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• reinderien/mimicMimic is a Python prank tool that quietly replaces normal source code characters with visually identical Unico
• cknadler/vim-anywhereVim-anywhere is a tiny shell script that opens a Vim window from any application via a keyboard shortcut, then
• denji/awesome-http-benchmarkA curated list of tools for load testing and benchmarking web servers and APIs, covering everything from simpl
• neo23x0/lokiLoki is a free malware scanner for Windows and Linux that checks files, running processes, and network connect
• nvim-orgmode/orgmodenvim-orgmode brings Org mode task management and note-taking to Neovim, giving you a unified agenda view, quic
• askrella/whatsapp-chatgptA self-hosted bot that connects WhatsApp to OpenAI's GPT and DALL-E so you can chat with an AI, transcribe voi
• cuemacro/finmarketpyfinmarketpy is a Python library for backtesting trading strategies and analyzing financial market data — defin
• hdshare/wauxiliary_publicWAuxiliary is an Android module that adds unofficial features and tweaks to the WeChat app at runtime using th
• hilen/tswechatTSWeChat is a demo iOS app written in Swift that recreates the look and messaging features of WeChat, includin
• jcrist/msgspecmsgspec is a fast Python library that encodes, decodes, and validates JSON, MessagePack, YAML, and TOML using
• mymusise/chatglm-tuningChatGLM-Tuning lets you fine-tune the open-source ChatGLM-6B bilingual AI model using LoRA — a technique that
• piroor/treestyletabTree Style Tab is a Firefox extension that replaces the horizontal tab bar with a vertical sidebar showing tab
• rubjo/victor-monoVictor Mono is a free monospace coding font with cursive italic characters and programming ligatures — downloa
• scipag/vulscanVulscan is an add-on script for Nmap that automatically looks up detected software versions against eight offl
• shobrook/adrenalineAdrenaline is an AI tool that answers technical programming questions about code snippets, GitHub repositories
• jtablesaw/tablesawTablesaw is a Java library for loading, cleaning, analyzing, and charting tabular data, similar to what pandas
• lux-core/luxLUX is a cryptocurrency coin and wallet built on a Bitcoin fork, combining proof-of-work and proof-of-stake va
• nvidia/k8s-device-pluginNVIDIA's Kubernetes device plugin makes GPUs visible to a container cluster so that machine learning jobs, vid
• ucbepic/docetlDocETL is a UC Berkeley tool for building AI-powered document processing pipelines using a config file rather
• codennnn/vue-color-avatarA browser-based cartoon avatar builder where you mix and match illustrated hair, face, clothing, and accessori
• codingchallengesfyi/sharedsolutionsA community collection of solutions to the Coding Challenges site — real tools like JSON parsers, web servers,
• fomantic/fomantic-uiFomantic-UI is a community-maintained front-end component library that gives you pre-styled buttons, modals, f
• fspecii/ace-step-uiA self-hosted web UI for the ACE-Step AI music model that lets you generate full songs with vocals on your own
• yck1509/confuserexConfuserEx is a code-protection tool for .NET apps that scrambles names, encrypts methods, and blocks reverse-
• yeoman/generator-webappA Yeoman scaffolding tool that creates a ready-to-go front-end web project in one command, pre-wired with Gulp
• for-get/http-decision-diagramA visual flowchart that maps out exactly which HTTP status code a server should return and why, following the
• gontovnik/dgelasticpulltorefreshDGElasticPullToRefresh replaces the default iOS pull-to-refresh spinner with an elastic stretching animation t
• guanyingc/latex_paper_writing_tipsA practical LaTeX guide for new grad students in AI/ML research — real conference paper and poster templates f
• kasketis/netfoxNetfox is a one-line-setup network debugger for iOS and macOS that shows all HTTP requests and responses in a
• librevr/reviveRevive is a compatibility layer that lets you play Oculus-exclusive VR games on an HTC Vive or Valve Index by
• louisdh/panelkitPanelKit is a Swift library that brings floating, dockable sub-windows to iPhone and iPad apps, letting users
• openbmb/pilotdeckAn open-source AI agent platform that manages multiple long-running projects at once. Each project gets its ow
• qwenlm/qwen3-omniQwen3-Omni is Alibaba's multimodal AI model that reads text, images, audio, and video and replies by typing or
• shadcnblocks/kiboKibo UI extends shadcn/ui with a free library of advanced, copy-paste React components for complex patterns li
• undertow-io/undertowUndertow is a high-performance Java web server with non-blocking I/O, full Servlet support, and WebSocket hand
• didi/xiaoju-surveyXiaoju Survey is an open-source enterprise survey platform from DiDi with over 40 question types, conditional
• experience-monks/devtoolDevtool was a command-line tool that ran Node.js scripts inside Chrome DevTools for visual breakpoint debuggin
• laserlemon/figaroFigaro is a Ruby gem that keeps API keys and passwords out of your Rails app's Git history by loading them fro
• solnic/virtusVirtus is a discontinued Ruby library that adds typed, auto-coercing attributes to plain Ruby objects, convert
• apache/tikaApache Tika is a Java library that pulls text and metadata out of hundreds of file formats — PDFs, Word docs,
• bitly/go-simplejsongo-simplejson lets you read JSON in Go without defining a struct first — just load the data and pull out value
• cilium/pwrupwru (packet, where are you?) is a Linux debugging tool that shows you exactly which kernel networking functio
• schemastore/schemastoreSchemaStore is the world's largest free collection of JSON Schema files that powers the auto-complete and erro
• feedbin/feedbinFeedbin is the open-source Ruby on Rails codebase behind feedbin.com — a full-featured browser-based RSS reade
• nixawk/pentest-wikiPentest-Wiki is a free community knowledge base covering the full penetration testing workflow — from informat
• officedev/office-ui-fabric-coreOffice UI Fabric Core is Microsoft's CSS framework providing the typography, color palettes, icons, grid syste
• openhft/chronicle-queueChronicle Queue is a Java library for ultra-fast, broker-less persistent messaging that stores everything to d
• sypstraw/rpi4-osdevA step-by-step tutorial series with accompanying C code for writing a bare-metal operating system from scratch
• bopoda/aceA copy of the Ace commercial admin dashboard template built on Bootstrap 3, uploaded to GitHub by a third part
• epicmaxco/vuestic-uiA free, open-source library of ready-made Vue 3 interface components for building admin dashboards and web app
• hyperai/tvm-cntvm-cn is a community-maintained Chinese translation of the Apache TVM deep learning compiler documentation, p
• suanmosuanyangtechnology/memorybearA Python library that gives AI agents a brain-like persistent memory so they can remember facts across session
• xcharts-team/xchartsXCharts is a Unity data visualization library that draws charts entirely through code — line, bar, pie, radar,
• yonggekkk/x-ui-ygA one-click install panel for running VPN and proxy services on a Linux server, with multi-protocol support, A
• esokolov/ml-course-hseA two-semester university machine learning course with lecture notes, coding assignments, and linked video rec
• fastos/fastsocketA custom Linux kernel patch that makes TCP networking scale close to linearly on multi-core servers, boosting
• foamzou/melodyA self-hosted web tool that searches Chinese music platforms for songs and uploads them to your NetEase Cloud
• higherorderco/kindA minimal proof language built on the foundations of Type Theory, giving researchers and advanced developers a
• nexu-io/html-videoTurn plain HTML and CSS into polished, animated MP4 videos on your own laptop. Give it a prompt, article link,
• wslutilities/wsluA set of command-line tools that bridge the Linux terminal in WSL and the surrounding Windows system, handling
• clashbk/clashA reference page listing download links and setup guides for Clash-compatible network proxy clients, helping u
• flasgger/flasggerFlasgger automatically generates a live, interactive API documentation page for any Flask web app, letting use
• mrforexample/comfyui-3d-packA plugin for ComfyUI that adds dozens of 3D generation models as drag-and-drop nodes, letting you turn a singl
• helloworld521/javaA personal collection of small Java practice projects covering common web development patterns like authentica
• unity-technologies/postprocessingUnity Technologies' official post-processing stack for adding screen-space visual effects like bloom, color gr
• vocodedev/vocode-coreVocode is a Python library for building AI voice agents that hold real-time spoken conversations, with swappab
• dromara/liteflowLiteFlow is a Java framework that breaks complex business processes into small reusable components driven by r
• externalizable/bongo.catThe source code for bongo.cat, a browser toy where pressing keyboard keys makes an animated cat play bongo dru
• flif-hub/flifFLIF is a now-discontinued lossless image format that outcompressed PNG and WebP; this is its C++ reference en
• algorithmicsuperintelligence/optillmA proxy server that boosts AI model accuracy on math, coding, and logic tasks by routing your requests through
• damianavila/riseRISE turns any classic Jupyter Notebook into a live, executable slideshow using Reveal.js, with no export step
• drathier/stack-overflow-importA satirical Python library that fulfills the joke of 'importing from Stack Overflow' literally — it searches S
• johnmyleswhite/ml_for_hackersCode examples from the 2012 O'Reilly book Machine Learning for Hackers, covering practical machine learning te
• panva/node-oidc-providerA Node.js library for building your own OpenID Connect and OAuth 2.0 authorization server, handling login flow
• safetensors/safetensorsSafetensors is a safe, fast file format for storing AI model weights that cannot execute code when loaded, unl
• aws/copilot-cliA command-line tool from AWS that deploys containerized apps to Amazon ECS and Fargate — it sets up networking
• cloudflare/mcp-server-cloudflareA collection of 14 MCP servers that let AI tools like Claude or Cursor interact with Cloudflare services inclu
• coderbruis/javasourcecodelearningA collection of in-depth notes and analysis articles on the internal source code of popular Java frameworks in
• django-haystack/django-haystackA Django library that adds full-text search to your web app without locking you to one search engine — swap be
• ealeksandrov/eaintroviewAn iOS library for creating swipeable walkthrough screens that welcome new users to your app, with support for
• i5ting/imoveA visual flowchart builder where you draw logic diagrams in the browser, attach code to each node, and export
• ibireme/yyjsonA blazing-fast C JSON library that reads and writes gigabytes per second, distributed as a single header and o
• kach/nearleyA JavaScript parser toolkit that lets you define a grammar in a .ne file and compile it into a parser that han
• lightly-ai/lightlyPython framework for training AI vision models without labeled data using self-supervised learning. Built on P
• riti2409/resources-for-preparation-of-placementsA curated list of free YouTube playlists and online resources organized by topic to help software engineering
• tuyafeng/viaVia is a small, fast, ad-free Android browser using Android's built-in WebView. This GitHub repository is spec
• webrtchacks/adapterA small JavaScript shim that fixes cross-browser differences in WebRTC so you can write video and audio call c
• zhblue/hustojHUSTOJ is a self-hosted web platform for competitive programming training and contests where participants subm
• anthropics/anthropic-sdk-pythonA Python library that lets you send messages to Claude AI and get responses back with just a few lines of code
• daviddrysdale/python-phonenumbersA Python library for parsing, validating, and formatting phone numbers from any country, based on Google's lib
• lihangleo2/shadowlayoutAn Android Java library for adding customizable drop shadows, rounded corners, gradients, and tap-state effect
• mevdschee/php-crud-apiA single PHP file that instantly turns any MySQL, PostgreSQL, MariaDB, or SQLite database into a REST API with
• nolanlawson/optimize-jsoptimize-js is an unmaintained CLI tool that wraps immediately-invoked JavaScript functions in parentheses so
• tombenner/nuiNUI lets you style your entire iOS app from one stylesheet file using CSS-like rules, so you can change fonts,
• w00t3k/awesome-cellular-hackingA curated reference list of research papers, tools, talks, and tutorials on mobile network security from 2G to
• ziggycreatures/fusioncacheFusionCache is a .NET caching library that prevents common cache failures like stampedes and outages, and supp
• alisolanki/welcome-to-open-sourceA beginner practice repo where you make your first GitHub contribution by adding your name to a list and submi
• composerize/composerizeComposerize converts a Docker run command into a Docker Compose YAML file instantly, saving you from manually
• findomain/findomainFindomain is a fast Rust CLI tool that discovers all subdomains of a domain by checking certificate logs and 1
• fortawesome/react-fontawesomeThe official React component for Font Awesome icons, rendering them as crisp SVG graphics that scale to any si

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