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hypr-realm

A Hyprland fork built for parallel, multi-actor computer use

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Zhangdroid /

drever

Drever – AI-first MDX presentations with expressive motion

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codecrafters-io /

build-your-own-x

CodeCrafters – Build Your Own <X> repo

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proxybasehq /

socks5-bridge

A local HTTP-to-SOCKS5 proxy bridge for Chrome

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jmisilo /

imessage-sdk

iMessage is the best interface, so I built TypeScript SDK for it

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zymazza /

mazzap

Open Source Digital Twin Platform

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Llucs /

backon

Backon – Python retry (zero deps, circuit breaker, async native)

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Morphsec88 /

vse-compute-over-storage

A simulation of a hybrid pulse-position and duration modulation concept

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asciimoo /

hister

Hister v0.17.0

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Sportacandy /

vivace

Vivace – A single-process Qt media player with interactive DVD menus

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cdiggins /

plato

The Plato Programming Language

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ai-for-developers /

awesome-vibe-coding

A curated list of tools and resources for vibecoders

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rusefi /

rusefi

Rusefi – GPL internal combustion engine ECU

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thedevilhimselfcodes /

CertAlloc

CertAlloc–An O(1) memory allocator formally verified -TLA+ and CBMC

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chattocorp /

chatto

Chattocorp/chatto: A good chat application that you can self-host

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hamzamansoorch /

envcontract

Envcontract – Validate your .env and never commit a secret (100% local)

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