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esbuildevanw/esbuild

Extremely fast web bundlerPersonalEnterpriseDeveloper toolsCLI★ 40kMITcommit 2 months ago

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zoxideajeetdsouza/zoxide

A smarter cd commandPersonalDeveloper toolsCLI★ 40kMITcommit 2 days ago

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qmdtobi/qmd

Local search engine for your docsPersonalDeveloper toolsRAG & vector DBsCLI★ 30kMITcommit 3 days ago

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nnnjarun/nnn

Tiny, fast terminal file managerPersonalDeveloper toolsCLI★ 22kBSD-2-Clausecommit yesterday

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Eleventy11ty/buildawesome

A simpler static site generatorPersonalEnterpriseWeb frameworksCLI★ 20kMITcommit 3 days ago

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Lark CLIlarksuite/cli

Official Lark and Feishu CLIPersonalEnterpriseAgents & frameworksDeveloper toolsCLI★ 18kMITcommit 5 days ago

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tykTykTechnologies/tyk

Open source API and AI gateway supporting REST, GraphQL, and MCPPersonalEnterpriseMCP serversAPI toolsInfra & DevOpsDocker / self-host★ 11kcommit 4 days ago

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Pyreflyfacebook/pyrefly

Fast Python type checkerPersonalEnterpriseDeveloper toolsCLI★ 7kMITcommit 5 hours ago

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arcadedbArcadeData/arcadedb

Multi-model DBMS supporting graph, document, vector, and SQLPersonalEnterpriseDatabases & backendsMCP serversRAG & vector DBsWeb★ 1.2kApache-2.0commit 3 hours ago

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Helixhelix-editor/helix

Post-modern modal text editorPersonalEditors & IDEsCLI★ 46kMPL-2.0commit 6 days ago

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zxgoogle/zx

Write better shell scripts in JavaScriptPersonalEnterpriseDeveloper toolsAutomationCLI★ 46kApache-2.0commit 2 months ago

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AstroNvimAstroNvim/AstroNvim

Feature-rich Neovim configPersonalEditors & IDEsCLI★ 14kGPL-3.0commit last month

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CPythonpython/cpython

The Python programming languagePersonalEnterpriseDeveloper toolsCLI★ 77kcommit 2 hours ago

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ShellCheckkoalaman/shellcheck

Static analysis for shell scriptsPersonalEnterpriseDeveloper toolsCLI★ 40kGPL-3.0commit yesterday

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btoparistocratos/btop

Resource monitor for the terminalPersonalDeveloper toolsCLI★ 35kApache-2.0commit 5 days ago

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xonshxonsh/xonsh

Python-powered shellPersonalDeveloper toolsCLI★ 9.7kcommit 6 days ago

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SQLitesqlite.org

The most widely deployed database engine in the worldPersonalEnterpriseDatabases & backendsCLILibrary / SDK★ 0blessing

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Powerlevel10kromkatv/powerlevel10k

Fast, flexible Zsh themePersonalDeveloper toolsCLI★ 55kMITcommit 4 weeks ago

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Czkawkaqarmin/czkawka

Find duplicates, empty folders and similar imagesPersonalDeveloper toolsDesktopCLI★ 34kcommit 3 weeks ago

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jckellyjonbrazil/jc

Convert command output to JSONPersonalEnterpriseDeveloper toolsCLILibrary / SDK★ 8.7kMITcommit 2 weeks ago

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