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nodes-app /

swift-markdown-engine

I open-sourced a macOS native Markdown rendering engine

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zpphxd /

whitespace

I Made a Mac Native Excalidraw (Open Sourced)

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ivancernja /

crate

Crate – Wireless music manager for Android phones (open source)

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Jprnp /

pslink-dossier

Debugging why a PlayStation headset dongle freezes all Windows audio

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waruyama /

flattype-cyd-demo

Full complex text shaping and rendering on ESP32 with 320KB usable RAM

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pixel-point /

aval

Aval: New open-source format for interactive video on the web

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HeyMeco /

MecoScribe

MecoScribe: FOSS Local Audio Transcription for macOS with Speaker Detection

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tunetank /

tunetank-mcp

MCP for Royalty-Free Music and Sound Effects

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20#010
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orelvis15 /

cavs-oss

CAVS – Open-source content-addressable updates for game assets

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hgaiser /

moonshine

Moonshine: Lets you stream games from your PC to any device running Moonlight

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DeepFoldProtein /

patchr

Open-source GUI for editing 3D molecular structures with diffusion

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abhas9 /

escape-run

I vibe coded a free offline Math game for kids

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JieGouAI /

choreo

Choreo – an animation DSL that verifies its own rendered output

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henrygabriels /

binaural-studio

Audio Player with "Binaural Beats" tuned to the same key as your music

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jblanked /

Picoware

Open-Source Firmware for PicoCalc/Cardputer/Video Game Module/ESP32/Raspberry

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20#017

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