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firecracker-microvm/firecracker

Secure and fast microVMs for serverless computing.

Stack

Rust pytest Cargo PEP 517 Poetry

GitHub topics

#containers #minimalist #open-source #oversubscription #rust #sandbox

Updated: 2026-06-23
Lists: 3 list mentions
First commit: 2017-10-23
History: 2 history points
License: Apache-2.0
Issues: 90 open

35,108

stars

Forks: 2,469
Commits: 8,069 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: +69 +0.2%
Commit velocity, last 7 days: +5 +0.1%

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certbot/certbot

Certbot is EFF's tool to obtain certs from Let's Encrypt and (optionally) auto-enable HTTPS on your server. It can also act as a client for any other CA that uses the ACME protocol.

Stack

Python pytest PEP 517 pip Poetry

GitHub topics

#acme #acme-client #certbot #certificate #letsencrypt #python

Updated: 2026-06-24
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2012-05-17
History: 1 history point
License: NOASSERTION
Issues: 198 open

33,100

stars

Forks: 3,500
Commits: 11,411 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: 0 0.0%
Commit velocity, last 7 days: 0 0.0%

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cfenollosa/os-tutorial

How to create an OS from scratch

Stack

Updated: 2026-02-04
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2014-09-29
History: 1 history point
License: BSD-3-Clause
Issues: 129 open

30,565

stars

Forks: 3,548
Commits: 149 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: 0 0.0%
Commit velocity, last 7 days: 0 0.0%

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GoogleChrome/lighthouse

Automated auditing, performance metrics, and best practices for the web.

AI dev

Stack

JavaScript Express npm Yarn

GitHub topics

#audit #best-practices #chrome-devtools #developer-tools #performance-analysis #performance-metrics

Updated: 2026-06-23
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2016-01-15
History: 1 history point
License: Apache-2.0
Issues: 418 open

30,420

stars

Forks: 9,725
Commits: 6,579 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: 0 0.0%
Commit velocity, last 7 days: 0 0.0%

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openssl/openssl

General purpose TLS and crypto library

Stack

GitHub topics

#cryptography #decryption #encryption #openssl #ssl #tls

Updated: 2026-06-24
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 1998-12-21
History: 1 history point
License: Apache-2.0
Issues: 1,605 open

30,352

stars

Forks: 11,333
Commits: 40,090 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: 0 0.0%
Commit velocity, last 7 days: 0 0.0%

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micro-editor/micro

A modern and intuitive terminal-based text editor

Stack

Go Go modules

GitHub topics

#command-line #cross-platform #editor #go #golang #micro

Updated: 2026-06-24
Lists: 4 list mentions
First commit: 2016-03-11
History: 8 history points
License: MIT
Issues: 1,028 open

28,908

stars

Forks: 1,332
Commits: 3,522 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: 0 0.0%
Commit velocity, last 7 days: 0 0.0%

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digitalocean/nginxconfig.io

⚙️ NGINX config generator on steroids 💉

Stack

JavaScript Vue npm

GitHub topics

#cdn #digitalocean #digitalocean-community-tools #drupal #gzip #hacktoberfest

Updated: 2024-12-14
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2020-04-27
History: 1 history point
License: MIT
Issues: 71 open

28,287

stars

Forks: 2,047
Commits: 322 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: 0 0.0%
Commit velocity, last 7 days: 0 0.0%

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tj/commander.js

node.js command-line interfaces made easy

Stack

JavaScript npm

Updated: 2026-06-22
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2011-08-14
History: 1 history point
License: MIT
Issues: 10 open

28,285

stars

Forks: 1,757
Commits: 1,517 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: 0 0.0%
Commit velocity, last 7 days: 0 0.0%

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locustio/locust

Write scalable load tests in plain Python 🚗💨

Stack

Python Flask pytest React Vite npm uv Yarn

GitHub topics

#benchmarking #http #load-generator #load-test #load-testing #load-tests

Updated: 2026-06-18
Lists: 3 list mentions
First commit: 2010-06-20
History: 8 history points
License: MIT
Issues: 6 open

27,928

stars

Forks: 3,218
Commits: 6,409 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: +5 0.0%
Commit velocity, last 7 days: 0 0.0%

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yeasy/docker_practice

最新Docker容器技术，从真实案例中学习最佳实践！| Learn and understand Docker&Container technologies, with real DevOps practice!

Stack

Go Django npm pip

GitHub topics

#book #cloud-computing #container #devops #docker #kubernetes

Updated: 2026-06-22
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2014-09-05
History: 1 history point
License: Unknown
Issues: 0 open

26,114

stars

Forks: 5,793
Commits: 1,572 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: 0 0.0%
Commit velocity, last 7 days: 0 0.0%

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robertdavidgraham/masscan

TCP port scanner, spews SYN packets asynchronously, scanning entire Internet in under 5 minutes.

Stack

C .NET SDK

Updated: 2026-04-23
Lists: 2 list mentions
First commit: 2013-07-28
History: 2 history points
License: AGPL-3.0
Issues: 415 open

25,811

stars

Forks: 3,223
Commits: 892 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: 0 0.0%
Commit velocity, last 7 days: 0 0.0%

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rancher/rancher

Complete container management platform

Stack

Go Cobra gRPC Go Go modules npm

GitHub topics

#cattle #containers #docker #kubernetes #orchestration #rancher

Updated: 2026-06-24
Lists: 3 list mentions
First commit: 2017-11-14
History: 4 history points
License: Apache-2.0
Issues: 3,346 open

25,693

stars

Forks: 3,207
Commits: 14,697 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: 0 0.0%
Commit velocity, last 7 days: 0 0.0%

Website GitHub

tsenart/vegeta

HTTP load testing tool and library. It's over 9000!

Stack

Go Go modules

GitHub topics

#benchmarking #go #http #load-testing

Updated: 2026-02-16
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2013-08-13
History: 1 history point
License: MIT
Issues: 119 open

25,084

stars

Forks: 1,419
Commits: 741 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: 0 0.0%
Commit velocity, last 7 days: 0 0.0%

Website GitHub

radareorg/radare2

UNIX-like reverse engineering framework and command-line toolset

AI dev

Stack

C Meson npm

GitHub topics

#binary-analysis #c #commandline #disassembler #forensics #hacktoberfest

Updated: 2026-06-23
Lists: 2 list mentions
First commit: 2009-02-05
History: 2 history points
License: NOASSERTION
Issues: 814 open

24,177

stars

Forks: 3,260
Commits: 36,150 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: 0 0.0%
Commit velocity, last 7 days: 0 0.0%

Website GitHub

StreisandEffect/streisand

Streisand sets up a new server running your choice of WireGuard, OpenConnect, OpenSSH, OpenVPN, Shadowsocks, sslh, Stunnel, or a Tor bridge. It also generates custom instructions for all of these services. At the end of the run you are given an HTML file with instructions that can be shared with friends, family members, and fellow activists.

Archived

Stack

Shell pip

GitHub topics

#ansible #anyconnect #censorship #openconnect #openvpn #shadowsocks

Updated: 2021-05-04
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2014-03-23
History: 1 history point
License: NOASSERTION
Issues: 237 open

23,465

stars

Forks: 1,959
Commits: 1,424 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: 0 0.0%
Commit velocity, last 7 days: 0 0.0%

Website GitHub

osquery/osquery

SQL powered operating system instrumentation, monitoring, and analytics.

AI dev

Stack

C++ CMake pip

GitHub topics

#hacktoberfest #intrusion-detection #monitoring #security #sql

Updated: 2026-06-23
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2014-07-31
History: 1 history point
License: NOASSERTION
Issues: 655 open

23,335

stars

Forks: 2,577
Commits: 6,721 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: 0 0.0%
Commit velocity, last 7 days: 0 0.0%

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shieldfy/API-Security-Checklist

Checklist of the most important security countermeasures when designing, testing, and releasing your API

GitHub topics

#api #jwt #oauth2 #security

Updated: 2026-02-10
Lists: 3 list mentions
First commit: 2017-07-08
History: 4 history points
License: MIT
Issues: 2 open

23,260

stars

Forks: 2,658
Commits: 373 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: 0 0.0%
Commit velocity, last 7 days: 0 0.0%

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zsh-users/zsh-syntax-highlighting

Fish shell like syntax highlighting for Zsh.

Stack

Shell

GitHub topics

#screenshot #shell #syntax-highlighting #zsh #zsh-syntax-highlighting

Updated: 2026-02-08
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2010-12-25
History: 1 history point
License: BSD-3-Clause
Issues: 211 open

22,763

stars

Forks: 1,373
Commits: 1,335 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: 0 0.0%
Commit velocity, last 7 days: 0 0.0%

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wsargent/docker-cheat-sheet

Docker Cheat Sheet

GitHub topics

#cheet-sheet #docker

Updated: 2024-12-31
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2014-08-05
History: 1 history point
License: CC-BY-4.0
Issues: 7 open

22,528

stars

Forks: 4,610
Commits: 434 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: 0 0.0%
Commit velocity, last 7 days: 0 0.0%

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drduh/macOS-Security-and-Privacy-Guide

Community guide to securing and improving privacy on macOS.

GitHub topics

#apple #disk-encryption #dnscrypt-proxy #macbook-configuration #macbook-security #macos

Updated: 2026-01-02
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2015-08-31
History: 1 history point
License: MIT
Issues: 11 open

22,449

stars

Forks: 1,461
Commits: 1,000 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: 0 0.0%
Commit velocity, last 7 days: 0 0.0%

Website GitHub

gentilkiwi/mimikatz

A little tool to play with Windows security

Stack

C .NET SDK

Updated: 2026-04-17
Lists: 2 list mentions
First commit: 2014-04-06
History: 2 history points
License: Unknown
Issues: 195 open

21,657

stars

Forks: 4,134
Commits: 355 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: 0 0.0%
Commit velocity, last 7 days: 0 0.0%

Website GitHub

jarun/nnn

n³ The unorthodox terminal file manager

Stack

GitHub topics

#android #batch-rename #c #cli #command-line #developer-tools

Updated: 2026-06-24
Lists: 4 list mentions
First commit: 2014-10-07
History: 5 history points
License: BSD-2-Clause
Issues: 4 open

21,648

stars

Forks: 808
Commits: 4,609 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: 0 0.0%
Commit velocity, last 7 days: 0 0.0%

GitHub

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

Stack

Python Django Django REST Framework React npm PEP 517 pip

GitHub topics

#cabling #dcim #django #infrastructure-management #ipam #netbox

Updated: 2026-06-24
Lists: 3 list mentions
First commit: 2016-03-01
History: 5 history points
License: Apache-2.0
Issues: 219 open

20,938

stars

Forks: 3,053
Commits: 15,399 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: 0 0.0%
Commit velocity, last 7 days: 0 0.0%

Website GitHub

vulhub/vulhub

Pre-Built Vulnerable Environments Based on Docker-Compose

AI dev

Stack

Dockerfile Celery Django Django REST Framework Express Bundler Composer Maven

GitHub topics

#docker #docker-compose #dockerfile #vulhub #vulnerability-environment

Updated: 2026-06-14
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2017-04-10
History: 1 history point
License: MIT
Issues: 49 open

20,878

stars

Forks: 4,781
Commits: 2,546 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: 0 0.0%
Commit velocity, last 7 days: 0 0.0%

Website GitHub

rakyll/hey

HTTP load generator, ApacheBench (ab) replacement

Stack

Go Go modules

Updated: 2026-01-10
Lists: 3 list mentions
First commit: 2014-01-05
History: 3 history points
License: Apache-2.0
Issues: 187 open

20,139

stars

Forks: 1,295
Commits: 302 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: 0 0.0%
Commit velocity, last 7 days: 0 0.0%

GitHub

peass-ng/PEASS-ng

PEASS - Privilege Escalation Awesome Scripts SUITE (with colors)

Stack

C# CMake .NET SDK

GitHub topics

#bash #batch #batch-script #color #csharp #enumeration

Updated: 2026-06-24
Lists: 2 list mentions
First commit: 2019-01-13
History: 2 history points
License: NOASSERTION
Issues: 2 open

20,039

stars

Forks: 3,363
Commits: 2,058 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: +9 0.0%
Commit velocity, last 7 days: +1 0.0%

Website GitHub

bee-san/RustScan

🤖 The Modern Port Scanner 🤖

Stack

Rust Cargo

GitHub topics

#docker #hacking #hacktoberfest #networking #nmap #pentesting

Updated: 2026-06-22
Lists: 5 list mentions
First commit: 2020-07-11
History: 5 history points
License: GPL-3.0
Issues: 54 open

19,975

stars

Forks: 1,340
Commits: 1,007 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: +19 +0.1%
Commit velocity, last 7 days: 0 0.0%

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nginx-proxy/nginx-proxy

Automated Nginx Reverse Proxy for Docker

Stack

Python

GitHub topics

#docker #docker-gen #nginx #reverse-proxy

Updated: 2026-06-22
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2014-05-05
History: 1 history point
License: MIT
Issues: 322 open

19,862

stars

Forks: 3,053
Commits: 1,695 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: 0 0.0%
Commit velocity, last 7 days: 0 0.0%

GitHub

browsh-org/browsh

A fully-modern text-based browser, rendering to TTY and browsers

Stack

JavaScript Go modules npm

GitHub topics

#bandwidth-saver #http-performance #mosh #ssh #tty #vnc

Updated: 2025-07-11
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2016-04-22
History: 1 history point
License: LGPL-2.1
Issues: 241 open

18,883

stars

Forks: 477
Commits: 429 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: 0 0.0%
Commit velocity, last 7 days: 0 0.0%

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google/gvisor

Application Kernel for Containers

AI dev

Stack

Go Express gRPC Go Sinatra Bundler Cargo Go modules

GitHub topics

#containers #docker #kernel #kubernetes #linux #oci

Updated: 2026-06-24
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2018-04-27
History: 1 history point
License: Apache-2.0
Issues: 674 open

18,603

stars

Forks: 1,648
Commits: 11,309 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: 0 0.0%
Commit velocity, last 7 days: 0 0.0%

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