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Popular Scala repositories on GitHub, each explained for non-coders — what it does, its tech stack, and how to run it.

• twitter/the-algorithmThe source code for X's (formerly Twitter's) recommendation system that decides which posts appear in your For
• apache/sparkApache Spark is a fast large-scale data processing engine that keeps data in memory to run ETL pipelines, mach
• lichess-org/lilaLila is the open-source server powering lichess.org — a completely free, ad-free online chess platform with re
• prisma/prisma1Legacy Prisma 1 database toolkit, deprecated since September 2022. Provided type-safe client, schema migration
• scala/scalaThis is the source code for the Scala 2 compiler and standard library — the tools that convert Scala programs
• akka/akka-coreAkka is a platform for building software systems that handle massive numbers of simultaneous tasks without bug
• playframework/playframeworkA Java and Scala web framework that reloads code changes instantly without restarting the server and handles m
• apache/predictionioAn open-source machine learning platform from Apache that lets developers collect user events, train predictio
• yahoo/cmakCMAK is a browser-based tool from Yahoo for managing Apache Kafka clusters — view broker health, create and co
• gitbucket/gitbucketA self-hosted Git platform that installs as a single Java file and works like GitHub — repositories, issues, p
• twitter/finagleA networking library from Twitter for JVM apps that handles reliable communication between services, automatic
• delta-io/deltaOpen-source storage layer that adds database-like reliability — concurrent writes, rollback, and time travel q
• openxiangshan/xiangshanOpen-source high-performance RISC-V processor chip design written in Scala and Chisel, generating industry-sta
• snowplow/snowplowData pipeline platform that collects schema-validated behavioral events from websites and apps in real time, t
• gatling/gatlingAn open-source load testing tool that simulates thousands of concurrent users hitting your application and pro
• lhartikk/arnoldcArnoldC is a joke programming language where every keyword is a famous Arnold Schwarzenegger movie quote, full
• apache/openwhiskAn open source serverless platform where you write functions in any supported language and deploy them to resp
• guardian/frontendThe Scala backend that powers theguardian.com — it fetches content and builds data passed to a rendering layer
• fpinscala/fpinscalaThe official companion exercise repository for the 'Functional Programming in Scala' book, with chapter-by-cha
• scala-js/scala-jsScala.js compiles Scala code into JavaScript so you can run Scala in web browsers and share code between front
• scalaz/scalazA Scala library that provides strict functional programming abstractions like Functor and Monad, letting you w
• chipsalliance/chiselChisel lets you design computer chips using Scala code instead of low-level hardware languages, then automatic
• scala-native/scala-nativeScala Native compiles Scala programs directly into fast native machine code binaries, skipping the Java Virtua
• chipsalliance/rocket-chipRocket Chip is a configurable code generator that outputs hardware designs for RISC-V processors. You tune par
• starlake-ai/quack-on-demandScala gateway that adds multi-user, multi-tenant security and load balancing to DuckDB's Quack extension. Expo

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