dynamo/nixlNIXL is an open-source library from NVIDIA that speeds up data transfers between CPUs, GPUs, and storage in la
• vaibhavs10/open-tts-trackerA curated directory of open-source text-to-speech AI models, letting you compare features like voice cloning,
• x4gking/3x-ui-upgradeA Railway deployment bundle for the Heimdall proxy panel that exposes the panel, subscription link, and VLESS
• paritok-official/paritok-4b-v1A proxy that sits between AI coding agents and the LLM API, compressing requests to cut token costs by 25 to o
• xrpcommunity/xrp-community-walletA free, open-source crypto wallet for storing, sending, and receiving digital money across XRP, Ethereum, BNB
• openmoss/moss-transcribe-diarizeAn open source AI model that transcribes long multi-speaker audio into a timestamped, speaker-labeled transcri
• ruanyf/react-babel-webpack-boilerplateA React starter template that bundles Babel, Webpack, hot reloading, linting, and standardized commit tooling
• rebel0789/codexproCodexPro connects your ChatGPT session directly to your local project folder so the AI can read, edit, and tes
• jordan-gibbs/hyperresearchTurns Claude Code into a deep research agent that searches the web, verifies its own citations, and builds a r
• thananon/9arm-skillsPersonal collection of Claude Code agent skills sorted into engineering, productivity, misc, personal, and in-
• ant-design/ant-design-web3A React component library from the Ant Design team for building Web3 dapp interfaces, with wallet connection a
• pixel-point/media-downloaderA native macOS app that downloads videos from sites like YouTube and TikTok, trims them, and keeps a history w
• web-infra-dev/rsdoctorA build analyzer that shows developers why their Rspack or webpack builds are slow or producing unexpectedly l
• getactivity/multilanguagesAn Android framework that lets users switch the app's display language from inside the app, overriding the pho
• getify/monioA JavaScript library of functional-programming monads (IO, Maybe, Either) for chaining side effects and async
• sindresorhus/terminal-imageDisplay images and animated GIFs directly inside your terminal window. It automatically picks the best renderi
• strapi/nextjs-corporate-starterA starter template combining Strapi and Next.js to build a corporate website with a content admin panel and a
• hermannbjorgvin/clawdmeterA physical desk gadget with a touchscreen that displays your Claude Code usage limits in real time.
• evanbacon/serve-simA command-line tool that quickly spins up Apple iOS Simulators, similar to how npx serve starts a local web se
• oguzhaninan/bukaBuka is a desktop app for managing and reading your ebook collection in one organized place, keeping all your
• limhyungtae/awesome-phd-cvA collection of LaTeX CV and resume templates for PhD students applying to academic faculty positions or indus
• bradtraversy/modern_js_udemy_projectsA collection of ten beginner JavaScript practice projects from Brad Traversy's Udemy course, ordered by diffic
• yyx990803/vue-litvue-lit is a tiny (about 6KB) framework for building native web components with Vue-like reactive syntax, no b
• juanjuandog/finsight-aiAn open-source tool that turns company filings and market data into structured equity research reports with ra
• xyz-ai-lab/axisagenticA runtime framework for long-running AI agents that logs every step of a run so it can be replayed, evaluated,
• deepreinforce-ai/ornith-1Ornith-1.0 is a family of open-source AI models built for autonomous coding tasks like writing and fixing code
• phuc-nt/my-translatorA desktop app that listens to audio and shows near real-time translated speech in a floating overlay on your s
• oranai-ltd/oransimA causal simulation tool that lets marketing teams test what if campaign decisions in about 60 seconds instead
• n8n-io/n8n-nodes-starterA template repository for building and publishing custom n8n integration nodes, with example code and an autom
• magicrew/doc7A command line tool that uses a vision AI model to convert PDFs, scans, and Office files into AI-searchable Ma
• sindresorhus/wallpaperA JavaScript tool that lets your app change or read the desktop background image on macOS, Windows, and Linux
• intuition-lab/personal-modelPersome builds a private, evidence-linked model of how you think and work from your own Mac activity, so conne
• kelseyhightower/intro-to-kubernetes-workshopA hands-on workshop by Kelsey Hightower that walks you through building a Kubernetes cluster from scratch on G
• simonlin1212/a-stock-dataA Python toolkit that lets AI coding assistants answer questions about Chinese A-share stock data through one
• nebusec/cybermeowfiaA repository of proof of concept exploits for CVEs found by a security research group, with links to their det
• max-mapper/mississippiMississippi is a JavaScript toolbox for working with streams — data that flows in pieces rather than all at on
• gudong2003/xianyu-auto-reply-fixA self-hosted dashboard that automates replies, shipping confirmation, and multi-account management for seller
• huohua325/memslidesAn AI agent framework that generates and revises presentation slide decks, using layered memory to make target
• skyblue997/enablemacosaiA macOS kernel extension that spoofs a Mac's region code so China-region Apple Silicon Macs can enable full Ap
• leutenegger/book-to-skillTurns technical books and docs into structured skill files that AI coding assistants like Claude Code and Copi
• moonshotai/moonepA GPU communication library that keeps workloads perfectly balanced across graphics cards when training large
• gaearon/babel-plugin-react-transformA deprecated Babel plugin that automatically wrapped React components with dev-time features like hot reloadin
• litellm-labs/litellm-agent-control-planeA single dashboard and API to create, manage, and run AI agents across multiple platforms like Cursor and Clau
• ch1rpy2613/mirraiMirrai creates an AI version of someone from their chat history and media. You can keep texting them after a b
• aidenybai/cnfastA drop-in replacement for the popular Tailwind CSS class-merging function that runs about 3.8x faster on avera
• lucidrains/mlp-mixer-pytorchA PyTorch implementation of Google's MLP-Mixer, an image recognition model that uses only simple mathematical
• daimon3332/addressA self-hosted generator that produces real, sourced residential addresses across 27 countries for testing form
• whitedns/whitedns-androidWhiteDNS is an Android app that routes your phone's internet traffic through DNS tunneling services to bypass
• getactivity/shapeviewShapeView is an Android library that lets developers style UI elements like buttons and text fields directly i
• aklivity/zillaA multi-protocol gateway that connects apps, devices, and AI agents to Apache Kafka and other services through
• no6kiko/gorest-2d-animation-spritesheet-generatorA browser-based 2D game animation tool that uses an AI coding assistant to generate spritesheets and scenes fr
• laishiwen/sven-familyAn all-in-one platform combining AI workflow design, team collaboration, content publishing, and admin managem
• nvidia-nemo/switchyardA Rust proxy that translates AI coding agent requests between OpenAI and Anthropic formats and routes them acr
• google-research/tabfmA machine learning model that predicts outcomes on spreadsheet-style data without needing to train from scratc
• krishnaik06/interview-prepartion-data-scienceA collection of Jupyter Notebooks with practice questions and worked examples covering core data science and m
• redis/memtier_benchmarkA command-line tool that stress-tests Redis and Memcached databases by simulating heavy traffic. It measures s
• elemefe/react-amapA React component library that lets you easily add interactive AMap (Gaode Maps) into your web app. Built for
• pablostanley/yoinksA terminal tool that downloads videos from YouTube, X, Instagram, TikTok, and thousands of other sites from a
• bilibili/index-1.9bA compact multilingual AI model from Bilibili that handles chat, translation, and role-playing in Chinese and
• python/pyperformanceA standardized benchmark suite that measures how fast Python code runs using real-world workloads, so develope
• rails/solid_cacheA database backed cache store for Ruby on Rails that lets applications keep a much larger cache on disk instea
• jd-opensource/joyai-video-editA research system that edits live or uploaded video in real time using written instructions, powered by a 16 b
• denoland/deno_dockerReady-to-use Docker images for Deno, a modern JavaScript and TypeScript runtime, so you can run Deno apps in c
• guillermolg00/morphiconsA lightweight library that animates one stroke-based icon morphing into another using spring physics, with bin
• ruanyf/es-checkerES-Checker tells you which modern JavaScript features your browser or Node.js environment actually supports, s
• onetoken-oss/k3flightA Linux tool that runs the 2.8 trillion parameter Kimi K3 model on ordinary CPU hardware by keeping only about
• ruanyf/articlesA free, open-source archive of tech articles and tutorials by writer Ruan Yifeng, kept as plain markdown files
• ryancodrai/turbovecA fast, memory efficient vector search library in Rust with Python bindings that compresses embeddings up to e
• elder-plinius/v3sp3rAn Android app that lets you control a Flipper Zero hardware hacking device using natural language voice or te
• nyblnet/bentoA free, open-source presentation tool where your entire slide deck, editor, and player live in one HTML file y
• doorman11991/smallcodeTerminal coding agent built for small local LLMs (8B-35B params). Adds context budgets, forgiving tool parsers
• torvalds/test-tlbA hacky benchmarking tool that measures your computer's real-world memory access speed and cache behavior, inc
• smilelikeye/agent-chiefA local first tool that filters every AI agent alert and feed through a judgment engine, deciding whether to i
• google-gemma/gemma-translatorA Raspberry Pi kiosk project that translates speech between two people offline, using Google's Gemma model run
• christina-de-martinez/babel-plugin-glowup-vibesA joke Babel plugin that compiles internet slang like noCap and ghosted into standard JavaScript keywords and
• peng-zhihui/openheatOpenHeat is an open-source reflow soldering platform that heats PCBs up to 300°C using an ESP32-controlled alu
• jmerelnyc/talosA client that shares your GPU with the Talos network to serve AI inference jobs through Ollama and earns you a
• specterops/nemesisA data-processing platform for offensive security teams that ingests files collected during network break-ins,
• karpathy/recurrentjsRecurrentJS is a JavaScript library for building and training RNN and LSTM neural networks directly in the bro
• future-agi/future-agiAn open source platform that combines evaluation, tracing, and safety guardrails to help teams test and monito
• asz798838958/freeagentidentityA self-hosted web panel that automates creating and managing many free ChatGPT accounts in bulk, including SMS
• tddworks/baguetteA command line tool and web UI for controlling and streaming iOS simulators on a Mac without opening Xcode, bu
• upstash/redis-jsA TypeScript client for Redis that uses HTTP requests instead of persistent connections, letting you use Redis
• yyx990803/html5-clear-v2HTML5 Clear is a browser-based to-do list app that recreates the iOS Clear app's swipe-and-tap gesture interfa
• hkuds/openopcA Python framework that assembles a team of AI agents into a virtual company, assigning them roles and tasks t
• zai-org/scailA research AI model that animates a character from a single reference image into a video following a given pos
• halfrgrd/flylineA Bash shell plugin that replaces the built-in line editor with a smarter one, adding command suggestions, fuz
• gvzdv/claudish-to-englishA Claude Code plugin that rewrites the assistant's responses into simpler plain English before showing them to
• justjavac/openai-proxyA self-hostable proxy server that forwards OpenAI API requests, built for users in regions where direct OpenAI
• flaminis/dalaranDalaran is a free, self-hosted tool for robotics teams to record, replay, and visualize sensor data like camer
• louiszengcn/carlaairA simulator that merges CARLA's urban driving and AirSim's drone flight into one process, letting researchers
• nethical6/conversation-steganographyA command line tool that hides encrypted secret messages inside AI-generated, innocent-looking chat text you p
• yyx990803/vite-vs-next-turbo-hmrA benchmark that times how fast Vite and Next.js with Turbopack update your browser after you save a file, so
• peng-zhihui/st-link-nanoA DIY hardware project for building a tiny USB debugger that programs and monitors STM32 microcontrollers, dou
• jwasham/practice-cA personal archive of C practice exercises the author wrote while studying the C programming language, shared
• django/django-localflavorA collection of ready-made Django form fields and validators that know the correct format and rules for countr

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