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espanso/espanso

A Privacy-first, Cross-platform Text Expander written in Rust

Stack

Rust Cargo

GitHub topics

#espanso #linux #macos #productivity #productivity-tools #rust

Updated: 2026-07-19
Lists: 2 list mentions
First commit: 2019-08-30
History: 9 history points
License: GPL-3.0
Issues: 520 open

14,123

stars

Forks: 432
Commits: 1,629 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: 2 history points
License: MIT
Issues: 79 open

13,941

stars

Forks: 2,510
Commits: 1,596 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

Website GitHub

evilsocket/opensnitch

OpenSnitch is a GNU/Linux interactive application firewall inspired by Little Snitch.

Stack

Python gRPC Go Go modules pip

GitHub topics

#application-firewall #data-breach #firewall #linux #networking #security

Updated: 2026-07-08
Lists: 2 list mentions
First commit: 2017-04-16
History: 3 history points
License: GPL-3.0
Issues: 169 open

13,860

stars

Forks: 647
Commits: 2,284 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

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zhongyi-tong/electronic-wechat

:speech_balloon: A better WeChat on macOS and Linux. Built with Electron by Zhongyi Tong.

Archived

Stack

JavaScript Electron npm

GitHub topics

#electron #linux #macos #web-wechat #wechat

Updated: 2020-09-30
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2016-02-18
History: 9 history points
License: MIT
Issues: 208 open

13,845

stars

Forks: 2,665
Commits: 256 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

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d2phap/ImageGlass

🏞 A fast, open-source, modern image viewer for 90+ formats – including WEBP, GIF, SVG, AVIF, JXL, HEIC and more – built for smooth browsing across Windows, macOS, and Linux.

AI dev

Stack

C# Avalonia .NET SDK npm

GitHub topics

#avalonia #avif #cross-platform #csharp #dotnet #heic

Updated: 2026-07-13
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2012-12-30
History: 5 history points
License: NOASSERTION
Issues: 249 open

13,740

stars

Forks: 726
Commits: 5,686 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: 2026-07-05
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2013-05-01
History: 2 history points
License: NOASSERTION
Issues: 122 open

13,584

stars

Forks: 1,847
Commits: 4,644 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

Website GitHub

Zettlr/Zettlr

Your One-Stop Publication Workbench

Stack

TypeScript Electron Vue Yarn

GitHub topics

#desktop #docx #electron #html #languages #libreoffice

Updated: 2026-07-21
Lists: 4 list mentions
First commit: 2017-12-26
History: 8 history points
License: GPL-3.0
Issues: 498 open

13,284

stars

Forks: 819
Commits: 9,238 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: 0 0.0%
Commit velocity, last 7 days: 0 0.0%

Website GitHub

nmap/nmap

Nmap - the Network Mapper. Github mirror of official SVN repository.

Stack

C CMake .NET SDK PEP 517

GitHub topics

#asynchronous #c-plus-plus #libpcap #linux #lua #machine-learning

Updated: 2026-07-23
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2005-04-11
History: 9 history points
License: NOASSERTION
Issues: 665 open

13,234

stars

Forks: 2,857
Commits: 13,651 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: 0 0.0%
Commit velocity, last 7 days: 0 0.0%

Website GitHub

Canop/broot

A new way to see and navigate directory trees : https://dystroy.org/broot

Stack

Rust Cargo

GitHub topics

#balanced-bfs-descent #command-line #command-line-tool #fuzzy-search #hacktoberfest #linux

Updated: 2026-07-19
Lists: 5 list mentions
First commit: 2018-11-15
History: 7 history points
License: MIT
Issues: 243 open

12,840

stars

Forks: 303
Commits: 2,013 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: 0 0.0%
Commit velocity, last 7 days: 0 0.0%

Website GitHub

browseros-ai/BrowserOS

🌐 The open-source Agentic browser; alternative to ChatGPT Atlas, Perplexity Comet, Dia.

AI dev

Stack

TypeScript Axum Cobra React Tailwind CSS Bun Cargo Go modules

GitHub topics

#agent #browser #browseros #chromium #hacktoberfest #linux

Updated: 2026-07-27
Lists: 2 list mentions
First commit: 2025-04-28
History: 58 history points
License: AGPL-3.0
Issues: 57 open

12,757

stars

Forks: 1,344
Commits: 3,353 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: +308 +2.5%
Commit velocity, last 7 days: +102 +3.1%

Website GitHub

orf/gping

Ping, but with a graph

Stack

Rust Cargo

GitHub topics

#cli #command-line #graph #linux #network-monitoring #ping

Updated: 2026-07-16
Lists: 2 list mentions
First commit: 2015-10-17
History: 4 history points
License: MIT
Issues: 49 open

12,565

stars

Forks: 362
Commits: 748 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

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elkowar/eww

ElKowars wacky widgets

Stack

Rust Cargo

GitHub topics

#desktop #eww #gtk #gtk-rs #gtk3 #hacktoberfest

Updated: 2026-07-05
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2020-09-19
History: 5 history points
License: MIT
Issues: 373 open

12,540

stars

Forks: 530
Commits: 717 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: 2026-07-09
Lists: 2 list mentions
First commit: 2016-03-27
History: 5 history points
License: GPL-3.0
Issues: 84 open

12,209

stars

Forks: 1,237
Commits: 1,890 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

Website GitHub

Heroic-Games-Launcher/HeroicGamesLauncher

A games launcher for GOG, Amazon and Epic Games for Linux, Windows and macOS.

AI dev

Stack

TypeScript Electron React pnpm

GitHub topics

#amazon-prime #electron #epic-games-launcher #epic-games-store #epic-store #gaming

Updated: 2026-07-11
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2020-12-26
History: 5 history points
License: GPL-3.0
Issues: 852 open

11,802

stars

Forks: 644
Commits: 2,886 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

Website GitHub

grafana/pyroscope

Continuous Profiling Platform. Debug performance issues down to a single line of code

AI dev

Stack

Go Django Django REST Framework Express FastAPI Bundler Cargo .NET SDK

GitHub topics

#continuous-profiling #developer-tools #devops #find-bottlenecks #golang #hacktoberfest

Updated: 2026-07-16
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2020-12-03
History: 4 history points
License: AGPL-3.0
Issues: 400 open

11,551

stars

Forks: 773
Commits: 5,755 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

Website GitHub

0xJacky/nginx-ui

Yet another WebUI for Nginx

AI dev

Stack

Go Cobra Gin gRPC Go React Go modules npm pnpm

GitHub topics

#code-completion #copilot #cron #docker #go #letsencrypt

Updated: 2026-07-15
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2021-02-20
History: 4 history points
License: AGPL-3.0
Issues: 84 open

11,312

stars

Forks: 844
Commits: 2,402 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

Website GitHub

Kareadita/Kavita

Kavita is a fast, feature rich, cross platform reading server. Built with the goal of being a full solution for all your reading needs. Setup your own server and share your reading collection with your friends and family.

AI dev

Stack

C# Angular ASP.NET Core Entity Framework Express .NET SDK npm

GitHub topics

#annotations #cbz #comicinfo #comics #comics-reader #cross-platform

Updated: 2026-07-16
Lists: 2 list mentions
First commit: 2020-12-12
History: 6 history points
License: GPL-3.0
Issues: 179 open

11,241

stars

Forks: 630
Commits: 3,353 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

Website GitHub

krallin/tini

A tiny but valid `init` for containers

Stack

C CMake

GitHub topics

#c #docker #init #init-system #linux

Updated: 2025-05-08
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2015-02-22
History: 4 history points
License: MIT
Issues: 45 open

11,164

stars

Forks: 544
Commits: 244 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

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getpaseo/paseo

Orchestrate multiple coding agents from desktop and mobile

AI dev

Stack

TypeScript Electron Expo Express React Bundler Gradle npm

GitHub topics

#ade #agents #android #claude-code #codex #copilot

Updated: 2026-07-21
Lists: 2 list mentions
First commit: 2025-10-13
History: 6 history points
License: NOASSERTION
Issues: 828 open

11,014

stars

Forks: 1,080
Commits: 4,480 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: 0 0.0%
Commit velocity, last 7 days: 0 0.0%

Website GitHub

pwndbg/pwndbg

Exploit Development and Reverse Engineering with GDB & LLDB Made Easy

AI dev

Stack

Python pytest uv

GitHub topics

#binary-ninja #capture-the-flag #ctf #debugging #disassembler #exploit-development

Updated: 2026-07-07
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2015-02-10
History: 2 history points
License: MIT
Issues: 211 open

10,630

stars

Forks: 1,242
Commits: 3,069 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

Website GitHub

popcorntime/popcorntime

Popcorn Time™ puts everything in one place. Your favorite platforms, your shows, your movies-ready when you are.

AI dev

Stack

TypeScript Cargo npm pnpm

GitHub topics

#android #desktop #ios #linux #macos #popcorn

Updated: 2026-07-27
Lists: 2 list mentions
First commit: 2025-03-17
History: 38 history points
License: MIT
Issues: 65 open

10,618

stars

Forks: 730
Commits: 51 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: -2 0.0%
Commit velocity, last 7 days: 0 0.0%

Website GitHub

tariqbuilds/linux-dash

A beautiful web dashboard for Linux

Stack

JavaScript Express npm

GitHub topics

#dashboard #linux #linux-dash #monitoring #server #ui

Updated: 2024-04-16
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2013-10-16
History: 5 history points
License: MIT
Issues: 45 open

10,582

stars

Forks: 1,187
Commits: 864 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

Website GitHub

trimstray/the-practical-linux-hardening-guide

This guide details creating a secure Linux production system. OpenSCAP (C2S/CIS, STIG).

GitHub topics

#audit #centos #checklist #cis #guide #hardening

Updated: 2024-11-19
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2018-10-06
History: 2 history points
License: MIT
Issues: 9 open

10,572

stars

Forks: 668
Commits: 173 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

GitHub

phw/peek

Simple animated GIF screen recorder with an easy to use interface

Archived

Stack

Vala Meson

GitHub topics

#apng #gif #gif-recorder #gnome #gtk3 #linux

Updated: 2025-09-24
Lists: 2 list mentions
First commit: 2015-12-16
History: 2 history points
License: GPL-3.0
Issues: 5 open

10,565

stars

Forks: 334
Commits: 1,439 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: 0 0.0%
Commit velocity, last 7 days: 0 0.0%

GitHub

viarotel-org/escrcpy

📱 Display and control your Android device graphically with scrcpy.

AI dev

Stack

JavaScript Electron Vite Vue npm pnpm

GitHub topics

#android #genymobile #gnirehtet #gui #hacktoberfest #hacktoberfest2026

Updated: 2026-05-28
Lists: 2 list mentions
First commit: 2023-09-15
History: 7 history points
License: Apache-2.0
Issues: 30 open

10,539

stars

Forks: 738
Commits: 1,519 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: 0 0.0%
Commit velocity, last 7 days: 0 0.0%

Website GitHub

learnbyexample/Command-line-text-processing

:zap: From finding text to search and replace, from sorting to beautifying text and more :art:

Archived

Stack

Shell

GitHub topics

#awk #command-line #ebook #grep #linux #perl

Updated: 2024-06-05
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2017-03-25
History: 2 history points
License: Unknown
Issues: 0 open

10,189

stars

Forks: 704
Commits: 364 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

GitHub

webtorrent/webtorrent-desktop

❤️ Streaming torrent app for Mac, Windows, and Linux

Stack

JavaScript Electron React npm

GitHub topics

#bittorrent #electron #hacktoberfest #javascript #linux #macos

Updated: 2026-07-21
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2016-01-02
History: 7 history points
License: MIT
Issues: 79 open

10,094

stars

Forks: 1,030
Commits: 2,643 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: 0 0.0%
Commit velocity, last 7 days: 0 0.0%

Website GitHub

bottlerocket-os/bottlerocket

An operating system designed for hosting containers

Stack

Rust Cargo

GitHub topics

#containers #linux #operating-system #rust

Updated: 2026-07-17
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2019-04-03
History: 3 history points
License: NOASSERTION
Issues: 199 open

9,641

stars

Forks: 580
Commits: 8,038 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: 0 0.0%
Commit velocity, last 7 days: 0 0.0%

Website GitHub

runtipi/runtipi

Runtipi is a homeserver for everyone! One command setup, one click installs for your favorites self-hosted apps. ✨

AI dev

Stack

TypeScript NestJS React Vite Bun npm

GitHub topics

#homeserver #linux #self-hosted

Updated: 2026-07-10
Lists: 2 list mentions
First commit: 2022-03-26
History: 6 history points
License: GPL-3.0
Issues: 81 open

9,572

stars

Forks: 359
Commits: 4,315 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

Website GitHub

H-M-H/Weylus

Use your tablet as graphic tablet/touch screen on your computer.

Stack

Rust Cargo

GitHub topics

#android #android-application #app #browser #ffmpeg #hardware-acceleration

Updated: 2026-04-22
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2020-04-26
History: 5 history points
License: NOASSERTION
Issues: 154 open

9,391

stars

Forks: 377
Commits: 573 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

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