GitHub gems: open-source software from small creators1,155 projects

Self-hosted server that turns audiobook files into per-chapter podcast RSS feeds any podcast app can play.

Lightweight native macOS file manager for Apple Silicon: tabs, file operations, ZIP/7z and file associations.

Fast and simple image viewer for Windows with instant browsing, a thumbnail gallery and full keyboard control, written in Rust (egui/glow).

CodeRag RAG stack: PDFs→Docling→Ollama→pgvector. Windows/macOS/Linux. Docker Compose. Graph-aware code search + scanned PDF OCR.

Convert files from the right-click menu. Portable, offline, no ads. HEIC, WebP, MKV, MP3 and more.

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A system to automate your backtracks, lighting- and videoshow.

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Cron job manager + process supervisor in a single binary. Web dashboard, TUI, retries, failure notifications. crond/supervisord replacement.

Private AI WYSIWYG Markdown editor with agentic chat & voice dictation. Open source, no cloud, no tracking.

:computer: Get seamless remote access to any Linux device. Centralized SSH for the edge and cloud computing.

A lightweight, self-hosted file manager for Laravel and Vue 3.

Station Manager is software for Amateur Radio station management on Linux.

Open firmware for the Echo Show 5, 1st and 2nd gen: Alpine Linux instead of Android, no Alexa. A local Home Assistant voice satellite with its own touch screen, on-device wake word, SSH and A/B over-the-air updates.

Linux firmware for the Echo Dot (2nd gen): no Fire OS, no Alexa. A local Home Assistant voice satellite with all seven mics, Bluetooth speaker mode, signed A/B updates and SSH.

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All-in-one terminal workspace for desktops and servers: editor with LSP, file manager with SFTP/FTP, terminal, git, database viewer and a coding agent in one zero-config static Rust binary.

tuck-filemanager is a file manager, available on Linux.

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One platform to build and run your business operations with agents. Open source and self-hostable: records, docs, agents and workflows in one connected workspace.

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A native terminal workspace for Linux.

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Put a USB-only UPS on the network: an ESP32-S3 board and firmware that serves NUT on TCP 3493, with a web UI. No host computer, no Raspberry Pi.

Open-source, self-hosted alternative to Capacities and Notion: notes, tasks and daily notes as typed objects. Local-first, works offline, MCP for your agents.

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VokoscreenNG is the most popular and powerful screen recorder for Wayland, Linux-X11, and Windows.

One self-hosted dashboard for the handful of Linux servers you run. A single Go binary with the UI built in, plus a tiny Rust agent on each server. You stay in control of what it can do.

A visually appealing and feature-rich Flutter music player.

Wayfinder: a desktop-grade, tabbed file manager for Googlebooks. Tabs in the title bar, Miller columns, dual-pane commander, paired Phone & Google Drive integration, network shares (SMB, WebDAV, FTP) and archive…

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A small, open-source habit tracker for Android. Offline, no account, no ads or trackers, under 3 MB.

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Screenshots and GIF/MP4 screen recording for Windows, in a 2.51 MB installer.

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Xverb — a dual-pane file manager built in Flutter, extended with Python plugins.

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Fast, lightweight native YouTube Music desktop client for Windows built in Rust.

AVRDUDE is software for programming Atmel AVR Microcontrollers.

Animated retro-arcade clock on a 128x64 HUB75 RGB LED matrix (ESP32-S3), with optional PC stats monitoring.

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Auto-play music when your Bluetooth car, headphones, or speakers connect.

Buffer is a open-source lightweight, privacy-focused clipboard manager for macOS with searchable history and a quick ⇧⌘V shortcut.

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Offline-first code judge.

A minimalist modern file manager for Linux.

ESP32-FTP-Server is a microcontroller program.

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RFID-controlled musicplayer powered by ESP32.

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Euphonica is a music player, available on Linux: playlists and lyrics display.

ESP32-S3 network inventory and discovery appliance with persistent device tracking and classification.

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Mobile Git client & offline code reader with a BYOK AI assistant: clone, browse, blame, and read code/docs on Android & iOS.

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Free, open-source Git and GitHub client with a commit graph, hunk and line staging, a three-way merge editor, visual rebase and pull requests.

Apple Pencil-first study app for your Obsidian vault: notes, handwriting, PDFs and lecture recordings as ordinary files. iPad, iPhone and Mac.