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An open-source API development ecosystem for testing HTTP, WebSocket, GraphQL, and other APIs with real-time collaboration.
An open-source, fullstack Next.js framework that provides a TypeScript backend and admin panel, usable as a headless CMS or for building applications.
A privacy-focused, open-source note-taking app with end-to-end encrypted sync across all major platforms.
An open-source API development ecosystem for testing HTTP, WebSocket, GraphQL, and other APIs with real-time collaboration.
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A libre, Unix-like reverse engineering framework and command-line toolset for analyzing, debugging, and modifying binaries.
An open-source database DevOps tool providing CI/CD, SQL review, and security features for managing database schema changes.
A JavaScript toolkit for translating, querying, and integrating geospatial data from any API into multiple formats.
A free, cross-platform C library for generating PDF files with support for text, images, fonts, encryption, and CJK encoding.
A full-text search engine library written in Rust, inspired by Apache Lucene.
A simple open-source self-hosted file sharing solution with resumable uploads and password protection.
A framework providing developer tools for writing Solana programs (smart contracts) with Rust and TypeScript.
A private messaging platform with no user identifiers, using disposable relay nodes for metadata protection.
A standard library for JavaScript and TypeScript with an emphasis on numerical and scientific computation.
Expose your localhost to the world for easy testing and sharing without DNS or deployment.
A compact, dependency-free GUI pane library for fine-tuning parameters and monitoring value changes in web applications.
An open-source zero-trust networking platform that makes network services invisible to unauthorized users with cryptographic identity and end-to-end encryption.
A scriptable network authentication cracker for custom services, using Lua scripts to test credentials.
An open-source AI memory tool that records your screen and audio locally, enabling search and automation agents based on your computer activity.
A fast and low overhead web framework for Node.js, focused on performance and developer experience.
A standalone, database-driven job scheduler for PostgreSQL with advanced features like task chains, YAML configuration, and built-in operations.
A self-hosted network reconnaissance framework for building alternatives to Shodan, ZoomEye, Censys, and GreyNoise.
An embedded, serverless, transactional NoSQL database engine with key/value and JSON document store capabilities.
A highly configurable cross-platform terminal emulator with integrated SSH, serial client, and modern features.
A responsive CSS grid system built with CSS3 Flexbox for modern web layouts.
A lightweight, fault-tolerant distributed relational database built on SQLite, designed for high availability with minimal operational effort.
A simple, fast, and declarative JSON serialization library for Ruby objects, designed as a Rails serializer alternative.
A modern, enterprise-ready business intelligence web application for data visualization and exploration.
An auto-generated, fully type-safe database client for Go that reduces boilerplate.
Deep Lake is a multimodal data lake and vector store optimized for AI, enabling scalable data management, retrieval, and training for LLM and deep learning applications.
A modular C++20 toolkit for real-time media, WebRTC, and networking, combining FFmpeg, libuv, and libdatachannel into a single runtime.
A PHP library for on-demand image manipulation with an HTTP-based API, similar to cloud image services.
Extendable CLI tool to manage multiple language runtime versions with a single interface and per-project configuration.
Open source web-based project management software for planning, tracking, and collaborating on projects.
A free, offline-first desktop diagramming application built on Electron with complete internet isolation for security.
A reactive Python notebook that's reproducible, git-friendly, and deployable as scripts or apps.
An open-source platform for AI-driven software development, offering an SDK, CLI, GUI, and cloud service for building and running software agents.
Open source platform for creating, filling, and signing digital documents with an easy-to-use, mobile-optimized web tool.
A cross-platform implementation of Unix shell commands written in pure ES6 JavaScript, providing a Linux-like CLI on Windows.
An RFC-compliant HTTP cache system that works as a plugin or standalone reverse-proxy for Apache, Nginx, Traefik, Caddy, and many Go frameworks.
An open-source, self-hosted customer support platform with live chat, email, and omnichannel messaging.