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Gitgit/git

The Git version control systemPersonalEnterpriseDeveloper toolsCLI★ 64kcommit yesterday

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Home Managernix-community/home-manager

Manage your user environment with NixPersonalDeveloper toolsCLI★ 10kMITcommit 5 hours ago

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Carbon Languagecarbon-language/carbon-lang

Experimental successor to C++PersonalEnterpriseDeveloper toolsCLI★ 34kcommit 2 days ago

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websocketdjoewalnes/websocketd

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

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lsdlsd-rs/lsd

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

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NvChadNvChad/NvChad

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

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nix-darwinnix-darwin/nix-darwin

Manage macOS with NixPersonalDeveloper toolsCLI★ 6kMITcommit 2 months ago

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Oh my tmux!gpakosz/.tmux

Pretty, versatile tmux configurationPersonalDeveloper toolsCLI★ 25kMITcommit 2 months ago

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