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grafana/grafana

The open and composable observability and data visualization platform. Visualize metrics, logs, and traces from multiple sources like Prometheus, Loki, Elasticsearch, InfluxDB, Postgres and many more.

AI dev
Updated
2026-10-17
Lists
4 list mentions
First commit
2013-01-26
License
AGPL-3.0
Issues
3,339 open
Forks
14,868
Commits
74,641 commits
Star growth, last 7 days
+93 +0.1%
Commit velocity, last 7 days
+284 +0.4%
ansible/ansible

Ansible is a radically simple IT automation platform that makes your applications and systems easier to deploy and maintain. Automate everything from code deployment to network configuration to cloud management, in a language that approaches plain English, using SSH, with no agents to install on remote systems. https://docs.ansible.com.

AI dev
GitHub topics
Updated
2026-10-09
Lists
4 list mentions
First commit
2012-02-23
License
GPL-3.0
Issues
860 open
Forks
24,348
Commits
55,575 commits
Star growth, last 7 days
0 0.0%
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0 0.0%
prometheus/prometheus

The Prometheus monitoring system and time series database.

AI dev
Updated
2026-10-16
Lists
6 list mentions
First commit
2012-11-24
License
Apache-2.0
Issues
983 open
Forks
10,917
Commits
18,958 commits
Star growth, last 7 days
+136 +0.2%
Commit velocity, last 7 days
+117 +0.6%
git/git

Git Source Code Mirror - This is a publish-only repository but pull requests can be turned into patches to the mailing list via GitGitGadget (https://gitgitgadget.github.io/). Please follow Documentation/SubmittingPatches procedure for any of your improvements.

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Stack
GitHub topics
Updated
2026-10-14
Lists
1 list mention
First commit
2005-04-07
License
NOASSERTION
Issues
Disabled
Forks
28,547
Commits
82,443 commits
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0 0.0%
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0 0.0%
coollabsio/coolify

An open-source, self-hostable PaaS alternative to Vercel, Heroku & Netlify that lets you easily deploy static sites, databases, full-stack applications and 280+ one-click services on your own servers.

AI dev
Updated
2026-09-10
Lists
3 list mentions
First commit
2021-03-24
License
Apache-2.0
Issues
647 open
Forks
5,439
Commits
16,966 commits
Star growth, last 7 days
No 7-day history
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No 7-day history
rclone/rclone

"rsync for cloud storage" - Google Drive, S3, Dropbox, Backblaze B2, One Drive, Swift, Hubic, Wasabi, Google Cloud Storage, Azure Blob, Azure Files, Yandex Files

AI dev
Updated
2026-09-18
Lists
5 list mentions
First commit
2012-11-18
License
MIT
Issues
1,276 open
Forks
5,407
Commits
10,366 commits
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No 7-day history
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No 7-day history
mitmproxy/mitmproxy

An interactive TLS-capable intercepting HTTP proxy for penetration testers and software developers.

AI dev
Updated
2026-10-05
Lists
8 list mentions
First commit
2010-02-16
License
MIT
Issues
491 open
Forks
4,774
Commits
11,248 commits
Star growth, last 7 days
0 0.0%
Commit velocity, last 7 days
0 0.0%
portainer/portainer

Making Docker and Kubernetes management easy.

AI dev
Updated
2026-10-16
Lists
5 list mentions
First commit
2013-06-09
License
Zlib
Issues
764 open
Forks
2,923
Commits
6,126 commits
Star growth, last 7 days
+42 +0.1%
Commit velocity, last 7 days
+1 0.0%
harness/harness

Harness Open Source is an end-to-end developer platform with Source Control Management, CI/CD Pipelines, Hosted Developer Environments, and Artifact Registries.

Updated
2026-10-16
Lists
5 list mentions
First commit
2022-08-09
License
Apache-2.0
Issues
123 open
Forks
3,427
Commits
4,268 commits
Star growth, last 7 days
+48 +0.1%
Commit velocity, last 7 days
+11 +0.3%
nicolargo/glances

Glances an Eye on your system. A top/htop alternative for GNU/Linux, BSD, macOS and Windows operating systems.

AI dev
Updated
2026-10-11
Lists
6 list mentions
First commit
2011-12-04
License
NOASSERTION
Issues
108 open
Forks
1,823
Commits
7,916 commits
Star growth, last 7 days
0 0.0%
Commit velocity, last 7 days
0 0.0%
hashicorp/consul

Consul is a distributed, highly available, and data center aware solution to connect and configure applications across dynamic, distributed infrastructure.

Updated
2026-10-16
Lists
2 list mentions
First commit
2013-11-04
License
NOASSERTION
Issues
1,413 open
Forks
4,629
Commits
22,026 commits
Star growth, last 7 days
-7 0.0%
Commit velocity, last 7 days
+9 0.0%
authelia/authelia

The Single Sign-On Multi-Factor portal for web apps. OpenID Certified™ and Post-Quantum Cryptography Ready.

Updated
2026-10-14
Lists
1 list mention
First commit
2016-12-10
License
Apache-2.0
Issues
128 open
Forks
1,514
Commits
10,759 commits
Star growth, last 7 days
0 0.0%
Commit velocity, last 7 days
0 0.0%
goauthentik/authentik

The authentication glue you need.

AI dev
Updated
2026-09-11
Lists
2 list mentions
First commit
2018-11-11
License
NOASSERTION
Issues
1,069 open
Forks
2,003
Commits
24,139 commits
Star growth, last 7 days
No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days
No 7-day history
netbox-community/netbox

The premier source of truth powering network automation. Open source under Apache 2. Try NetBox Cloud free: https://netboxlabs.com/products/free-netbox-cloud/

AI dev
Updated
2026-10-10
Lists
3 list mentions
First commit
2016-03-01
License
Apache-2.0
Issues
233 open
Forks
3,147
Commits
15,959 commits
Star growth, last 7 days
0 0.0%
Commit velocity, last 7 days
0 0.0%
google/cadvisor

Analyzes resource usage and performance characteristics of running containers.

Updated
2026-10-12
Lists
5 list mentions
First commit
2014-06-09
License
NOASSERTION
Issues
72 open
Forks
2,496
Commits
3,782 commits
Star growth, last 7 days
+7 0.0%
Commit velocity, last 7 days
+1 0.0%
slackhq/nebula

A scalable overlay networking tool with a focus on performance, simplicity and security

Stack
Updated
2026-09-15
Lists
2 list mentions
First commit
2019-11-19
License
MIT
Issues
97 open
Forks
1,186
Commits
820 commits
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No 7-day history
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No 7-day history
VictoriaMetrics/VictoriaMetrics

VictoriaMetrics: fast, cost-effective monitoring solution and time series database

AI dev
Updated
2026-10-09
Lists
6 list mentions
First commit
2018-09-30
License
Apache-2.0
Issues
788 open
Forks
1,766
Commits
13,010 commits
Star growth, last 7 days
No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days
No 7-day history
ipfs/kubo

IPFS implementation in Go: a daemon that stores and serves content-addressed data, with a CLI, HTTP Gateway, and RPC API

AI dev
GitHub topics
Updated
2026-10-01
Lists
2 list mentions
First commit
2014-06-26
License
NOASSERTION
Issues
877 open
Forks
3,174
Commits
16,022 commits
Star growth, last 7 days
0 0.0%
Commit velocity, last 7 days
0 0.0%
wazuh/wazuh

Wazuh - The Open Source Security Platform. Unified XDR and SIEM protection for endpoints and cloud workloads.

Updated
2026-10-03
Lists
4 list mentions
First commit
2005-09-23
License
NOASSERTION
Issues
3,145 open
Forks
2,523
Commits
51,684 commits
Star growth, last 7 days
No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days
No 7-day history
ceph/ceph

Ceph is a distributed object, block, and file storage platform

AI dev
Updated
2026-09-21
Lists
1 list mention
First commit
2001-04-28
License
NOASSERTION
Issues
Disabled
Forks
6,507
Commits
165,364 commits
Star growth, last 7 days
No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days
No 7-day history
hashicorp/packer

Packer is a tool for creating identical machine images for multiple platforms from a single source configuration.

AI dev
Updated
2026-09-18
Lists
2 list mentions
First commit
2013-03-23
License
NOASSERTION
Issues
318 open
Forks
3,336
Commits
19,021 commits
Star growth, last 7 days
No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days
No 7-day history