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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: 4 history points
License: LGPL-2.1
Issues: 241 open

19,007

stars

Forks: 482
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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InterviewMap/CS-Interview-Knowledge-Map

Build the best interview map. The current content includes JS, network, browser related, performance optimization, security, framework, Git, data structure, algorithm, etc.

GitHub topics

#algorithms #blog #interview #javascript #react #vue

Updated: 2020-05-03
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2018-03-19
History: 4 history points
License: Unknown
Issues: 42 open

18,252

stars

Forks: 2,526
Commits: 630 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

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bcicen/ctop

Top-like interface for container metrics

Stack

Go Cobra gRPC Go Go modules

GitHub topics

#command-line #commandline #containers #docker #monitoring #runc

Updated: 2024-07-08
Lists: 5 list mentions
First commit: 2016-11-06
History: 8 history points
License: MIT
Issues: 120 open

17,834

stars

Forks: 588
Commits: 628 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

Website GitHub

ranger/ranger

A VIM-inspired filemanager for the console

Stack

Python pytest pip

GitHub topics

#console #file-launcher #file-manager #file-preview #vim

Updated: 2026-08-15
Lists: 4 list mentions
First commit: 2009-11-16
History: 9 history points
License: GPL-3.0
Issues: 899 open

17,378

stars

Forks: 941
Commits: 5,315 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

Website GitHub

thedaviddias/Front-End-Performance-Checklist

🎮 The only Front-End Performance Checklist that runs faster than the others

Stack

npm pnpm

GitHub topics

#checklist #css #front-end-developer-tool #front-end-development #frontend #guidelines

Updated: 2025-03-23
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2018-07-20
History: 4 history points
License: MIT
Issues: 0 open

17,332

stars

Forks: 1,255
Commits: 224 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

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rupa/z

z - jump around

Stack

Shell

Updated: 2024-06-19
Lists: 5 list mentions
First commit: 2009-06-19
History: 10 history points
License: WTFPL
Issues: 107 open

17,043

stars

Forks: 1,177
Commits: 217 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

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vasanthk/how-web-works

What happens behind the scenes when we type www.google.com in a browser?

Updated: 2023-03-13
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2015-10-17
History: 4 history points
License: Unknown
Issues: 7 open

16,739

stars

Forks: 1,740
Commits: 56 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

Website GitHub

fortra/impacket

Impacket is a collection of Python classes for working with network protocols.

Stack

Python Flask pytest pip

GitHub topics

#dcerpc #dcom #impacket #kerberos #msrpc #netbios

Updated: 2026-08-28
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2003-10-09
History: 4 history points
License: NOASSERTION
Issues: 319 open

16,056

stars

Forks: 3,956
Commits: 4,278 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

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s0md3v/XSStrike

Most advanced XSS scanner.

Stack

Python pip

GitHub topics

#waf-detection #xss #xss-bruteforce #xss-detection #xss-exploit #xss-python

Updated: 2025-04-26
Lists: 2 list mentions
First commit: 2017-06-26
History: 4 history points
License: GPL-3.0
Issues: 94 open

15,161

stars

Forks: 2,093
Commits: 475 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

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Bash-it/bash-it

A community Bash framework.

AI dev

Stack

Shell pip

GitHub topics

#bash #bash-alias #bash-completion #bash-configuration #bash-hacks #bash-prompt

Updated: 2026-08-09
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2010-10-02
History: 4 history points
License: MIT
Issues: 5 open

15,150

stars

Forks: 2,309
Commits: 4,590 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

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owasp-amass/amass

In-depth attack surface mapping and asset discovery

Stack

Go gRPC Go Go modules

GitHub topics

#attack-surfaces #dns #enumeration #go #golang #information-gathering

Updated: 2026-07-19
Lists: 5 list mentions
First commit: 2017-09-28
History: 7 history points
License: NOASSERTION
Issues: 238 open

15,053

stars

Forks: 2,174
Commits: 2,874 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

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tomnomnom/gron

Make JSON greppable!

Stack

Go Go modules

GitHub topics

#cli #json

Updated: 2025-05-31
Lists: 3 list mentions
First commit: 2012-09-08
History: 8 history points
License: MIT
Issues: 50 open

14,499

stars

Forks: 332
Commits: 223 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

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rstacruz/cheatsheets

Cheatsheets for web development - devhints.io

AI dev

Stack

SCSS Astro Tailwind CSS Vite Bundler pnpm

Updated: 2026-08-25
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2012-03-16
History: 4 history points
License: Unknown
Issues: 929 open

14,454

stars

Forks: 3,578
Commits: 2,252 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

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projectdiscovery/subfinder

Fast passive subdomain enumeration tool.

Stack

Go Go modules

GitHub topics

#bugbounty #hacking #hacktoberfest #osint #reconnaissance #subdomain-enumeration

Updated: 2026-08-27
Lists: 3 list mentions
First commit: 2018-03-31
History: 6 history points
License: MIT
Issues: 5 open

14,330

stars

Forks: 1,612
Commits: 2,246 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

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trimstray/nginx-admins-handbook

How to improve NGINX performance, security, and other important things.

Stack

Shell

GitHub topics

#best-practices #cheatsheet #hacks #handbook #http #https

Updated: 2024-11-19
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2019-01-27
History: 4 history points
License: MIT
Issues: 6 open

14,305

stars

Forks: 1,138
Commits: 1,338 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

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OJ/gobuster

Directory/File, DNS and VHost busting tool written in Go

Stack

Go Go modules

GitHub topics

#dns #go #pentesting #tool #web

Updated: 2026-08-30
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2014-11-14
History: 4 history points
License: Apache-2.0
Issues: 23 open

14,056

stars

Forks: 1,616
Commits: 607 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

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blaCCkHatHacEEkr/PENTESTING-BIBLE

articles

Updated: 2023-04-03
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2019-06-28
History: 4 history points
License: MIT
Issues: 28 open

13,940

stars

Forks: 2,465
Commits: 482 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

Website GitHub

jessfraz/dockerfiles

Various Dockerfiles I use on the desktop and on servers.

Stack

Dockerfile

GitHub topics

#bash #containers #docker #dockerfile #dockerfiles #linux

Updated: 2024-07-06
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2014-09-11
History: 4 history points
License: MIT
Issues: 77 open

13,936

stars

Forks: 2,503
Commits: 1,596 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

Website GitHub

Gallopsled/pwntools

CTF framework and exploit development library

Stack

Python pip uv

GitHub topics

#assembly #bsd #capture-the-flag #ctf #ctf-framework #defcon

Updated: 2026-08-16
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2013-05-01
History: 4 history points
License: NOASSERTION
Issues: 121 open

13,662

stars

Forks: 1,854
Commits: 4,653 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

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DNSCrypt/dnscrypt-proxy

dnscrypt-proxy 2 - A flexible DNS proxy, with support for encrypted DNS protocols.

Stack

Go Go modules

GitHub topics

#anonymized #anonymized-dns #dns #dns-over-https #dnscrypt #dnscrypt-proxy

Updated: 2026-08-27
Lists: 2 list mentions
First commit: 2018-01-08
History: 7 history points
License: ISC
Issues: 6 open

13,611

stars

Forks: 1,130
Commits: 2,644 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

Website GitHub

dbcli/pgcli

Postgres CLI with autocompletion and syntax highlighting

Stack

Python pytest PEP 517

GitHub topics

#database #postgres #postgresql #psql #python

Updated: 2026-08-27
Lists: 4 list mentions
First commit: 2014-10-12
History: 12 history points
License: BSD-3-Clause
Issues: 42 open

13,370

stars

Forks: 607
Commits: 2,442 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

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alibaba/tengine

A high-performance web server and reverse proxy, 100% compatible with nginx.

Stack

GitHub topics

#forward-proxy #health-check #http3 #kubernetes-ingress #load-balancer #lua

Updated: 2026-08-24
Lists: 2 list mentions
First commit: 2011-11-28
History: 6 history points
License: BSD-2-Clause
Issues: 501 open

13,340

stars

Forks: 2,504
Commits: 2,028 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

Website GitHub

threat9/routersploit

Exploitation Framework for Embedded Devices

Stack

Python pytest pip

GitHub topics

#bruteforce #creds #dictionary-attack #embedded #exploits #infosec

Updated: 2026-05-05
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2016-03-30
History: 4 history points
License: NOASSERTION
Issues: 97 open

13,224

stars

Forks: 2,397
Commits: 839 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

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s0md3v/Photon

Incredibly fast crawler designed for OSINT.

Stack

Python pip

GitHub topics

#crawler #information-gathering #osint #python #spider

Updated: 2026-08-07
Lists: 3 list mentions
First commit: 2018-03-30
History: 5 history points
License: GPL-3.0
Issues: 59 open

13,155

stars

Forks: 1,676
Commits: 333 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

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OWASP/mastg

The OWASP Mobile Application Security Testing Guide (MASTG) is a comprehensive manual for mobile app security testing and reverse engineering. It describes technical processes for verifying the OWASP Mobile Security Weakness Enumeration (MASWE) weaknesses, which are in alignment with the OWASP MASVS.

AI dev

Stack

Python Android CMake Gradle pip

GitHub topics

#android #android-application #compliancy-checklist #dynamic-analysis #hacking #ios

Updated: 2026-08-14
Lists: 2 list mentions
First commit: 2016-10-01
History: 5 history points
License: CC-BY-SA-4.0
Issues: 235 open

13,141

stars

Forks: 2,783
Commits: 10,722 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

Website GitHub

hadolint/hadolint

Dockerfile linter, validate inline bash, written in Haskell

Stack

Haskell

GitHub topics

#docker #dockerfile #dockerfile-linter #haskell #linter #shellcheck

Updated: 2026-08-24
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2015-11-15
History: 4 history points
License: GPL-3.0
Issues: 203 open

12,379

stars

Forks: 502
Commits: 1,420 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

GitHub

Idnan/bash-guide

A guide to learn bash

Updated: 2024-08-11
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2017-04-01
History: 4 history points
License: MIT
Issues: 27 open

12,373

stars

Forks: 1,042
Commits: 105 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

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danluu/post-mortems

A collection of postmortems. Sorry for the delay in merging PRs!

GitHub topics

#debugging #hacktoberfest #post-mortem

Updated: 2026-06-22
Lists: 2 list mentions
First commit: 2015-08-03
History: 6 history points
License: Unknown
Issues: Disabled

12,275

stars

Forks: 500
Commits: 389 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

Website GitHub

future-architect/vuls

Agent-less vulnerability scanner for Linux, FreeBSD, Container, WordPress, Programming language libraries, Network devices

Stack

Go Cobra gRPC Go Go modules

GitHub topics

#administrator #cybersecurity #freebsd #go #golang #linux

Updated: 2026-08-27
Lists: 2 list mentions
First commit: 2016-03-27
History: 7 history points
License: GPL-3.0
Issues: 87 open

12,243

stars

Forks: 1,240
Commits: 1,912 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

Website GitHub

dbcli/mycli

Rich MySQL Terminal Client with AutoCompletion, Syntax Highlighting, and Dataframes

AI dev

Stack

Python pytest uv

GitHub topics

#auto-completion #data-science #database #mycli #mysql #python

Updated: 2026-08-29
Lists: 4 list mentions
First commit: 2015-04-05
History: 12 history points
License: BSD-3-Clause
Issues: 1 open

11,970

stars

Forks: 697
Commits: 3,701 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

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