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Notable
Notable

A Markdown-based note-taking app that stores notes as plain files, avoiding proprietary formats and vendor lock-in.

#productivity#desktop-app#note
Stars23.5k
Forks1.2k
Last commit2 years ago
wave
waveGo

An open-source, AI-integrated cross-platform terminal with durable SSH sessions, built-in file editing, and flexible workspace organization.

#file-editor#terminal-emulator#developer-tools
Stars22.6k
Forks1.2k
Last commit5 days ago
Appium
AppiumTypeScript

An open-source automation framework for native, hybrid, mobile web, and desktop apps using the W3C WebDriver protocol.

#ios#app-testing#android
Stars22.1k
Forks6.3k
Last commit1 day ago
Cosmopolitan
CosmopolitanC

A C library that compiles programs into single portable executables that run natively on Linux, Mac, Windows, and BSD.

#libc#c-library#compiler-toolchain
Stars21.4k
Forks785
Last commit2 days ago
wasmer
wasmerRust

A fast, secure WebAssembly runtime that enables lightweight containers to run anywhere from desktop to cloud and edge.

#wasi#wasix#embedded-systems
Stars21.2k
Forks1.0k
Last commit2 days ago
TranslucentTB
TranslucentTBC++

A lightweight utility that makes the Windows taskbar translucent, transparent, or blurred on Windows 10 and 11.

#open-source#gitter#blur
Stars20.6k
Forks1.3k
Last commit9 days ago
Cocos2d-x
Cocos2d-xC++

A C++-based, cross-platform framework for building 2D games, interactive books, and graphical applications.

#mobile-games#ios#lua-scripting
Stars19.2k
Forks7.0k
Last commit1 year ago
Kivy
KivyPython

An open-source Python framework for building cross-platform GUI applications that run on desktop, mobile, and embedded systems.

#multitouch#ios#opengl-es
Stars19.0k
Forks3.1k
Last commit1 day ago
Nuclear
NuclearTypeScript

A free, open-source, cross-platform music streaming player that finds and plays music from various sources without ads or tracking.

#music#open-source#plugin-system
Stars18.8k
Forks1.3k
Last commit2 days ago
Mailspring
MailspringTypeScript

A beautiful, fast, and fully open-source desktop mail client for Mac, Windows, and Linux.

#mail#open-source#osx
Stars17.9k
Forks1.1k
Last commit1 day ago
Boostnote
BoostnoteJavaScript

A legacy note-taking app for programmers with markdown support and code snippet highlighting.

#stylus#developer-tools#open-source
Stars16.9k
Forks1.4k
Last commit3 years ago
Boostnote
BoostnoteJavaScript

A legacy note-taking app for programmers with Markdown support, snippets, and desktop apps.

#stylus#open-source#productivity
Stars16.9k
Forks1.4k
Last commit3 years ago
OpenRCT2
OpenRCT2C++

An open-source re-implementation of RollerCoaster Tycoon 2, adding modern features, multiplayer, and cross-platform support.

#multiplayer#msbuild#community-driven
Stars16.5k
Forks2.0k
Last commit1 day ago
MaterialDesignInXamlToolkit
MaterialDesignInXamlToolkitC#

A comprehensive Material Design theme and control library for WPF desktop applications in C# and VB.NET.

#desktop-application#hacktoberfest#theme-library
Stars16.3k
Forks3.5k
Last commit
PCSX2
PCSX2C++

A free and open-source PlayStation 2 emulator for playing PS2 games on Windows, Linux, and macOS.

#open-source#ps2#pcsx2
Stars15.9k
Forks2.3k
Last commit1 day ago
sherpa-onnx
sherpa-onnxC++

A next-generation Kaldi-based toolkit for offline speech-to-text, text-to-speech, and audio processing across 12 languages and diverse hardware.

#ios#embedded-systems#aarch64
Stars15.4k
Forks1.8k
Last commit1 day ago
glfw
glfwC

A multi-platform library for OpenGL, OpenGL ES, and Vulkan development, providing window creation, input handling, and context management.

#c-library#vulkan#opengl
Stars15.4k
Forks5.9k
Last commit2 months ago
duf
dufGo

A user-friendly, colorful terminal disk usage utility that improves upon the traditional 'df' command.

#hacktoberfest#devops#df
Stars15.4k
Forks472
Last commit9 months ago
tokei
tokeiRust

A fast and accurate command-line tool that counts lines of code, comments, and blanks across over 150 programming languages.

#developer-tools#productivity#badge
Stars15.0k
Forks712
Last commit1 month ago
Espanso
EspansoRust

A privacy-first, cross-platform text expander that replaces keywords with text, images, or scripts across any application.

#productivity#productivity-tools#privacy
Stars14.7k
Forks485
Last commit5 days ago
espanso
espansoRust

A privacy-first, cross-platform text expander that replaces keywords with text, images, or scripts across any application.

#productivity#productivity-tools#privacy
Stars14.7k
Forks485
Last commit5 days ago
Nmap
NmapC

A free and open-source network discovery and security auditing tool for mapping networks and identifying services.

#vulnerability-assessment#osx#network-discovery
Stars13.8k
Forks2.9k
Last commit1 day ago
Hazel Game Engine
Hazel Game EngineC++

An early-stage interactive application and rendering engine for Windows, developed as an educational tool for game engine design.

#vulkan#educational#directx
Stars13.1k
Forks1.6k
Last commit2 years ago
GlazeWM
GlazeWMRust

GlazeWM is a tiling window manager for Windows inspired by i3wm, enabling efficient window organization.

#multi-monitor#keyboard-shortcuts#tiling-window-manager
Stars12.9k
Forks459
Last commit4 months ago
windows-rs
windows-rsRust

Rust for Windows

#rust#windows
Stars12.8k
Forks684
Last commit1 day ago
escrcpy
escrcpyJavaScript

A graphical desktop application to display and control Android devices, built on scrcpy with multi-device management and intelligent automation.

#desktop-application#multi-device-management#recording
Stars12.1k
Forks848
Last commit3 days ago
Dependencies
DependenciesC#

A modern open-source Dependency Walker rewrite for Windows developers to troubleshoot DLL load dependencies.

#dll#gui-application#csharp
Stars11.9k
Forks953
Last commit2 years ago
Medis
MedisJavaScript

A beautiful, easy-to-use desktop GUI application for managing Redis databases, built with Electron and React.

#desktop-application#redis#redis-sentinel
Stars11.7k
Forks775
Last commit2 years ago
WCDB
WCDBC

A cross-platform mobile database framework based on SQLite, offering ORM, encryption, and corruption recovery.

#mobile-database#orm#database
Stars11.6k
Forks1.5k
Last commit14 days ago
Chocolatey
ChocolateyC#

A package manager for Windows that automates software installation, upgrade, and removal like apt-get for Linux.

#windows-server#devops#windows-automation
Stars11.5k
Forks964
Last commit8 days ago
psutil
psutilPython

Cross-platform lib for process and system monitoring in Python

#processes#cpu#network
Stars11.3k
Forks1.5k
Last commit2 days ago
mRemoteNG
mRemoteNGC#

An open-source, tabbed, multi-protocol remote connections manager for Windows.

#it-tools#remote-desktop#open-source
Stars11.2k
Forks1.6k
Last commit1 day ago
qt
qtGo

A Qt binding for Go that enables writing cross-platform GUI applications in Go, JavaScript, Dart, Haxe, and Swift.

#dart#qt#ios
Stars10.8k
Forks743
Last commit2 years ago
inshellisense
inshellisenseTypeScript

A terminal-native runtime providing IDE-style autocomplete for 600+ CLI tools across multiple shells.

#developer-tools#productivity#fish
Stars10.7k
Forks258
Last commit4 days ago
OpenFrameworks
OpenFrameworksC++

A community-developed cross-platform C++ toolkit for creative coding and interactive art.

#generative-art#openframeworks#ios
Stars10.4k
Forks2.6k
Last commit23 hours ago
Redis
RedisC

An unofficial native port of Redis, an in-memory key-value database, for Windows x64 systems.

#redis-for-windows#data-persistence#redis
Stars10.3k
Forks1.2k
Last commit14 days ago
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