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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.
A standard library for JavaScript and TypeScript with an emphasis on numerical and scientific computation.
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A fast and simple OCR library written in Swift, optimized for recognizing short alphanumeric codes like gift cards.
An open-source, horizontally scalable binary artifact management tool supporting Maven, Docker, npm, and more.
A PostgreSQL-compatible, cloud-native distributed SQL database for mission-critical applications requiring scalability and high availability.
A simple, fast, and declarative JSON serialization library for Ruby objects, designed as a Rails serializer alternative.
A free and open-source parametric 3D CAD modeler for designing real-life objects of any size.
A highly configurable cross-platform terminal emulator with integrated SSH, serial client, and modern features.
A macOS audio utility that automatically pauses music, controls per-app volumes, and records system audio.
An open-source, self-hosted status page system for monitoring and communicating service uptime.
A simple, fast, robust job/task queue for Node.js, backed by Redis, designed for short real-time jobs.
Open-source supply chain security scanner that automatically detects vulnerabilities like Log4Shell in dependencies and notifies via GitHub pull requests.
An open-source AI memory tool that records your screen and audio locally, enabling search and automation agents based on your computer activity.
A lightweight cross-platform desktop app framework using JavaScript, HTML, and CSS without bundling Chromium.
A fast, safe, thread-friendly regular expression library with linear-time matching guarantees, designed for production use.
A JavaScript-native Ethereum Virtual Machine that runs in browsers, Node.js, Bun, and Deno for instant contract simulation and testing.
A professional animated sprite editor and pixel art tool for game developers and digital artists.
A buffer-centric TUI text editor written entirely in Vlang, combining ideas from Neovim, Helix, and Emacs in a tiny standalone binary.
An open-source productivity launcher for quick application launching, web searches, file navigation, and calculations.
A distributed storage system for object storage (S3), file systems, and Iceberg tables, optimized for billions of files with O(1) disk access.
A cloud-native, open source API gateway written in Go, supporting REST, GraphQL, TCP, and gRPC protocols.
An open-source Q/A social network where users ask and answer questions publicly or anonymously.
A full-featured computer algebra system (CAS) written in pure Python for symbolic mathematics.
A lightweight Ruby wrapper for ImageMagick command-line tools, designed as a memory-efficient alternative to RMagick.
A headless Node.js CMS for modern publishing, memberships, subscriptions, and newsletters.
A sampling JVM profiler that avoids safepoint bias for accurate performance analysis.
A fast and low overhead web framework for Node.js, focused on performance and developer experience.
A fully featured open source mail delivery platform for incoming and outgoing email, designed for websites and web servers.
A free software media system for managing and streaming your media from a dedicated server to multiple devices.
A unified tool that manages development tool versions, environment variables, and project tasks from a single configuration.
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.
A cross-platform framework for working with schematized data, now archived as of March 2025.
A simple, fast, and declarative JSON serialization library for Ruby objects, designed as a Rails serializer alternative.
A JavaScript library that injects CSS directly into the DOM, allowing you to write styles as JavaScript objects.
A pluggable linting utility for identifying and reporting patterns in JavaScript and ECMAScript code.
A multi-threaded Python brute-forcing tool with a modular design for reliable and flexible password guessing attacks.
Node-RED packaged as an addon for Homematic CCU3 and RaspberryMatic, enabling visual smart home automation.