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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
2026-07-25
Lists
4 list mentions
First commit
2013-01-26
License
AGPL-3.0
Issues
3,452 open
Forks
14,343
Commits
71,437 commits
Star growth, last 7 days
No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days
No 7-day history
apache/superset

Apache Superset is a Data Visualization and Data Exploration Platform

AI dev
Updated
2026-08-06
Lists
5 list mentions
First commit
2015-07-02
License
Apache-2.0
Issues
593 open
Forks
18,050
Commits
21,946 commits
Star growth, last 7 days
+89 +0.1%
Commit velocity, last 7 days
+165 +0.8%
strapi/strapi

๐Ÿš€ Strapi is the leading open-source headless CMS. Itโ€™s 100% JavaScript/TypeScript, fully customizable, and developer-first.

AI dev
Updated
2026-07-24
Lists
5 list mentions
First commit
2015-09-30
License
NOASSERTION
Issues
484 open
Forks
9,810
Commits
37,622 commits
Star growth, last 7 days
No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days
No 7-day history
laurent22/joplin

Joplin - the privacy-focused note taking app with sync capabilities for Windows, macOS, Linux, Android and iOS.

AI dev
Updated
2026-08-02
Lists
8 list mentions
First commit
2016-10-19
License
NOASSERTION
Issues
621 open
Forks
6,205
Commits
15,535 commits
Star growth, last 7 days
+29 +0.1%
Commit velocity, last 7 days
+5 0.0%
RocketChat/Rocket.Chat

The Secure CommsOSโ„ข for mission-critical operations

AI dev
Updated
2026-07-24
Lists
4 list mentions
First commit
2015-05-19
License
NOASSERTION
Issues
3,907 open
Forks
13,741
Commits
29,968 commits
Star growth, last 7 days
No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days
No 7-day history
appsmithorg/appsmith

Platform to build admin panels, internal tools, and dashboards. Integrates with 25+ databases and any API.

AI dev
Updated
2026-07-24
Lists
3 list mentions
First commit
2019-01-21
License
Apache-2.0
Issues
4,470 open
Forks
4,680
Commits
20,389 commits
Star growth, last 7 days
No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days
No 7-day history
outline/outline

The fastest knowledge base for growing teams. Beautiful, realtime collaborative, feature packed, and markdown compatible.

AI dev
Updated
2026-08-06
Lists
2 list mentions
First commit
2016-02-27
License
NOASSERTION
Issues
62 open
Forks
3,465
Commits
10,146 commits
Star growth, last 7 days
+95 +0.2%
Commit velocity, last 7 days
+80 +0.8%
Budibase/budibase

AI agents, automations and apps that run your operations. Model agnostic.

AI dev
Updated
2026-07-24
Lists
3 list mentions
First commit
2019-03-19
License
NOASSERTION
Issues
271 open
Forks
2,186
Commits
58,402 commits
Star growth, last 7 days
No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days
No 7-day history
cube-js/cube

๐Ÿ“Š Cube Core is open-source semantic layer for AI, BI and embedded analytics

AI dev
Updated
2026-07-25
Lists
2 list mentions
First commit
2018-09-17
License
NOASSERTION
Issues
1,011 open
Forks
2,087
Commits
10,997 commits
Star growth, last 7 days
No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days
No 7-day history
docusealco/docuseal

Open source DocuSign alternative. Create, fill, and sign digital documents โœ๏ธ

Updated
2026-07-20
Lists
4 list mentions
First commit
2023-05-21
License
AGPL-3.0
Issues
116 open
Forks
1,793
Commits
2,819 commits
Star growth, last 7 days
No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days
No 7-day history
dagster-io/dagster

An orchestration platform for the development, production, and observation of data assets.

AI dev
Updated
2026-07-24
Lists
4 list mentions
First commit
2018-04-30
License
Apache-2.0
Issues
2,597 open
Forks
2,220
Commits
27,822 commits
Star growth, last 7 days
No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days
No 7-day history
streetwriters/notesnook

A fully open source & end-to-end encrypted note taking alternative to Evernote.

Updated
2026-07-24
Lists
3 list mentions
First commit
2019-11-14
License
GPL-3.0
Issues
945 open
Forks
969
Commits
15,444 commits
Star growth, last 7 days
No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days
No 7-day history
gitpod-io/gitpod

The developer platform for on-demand cloud development environments to create software faster and more securely.

AI dev
Updated
2026-07-24
Lists
2 list mentions
First commit
2020-08-25
License
AGPL-3.0
Issues
453 open
Forks
1,394
Commits
12,511 commits
Star growth, last 7 days
No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days
No 7-day history
openreplay/openreplay

Session replay, cobrowsing and product analytics you can self-host. Best for reproducing issues and iterating on your product.

AI dev
Updated
2026-07-24
Lists
1 list mention
First commit
2021-04-29
License
NOASSERTION
Issues
175 open
Forks
765
Commits
11,765 commits
Star growth, last 7 days
No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days
No 7-day history
quickwit-oss/quickwit

Cloud-native OSS search engine for observability

AI dev
Updated
2026-07-24
Lists
4 list mentions
First commit
2021-04-13
License
Apache-2.0
Issues
792 open
Forks
568
Commits
3,752 commits
Star growth, last 7 days
No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days
No 7-day history
webiny/webiny-js

Open-source, self-hosted CMS platform on AWS serverless (Lambda, DynamoDB, S3). TypeScript framework with multi-tenancy, lifecycle hooks, GraphQL API, and AI-assisted development via MCP server. Built for developers at large organizations.

AI dev
Updated
2026-07-24
Lists
2 list mentions
First commit
2018-01-09
License
NOASSERTION
Issues
346 open
Forks
675
Commits
19,608 commits
Star growth, last 7 days
No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days
No 7-day history
buildship-ai/rowy

Low-code backend platform. Manage database on spreadsheet-like UI and build cloud functions workflows in JS/TS, all in your browser.

Updated
2024-11-23
Lists
1 list mention
First commit
2019-09-05
License
NOASSERTION
Issues
77 open
Forks
553
Commits
4,272 commits
Star growth, last 7 days
No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days
No 7-day history
athensresearch/athens

Athens is no longer maintainted. Athens was an open-source, collaborative knowledge graph, backed by YC W21

Updated
2023-02-03
Lists
1 list mention
First commit
2020-03-31
License
NOASSERTION
Issues
316 open
Forks
394
Commits
4,647 commits
Star growth, last 7 days
No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days
No 7-day history
serafimcloud/21st

npm for design engineers: largest marketplace of shadcn/ui-based React Tailwind components, blocks and hooks

AI dev
Updated
2025-05-28
Lists
1 list mention
First commit
2024-09-30
License
MIT
Issues
128 open
Forks
307
Commits
1,055 commits
Star growth, last 7 days
No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days
No 7-day history
deepfence/ThreatMapper

Open Source Cloud Native Application Protection Platform (CNAPP)

Updated
2026-06-01
Lists
2 list mentions
First commit
2021-10-13
License
Apache-2.0
Issues
144 open
Forks
636
Commits
7,898 commits
Star growth, last 7 days
No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days
No 7-day history
appbaseio/reactivesearch

Search UI components for React and Vue

Updated
2026-07-10
Lists
1 list mention
First commit
2017-08-06
License
Apache-2.0
Issues
171 open
Forks
474
Commits
5,322 commits
Star growth, last 7 days
No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days
No 7-day history
cerbos/cerbos

Cerbos is the open core, language-agnostic, scalable authorization solution that makes user permissions and authorization simple to implement and manage by writing context-aware access control policies for your application resources.

Updated
2026-07-25
Lists
1 list mention
First commit
2021-01-31
License
Apache-2.0
Issues
62 open
Forks
198
Commits
2,625 commits
Star growth, last 7 days
No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days
No 7-day history
LimeSurvey/LimeSurvey

๐Ÿ”ฅ LimeSurvey โ€“ A powerful, open-source survey platform. A free alternative to SurveyMonkey, Typeform, Qualtrics, and Google Forms, making it simple to create online surveys and forms with unmatched flexibility.

Updated
2026-07-24
Lists
3 list mentions
First commit
2003-03-07
License
NOASSERTION
Issues
Disabled
Forks
1,113
Commits
43,151 commits
Star growth, last 7 days
No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days
No 7-day history
chaskiq/chaskiq

A full featured Live Chat, Support & Marketing platform, alternative to Intercom, Drift, Crisp.

Updated
2026-06-30
Lists
1 list mention
First commit
2018-05-29
License
NOASSERTION
Issues
81 open
Forks
507
Commits
2,590 commits
Star growth, last 7 days
No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days
No 7-day history
Peppermint-Lab/peppermint

An open source issue management & help desk solution. A zendesk & jira alternative

Archived
Updated
2025-09-21
Lists
2 list mentions
First commit
2020-11-05
License
NOASSERTION
Issues
101 open
Forks
382
Commits
1,730 commits
Star growth, last 7 days
No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days
No 7-day history
lunasec-io/lunasec

LunaSec - Dependency Security Scanner that automatically notifies you about vulnerabilities like Log4Shell or node-ipc in your Pull Requests and Builds. Protect yourself in 30 seconds with the LunaTrace GitHub App: https://github.com/marketplace/lunatrace-by-lunasec/

Updated
2024-05-02
Lists
2 list mentions
First commit
2021-03-15
License
NOASSERTION
Issues
98 open
Forks
167
Commits
3,454 commits
Star growth, last 7 days
No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days
No 7-day history