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ilter-ai /

ilter

Self-hosted AI gateway – MCP, budget, PII, smart router, fallback

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simonw /

micro-javascript

Micro-JavaScript: A pure Python JavaScript engine, inspired by MicroQuickJS

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hrvach /

deskhop

Deskhop: Fast Desktop Switching Device

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crabbuild /

compass

Compass: Fast, local-first knowledge graph for understanding codebases

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getstanch /

stanch

Stanch – Dead man's switch that stops the bleeding when no one answers

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eozsahin1993 /

ragpack

RagPack – Lightweight self-hosted RAG infra for startups

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gettalong /

kramdown

Ruby Markdown Superset Converter

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rsub122 /

tabsmith-lint

Tabsmith-lint – catch Chrome Web Store rejections before you submit

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mi11ione /

swiftfilt

Swiftfilt – C++filt for Swift, with structured output

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Gazi-AI /

GaziDuino

GaziDuino – Web Arduino IDE with WebUSB/Web Serial Flashing

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ebitengine /

purego

purego: A library for calling C functions from Go without Cgo

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thorwhalen /

guise

Semantic Fingerprinting Made Easy

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disclose /

caido-lookup

Disclosure Lookup – a Caido plugin that finds where to report a vuln

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warmbly /

warmbly

Warmbly – Automate cold email outreach

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NanoNets /

Graft

Graft

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Wammero /

polymarket-sdk-cpp

Polymarket-SDK-cpp – C++23 SDK for Polymarket prediction markets

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xLightsSequencer /

xLights

XLights Is a Sequencer for Lights

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libstatic /

libvips

Static libvips builds, pick only the formats you need

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10#1314

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