I have decided to not use GitHub stars any more. Mainly because it excludes projects not on GitHub. Also keeping things in a Org mode means I can classify and add notes. See also [[TOOLS.org][tools I use]]. * Coding ** Version control and code management - https://github.com/josh-project/josh Simpler alternative to moe/copybara. [[https://github.com/rust-lang/josh-sync][Wrapper tool for CI]] - https://martinvonz.github.io/jj/ Alternative Git frontend - https://github.com/copier-org/copier/ - project templater - https://github.com/Skyscanner/turbolift - operating on multiple repos - https://github.com/sourcegraph/doctree - code browser - https://mergiraf.org/ - Language-aware merge conflict solver - https://forge.rust-lang.org/triagebot/range-diff.html show diffs after rewriting history - https://github.com/antonmedv/gitmal - "web repo browsing" as static site generator - https://opendev.org/opendev an OSS-based full infra setup- both service and blueprint *** CI/CD - https://github.com/earthly/earthly - Standalone build tool with containers - https://github.com/reviewdog/reviewdog - Error parser than can annotate GitHub pull requests - http://jk.ozlabs.org/projects/patchwork/ - Mailing list patch parser - https://github.com/bazelbuild/remote-apis - Bazel's remote APIs for compiling, artifacts, and log streaming; with links to projects that support them - https://github.com/lima-vm/lima-actions - Lima for GitHub Actions - https://cloud.devenv.sh/ Nix-based CI for GitHub - https://github.com/cirruslabs/ - CI for GitHub, with Starlark workflow definitions that can import definitions from other places. (Cannot be self hosted, only runners.) (Has [[https://github.com/cirruslabs/cirrus-cli][an interesting CLI]].) ** Observability - https://github.com/equinix-labs/otel-cli - https://github.com/hyperdxio/hyperdx ** Web development - https://github.com/fastly/pushpin - A proxy server for adding push to your API - https://xtermjs.org/ - Terminals on the web - https://github.com/BafS/Gutenberg - Printing - https://github.com/barbajs/barba - Smooth transitions - https://github.com/kristopolous/BOOTSTRA.386 - https://github.com/radiac/nanodjango - https://github.com/plone/diazo templating using "golden" HTML *** Frameworks - https://github.com/mit-pdos/noria - https://github.com/frappe/frappe - https://github.com/aquametalabs/aquameta - https://github.com/urweb/urweb - https://github.com/workflowproducts/envelope - https://github.com/PostgREST/postgrest ** Notebooks - https://github.com/ronkok/Hurmet Pretty LaTeX-style "arithmetic" notebooks - https://github.com/jupytercalpoly/reactivepy - https://github.com/executablebooks/jupyter-book - https://github.com/OKUA1/juvio - Git-friendly notebooks with uv for dependencies ** Testing - https://github.com/Mikuu/Micoo - visual diff testing - https://github.com/minimaxir/big-list-of-naughty-strings ** Literate - https://github.com/kosmikus/lhs2tex - https://github.com/simplistix/sybil - testing in documentation ** Distributed - https://github.com/unisonweb/unison *** RPC **** gRPC - https://github.com/grpc/grpc-web - https://github.com/twitchtv/twirp - Simple protobuf+HTTP RPC *** P2P - https://github.com/n0-computer/iroh - https://github.com/magic-wormhole/magic-wormhole ** Data - https://github.com/singer-io/getting-started - https://github.com/dflemstr/rq - Record tool *** BI - https://github.com/getredash/redash - https://github.com/metabase/metabase *** Tabular data - https://github.com/gristlabs/grist-core - https://github.com/aardappel/treesheets *** Relational databases - https://github.com/EvgSkv/logica - [[https://prql-lang.org/]] - https://github.com/edgedb/edgedb - Graphs - https://github.com/lorint/AdventureWorks-for-Postgres **** Embedded databases - https://github.com/zonkyio/embedded-postgres-binaries - Embedded PostgreSQL - https://github.com/orm011/pgserver - Pip-installable, embedded-like postgres server for your python app - https://github.com/cozodb/cozo - Datalog in Rust, different backends **** Tools - https://github.com/dbcli/pgcli - https://github.com/okbob/pspg - https://github.com/djrobstep/migra - https://github.com/julianhyde/sqlline - https://github.com/monkeysintown/jdbc-ssh - https://github.com/xataio/pgroll PostgreSQL migrations based on switching schemas - https://sqlfluff.com Linter with support for multiple SQL dialects, with formatter **** Streaming - https://github.com/MaterializeInc/materialize - https://github.com/confluentinc/ksql - https://github.com/feldera/feldera *** Other databases - https://www.symas.com/mdb A Berkeley-style database where multiple processes can access the same database concurrently. - https://github.com/tansu-io/tansu Kafka-compatible, on top of others like SQLite, PostgreSQL, etc., seems simple on single node. ** Low code - https://github.com/microsoft/Power-Fx - https://github.com/carltongibson/neapolitan - one of Django's authors does a variation on the Django admin? - https://gitlab.levitnet.be/levit/django-admin-deux - another modernized Django admin ** Language-specific *** Python - https://github.com/inducer/pudb Full-screen console debugger for Python - https://pyoxidizer.readthedocs.io/en/latest/index.html Self-contained Python distributions, packaging, etc. - https://tushar.lol/post/packaged/ Uses [[https://github.com/indygreg/python-build-standalone]] to package Python applications. - https://github.com/bugen/pypipe Python-based AWK - https://github.com/fsspec/filesystem_spec/ VFS-like Python API - https://github.com/errbotio/errbot Multiplatform bot framework *** Rust - https://github.com/flutter-rs/flutter-rs - https://github.com/xTibor/rust-on-c64 - https://crates.io/crates/crossterm - https://github.com/matklad/xshell - Rust as a shell replacement, with nice interpolation - https://github.com/bytecodealliance/cap-std - Safer, opt-in file access - https://www.lurklurk.org/effective-rust/ - Effective Rust, a Rust book beyond the Rust documentation - https://gitlab.com/DPDmancul/clap-serde-derive - derive configuration files and Clap from the same structs **** Async - https://zoo.dev/blog/introducing-delouse - Async debugging *** Java - https://github.com/jbangdev/jbang - https://github.com/mabe02/lanterna - TUI - https://github.com/testcontainers/testcontainers-java - https://github.com/google/error-prone - https://github.com/google/auto *** Statically-typed Lisp - https://lexi-lambda.github.io/hackett/ - https://coalton-lang.github.io/ - https://docs.racket-lang.org/ts-guide/ *** Shells - https://github.com/oils-for-unix/oils/ a POSIX-style shell and a modern shell. They also document [[https://github.com/oils-for-unix/oils/wiki/Alternative-Shells][alternative shells]], and [[https://github.com/oils-for-unix/oils/wiki/Internal-DSLs-for-Shell][internal DSLs for shell]]. - https://xon.sh/ Python shell - https://github.com/nushell/nushell Powershell-y shell in Rust ** Email - https://github.com/moggers87/salmon - Mail applications ** Parsers - https://github.com/langium/langium - DSLs and LSP - https://github.com/hydro-project/rust-sitter - TreeSitter in Rust - https://github.com/jzimmerman/langcc - https://github.com/petitparser/dart-petitparser - https://github.com/metaborg/sdf - https://github.com/antlr/grammars-v4 - https://github.com/tree-sitter/tree-sitter - https://github.com/stephan-tolksdorf/fparsec - https://github.com/Engelberg/instaparse - https://janet-lang.org/docs/peg.html - Janet is a programming language with first-class support for PEGs - https://craftinginterpreters.com/contents.html - Book - https://github.com/rulex-rs/pomsky - regex alternative - https://rosie-lang.org/ - another regex alternative, based on PEGs - https://tratt.net/laurie/blog/2020/which_parsing_approach.html - which parsing approach? *** DCGs/Prolog - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Definite_clause_grammar - https://github.com/mthom/scryer-prolog/ - https://github.com/rla/prolog-markdown - https://github.com/aarroyoc/djota/tree/main - A Djot parser in Prolog ** Durable execution platforms - https://github.com/temporalio/temporal - https://github.com/restatedev/restate ** WASM - https://github.com/yomaytk/elfconv - Converts ELF binaries to WASM - https://github.com/extism/extism - WASM plugin framework ** Misc - https://github.com/kellyjonbrazil/jc - JSON converter for common CLI tools - https://github.com/open-meteo/open-meteo/ - https://github.com/KDE/kitinerary/tree/master/src/lib/scripts - a lot of travel email scrapers (plane and train tickets, etc.) - https://github.com/igor-petruk/scriptisto - Generic shebang for compiling software, with RPM/DEB - https://github.com/acaloiaro/ess - automatically and safely synchronize env.sample files with .env - https://github.com/oils-for-unix/oils/wiki/Internal-DSLs-for-Shell - A discussion of libraries to do shell scripts in some programming languages * Systems ** Self-hosting solutions - https://yunohost.org/ - https://sandstorm.io/ - https://casaos.zimaspace.com/ - https://caprover.com/ (With "One click apps") - https://freedombox.org/ *** Meta - https://github.com/0dataapp/awesome-0data?tab=readme-ov-file#easy-indie-platforms ** File sync - https://github.com/opencloud-eu desktop client is a fork of Nextcloud; app is Go, seems to keep stored files as-is - https://thelig.ht/code/userspacefs/ - Usermode filesystem Python library that works on Windows, Linux and macOS - https://github.com/mutagen-io/mutagen - https://github.com/tkellogg/dura - https://github.com/perkeep/perkeep - https://github.com/upspin/upspin - https://github.com/mickael-kerjean/filestash Web file manager with org-mode support - https://github.com/kd2org/karadav NextCloud-compatible WebDav server - https://willowprotocol.org/ ** Groupware - https://github.com/stalwartlabs mail, calendar, contacts *and* files, using JMAP and WebDAV ** Portable environments - https://github.com/linuxserver/proot-apps - Portable container apps with just proot - https://github.com/lkl/linux - library-mode Linux ** Identity - https://github.com/kanidm/kanidm - An alternative to FreeIPA *** Keycloak - https://github.com/adorsys/keycloak-config-cli - Config as code for KeyCloak ** Configuration management - https://github.com/habitat-sh/habitat - https://github.com/metacontroller/metacontroller Simple Kubernetes operators ** Home automation - https://github.com/Yakifo/amqtt ** PaaS - https://github.com/piku/piku *** Virtualization - https://github.com/lxc/cluster-api-provider-incus - adapter to provision k8s cluster nodes on Incus, including as LXC containers! - https://github.com/mobydeck/ssh2incus - exposes Incus instances through SSH, without SSH on the instance. Good for things that only work over SSH (Mutagen, VS Code remoting, etc.) - https://github.com/cirruslabs/vetu - https://github.com/karmab/kcli - https://github.com/Xe/waifud - https://github.com/virt-lightning/virt-lightning libvirt + cloud images - https://github.com/cirruslabs/tart - for macOS ** Networking - https://docs.vyos.io/ Declarative network appliance - https://github.com/gekmihesg/ansible-openwrt - https://github.com/glennbrown/home-infra/tree/main/ansible/roles/openwrt-dhcp-dns ansible-openwrt samples by glenn on Ars IRC. - https://github.com/lanefu/clammy-ng - Raspbian on NanoPi Ansible-managed router - https://publicsuffix.org/ - "effective TLDs" *** Alternate networks - https://yggdrasil-network.github.io/ - https://dn42.eu/ *** VPN - https://github.com/StreisandEffect/streisand - https://github.com/netbirdio/netbird Tailscale-like *** Countermeasures - https://privacypass.github.io/ Human proof standard? ** Cryptography - https://github.com/smallstep/certificates CA that supports ACME - https://github.com/FiloSottile/age - encryption tool that can use SSH keys - https://docs.nitrokey.com/nethsm/ - Open-source HSM (physical and virtual) ** Remote desktops - https://github.com/linuxserver/docker-baseimage-kasmvnc - Web adapter for graphical applications - https://selkies-project.github.io/selkies/ - Replacement for KasmVNC? - https://moonlight-stream.org/ / https://docs.lizardbyte.dev/projects/sunshine/latest/ - Nvidia-like streaming - https://github.com/m1k1o/neko/ - https://github.com/neutrinolabs/xorgxrdp - MS RDP for Linux desktops. Pay attention to "glamor" acceleration. ** Misc - https://github.com/marcan/takeover.sh - https://github.com/ltratt/pizauth - OAuth tool - https://github.com/shell-pool/shpool / https://github.com/neurosnap/zmx screen or tmux, but only for detaching, should not mess with terminals - https://github.com/simple-login - email aliases * End-user software - https://github.com/mistweaverco/bananas Multiplaform screen sharing with multiple cursors - https://lalescu.ro/liviu/fet/ timetable optimizer - https://github.com/glide-browser/glide programmable Firefox - https://github.com/steveseguin/vdo.ninja Swiss army knife for WebRTC - https://github.com/Manawyrm/AnotterKiosk Firefox kiosk - https://linuxae.org.es/ Distribución GNU/Linux para el uso de la Administración Electrónica ** Email - https://github.com/simonrob/email-oauth2-proxy - https://pimalaya.org/ Rust email tools, including sync, MIME... - https://github.com/leahneukirchen/mblaze/ - CLI email "UNIX-philosophy" tools - https://git.sr.ht/~whynothugo/ImapGoose instant IMAP sync to local mailboxes *** Notmuch - https://github.com/gauteh/lieer - GMail ** Phones - https://github.com/Genymobile/scrcpy - remote control Android - https://github.com/wolpi/prim-ftpd ** Desktop - https://github.com/YaLTeR/niri/ - https://github.com/kmonad/kmonad - advanced cross-platform keyboard remappings *** Gnome - https://extensions.gnome.org/extension/6000/quick-settings-audio-devices-renamer/ / https://extensions.gnome.org/extension/5964/quick-settings-audio-devices-hider/ - hide and rename audio devices *** Firefox - https://github.com/mozilla/policy-templates - some configuration as code for Firefox ** Multimedia *** Video - https://github.com/mifi/lossless-cut Lossless video editing like Avidemux, but can preserve DVB-T subtitles - https://github.com/zoriya/Kyoo - Jellyfin alternative - https://github.com/asapach/peerflix-server - Torrent streaming server that can stream files as they download (not perfectly) - https://github.com/hauxir/rapidbay - Video Torrent web interface, can be set up as Magnet link handler, but downloads full file before playing - https://github.com/anacrolix/torrent?tab=readme-ov-file#downstream-projects - Users of a Torrent library in theory capable of streaming *** Document management - https://github.com/Stirling-Tools/Stirling-PDF - PDF manipulation webapp - https://github.com/mzucker/noteshrink - handwriting to PDF *** Music - https://mixxx.org/ - DJ software ** Instant messaging - https://letsconvene.im/ - browser-based conversations without accounts - https://github.com/kiwiirc/plugin-conference - Jitsi/KiwiIRC integration - https://github.com/esl/MongooseIM - XMPP server with SIP interop (see https://esl.github.io/MongooseDocs/latest/tutorials/Jingle-SIP-setup/ and https://esl.github.io/MongooseDocs/latest/modules/mod_jingle_sip/) ** Password managers - https://keeweb.info/ / https://github.com/PhilippC/keepass2android have built-in support for remote storage, so they do not rely on external file synchronization ** Networking - https://github.com/apenwarr/blip A web application that measures connectivity ** Presentations - https://github.com/panglesd/slipshow Slides, but infinite * Anti social ** Platforms - https://github.com/taviso/nntpit - Reddit over NNTP - https://github.com/CyberShadow/DFeed - Web NNTP - https://github.com/epilys/tade / https://github.com/epilys/sic - Forum, mailing list, NNTP - https://koldfront.dk/git/illuminant/about/ An ActivityPub server with an NNTP interface *** Fediverse - https://github.com/bashrc2/epicyon - https://microblog.pub/ - https://github.com/ihabunek/toot - Terminal Mastodon web client. ** Pubnix - https://github.com/cwmccabe/pubnixhist ** Other - https://github.com/SimonBrazell/privacy-redirect - https://github.com/benbusby/farside - https://github.com/timhutton/twitter-archive-parser - https://rss-parrot.net/ RSS to ActivityPub * Hardware - https://junkerhq.net/xrgb/index.php/OSSC - The Open Source Scan Converter is a low-latency video digitizer and scan converter designed primarily for connecting retro video game consoles and home computers to modern displays. - https://openterface.com/ - Adds KVM capabilities to a laptop. ** Phones - https://github.com/Dakkaron/Fairberry - add Blackberry keyboard to other phones * Technical writing ** Document formats - see [[misc/document-formats.md]]. *** Markdown - https://github.com/lezer-parser/markdown - https://github.com/markdoc/markdoc - https://liascript.github.io/ Markdown-based format for courses, exports to SCORM - https://github.com/hedgedoc/hedgedoc multiplayer Markdown editor, with [[https://demo.hedgedoc.org/features#Blockquote-Tags][cute attributed blockquotes for commenting]]. **** Rust Parsers - https://github.com/kivikakk/comrak - https://github.com/raphlinus/pulldown-cmark - https://github.com/wooorm/markdown-rs *** Org - https://github.com/karlicoss/orgparse - https://github.com/200ok-ch/org-parser *** Publishing format - https://github.com/nota-lang/bene/ ** Spelling, etc. - https://github.com/bminixhofer/nlprule - LanguageTool in Rust - https://github.com/valentjn/ltex-ls - LanguageTool LSP with LaTeX support - https://github.com/jmartorell/LTlab - Spanish tools for LanguageTool - https://github.com/LuminosoInsight/exquisite-corpus - https://github.com/languagetool-org/languagetool ** ProseMirror - https://github.com/ProseMirror/prosemirror-markdown ** Diagrams - https://d2lang.com/ Improved Mermaid? * Other - https://github.com/jhuangtw/xg2xg - https://european-alternatives.eu/ - https://developer.themoviedb.org/ rate-limited APIs for TV shows and movies with airdates - https://carpentries.org/ teaching materials about programming and data for scientists and librarians and https://teachtogether.tech/ their "meta" materials for teaching technology