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July 2026 snapshot

Infrastructure✳

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King03-sam /

OSHotspot

OSHotspot – Linux WiFi hotspot manager (hostapd/dnsmasq/iptables)

InfrastructureLicense unchecked
20#037
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harmont-dev /

hyper

Hyper – distributed Firecracker microVM orchestrator written in Elixir

InfrastructureLicense unchecked
20#038
qxnode /

luks-deadman

Dead Man's Switch and USB Kill Switch for Linux, Security Project

InfrastructureLicense unchecked
20#039
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Cloud-V-10xE /

RISC-V-software

Prebuilt RISC-V64 Binaries for GCC, PyTorch, Kubernetes, and More

InfrastructureLicense unchecked
20#040
Poseidon-fan /

linux-0.11-rs

Linux 0.11 rewritten in idiomatic Rust, boots in QEMU

InfrastructureLicense unchecked
20#041
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BETAER-08 /

amdb

Amdb – Local code context MCP server, single Rust binary

InfrastructureLicense unchecked
20#042
HouzuoGuo /

hzgl-air-bridge

Defeat air-gapped systems by exfiltrating data using Apple Find My network

InfrastructureLicense unchecked
20#043
Kuucheen /

PixelKit

Im building PixelKit: A Linux alternative for Microsoft Powertoys

InfrastructureLicense unchecked
20#044
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urjitbhatia /

fruitbox

Fruitbox – Docker Compose for Apple's container runtime

InfrastructureLicense unchecked
20#045
291-Group /

LAN-Orangutan

LAN Orangutan Self-hosted network discovery for homelabbers v3.0.1 is out

InfrastructureLicense unchecked
20#046
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tomelliot /

all-ears

Local meeting notes transcriber, but linuxy

InfrastructureLicense unchecked
20#047
kubeswift-io /

kubeswift

KubeSwift, Kubernetes-Native VM Orchestration on Cloud Hypervisor

InfrastructureLicense unchecked
20#048
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nstarke /

embedded_linux_audit

Tool for Auditing Embedded Linux Hosts

InfrastructureLicense unchecked
20#049
stemdeckapp /

stemdeck

StemDeck: Free local stem separation, DAW mixer, mobile UI, Docker support

InfrastructureLicense unchecked
20#050
twinlights /

wispr-clone

Wispr-clone – offline push-to-talk dictation for Linux

InfrastructureLicense unchecked
20#051
coddingtonbear /

icloud-md

iCloud-md: Bidirectional sync of Apple Notes to Markdown

InfrastructureLicense unchecked
20#052
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wojtczyk /

serverload2

Serverload2 – sometimes all you want is a little server load monitor

InfrastructureLicense unchecked
20#053
maco30001 /

Mirror-Mirror

Mirror Mirror: Mirror your PC screen to your phone over your local network

InfrastructureLicense unchecked
20#054

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