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July 2026 snapshot

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idleCyrex /

topolines

Topolines – animated topographic contour backgrounds for React

Web developmentLicense unchecked
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reillyjodonnell /

react-driller

React Driller

Web developmentLicense unchecked
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MIR-2025 /

brave-ext

Split Screen – browser workspaces to replace tab sprawl (free, local)

Web developmentLicense unchecked
10#039
alexzeitler /

aceto

Aceto: Browser overlay and MCP building HTML mockups together with an AI

Web developmentLicense unchecked
10#040
paradise-runner /

background-clouds

Ambient Website Background Clouds

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10#041
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rafaelEt /

opentrust

OpenTrust – Browser trust signals for the AI era

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10#042
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Rakosn1cek /

Mise

Mise – A keyboard-driven Python/Qt6 browser built for fanless laptops

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10#043
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hirasso /

html-obfuscator

My Approach to HTML Obfuscation

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10#044
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skorotkiewicz /

psycho-odin

Psycho – An audio-reactive roller-coaster game in Odin

Web developmentLicense unchecked
10#045
minh-ton /

reynard-browser

Reynard: A real Firefox web browser for iOS 13 or later

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10#046
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Dicklesworthstone /

franken_markdown

FrankenMarkdown, Render .md Files to PDF/HTML (also in browser)

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10#047
HexCodeYT /

PlainLink

PlainLink – clean tracking URLs at the clipboard, not the browser

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10#048
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1gr14 /

point0

Point0 – a fullstack TypeScript framework on Bun and React

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amruthpillai /

reactive-resume

Reactive Resume v5 – free, private, self-hostable resume builder

Web developmentLicense unchecked
10#050
posabsolute /

zork-ui

Zork in browser with hand-crafted animated pixel-art scenes

Web developmentLicense unchecked
10#051
larrasket /

org-pad.el

Seamless iPad (or any device that can run a web browser) drawing into org-mode

Web developmentLicense unchecked
10#052
Kaj2T /

SmartGif

Embedding HTML+JS in an Imgur Image

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10#053
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affineui /

affineui

AffineUI a 2 file C++ GPU/HTML5 UI that can replace Electron

Web developmentLicense unchecked
10#054

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