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• dimsemenov/magnific-popupMagnific Popup is a deprecated MIT-licensed jQuery lightbox plugin that opens images, videos, and HTML in a ce
• qwenlm/qwen3-ttsQwen3-TTS is a set of open-source AI text-to-speech models from Alibaba that convert text to natural speech in
• xiandanin/magnetwmagnetW was a cross-platform desktop app that searched for magnet links across multiple torrent sites in one u
• apereo/casApereo CAS is a Java-based single sign-on server used mainly in education: users log in once and access many a
• didi/logicflowA TypeScript/JavaScript library for building interactive diagram editors in web apps, with a built-in canvas,
• ssssssss-team/spider-flowA no-code web scraping platform where you build scrapers by drawing a flowchart. Handles dynamic pages, proxy
• open-dev-society/openstockA free, self-hosted stock market tracker with price charts, personal watchlists, company financials, Reddit se
• vira-themes/vira-assetsVira Assets is a public static file host for Vira Software, which makes Vira Theme (a premium code editor colo
• stylus/stylusA CSS preprocessor for Node.js that lets you write stylesheets with variables, mixins, loops, and functions, t
• picturepan2/spectreA lightweight CSS framework (~10KB) with flexbox-based responsive layouts, pre-styled forms, buttons, cards, m
• lucidrains/dalle2-pytorchAn open-source PyTorch reimplementation of DALL-E 2 for generating images from text descriptions. Requires GPU
• easytier/easytierA mesh VPN tool that connects your devices into one private virtual network over the internet, punching throug
• libvips/libvipsA fast C image processing library with 300+ operations — resize, crop, convert, filter — that uses far less me
• oh-my-fish/oh-my-fishA package manager for the Fish shell that lets you install themes and plugins to customize your terminal promp
• jojoldu/junior-recruit-schedulerA curated, quality-filtered collection of junior developer job postings and career resources for entry-level s
• akveo/blur-adminBlurAdmin is a pre-built admin dashboard template using AngularJS and Bootstrap that developers can drop into
• thu-mig/yolov10YOLOv10 is a real-time object detection model that draws labeled boxes around things it spots in images or vid
• jamesnk/newtonsoft.jsonJson.NET (Newtonsoft.Json) is one of the most-downloaded .NET libraries, giving C# developers simple tools to
• codewithharry/sigma-web-dev-courseThis repository holds the source code for the Sigma Web Development Course taught in Hindi on YouTube, coverin
• hacktricks-wiki/hacktricksHackTricks is a large cybersecurity knowledge base documenting hacking techniques, penetration testing methods
• playcover/playcoverPlayCover lets you run iOS apps and games on Apple Silicon Macs by wrapping them to act like iPad apps, with c
• dmitrybaranovskiy/raphaelRaphael is a JavaScript library for drawing and animating vector graphics in any web browser using a simple AP
• oz123/awesome-cA curated directory of open-source C programming libraries, tools, frameworks, and learning materials organize
• simular-ai/agent-sAgent S is an open-source AI framework that controls a computer by looking at the screen and clicking like a p
• templarian/materialdesignThis repository is the planning and issue tracker for Material Design Icons, a community-maintained collection
• alexays/waybarWaybar is a highly configurable status bar for Linux desktops running Wayland, showing time, battery, network,
• yujincheng08/biliroamingBiliRoaming is an Android add-on that removes geographic content locks on the Bilibili video app, letting user
• hackl0us/ss-rule-snippetA ready-made collection of proxy routing rules for Surge, Clash, Quantumult X, and Shadowrocket that users can
• mantle/mantleMantle is a base model class for iOS and macOS apps that automatically handles converting JSON API responses i
• listen1/listen1_desktopListen 1 is a desktop music player for Windows, Mac, and Linux that lets you search and play songs from seven
• logaretm/vee-validatevee-validate is a Vue.js library that adds form validation to web apps with minimal code, offering both a comp
• rougier/scientific-visualization-bookA free, open-access book and code repository teaching researchers and students how to create publication-quali
• charmbracelet/lipglossLip Gloss is a Go library for adding colors, borders, padding, and column layouts to command-line tool output
• deathking/learning-sicpA community-translated Chinese subtitle collection for the classic 1986 MIT SICP lecture series, with links to
• pingdotgg/t3codeT3 Code is an early-stage desktop and web graphical interface that wraps AI coding agents like Claude Code, Co
• tongyi-mai/z-imageZ-Image is an open-source family of 6-billion-parameter AI image generation models that creates images from te
• onivim/oniA code editor that combines Vim's keyboard-driven modal editing style with a modern graphical window and IDE f
• dyang886/game-cheats-managerA Windows desktop app that lets you browse, download, and organize game trainers (cheat programs) for single-p
• seerr-team/seerrA self-hosted web app that gives friends and family a friendly interface to request movies and TV shows from y
• higherorderco/hvm2A low-level runtime that runs programs on GPUs by distributing computation across thousands of processors simu
• dotansimha/graphql-code-generatorA developer tool that reads your GraphQL schema and query files and automatically generates typed code — TypeS
• getumbrel/umbrelA personal home server operating system for Raspberry Pi or Ubuntu/Debian PCs that gives you a dashboard to ma
• formidablelabs/victoryA React component library for adding charts and data visualizations — pie charts, bar charts, line graphs, sca
• owncast/owncastA self-hosted live video streaming server you run on your own hardware or VPS that works with OBS and other st
• markyun/markyunA personal GitHub repository used as a public bookmark collection by a Chinese web developer, containing links
• apple/darwin-xnuThe source code for XNU, the hybrid kernel at the heart of macOS and iOS, combining the Mach microkernel, Free
• scottjehl/respondA tiny JavaScript file that makes older Internet Explorer browsers (IE6–8) understand CSS media queries, so re
• googlechromelabs/quicklinkA tiny JavaScript library from Google Chrome Labs that speeds up websites by silently loading pages in the bac
• egoist/tsupA zero-config command-line tool for bundling TypeScript libraries into JavaScript, powered by esbuild for fast
• webpro-nl/knipKnip scans JavaScript and TypeScript projects and reports unused files, npm dependencies, and exports so you c
• 0voice/from_coder_to_expertA curated reading list of internal technical presentations from major Chinese tech companies covering distribu
• javve/list.jsA tiny, dependency-free JavaScript library that adds live search, sort, filter, and pagination to any existing
• vim-syntastic/syntasticA Vim plugin that runs external code checkers in the background and shows errors inline while you edit — thoug
• salesforce/lavisA Python research library from Salesforce that bundles multiple vision-and-language AI models — including BLIP
• screetsec/thefatratA Linux penetration testing tool that automates generating remote-access payloads for Windows, Android, Mac, a
• lsdefine/genericagentA lightweight Python framework where an AI model controls your computer — browser, terminal, files, mouse and
• cloudwego/einoA Go framework from ByteDance for building AI-powered applications, offering reusable components for chat and
• flxzt/rnoteRnote is a free open-source drawing and note-taking app for stylus and tablet users on Linux, macOS, and Windo
• reduxjs/redux-toolkitRedux Toolkit is the official, batteries-included way to manage shared app state in JavaScript and TypeScript
• google/go-githubgo-github is a Go library maintained by Google that lets your programs talk to GitHub's REST API — read repos,
• smartcontractkit/full-blockchain-solidity-course-pyCompanion code for a free beginner-to-expert video course on blockchain development — covers how blockchains w
• kornia/korniaKornia is a Python computer-vision library on top of PyTorch that makes image filters, transformations, and fe
• eosio/eosEOSIO is an open-source C++ platform for building your own blockchain network — teams can take this code and r
• quickwit-oss/quickwitQuickwit is an open-source search engine for logs and traces that stores its index on cheap cloud object stora
• ptmt/react-native-macosA deprecated experimental fork that brought React Native to macOS desktop apps — now abandoned in favor of Mic
• cjwirth/awesome-ios-uiA curated list of open-source iOS UI libraries — browse animated demos of animations, menus, pickers, progress
• bishopfox/sliverSliver is an open-source red-team framework by BishopFox that lets authorized security teams simulate real att
• t8y2/dbxDBX is a lightweight, 20 MB cross-platform database client that connects to over 70 databases with a desktop a
• the-pr-agent/pr-agentAI tool that automatically reviews GitHub pull requests and posts feedback as comments, replacing the need for
• jnv/listsA mega-directory of curated GitHub lists covering hundreds of topics — from programming languages and develope
• nvlabs/stylegan2NVIDIA Research's AI model that generates photorealistic images of faces, cars, and animals from scratch, and
• mozilla/readabilityMozilla's JavaScript library that strips a webpage down to just its article text and images — the same code th
• nvidia/fastphotostyleNVIDIA Python tool that transfers the colors, tones, and textures of one photograph onto another to produce ph
• hxu296/leetcode-company-wise-problems-2022A snapshot dataset of LeetCode interview questions organized by company — 184 companies with frequency counts
• permissions-dispatcher/permissionsdispatcherAndroid library that cuts out the repetitive code required to ask users for permissions by letting you declare
• ds300/patch-packageJavaScript tool that lets you directly fix bugs in your npm dependencies and saves those fixes as committed pa
• kautukkundan/awesome-profile-readme-templatesA community gallery of creative GitHub profile README examples to give you inspiration and starting points for
• apple/turicreateApple's Python toolkit for building machine learning models without needing to know the math — trains image cl
• jonataslaw/getxGetX is a Flutter package that adds state management, screen navigation, and dependency injection to your mobi
• phuryn/pm-skillsA library of 65 product management skills and 36 chained workflows for Claude AI, covering discovery, strategy
• doriandarko/claude-engineerA Python coding assistant powered by Claude 3.5 Sonnet that reads and edits your files, runs code, and can wri
• giampaolo/psutilA Python library for reading real-time system information — CPU usage, memory, disk, network connections, and
• doctrine/lexerA PHP base class for building lexers — components that read raw text and break it into labeled tokens as the f
• daniulive/smarterstreamingA cross-platform SDK for real-time live video streaming with 100–200ms latency on Android, iOS, Windows, and L
• yang-1989/m3uA curated, regularly updated collection of M3U playlist files with IPTV live stream URLs, primarily for Chines
• kjw0612/awesome-deep-visionA curated reading list of academic papers, courses, books, and tools covering computer vision and deep learnin
• mixmark-io/turndownA JavaScript library that converts HTML into Markdown text, working in both Node.js and the browser, with cust
• karpathy/convnetjsA JavaScript library for training neural networks directly in the browser, with no installation needed. Suppor
• tweepy/tweepyA Python library that connects your code to the Twitter API, handling authentication and HTTP details so you c
• tambo-ai/tamboA toolkit for React developers that lets an AI agent decide which UI components to show based on what a user t
• moghtech/komodoA self-hosted web dashboard for managing builds and deployments across unlimited servers, with no paid tiers a
• misskey-dev/misskeyA free, open-source social media platform you can self-host where users on different servers can follow and in
• z-song/laravel-adminA PHP package for Laravel that generates a full admin control panel for your web app in minutes, with database
• joeanamier/xhs-downloaderA Python tool for downloading photos, videos, and post data from XiaoHongShu (Little Red Book / RedNote), with
• ekzhang/boreA command-line tool that exposes a service running on your laptop to the public internet in one command, with
• panjf2000/gnetA Go library for building extremely fast network servers that handles thousands of simultaneous connections us
• shabinder/spotiflyerA music downloader app for Android and desktop that saves songs, albums, and playlists from Spotify, YouTube M
• dart-lang/sdkThe official SDK for the Dart programming language, which powers Flutter apps and can compile to native code,
• apachecn/apachecn-algo-zhA Chinese-language collection of translated algorithm books and LeetCode solutions covering data structures an
• jingmatrix/vectorAn Android framework for rooted phones that lets installable modules change how apps behave at runtime using f

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