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bashalarmistalt /

decimen-optical-transfer

Decimen Optical Transfer: fountain-coded QR file transfer

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hernanmd /

class-diff

Class-diff: A Pharo classes comparer using Needleman-Wunsch

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10#974
warlock20 /

StartWithA

Start with A – Open-source, self-hosted investment research platform (BYOK AI)

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43081j /

tangleflow

Tangleflow: Converts GitHub Actions workflows to tangled workflows and back

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10#976
ceedotrock /

slid-phi

Slid phi 4.27% smaller than fib coding

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10#977
ibaaj /

distillfeed

DistillFeed: RSS reader with AI-ranked items and summaries

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10#978
rage-rb /

rage

Rage: Fiber-based Ruby web framework with Rails ergonomics and a unified runtime

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10#979
st6719 /

TernaryBreath

A 2-bit balanced ternary ALU simulation with built-in thermal shutdown (PoC)

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10#980
ariusxi /

artie-lens

Artie-lens – design metrics and a CI gate for TypeScript

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10#981
automattic /

harper

harper

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10#982
GitbookIO /

gitbook

GitBook: The open source front end for GitBook doc sites

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10#983
amoghmunikote /

cmpunlocker

Cmpunlocker – Unlock Full GA100 Compute and 64GB HBM2e on the Nvidia CMP 170HX

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10#985
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metadist /

synaplan

Scalable AI Management Platform

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10#986
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omarirfa /

IMAX-Analysis

IMAX Analysis throughout the years (1994 – 2026)

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10#987
Tryhard-cs /

reddit-download-tool

Free tool to download Reddit data from community dumps

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10#990

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