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PocketBase - Open-Source Realtime Backend in One File
PocketBase is an opensource backend project that describes itself as a realtime backend in one file. The repository and documentation frame it as both a standalone application and a Go framework, built around SQLite,...
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Scientific Agent Skills - Research Skills for AI Agents
Scientific Agent Skills is a GitHub repository from KDenseAI that packages a large set of readytouse skills for AI agents working on research, science, engineering, analysis,...
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OpenRouter - Unified Interface for LLM Access
OpenRouter describes itself as a unified interface for large language models. Its homepage positions the service around one API for accessing major models, with OpenAI SDK...
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OpenHuman - Open Source Personal AI Agent
OpenHuman is an open source personal AI assistant from tinyhumansai. The GitHub repository describes it as a private, simple, and powerful “personal AI super intelligence,” while...
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Polar - Billing Infrastructure for Developer-Led Software
Polar presents itself as a billing platform for the intelligence era: a way for software teams to turn usage, subscriptions, seats, credits, trials, and discounts into revenue...
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yfinance - Python Library for Yahoo Finance Market Data
yfinance is an opensource Python library for downloading financial and market data from Yahoo Finance. The project presents itself as a Pythonic interface around Yahoo Finance’s...
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SubEthaEdit: Collaborative Plain-Text Editing for Mac
SubEthaEdit is a plaintext editor for macOS with a longrunning focus on live collaborative editing. Its own positioning is direct: “Code, Write, Edit. Together.” That makes it...
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DocuSeal - Open-Source Document Signing Platform
DocuSeal is an opensource platform for preparing, filling, and signing digital documents. Its GitHub README presents it as a tool for creating PDF forms that can be filled and...
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Coolify - Self-Hosted Deployment Platform for Apps and Databases
Coolify is an opensource, selfhostable control plane for deploying applications, databases, and hundreds of oneclick services to infrastructure you own. It positions itself as an...
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nocodb/nocodb: Open Source Airtable Alternative
NocoDB is a nocode data platform that places a spreadsheetstyle interface on top of relational databases. It is often described as an Airtable alternative, but its real strength is...
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GitHub - steff393/wbec: Control Heidelberg Wallbox Energy Control over WiFi using ESP8266
Control Heidelberg Wallbox Energy Control over WiFi using ESP8266 github.com/steff393/wbec
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SmartTV Blocklist PiHole
This is a blocklist to block smartTVs sending metadata back home, sometimes with the added benefit of blocking interface ads for apps and movie services....
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Medusa: Open Source Shopify alternative
The Open Source Shopify Alternative Create a headless commerce store in minutes and start your growth journey on a fast and flexible foundation. www.medusajs.com/
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blockplate | Simple, Reliable Seed Phrase Storage – Blockplate
Blockplate is a physical seed phrase backup product designed for longterm cryptocurrency wallet recovery. Its core idea is straightforward: store wallet recovery words on durable...
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Hola VPN - hola.org
Hola is a freemium web and mobile application which provides a form of VPN service to its users through a peertopeer network.
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Duplicati
Free backup software to store encrypted backups online For Windows, macOS and Linux www.duplicati.com/
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FINRA Monthly Margin Statistics
Pursuant to FINRA Rule 4521(d), FINRA member firms carrying margin accounts for customers are required to submit, on a settlement date basis, as of the last business day of the...
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Tyler Hobbs | Generative Art
Tyler Hobbs is a visual artist from Austin, Texas who works primarily with algorithms, plotters, and paint. His artwork focuses on computational aesthetics, how they are shaped by...
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RegExp Download Organizer - Chrome Web Store
This extension allows you to set custom download locations with a flexible and strong RegExpbased rules. You can literally use all the power of regular expressions in your rules...
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Obsidian - Free Local-First Second Brain for Notes and Ideas
Obsidian is a notetaking and knowledgemanagement app built around a simple but durable idea: your notes live as plain text Markdown files, stored locally, and connected through...
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Alitools - AliExpress Price Tracker Extension: Price History, Shopping Assistant
Alitools is a shopping assistant focused on AliExpress, built around a simple promise: help buyers make better decisions before clicking "buy." Its core features include price...
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BuildShip | Visual Low-code Backend Builder
BuildShip is a visual backend and workflow platform designed for teams that want nocode speed with the option to drop into full code when necessary. Its positioning is clear:...
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objkt - Digital Art Marketplace on Tezos
objkt is a digital art and NFT marketplace built around the Tezos blockchain. Its official site describes it as the largest digital art and collectible marketplace on Tezos, while...
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fxhash - Generative Digital Art Platform and Marketplace
fxhash is a digital art platform centered on generative art: artworks created through code, systems, randomness, and algorithmic variation. The official site presents it as a place...
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yt-dlp/yt-dlp: A feature-rich command-line audio/video downloader
ytdlp is one of the most capable opensource commandline downloaders for online video and audio sources. It began as a fork of youtubedl, but has become a more actively maintained...