GitHub gems: open-source software from small creators1,148 projects

🟢 A media player built on libmpv. It plays local videos and music, video DVDs, data discs and ISO images, IPTV playlists with a TV guide and recording, and RTSP network security cameras.

Text-mode file manager for Linux, inspired by XTree and ZTreeWin.

YAMP is a Home Assistant media card for controlling multiple entities with highly customizable actions and ui elements.

A native YouTube desktop client built with Rust, egui and libmpv.

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Yumeiro (夢色) — a free, open-source Android media hub: local music & video player, IPTV playlists, anime tracking (AniList/MAL) and CloudStream extensions, with signed, verifiable releases.

Pet project self-hosted password manager.

Deduplicating archiver with encryption and paranoid-level tests. Swiss army knife for the serious backup and disaster recovery manager. Ransomware neutralizer. Win/Linux/Unix.

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A distraction-free, minimal homescreen for Android.

Inspect, debloat, back up, freeze, and control Android apps from one open-source package manager. Works without root, with Shizuku, ADB, or root when needed.

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Minimalist arrow puzzle game with infinite levels, zero ads, and total privacy.

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Private email app with end-to-end encryption, aliases, and custom domains.

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Offline-first video playout and digital signage for gyms and studios: scheduled classes, member kiosk, coach console and club radio. Windows, macOS, Linux, Android and Android TV.

Buge Files is a modern Android file manager built with Material Design 3 Expressive.

This is a Bring Your Own Game engine for running the classic SSI Gold Box Games on a Cheap Yellow Display. It runs the Pool of Radiance series, Savage Frontiers series, and the Krynn series.

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Cadence is a spaced repetition app for learning and retaining anything — words, concepts, tunes, and more — with extra tools for Irish traditional musicians.

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Clean, private calculator — no tracking, no ads, optional on-device AI.

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Develop RAW photos with non-destructive editing.

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Chaski is an RSS reader, available on Windows, macOS and Linux: full-text search, data import and export.

ChimbaBenchCL is a lightweight, cross-platform, open-source benchmark designed to measure the performance of processors (CPUs) and graphics cards (GPUs) using the OpenCL standard.

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Chromasmith — free, offline photo editor with 133 film looks, grain, halation and RAW development. Mac, Windows, iOS, Android and web.

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CoPanda (formerly CopyPaste): open source clipboard manager for Windows and macOS. Searchable local history, no account.

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A fast, private clipboard history replacement built for Windows 11.

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Easily toggle and automate Private DNS through the Quick Settings panel.

Dameview is an image viewer, available on Windows: portable version without installation and split view.

Command line interface for Dashlane. Access your secrets in your terminal, servers and CI/CD.

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Dino is a messaging program, available on Linux: end-to-end encryption, sync across devices, group chats and calls.

Dopamine is an audio player which tries to make organizing and listening to music as simple and pretty as possible.

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Dragon Launcher is a home screen launcher, available on Android.

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Cross-platform video player (Flutter) for Android, iOS/iPad & Android TV — true Dolby Vision/HDR, all audio codecs, SMB/WebDAV/Jellyfin/Plex. Community Discord: https://discord.gg/sAnXAAA8R.

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Open-source GTK4 companion for Nothing and CMF earbuds on Linux.

Simple NAS for Home Assistant: Samba shares, USB drive management, file browser and backup jobs — with a web interface built right into Home Assistant.

🚀 Blazing-fast, fully open-source Windows 11 file explorer built in Rust. A modern, lightweight, high-performance replacement for File Explorer.

A folder tree docked at your screen edge, VS Code style, with pictures, music, video, PDF and text files in a panel beside it. Text and Markdown can be edited there too. For Windows.

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Track calories, macros, weight, and food — online or offline.

Lightweight FurMark GPU stress test utility for Windows — portable, OpenGL/Vulkan benchmarks, artifact detection, thermal validation, and burn-in testing.

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Geeqie is an image viewer, available on Linux: tags and folders.

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Play movies and audio files.

A MIUI / HyperOS-style Android music player with local playback, remote sources, online sources, word-by-word lyrics, floating lyrics, and FFmpeg decoding.

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Self-hosted home server dashboard for Docker, files, system monitoring, and secure remote access.

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