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joneslloyd /

agent-skills

Counterpart Analysis Skill

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homayounmmdy /

rtl-text-tools

RTL Text Tools – A zero-dependency text processing toolkit for RTL languages

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joonfjp /

ripeclips

Self-hosted, fast clip generator for macOS

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10#939
kazah-png /

nyx-os

NyxOS

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Haeata-Ash /

hanky

Hanky – ETL style framework for loading flash cards into Anki

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jimcase /

capacitor-pq-secure-storage

Post-quantum signing keys that never leave the iPhone's Secure Enclave

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backthread /

add-reasoning-to-prs

add-reasoning-to-prs: a hook that adds unnoticed assumptions to PR desc

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10#943
50YearsPhone /

vision-50-years-phone

Vision 50 Years Phone – Keeping old Android phones fast without root

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qorm /

jsbin

Title: Show HN: a zero-dependency, self-hosting JavaScript-to-native compiler

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letsseal /

letsseal

Let's Seal – Let's Encrypt for document signing, free and self-hosted

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aibudaevv /

sip-exporter

Sip-exporter – passive eBPF-based SIP/RTP monitoring with Prometheus

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amiorin /

red

Red is a TypeScript/Bun library for building idempotent DevOps CLIs

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JustVugg /

gonk

GONK – Lightweight Edge-Native API Gateway in Go

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mohamadomar-ai /

kairos-engine

Kairos Engine – a pipeline that kills trading strategies before they cost money

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eshengsky /

Codex-Sidecar

Codex Sidecar – A Local macOS Companion for Codex Desktop

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10#953
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varadTheDeveloper /

forge-runtime

Forge – A JavaScript runtime built on Mozilla SpiderMonkey

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10#954

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