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coolwanglu/vim.js

JavaScript port of Vim

Archived

Stack

C npm

Updated: 2016-05-12
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2013-11-27
History: 7 history points
License: NOASSERTION
Issues: 18 open

4,442

stars

Forks: 266
Commits: 219 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

Website GitHub

Gnucash/gnucash

GnuCash Double-Entry Accounting Program.

Stack

C CMake

Updated: 2026-08-09
Lists: 0 list mentions
First commit: 1997-11-01
History: 64 history points
License: NOASSERTION
Issues: Disabled

4,319

stars

Forks: 980
Commits: 30,497 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

Website GitHub

kohler/gifsicle

Create, manipulate, and optimize GIF images and animations

Stack

Updated: 2026-01-31
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 1998-03-01
History: 7 history points
License: GPL-2.0
Issues: 27 open

4,300

stars

Forks: 254
Commits: 899 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

Website GitHub

F-Stack/f-stack

F-Stack is an user space network development kit with high performance based on DPDK, FreeBSD TCP/IP stack and coroutine API.

Stack

C Meson Poetry

Updated: 2026-09-07
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2017-04-14
History: 7 history points
License: NOASSERTION
Issues: 3 open

4,255

stars

Forks: 964
Commits: 1,768 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

Website GitHub

eunomia-bpf/bpf-developer-tutorial

eBPF Developer Tutorial: Learning eBPF Step by Step with Examples

AI dev

Stack

C Cargo

GitHub topics

#bpf #ebpf #examples #libbpf #tutorial #xdp

Updated: 2026-07-26
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2022-12-02
History: 6 history points
License: MIT
Issues: 23 open

4,230

stars

Forks: 592
Commits: 322 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

Website GitHub

google/AFL

american fuzzy lop - a security-oriented fuzzer

Archived

Stack

Updated: 2021-07-05
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2019-07-25
History: 4 history points
License: Apache-2.0
Issues: 66 open

4,205

stars

Forks: 671
Commits: 53 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

Website GitHub

tanersener/mobile-ffmpeg

FFmpeg for Android, iOS and tvOS. Not maintained anymore. Superseded by FFmpegKit.

Archived

Stack

C Android CMake CocoaPods .NET SDK

GitHub topics

#android #ffmpeg #fontconfig #freetype #fribidi #gmp

Updated: 2025-01-06
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2018-02-27
History: 4 history points
License: GPL-3.0
Issues: 0 open

4,139

stars

Forks: 892
Commits: 831 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

Website GitHub

HyperDbg/HyperDbg

State-of-the-art native debugging tools

Stack

C CMake .NET SDK

GitHub topics

#anti-debug #anti-debugging #anti-virtualization #binary-analysis #debug #debugger

Updated: 2026-08-26
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2020-01-01
History: 4 history points
License: GPL-3.0
Issues: 31 open

4,025

stars

Forks: 502
Commits: 3,346 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

Website GitHub

icholy/ttygif

Convert terminal recordings to animated gifs

Stack

GitHub topics

#gifs #terminal

Updated: 2025-08-02
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2010-08-22
History: 7 history points
License: MIT
Issues: 17 open

4,016

stars

Forks: 247
Commits: 231 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

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timescale/pg_textsearch

PostgreSQL extension for BM25 relevance-ranked full-text search. Postgres OSS licensed.

AI dev

Stack

GitHub topics

#bm25 #c-extension #full-text-search #postgresql

Updated: 2026-09-16
Lists: 0 list mentions
First commit: 2025-09-05
History: 106 history points
License: PostgreSQL
Issues: 36 open

3,980

stars

Forks: 119
Commits: 308 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: +7 +0.2%
Commit velocity, last 7 days: +2 +0.7%

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apache/guacamole-server

The Apache Guacamole proxy daemon (guacd), C API (libguac), and protocol support.

Stack

GitHub topics

#c #guacamole #java #javascript #network-client #network-server

Updated: 2026-08-07
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2010-12-08
History: 7 history points
License: Apache-2.0
Issues: Disabled

3,955

stars

Forks: 794
Commits: 4,360 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

Website GitHub

a0rtega/pafish

Pafish is a testing tool that uses different techniques to detect virtual machines and malware analysis environments in the same way that malware families do

Archived

Stack

GitHub topics

#analysis-environments #malware #malware-analysis #malware-families #malware-research #rdtsc

Updated: 2024-06-21
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2012-07-01
History: 4 history points
License: GPL-3.0
Issues: 3 open

3,945

stars

Forks: 497
Commits: 193 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

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NetHack/NetHack

Official NetHack Git Repository

Stack

C .NET SDK

GitHub topics

#c #game #roguelike

Updated: 2026-09-11
Lists: 4 list mentions
First commit: 2002-01-05
History: 7 history points
License: Unknown
Issues: 143 open

3,905

stars

Forks: 621
Commits: 19,268 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: 0 0.0%
Commit velocity, last 7 days: 0 0.0%

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ChefKissInc/Inferno

Apple Silicon device emulator.

Stack

C Meson

GitHub topics

#emulation #emulator #ios #iphone #iphone-11 #qemu

Updated: 2026-09-01
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2003-02-18
History: 4 history points
License: NOASSERTION
Issues: 39 open

3,881

stars

Forks: 319
Commits: 125,695 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

Website GitHub

jordansissel/xdotool

fake keyboard/mouse input, window management, and more

Stack

Updated: 2026-06-30
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2007-06-22
History: 7 history points
License: BSD-3-Clause
Issues: 324 open

3,846

stars

Forks: 345
Commits: 686 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

GitHub

OpenKinect/libfreenect

Drivers and libraries for the Xbox Kinect device on Windows, Linux, and OS X

Stack

C CMake .NET SDK Maven

Updated: 2024-08-05
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2010-11-10
History: 5 history points
License: Unknown
Issues: 148 open

3,826

stars

Forks: 1,174
Commits: 735 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

Website GitHub

ptitSeb/box86

Box86 - Linux Userspace x86 Emulator with a twist, targeted at ARM Linux devices

Stack

C CMake

GitHub topics

#arm #arm-platforms #dynarec #linux #x86

Updated: 2026-08-12
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2018-04-28
History: 5 history points
License: MIT
Issues: 185 open

3,801

stars

Forks: 249
Commits: 5,073 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

Website GitHub

aubio/aubio

a library for audio and music analysis

Stack

C pytest CMake Meson pip

GitHub topics

#analysis #annotation #audio #beat #c #extraction

Updated: 2026-04-10
Lists: 2 list mentions
First commit: 2004-10-28
History: 8 history points
License: GPL-3.0
Issues: 157 open

3,752

stars

Forks: 420
Commits: 4,214 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

Website GitHub

FelixKratz/JankyBorders

A lightweight window border system for macOS

Stack

GitHub topics

#border #customization #fast #lightweight #macos #tiling-window-manager

Updated: 2026-05-14
Lists: 2 list mentions
First commit: 2023-11-02
History: 8 history points
License: GPL-3.0
Issues: 70 open

3,722

stars

Forks: 83
Commits: 194 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

GitHub

geany/geany

A fast and lightweight IDE

Stack

C Meson

GitHub topics

#geany #ide #text-editor

Updated: 2026-08-03
Lists: 2 list mentions
First commit: 2005-11-22
History: 11 history points
License: GPL-2.0
Issues: 1,274 open

3,703

stars

Forks: 666
Commits: 10,812 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

Website GitHub

joncampbell123/dosbox-x

DOSBox-X fork of the DOSBox project

Stack

C Android CMake .NET SDK Gradle

Updated: 2026-08-26
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2013-07-08
History: 5 history points
License: GPL-2.0
Issues: 2,039 open

3,697

stars

Forks: 559
Commits: 21,843 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

GitHub

AlexAltea/orbital

Experimental PlayStation 4 emulator

Stack

C CMake

Updated: 2024-04-06
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2017-10-28
History: 5 history points
License: MIT
Issues: Disabled

3,654

stars

Forks: 271
Commits: 300 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

Website GitHub

blechschmidt/massdns

A high-performance DNS stub resolver for bulk lookups and reconnaissance (subdomain enumeration)

Stack

C CMake pip

GitHub topics

#bulk-dns #dns #dns-bruteforcer #dns-client #dns-lookup #dns-resolution

Updated: 2026-04-15
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2016-06-23
History: 4 history points
License: GPL-3.0
Issues: 14 open

3,635

stars

Forks: 504
Commits: 316 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

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unbit/uwsgi

uWSGI application server container

Stack

C Bundler pip

Updated: 2025-10-11
Lists: 2 list mentions
First commit: 2009-04-20
History: 8 history points
License: NOASSERTION
Issues: 894 open

3,545

stars

Forks: 696
Commits: 6,933 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

Website GitHub

ireader/media-server

RTSP/RTP/RTMP/FLV/HLS/MPEG-TS/MPEG-PS/MPEG-DASH/MP4/fMP4/MKV/WebM

Stack

C .NET SDK

GitHub topics

#flv #fmp4 #hls #m3u #m3u8 #mkv

Updated: 2026-05-26
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2014-01-03
History: 4 history points
License: MIT
Issues: 108 open

3,497

stars

Forks: 1,154
Commits: 1,484 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

GitHub

FunkyFr3sh/cnc-ddraw

GDI, OpenGL and Direct3D 9 re-implementation of the DirectDraw API for classic 2D games for better compatibility with Windows ME, 2000, XP, Vista, 7, 8, 10, 11, Wine (Linux/macOS/Android) and Virtual Machines

Stack

C .NET SDK

GitHub topics

#borderless #compatiblity #d3d9 #ddraw #directdraw #directx

Updated: 2026-08-30
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2010-10-10
History: 4 history points
License: MIT
Issues: 98 open

3,437

stars

Forks: 230
Commits: 2,828 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

GitHub

asterisk/asterisk

The official Asterisk Project repository.

Stack

GitHub topics

#asterisk #c #pbx #sip #voip

Updated: 2026-08-06
Lists: 2 list mentions
First commit: 1999-10-08
History: 7 history points
License: NOASSERTION
Issues: 185 open

3,428

stars

Forks: 1,290
Commits: 34,483 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

Website GitHub

zigzap/zap

blazingly fast backends in zig

Stack

C CMake

GitHub topics

#api #blazingly #fast #http #rest #zig

Updated: 2026-06-01
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2023-01-11
History: 5 history points
License: MIT
Issues: 28 open

3,408

stars

Forks: 109
Commits: 792 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

GitHub

bvschaik/julius

An open source re-implementation of Caesar III

Stack

C Android CMake Gradle

GitHub topics

#citybuilder #clone #game

Updated: 2026-09-05
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2013-06-24
History: 1 history point
License: AGPL-3.0
Issues: 11 open

3,371

stars

Forks: 440
Commits: 2,768 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: 0 0.0%
Commit velocity, last 7 days: 0 0.0%

GitHub

weechat/weechat

The extensible chat client.

Stack

C CMake

GitHub topics

#c #chat #client #extensible #irc #javascript

Updated: 2026-08-02
Lists: 2 list mentions
First commit: 2003-09-27
History: 7 history points
License: GPL-3.0
Issues: 438 open

3,366

stars

Forks: 360
Commits: 13,971 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

Website GitHub

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