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liballeg/allegro5

The official Allegro 5 git repository. Pull requests welcome!

Stack

C Android CMake Gradle

GitHub topics

#android #audio #c #game-development #linux #macos

Updated: 2026-07-27
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2000-05-14
History: 4 history points
License: NOASSERTION
Issues: 390 open

2,119

stars

Forks: 318
Commits: 12,168 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: 0 0.0%
Commit velocity, last 7 days: 0 0.0%

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fooyin/fooyin

A customisable music player

Stack

C++ CMake vcpkg

GitHub topics

#alsa #audio #audio-player #chiptune #cpp23 #customizable

Updated: 2026-07-13
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2022-06-20
History: 5 history points
License: GPL-3.0
Issues: 293 open

2,061

stars

Forks: 88
Commits: 5,218 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

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shellhub-io/shellhub

:computer: Get seamless remote access to any Linux device. Centralized SSH for the edge and cloud computing

Stack

TypeScript Astro Cobra gRPC Go React Go modules npm

GitHub topics

#cloud-computing #embedded #golang #hacktoberfest #iot #linux

Updated: 2026-07-13
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2019-06-04
History: 5 history points
License: Apache-2.0
Issues: 29 open

2,044

stars

Forks: 185
Commits: 8,248 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

Website GitHub

libretro/Lakka-LibreELEC

Lakka is a lightweight Linux distribution that transforms a small computer into a full blown game console.

Stack

Makefile CMake

GitHub topics

#embedded-systems #emulation #libreelec #libretro #linux #os

Updated: 2026-07-03
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2009-03-18
History: 4 history points
License: Unknown
Issues: 53 open

2,025

stars

Forks: 309
Commits: 48,543 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: 0 0.0%
Commit velocity, last 7 days: 0 0.0%

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da-luce/astroterm

A planetarium for your terminal! Explore stars, planets, constellations, and more, all rendered right in the command line—no telescope required. ✨🪐

Stack

C Meson

GitHub topics

#ascii #ascii-art #c #command-line #console #linux

Updated: 2026-04-01
Lists: 2 list mentions
First commit: 2023-06-16
History: 6 history points
License: MIT
Issues: 37 open

1,981

stars

Forks: 47
Commits: 193 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

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OtterBrowser/otter-browser

Otter Browser aims to recreate the best aspects of the classic Opera (12.x) UI using Qt5

Stack

C++ CMake

GitHub topics

#browser #bsd #c-plus-plus #cross-platform #linux #macos

Updated: 2026-07-23
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2013-06-04
History: 9 history points
License: GPL-3.0
Issues: 276 open

1,981

stars

Forks: 283
Commits: 10,964 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: 0 0.0%
Commit velocity, last 7 days: 0 0.0%

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aws/amazon-q-developer-cli

✨ Agentic chat experience in your terminal. Build applications using natural language.

Stack

Rust Cargo PEP 517 pip

GitHub topics

#agent #ai #amazon-q #cli #linux #llm

Updated: 2026-06-22
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2024-10-25
History: 5 history points
License: Apache-2.0
Issues: 1,296 open

1,978

stars

Forks: 437
Commits: 1,127 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

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ozmartian/vidcutter

A modern yet simple multi-platform video cutter and joiner.

Stack

Python pip

GitHub topics

#appimage #arch-linux #cross-platform #cython #ffmpeg #linux

Updated: 2025-04-24
Lists: 3 list mentions
First commit: 2016-08-15
History: 3 history points
License: GPL-3.0
Issues: 297 open

1,972

stars

Forks: 149
Commits: 1,759 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

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enzo1982/freac

The fre:ac audio converter project

Stack

C++ .NET SDK

GitHub topics

#aac #alac #audio #c-plus-plus #cd-ripper #converter

Updated: 2026-06-07
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2002-09-22
History: 9 history points
License: GPL-2.0
Issues: 220 open

1,916

stars

Forks: 93
Commits: 2,300 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

Website GitHub

toggl-open-source/toggldesktop

Toggl Desktop app for Windows, Mac and Linux

Archived

Stack

C++ Bundler CMake CocoaPods

GitHub topics

#desktop #linux #macos #objective-c #poco #qt

Updated: 2023-06-22
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2013-09-06
History: 7 history points
License: BSD-3-Clause
Issues: Disabled

1,869

stars

Forks: 282
Commits: 10,714 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: 0 0.0%
Commit velocity, last 7 days: 0 0.0%

Website GitHub

tanrax/maza-ad-blocking

Simple, native and efficient local ad blocker. Only Bash.

Stack

Shell Tailwind CSS npm

GitHub topics

#ads #bash #blocker-proxy #dnsmasq #linux #macos

Updated: 2025-11-24
Lists: 2 list mentions
First commit: 2020-01-03
History: 6 history points
License: Apache-2.0
Issues: 2 open

1,863

stars

Forks: 73
Commits: 166 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

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parvardegr/sharing

Sharing is a command-line tool to share directories and files from the CLI to iOS and Android devices without the need of an extra client app

Stack

JavaScript Express npm

GitHub topics

#android #browser #cli-app #clipboard-share #command-line-tool #filesharing

Updated: 2026-06-17
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2022-10-05
History: 6 history points
License: MIT
Issues: 0 open

1,837

stars

Forks: 74
Commits: 77 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: 0 0.0%
Commit velocity, last 7 days: 0 0.0%

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Sathvik-Rao/ClipCascade

ClipCascade is a lightweight utility that automatically syncs the clipboard across devices, no key press required.

Stack

Python Android React React Native Spring Boot Bundler CocoaPods Gradle

GitHub topics

#android #clipboard #clipboard-sync #docker #files #image

Updated: 2026-05-04
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2024-09-02
History: 5 history points
License: GPL-3.0
Issues: 24 open

1,820

stars

Forks: 75
Commits: 132 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

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oreboot/oreboot

oreboot is a fork of coreboot, with C removed, written in Rust.

Stack

Rust Cargo

GitHub topics

#bootloader #firmware #hacktoberfest #linux #oreboot #os

Updated: 2026-07-13
Lists: 2 list mentions
First commit: 2003-04-15
History: 3 history points
License: GPL-2.0
Issues: 64 open

1,794

stars

Forks: 114
Commits: 29,214 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: 0 0.0%
Commit velocity, last 7 days: 0 0.0%

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PabloLec/RecoverPy

Interactively find and recover deleted or :point_right: overwritten :point_left: files from your terminal

Stack

Python pytest uv

GitHub topics

#cli #console #cybersecurity #data #data-recovery #files

Updated: 2026-07-21
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2021-02-24
History: 6 history points
License: GPL-3.0
Issues: 1 open

1,779

stars

Forks: 88
Commits: 1,450 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: 0 0.0%
Commit velocity, last 7 days: 0 0.0%

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pencil2d/pencil

Pencil2D is an easy, intuitive tool to make 2D hand-drawn animations. Pencil2D is open source and cross-platform.

Stack

C++ Qt CMake

GitHub topics

#animation #bitmap #cartoon #cplusplus #drawing #graphics2d

Updated: 2026-05-20
Lists: 3 list mentions
First commit: 2010-10-04
History: 11 history points
License: GPL-2.0
Issues: 203 open

1,772

stars

Forks: 306
Commits: 5,336 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

Website GitHub

RocketChat/Rocket.Chat.Electron

The Secure CommsOS™ for mission-critical operations

AI dev

Stack

TypeScript Electron React npm Yarn

GitHub topics

#chat #collaboration #desktop #electron #foss #hacktoberfest

Updated: 2026-07-24
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2015-04-25
History: 9 history points
License: MIT
Issues: 233 open

1,693

stars

Forks: 831
Commits: 2,825 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: 0 0.0%
Commit velocity, last 7 days: 0 0.0%

Website GitHub

OpenPrinting/cups

OpenPrinting CUPS Sources

Stack

C .NET SDK

GitHub topics

#bsd #ipp #linux #printing

Updated: 2026-07-10
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2006-01-13
History: 5 history points
License: Apache-2.0
Issues: 28 open

1,679

stars

Forks: 306
Commits: 4,745 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

Website GitHub

Paxa/postbird

Open source PostgreSQL GUI client for macOS, Linux and Windows

Stack

JavaScript Electron npm

GitHub topics

#desktop-app #electron-app #javascript #linux #macos #postgresql

Updated: 2025-06-30
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2013-11-10
History: 9 history points
License: MIT
Issues: 53 open

1,632

stars

Forks: 129
Commits: 781 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: 0 0.0%
Commit velocity, last 7 days: 0 0.0%

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0xdea/frida-scripts

A collection of my Frida instrumentation scripts to reverse engineer mobile apps and more.

Stack

JavaScript

GitHub topics

#android #frida #ios #linux #mobile #reverse-engineering

Updated: 2026-03-19
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2017-08-30
History: 2 history points
License: MIT
Issues: 2 open

1,622

stars

Forks: 258
Commits: 83 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

Website GitHub

Ruslan-B/FFmpeg.AutoGen

FFmpeg auto generated unsafe bindings for C#/.NET and Core (Linux, MacOS and Mono).

Stack

C# .NET SDK

GitHub topics

#c-sharp #ffmpeg #linux #mono #osx

Updated: 2026-04-28
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2013-03-20
History: 3 history points
License: MIT
Issues: 9 open

1,600

stars

Forks: 359
Commits: 336 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

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Audio4Linux/JDSP4Linux

An audio effect processor for PipeWire and PulseAudio clients

Stack

C Qt CMake .NET SDK npm

GitHub topics

#audio #dsp #effects #equalizer #gst #gst-plugin

Updated: 2026-05-04
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2015-08-02
History: 5 history points
License: GPL-3.0
Issues: 67 open

1,480

stars

Forks: 51
Commits: 1,111 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

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orhun/systeroid

A more powerful alternative to sysctl(8) with a terminal user interface 🐧

Stack

Rust Cargo

GitHub topics

#hacktoberfest #kernel-parameters #linux #linux-kernel #linux-tools #procfs

Updated: 2026-01-01
Lists: 2 list mentions
First commit: 2021-09-24
History: 3 history points
License: Apache-2.0
Issues: 13 open

1,460

stars

Forks: 29
Commits: 661 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: 0 0.0%
Commit velocity, last 7 days: 0 0.0%

Website GitHub

superpoweredSDK/Low-Latency-Android-iOS-Linux-Windows-tvOS-macOS-Interactive-Audio-Platform

🇸Superpowered Audio, Networking and Cryptographics SDKs. High performance and cross platform on Android, iOS, macOS, tvOS, Linux, Windows and modern web browsers.

Stack

C++ Android Flutter React React Native Bundler CMake CocoaPods

GitHub topics

#aes #android #audio #cpp #cryptography #fft

Updated: 2026-06-24
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2014-05-12
History: 3 history points
License: Unknown
Issues: 3 open

1,440

stars

Forks: 286
Commits: 133 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

Website GitHub

lettier/gifcurry

😎 The open-source, Haskell-built video editor for GIF makers.

Stack

Haskell

GitHub topics

#animated-gifs #appimage #arch-linux #fedora #functional-programming #gif

Updated: 2021-08-13
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2016-01-13
History: 9 history points
License: BSD-3-Clause
Issues: 41 open

1,438

stars

Forks: 58
Commits: 28 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: 0 0.0%
Commit velocity, last 7 days: 0 0.0%

Website GitHub

qwersyk/Newelle

Newelle - Your Ultimate Virtual Assistant

Stack

Python Meson pip

GitHub topics

#adwaita #ai #app #gnome #gtk #gtk4

Updated: 2026-07-04
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2023-06-11
History: 57 history points
License: GPL-3.0
Issues: 28 open

1,427

stars

Forks: 120
Commits: 1,485 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: +3 +0.2%
Commit velocity, last 7 days: 0 0.0%

Website GitHub

aregm/nff-go

NFF-Go -Network Function Framework for GO (former YANFF)

Stack

Go Go modules

GitHub topics

#cloud #cloud-native #containers #dpdk #dpdk-driver #go

Updated: 2022-11-22
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2017-03-30
History: 5 history points
License: BSD-3-Clause
Issues: 65 open

1,419

stars

Forks: 160
Commits: 999 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

GitHub

laurent22/massren

massren - easily rename multiple files using your text editor

Stack

Go Go modules

GitHub topics

#go #linux #osx #rename-files #text-editor #windows

Updated: 2024-12-08
Lists: 0 list mentions
First commit: 2014-02-02
History: 32 history points
License: Unknown
Issues: 14 open

1,396

stars

Forks: 40
Commits: 193 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: 0 0.0%
Commit velocity, last 7 days: 0 0.0%

GitHub

rosehgal/BinExp

Linux Binary Exploitation

Stack

GitHub topics

#binaries #buffer-overflow-attack #bufferoverflow #consolidation #exploitation #format-string-attack

Updated: 2021-06-15
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2018-04-10
History: 2 history points
License: MIT
Issues: 4 open

1,359

stars

Forks: 209
Commits: 68 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

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poetaman/arttime

arttime is a CLI application that blends beauty of ASCII / text art with functionality of clock / timer / pattern-based time manager in terminal ⏰

Stack

Shell

GitHub topics

#ansi #ansi-art #ascii #ascii-art #cli #clock

Updated: 2026-05-10
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2022-05-20
History: 8 history points
License: NOASSERTION
Issues: 6 open

1,356

stars

Forks: 25
Commits: 529 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

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