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• kubernetes-sigs/krewKrew is a package manager for kubectl plugins — it lets you browse, install, and update extensions to the Kube
• oracle/docker-imagesOracle's official collection of Dockerfiles and build scripts for containerizing Oracle Database, WebLogic, Ja
• pdfminer/pdfminer.sixpdfminer.six is a Python library that extracts text, images, form data, and precise layout information directl
• taobao/nginx-bookA free Chinese-language book written by Taobao's server team that teaches Nginx module development from scratc
• xiaoyouchr/ghost-downloader-3A cross-platform, AI-accelerated download manager supporting HTTP, BitTorrent, YouTube, and more, with a moder
• bitfield/scriptscript is a Go library that lets you write file-reading, text-filtering, and shell-scripting-style pipelines d
• enricoros/big-agiBig-AGI is an open-source AI chat workspace where you connect your own API keys to access 500+ AI models from
• roundcube/roundcubemailRoundcube is a free open-source webmail application you install on your own server so people can read and send
• geerlingguy/mac-dev-playbookAn Ansible automation playbook that installs and configures a full developer Mac setup in one command, coverin
• gitname/react-gh-pagesA step-by-step tutorial showing how to build a React web app and publish it for free on GitHub Pages, walking
• n3r4zzurr0/svg-spinnersA collection of animated loading spinner graphics in SVG format, sized to a standard 24x24 viewbox, available
• pixelfed/pixelfedPixelfed is an open-source Instagram-like photo sharing platform you can self-host, part of the fediverse so u
• tokio-rs/mioMio is a low-level Rust library for non-blocking I/O that wraps each operating system's native event system (e
• googlechrome/lighthouse-ciLighthouse CI automatically runs Google Lighthouse audits on your website inside your CI pipeline, catching pe
• princeton-vl/infinigenInfinigen is a Princeton research tool that procedurally generates photorealistic synthetic 3D outdoor environ
• inventree/inventreeInvenTree is an open-source web-based inventory system for tracking physical parts and stock levels, built for
• onionshare/onionshareOnionShare is an open-source desktop app that lets you anonymously share files, host websites, and chat throug
• tonymillion/reachabilityReachability is a tiny Objective-C library for iOS and macOS that tells your app whether the device has an int
• mitre/calderaMITRE Caldera is an automated security testing platform that simulates real attacker behavior on your network
• ultimaker/curaUltimaker Cura is a free desktop app that converts 3D model files into printer instructions, letting you adjus
• docker-library/official-imagesThis repository is the source of truth for Docker Official Images — the curated, pre-built containers like ubu
• qvacua/vimrVimR is a native macOS app that wraps Neovim in a graphical window with tabs, a file browser, fuzzy finder, an
• loks666/get_jobsGet Jobs is a Java automation tool that submits your resume to major Chinese job boards like Boss Zhipin and 5
• alibaba/jvm-sandboxJVM-Sandbox is an Alibaba tool that attaches to a running Java application and lets you intercept, inspect, an
• gaomingqi/track-anythingTrack-Anything lets you click on any object in a video and it automatically follows and outlines that object t
• un-pany/v3-admin-viteV3 Admin Vite is a ready-to-use admin dashboard template built with Vue 3, Vite, and TypeScript that includes
• ai4finance-foundation/finrobotAn open-source Python platform that uses AI agents to automatically generate professional equity research repo
• ayoubfaouzi/al-khaserA Windows test tool for security researchers that simulates the tricks real malware uses to detect debuggers,
• ptomasroos/react-native-scrollable-tab-viewA React Native component that adds a swipeable tab navigation bar to your iOS and Android app — users swipe be
• thecraighewitt/seomachineA Claude Code workspace that turns an AI coding assistant into a full SEO content pipeline — researching keywo
• mleibman/slickgridA JavaScript data grid library that displays millions of rows in a web page at full browser speed by only rend
• mylxsw/aideaA fully open-source iOS, Android, macOS, and Windows app that gives you a single chat interface for multiple A
• elementor/elementorThe most popular drag-and-drop page builder plugin for WordPress — you visually design web pages by dragging e
• gazler/githugA command-line game that teaches Git by making you solve real Git tasks in your terminal, level by level — the
• pycqa/isortA one-command Python utility that automatically sorts and groups the import statements at the top of your Pyth
• paddlepaddle/modelsThe official model library for PaddlePaddle, Baidu's deep-learning framework — over 600 production-ready AI mo
• a-ghorbani/pocketpal-aiA free mobile app for iOS and Android that lets you download and chat with AI language models entirely on your
• detekt/detektA tool that automatically scans Kotlin code for problems, style issues, and overly complex logic before you ru
• ripplepiam/mobaxterm-chinese-simplifiedA Simplified Chinese translation of MobaXterm, a Windows terminal app for connecting to remote servers via SSH
• visualize-ml/book1_python-for-beginnersAn open-source beginner Python programming book delivered as interactive Jupyter Notebooks, covering basic ari
• sveltejs/sapperSapper was a framework for building full web applications with Svelte, handling routing and server-side render
• 217heidai/adblockfiltersA project that automatically merges dozens of ad-blocking filter lists from around the web into a single updat
• mailgun/transactional-email-templatesThree ready-to-use HTML email templates from Mailgun for common app emails — password resets, billing receipts
• mcmilk/7-zip-zstdA modified version of 7-Zip that adds support for modern compression formats — Zstandard, Brotli, LZ4, and oth
• rsactftool/rsactftoolA command-line tool that automatically tries dozens of known attacks against weak RSA public keys to recover t
• karminski/one-small-stepA Chinese-language tech education project that publishes short five-minute explainer articles on AI, machine l
• answerdotai/fasthtmlA Python library for building interactive web pages without writing HTML or JavaScript — you write Python func
• nutlope/llamacoderType a text description and get a tiny runnable web app back instantly, powered by Meta's Llama 3.1 405B model
• epicgamesext/raddebuggerA graphical debugger for 64-bit Windows programs built by Epic Games, plus a faster linker and a custom debug-
• l0o0/jasminumA Zotero plugin that fixes missing metadata for Chinese academic papers by looking them up in CNKI, and also h
• sobolevn/awesome-cryptographyA curated list of cryptography resources — theory articles, standalone tools, and code libraries for more than
• tidyverse/ggplot2An R package for making charts and graphs by describing what you want in code — map your data to axes and colo
• tagstudiodev/tagstudioA desktop app that organizes your photos and files using a structured tag hierarchy — without moving or renami
• latentcat/qrbtfA QR code generator that makes visually styled codes — either using AI to blend an image with a scannable QR c
• lake1059/ffmpegfreeuiFFmpegFreeUI (3FUI) is a free Windows desktop app that gives a visual drag-and-drop interface to FFmpeg so you
• nvlabs/stylegan3NVIDIA's research code for generating photorealistic synthetic images, fixing the problem where fine details l
• reactchartjs/react-chartjs-2A React library that lets you add bar charts, line charts, doughnuts, scatter plots, and more to your app by i
• 648540858/wvp-gb28181-prowvp-GB28181-pro is a ready-to-deploy video surveillance server that connects IP cameras and recorders to a liv
• tt-a1i/archifyAn AI agent skill that turns a plain-English system description into an interactive, shareable architecture, w
• jgraph/mxgraphmxGraph is an end-of-life JavaScript library for drawing interactive flowcharts, org charts, and network diagr
• anomalyco/openauthOpenAuth is a self-hosted OAuth 2.0 authentication server that handles login centrally for all your apps — sup
• davidjbradshaw/iframe-resizeriframe-resizer is a JavaScript library that automatically adjusts an iframe's height to fit its content — incl
• mortimergoro/mgswipetablecellMGSwipeTableCell is an iOS library that adds swipe-to-reveal action buttons to list rows in your app — like th
• oldratlee/translationsA curated collection of Chinese translations of classic software engineering articles and papers — covering di
• cazala/synapticSynaptic is a JavaScript library for building and training neural networks in the browser or Node.js — wire la
• macrozheng/springcloud-learningspringcloud-learning is a Chinese-language step-by-step tutorial series with working code that teaches how to
• suwayomi/suwayomi-serverSuwayomi-Server is a free self-hosted manga reading server that runs on your computer and lets you browse, dow
• wilsonpage/fastdomTiny JavaScript library that eliminates page jank by batching all DOM reads into one group and all writes into
• flask-restful/flask-restfulPython library that extends Flask with ready-made building blocks for creating REST APIs, so you can structure
• magicmonty/bash-git-promptShell script add-on that shows live Git status in your terminal prompt — branch name, changed files, ahead or
• matthew-andrews/isomorphic-fetchJavaScript library that adds the browser's built-in fetch() function to Node.js so the same HTTP request code
• ntop/n2nPeer-to-peer VPN tool written in C that connects machines across the internet as if they share a local network
• doocs/technical-booksCurated reading list of technical books for Chinese-speaking software developers, organized by topic — algorit
• go-rod/rodGo library for controlling a Chrome browser from code — scraping pages, running end-to-end tests, taking scree
• nvidia/pix2pixhdNVIDIA research code that converts color-coded label maps into photorealistic images up to 2048x1024 pixels us
• stalniy/caslJavaScript and TypeScript library for defining what logged-in users are allowed to do in an app, with the same
• futurepress/epub.jsJavaScript library that renders ePub e-books directly in a web browser without any app or plugin, supporting b
• shuttle-hq/shuttleShuttle lets you deploy Rust web applications to the cloud with a single command, automatically provisioning d
• vespa-engine/vespaVespa is a platform for searching, ranking, and organizing massive datasets in real time, combining traditiona
• builtbybel/flyoobeFlyOOBE lets you install Windows 11 on computers that fail Microsoft's hardware requirements like TPM 2.0 and
• paragonie/awesome-appsecA curated reading list of books, articles, courses, and tools for learning application security across many pr
• liuchong/awesome-roadmapsA curated collection of learning roadmaps for software developers, linking to external resources that map out
• done-0/fuck-u-codeA command-line tool that scores your code quality across 14 programming languages, flags the worst files with
• veltman/flubberFlubber is a JavaScript library that smoothly animates between any two shapes on a web page, turning abrupt sh
• ai/size-limitSize Limit measures your JavaScript bundle's real compressed download size and execution time, then blocks dep
• charmbracelet/soft-serveSoft Serve is a self-hosted Git server you run on your own machine, with a browsable terminal interface over S
• deepseek-ai/deepseek-llmDeepSeek LLM is a set of open-weight AI language models in 7B and 67B sizes, trained on 2 trillion tokens and
• hijkzzz/awesome-llm-strawberryA curated reading list of research papers, blog posts, talks, and open-source resources tracking the state of
• colyseus/colyseusA multiplayer game server framework for Node.js that handles real-time state sync, matchmaking, and room manag
• sindresorhus/query-stringA JavaScript library for parsing URL query strings into objects and stringifying objects back into query strin
• gatling/gatlingAn open-source load testing tool that simulates thousands of concurrent users hitting your application and pro
• google/gemma.cppA lightweight C++ program that runs Google's Gemma AI language models directly on your CPU with no GPU or clou
• philipl/pifsA joke filesystem written in C that stores files by recording where their bytes appear in the digits of pi rat
• yuin/gopher-luaA complete Lua 5.1 interpreter written in pure Go with no C dependencies, letting you embed a user-scriptable
• chillzhuang/springbladeA Java enterprise development platform built on Spring Boot and Spring Cloud that supports both microservices
• flwrlabs/flowerA Python framework for federated learning that trains AI models across many devices or computers without ever
• dgraph-io/ristrettoA fast, concurrent in-memory cache library for Go apps that uses smart admission and eviction policies to maxi
• xuehaipan/nvitopAn interactive terminal dashboard for monitoring NVIDIA GPUs in real time, showing memory, temperature, and ru
• hugapi/hugA Python framework that turns plain functions into web API endpoints using simple decorators, with automatic t
• twipped/interviewthisA community-maintained list of questions developers can ask employers during job interviews to understand the

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