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• slvdev/esp32-aiRuns a 28.9 million parameter language model entirely on a $8 ESP32-S3 microcontroller chip. It generates text
• ywnd1144/gopay_plus_automaticA Python automation tool that walks a ChatGPT account through Indonesia's GoPay payment chain to claim a disco
• oil-oil/beautify-github-readmeAn agent skill that redesigns a GitHub README's structure and visuals to match the actual project, instead of
• mli/transformers-benchmarksA collection of Jupyter notebooks that benchmark real training speed for Transformer models like BERT and GPT-
• 514-labs/dnsglobeA terminal tool that checks how a DNS record has spread across dozens of public servers worldwide, shown live
• codingdocs/typora-markdown-resumeA Markdown resume template for developers, with instructions for turning it into a polished PDF using Typora o
• nvidia/cuoptcuOpt is NVIDIA's GPU-accelerated engine for solving optimization problems like vehicle routing and linear pro
• gustavoguanabara/projeto-siteA simple HTML website built as a hands-on class project to teach beginners Git and GitHub by example, showing
• hamen/material-3-skillA reference skill package that teaches Claude Code how to correctly build Google's Material Design 3 look and
• kappaemme-git/codex-first-customer-finder-skillA Codex skill that researches public signals to build an evidence-backed shortlist of potential first customer
• uzairansaruzi/hermexA native iPhone app that lets you chat with and manage a self hosted Hermes AI agent server that you control y
• zachleat/glyphhangerGlyphhanger shrinks web font files to only the characters your website actually uses, so pages load faster wit
• facebookresearch/sonarSONAR converts sentences from text or speech, across 200 languages, into a shared numerical space so you can c
• liangnjupt/vistouchA dataset of matched video, audio, and touch recordings from a robot hand sliding across everyday materials, p
• nickustinov/itsyhome-macosA native macOS menu bar app for controlling HomeKit and Home Assistant smart home devices with one click.
• trekhleb/machine-learning-octaveA hands-on learning resource that implements common machine learning algorithms from scratch in Octave/MATLAB,
• cosmtrek/mindwalkMindwalk visualizes a coding AI agent's session as glowing light on a 3D map of your codebase, showing which f
• haydenbleasel/blumeA zero-config tool that turns a folder of Markdown files into a fast, searchable documentation website built o
• apple/coreai-modelsApple's official toolkit for exporting and running AI models directly on Mac and iPhone using the Core AI fram
• ai4s-research/open-scienceOpen Science Desktop is a local-first desktop app that runs an entire AI research workflow, from exploring a t
• github/safe-settingsSafe-Settings is a GitHub app that lets you manage branch protection, team access, and security policy for an
• danny-avila/rag_apiA backend service that lets your app upload documents and search them by meaning rather than keywords. It conv
• ling71671/open-reverselabAn agent-oriented reverse engineering lab combining a large security research knowledge base with over 100 aut
• facebookarchive/loopVoiceLoop turns written text into spoken audio using different people's voices, including voices recorded in e
• silvertakana/worldwideviewAn open-source real-time 3D globe dashboard that displays live world data like flights, ships, and events as i
• gamemann/xdp-firewallA high-speed Linux firewall that blocks malicious network traffic and DDoS attacks at the network card level,
• oracle/terraform-provider-ociA plugin that lets Terraform create and manage cloud resources on Oracle Cloud by writing infrastructure as co
• skevy/wobbleWobble is a tiny 1.7KB spring-physics animation library that makes UI elements bounce and settle naturally, us
• oracle/mysql-operatorA tool that automated running MySQL databases on Kubernetes, handling restarts, scaling, backups, and failover
• namastedev/namaste-reactA course notes repository documenting concepts from the Namaste React tutorial series, not a standalone app.
• robbyant/lingbot-videoAn open source Mixture of Experts video generation model aimed at embodied AI, turning text or images into vid
• sindresorhus/debounceDebounce is a tiny JavaScript helper that delays running a function until calls stop coming in, preventing it
• mereyabdenbekuly-ctrl/clodex-ideA local first desktop AI coding app that keeps files, git, terminal, browser, and tools together in one task w
• v-modal/vmodal_sdk_flutterA Flutter SDK that adds searchable video, letting your Android or iOS app find moments in uploaded video by me
• william-lu-stack/flawlessAn AI-assisted control system for Kubernetes and cloud infrastructure that detects problems, proposes fixes, a
• justjavac/chromesnifferplusA Chrome and Edge browser extension that detects which frameworks, libraries, and services a website is built
• portabase/portabaseA self-hosted visual dashboard for backing up and restoring databases across many database engines from one in
• robbyant/lingbot-visionA family of self supervised Vision Transformer models, from small to 1.1B parameters, that learn detailed spat
• openbmb/staffdeckStaffDeck is an enterprise platform for turning an employee's work processes and decision-making into reusable
• pengchujin/jzsubTurns a video link into the highest quality download, a cover image, and a bilingual subtitle burned in MP4, u
• yyx990803/laravel-vue-cli-3A starter template showing how to properly combine a Laravel PHP backend with a Vue single-page frontend, incl
• gakonst/solidity-bookA free online textbook that helps Solidity developers level up to senior engineer status by covering advanced
• gvclab/cutclawAn AI tool that automatically edits raw video footage and music into a finished montage from a plain text inst
• niieani/gpt-tokenizerA JavaScript library that splits text into tokens the same way OpenAI models do, letting you count tokens, est
• gofiber/awesome-fiberAwesome Fiber is a curated directory of links to tools, tutorials, and starter projects for developers using t
• tencent/real-srRealSR sharpens blurry, noisy real-world photos by learning how actual camera degradation happens, unlike tool
• typicode/xvxv is a tiny test runner for JavaScript and TypeScript that finds your test files and runs plain Node.js code
• d2l-ai/d2l-zh-pytorch-slidesA collection of interactive presentation slides for learning deep learning with PyTorch, covering everything f
• penecho/penechoA shared drawing canvas where you sketch equations, diagrams, and notes and an AI responds right next to your
• linxiaotao/fuckclaudeA bilingual browser tool that scans your device signals to estimate whether Claude Code would flag you as a Ch
• zerx-lab/fluxdownA free, open-source download manager for regular files, torrents, and streaming video, with an AI assistant in
• osama-fawad/pekingmanA research project building an AI agent system that gives virtual characters like game NPCs persistent memory
• david-crty/databasementA self-hosted dashboard for scheduling, storing, and restoring database backups across many engines and storag
• keyboardio/kaleidoscopeFirmware for Arduino-based keyboards that controls key mappings, macros, layers, and LED effects on Keyboardio
• alirezarezvani/claude-code-skill-factoryAn AI-powered toolkit that helps you build custom Claude extensions, agents, and slash commands through guided
• tobilg/polyglotA Rust-built tool that translates, parses, and formats SQL queries across more than 32 database dialects.
• termux/termux-toolsHelper scripts and config files that manage mirror servers for Termux, the Linux-like terminal app for Android
• hku-mars/ikd-treeA C++ tool that helps robots efficiently store and update 3D LiDAR point cloud maps as they move, enabling fas
• gitlawb/zeroA local terminal coding assistant that reads, edits, and runs code using your choice of AI model, with session
• mighty-alien/mev-arbitrage-botA Solidity smart contract and guide for deploying a Uniswap arbitrage bot that you fund with your own ETH thro
• gaearon/suspense-experimental-github-demoAn experimental demo by React creator Dan Abramov showing how Suspense lets apps render pieces of a page as da
• akka/akka-samplesA collection of working code examples that show developers how to use Akka, a toolkit for building distributed
• kodiqa-solutions/vaults3A single binary, S3 compatible object storage server with a built in web dashboard, using under 80MB of RAM, a
• discourse/oneboxOnebox is a Ruby library that turns plain URLs into rich visual previews like embedded videos, images, and art
• nodejs/amaroAmaro lets Node.js run TypeScript files directly by stripping away type annotations on the fly, skipping the u
• ion-design/ditto.siteA tool that captures what a website actually renders in a browser and generates a matching, ready to run Next.
• iamshaunjp/vuejs-playlistCompanion code repository for The Net Ninja's beginner Vue.js 2 YouTube course, with starter and completed fil
• gaearon/todosA collection of git branches showing how a simple todos app evolves into idiomatic Redux, teaching state manag
• stephengrider/dockercastsA collection of starter files and code examples that accompany Stephen Grider's Udemy Docker course, letting l
• facebookresearch/oceanFacebook's C++ toolkit for building computer vision and augmented reality apps, handling image processing, mot
• getactivity/gsonfactoryGsonFactory is a tool for Android developers that prevents app crashes when backend servers send unexpected or
• octocat/hello-woridA simple starter repository on GitHub that serves as a practice project for beginners learning how to create r
• raszi/node-tmpA Node.js library that creates uniquely named temporary files and directories, with automatic cleanup when you
• skyvern-ai/rustwrightRustwright is an alpha-stage, Playwright-API-compatible browser automation library that drives Chromium throug
• llsourcell/how-to-predict-stock-prices-easily-demoA beginner-friendly demo that uses a deep learning technique called LSTM neural networks to predict S&P 500 st
• gaearon/react-transform-hmrA deprecated prototype that lets React components hot-swap in the browser on save, preserving app state instea
• mitchellh/hashstructureA Go library that creates a unique fingerprint (hash) for any data structure, no matter how complex or nested,
• karpathy/lecun1989-reproA reproduction of Yann LeCun's landmark 1989 zip-code recognition experiment, retraining the original neural n
• haydenbleasel/files-sdkA TypeScript SDK offering one unified API to work with file and object storage across cloud providers like S3,
• plannotator/effective-htmlA skill pack for AI coding agents that generates clean, self-contained HTML diagrams and plan pages.
• nilbuild/brusherBrusher is a lightweight JavaScript tool that adds an interactive blur-and-reveal background to any webpage. V
• peng-zhihui/one-robotOpen-source firmware and 3D models for a self-balancing unicycle robot, using an IMU and STM32 microcontroller
• jd-opensource/joyai-echoJoyAI-Echo is JD.com's inference-only research model that generates coherent, up to five-minute multi-shot vid
• ossu/code-of-conductThis repo contains the community rulebook for OSSU, a free online computer science education community. The ru
• op7418/guizang-material-illustrationAn AI agent skill that turns articles, charts, and concepts into a single labeled explanatory illustration in
• angular/web-codegen-scorerA command-line tool from the Angular team that scores AI-generated web code for build success, errors, accessi
• awslabs/aws-jwt-verifyA lightweight library that verifies login tokens (JWTs) are genuine and safe before your app grants access, wi
• github/github-ospoA starter kit from GitHub's Open Source Program Office with ready-to-use policies, guides, and automation tool
• pocket-stack/pocketjsA framework that lets you write web style UI code in Solid or Vue and run it natively on PSP, PS Vita, browser
• ruanyf/loppoA command-line tool that turns a folder of markdown files into a polished, ready-to-publish static website wit
• kilian/trimageTrimage shrinks PNG and JPG image files down to their smallest possible size without any visible loss of quali
• ruanyf/wechat-miniprogram-demosA set of beginner tutorial code examples that teach you to build WeChat mini-programs — small apps that run in
• steipete/trimmyTrimmy is a macOS menu-bar app that automatically flattens multi-line shell commands into a single line when y
• truelockmc/streambertA desktop app for streaming and downloading movies, shows, and anime from third-party sources without ads or t
• paddlepaddle/paddlemixPaddleMIX is a toolkit for building AI applications that work with text, images, video, and audio together. It
• indalok/rzwebA browser based tool that lets you analyze compiled programs like ELF or PE files entirely inside your web bro
• kubernetes/apiserverA Go library for building custom API servers that behave like the ones powering Kubernetes, supporting native
• blueturboguy07/cueA free Mac app that floats over your screen, listens to meetings, and uses your own AI key to help you answer
• laravel/promptsLaravel Prompts is a PHP package for adding beautiful, interactive, form-like prompts to command-line applicat
• yyx990803/html5-clearA deprecated proof-of-concept web app that recreates the iOS Clear to-do list's polished gestures and animatio

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