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nvbn/thefuck
Magnificent app which corrects your previous console command.
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- 2024-07-19
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- 3 list mentions
- First commit
- 2015-04-08
- License
- MIT
- Issues
- 455 open
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stars
- Forks
- 3,960
- Commits
- 1,651 commits
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- No 7-day history
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chubin/cheat.sh
the only cheat sheet you need
GitHub topics
- Updated
- 2025-12-23
- Lists
- 1 list mention
- First commit
- 2017-05-07
- License
- MIT
- Issues
- 148 open
41,582
stars
- Forks
- 1,916
- Commits
- 923 commits
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- No 7-day history
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- No 7-day history
searxng/searxng
SearXNG is a free internet metasearch engine which aggregates results from various search services and databases. Users are neither tracked nor profiled.
GitHub topics
- Updated
- 2026-09-03
- Lists
- 2 list mentions
- First commit
- 2013-10-14
- License
- AGPL-3.0
- Issues
- 217 open
36,488
stars
- Forks
- 3,328
- Commits
- 9,696 commits
- Star growth, last 7 days
- +269 +0.7%
- Commit velocity, last 7 days
- +17 +0.2%
kovidgoyal/kitty
If you live in the terminal, kitty is made for you! Cross-platform, fast, feature-rich, GPU based.
AI dev
Stack
GitHub topics
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- 2026-08-11
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- 4 list mentions
- First commit
- 2016-10-14
- License
- GPL-3.0
- Issues
- 9 open
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stars
- Forks
- 1,463
- Commits
- 18,972 commits
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- No 7-day history
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- No 7-day history
ActivityWatch/activitywatch
The best free and open-source automated time tracker. Cross-platform, extensible, privacy-focused.
GitHub topics
- Updated
- 2026-09-03
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- 6 list mentions
- First commit
- 2016-04-27
- License
- MPL-2.0
- Issues
- 184 open
18,797
stars
- Forks
- 1,005
- Commits
- 1,141 commits
- Star growth, last 7 days
- +59 +0.3%
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- +11 +1.0%
LibreTranslate/LibreTranslate
Free and Open Source Machine Translation API. Self-hosted, offline capable and easy to setup.
AI dev
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- 2026-09-03
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- 3 list mentions
- First commit
- 2020-12-19
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- AGPL-3.0
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- 125 open
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- Forks
- 1,674
- Commits
- 1,728 commits
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- 0 0.0%
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- 0 0.0%
FlareSolverr/FlareSolverr
Proxy server to bypass Cloudflare protection
GitHub topics
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- 2026-07-16
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- 1 list mention
- First commit
- 2020-06-09
- License
- MIT
- Issues
- 90 open
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stars
- Forks
- 1,207
- Commits
- 409 commits
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alexta69/metube
Self-hosted video downloader for YouTube and other sites (web UI for yt-dlp)
AI dev
GitHub topics
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- 2026-08-04
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- 3 list mentions
- First commit
- 2019-11-29
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- AGPL-3.0
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- 28 open
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- Forks
- 1,050
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- 802 commits
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streamlink/streamlink
Streamlink is a CLI utility which pipes video streams from various services into a video player
GitHub topics
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- 2026-08-29
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- 4 list mentions
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- 2011-08-15
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- BSD-2-Clause
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- 77 open
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- 1,193
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- 6,027 commits
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- 0 0.0%
IdreesInc/Monocraft
A monospaced programming font inspired by the Minecraft typeface
GitHub topics
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- 2026-05-27
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- 1 list mention
- First commit
- 2022-08-07
- License
- OFL-1.1
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- 36 open
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stars
- Forks
- 161
- Commits
- 224 commits
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LibrePhotos/librephotos
A self-hosted open source photo management service.
AI dev
GitHub topics
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- 2026-08-01
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- 3 list mentions
- First commit
- 2017-05-23
- License
- MIT
- Issues
- 151 open
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- Forks
- 383
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- 7,359 commits
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AdnanHodzic/auto-cpufreq
Automatic CPU speed & power optimizer for Linux
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- 2026-07-31
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- 1 list mention
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- 2019-12-29
- License
- LGPL-3.0
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- 79 open
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- Forks
- 352
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- 587 commits
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- No 7-day history
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boltgolt/howdy
🛡️ Windows Hello™ style facial authentication for Linux
GitHub topics
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- 2025-07-29
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- 1 list mention
- First commit
- 2018-01-05
- License
- MIT
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- 347 open
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- Forks
- 407
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- 592 commits
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- No 7-day history
bleachbit/bleachbit
BleachBit system cleaner for Windows and Linux
GitHub topics
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- 2026-08-26
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- 2 list mentions
- First commit
- 2008-12-21
- License
- GPL-3.0
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- 307 open
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- Forks
- 445
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- 7,913 commits
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- 0 0.0%
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OpenShot/openshot-qt
OpenShot Video Editor is an award-winning free and open-source video editor for Linux, Mac, and Windows, and is dedicated to delivering high quality video editing and animation solutions to the world.
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- 2026-08-27
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- 3 list mentions
- First commit
- 2013-11-03
- License
- NOASSERTION
- Issues
- 407 open
6,219
stars
- Forks
- 766
- Commits
- 5,491 commits
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- 0 0.0%
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- 0 0.0%
autokey/autokey
AutoKey, a desktop automation utility for Linux and X11.
GitHub topics
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- 2026-07-10
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- 2 list mentions
- First commit
- 2008-02-01
- License
- GPL-3.0
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- 309 open
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- Forks
- 264
- Commits
- 1,483 commits
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- No 7-day history
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- No 7-day history
deepjyoti30/ytmdl
A simple app to get songs from YouTube in mp3 format with artist name, album name etc from sources like iTunes, Spotify, LastFM, Deezer, Gaana etc.
GitHub topics
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- 2024-08-15
- Lists
- 1 list mention
- First commit
- 2018-06-13
- License
- MIT
- Issues
- 17 open
3,523
stars
- Forks
- 177
- Commits
- 689 commits
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- No 7-day history
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- No 7-day history
chrissimpkins/Crunch
Insane(ly slow but wicked good) PNG image optimization
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- 2022-06-18
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- 2 list mentions
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- 2016-04-10
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- NOASSERTION
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- 11 open
3,423
stars
- Forks
- 149
- Commits
- 500 commits
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- No 7-day history
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- No 7-day history
mypaint/mypaint
MyPaint is a simple drawing and painting program that works well with Wacom-style graphics tablets.
GitHub topics
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- 2026-06-16
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- 2 list mentions
- First commit
- 2004-08-11
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- GPL-2.0
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- 225 open
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- Forks
- 449
- Commits
- 6,280 commits
- Star growth, last 7 days
- 0 0.0%
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- 0 0.0%
krateng/maloja
Self-hosted music scrobble database to create personal listening statistics and charts
GitHub topics
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- 2026-08-13
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- 2 list mentions
- First commit
- 2018-11-24
- License
- GPL-3.0
- Issues
- 135 open
1,798
stars
- Forks
- 97
- Commits
- 1,766 commits
- Star growth, last 7 days
- 0 0.0%
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- 0 0.0%
dustinkirkland/byobu
text window manager, shell multiplexer, integrated DevOps environment
AI dev
- Updated
- 2026-07-25
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- 1 list mention
- First commit
- 2008-12-14
- License
- GPL-3.0
- Issues
- 3 open
1,687
stars
- Forks
- 140
- Commits
- 3,384 commits
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- No 7-day history
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- No 7-day history
GradienceTeam/Gradience
Change the look of Adwaita, with ease
Archived
GitHub topics
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- 2024-07-23
- Lists
- 1 list mention
- First commit
- 2022-07-17
- License
- GPL-3.0
- Issues
- 66 open
1,295
stars
- Forks
- 52
- Commits
- 4,401 commits
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- No 7-day history
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- No 7-day history
fdw/rofimoji
Emoji, unicode and general character picker for rofi, wofi and similar selectors on X11 and Wayland
GitHub topics
- Updated
- 2026-07-31
- Lists
- 1 list mention
- First commit
- 2017-10-29
- License
- MIT
- Issues
- 2 open
1,083
stars
- Forks
- 51
- Commits
- 436 commits
- Star growth, last 7 days
- No 7-day history
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- No 7-day history
berarma/oversteer
Steering Wheel Manager for GNU/Linux
GitHub topics
- Updated
- 2026-02-26
- Lists
- 1 list mention
- First commit
- 2019-02-19
- License
- GPL-3.0
- Issues
- 64 open
1,052
stars
- Forks
- 85
- Commits
- 377 commits
- Star growth, last 7 days
- No 7-day history
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- No 7-day history
anufrievroman/waypaper
GUI wallpaper manager for Wayland and Xorg Linux systems
- Updated
- 2026-06-10
- Lists
- 1 list mention
- First commit
- 2023-08-08
- License
- GPL-3.0
- Issues
- 23 open
1,033
stars
- Forks
- 68
- Commits
- 483 commits
- Star growth, last 7 days
- No 7-day history
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- No 7-day history
ayushpai/AI-Math-Notes
Open Source AI Math Notes
- Updated
- 2024-06-15
- Lists
- 1 list mention
- First commit
- 2024-06-14
- License
- MIT
- Issues
- 0 open
503
stars
- Forks
- 41
- Commits
- 12 commits
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- No 7-day history
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- No 7-day history
yashlamba/handwrite
Handwrite generates a custom font based on your handwriting sample.
GitHub topics
- Updated
- 2026-02-12
- Lists
- 1 list mention
- First commit
- 2020-12-23
- License
- MIT
- Issues
- 32 open
490
stars
- Forks
- 51
- Commits
- 83 commits
- Star growth, last 7 days
- No 7-day history
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- No 7-day history
furkanonder/karbon
Turn mouse events into art!
GitHub topics
- Updated
- 2025-09-22
- Lists
- 1 list mention
- First commit
- 2022-05-24
- License
- MIT
- Issues
- 1 open
277
stars
- Forks
- 14
- Commits
- 36 commits
- Star growth, last 7 days
- No 7-day history
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- No 7-day history
EmperorEntropy/PaletteSnap
A color palette generator
- Updated
- 2025-12-29
- Lists
- 1 list mention
- First commit
- 2024-08-07
- License
- Unknown
- Issues
- 0 open
- Forks
- 2
- Commits
- 25 commits
- Star growth, last 7 days
- No 7-day history
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- No 7-day history
jesusferm/Nautilus-BackSpace
Use backspace key in nautilus files on fedora
Stack
- Updated
- 2026-03-15
- Lists
- 1 list mention
- First commit
- 2022-11-07
- License
- MIT
- Issues
- 0 open
- Forks
- 3
- Commits
- 11 commits
- Star growth, last 7 days
- No 7-day history
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- No 7-day history