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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 desktop application that converts clipboard text into speech, allowing background audio narration of web pages.
A Windows desktop application for capturing screenshots, screen recordings, webcam, audio, mouse clicks, and keystrokes.
Open-source, cross-platform video compositing software with a node-based workflow for visual effects and motion graphics.
A powerful macOS desktop automation tool that bridges system APIs with a Lua scripting engine.
A collection of pure-Rust computer vision libraries providing algorithms for photogrammetry, image processing, and pattern recognition.
A Go SDK for AI applications providing a unified API across 22+ providers with streaming, structured output, and MCP support.
A self-hosted online file converter supporting over 1000 different formats across documents, images, video, and more.
A scalable, language-agnostic real-time messaging server for building chat apps, live features, and collaborative tools.
A free and open-source 3D voxel editor for creating graphics from cubes, available on desktop and mobile platforms.
A free, fun-focused kart racing game with no realistic physics, offering single-player and online multiplayer modes.
An open-source Zigbee to MQTT bridge that lets you control Zigbee devices without proprietary vendor gateways.
Legacy open-source collaboration and project management software inspired by Basecamp, Yammer, and Twitter.
An extremely fast Python package and project manager written in Rust, replacing multiple existing tools.
A serial terminal tool for debugging and syncing files with MicroPython devices via the REPL.
A priority task queue implementation using Vert.x and Redis, inspired by Automattic/kue.
A native macOS Kafka monitoring client designed to be lightweight, safe, and read-only for production environments.
A simple, open-source lossless audio codec with good compression ratios, written in C++.
A fast, easy, and feature-rich JSON serializer for Ruby, JRuby, and TruffleRuby with no runtime dependencies.
A static code analyzer that detects security vulnerabilities in C# and VB.NET applications.
A multi-track audio editor and player for the web with canvas waveform preview, drag-and-drop editing, and Tone.js effects.
A versatile open-source tool for interfacing with and debugging digital electronics through a USB-connected FPGA board.
A minimal Neovim plugin for managing Markdown notes with a relational, flat-filesystem approach using dot-separated filenames.
A Neovim plugin for AI-assisted coding with transparent tool use, sub-agents, and OS-level sandboxing, focused on the Anthropic Claude models.
A comprehensive font icon set with 2075+ glyphs designed for compatibility with Bootstrap and other frameworks.
A Docker Swarm-based CI extension that adds parallel, distributed, and isolated build tasks to existing CI systems.
A browser extension that searches Reddit for the current webpage.
Generates an octree LOD structure for streaming and real-time rendering of massive point clouds in web browsers and desktop applications.
yt-dlp is a powerful command-line tool for downloading audio and video from thousands of websites.
A CLI task runner that uses a markdown file as both human-readable documentation and command definitions.
A Swift-optimized animation library for gesture-driven interfaces, offering spring, curve, and decay animations with a protocol-oriented design.
A free, open-source reference management tool to collect, organize, annotate, cite, and share research sources.
A modular Ruby toolkit for handling file uploads, processing, and storage with support for cloud services and multiple ORMs.
A header-only Vulkan-based library providing a CUDA Runtime API interface for GPU-accelerated applications.
A Swift library for building native iOS apps that connect to Salesforce, using Swift concurrency and SwiftUI.
An open-source, modular text editor for macOS with a focus on extensibility and developer experience.
A compile-time safe Swift dependency injection framework that uses code generation to ensure reliability.