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fivdi/onoff

GPIO access and interrupt detection with Node.js

Stack

JavaScript npm

GitHub topics

#beaglebone #beaglebone-black #gpio #interrupt #iot #javascript

Updated: 2024-06-27
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2012-10-24
History: 1 history point
License: MIT
Issues: 8 open

1,258

stars

Forks: 122
Commits: 378 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: 0 0.0%
Commit velocity, last 7 days: 0 0.0%

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cococry/ragnar

Minimal, flexible & user-friendly X tiling window manager

Stack

GitHub topics

#i3 #linux #tiling-window-manager #window-manager #x11

Updated: 2026-08-23
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2023-04-13
History: 7 history points
License: GPL-3.0
Issues: 17 open

1,250

stars

Forks: 30
Commits: 417 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

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yvt/openspades

Compatible client of Ace of Spades 0.75

Stack

C++ CMake

GitHub topics

#ace-of-spades #action-game #c-plus-plus #cmake #cross-platform-game #fps

Updated: 2024-06-06
Lists: 2 list mentions
First commit: 2013-08-18
History: 8 history points
License: GPL-3.0
Issues: 248 open

1,246

stars

Forks: 234
Commits: 2,167 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: 0 0.0%
Commit velocity, last 7 days: 0 0.0%

Website GitHub

yodaos-project/yodaos

Yet another Linux distribution for voice-enabled IoT and embrace Web standards

Stack

C CMake npm pip

GitHub topics

#javascript #linux #nodejs #openwrt #web #yodaos

Updated: 2019-12-04
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2018-12-13
History: 1 history point
License: Apache-2.0
Issues: 1 open

1,227

stars

Forks: 140
Commits: 107 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: 0 0.0%
Commit velocity, last 7 days: 0 0.0%

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schweikert/fping

High performance ping tool

Stack

GitHub topics

#bsd-license #c #fping #icmp #linux #macos

Updated: 2026-08-23
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2011-12-10
History: 6 history points
License: NOASSERTION
Issues: 14 open

1,225

stars

Forks: 260
Commits: 853 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

Website GitHub

drhelius/Gearboy

Game Boy / Game Boy Color / Super Game Boy emulator and debugger with embedded MCP server for macOS, Windows, Linux, BSD and RetroArch.

AI dev

Stack

C++ .NET SDK

GitHub topics

#bsd #emulation #emulator #game-boy #gameboy #gameboy-color-emulator

Updated: 2026-10-09
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2012-07-19
History: 6 history points
License: GPL-3.0
Issues: 4 open

1,214

stars

Forks: 167
Commits: 2,499 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

Website GitHub

xemle/home-gallery

Self-hosted open-source web gallery to view your photos and videos featuring mobile-friendly, tagging and AI powered image discovery

Stack

JavaScript Express React Tailwind CSS Vite npm

GitHub topics

#calculate-previews #exif #face-detection #face-recognition #gallery #geo-reverse-lookups

Updated: 2026-06-25
Lists: 2 list mentions
First commit: 2019-11-07
History: 8 history points
License: MIT
Issues: 54 open

1,181

stars

Forks: 105
Commits: 1,146 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

Website GitHub

1zilc/fishing-funds

基金,大盘,股票,虚拟货币状态栏显示小应用

Archived

Stack

TypeScript Electron React Vite npm pnpm

GitHub topics

#ai #alipay #antd #bitcoin #chatgpt #chinese

Updated: 2026-01-16
Lists: 3 list mentions
First commit: 2021-01-26
History: 10 history points
License: GPL-3.0
Issues: Disabled

1,177

stars

Forks: 148
Commits: 616 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

Website GitHub

justrach/nanobrew

The fastest macOS package manager. Written in Zig. 3ms warm installs.

Stack

Zig Bun npm

GitHub topics

#apt-get #homebrew #linux #macos #zig

Updated: 2026-09-28
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2026-02-15
History: 6 history points
License: Apache-2.0
Issues: 3 open

1,126

stars

Forks: 19
Commits: 658 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

Website GitHub

cyberus-technology/virtualbox-kvm

KVM Backend for VirtualBox

GitHub topics

#gpu-virtualization #kvm #linux #virtualbox #virtualization

Updated: 2026-09-30
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2024-03-08
History: 5 history points
License: GPL-3.0
Issues: 7 open

1,117

stars

Forks: 127
Commits: 20 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: 0 0.0%
Commit velocity, last 7 days: 0 0.0%

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gscept/nebula

Nebula is an open-source and free-to-use modern C++ game engine.

AI dev

Stack

C++ CMake

GitHub topics

#classless-api #data-oriented-architecture #game-engine #game-engine-3d #linux #multithreading

Updated: 2026-10-11
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2017-05-23
History: 5 history points
License: NOASSERTION
Issues: 35 open

1,101

stars

Forks: 63
Commits: 3,722 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: 0 0.0%
Commit velocity, last 7 days: 0 0.0%

Website GitHub

GameGodS3/DropPoint

Make drag-and-drop easier using DropPoint. Drag content without having to open side-by-side windows

Stack

JavaScript Electron Tailwind CSS npm

GitHub topics

#dropover-alternative #electron #electron-app #electronjs #hacktoberfest #hacktoberfest-accepted

Updated: 2026-08-04
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2021-06-16
History: 11 history points
License: GPL-3.0
Issues: 27 open

1,093

stars

Forks: 70
Commits: 111 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

Website GitHub

fdw/rofimoji

Emoji, unicode and general character picker for rofi, wofi and similar selectors on X11 and Wayland

Stack

Python uv

GitHub topics

#character #emoji #emoji-picker #i3 #input #kaomoji

Updated: 2026-08-29
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2017-10-29
History: 7 history points
License: MIT
Issues: 0 open

1,090

stars

Forks: 50
Commits: 445 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

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stefanmaric/g

Simple go version manager, gluten-free

Stack

Shell

GitHub topics

#bash #cli #dependency-manager #environment #fish #gluten-free

Updated: 2026-05-26
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2018-04-08
History: 6 history points
License: MIT
Issues: 3 open

1,082

stars

Forks: 54
Commits: 141 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

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AsteroidOS/asteroid

Build script for AsteroidOS, an open-source operating system for smartwatches

Stack

Shell

GitHub topics

#asteroidos #hacktoberfest #linux #smartwatch #yocto

Updated: 2026-09-09
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2015-06-04
History: 8 history points
License: GPL-2.0
Issues: 76 open

1,073

stars

Forks: 83
Commits: 136 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: 0 0.0%
Commit velocity, last 7 days: 0 0.0%

Website GitHub

anufrievroman/waypaper

GUI wallpaper manager for Wayland and Xorg Linux systems

Stack

Python PEP 517 pip

GitHub topics

#feh #gtk3 #hyprland #hyprpaper #i3 #linux

Updated: 2026-08-31
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2023-08-08
History: 8 history points
License: GPL-3.0
Issues: 17 open

1,070

stars

Forks: 66
Commits: 515 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: 0 0.0%
Commit velocity, last 7 days: 0 0.0%

Website GitHub

berarma/oversteer

Steering Wheel Manager for GNU/Linux

Stack

Python Meson

GitHub topics

#fanatec #gnome #linux #logitech #steering-wheel #thrustmaster

Updated: 2026-02-26
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2019-02-19
History: 7 history points
License: GPL-3.0
Issues: 65 open

1,064

stars

Forks: 88
Commits: 377 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

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GoXLR-on-Linux/goxlr-utility

An unofficial tool to configure and control a TC-Helicon GoXLR or GoXLR Mini on Linux, MacOS and Windows.

Stack

Rust Actix Web Cargo

GitHub topics

#goxlr #goxlr-on-linux #linux #rust

Updated: 2026-06-08
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2022-01-03
History: 7 history points
License: MIT
Issues: 10 open

1,045

stars

Forks: 71
Commits: 2,343 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

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freeorion/freeorion

Source code repository of the FreeOrion project.

Stack

C++ CMake .NET SDK PEP 517

GitHub topics

#4x #freeorion #game #linux #macosx #multiplayer

Updated: 2026-09-12
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2003-04-29
History: 1 history point
License: Unknown
Issues: 521 open

1,039

stars

Forks: 180
Commits: 27,597 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

Website GitHub

FreeterApp/Freeter

Freeter – a smarter way to work on your computer

Stack

TypeScript Electron React npm

GitHub topics

#app #linux #macos #productivity #software #windows

Updated: 2026-05-27
Lists: 3 list mentions
First commit: 2024-01-05
History: 13 history points
License: GPL-3.0
Issues: 14 open

1,024

stars

Forks: 64
Commits: 129 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

Website GitHub

Dadoum/Sideloader

Open-source cross-platform iOS app sideloader (yep, even Linux is supported). Alternative to Sideloadly, AltServer, SideServer, Cydia Impactor, iOS App Signer…

Stack

D Swift Package Manager

GitHub topics

#cli #codesign #cross-platform #d #dlang #gtk

Updated: 2026-02-12
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2023-04-26
History: 7 history points
License: GPL-3.0
Issues: 50 open

1,003

stars

Forks: 151
Commits: 133 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

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fportantier/habu

Hacking Toolkit

Stack

Python pytest pip

GitHub topics

#hacking #linux #network-analysis #networking #penetration-testing #pentest

Updated: 2025-12-30
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2017-08-18
History: 5 history points
License: BSD-3-Clause
Issues: 3 open

991

stars

Forks: 163
Commits: 371 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

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fwdai/rowel

🔑 Local-first Secrets Manager

Stack

Rust Axum React Tailwind CSS Tauri Bun Cargo CocoaPods

GitHub topics

#cipher #credentials #cryptography #desktop #desktop-app #encryption

Updated: 2026-10-15
Lists: 0 list mentions
First commit: 2019-06-30
History: 14 history points
License: GPL-3.0
Issues: 15 open

952

stars

Forks: 81
Commits: 1,572 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: +1 +0.1%
Commit velocity, last 7 days: +229 +17.1%

Website GitHub

swiftyapp/swifty

🔑 Free Offline-first Password Manager

Stack

JavaScript Electron React npm Yarn

GitHub topics

#cipher #credentials #cryptography #desktop #desktop-app #electron

Updated: 2026-01-23
Lists: 3 list mentions
First commit: 2019-06-30
History: 10 history points
License: GPL-3.0
Issues: 95 open

944

stars

Forks: 79
Commits: 818 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

Website GitHub

topydo/topydo

A powerful todo list application for the console, using the todo.txt format.

Stack

Python PEP 517 pip

GitHub topics

#bsd #cli #cross-platform #hacktoberfest #linux #macos

Updated: 2026-08-31
Lists: 2 list mentions
First commit: 2014-06-08
History: 7 history points
License: GPL-3.0
Issues: 81 open

934

stars

Forks: 98
Commits: 1,474 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

GitHub

RareDevs/Rare

Rare is an open source alternative for Epic Games Launcher, using Legendary.

Stack

Python pip uv

GitHub topics

#epic-games #epic-games-launcher #frontend #games #legendary #linux

Updated: 2026-10-09
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2021-02-10
History: 6 history points
License: GPL-3.0
Issues: 40 open

931

stars

Forks: 42
Commits: 2,977 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

Website GitHub

tarka/xcp

An extended `cp`

Stack

Rust Cargo

GitHub topics

#command-line #copy-files #linux #solid-state-disks #sparse-files

Updated: 2026-06-23
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2018-10-04
History: 5 history points
License: GPL-3.0
Issues: 18 open

930

stars

Forks: 33
Commits: 803 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

GitHub

DOMjudge/domjudge

DOMjudge programming contest jury system

Stack

PHP Symfony Composer npm PEP 517

GitHub topics

#competitive-programming #domjudge #domjudge-developers #domjudge-homepage #hacktoberfest #html

Updated: 2026-10-04
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2004-05-18
History: 8 history points
License: GPL-2.0
Issues: 119 open

917

stars

Forks: 298
Commits: 12,624 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

Website GitHub

Mudlet/Mudlet

⚔️ A cross-platform, open source, and super fast MUD client with scripting in Lua

AI dev

Stack

C++ Qt CMake

GitHub topics

#c-plus-plus-17 #cpp #cross-platform #game #hacktoberfest #linux

Updated: 2026-10-10
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2009-01-24
History: 6 history points
License: GPL-3.0
Issues: 986 open

914

stars

Forks: 384
Commits: 8,772 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

Website GitHub

alpha-miner/Finance-Python

python tools for Finance with the functionality of indicator calculation, business day calculation and so on.

Stack

Python pip

GitHub topics

#chinese #cython #finance #linux #pricing #python

Updated: 2024-01-01
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2015-07-15
History: 5 history points
License: MIT
Issues: 9 open

913

stars

Forks: 147
Commits: 920 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

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