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DNSControl/dnscontrol

Infrastructure as code for DNS!

Stack

Go gRPC Go React Go modules npm

GitHub topics

#dns #dnscontrol #go #infrastructure-as-code

Updated: 2026-10-15
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2016-08-23
History: 8 history points
License: MIT
Issues: 33 open

3,969

stars

Forks: 547
Commits: 3,524 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: 0 0.0%
Commit velocity, last 7 days: 0 0.0%

Website GitHub

canonical/cloud-init

Official upstream for the cloud-init: cloud instance initialization

Stack

Python Meson PEP 517 pip

GitHub topics

#cloud-init #hacktoberfest #python

Updated: 2026-09-04
Lists: 2 list mentions
First commit: 2008-09-15
History: 11 history points
License: NOASSERTION
Issues: 608 open

3,807

stars

Forks: 1,130
Commits: 7,795 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

Website GitHub

octodns/octodns

Tools for managing DNS across multiple providers

AI dev

Stack

Python pytest PEP 517 pip

GitHub topics

#dns #infrastructure-as-code #workflow

Updated: 2026-10-14
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2017-03-15
History: 8 history points
License: MIT
Issues: 4 open

3,774

stars

Forks: 445
Commits: 3,834 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: 0 0.0%
Commit velocity, last 7 days: 0 0.0%

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geany/geany

A fast and lightweight IDE

Stack

C Meson

GitHub topics

#geany #ide #text-editor

Updated: 2026-10-11
Lists: 2 list mentions
First commit: 2005-11-22
History: 12 history points
License: GPL-2.0
Issues: 1,283 open

3,737

stars

Forks: 668
Commits: 10,815 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: 0 0.0%
Commit velocity, last 7 days: 0 0.0%

Website GitHub

rsnapshot/rsnapshot

a tool for backing up your data using rsync (if you want to get help, use https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/rsnapshot-discuss)

Stack

Perl

GitHub topics

#backup #perl #rsnapshot #rsync

Updated: 2026-10-10
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2003-08-28
History: 8 history points
License: GPL-2.0
Issues: 55 open

3,688

stars

Forks: 272
Commits: 1,408 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: 0 0.0%
Commit velocity, last 7 days: 0 0.0%

Website GitHub

moby/swarmkit

A toolkit for orchestrating distributed systems at any scale. It includes primitives for node discovery, raft-based consensus, task scheduling and more.

Stack

Go Cobra gRPC Go Go modules

Updated: 2026-09-17
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2016-02-12
History: 8 history points
License: Apache-2.0
Issues: 280 open

3,651

stars

Forks: 679
Commits: 4,502 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: 0 0.0%
Commit velocity, last 7 days: 0 0.0%

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ytti/oxidized

Oxidized is a network device configuration backup tool. It's a RANCID replacement!

AI dev

Stack

Ruby Bundler

GitHub topics

#backup #network #nms #rancid

Updated: 2026-10-14
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2013-04-17
History: 8 history points
License: Apache-2.0
Issues: 71 open

3,611

stars

Forks: 1,059
Commits: 3,583 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: 0 0.0%
Commit velocity, last 7 days: 0 0.0%

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MauriceNino/dashdot

A simple, modern server dashboard, primarily used by smaller private servers

Stack

TypeScript Express Next.js React Tailwind CSS npm Yarn

GitHub topics

#dashboard #docker #glassmorphism #monitoring #nodejs #react

Updated: 2026-09-16
Lists: 2 list mentions
First commit: 2021-10-29
History: 8 history points
License: MIT
Issues: 61 open

3,543

stars

Forks: 135
Commits: 1,817 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

Website GitHub

munki/munki

Managed software installation for macOS —

Stack

Swift Swift Package Manager

Updated: 2026-10-15
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2009-01-14
History: 8 history points
License: NOASSERTION
Issues: 69 open

3,474

stars

Forks: 375
Commits: 5,327 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: 0 0.0%
Commit velocity, last 7 days: 0 0.0%

Website GitHub

collectd/collectd

The system statistics collection daemon. Please send Pull Requests here!

Stack

GitHub topics

#amqp-client #c #collectd #cpu-monitoring #graphite-client #influxdb-client

Updated: 2026-05-29
Lists: 2 list mentions
First commit: 2012-08-02
History: 8 history points
License: NOASSERTION
Issues: 790 open

3,371

stars

Forks: 1,252
Commits: 12,018 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: 0 0.0%
Commit velocity, last 7 days: 0 0.0%

Website GitHub

traviscross/mtr

Official repository for mtr, a network diagnostic tool

Stack

Updated: 2026-09-24
Lists: 3 list mentions
First commit: 2013-02-01
History: 9 history points
License: GPL-2.0
Issues: 141 open

3,366

stars

Forks: 375
Commits: 984 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: 0 0.0%
Commit velocity, last 7 days: 0 0.0%

Website GitHub

errbotio/errbot

Errbot is a chatbot, a daemon that connects to your favorite chat service and bring your tools and some fun into the conversation.

Stack

Python Flask pytest PEP 517 pip

GitHub topics

#automation #chat #chatbot #chatbots #chatops #devops

Updated: 2026-08-17
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2012-05-20
History: 8 history points
License: GPL-3.0
Issues: 45 open

3,311

stars

Forks: 626
Commits: 3,016 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: 0 0.0%
Commit velocity, last 7 days: 0 0.0%

Website GitHub

EnterpriseDB/barman

Barman - Backup and Recovery Manager for PostgreSQL

Stack

Python pytest uv

GitHub topics

#backup #disaster-recovery #postgres #postgresql #recovery

Updated: 2026-10-01
Lists: 2 list mentions
First commit: 2012-07-06
History: 8 history points
License: GPL-3.0
Issues: 41 open

3,259

stars

Forks: 274
Commits: 2,746 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: 0 0.0%
Commit velocity, last 7 days: 0 0.0%

Website GitHub

operacle/checkcle

CheckCle is a self-hosted, open-source monitoring platform for seamless, real-time full-stack systems, applications, and infrastructure. It provides real-time uptime monitoring, distributed checks, incident tracking, and alerts. All deployable anywhere.

Stack

Go Cobra React Tailwind CSS Vite Bun Go modules npm

GitHub topics

#alternative #api #checkcle #container #docker #full-stack

Updated: 2026-07-17
Lists: 2 list mentions
First commit: 2025-05-09
History: 8 history points
License: MIT
Issues: 92 open

3,254

stars

Forks: 289
Commits: 503 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

Website GitHub

apache/cloudstack

Apache CloudStack is an opensource Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) cloud computing platform

AI dev

Stack

Java Vue Maven npm pip

GitHub topics

#cloud #cloudstack #iaas #infrastructure #java #kubernetes

Updated: 2026-09-12
Lists: 2 list mentions
First commit: 2010-08-11
History: 8 history points
License: Apache-2.0
Issues: 1,023 open

3,054

stars

Forks: 1,383
Commits: 39,110 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

Website GitHub

strongswan/strongswan

strongSwan - IPsec-based VPN

Stack

C Android Gradle PEP 517

GitHub topics

#ikev2 #ipsec #strongswan #vpn #vpn-client #vpn-server

Updated: 2026-09-10
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2005-11-03
History: 7 history points
License: NOASSERTION
Issues: 168 open

2,975

stars

Forks: 933
Commits: 20,108 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

Website GitHub

cstate/cstate

🔥 Open source static (serverless) status page. Uses hyperfast Go & Hugo, minimal HTML/CSS/JS, customizable, outstanding browser support (IE8+), preloaded CMS, read-only API, badges & more.

Stack

HTML

GitHub topics

#dark-theme #downtime #gh-pages #github-pages #hacktoberfest #hugo

Updated: 2026-08-27
Lists: 2 list mentions
First commit: 2017-05-01
History: 8 history points
License: MIT
Issues: 9 open

2,894

stars

Forks: 249
Commits: 516 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

Website GitHub

aptly-dev/aptly

aptly - Debian repository management tool

Stack

Go Gin gRPC Go Go modules pip

GitHub topics

#apt #debian #go #packaging #ubuntu

Updated: 2026-10-12
Lists: 2 list mentions
First commit: 2013-12-13
History: 8 history points
License: MIT
Issues: 233 open

2,889

stars

Forks: 437
Commits: 2,787 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: 0 0.0%
Commit velocity, last 7 days: 0 0.0%

Website GitHub

phpipam/phpipam

phpipam development repository

Stack

PHP Composer

GitHub topics

#ip-address #ipam #management-system #network-admin #network-discovery #network-visualization

Updated: 2026-10-05
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2015-06-18
History: 8 history points
License: Unknown
Issues: 1,848 open

2,812

stars

Forks: 801
Commits: 3,588 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: 0 0.0%
Commit velocity, last 7 days: 0 0.0%

Website GitHub

cobbler/cobbler

Cobbler is a versatile Linux deployment server

AI dev

Stack

Python pytest npm PEP 517 pip

GitHub topics

#cobbler #deployment #dhcp #hacktoberfest #pxe #python

Updated: 2026-10-07
Lists: 2 list mentions
First commit: 2006-04-04
History: 8 history points
License: GPL-2.0
Issues: 309 open

2,773

stars

Forks: 658
Commits: 10,115 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: 0 0.0%
Commit velocity, last 7 days: 0 0.0%

Website GitHub

GNS3/gns3-gui

GNS3 Graphical Network Simulator

Stack

Python pytest pip

GitHub topics

#network #network-emulator #networking

Updated: 2026-10-02
Lists: 2 list mentions
First commit: 2013-09-26
History: 8 history points
License: GPL-3.0
Issues: 117 open

2,645

stars

Forks: 477
Commits: 5,558 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: 0 0.0%
Commit velocity, last 7 days: 0 0.0%

Website GitHub

FreeRADIUS/freeradius-server

FreeRADIUS - A multi-protocol policy server.

AI dev

Stack

C pip

GitHub topics

#aaa #arp #authentication #bfd #c #daemon

Updated: 2026-09-16
Lists: 2 list mentions
First commit: 1999-08-16
History: 8 history points
License: GPL-2.0
Issues: 91 open

2,588

stars

Forks: 1,193
Commits: 53,905 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

Website GitHub

apache/logging-flume

Apache Flume is a distributed, reliable, and available service for efficiently collecting, aggregating, and moving large amounts of log-like data

Stack

Java Maven npm

GitHub topics

#apache #api #flume #java #jvm #library

Updated: 2026-10-05
Lists: 2 list mentions
First commit: 2011-08-09
History: 9 history points
License: Apache-2.0
Issues: 85 open

2,571

stars

Forks: 1,538
Commits: 2,116 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

Website GitHub

Checkmk/checkmk

Checkmk - Best-in-class infrastructure & application monitoring

AI dev

Stack

Python Cobra gRPC Go Vite Vue Cargo .NET SDK Go modules

GitHub topics

#monitoring

Updated: 2026-10-14
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2009-11-16
History: 8 history points
License: GPL-2.0
Issues: Disabled

2,550

stars

Forks: 570
Commits: 112,852 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: 0 0.0%
Commit velocity, last 7 days: 0 0.0%

Website GitHub

alerta/alerta

Alerta monitoring system

Stack

Python Flask pytest PEP 517 pip

GitHub topics

#alerta #api-server #mongodb #monitoring #postgres

Updated: 2026-06-19
Lists: 2 list mentions
First commit: 2012-03-27
History: 8 history points
License: Apache-2.0
Issues: 38 open

2,530

stars

Forks: 376
Commits: 3,552 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

Website GitHub

allegro/ralph

Ralph is the CMDB / Asset Management system for data center and back office hardware.

Stack

Python Django Django REST Framework npm pip uv

GitHub topics

#assets-management #backoffice #cmdb #data-center #dcim #django

Updated: 2026-10-09
Lists: 2 list mentions
First commit: 2015-05-12
History: 9 history points
License: Apache-2.0
Issues: 123 open

2,523

stars

Forks: 593
Commits: 3,486 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

Website GitHub

apache/activemq

Apache ActiveMQ

AI dev

Stack

Java .NET SDK Maven

GitHub topics

#activemq #amqp #amqps #apache #broker #java

Updated: 2026-10-08
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2005-12-12
History: 8 history points
License: Apache-2.0
Issues: 104 open

2,464

stars

Forks: 1,502
Commits: 12,598 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

Website GitHub

ruby/rake

A make-like build utility for Ruby.

Stack

Ruby Bundler

GitHub topics

#hacktoberfest #rake #rakefile #ruby

Updated: 2026-09-28
Lists: 2 list mentions
First commit: 2003-02-28
History: 8 history points
License: MIT
Issues: 70 open

2,462

stars

Forks: 650
Commits: 3,214 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

Website GitHub

rsyslog/rsyslog

High-performance log ingestion and ETL engine

AI dev

Stack

C Maven pip

GitHub topics

#c #elasticsearch #kafka #logging #mongodb #rsyslog

Updated: 2026-09-16
Lists: 2 list mentions
First commit: 2004-11-08
History: 8 history points
License: LGPL-3.0
Issues: 212 open

2,336

stars

Forks: 736
Commits: 21,876 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

Website GitHub

Icinga/icinga2

The core of our monitoring platform with a powerful configuration language and REST API.

Stack

C++ CMake .NET SDK

GitHub topics

#cluster #distributed-monitoring #elastic #graphite #graylog #icinga

Updated: 2026-10-15
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2012-03-28
History: 8 history points
License: GPL-3.0
Issues: 494 open

2,240

stars

Forks: 621
Commits: 15,006 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: 0 0.0%
Commit velocity, last 7 days: 0 0.0%

Website GitHub

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