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GoXLR-on-Linux/goxlr-utility

An unofficial tool to configure and control a TC-Helicon GoXLR or GoXLR Mini on Linux, MacOS and Windows.

Stack

Rust Actix Web Cargo

GitHub topics

#goxlr #goxlr-on-linux #linux #rust

Updated: 2026-06-08
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2022-01-03
History: 7 history points
License: MIT
Issues: 10 open

1,045

stars

Forks: 71
Commits: 2,343 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

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freeorion/freeorion

Source code repository of the FreeOrion project.

Stack

C++ CMake .NET SDK PEP 517

GitHub topics

#4x #freeorion #game #linux #macosx #multiplayer

Updated: 2026-09-12
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2003-04-29
History: 1 history point
License: Unknown
Issues: 521 open

1,039

stars

Forks: 180
Commits: 27,597 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: 0 0.0%
Commit velocity, last 7 days: 0 0.0%

Website GitHub

FreeterApp/Freeter

Freeter – a smarter way to work on your computer

Stack

TypeScript Electron React npm

GitHub topics

#app #linux #macos #productivity #software #windows

Updated: 2026-05-27
Lists: 3 list mentions
First commit: 2024-01-05
History: 12 history points
License: GPL-3.0
Issues: 13 open

1,021

stars

Forks: 62
Commits: 129 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

Website GitHub

Dadoum/Sideloader

Open-source cross-platform iOS app sideloader (yep, even Linux is supported). Alternative to Sideloadly, AltServer, SideServer, Cydia Impactor, iOS App Signer…

Stack

D Swift Package Manager

GitHub topics

#cli #codesign #cross-platform #d #dlang #gtk

Updated: 2026-02-12
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2023-04-26
History: 7 history points
License: GPL-3.0
Issues: 50 open

1,003

stars

Forks: 151
Commits: 133 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

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fportantier/habu

Hacking Toolkit

Stack

Python pytest pip

GitHub topics

#hacking #linux #network-analysis #networking #penetration-testing #pentest

Updated: 2025-12-30
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2017-08-18
History: 4 history points
License: BSD-3-Clause
Issues: 3 open

983

stars

Forks: 162
Commits: 371 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

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swiftyapp/swifty

🔑 Free Offline-first Password Manager

Stack

JavaScript Electron React npm Yarn

GitHub topics

#cipher #credentials #cryptography #desktop #desktop-app #electron

Updated: 2026-01-23
Lists: 3 list mentions
First commit: 2019-06-30
History: 10 history points
License: GPL-3.0
Issues: 95 open

944

stars

Forks: 79
Commits: 818 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

Website GitHub

topydo/topydo

A powerful todo list application for the console, using the todo.txt format.

Stack

Python PEP 517 pip

GitHub topics

#bsd #cli #cross-platform #hacktoberfest #linux #macos

Updated: 2026-08-31
Lists: 2 list mentions
First commit: 2014-06-08
History: 7 history points
License: GPL-3.0
Issues: 81 open

934

stars

Forks: 98
Commits: 1,474 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

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RareDevs/Rare

Rare is an open source alternative for Epic Games Launcher, using Legendary.

Stack

Python pip uv

GitHub topics

#epic-games #epic-games-launcher #frontend #games #legendary #linux

Updated: 2026-08-21
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2021-02-10
History: 5 history points
License: GPL-3.0
Issues: 39 open

926

stars

Forks: 42
Commits: 2,972 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

Website GitHub

tarka/xcp

An extended `cp`

Stack

Rust Cargo

GitHub topics

#command-line #copy-files #linux #solid-state-disks #sparse-files

Updated: 2026-06-23
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2018-10-04
History: 4 history points
License: GPL-3.0
Issues: 18 open

925

stars

Forks: 32
Commits: 803 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

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alpha-miner/Finance-Python

python tools for Finance with the functionality of indicator calculation, business day calculation and so on.

Stack

Python pip

GitHub topics

#chinese #cython #finance #linux #pricing #python

Updated: 2024-01-01
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2015-07-15
History: 4 history points
License: MIT
Issues: 9 open

910

stars

Forks: 148
Commits: 920 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

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DOMjudge/domjudge

DOMjudge programming contest jury system

Stack

PHP Symfony Composer npm PEP 517

GitHub topics

#competitive-programming #domjudge #domjudge-developers #domjudge-homepage #hacktoberfest #html

Updated: 2026-08-18
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2004-05-18
History: 7 history points
License: GPL-2.0
Issues: 114 open

906

stars

Forks: 293
Commits: 12,543 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

Website GitHub

Mudlet/Mudlet

⚔️ A cross-platform, open source, and super fast MUD client with scripting in Lua

AI dev

Stack

C++ Qt CMake

GitHub topics

#c-plus-plus-17 #cpp #cross-platform #game #hacktoberfest #linux

Updated: 2026-08-26
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2009-01-24
History: 5 history points
License: GPL-3.0
Issues: 603 open

906

stars

Forks: 376
Commits: 7,995 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

Website GitHub

iridakos/goto

Alias and navigate to directories with tab completion in Linux

Stack

Shell

GitHub topics

#aliases #bash #directories #linux #productivity #registered-aliases

Updated: 2024-07-26
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2018-03-04
History: 7 history points
License: MIT
Issues: 17 open

904

stars

Forks: 65
Commits: 151 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

Website GitHub

uroni/urbackup_backend

UrBackup - Client/Server Open Source Network Backup for Windows, MacOS and Linux

Stack

C Android React Vite CMake .NET SDK Gradle

GitHub topics

#backup #backup-solution #c-plus-plus #freebsd #linux #windows

Updated: 2026-08-30
Lists: 2 list mentions
First commit: 2011-01-06
History: 9 history points
License: AGPL-3.0
Issues: Disabled

900

stars

Forks: 169
Commits: 6,141 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

Website GitHub

tangrams/tangram-es

2D and 3D map renderer using OpenGL ES

Stack

C++ Android CMake Gradle vcpkg

GitHub topics

#3d-map #android #c-plus-plus #indic-scripts #ios #linux

Updated: 2024-01-08
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2014-08-27
History: 7 history points
License: MIT
Issues: 177 open

873

stars

Forks: 247
Commits: 7,080 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

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YuriSizuku/OnscripterYuri

An enhancement ONScripter project porting to many platforms, especially web.

Stack

C++ Android CMake Gradle vcpkg

GitHub topics

#android #arm #arm64 #emscripten #galgame #game

Updated: 2026-06-23
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2023-02-07
History: 5 history points
License: GPL-2.0
Issues: 16 open

840

stars

Forks: 59
Commits: 164 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

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AndyObtiva/glimmer

DSL Framework consisting of a DSL Engine and a Data-Binding Library used in Glimmer DSL for SWT (JRuby Desktop Development GUI Framework), Glimmer DSL for Opal (Pure Ruby Web GUI), Glimmer DSL for LibUI (Prerequisite-Free Ruby Desktop Development GUI Library), Glimmer DSL for Tk (Ruby Tk Desktop Development GUI Library), Glimmer DSL for GTK (Ruby-GNOME Desktop Development GUI Library), Glimmer DSL for XML (& HTML), and Glimmer DSL for CSS

Stack

Ruby Bundler

GitHub topics

#desktop #desktop-application-sdk #dsl #dsl-engine #framework #glimmer

Updated: 2026-04-07
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2006-12-20
History: 5 history points
License: MIT
Issues: 2 open

838

stars

Forks: 16
Commits: 21,535 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

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enkidevs/curriculum

👩‍🏫 👨‍🏫 The open-source curriculum of Enki!

GitHub topics

#ai #algorithms #blockchain #chatgpt #computer-science #css

Updated: 2026-07-25
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2016-11-29
History: 6 history points
License: NOASSERTION
Issues: 90 open

831

stars

Forks: 1,625
Commits: 16,463 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

Website GitHub

ddnet/ddnet

DDraceNetwork, a free cooperative platformer game

Stack

C++ Android Warp Cargo CMake Gradle

GitHub topics

#2d-game #ddnet #game #hacktoberfest #linux #macos

Updated: 2026-09-11
Lists: 3 list mentions
First commit: 2007-05-22
History: 6 history points
License: NOASSERTION
Issues: 1,032 open

825

stars

Forks: 660
Commits: 25,616 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: 0 0.0%
Commit velocity, last 7 days: 0 0.0%

Website GitHub

webui-dev/zig-webui

Use any web browser or WebView as GUI, with Zig in the backend and modern web technologies in the frontend, all in a lightweight portable library.

Stack

Zig

GitHub topics

#cross-platform-gui #gui #gui-library #linux #webui #windows

Updated: 2026-08-03
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2023-05-12
History: 5 history points
License: MIT
Issues: 10 open

825

stars

Forks: 36
Commits: 180 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

Website GitHub

ad-oliviero/uwufetch

A meme system info tool for Linux, based on nyan/uwu trend on r/linuxmasterrace.

Stack

GitHub topics

#linux #memes #uwu

Updated: 2026-04-14
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2021-01-18
History: 7 history points
License: GPL-3.0
Issues: 10 open

819

stars

Forks: 50
Commits: 630 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

GitHub

punesemu/puNES

Qt-based Nintendo Entertaiment System emulator and NSF/NSF2/NSFe Music Player (Linux, FreeBSD, OpenBSD and Windows)

Stack

C Qt CMake

GitHub topics

#6502 #c #c-plus-plus #clang #d3d9 #emulation

Updated: 2025-12-31
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2012-04-30
History: 5 history points
License: GPL-2.0
Issues: 59 open

817

stars

Forks: 47
Commits: 2,391 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

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kdabir/has

✅ checks presence of various command line tools and their versions on the path

Stack

Shell

GitHub topics

#bash #check #cli #commands #hacktoberfest #hacktoberfest2021

Updated: 2026-02-26
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2014-02-20
History: 7 history points
License: MIT
Issues: 20 open

816

stars

Forks: 58
Commits: 147 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

GitHub

obhq/obliteration

Experimental free and open-source PlayStation 4 kernel

Stack

Rust Cargo

GitHub topics

#aarch64 #freebsd #hypervisor-framework #kernel #kvm #linux

Updated: 2026-08-23
Lists: 2 list mentions
First commit: 2021-11-12
History: 5 history points
License: Apache-2.0
Issues: 82 open

814

stars

Forks: 29
Commits: 1,361 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

Website GitHub

greatest-ape/OctaSine

Frequency modulation synthesizer plugin (VST2, CLAP). Runs on macOS, Windows and Linux.

Stack

Rust Cargo

GitHub topics

#audio #clap #dsp #linux #macos #plugin

Updated: 2024-07-03
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2019-04-12
History: 4 history points
License: AGPL-3.0
Issues: 30 open

800

stars

Forks: 23
Commits: 2,181 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

Website GitHub

z-------------/CPod

(UNMAINTAINED) A simple, beautiful podcast app for Windows, macOS, and Linux.

Stack

JavaScript Electron npm Yarn

GitHub topics

#audio #electron #javascript #linux #macos #nodejs

Updated: 2024-01-13
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2015-06-06
History: 7 history points
License: Apache-2.0
Issues: 111 open

767

stars

Forks: 74
Commits: 1,336 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

GitHub

spotter-application/spotter

🔭 Productivity tool to launch everything

Stack

Dart Flutter CMake CocoaPods Dart Pub

GitHub topics

#alfred-alternative #launcher #linux #macos #open-source #productivity

Updated: 2023-12-18
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2022-11-02
History: 9 history points
License: GPL-3.0
Issues: 9 open

739

stars

Forks: 23
Commits: 71 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

Website GitHub

Kilian/fromscratch

Autosaving Scratchpad. A simple but smart note-taking app

Stack

JavaScript Electron Express React npm

GitHub topics

#desktop #electron #fromscratch #linux #macos #windows

Updated: 2022-12-10
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2015-11-14
History: 10 history points
License: MIT
Issues: 58 open

733

stars

Forks: 69
Commits: 234 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

Website GitHub

mellowcandle/bitwise

Terminal based bit manipulator in ncurses

Stack

GitHub topics

#bitwise #bitwise-operation #c #curses #linux #terminal-app

Updated: 2026-05-17
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2019-04-07
History: 7 history points
License: GPL-3.0
Issues: 13 open

717

stars

Forks: 29
Commits: 264 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

GitHub

whyboris/Video-Hub-App

Official repository for Video Hub App

Stack

TypeScript Angular Electron Express npm

GitHub topics

#angular #electron #electron-app #ffmpeg #file-browser #file-manager

Updated: 2026-07-09
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2017-10-03
History: 4 history points
License: MIT
Issues: 137 open

715

stars

Forks: 208
Commits: 1,779 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

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