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imbue-ai /

catalyst

Open-source AI scientist for semi-autonomous theory discovery

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RajX-dev /

N3MO

N3MO – Deterministic code intelligence via AST parsing, no embeddings

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kirandas-reload /

tiyov

Tiyov, real-time speech translation in your own voice

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column-tax /

tax-calc-bench

TaxCalcBench: An open source eval for testing if AI can file taxes

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juan23z /

openclaw-audit

OpenClaw – Solidity scanner with 0 false positives across OpenZeppelin

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github /

freno

GitHub Freno: cooperative, highly available throttler service

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getorb /

Orb-Backend

Orb – Self-hosted AI assistant that messages you first

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Liyfez /

PosSol

How to Display Stocks on GitHub Profile

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temperlang /

temper

Temper – A programming language for libraries translated to all the others

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furstenheim /

pg-jason-validator

Pg-jason-validator fastest JSON schema validation via C Macros

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TorqueGameEngines /

Torque2D

Torque2D 4.0 Early Access 3

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NVlabs /

CuTe

PyCuTe: Reference implementation and examples of the CuTe Layout

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ojosdelbarrocogaleria-arte-Granada /

human-face-geometry-code

The Abstract Human Protocol – A painting as open-source code

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saxocellphone /

Runko

Runko – monorepo platform on Git, with stacked review and workspaces

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Ajay6601 /

embedcache

Embedcache – Cut embedding API costs by caching redundant requests

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