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tmux/tmux
tmux source code
AI dev
Stack
- Updated
- 2026-10-10
- Lists
- 5 list mentions
- First commit
- 2007-07-09
- License
- ISC
- Issues
- 36 open
49,888
stars
- Forks
- 2,941
- Commits
- 12,336 commits
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- 0 0.0%
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- 0 0.0%
mpv-player/mpv
🎥 Command line media player
- Updated
- 2026-09-18
- Lists
- 6 list mentions
- First commit
- 2001-02-24
- License
- NOASSERTION
- Issues
- 1,158 open
37,033
stars
- Forks
- 3,532
- Commits
- 55,496 commits
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- No 7-day history
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- No 7-day history
asmvik/yabai
A tiling window manager for macOS based on binary space partitioning
Stack
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- 2026-06-14
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- 4 list mentions
- First commit
- 2019-05-04
- License
- MIT
- Issues
- 259 open
29,685
stars
- Forks
- 774
- Commits
- 1,706 commits
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- No 7-day history
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- No 7-day history
fastfetch-cli/fastfetch
A maintained, feature-rich and performance oriented, neofetch like system information tool.
GitHub topics
- Updated
- 2026-09-05
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- 2 list mentions
- First commit
- 2021-02-18
- License
- MIT
- Issues
- 83 open
24,533
stars
- Forks
- 876
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- 7,791 commits
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- No 7-day history
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- No 7-day history
HandBrake/HandBrake
HandBrake's development repository
Stack
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- 2026-09-23
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- 4 list mentions
- First commit
- 2006-01-14
- License
- NOASSERTION
- Issues
- 298 open
24,475
stars
- Forks
- 1,707
- Commits
- 13,567 commits
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- No 7-day history
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- No 7-day history
jarun/nnn
n³ The unorthodox terminal file manager
Stack
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- 2026-10-07
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- 4 list mentions
- First commit
- 2014-10-07
- License
- BSD-2-Clause
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- 1 open
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stars
- Forks
- 825
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- 4,688 commits
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- No 7-day history
ExistentialAudio/BlackHole
BlackHole is a modern macOS audio loopback driver that allows applications to pass audio to other applications with zero additional latency.
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- 2026-08-11
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- 4 list mentions
- First commit
- 2019-09-27
- License
- NOASSERTION
- Issues
- 10 open
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stars
- Forks
- 840
- Commits
- 648 commits
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- No 7-day history
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- No 7-day history
davatorium/rofi
Rofi: A window switcher, application launcher and dmenu replacement
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- 2026-09-03
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- 2 list mentions
- First commit
- 2012-06-29
- License
- NOASSERTION
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- 114 open
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stars
- Forks
- 694
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- 4,350 commits
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darktable-org/darktable
darktable is an open source photography workflow application and raw developer
AI dev
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- 2026-09-21
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- 3 list mentions
- First commit
- 2009-04-07
- License
- GPL-3.0
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- 672 open
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stars
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- 1,436
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- 47,336 commits
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flightlessmango/MangoHud
A Vulkan and OpenGL overlay for monitoring FPS, temperatures, CPU/GPU load and more.
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- 2026-09-04
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- 1 list mention
- First commit
- 2020-01-28
- License
- MIT
- Issues
- 332 open
9,001
stars
- Forks
- 422
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- 2,592 commits
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- No 7-day history
cmus/cmus
Small, fast and powerful console music player for Unix-like operating systems.
Stack
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- 2026-08-12
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- 2 list mentions
- First commit
- 2005-06-05
- License
- GPL-2.0
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- 219 open
6,236
stars
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- 522
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- 2,379 commits
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FeralInteractive/gamemode
Optimise Linux system performance on demand
GitHub topics
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- 2026-06-15
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- 1 list mention
- First commit
- 2017-12-11
- License
- BSD-3-Clause
- Issues
- 217 open
6,000
stars
- Forks
- 217
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- 740 commits
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- No 7-day history
dunst-project/dunst
Lightweight and customizable notification daemon
GitHub topics
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- 2026-08-11
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- 1 list mention
- First commit
- 2011-09-07
- License
- NOASSERTION
- Issues
- 124 open
5,578
stars
- Forks
- 381
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- 2,640 commits
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emersion/mako
A lightweight Wayland notification daemon
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- 2026-06-30
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- 1 list mention
- First commit
- 2018-04-22
- License
- MIT
- Issues
- 134 open
3,247
stars
- Forks
- 173
- Commits
- 650 commits
- Star growth, last 7 days
- No 7-day history
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- No 7-day history
FDH2/UxPlay
AirPlay Unix mirroring server
- Updated
- 2026-09-04
- Lists
- 1 list mention
- First commit
- 2020-04-15
- License
- GPL-3.0
- Issues
- 20 open
3,017
stars
- Forks
- 202
- Commits
- 1,489 commits
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GrapheneOS/hardened_malloc
Hardened allocator designed for modern systems. It has integration into Android's Bionic libc and can be used externally with musl and glibc as a dynamic library for use on other Linux-based platforms. It will gain more portability/integration over time.
Stack
GitHub topics
- Updated
- 2026-10-03
- Lists
- 2 list mentions
- First commit
- 2018-08-21
- License
- MIT
- Issues
- 52 open
2,018
stars
- Forks
- 165
- Commits
- 829 commits
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DeaDBeeF-Player/deadbeef
DeaDBeeF Player
GitHub topics
- Updated
- 2026-08-12
- Lists
- 1 list mention
- First commit
- 2009-07-03
- License
- NOASSERTION
- Issues
- 378 open
1,962
stars
- Forks
- 208
- Commits
- 12,100 commits
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- No 7-day history
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- No 7-day history
Audio4Linux/JDSP4Linux
An audio effect processor for PipeWire and PulseAudio clients
- Updated
- 2026-08-29
- Lists
- 1 list mention
- First commit
- 2015-08-02
- License
- GPL-3.0
- Issues
- 71 open
1,523
stars
- Forks
- 54
- Commits
- 1,111 commits
- Star growth, last 7 days
- No 7-day history
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- No 7-day history
jtheoof/swappy
A Wayland native snapshot editing tool, inspired by Snappy on macOS
GitHub topics
- Updated
- 2025-12-16
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- 1 list mention
- First commit
- 2019-11-19
- License
- MIT
- Issues
- 49 open
1,497
stars
- Forks
- 64
- Commits
- 320 commits
- Star growth, last 7 days
- No 7-day history
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- No 7-day history
celluloid-player/celluloid
A simple GTK+ frontend for mpv
GitHub topics
- Updated
- 2026-08-29
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- 2 list mentions
- First commit
- 2014-07-30
- License
- GPL-3.0
- Issues
- 291 open
1,466
stars
- Forks
- 109
- Commits
- 1,897 commits
- Star growth, last 7 days
- No 7-day history
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- No 7-day history
jarcode-foss/glava
GLava - OpenGL audio spectrum visualizer
- Updated
- 2024-01-19
- Lists
- 1 list mention
- First commit
- 2017-11-26
- License
- GPL-3.0
- Issues
- 99 open
1,272
stars
- Forks
- 72
- Commits
- 332 commits
- Star growth, last 7 days
- No 7-day history
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- No 7-day history
cococry/ragnar
Minimal, flexible & user-friendly X tiling window manager
Stack
GitHub topics
- Updated
- 2026-08-23
- Lists
- 1 list mention
- First commit
- 2023-04-13
- License
- GPL-3.0
- Issues
- 17 open
1,250
stars
- Forks
- 30
- Commits
- 417 commits
- Star growth, last 7 days
- No 7-day history
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- No 7-day history
aurelienpierreeng/ansel
A Darktable fork minus the bloat plus some design vision.
AI dev
GitHub topics
- Updated
- 2026-09-07
- Lists
- 1 list mention
- First commit
- 2009-04-07
- License
- GPL-3.0
- Issues
- 73 open
1,025
stars
- Forks
- 39
- Commits
- 39,771 commits
- Star growth, last 7 days
- No 7-day history
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- No 7-day history
geekuillaume/soundsync
Virtual cables between any audio source and any speaker in your home
Archived
GitHub topics
- Updated
- 2023-03-04
- Lists
- 1 list mention
- First commit
- 2020-01-04
- License
- NOASSERTION
- Issues
- 90 open
893
stars
- Forks
- 44
- Commits
- 924 commits
- Star growth, last 7 days
- No 7-day history
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- No 7-day history
ad-oliviero/uwufetch
A meme system info tool for Linux, based on nyan/uwu trend on r/linuxmasterrace.
- Updated
- 2026-09-23
- Lists
- 1 list mention
- First commit
- 2021-01-18
- License
- GPL-3.0
- Issues
- 11 open
823
stars
- Forks
- 51
- Commits
- 630 commits
- Star growth, last 7 days
- 0 0.0%
- Commit velocity, last 7 days
- 0 0.0%
khanhduytran0/SparseBox
On-device toolbox?
Stack
- Updated
- 2026-07-13
- Lists
- 1 list mention
- First commit
- 2024-09-07
- License
- AGPL-3.0
- Issues
- 68 open
605
stars
- Forks
- 177
- Commits
- 72 commits
- Star growth, last 7 days
- No 7-day history
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- No 7-day history
0xilis/LetMePass
Bypasses YouTube's version alert
Stack
- Updated
- 2025-03-23
- Lists
- 1 list mention
- First commit
- 2024-01-24
- License
- MIT
- Issues
- 2 open
54
stars
- Forks
- 9
- Commits
- 15 commits
- Star growth, last 7 days
- No 7-day history
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- No 7-day history