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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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An open-source AI memory tool that records your screen and audio locally, enabling search and automation agents based on your computer activity.
A web debugging proxy that captures and analyzes network traffic using the Chrome DevTools interface.
A glib-like cross-platform C library providing modules for streams, coroutines, containers, algorithms, and more to simplify C development.
A QEMU-based interactive runtime analyzer for dynamic binary analysis and reverse engineering.
A next-generation plugin manager for zsh with parallel installation, lazy loading, and support for multiple sources.
Node.js native addon for cross-platform desktop automation, controlling mouse, keyboard, and reading screen pixels.
A fast, local-first, reactive NoSQL database for JavaScript applications with realtime sync capabilities.
Node-RED packaged as an addon for Homematic CCU3 and RaspberryMatic, enabling visual smart home automation.
A distributed computation system written in Go for parallel and cluster processing, similar to Hadoop MapReduce and Spark.
JavaScript integration packages for Tolgee, an open-source localization platform with in-context translation.
An open-source productivity launcher for quick application launching, web searches, file navigation, and calculations.
A Rust binding library for nanomsg, a high-performance messaging system and ZeroMQ successor.
A cloud-native, open source API gateway written in Go, supporting REST, GraphQL, TCP, and gRPC protocols.
A full-featured computer algebra system (CAS) written in pure Python for symbolic mathematics.
A free, open-source Q/A social network where users ask and answer questions, similar to Formspring or ask.fm.
A distributed storage system for object storage (S3), file systems, and Iceberg tables, optimized for billions of files with O(1) disk access.
A cross-platform framework for working with schematized data, now archived as of March 2025.
A headless Node.js CMS for modern publishing, memberships, subscriptions, and newsletters.
A fast and low overhead web framework for Node.js, focused on performance and developer experience.
A fast, cross-platform, multi-threaded compression and decompression CLI tool written in Rust.
A unified tool that manages development tool versions, environment variables, and project tasks from a single configuration.
An open-source, self-hosted status page system for monitoring and communicating service uptime.
Enterprise-grade open-source PostgreSQL distribution with HA, monitoring, 460+ extensions, and Infrastructure as Code for self-hosting.
A lightweight, multi-role, whitelist-based authorization gem for Rails and other Ruby applications.
A free, open-source DNS server that blocks ads and trackers network-wide for all your home devices.
A .NET document database interface that works over any relational database, providing document storage with SQL power.
A lightweight cross-platform desktop app framework using JavaScript, HTML, and CSS without bundling Chromium.
A self-hosted media tracker for movies, TV shows, anime, manga, video games, books, comics, and board games.
A Neovim plugin that maps tmux keybindings to Neovim's windows, buffers, and terminals as a tmux replacement.
A free, cross-platform Electronic Design Automation (EDA) suite for designing printed circuit boards.
A fast and versatile fuzzy finder written in Rust, designed to quickly navigate files, lines, and commands.
ripgrep is a fast, line-oriented search tool that recursively searches directories for regex patterns while respecting gitignore rules.
A professional animated sprite editor and pixel art tool for game developers and digital artists.
A Python implementation of a grammar of graphics for creating complex and beautiful statistical plots.
A JavaScript-native Ethereum Virtual Machine that runs in browsers, Node.js, Bun, and Deno for instant contract simulation and testing.
Open-source video conferencing platform with HD quality, content sharing, and end-to-end encryption for self-hosted or embedded meetings.