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shuu-beep /

arc-protocol

Arc – Delegated authority and audit for AI agent actions

AI & agentsLicense unchecked
11#1171
theadamdanielsson /

overllm

Overllm – flags where you're paying an LLM to do a regex's job

AI & agentsLicense unchecked
11#1172
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rishabhcli /

QAgent

QAgent – a self-healing QA agent that fixes bugs and opens PRs

AI & agentsLicense unchecked
11#1174
kevingosse /

ManagedDotnetGC

Fable wrote a .NET GC in C#, got within range of the stock GC in 2 days

Developer toolsLicense unchecked
11#1175
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DevMando /

MandoCode.Desktop

MandoCode Desktop – Native Windows AI Coding Assistant on Ollama .NET

Developer toolsLicense unchecked
11#1176
agustinvillegas /

repomap

Interactive architectural maps of your repo, show branches and commit diffs. AI

Developer toolsLicense unchecked
11#1177
kunal12203 /

GrapeRoot

People have saved 60M litres of water using this open source tool

Developer toolsLicense unchecked
11#1178
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webstonehq /

orchestrator

Orchestrator – a single-binary workflow orchestration tool

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11#1179
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loopedautomation /

agent-framework

I built an agent framework where the agent is just one file

AI & agentsLicense unchecked
11#1180
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zlaska /

FCS

FCS – an open protocol for splitting contributions in pre-company teams

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11#1181
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the0cp /

pico

Pico – a small embeddable scripting VM in C

InfrastructureLicense unchecked
11#1184
Thomeras /

agent_detective

Agent Detective – find which agent broke your multi-agent pipeline

AI & agentsLicense unchecked
11#1185
auxiliaryutils /

deskpad-app

DeskPad – Virtual Keyboard and Mouse for Android Desktop Mode

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11#1186
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anvilfilbert /

MacPad

MacPad – a tiny macOS Notepad.exe-style editor

CLI & editorsLicense unchecked
11#1187
ara3d /

gratify

Juicy Canvas UI Framework in TypeScript

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11#1188

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