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microsoft/vscode

Visual Studio Code

AI dev

Stack

TypeScript Electron Express React Cargo npm

GitHub topics

#editor #electron #microsoft #typescript #visual-studio-code

Updated: 2026-08-10
Lists: 4 list mentions
First commit: 2015-11-13
History: 13 history points
License: MIT
Issues: 19,692 open

188,541

stars

Forks: 41,504
Commits: 162,830 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

Website GitHub

nvm-sh/nvm

Node Version Manager - POSIX-compliant bash script to manage multiple active node.js versions

AI dev

Stack

Shell npm

GitHub topics

#bash #install #lts #node #node-js #nodejs

Updated: 2026-07-24
Lists: 3 list mentions
First commit: 2010-04-15
History: 11 history points
License: MIT
Issues: 396 open

94,578

stars

Forks: 10,362
Commits: 2,388 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

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bitcoin/bitcoin

Bitcoin Core integration/staging tree

Stack

C++ Qt Cargo CMake pip

GitHub topics

#bitcoin #c-plus-plus #cryptocurrency #cryptography #p2p

Updated: 2026-08-08
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2009-08-30
History: 10 history points
License: MIT
Issues: 704 open

89,826

stars

Forks: 39,264
Commits: 50,044 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

Website GitHub

Stirling-Tools/Stirling-PDF

#1 PDF Application on GitHub that lets you edit PDFs on any device anywhere

AI dev

Stack

Java FastAPI PydanticAI pytest React Cargo Gradle npm

GitHub topics

#docker #hacktoberfest #java #pdf #pdf-converter #pdf-editor

Updated: 2026-08-08
Lists: 4 list mentions
First commit: 2023-01-27
History: 9 history points
License: NOASSERTION
Issues: 544 open

89,075

stars

Forks: 8,042
Commits: 5,731 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

Website GitHub

zed-industries/zed

Code at the speed of thought – Zed is a high-performance, multiplayer code editor from the creators of Atom and Tree-sitter.

AI dev

Stack

Rust Axum Cargo

GitHub topics

#gpui #rust-lang #text-editor #zed

Updated: 2026-08-15
Lists: 6 list mentions
First commit: 2021-02-20
History: 9 history points
License: NOASSERTION
Issues: 3,224 open

88,620

stars

Forks: 10,048
Commits: 39,519 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

Website GitHub

obsproject/obs-studio

OBS Studio - Free and open source software for live streaming and screen recording

Stack

C CMake .NET SDK pip

GitHub topics

#c #c-plus-plus #directshow #facebook-live #ffmpeg #game-capture

Updated: 2026-08-05
Lists: 4 list mentions
First commit: 2013-10-01
History: 12 history points
License: GPL-2.0
Issues: 1,162 open

74,655

stars

Forks: 9,622
Commits: 15,656 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

Website GitHub

Eugeny/tabby

A terminal for a more modern age

Stack

TypeScript Angular Electron .NET SDK npm Yarn

GitHub topics

#serial #ssh-client #telnet-client #terminal #terminal-emulators

Updated: 2026-08-06
Lists: 4 list mentions
First commit: 2016-12-23
History: 16 history points
License: MIT
Issues: 2,833 open

73,779

stars

Forks: 4,198
Commits: 6,513 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

Website GitHub

alacritty/alacritty

A cross-platform, OpenGL terminal emulator.

Stack

Rust Cargo

GitHub topics

#bsd #gpu #linux #macos #opengl #rust

Updated: 2026-07-14
Lists: 7 list mentions
First commit: 2016-02-21
History: 15 history points
License: Apache-2.0
Issues: 335 open

65,091

stars

Forks: 3,526
Commits: 2,489 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

Website GitHub

marktext/marktext

📝A simple and elegant markdown editor, available for Linux, macOS and Windows.

AI dev

Stack

TypeScript Electron Next.js React Tailwind CSS npm pnpm

GitHub topics

#dark-mode #editor #electron #focus-mode #latex #linux

Updated: 2026-07-27
Lists: 4 list mentions
First commit: 2017-11-12
History: 13 history points
License: MIT
Issues: 674 open

60,180

stars

Forks: 4,460
Commits: 2,077 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

Website GitHub

laurent22/joplin

Joplin - the privacy-focused note taking app with sync capabilities for Windows, macOS, Linux, Android and iOS.

AI dev

Stack

TypeScript Bundler Cargo CMake

GitHub topics

#android #dropbox #electron #enex-files #evernote #javascript

Updated: 2026-08-02
Lists: 8 list mentions
First commit: 2016-10-19
History: 43 history points
License: NOASSERTION
Issues: 621 open

55,812

stars

Forks: 6,205
Commits: 15,535 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

Website GitHub

PowerShell/PowerShell

PowerShell for every system!

AI dev

Stack

C# ASP.NET Core .NET SDK

GitHub topics

#command-line #hacktoberfest #linux #macos #netcore #powershell

Updated: 2026-08-20
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2015-02-12
History: 10 history points
License: MIT
Issues: 1,604 open

55,064

stars

Forks: 8,432
Commits: 11,511 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: 0 0.0%
Commit velocity, last 7 days: 0 0.0%

Website GitHub

agalwood/Motrix

A full-featured download manager.

Stack

TypeScript Electron Express Fastify React Cargo npm pnpm

GitHub topics

#aria2 #bittorrent #bt #download #download-manager #electron

Updated: 2026-08-11
Lists: 4 list mentions
First commit: 2018-12-19
History: 13 history points
License: NOASSERTION
Issues: 763 open

52,429

stars

Forks: 4,910
Commits: 1,176 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

Website GitHub

dbeaver/dbeaver

Free universal database tool and SQL client

AI dev

Stack

Java Maven

GitHub topics

#ai #database #databricks #db2 #dbeaver #erd

Updated: 2026-07-24
Lists: 2 list mentions
First commit: 2012-10-03
History: 10 history points
License: Apache-2.0
Issues: 3,329 open

51,147

stars

Forks: 4,300
Commits: 28,890 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

Website GitHub

iina/iina

The modern video player for macOS.

Stack

Swift

GitHub topics

#hacktoberfest #macos #mpv #swift #video #video-player

Updated: 2026-08-06
Lists: 4 list mentions
First commit: 2016-07-13
History: 12 history points
License: GPL-3.0
Issues: 1,927 open

45,846

stars

Forks: 2,884
Commits: 4,171 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

Website GitHub

vercel/hyper

A terminal built on web technologies

Stack

TypeScript Electron React React Native pnpm

GitHub topics

#css #html #hyper #javascript #linux #macos

Updated: 2026-06-29
Lists: 3 list mentions
First commit: 2016-07-01
History: 11 history points
License: MIT
Issues: 1,043 open

44,691

stars

Forks: 3,575
Commits: 4,066 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

exelban/stats

macOS system monitor in your menu bar

Stack

Swift

GitHub topics

#battery #bluetooth #clock #cpu #disk #fans

Updated: 2026-08-23
Lists: 3 list mentions
First commit: 2019-05-29
History: 89 history points
License: MIT
Issues: 22 open

41,410

stars

Forks: 1,495
Commits: 2,429 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: +137 +0.3%
Commit velocity, last 7 days: +6 +0.2%

Website GitHub

vim/vim

The official Vim repository

AI dev

Stack

Vim Script

GitHub topics

#c #cross-platform #text-editor #vim

Updated: 2026-08-15
Lists: 5 list mentions
First commit: 2004-06-13
History: 12 history points
License: Vim
Issues: 1,633 open

40,740

stars

Forks: 6,114
Commits: 24,278 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

Website GitHub

Kong/insomnia

The open-source, cross-platform API client for GraphQL, REST, WebSockets, SSE and gRPC. With Cloud, Local and Git storage.

AI dev

Stack

TypeScript Electron Express React Tailwind CSS npm

GitHub topics

#api #api-client #api-design #curl #electron-app #graphql

Updated: 2026-08-03
Lists: 6 list mentions
First commit: 2016-03-16
History: 15 history points
License: Apache-2.0
Issues: 864 open

39,922

stars

Forks: 2,359
Commits: 6,389 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

aseprite/aseprite

Animated sprite editor & pixel art tool (Windows, macOS, Linux)

Stack

C++ CMake npm

GitHub topics

#animated-sprites #animation #aseprite #c-plus-plus #cpp #draw

Updated: 2026-08-07
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2007-09-18
History: 10 history points
License: Unknown
Issues: 1,993 open

38,608

stars

Forks: 8,611
Commits: 10,662 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

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

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

balena-io/etcher

Flash OS images to SD cards & USB drives, safely and easily.

Stack

TypeScript Electron React npm

GitHub topics

#cross-platform #etcher #sd-cards #usb-drives

Updated: 2026-06-02
Lists: 3 list mentions
First commit: 2015-10-29
History: 12 history points
License: Apache-2.0
Issues: 684 open

34,138

stars

Forks: 2,402
Commits: 3,481 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

Website GitHub

MonitorControl/MonitorControl

🖥 Control your display's brightness & volume on your Mac as if it was a native Apple Display. Use Apple Keyboard keys or custom shortcuts. Shows the native macOS OSDs.

Stack

Swift Swift Package Manager

GitHub topics

#apple #brightness #control #ddc #display #external-monitor

Updated: 2026-04-19
Lists: 3 list mentions
First commit: 2016-09-27
History: 12 history points
License: MIT
Issues: 23 open

33,933

stars

Forks: 991
Commits: 289 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

Website GitHub

shadowsocks/ShadowsocksX-NG

Next Generation of ShadowsocksX

Stack

Swift CocoaPods

GitHub topics

#kcptun #macos #shadowsocks #shadowsocksx-ng #swift #v2ray-plugin

Updated: 2024-10-29
Lists: 3 list mentions
First commit: 2016-06-05
History: 13 history points
License: GPL-3.0
Issues: 306 open

32,892

stars

Forks: 7,768
Commits: 600 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

telegramdesktop/tdesktop

Telegram Desktop messaging app

AI dev

Stack

C++ CMake

GitHub topics

#messenger #multi-platform #telegram #telegram-desktop #telegram-solution

Updated: 2026-08-19
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2014-05-02
History: 8 history points
License: NOASSERTION
Issues: 1,013 open

32,652

stars

Forks: 7,108
Commits: 25,119 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: 0 0.0%
Commit velocity, last 7 days: 0 0.0%

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

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