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junegunn/fzf

:cherry_blossom: A command-line fuzzy finder

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Go Bundler Go modules

GitHub topics

#bash #cli #fish #fzf #go #neovim

Updated: 2026-08-26
Lists: 5 list mentions
First commit: 2013-10-23
License: MIT
Issues: 327 open

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moby/moby

The Moby Project - a collaborative project for the container ecosystem to assemble container-based systems

AI dev

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Go Cobra gRPC Go Go modules

GitHub topics

#containers #docker #go #golang

Updated: 2026-09-11
Lists: 2 list mentions
First commit: 2013-01-19
License: Apache-2.0
Issues: 3,896 open

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FiloSottile/mkcert

A simple zero-config tool to make locally trusted development certificates with any names you'd like.

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Go Go modules

GitHub topics

#certificates #chrome #firefox #https #ios #linux

Updated: 2024-08-13
Lists: 2 list mentions
First commit: 2018-06-25
License: BSD-3-Clause
Issues: 177 open

59,509

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Forks: 3,132
Commits: 165 commits
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aquasecurity/trivy

Find vulnerabilities, misconfigurations, secrets, SBOM in containers, Kubernetes, code repositories, clouds and more

Stack

Go Celery Cobra Django Django REST Framework Bun Bundler Cargo

GitHub topics

#containers #devsecops #docker #go #golang #hacktoberfest

Updated: 2026-08-21
Lists: 2 list mentions
First commit: 2019-03-27
License: Apache-2.0
Issues: 259 open

37,639

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Forks: 636
Commits: 4,190 commits
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micro-editor/micro

A modern and intuitive terminal-based text editor

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Go Go modules

GitHub topics

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

Updated: 2026-09-11
Lists: 4 list mentions
First commit: 2016-03-11
License: MIT
Issues: 945 open

29,559

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Forks: 1,363
Commits: 3,548 commits
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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!

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Go Django React Tailwind CSS npm pip

GitHub topics

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

Updated: 2026-08-26
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2014-09-05
License: Unknown
Issues: 0 open

26,222

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Forks: 5,786
Commits: 1,629 commits
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rancher/rancher

Complete container management platform

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Go Cobra gRPC Go Go modules npm

GitHub topics

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

Updated: 2026-08-28
Lists: 3 list mentions
First commit: 2017-11-14
License: Apache-2.0
Issues: 3,341 open

25,878

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Forks: 3,216
Commits: 14,936 commits
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tsenart/vegeta

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

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Go Go modules

GitHub topics

#benchmarking #go #http #load-testing

Updated: 2026-02-16
Lists: 2 list mentions
First commit: 2013-08-13
License: MIT
Issues: 122 open

25,170

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Forks: 1,421
Commits: 741 commits
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Website GitHub

rakyll/hey

HTTP load generator, ApacheBench (ab) replacement

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Go Go modules

Updated: 2026-01-10
Lists: 3 list mentions
First commit: 2014-01-05
License: Apache-2.0
Issues: 189 open

20,246

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Forks: 1,303
Commits: 302 commits
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google/gvisor

Application Kernel for Containers

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Go Express gRPC Go Sinatra Bundler Cargo Go modules

GitHub topics

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

Updated: 2026-08-30
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2018-04-27
License: Apache-2.0
Issues: 841 open

19,190

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Forks: 1,951
Commits: 11,846 commits
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bcicen/ctop

Top-like interface for container metrics

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Go Cobra gRPC Go Go modules

GitHub topics

#command-line #commandline #containers #docker #monitoring #runc

Updated: 2024-07-08
Lists: 5 list mentions
First commit: 2016-11-06
License: MIT
Issues: 120 open

17,834

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Forks: 588
Commits: 628 commits
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owasp-amass/amass

In-depth attack surface mapping and asset discovery

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Go gRPC Go Go modules

GitHub topics

#attack-surfaces #dns #enumeration #go #golang #information-gathering

Updated: 2026-07-19
Lists: 5 list mentions
First commit: 2017-09-28
License: NOASSERTION
Issues: 238 open

15,053

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Forks: 2,174
Commits: 2,874 commits
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tomnomnom/gron

Make JSON greppable!

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Go Go modules

GitHub topics

#cli #json

Updated: 2025-05-31
Lists: 3 list mentions
First commit: 2012-09-08
License: MIT
Issues: 50 open

14,499

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Forks: 332
Commits: 223 commits
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projectdiscovery/subfinder

Fast passive subdomain enumeration tool.

Stack

Go Go modules

GitHub topics

#bugbounty #hacking #hacktoberfest #osint #reconnaissance #subdomain-enumeration

Updated: 2026-08-27
Lists: 3 list mentions
First commit: 2018-03-31
License: MIT
Issues: 5 open

14,330

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Forks: 1,612
Commits: 2,246 commits
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OJ/gobuster

Directory/File, DNS and VHost busting tool written in Go

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Go Go modules

GitHub topics

#dns #go #pentesting #tool #web

Updated: 2026-08-30
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2014-11-14
License: Apache-2.0
Issues: 23 open

14,056

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Forks: 1,616
Commits: 607 commits
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DNSCrypt/dnscrypt-proxy

dnscrypt-proxy 2 - A flexible DNS proxy, with support for encrypted DNS protocols.

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Go Go modules

GitHub topics

#anonymized #anonymized-dns #dns #dns-over-https #dnscrypt #dnscrypt-proxy

Updated: 2026-08-27
Lists: 2 list mentions
First commit: 2018-01-08
License: ISC
Issues: 6 open

13,611

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Forks: 1,130
Commits: 2,644 commits
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future-architect/vuls

Agent-less vulnerability scanner for Linux, FreeBSD, Container, WordPress, Programming language libraries, Network devices

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Go Cobra gRPC Go Go modules

GitHub topics

#administrator #cybersecurity #freebsd #go #golang #linux

Updated: 2026-08-27
Lists: 2 list mentions
First commit: 2016-03-27
License: GPL-3.0
Issues: 87 open

12,243

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Forks: 1,240
Commits: 1,912 commits
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asciimoo/wuzz

Interactive cli tool for HTTP inspection

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Go Go modules

GitHub topics

#cli #curl #go #golang #http #http-inspection

Updated: 2026-08-04
Lists: 2 list mentions
First commit: 2017-01-30
License: AGPL-3.0
Issues: 42 open

10,722

stars

Forks: 409
Commits: 251 commits
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xo/usql

Universal command-line interface for SQL databases

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Go Cobra gRPC Go Go modules

GitHub topics

#command-line #database #go #golang #mariadb #microsoft-sql-server

Updated: 2026-06-19
Lists: 2 list mentions
First commit: 2017-03-02
License: MIT
Issues: 118 open

10,092

stars

Forks: 402
Commits: 1,183 commits
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smallstep/certificates

🛡️ A private certificate authority (X.509 & SSH) & ACME server for secure automated certificate management, so you can use TLS everywhere & SSO for SSH.

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Go Cobra gRPC Go Go modules

GitHub topics

#acme #acme-server #ca #certificate-authority #certificates #go

Updated: 2026-08-27
Lists: 2 list mentions
First commit: 2018-10-05
License: Apache-2.0
Issues: 287 open

8,787

stars

Forks: 581
Commits: 5,715 commits
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Website GitHub

codesenberg/bombardier

Fast cross-platform HTTP benchmarking tool written in Go

Stack

Go Go modules

GitHub topics

#benchmarking #bombardier #cli #fast #go #golang

Updated: 2026-08-25
Lists: 2 list mentions
First commit: 2016-05-29
License: MIT
Issues: 28 open

6,829

stars

Forks: 330
Commits: 118 commits
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j3ssie/osmedeus

A Modern Orchestration Engine for Security

AI dev

Stack

Go Cobra gRPC Go Next.js React Bun Go modules npm

GitHub topics

#agentic-ai #attack-surface-management #bugbounty #go #hacking #hacking-tool

Updated: 2026-08-08
Lists: 2 list mentions
First commit: 2026-01-18
License: MIT
Issues: 7 open

6,541

stars

Forks: 1,029
Commits: 133 commits
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Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

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google/syzkaller

syzkaller is an unsupervised coverage-guided kernel fuzzer

AI dev

Stack

Go Cobra gRPC Go Go modules

GitHub topics

#fuzz-testing #fuzzer #fuzzing #kernel #linux #security

Updated: 2026-08-26
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2015-10-12
License: Apache-2.0
Issues: 621 open

6,309

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Forks: 1,438
Commits: 12,664 commits
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michenriksen/aquatone

A Tool for Domain Flyovers

Archived

Stack

GitHub topics

#chrome-headless #chromium #golang #osint #reconnaissance #security

Updated: 2022-05-22
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2017-06-17
License: MIT
Issues: Disabled

5,959

stars

Forks: 903
Commits: 120 commits
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microsoft/ethr

Ethr is a Comprehensive Network Measurement Tool for TCP, UDP & ICMP.

Stack

Go Go modules

Updated: 2026-07-03
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2018-11-25
License: MIT
Issues: 51 open

5,866

stars

Forks: 406
Commits: 111 commits
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mholt/archiver

DEPRECATED. Please use mholt/archives instead.

Archived

Stack

Go gRPC Go Go modules

GitHub topics

#7zip #archives #brotli #bzip2 #compression #decompression

Updated: 2024-11-19
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2016-04-08
License: MIT
Issues: 10 open

4,378

stars

Forks: 393
Commits: 263 commits
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mpolden/echoip

A simple IP address lookup service.

Stack

Go Go modules

GitHub topics

#geoip #go #ip-address-lookup #ip-location #ip-lookup

Updated: 2026-02-28
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2012-11-19
License: BSD-3-Clause
Issues: 16 open

4,346

stars

Forks: 562
Commits: 354 commits
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Website GitHub

qustavo/httplab

The interactive web server

Stack

Go Go modules

GitHub topics

#cli #developer-tools #development #golang #http #httplab

Updated: 2024-02-05
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2017-02-08
License: MIT
Issues: 13 open

4,139

stars

Forks: 122
Commits: 150 commits
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rgburke/grv

GRV is a terminal interface for viewing git repositories

Stack

GitHub topics

#git #go #golang #ncurses-tui #terminal-based

Updated: 2019-05-01
Lists: 3 list mentions
First commit: 2017-01-29
License: GPL-3.0
Issues: 31 open

4,092

stars

Forks: 98
Commits: 593 commits
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GitHub

mehrdadrad/mylg

Network Diagnostic Tool

Stack

Go Angular Go modules npm

GitHub topics

#bgp #golang #looking-glass #network #ping #snmp

Updated: 2020-02-26
Lists: 2 list mentions
First commit: 2016-06-21
License: MIT
Issues: 13 open

2,719

stars

Forks: 237
Commits: 659 commits
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square/certstrap

Tools to bootstrap CAs, certificate requests, and signed certificates.

Stack

Go Go modules

GitHub topics

#bootstrap #certificate #certificate-authority #crypto #csr #golang

Updated: 2026-02-03
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2015-03-12
License: Apache-2.0
Issues: 32 open

2,452

stars

Forks: 212
Commits: 192 commits
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djhworld/simple-computer

the scott CPU from "But How Do It Know?" by J. Clark Scott

Stack

Go Go modules

Updated: 2026-05-29
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2019-04-15
License: Unknown
Issues: 2 open

1,990

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Forks: 159
Commits: 33 commits
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google/stenographer

Stenographer is a packet capture solution which aims to quickly spool all packets to disk, then provide simple, fast access to subsets of those packets. Discussion/announcements at stenographer@googlegroups.com

Archived AI dev

Stack

Updated: 2021-07-26
Lists: 2 list mentions
First commit: 2014-10-13
License: Apache-2.0
Issues: 50 open

1,796

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Forks: 233
Commits: 486 commits
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ssllabs/ssllabs-scan

A command-line reference-implementation client for SSL Labs APIs, designed for automated and/or bulk testing.

Stack

Updated: 2024-08-05
Lists: 2 list mentions
First commit: 2014-10-14
License: Apache-2.0
Issues: 293 open

1,767

stars

Forks: 249
Commits: 255 commits
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looterz/grimd

:zap: fast dns proxy that can run anywhere, built to black-hole internet advertisements and malware servers

Stack

Go Gin Go modules

Updated: 2024-03-13
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2016-04-18
License: MIT
Issues: 14 open

1,416

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Forks: 108
Commits: 267 commits
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itchyny/bed

Binary editor written in Go

Stack

Go Go modules

GitHub topics

#binary #golang #hex-editor

Updated: 2024-12-01
Lists: 2 list mentions
First commit: 2017-11-12
License: MIT
Issues: 0 open

1,344

stars

Forks: 51
Commits: 915 commits
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google/namebench

namebench

Archived

Stack

Go npm

Updated: 2024-07-25
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2009-07-13
License: Apache-2.0
Issues: 14 open

934

stars

Forks: 154
Commits: 1,062 commits
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summerwind/h2spec

A conformance testing tool for HTTP/2 implementation.

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Go Cobra Go modules

GitHub topics

#go #hpack #http2

Updated: 2023-10-15
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2014-08-29
License: MIT
Issues: 34 open

732

stars

Forks: 80
Commits: 380 commits
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sachaos/tcpterm

tcpterm is a packet visualizer in TUI.

Stack

Go Go modules

GitHub topics

#go #golang #pcap #tcp #tcpdump #terminal

Updated: 2024-01-10
Lists: 2 list mentions
First commit: 2018-02-11
License: MIT
Issues: 0 open

489

stars

Forks: 26
Commits: 31 commits
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benjojo/bgp-battleships

Play battleships using BGP

Stack

GitHub topics

#bgp #built-at-rc #comedy

Updated: 2018-10-02
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2018-05-14
License: Unknown
Issues: 0 open

450

stars

Forks: 17
Commits: 10 commits
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cmpxchg16/gobench

HTTP/HTTPS load testing and benchmarking tool

Stack

Updated: 2023-01-24
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2013-07-22
License: Unknown
Issues: 21 open

443

stars

Forks: 91
Commits: 42 commits
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x-way/iptables-tracer

Insert trace-points into the running configuration to observe the path of packets through the iptables chains.

Stack

Go Go modules

GitHub topics

#golang #iptables #iptables-tracer #netfilter #nflog

Updated: 2026-08-22
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2018-11-04
License: MIT
Issues: 3 open

295

stars

Forks: 32
Commits: 438 commits
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lbonanomi/go

Porting my scripts grab-bag to go

Stack

GitHub topics

#golang

Updated: 2025-05-03
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2019-02-24
License: MIT
Issues: 0 open

stars

Forks: 0
Commits: 42 commits
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Last pushed: 2024-11-19
GitHub updated: 2026-09-22
Created: 2018-06-23
First commit: 2018-06-23
Last scanned: 2026-09-22 10:50
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