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Taste Skill - Frontend Design Skills for AI Coding Agents
Taste Skill is an opensource collection of portable agent skills for improving AIgenerated frontend work. The project describes itself as an antislop frontend framework for AI agents, with rules that push tools such as...
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Open Notebook - Private AI-Powered Research Notebook
Open Notebook is an opensource, privacyfocused alternative to Google's NotebookLM for people who want an AIassisted research and notetaking workspace under their own control. The...
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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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Happy - Mobile and Web Client for Claude Code and Codex
Happy is an opensource project that describes itself as a mobile and web client for Claude Code and Codex. Its core promise is straightforward: let a developer use AI coding agents...
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cmux - macOS Terminal for AI Coding Agents
cmux is a macOS terminal project from manaflowai that presents itself as a Ghosttybased terminal with vertical tabs and notifications for AI coding agents. The repository README...
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yt-dlp - Command-Line Audio and Video Downloader
ytdlp is a featurerich commandline audio and video downloader. Its GitHub repository describes it as a fork of youtubedl, based on the now inactive youtubedlc, with support for...
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LibreDesk - Self-Hosted Omnichannel Customer Support Desk
LibreDesk is an opensource, selfhosted customer support desk for teams that want live chat, email, and related support workflows under their own operational control. The GitHub...
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ntfy - HTTP-Based Push Notifications for Phone and Desktop
ntfy is an opensource notification project for sending push messages to a phone or desktop through simple HTTP PUT or POST requests. The repository describes it as a small...
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Kopia - Cross-Platform Backup Tool with Encrypted Snapshots
Kopia is an opensource backup and restore tool for Windows, macOS, and Linux. Its GitHub repository describes a crossplatform project with CLI and GUI options, fast incremental...
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miflora-mqtt-daemon - MQTT Bridge for Xiaomi Mi Flora Plant Sensors
mifloramqttdaemon is a Linux Python service for collecting data from Xiaomi Mi Flora plant sensors and forwarding that data to an MQTT broker for smart home use. The repository...
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Home Assistant - Open Source Home Automation Platform
Home Assistant is an opensource home automation project centered on local control, privacy, and a communitydriven approach to the smart home. Its GitHub organization describes the...
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ESPHome - Open-Source Firmware Framework for Home Automation Hardware
ESPHome is an opensource system for turning microcontrollers and supported boards into smart home devices through YAML configuration rather than handwritten firmware. The project...
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Vaultwarden - Lightweight Self-Hosted Bitwarden Compatible Server
Vaultwarden is an unofficial server implementation of the Bitwarden Client API, written in Rust and aimed at people who want a lighter selfhosted option than running the official...
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Awesome Security - Curated Security Resources and Tools
Awesome Security is a communitydriven GitHub collection of security software, libraries, documents, books, and related resources. The repository describes its goal as building a...
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WordPress - The Open Publishing Platform Behind Much of the Web
WordPress is one of the most consequential pieces of opensource software on the web: a publishing system, a content management platform, a developer ecosystem, and, for many site...
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Git Updater - Git-Hosted Updates for WordPress Plugins and Themes
Git Updater is a WordPress plugin for updating plugins, themes, and language packs from Githosted repositories. The project describes support for GitHubhosted WordPress plugins and...
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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...