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

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Records phone, WhatsApp, Telegram, Viber and Meet calls, both sides, no root.

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Self-hosted, open-source Hi-Fi music system for Raspberry Pi & Linux, with on-device AI semantic search.

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Private, customizable open-source keyboard with smart productivity tools.

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Leggio is a music notation program, available on Linux.

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Privacy-first Android launcher designed for focus, speed, and simplicity.

Free, open-source Windows desktop toolbox for local file search, document previews, OCR batch renaming, and an optional AI assistant.

GPU-native NES emulator + RL stack: thousands of parallel NES envs on one CUDA GPU. Train your agents faster.

NekoPhoto, An Open-source image editor with PSD interoperability, Photoshop/Clip Studio/Procreate brush support, native vectors, smart selections and more.

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Newelle is an AI chat assistant, available on Linux: local model execution, open-weight models (Llama, Mistral…) and chat with your documents.

A fast SFTP, FTP and FTPS client for Windows. One tab per server, transfers that never drop.

Nota is a Markdown editor: Markdown support and offline use.

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Numa photo editor for iPhone, iPad, Mac and Linux. RAW, masks found on your device, culling that measures.

Portable Windows OCR and AI translator for screenshots, selected text, and manual input.

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Oculante is an image viewer, available on macOS and Linux: hardware acceleration.

Free, open-source desktop Git client with visual history, GitHub workflows, conflict resolution, secret scanning and optional AI-assisted commits.

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PasteMemo - A clipboard manager for macOS.

🍑 PeachCommander is a native macOS dual-pane file manager inspired by Total Commander. Built for power users and Windows switchers, it combines familiar workflows with a modern macOS experience, AI-powered features,…

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Simple but powerful cross platform screenshot, screen recording, and file upload tool.

QtSimpleImageViewer is an image viewer.

System to control robot arm with steppermotor.

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Private book app: find, track and read books, fully offline.

Your private media collection deserves a big screen. Sinema is a sleek Android TV client for Stash: browse, search, and stream from the couch with D-pad controls, PIN lock, and seamless resume.

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A fast, simple text editor for Windows and Linux (Raspberry Pi too) that opens files of any size: an 800 MB JSON file opens instantly.

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A logic puzzle game where goal is to place tents in the grid.

VolumeVault is a self-hosted Laravel application for managing Docker volume and host path backups with safe restores powered by offen/docker-volume-backup.

Free open-source Wielders of the Essence trainer — unlock all six Wielders, free and instant town buildings, loot multiplier, free shop rerolls, keep loot on death, troop and spell multipliers, and a run timer…

Browser-based AArch64 assembly emulator and visual debugger for CPSC 355, with lessons, auto-checked exercises, and an instruction reference. Rust compiled to WebAssembly, no install.

Open-source backup and recovery engine for Microsoft 365. Back up Outlook, OneDrive, and SharePoint to S3-compatible storage you control. Encrypted, deduplicated, incremental, and built for automation.

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Atlas — a native, GPU-accelerated, local-first file manager for Windows. Built with Rust and GPUI.

Bgscan is multi‑protocol scanner with a modular chained engine and interactive BubbleTea terminal UI.

DAU Firmware and upload tool for the Arduino Opta.

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Device OS (Firmware) for Particle Devices.

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A quick app launcher and window switcher for Pantheon and elementary OS.

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Real-time Prometheus exporter for Duplicacy backups with live speed, progress, and completion metrics.

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Ferrite by StackCare: a small self-hosted file server. Resumable uploads, share links, S3/SFTP disks, 13 themes. Laravel + Livewire.

Self-hosted DNS filter and router for the home network, in one Rust binary. Blocks ads, trackers and malware, applies per-device rules and schedules, and routes chosen traffic through WireGuard, SOCKS5 or Tor.

A modern web interface for managing Google Cloud Platform emulator services 🎮.

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Git Light — Free, open-source Git GUI desktop client. Graph-first alternative to GitKraken, built with Tauri 2, Vue 3, TypeScript, Rust.

Native Google Photos backup for macOS, Windows and Android, with a currently working unlimited original-quality mode via gpmc. Unofficial; future availability is not guaranteed.

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Professional recordings and screenshots within seconds: auto-zoom, smooth cursor, captions, one-click share. Free and open source for Mac.