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

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Self-hosted database backup manager with a web UI. Schedule, backup, and restore MySQL, PostgreSQL, MariaDB, Microsoft SQL Server, MongoDB, SQLite & Redis to S3, SFTP, Samba or local storage. SSH Tunnel support.

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Secure browser-based remote access with ultra-low-latency remote desktop over end-to-end encrypted peer-to-peer connections. No VPN, no port forwarding, no static IP.

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A fast, keyboard-friendly file manager for Windows — column view, tabs, split view, instant preview and Ctrl+K.

Linux File Manager built with electron.js.

Run Fork, the git client, on Linux: its Windows version on a patched Wine, packaged as a Nix flake.

Free, open-source, cross-platform desktop Git client (Electron + React).

gomap is a network analysis program.

A custom media player for Home Assistant that allows you to control and get updates from a Shairport Sync installation using MQTT.

Instant whole-disk search, built into a GTK4/libadwaita file manager for GNOME. Everything-style, live via fanotify.

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Network scanner written in Rust, with a CLI, terminal UI, desktop app and MCP server.

Yazelix Nova is a Nix-packaged terminal workspace built from focused first-party components, including Nova Rio, Nova Zellij, Nova Helix, Yazi, Nushell, Ratconfig, popups, status widgets, cursors, and Anima.

Free, open-source macOS screen recorder, screenshot tool and video editor. A Screen Studio and CleanShot X │ alternative with automatic zooms, a smooth cursor and styled backgrounds. Lives in the menu bar.

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Custom FOSS virtual keyboard for KDE Plasma 6 (Wayland) with full gamepad and layout fixes for Linux handhelds.

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Free screen recorder and editor for tutorials and demos: record, trim, zoom and add Claude-made animated graphics on one timeline. Local, open source (Linux beta).

Wayland-native screenshot tool — select, annotate, pin, long-capture scrolling pages, read text with on-device OCR. UI hand-drawn with gpui-kit.

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Self-hosted screen recording link sharing, all on your own Cloudflare account.

Free open-source TiviMate alternative: IPTV player for Android TV, Google TV, Fire TV, Windows, LG webOS & Samsung Tizen — M3U, Xtream Codes, Stalker, EPG/XMLTV, catch-up, smart search, channel fail-over.

Modern, self-hosted web UI for SnapRAID. Run and schedule sync, scrub and check, monitor SMART disk health, get alerts via ntfy, e-mail or webhook, and edit snapraid.conf with guided disk replacement.

Free screenshot tool and screen recorder for Windows: floating thumbnails, quick editor, scrolling capture, text search with OCR, MP4 and GIF. Built with C#.

A tool for data enthusiasts that allows users to see who they write to most often.

U-DSH Portable｜DeepSeek Harness 便携版 / U盘免安装版（Windows + macOS，exFAT 兼容）。Portable DeepSeek Harness for USB drives: unzip-and-run on Windows & Mac, bundled Node runtime, works offline, device-wallet credit included,…

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Fast, encrypted, deduplicated backups in Rust — with friendly YAML config, a desktop GUI, and support for S3, custom REST and SFTP storage.

Changes is a Git client, available on macOS.

Cinny is a matrix client focusing primarily on simple, elegant and secure interface.

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Retro Pong campaign with multiplayer and a secret ending.

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Application for managing TOTP/HOTP tokens with built-in encryption.

A blazingly fast, lightweight image viewer for Windows powered by Direct2D and SIMD.

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Syntropy is a wallpaper program, available on Windows and Linux: portable version without installation.

Fast, native desktop Git client with a multi-lane commit graph — built with Tauri, Rust (libgit2), and React. Optional local AI features via Claude Code.

All-in-one network Intelligence Suite: Port Scanner, Subdomain scan, DNS & Traceroute tool for security auditing and reconnaissance.

🌹 A fancy yet simple image viewer — highly configurable, cross-platform, GPU-accelerated and fast as fu#k.

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Chorus is a music player, available on Linux: lyrics display.

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Cognate is a local-first, privacy-focused day planner. It auto-schedules tasks as time blocks, re-flows on disruption, syncs E2E encrypted via CRDTs, and runs AI locally. Your data never leaves your device.

File browser, terminal, text editor and admin toolkit for Windows. Install or run portable. GPLv3. No account, no agent, no telemetry.

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Automatic benchmarking tool for all locally installed LM Studio models.

Network reconnaissance and passive vulnerability scanner with HTML, JSON and CSV reports.

AI-assisted network reconnaissance and security assessment toolkit — nmap + Python + Flask + React. CLI, Web UI, API & PDF reports.

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Portable encrypted volumes in a single file. Carry them on a USB stick, open them on Linux, Windows or macOS.

Offline-first planner for Linux, Android, Windows and macOS. Plan your day, track real time, review your week, and keep your history. Optional sync through your own Supabase.

GTK4/libadwaita audio control center for PipeWire — audio management, signal paths, virtual devices, live patchbay, parametric equalizer, performance monitoring, filter chains, microphone cleanup (echo/noise), HRIR…