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files-community/Files

A modern file manager that helps users organize their files and folders.

AI dev

Stack

C# .NET SDK

GitHub topics

#alternatives #csharp #customization #developer-tools #dotnet #file-manager

Updated: 2026-07-30
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2018-05-29
History: 6 history points
License: MIT
Issues: 461 open

44,513

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Forks: 2,803
Commits: 7,010 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

Website GitHub

zen-browser/desktop

Welcome to a calmer internet

Stack

JavaScript Cargo CMake npm

GitHub topics

#firefox #firefox-based #firefox-browser #zen-browser

Updated: 2026-08-14
Lists: 3 list mentions
First commit: 2024-03-28
History: 8 history points
License: MPL-2.0
Issues: 629 open

43,926

stars

Forks: 1,702
Commits: 6,928 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

Website GitHub

HeyPuter/puter

🌐 The Internet Computer! Free, Open-Source, and Self-Hostable.

AI dev

Stack

TypeScript Express Vite npm

GitHub topics

#cloud #cloud-os #cloud-storage #desktop #desktop-environment #dropbox

Updated: 2026-08-01
Lists: 2 list mentions
First commit: 2024-03-03
History: 7 history points
License: AGPL-3.0
Issues: 11 open

42,925

stars

Forks: 3,972
Commits: 6,200 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

Website GitHub

mifi/lossless-cut

The swiss army knife of lossless video/audio editing

Stack

TypeScript Electron Express React Vite Yarn

GitHub topics

#codec #cut #editor #ffmpeg #lossless #losslesscut

Updated: 2026-08-07
Lists: 5 list mentions
First commit: 2016-10-30
History: 12 history points
License: GPL-2.0
Issues: 280 open

42,714

stars

Forks: 2,110
Commits: 3,773 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

Website GitHub

imputnet/cobalt

best way to save what you love

Stack

Svelte Express Svelte SvelteKit Vite npm pnpm

GitHub topics

#collaboration #downloader #instagram #javascript #music #reddit

Updated: 2026-04-06
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2022-07-08
History: 6 history points
License: AGPL-3.0
Issues: 261 open

41,900

stars

Forks: 3,598
Commits: 3,281 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

Website GitHub

chubin/cheat.sh

the only cheat sheet you need

Stack

Python Flask pytest pip

GitHub topics

#cheatsheet #cli #command-line #curl #documentation #examples

Updated: 2025-12-23
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2017-05-07
History: 6 history points
License: MIT
Issues: 148 open

41,582

stars

Forks: 1,916
Commits: 923 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

Website GitHub

sxyazi/yazi

💥 Blazing fast terminal file manager written in Rust, based on async I/O.

AI dev

Stack

Rust Cargo npm

GitHub topics

#android #asyncio #cli #command-line #concurrency #cross-platform

Updated: 2026-08-21
Lists: 4 list mentions
First commit: 2023-07-08
History: 7 history points
License: MIT
Issues: 66 open

41,575

stars

Forks: 987
Commits: 1,505 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: 0 0.0%
Commit velocity, last 7 days: 0 0.0%

Website GitHub

GyulyVGC/sniffnet

Comfortably monitor your Internet traffic 🕵️‍♂️

Stack

Rust Cargo

GitHub topics

#application #gui #iced #linux #macos #network

Updated: 2026-08-02
Lists: 6 list mentions
First commit: 2022-08-05
History: 47 history points
License: Apache-2.0
Issues: 60 open

40,286

stars

Forks: 1,849
Commits: 3,001 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

Website GitHub

LizardByte/Sunshine

Self-hosted game stream host for Moonlight.

AI dev

Stack

C++ Qt Vite Vue CMake npm uv

GitHub topics

#cpm #cpp #docker #flathub-pkg #game-stream #game-streaming

Updated: 2026-08-14
Lists: 4 list mentions
First commit: 2019-12-03
History: 8 history points
License: GPL-3.0
Issues: 138 open

40,174

stars

Forks: 2,022
Commits: 3,480 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

Website GitHub

CorentinTh/it-tools

Collection of handy online tools for developers, with great UX.

Stack

Vue Vite Vue pnpm

GitHub topics

#converter #developer-productivity #developer-tools #frontend #javascript #productivity

Updated: 2026-07-30
Lists: 3 list mentions
First commit: 2022-03-30
History: 8 history points
License: GPL-3.0
Issues: 812 open

40,098

stars

Forks: 5,287
Commits: 618 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

Website GitHub

photoprism/photoprism

AI-Powered Photos App 🌈💎✨

AI dev

Stack

Go Gin gRPC Go Vite Vue Go modules npm

GitHub topics

#ai #golang #google-photos #machine-learning #photography #private-cloud

Updated: 2026-08-10
Lists: 3 list mentions
First commit: 2018-01-27
History: 45 history points
License: NOASSERTION
Issues: 446 open

40,055

stars

Forks: 2,313
Commits: 13,774 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

Website GitHub

qbittorrent/qBittorrent

qBittorrent BitTorrent client

AI dev

Stack

C++ pytest CMake npm uv

GitHub topics

#bittorrent #bittorrent-client #c-plus-plus #crossplatform #torrent #torrent-client

Updated: 2026-08-12
Lists: 6 list mentions
First commit: 2006-09-30
History: 13 history points
License: NOASSERTION
Issues: 2,692 open

39,437

stars

Forks: 4,813
Commits: 13,890 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

Website GitHub

ajeetdsouza/zoxide

A smarter cd command. Supports all major shells.

Stack

Rust Cargo

GitHub topics

#autojump #bash #cli #command-line #command-line-tool #elvish

Updated: 2026-08-10
Lists: 5 list mentions
First commit: 2020-03-05
History: 12 history points
License: MIT
Issues: 135 open

38,616

stars

Forks: 860
Commits: 626 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

Website GitHub

hyprwm/Hyprland

Hyprland is an independent, highly customizable, dynamic tiling Wayland compositor that doesn't sacrifice on its looks.

AI dev

Stack

C++ CMake

GitHub topics

#compositor #cpp26 #wayland #wayland-compositor

Updated: 2026-08-01
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2022-03-16
History: 6 history points
License: BSD-3-Clause
Issues: 184 open

37,694

stars

Forks: 1,908
Commits: 7,686 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

Website GitHub

nextcloud/server

☁️ Nextcloud server, a safe home for all your data

AI dev

Stack

PHP Symfony Vite Vue Composer npm

GitHub topics

#cloud #collaboration #decentralized #design #distributed #enterprise

Updated: 2026-08-24
Lists: 5 list mentions
First commit: 2010-03-10
History: 8 history points
License: AGPL-3.0
Issues: 3,587 open

36,557

stars

Forks: 5,132
Commits: 89,976 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: 0 0.0%
Commit velocity, last 7 days: 0 0.0%

Website GitHub

mpv-player/mpv

🎥 Command line media player

Stack

C Meson PEP 517

GitHub topics

#audio #c #ffmpeg #mplayer #mpv #multimedia

Updated: 2026-08-06
Lists: 6 list mentions
First commit: 2001-02-24
History: 12 history points
License: NOASSERTION
Issues: 1,121 open

36,382

stars

Forks: 3,458
Commits: 55,365 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

Website GitHub

GorvGoyl/Clone-Wars

100+ open-source clones of popular sites like Airbnb, Amazon, Instagram, Netflix, Tiktok, Spotify, Whatsapp, Youtube etc. See source code, demo links, tech stack, github stars.

GitHub topics

#airbnb #clone #instagram #netflix #reddit #spotify

Updated: 2024-08-06
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2020-12-02
History: 6 history points
License: AGPL-3.0
Issues: 37 open

36,316

stars

Forks: 3,270
Commits: 364 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

Website GitHub

glanceapp/glance

A self-hosted dashboard that puts all your feeds in one place

Stack

Go Go modules

GitHub topics

#aggregator #dashboard #docker #feed-reader #go #homelab

Updated: 2026-05-30
Lists: 3 list mentions
First commit: 2024-04-27
History: 8 history points
License: AGPL-3.0
Issues: 344 open

36,141

stars

Forks: 1,397
Commits: 864 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

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searxng/searxng

SearXNG is a free internet metasearch engine which aggregates results from various search services and databases. Users are neither tracked nor profiled.

Stack

Python Flask Vite Go modules npm pip

GitHub topics

#bing #brave #degoogle #duckduckgo #google #metasearch

Updated: 2026-08-22
Lists: 2 list mentions
First commit: 2013-10-14
History: 128 history points
License: AGPL-3.0
Issues: 217 open

36,117

stars

Forks: 3,286
Commits: 9,678 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: +350 +1.0%
Commit velocity, last 7 days: +8 +0.1%

Website GitHub

utmapp/UTM

Virtual machines for iOS and macOS

AI dev

Stack

Swift Swift Package Manager

GitHub topics

#apple #emulation #ios #jailbreak #macos #qemu

Updated: 2026-08-04
Lists: 5 list mentions
First commit: 2019-04-12
History: 8 history points
License: Apache-2.0
Issues: 1,086 open

34,879

stars

Forks: 1,772
Commits: 3,770 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

Website GitHub

kovidgoyal/kitty

If you live in the terminal, kitty is made for you! Cross-platform, fast, feature-rich, GPU based.

AI dev

Stack

Python Go modules PEP 517 pip

GitHub topics

#c #go #golang #golang-application #kitty #kitty-terminal

Updated: 2026-08-11
Lists: 4 list mentions
First commit: 2016-10-14
History: 12 history points
License: GPL-3.0
Issues: 9 open

34,348

stars

Forks: 1,463
Commits: 18,972 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

Website GitHub

aristocratos/btop

A monitor of resources

Stack

C++ CMake

Updated: 2026-07-26
Lists: 4 list mentions
First commit: 2021-05-06
History: 7 history points
License: Apache-2.0
Issues: 503 open

33,690

stars

Forks: 1,092
Commits: 1,634 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

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ibraheemdev/modern-unix

A collection of modern/faster/saner alternatives to common unix commands.

GitHub topics

#cli #command-line #lists #shell #terminal #tools

Updated: 2024-09-10
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2021-01-12
History: 6 history points
License: Unknown
Issues: 69 open

33,006

stars

Forks: 827
Commits: 86 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

GitHub

VSCodium/vscodium

binary releases of VS Code without MS branding/telemetry/licensing

Stack

Shell npm

GitHub topics

#editor #floss #ide #open-source-licensing #vscode

Updated: 2026-08-12
Lists: 5 list mentions
First commit: 2018-08-13
History: 12 history points
License: MIT
Issues: 139 open

32,824

stars

Forks: 1,846
Commits: 1,878 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

Website GitHub

FreeCAD/FreeCAD

Official source code of FreeCAD, a free and opensource multiplatform 3D parametric modeler.

Stack

C++ Qt CMake .NET SDK

GitHub topics

#3d #3d-printing #architecture #bim #cad #cam

Updated: 2026-07-29
Lists: 3 list mentions
First commit: 2011-10-10
History: 10 history points
License: LGPL-2.1
Issues: 4,065 open

32,446

stars

Forks: 5,821
Commits: 47,843 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

Website GitHub

DevToys-app/DevToys

A Swiss Army knife for developers.

Stack

C# ASP.NET Core .NET SDK npm

GitHub topics

#blazor #cross-platform #csharp #desktop #desktop-app #desktop-application

Updated: 2026-02-25
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2021-09-05
History: 6 history points
License: MIT
Issues: 336 open

31,817

stars

Forks: 1,749
Commits: 1,081 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

Website GitHub

flameshot-org/flameshot

Powerful yet simple to use screenshot software :desktop_computer: :camera_flash:

Stack

C++ Qt CMake

GitHub topics

#capture #cross-platform #free-software #gnu-linux #gui #hacktoberfest

Updated: 2026-08-18
Lists: 7 list mentions
First commit: 2017-05-10
History: 15 history points
License: GPL-3.0
Issues: 699 open

30,639

stars

Forks: 1,994
Commits: 2,352 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

Website GitHub

asmvik/yabai

A tiling window manager for macOS based on binary space partitioning

Stack

Updated: 2026-06-14
Lists: 4 list mentions
First commit: 2019-05-04
History: 14 history points
License: MIT
Issues: 249 open

29,465

stars

Forks: 744
Commits: 1,706 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

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notepad-plus-plus/notepad-plus-plus

Notepad++ official repository

Stack

C++ CMake .NET SDK

GitHub topics

#editor #notepad #notepad-official #windows

Updated: 2026-07-30
Lists: 2 list mentions
First commit: 2007-08-07
History: 6 history points
License: NOASSERTION
Issues: 2,923 open

28,868

stars

Forks: 5,311
Commits: 7,010 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

Website GitHub

sharkdp/hyperfine

A command-line benchmarking tool

Stack

Rust Cargo

GitHub topics

#benchmark #cli #command-line #rust #terminal #tool

Updated: 2026-04-30
Lists: 3 list mentions
First commit: 2018-01-13
History: 4 history points
License: Apache-2.0
Issues: 96 open

28,661

stars

Forks: 507
Commits: 1,018 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

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