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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 web control panel for deploying applications on your own servers using Dokku.
A fast, cross-platform image decoding library with clean APIs for C, C++, and Python, supporting 20+ formats.
A secure, private journaling application with a focus on data protection and user privacy.
Error page middleware for Clack that displays detailed exception information in development and customizable pages in production.
A lightweight, self-hosted Netflix clone written in C for personal media libraries on low-power hardware.
An open-source Go engine that replicates AlphaGo Zero's architecture, learning solely through self-play without human knowledge.
A Rust DataFrame and data engineering library with PySpark/SQL-like syntax, built for business data pipelines with Microsoft stack integration.
An open-source malware analysis framework that functions as a self-hosted alternative to VirusTotal.
A dependency manager for .NET with support for NuGet packages and Git repositories.
A human-friendly and powerful HTTP request library for Node.js with advanced features like retries, caching, and HTTP/2 support.
A managed JavaScript engine for .NET written in C#, designed for high-performance integration between C# and JavaScript.
A Wagtail add-on for managing scripts and tags with built-in cookie consent and GDPR compliance.
A Laravel Scout driver that adds full-text search to Eloquent models using the TNTSearch engine.
Immutable date and time library for JavaScript, ported from Java's ThreeTen backport with a domain-driven API.
A Gradle plugin providing Clojure and ClojureScript language support for building polyglot and multi-project applications.
An autonomous open-source security agent for Linux that detects, scores, and automatically responds to threats using eBPF, AI, and collaborative defense.
A Java library for loading, saving, and validating large GTFS feeds using disk-backed storage.
A modular CMake-based system to automate building complex software dependencies from source for FlyEM applications.
A desktop client for Signal that links with mobile apps to enable private messaging on Windows, macOS, and Linux.
A Neovim plugin that manages sessions using built-in :mksession, similar to VS Code's folder-based workspace persistence.
A Swift framework for reactive programming with a focus on thread safety and predictable behavior.
ripgrep is a fast, line-oriented search tool that recursively searches directories for regex patterns while respecting gitignore rules.
A clean-room copy of Svbtle.com's minimalist design for the Pelican static site generator.
A professional animated sprite editor and pixel art tool for game developers and digital artists.
A virtual scrolling data table component built with Angular Material as a replacement for ngx-datatable.
A deterministic, skills-based browser agent that automates web interactions using predefined action recipes for popular sites.
A standalone Python framework for orchestrating autonomous AI agents that collaborate to tackle complex tasks.
A Swift-based replacement for SlackTextViewController providing message input and autocomplete for iOS apps.
A Rust tool to verify email address deliverability without sending emails, with CLI, HTTP backend, and library options.
A blazing fast JSON parser and generator implemented in pure Elixir.
A low-overhead sampling profiler for PHP 7+ that works with CLI, Apache, and FPM without requiring code changes.
Rails integration for the Rodauth authentication framework, providing a robust, feature-rich alternative to Devise.
A friendly .NET mocking library with a succinct syntax that keeps tests focused on intention rather than configuration.
An OCI-native artifact manager and image registry that is easy to deploy and maintain, supporting Docker, Helm, and other OCI artifacts.
A Common Lisp development environment with a native code compiler for Intel processors, fully integrated with the Win32 API.
A minimalist web framework for Deno, ported from ExpressJS, providing robust HTTP server tooling.