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Kong/kong

🦍 The API and AI Gateway

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Lua pytest Cargo Go modules pip

GitHub topics

#ai #ai-gateway #api-gateway #api-management #apis #artificial-intelligence

Updated: 2026-07-22
Lists: 6 list mentions
First commit: 2014-11-17
License: Apache-2.0
Issues: 169 open

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firecracker-microvm/firecracker

Secure and fast microVMs for serverless computing.

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Rust pytest Cargo PEP 517 Poetry

GitHub topics

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

Updated: 2026-07-27
Lists: 3 list mentions
First commit: 2017-10-23
License: Apache-2.0
Issues: 90 open

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Forks: 2,532
Commits: 8,213 commits
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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.

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Python pytest PEP 517 pip Poetry

GitHub topics

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

Updated: 2026-07-23
Lists: 2 list mentions
First commit: 2012-05-17
License: NOASSERTION
Issues: 215 open

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locustio/locust

Write scalable load tests in plain Python 🚗💨

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Python Flask pytest React Vite npm pip uv

GitHub topics

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

Updated: 2026-07-27
Lists: 3 list mentions
First commit: 2010-06-20
License: MIT
Issues: 6 open

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ranger/ranger

A VIM-inspired filemanager for the console

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Python pytest pip

GitHub topics

#console #file-launcher #file-manager #file-preview #vim

Updated: 2026-07-28
Lists: 4 list mentions
First commit: 2009-11-16
License: GPL-3.0
Issues: 933 open

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Forks: 937
Commits: 5,276 commits
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fortra/impacket

Impacket is a collection of Python classes for working with network protocols.

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Python Flask pytest pip

GitHub topics

#dcerpc #dcom #impacket #kerberos #msrpc #netbios

Updated: 2026-07-24
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2003-10-09
License: NOASSERTION
Issues: 319 open

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Commits: 4,256 commits
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dbcli/pgcli

Postgres CLI with autocompletion and syntax highlighting

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Python pytest PEP 517

GitHub topics

#database #postgres #postgresql #psql #python

Updated: 2026-07-24
Lists: 4 list mentions
First commit: 2014-10-12
License: BSD-3-Clause
Issues: 38 open

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Forks: 600
Commits: 2,433 commits
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threat9/routersploit

Exploitation Framework for Embedded Devices

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Python pytest pip

GitHub topics

#bruteforce #creds #dictionary-attack #embedded #exploits #infosec

Updated: 2026-05-05
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2016-03-30
License: NOASSERTION
Issues: 93 open

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Commits: 839 commits
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dbcli/mycli

A Terminal Client for MySQL with AutoCompletion and Syntax Highlighting.

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Python pytest uv

GitHub topics

#auto-completion #database #mycli #mysql #python #syntax-highlighting

Updated: 2026-07-27
Lists: 4 list mentions
First commit: 2015-04-05
License: BSD-3-Clause
Issues: 11 open

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Commits: 3,497 commits
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pwndbg/pwndbg

Exploit Development and Reverse Engineering with GDB & LLDB Made Easy

AI dev

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Python pytest uv

GitHub topics

#binary-ninja #capture-the-flag #ctf #debugging #disassembler #exploit-development

Updated: 2026-07-27
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2015-02-10
License: MIT
Issues: 209 open

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Commits: 3,092 commits
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reorx/httpstat

curl statistics made simple

AI dev

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Python pytest uv

GitHub topics

#cli #curl #http #python #visualization

Updated: 2026-04-08
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2016-08-30
License: MIT
Issues: 9 open

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Commits: 106 commits
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Guake/guake

Drop-down terminal for GNOME

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Python pytest PEP 517 pip Pipenv

GitHub topics

#guake #guake-terminal #hacktoberfest #terminal #terminal-emulator

Updated: 2026-07-04
Lists: 2 list mentions
First commit: 2007-08-01
License: GPL-2.0
Issues: 455 open

4,662

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Forks: 596
Commits: 2,502 commits
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Netflix/security_monkey

Security Monkey monitors AWS, GCP, OpenStack, and GitHub orgs for assets and their changes over time.

Archived

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Python Celery Flask pytest Dart Pub pip

GitHub topics

#aws #aws-ec2 #aws-iam #aws-policy-tracking #aws-s3 #aws-security

Updated: 2021-02-11
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2014-06-27
License: Apache-2.0
Issues: 84 open

4,371

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Forks: 782
Commits: 1,660 commits
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nabla-c0d3/sslyze

Fast and powerful SSL/TLS scanning library.

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Python pytest PEP 517 pip

GitHub topics

#heartbleed #library #python #scans #security #ssl

Updated: 2026-07-27
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2011-10-08
License: AGPL-3.0
Issues: 25 open

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Forks: 491
Commits: 1,978 commits
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dbcli/litecli

CLI for SQLite Databases with auto-completion and syntax highlighting

AI dev

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Python pytest PEP 517

GitHub topics

#linux #prompt-toolkit #python #sqlite #syntax-highlighting

Updated: 2026-06-18
Lists: 2 list mentions
First commit: 2018-05-13
License: BSD-3-Clause
Issues: 43 open

3,285

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Forks: 94
Commits: 577 commits
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laixintao/iredis

Interactive Redis: A Terminal Client for Redis with AutoCompletion and Syntax Highlighting.

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Python pytest Poetry

GitHub topics

#command-line-tool #redis #redis-cli #redis-client

Updated: 2026-07-27
Lists: 3 list mentions
First commit: 2019-01-18
License: BSD-3-Clause
Issues: 50 open

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Forks: 117
Commits: 1,793 commits
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usnistgov/macos_security

macOS Security Compliance Project

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YAML pytest Bundler pip uv

GitHub topics

#apple #bash #compliance #macos #mdm #mscp

Updated: 2026-07-28
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2020-06-05
License: NOASSERTION
Issues: 21 open

2,424

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Forks: 299
Commits: 2,366 commits
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P403n1x87/austin

Python frame stack sampler for CPython

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C pytest pip

GitHub topics

#debugging-tools #performance #profiling #python

Updated: 2026-07-02
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2018-09-23
License: GPL-3.0
Issues: 12 open

2,209

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Forks: 66
Commits: 408 commits
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sc0tfree/mentalist

Mentalist is a graphical tool for custom wordlist generation. It utilizes common human paradigms for constructing passwords and can output the full wordlist as well as rules compatible with Hashcat and John the Ripper.

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Python pytest Poetry

GitHub topics

#cracking #cracking-hashes #password #wordlist #wordlist-generator #wordlist-technique

Updated: 2026-04-14
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2017-11-05
License: MIT
Issues: 11 open

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Forks: 258
Commits: 23 commits
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mschwager/fierce

A DNS reconnaissance tool for locating non-contiguous IP space.

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Python pytest Poetry

GitHub topics

#discovered-domains #dns #domain #fierce #name-server #reconnaissance

Updated: 2024-08-28
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2016-04-26
License: GPL-3.0
Issues: 9 open

1,803

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Forks: 216
Commits: 145 commits
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dbcli/mssql-cli

A command-line client for SQL Server with auto-completion and syntax highlighting

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Python pytest pip

GitHub topics

#cli #database #python #sqlserver

Updated: 2024-02-26
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2017-10-30
License: BSD-3-Clause
Issues: 162 open

1,414

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Commits: 402 commits
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Default branch: master
Last pushed: 2024-11-19
GitHub updated: 2026-08-08
Created: 2018-06-23
First commit: 2018-06-23
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