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mpv-player/mpv
🎥 Command line media player
- Updated
- 2026-07-01
- Lists
- 6 list mentions
- First commit
- 2001-02-24
- License
- NOASSERTION
- Issues
- 1,127 open
35,825
stars
- Forks
- 3,401
- Commits
- 55,292 commits
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- No 7-day history
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HandBrake/HandBrake
HandBrake's development repository
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GitHub topics
- Updated
- 2026-06-30
- Lists
- 4 list mentions
- First commit
- 2006-01-14
- License
- NOASSERTION
- Issues
- 284 open
23,646
stars
- Forks
- 1,646
- Commits
- 13,475 commits
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- No 7-day history
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davatorium/rofi
Rofi: A window switcher, application launcher and dmenu replacement
GitHub topics
- Updated
- 2026-07-09
- Lists
- 2 list mentions
- First commit
- 2012-06-29
- License
- NOASSERTION
- Issues
- 111 open
16,251
stars
- Forks
- 690
- Commits
- 4,343 commits
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- 0 0.0%
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- 0 0.0%
phw/peek
Simple animated GIF screen recorder with an easy to use interface
Archived
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- 2025-09-24
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- 2 list mentions
- First commit
- 2015-12-16
- License
- GPL-3.0
- Issues
- 5 open
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- Forks
- 335
- Commits
- 1,439 commits
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- No 7-day history
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flightlessmango/MangoHud
A Vulkan and OpenGL overlay for monitoring FPS, temperatures, CPU/GPU load and more.
GitHub topics
- Updated
- 2026-07-13
- Lists
- 1 list mention
- First commit
- 2020-01-28
- License
- MIT
- Issues
- 305 open
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stars
- Forks
- 409
- Commits
- 2,567 commits
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- 0 0.0%
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boltgolt/howdy
🛡️ Windows Hello™ style facial authentication for Linux
GitHub topics
- Updated
- 2025-07-29
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- 1 list mention
- First commit
- 2018-01-05
- License
- MIT
- Issues
- 342 open
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- Forks
- 404
- Commits
- 592 commits
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- 0 0.0%
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FeralInteractive/gamemode
Optimise Linux system performance on demand
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- 2026-06-15
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- 1 list mention
- First commit
- 2017-12-11
- License
- BSD-3-Clause
- Issues
- 213 open
5,925
stars
- Forks
- 216
- Commits
- 740 commits
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- 0 0.0%
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dunst-project/dunst
Lightweight and customizable notification daemon
GitHub topics
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- 2026-06-17
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- 1 list mention
- First commit
- 2011-09-07
- License
- NOASSERTION
- Issues
- 120 open
5,549
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- Forks
- 379
- Commits
- 2,639 commits
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- 0 0.0%
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emersion/mako
A lightweight Wayland notification daemon
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- 2026-06-30
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- 1 list mention
- First commit
- 2018-04-22
- License
- MIT
- Issues
- 132 open
3,186
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- Forks
- 172
- Commits
- 650 commits
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- 0 0.0%
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Aylur/ags
Scaffolding CLI for Astal+Gnim
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- 2026-04-08
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- 1 list mention
- First commit
- 2023-06-24
- License
- GPL-3.0
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- 29 open
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stars
- Forks
- 154
- Commits
- 757 commits
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- 0 0.0%
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Jas-SinghFSU/HyprPanel
A Bar/Panel for Hyprland with extensive customizability.
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- 2026-04-23
- Lists
- 1 list mention
- First commit
- 2024-06-09
- License
- MIT
- Issues
- 226 open
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stars
- Forks
- 210
- Commits
- 630 commits
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- 0 0.0%
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jtheoof/swappy
A Wayland native snapshot editing tool, inspired by Snappy on macOS
GitHub topics
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- 2025-12-16
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- 1 list mention
- First commit
- 2019-11-19
- License
- MIT
- Issues
- 48 open
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stars
- Forks
- 62
- Commits
- 320 commits
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- 0 0.0%
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celluloid-player/celluloid
A simple GTK+ frontend for mpv
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- 2026-06-12
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- 2 list mentions
- First commit
- 2014-07-30
- License
- GPL-3.0
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- 284 open
1,438
stars
- Forks
- 109
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- 1,891 commits
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GradienceTeam/Gradience
Change the look of Adwaita, with ease
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- 2024-07-23
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- 1 list mention
- First commit
- 2022-07-17
- License
- GPL-3.0
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- 66 open
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stars
- Forks
- 52
- Commits
- 4,401 commits
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- 0 0.0%
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jarcode-foss/glava
GLava - OpenGL audio spectrum visualizer
- Updated
- 2024-01-19
- Lists
- 1 list mention
- First commit
- 2017-11-26
- License
- GPL-3.0
- Issues
- 98 open
1,270
stars
- Forks
- 72
- Commits
- 332 commits
- Star growth, last 7 days
- 0 0.0%
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berarma/oversteer
Steering Wheel Manager for GNU/Linux
GitHub topics
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- 2026-02-26
- Lists
- 1 list mention
- First commit
- 2019-02-19
- License
- GPL-3.0
- Issues
- 64 open
1,043
stars
- Forks
- 85
- Commits
- 377 commits
- Star growth, last 7 days
- 0 0.0%
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JoseExposito/touche
The desktop application to configure Touchégg
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- 2025-08-02
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- 1 list mention
- First commit
- 2020-09-30
- License
- GPL-3.0
- Issues
- 14 open
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- Forks
- 29
- Commits
- 308 commits
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- 0 0.0%
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