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zsh-users/zsh-autosuggestions

Fish-like autosuggestions for zsh

Stack

Shell Bundler

GitHub topics

#autocomplete #autosuggest #fish #shell #zsh #zsh-autosuggestions

Updated: 2025-06-24
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2013-10-26
History: 3 history points
License: MIT
Issues: 198 open

35,908

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Forks: 1,936
Commits: 562 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
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firecracker-microvm/firecracker

Secure and fast microVMs for serverless computing.

Stack

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
History: 4 history points
License: Apache-2.0
Issues: 90 open

35,703

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Forks: 2,532
Commits: 8,213 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

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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.

Stack

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
History: 3 history points
License: NOASSERTION
Issues: 215 open

33,162

stars

Forks: 3,508
Commits: 11,422 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

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cfenollosa/os-tutorial

How to create an OS from scratch

Stack

Updated: 2026-02-04
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2014-09-29
History: 40 history points
License: BSD-3-Clause
Issues: 130 open

30,632

stars

Forks: 3,556
Commits: 149 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: +2 0.0%
Commit velocity, last 7 days: 0 0.0%

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GoogleChrome/lighthouse

Automated auditing, performance metrics, and best practices for the web.

AI dev

Stack

JavaScript Express npm Yarn

GitHub topics

#audit #best-practices #chrome-devtools #developer-tools #performance-analysis #performance-metrics

Updated: 2026-07-26
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2016-01-15
History: 3 history points
License: Apache-2.0
Issues: 440 open

30,586

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Forks: 9,746
Commits: 6,601 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

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openssl/openssl

General purpose TLS and crypto library

Stack

GitHub topics

#cryptography #decryption #encryption #openssl #ssl #tls

Updated: 2026-07-28
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 1998-12-21
History: 3 history points
License: Apache-2.0
Issues: 1,575 open

30,515

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Forks: 11,372
Commits: 40,435 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

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micro-editor/micro

A modern and intuitive terminal-based text editor

Stack

Go Go modules

GitHub topics

#command-line #cross-platform #editor #go #golang #micro

Updated: 2026-08-03
Lists: 4 list mentions
First commit: 2016-03-11
History: 47 history points
License: MIT
Issues: 1,037 open

29,255

stars

Forks: 1,348
Commits: 3,529 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: +7 0.0%
Commit velocity, last 7 days: 0 0.0%

Website GitHub

tj/commander.js

node.js command-line interfaces made easy

Stack

JavaScript npm

Updated: 2026-07-27
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2011-08-14
History: 3 history points
License: MIT
Issues: 7 open

28,330

stars

Forks: 1,762
Commits: 1,517 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

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digitalocean/nginxconfig.io

⚙️ NGINX config generator on steroids 💉

Stack

JavaScript Vue npm

GitHub topics

#cdn #digitalocean #digitalocean-community-tools #drupal #gzip #hacktoberfest

Updated: 2024-12-14
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2020-04-27
History: 3 history points
License: MIT
Issues: 71 open

28,283

stars

Forks: 2,041
Commits: 322 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

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locustio/locust

Write scalable load tests in plain Python 🚗💨

Stack

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
History: 10 history points
License: MIT
Issues: 6 open

28,028

stars

Forks: 3,227
Commits: 6,516 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

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yeasy/docker_practice

最新Docker容器技术，从真实案例中学习最佳实践！| Learn and understand Docker&Container technologies, with real DevOps practice!

Stack

Go Django React Tailwind CSS npm pip

GitHub topics

#book #cloud-computing #container #devops #docker #kubernetes

Updated: 2026-07-28
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2014-09-05
History: 3 history points
License: Unknown
Issues: 0 open

26,175

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Forks: 5,791
Commits: 1,613 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

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robertdavidgraham/masscan

TCP port scanner, spews SYN packets asynchronously, scanning entire Internet in under 5 minutes.

Stack

C .NET SDK

Updated: 2026-04-23
Lists: 2 list mentions
First commit: 2013-07-28
History: 4 history points
License: AGPL-3.0
Issues: 414 open

25,888

stars

Forks: 3,234
Commits: 892 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

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rancher/rancher

Complete container management platform

Stack

Go Cobra gRPC Go Go modules npm

GitHub topics

#cattle #containers #docker #kubernetes #orchestration #rancher

Updated: 2026-07-28
Lists: 3 list mentions
First commit: 2017-11-14
History: 6 history points
License: Apache-2.0
Issues: 3,351 open

25,781

stars

Forks: 3,219
Commits: 14,790 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

Website GitHub

tsenart/vegeta

HTTP load testing tool and library. It's over 9000!

Stack

Go Go modules

GitHub topics

#benchmarking #go #http #load-testing

Updated: 2026-02-16
Lists: 2 list mentions
First commit: 2013-08-13
History: 3 history points
License: MIT
Issues: 121 open

25,135

stars

Forks: 1,418
Commits: 741 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

Website GitHub

radareorg/radare2

UNIX-like reverse engineering framework and command-line toolset

AI dev

Stack

C Meson npm

GitHub topics

#binary-analysis #c #commandline #disassembler #forensics #hacktoberfest

Updated: 2026-07-27
Lists: 2 list mentions
First commit: 2009-02-05
History: 4 history points
License: NOASSERTION
Issues: 824 open

24,447

stars

Forks: 3,282
Commits: 36,523 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

Website GitHub

StreisandEffect/streisand

Streisand sets up a new server running your choice of WireGuard, OpenConnect, OpenSSH, OpenVPN, Shadowsocks, sslh, Stunnel, or a Tor bridge. It also generates custom instructions for all of these services. At the end of the run you are given an HTML file with instructions that can be shared with friends, family members, and fellow activists.

Archived

Stack

Shell pip

GitHub topics

#ansible #anyconnect #censorship #openconnect #openvpn #shadowsocks

Updated: 2021-05-04
Lists: 2 list mentions
First commit: 2014-03-23
History: 3 history points
License: NOASSERTION
Issues: 237 open

23,483

stars

Forks: 1,954
Commits: 1,424 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

Website GitHub

osquery/osquery

SQL powered operating system instrumentation, monitoring, and analytics.

AI dev

Stack

C++ CMake pip

GitHub topics

#hacktoberfest #intrusion-detection #monitoring #security #sql

Updated: 2026-07-28
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2014-07-31
History: 3 history points
License: NOASSERTION
Issues: 618 open

23,413

stars

Forks: 2,584
Commits: 6,738 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

Website GitHub

shieldfy/API-Security-Checklist

Checklist of the most important security countermeasures when designing, testing, and releasing your API

GitHub topics

#api #jwt #oauth2 #security

Updated: 2026-07-21
Lists: 3 list mentions
First commit: 2017-07-08
History: 6 history points
License: MIT
Issues: 2 open

23,285

stars

Forks: 2,656
Commits: 374 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

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zsh-users/zsh-syntax-highlighting

Fish shell like syntax highlighting for Zsh.

Stack

Shell

GitHub topics

#screenshot #shell #syntax-highlighting #zsh #zsh-syntax-highlighting

Updated: 2026-02-08
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2010-12-25
History: 3 history points
License: BSD-3-Clause
Issues: 211 open

22,885

stars

Forks: 1,374
Commits: 1,335 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

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wsargent/docker-cheat-sheet

Docker Cheat Sheet

GitHub topics

#cheet-sheet #docker

Updated: 2024-12-31
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2014-08-05
History: 3 history points
License: CC-BY-4.0
Issues: 7 open

22,536

stars

Forks: 4,608
Commits: 434 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

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drduh/macOS-Security-and-Privacy-Guide

Community guide to securing and improving privacy on macOS.

GitHub topics

#apple #disk-encryption #dnscrypt-proxy #macbook-configuration #macbook-security #macos

Updated: 2026-08-03
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2015-08-31
History: 40 history points
License: MIT
Issues: 6 open

22,481

stars

Forks: 1,456
Commits: 1,038 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: +2 0.0%
Commit velocity, last 7 days: +13 +1.3%

Website GitHub

jarun/nnn

n³ The unorthodox terminal file manager

Stack

GitHub topics

#android #batch-rename #c #cli #command-line #developer-tools

Updated: 2026-07-17
Lists: 4 list mentions
First commit: 2014-10-07
History: 7 history points
License: BSD-2-Clause
Issues: 4 open

21,736

stars

Forks: 812
Commits: 4,615 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

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gentilkiwi/mimikatz

A little tool to play with Windows security

Stack

C .NET SDK

Updated: 2026-04-17
Lists: 2 list mentions
First commit: 2014-04-06
History: 4 history points
License: Unknown
Issues: 196 open

21,733

stars

Forks: 4,149
Commits: 355 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

Website GitHub

netbox-community/netbox

The premier source of truth powering network automation. Open source under Apache 2. Try NetBox Cloud free: https://netboxlabs.com/products/free-netbox-cloud/

AI dev

Stack

Python Django Django REST Framework React npm PEP 517 pip

GitHub topics

#cabling #dcim #django #infrastructure-management #ipam #netbox

Updated: 2026-07-29
Lists: 3 list mentions
First commit: 2016-03-01
History: 7 history points
License: Apache-2.0
Issues: 216 open

21,203

stars

Forks: 3,077
Commits: 15,517 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

Website GitHub

vulhub/vulhub

Pre-Built Vulnerable Environments Based on Docker-Compose

AI dev

Stack

Dockerfile Celery Django Django REST Framework Express Bundler Composer Maven

GitHub topics

#docker #docker-compose #dockerfile #vulhub #vulnerability-environment

Updated: 2026-07-22
Lists: 2 list mentions
First commit: 2017-04-10
History: 3 history points
License: MIT
Issues: 50 open

21,043

stars

Forks: 4,792
Commits: 2,549 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

Website GitHub

peass-ng/PEASS-ng

PEASS - Privilege Escalation Awesome Scripts SUITE (with colors)

Stack

C# CMake .NET SDK

GitHub topics

#bash #batch #batch-script #color #csharp #enumeration

Updated: 2026-07-26
Lists: 2 list mentions
First commit: 2019-01-13
History: 4 history points
License: NOASSERTION
Issues: 0 open

20,202

stars

Forks: 3,376
Commits: 2,095 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

Website GitHub

rakyll/hey

HTTP load generator, ApacheBench (ab) replacement

Stack

Go Go modules

Updated: 2026-01-10
Lists: 3 list mentions
First commit: 2014-01-05
History: 5 history points
License: Apache-2.0
Issues: 188 open

20,202

stars

Forks: 1,298
Commits: 302 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

GitHub

bee-san/RustScan

🤖 The Modern Port Scanner 🤖

Stack

Rust Cargo

GitHub topics

#docker #hacking #hacktoberfest #networking #nmap #pentesting

Updated: 2026-07-16
Lists: 5 list mentions
First commit: 2020-07-11
History: 7 history points
License: GPL-3.0
Issues: 60 open

20,183

stars

Forks: 1,360
Commits: 1,007 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

GitHub

nginx-proxy/nginx-proxy

Automated Nginx Reverse Proxy for Docker

Stack

Python

GitHub topics

#docker #docker-gen #nginx #reverse-proxy

Updated: 2026-07-27
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2014-05-05
History: 3 history points
License: MIT
Issues: 322 open

19,884

stars

Forks: 3,046
Commits: 1,716 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

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browsh-org/browsh

A fully-modern text-based browser, rendering to TTY and browsers

Stack

JavaScript Go modules npm

GitHub topics

#bandwidth-saver #http-performance #mosh #ssh #tty #vnc

Updated: 2025-07-11
Lists: 2 list mentions
First commit: 2016-04-22
History: 3 history points
License: LGPL-2.1
Issues: 241 open

18,955

stars

Forks: 481
Commits: 429 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

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