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Open-source command-line tools you run from a terminal.

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Prime AgentPrimeIntellect-ai/prime-agent

Self-improving agent for codingPersonalAgents & frameworksCoding assistantsCLI★ 22kcommit 11 hours ago

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firecrawl-mcp-serverfirecrawl/firecrawl-mcp-server

MCP server for web scraping, crawling, and search with FirecrawlPersonalEnterpriseAI & LLM toolingMCP serversDocker / self-hostCLI★ 7.5kMITcommit 2 days agolive demo

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Cloudflare MCP Serverscloudflare/mcp-server-cloudflare

MCP servers for Cloudflare's platformPersonalEnterpriseMCP serversCLI★ 4.4kApache-2.0commit 3 days ago

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FFmpegFFmpeg/FFmpeg

Record, convert and stream audio and videoPersonalEnterpriseMedia & photosCLILibrary / SDK★ 65kcommit 10 hours ago

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Gitgit/git

The Git version control systemPersonalEnterpriseDeveloper toolsCLI★ 64kcommit 3 days ago

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TrendRadarsansan0/TrendRadar

AI-driven public opinion monitor and multi-platform trend aggregatorPersonalAI & LLM toolingMCP serversData & analyticsWebDocker / self-host★ 63kGPL-3.0commit 3 weeks agolive demo

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exoexo-explore/exo

Run frontier AI models across your own devicesPersonalLocal inferenceCLI★ 48kApache-2.0commit last month

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Home Managernix-community/home-manager

Manage your user environment with NixPersonalDeveloper toolsCLI★ 10kMITcommit yesterday

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Whisperopenai/whisper

OpenAI's general-purpose speech recognition modelPersonalEnterpriseAI & LLM toolingMedia & photosCLILibrary / SDK★ 110kMITcommit last month

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Carbon Languagecarbon-language/carbon-lang

Experimental successor to C++PersonalEnterpriseDeveloper toolsCLI★ 34kcommit yesterday

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websocketdjoewalnes/websocketd

Turn any program into a WebSocket serverPersonalEnterpriseDeveloper toolsCLI★ 17kBSD-2-Clausecommit 4 weeks ago

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OpenVPN Installangristan/openvpn-install

Set up your own OpenVPN serverPersonalSecurity & identityCLI★ 16kMITcommit 2 months ago

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Linuxtorvalds/linux

The Linux kernel source treePersonalEnterpriseInfra & DevOpsCLI★ 251kcommit 16 hours ago

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RustScanbee-san/RustScan

Modern, fast port scannerPersonalEnterpriseSecurity & identityDocker / self-hostCLI★ 20kGPL-3.0commit yesterday

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ZeroTierzerotier/ZeroTierOne

Virtual networks across the internetPersonalEnterpriseInfra & DevOpsDesktopCLI★ 17kcommit 2 months ago

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lsdlsd-rs/lsd

Next-gen ls commandPersonalDeveloper toolsCLI★ 16kApache-2.0commit 2 months ago

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ds4antirez/ds4

Local DeepSeek 4 inference enginePersonalLocal inferenceCLI★ 23kMITcommit 2 weeks ago

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AiderAider-AI/aider

AI pair programming in your terminalPersonalCoding assistantsCLI★ 49kApache-2.0commit 4 months ago

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NvChadNvChad/NvChad

Fast Neovim configurationPersonalEditors & IDEsCLI★ 29kGPL-3.0commit 3 months ago

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Claude Contextzilliztech/claude-context

Code search MCP for coding agentsPersonalEnterpriseMCP serversCoding assistantsCLI★ 13kMITcommit 3 months ago

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AI & LLM tooling · 99Agents & frameworks · 33Local inference · 8RAG & vector DBs · 7Coding assistants · 44Evals & observability · 4Agent skills · 10MCP servers · 23Developer tools · 108Web frameworks · 6Databases & backends · 6Editors & IDEs · 6API tools · 3Self-hosted apps · 19Notes & docs · 9Automation · 16Data & analytics · 8Infra & DevOps · 37Security & identity · 30Communication · 2Media & photos · 9Design & creative · 3

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