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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 cloud-native search engine optimized for observability data like logs and traces, offering sub-second search on cloud storage.
A lightweight C# framework for server-side rendering of web user interfaces, similar to Blazor but simpler to install.
An open-source AI memory tool that captures your screen and audio locally, enabling search and automation agents based on your computer activity.
A fast Ruby XML parser, object marshaller, and SAX parser designed as a high-performance alternative to Nokogiri and Marshal.
A static code analyzer that detects security vulnerabilities in C# and VB.NET applications.
Enumerates persistently installed software on macOS, similar to AutoRuns for Windows.
An open-source data visualization and dashboard platform that connects to any data source, enabling teams to query, visualize, and share data insights.
A lightweight, dependency-free JavaScript library for building command-line applications with TypeScript support.
An open-source RPA tool that automates repetitive tasks on websites, desktop apps, and the command line using a simple language.
A privacy-focused, open-source mobile app for tracking your reading progress across Android and iOS.
A self-hosted, open-source platform for file sync, sharing, and collaboration with calendar, contacts, mail, and video chat apps.
A self-hosted network reconnaissance framework for building alternatives to Shodan, ZoomEye, Censys, and GreyNoise.
A zero-config toolkit for developing React, Preact, Inferno, and vanilla JavaScript apps, libraries, and npm modules.
Node-RED packaged as an addon for Homematic CCU3 and RaspberryMatic, enabling visual smart home automation.
A privacy-first, AI-powered analytics and engagement platform for mobile, web, desktop, and IoT applications.
A modern Java platform providing high-performance asynchronous I/O, HTTP server/client, dependency injection, and cloud components with minimal dependencies.
An unofficial macOS app for watching WWDC sessions live, exploring videos with transcripts, and managing bookmarks with iCloud sync.
A lightweight extension for Dapper that simplifies CRUD operations by generating SQL queries from POCO entities.
UI components and hooks for building robust, customizable, and accessible video/audio players on the web.
A simple and powerful API for processing and compiling assets using Webpack, designed for Symfony but usable anywhere.
A Zsh configuration framework with a built-in plugin manager, modular extensions, and blazing-fast startup speed.
A pluggable linting utility for identifying and reporting patterns in JavaScript and ECMAScript code.
A cross-platform UI toolkit written in V for building native and custom widget applications on Windows, macOS, Linux, and Android.
A full node Bitcoin implementation written in Go, providing an alternative to Bitcoin Core with a focus on modularity.
A fast, safe, thread-friendly regular expression library with linear-time matching guarantees, designed for production use.
A lightweight server-oriented template language for JavaScript that fetches and renders HTML safely, keeping apps dynamic and small.
A command-line tool that merges multiple pcap files while gracefully handling corrupt or malformed input.
A highly configurable cross-platform terminal emulator with integrated SSH, serial client, and modern features.
A Rust binding library for nanomsg, a high-performance messaging system and ZeroMQ successor.
A command-line tool for automatic acquisition and renewal of TLS certificates from ACME servers like Let's Encrypt.
A command-line TOTP/HOTP authenticator with strong encryption, import capabilities, and an interactive dashboard.
A full-featured, open-source download manager supporting HTTP, FTP, BitTorrent, and Magnet links.
A free, open-source Q/A social network where users ask and answer questions, similar to Formspring or ask.fm.
An open-source zero-trust networking platform that makes network services invisible to unauthorized users with cryptographic identity and end-to-end encryption.
A QEMU-based interactive runtime analyzer for debugging and reverse engineering, serving as an alternative to strace and gdb.
An open-source game launcher for Epic Games, GOG, and Amazon Games on Linux, Windows, and macOS.