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kando-menu/kando

🌸 Do things with utmost efficiency.

Stack

TypeScript Electron React CMake npm

GitHub topics

#cross-platform #electron #gestures #linux #macos #marking-menu

Updated: 2026-07-27
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2023-04-14
History: 6 history points
License: NOASSERTION
Issues: 73 open

6,135

stars

Forks: 192
Commits: 4,021 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

Website GitHub

OpenShot/openshot-qt

OpenShot Video Editor is an award-winning free and open-source video editor for Linux, Mac, and Windows, and is dedicated to delivering high quality video editing and animation solutions to the world.

Stack

Python pip

GitHub topics

#c-plus-plus #ffmpeg #gplv3 #openshot #python #qt5

Updated: 2026-07-27
Lists: 3 list mentions
First commit: 2013-11-03
History: 10 history points
License: NOASSERTION
Issues: 395 open

6,117

stars

Forks: 744
Commits: 5,491 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

Website GitHub

mtkennerly/ludusavi

Backup tool for PC game saves

Stack

Rust Cargo

GitHub topics

#backup #cli #cross-platform #games #gui #saves

Updated: 2026-08-10
Lists: 3 list mentions
First commit: 2020-06-21
History: 4 history points
License: MIT
Issues: 62 open

6,100

stars

Forks: 129
Commits: 1,148 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

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GothenburgBitFactory/taskwarrior

Taskwarrior - Command line Task Management

Stack

C++ Cargo CMake

GitHub topics

#gtd #task-manager #taskwarrior #to-do-list #todo

Updated: 2026-08-01
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2008-04-20
History: 6 history points
License: MIT
Issues: 444 open

5,982

stars

Forks: 415
Commits: 12,027 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

Website GitHub

FeralInteractive/gamemode

Optimise Linux system performance on demand

Stack

C Meson

GitHub topics

#linux #videogames

Updated: 2026-06-15
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2017-12-11
History: 6 history points
License: BSD-3-Clause
Issues: 214 open

5,952

stars

Forks: 215
Commits: 740 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

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Slackadays/Clipboard

😎🏖️🐬 Your new, 𝙧𝙞𝙙𝙤𝙣𝙠𝙪𝙡𝙞𝙘𝙞𝙤𝙪𝙨𝙡𝙮 smart clipboard manager

Stack

C++ CMake

GitHub topics

#bash #cli #clipboard #clipboard-manager #cmd #collaborate

Updated: 2026-05-06
Lists: 5 list mentions
First commit: 2022-11-20
History: 13 history points
License: GPL-3.0
Issues: 25 open

5,874

stars

Forks: 176
Commits: 1,890 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

Website GitHub

ayn2op/discordo

A lightweight, secure, and feature-rich Discord terminal (TUI) client.

AI dev

Stack

Go Go modules

GitHub topics

#client #cross-platform #discord #discord-bot #discord-client #discordo

Updated: 2026-08-01
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2021-07-17
History: 6 history points
License: GPL-3.0
Issues: 54 open

5,702

stars

Forks: 220
Commits: 1,520 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

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dunst-project/dunst

Lightweight and customizable notification daemon

Stack

C Meson

GitHub topics

#c #dbus #libnotify #notification-daemon #wayland #x11

Updated: 2026-06-17
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2011-09-07
History: 6 history points
License: NOASSERTION
Issues: 120 open

5,562

stars

Forks: 380
Commits: 2,639 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

Website GitHub

KDE/kdenlive

Free and open source video editor, based on MLT Framework and KDE Frameworks

Stack

C++ Qt CMake

Updated: 2026-08-01
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2007-12-29
History: 6 history points
License: GPL-3.0
Issues: Disabled

5,401

stars

Forks: 465
Commits: 24,289 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

Website GitHub

mpvnet-player/mpv.net

🎞 mpv.net is a media player for Windows with a modern GUI.

Stack

C# .NET SDK

GitHub topics

#audio-player #command-line #dotnet #ffmpeg #gui #javascript

Updated: 2026-02-09
Lists: 3 list mentions
First commit: 2017-08-27
History: 4 history points
License: GPL-2.0
Issues: 155 open

5,308

stars

Forks: 217
Commits: 1,211 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

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ChrisTitusTech/linutil

Chris Titus Tech's Linux Toolbox - Linutil is a distro-agnostic toolbox designed to simplify everyday Linux tasks.

AI dev

Stack

Shell Cargo Go modules

GitHub topics

#linux

Updated: 2026-08-01
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2024-05-16
History: 6 history points
License: MIT
Issues: 13 open

5,190

stars

Forks: 422
Commits: 1,365 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

Website GitHub

domcyrus/rustnet

Per-process network monitoring for your terminal with deep packet inspection. Cross-platform, sandboxed.

Stack

Rust Cargo

GitHub topics

#cli #dpi #ebpf #freebsd #geoip #landlock

Updated: 2026-07-31
Lists: 4 list mentions
First commit: 2025-04-27
History: 7 history points
License: Apache-2.0
Issues: 15 open

4,818

stars

Forks: 223
Commits: 655 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

Website GitHub

charmbracelet/freeze

Generate images of code and terminal output 📸

Stack

Go Go modules

Updated: 2026-07-20
Lists: 2 list mentions
First commit: 2024-01-09
History: 7 history points
License: MIT
Issues: 76 open

4,766

stars

Forks: 106
Commits: 416 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

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imfile-io/imfile-desktop

A full-featured download manager.

AI dev

Stack

JavaScript Electron Tailwind CSS Vue pnpm

Updated: 2026-08-01
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2018-12-19
History: 6 history points
License: MIT
Issues: 43 open

4,466

stars

Forks: 165
Commits: 1,945 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

GitHub

Almamu/linux-wallpaperengine

Wallpaper Engine backgrounds for Linux!

Stack

C++ CMake .NET SDK

GitHub topics

#linux #opengl #wallpaper-app #wallpaper-engine

Updated: 2026-07-31
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2018-07-05
History: 6 history points
License: GPL-3.0
Issues: 236 open

4,437

stars

Forks: 187
Commits: 627 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

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fxsound2/fxsound-app

FxSound application and DSP source code

AI dev

Stack

C++ .NET SDK

Updated: 2026-07-30
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2023-11-14
History: 6 history points
License: AGPL-3.0
Issues: 155 open

4,201

stars

Forks: 328
Commits: 381 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

GitHub

JoseExposito/touchegg

Linux multi-touch gesture recognizer

Stack

C++ CMake

GitHub topics

#gesture-recognition #libinput #linux #multi-touch #touchpad #touchscreen

Updated: 2025-06-14
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2011-01-23
History: 6 history points
License: GPL-3.0
Issues: 38 open

4,106

stars

Forks: 183
Commits: 673 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

GitHub

RawTherapee/RawTherapee

A powerful cross-platform raw photo processing program

Stack

C++ CMake .NET SDK

GitHub topics

#photography #raw #rawtherapee

Updated: 2026-08-09
Lists: 3 list mentions
First commit: 2010-01-01
History: 10 history points
License: GPL-3.0
Issues: 1,014 open

4,102

stars

Forks: 408
Commits: 13,028 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

Website GitHub

fast4x/RiMusic

RiMusic is a multilingual and multiplatform application for streaming music

Archived

Stack

Kotlin Android Gradle

Updated: 2025-07-30
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2022-06-02
History: 6 history points
License: GPL-3.0
Issues: 706 open

3,892

stars

Forks: 277
Commits: 13,668 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

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AntiMicroX/antimicrox

Graphical program used to map keyboard buttons and mouse controls to a gamepad. Useful for playing games with no gamepad support.

Stack

C++ Qt CMake

GitHub topics

#controller #gamepad #gamepad-api #games #gaming #keyboard-emulation

Updated: 2026-06-29
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2012-12-30
History: 6 history points
License: GPL-3.0
Issues: 171 open

3,890

stars

Forks: 247
Commits: 3,060 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

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autokey/autokey

AutoKey, a desktop automation utility for Linux and X11.

Stack

Python pip

GitHub topics

#automation #desktop-application #desktop-automation #gtk3 #help-wanted #pyqt5

Updated: 2026-07-10
Lists: 2 list mentions
First commit: 2008-02-01
History: 6 history points
License: GPL-3.0
Issues: 307 open

3,863

stars

Forks: 261
Commits: 1,483 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

Website GitHub

astralapp/astral

Organize Your GitHub Stars With Ease

Stack

PHP Laravel Symfony Tailwind CSS Vue Composer npm

GitHub topics

#github #organize #stars #tags

Updated: 2026-07-11
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2017-11-21
History: 6 history points
License: BSD-3-Clause
Issues: 40 open

3,562

stars

Forks: 153
Commits: 300 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

Website GitHub

deepjyoti30/ytmdl

A simple app to get songs from YouTube in mp3 format with artist name, album name etc from sources like iTunes, Spotify, LastFM, Deezer, Gaana etc.

Stack

Python pip

GitHub topics

#apple-music #apple-music-api #cli #ffmpeg #free-software #freemusic

Updated: 2024-08-15
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2018-06-13
History: 6 history points
License: MIT
Issues: 17 open

3,523

stars

Forks: 177
Commits: 689 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

Website GitHub

0x90d/videoduplicatefinder

Video Duplicate Finder - Crossplatform

Stack

C# ASP.NET Core Avalonia .NET SDK

Updated: 2026-07-28
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2019-01-08
History: 6 history points
License: Unknown
Issues: 13 open

3,500

stars

Forks: 298
Commits: 912 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

GitHub

chrissimpkins/Crunch

Insane(ly slow but wicked good) PNG image optimization

Stack

Python pip

GitHub topics

#compression #image #image-compression #image-processing #image-quality #images

Updated: 2022-06-18
Lists: 2 list mentions
First commit: 2016-04-10
History: 10 history points
License: NOASSERTION
Issues: 11 open

3,423

stars

Forks: 149
Commits: 500 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

GitHub

etchdroid/etchdroid

An application to write OS images to USB drives, on Android, no root required.

AI dev

Stack

Kotlin Express pytest Gradle npm uv

GitHub topics

#android #gnu-linux #iso #kotlin #linux #mass-storage-device

Updated: 2026-07-31
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2018-08-12
History: 6 history points
License: GPL-3.0
Issues: 10 open

3,382

stars

Forks: 239
Commits: 1,245 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

Website GitHub

diced/zipline

A ShareX/file upload server that is easy to use, packed with features, and with an easy setup!

Stack

TypeScript Fastify Next.js React Vite pnpm

GitHub topics

#docker #file-server #file-sharing #file-upload #file-uploader #gallery

Updated: 2026-08-05
Lists: 3 list mentions
First commit: 2023-06-24
History: 8 history points
License: MIT
Issues: 6 open

3,304

stars

Forks: 246
Commits: 789 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

Website GitHub

emersion/mako

A lightweight Wayland notification daemon

Stack

C Meson

GitHub topics

#cli #notifications #swaywm #wayland

Updated: 2026-06-30
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2018-04-22
History: 6 history points
License: MIT
Issues: 133 open

3,210

stars

Forks: 172
Commits: 650 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

GitHub

Keyitdev/sddm-astronaut-theme

Series of modern looking themes for SDDM.

Stack

QML

GitHub topics

#astronaut #dotfiles #linux #login-manager #login-screen #loginscreen

Updated: 2026-07-16
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2022-01-27
History: 6 history points
License: GPL-3.0
Issues: 16 open

3,111

stars

Forks: 201
Commits: 88 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

GitHub

easymodo/qimgv

Image viewer. Fast, easy to use. Optional video support.

Stack

C++ Qt CMake

GitHub topics

#c-plus-plus #cross-platform #image-viewer #libmpv #linux #qt

Updated: 2026-01-19
Lists: 2 list mentions
First commit: 2014-08-18
History: 6 history points
License: GPL-3.0
Issues: 305 open

3,094

stars

Forks: 211
Commits: 1,822 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

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