path: root/INTERESTING_PROJECTS.org

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.

* 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
*** 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
*** 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
  - https://www.visidata.org/
*** 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/DavHau/nix-portable - portable Nix, no root required, works in an LXC container
   - 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://linuxcontainers.org/incus/ - LXD fork, supports VMs, has good "cloud" templates.
   - 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
*** 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/6784/wiggle/ - shake your pointer to embiggen
  - https://extensions.gnome.org/extension/6099/paperwm/ - easy tiling
  - 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/)
   - https://wiki.linphone.org/xwiki/wiki/public/view/Flexisip/ SIP with (custom) push
** 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://jointakahe.org/ (active fork https://github.com/avaraline/incarnator)
    - https://github.com/enafore/enafore - Keyboard-friendly Mastodon web client, compatible with Takahe/Incarnator
    - 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