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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 lightweight, web-based raw text annotation tool for collaborative annotation projects with support for complex schemas.
A priority task queue implementation using Vert.x and Redis, inspired by Automattic/kue.
Python bindings for the Mapnik C++ library, enabling programmatic map rendering and geospatial visualization.
A ROS-based 2D SLAM library for lifelong mapping, localization, and multi-robot SLAM with pose-graph optimization.
A Java serialization library that converts objects to/from JSON, JSON5, and TOON formats, handling complex graphs and reducing LLM token usage by 40-50%.
A JAX-based research framework for differentiable and parallelizable acoustic simulations, running on CPU, GPU, and TPU.
Automatically build and rebuild Xcode image catalogs for iOS/macOS app icons and universal images from source assets.
An extremely fast Python package and project manager written in Rust, replacing multiple existing tools.
A lightweight Python GUI toolkit for building web applications without JavaScript, web servers, or deployment hassles.
A forensic tool for remote acquisition, triage, and analysis of block devices via iSCSI protocol.
A lightweight Go library for network I/O event notification using epoll/kqueue, designed for building high-performance network applications.
A package manager that installs prebuilt Swift command line tool packages, like Homebrew for Swift.
A full-featured, Markdown-based todo/task management plugin for Neovim with metadata, custom states, and archiving.
A modular Ruby toolkit for handling file uploads, processing, and storage with support for cloud services and multiple ORMs.
Legacy open-source collaboration and project management software inspired by Basecamp, Yammer, and Twitter.
A Rust tool to verify email address deliverability without sending emails, with CLI, HTTP backend, and library options.
A modern SQL-based object mapping and query library for Java, Kotlin, and Android with RxJava and Java 8 support.
A free, open-source distributed application framework for .NET that enables message-based, loosely-coupled asynchronous communication.
A fast, lightweight Dockerfile linter written in Go that detects issues, enforces best practices, and provides quality scores.
A lightweight, high-performance reverse proxy and container orchestrator with a WebUI for self-hosted applications.
An open-source Zigbee to MQTT bridge that lets you control Zigbee devices without proprietary vendor gateways.
A simple and powerful R package to create documentation websites for R packages, supporting multiple documentation frameworks.
A Neovim plugin that animates the cursor with a customizable smear effect in all terminals.
A cross-platform terminal user interface (TUI) for managing Bluetooth adapters and devices.
Open source platform for source code management, CI/CD, issue tracking, and DevOps collaboration.
A React Native image sharing app with Instagram and Snapchat-like features including camera, video, and feed functionality.
A free, fun-focused kart racing game with no realistic physics, offering single-player and online multiplayer modes.
An open platform for deploying and using language agents for data analysis, plugin automation, and web browsing.
A fully-featured, highly customizable JavaScript charting library for enterprise applications.
A high-performance, multi-protocol message broker supporting AMQP, MQTT, and STOMP for diverse messaging use cases.
An Elixir library for data generation and property-based testing with an idiomatic Elixir API.
An open-source, self-hosted emailing platform for sending newsletters and transactional emails with enterprise-grade features.
A free and open-source 3D voxel editor for creating graphics from cubes, available on desktop and mobile platforms.
A Common Lisp serialization format offering rich data types, compact encoding, circular reference support, and security features.
A complete alternative to Overleaf with VSCode, web, Git, Copilot, grammar/spell check, and live collaboration, based on GitHub Codespaces.
Pure Python 3-D geographic coordinate conversions for geospace applications, with optional NumPy acceleration.