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Scid vs. PC
Chess Database and Toolkit program
"Shane's Chess Information Database" is a huge chess toolkit with extensive database, analysis and chess-playing features. Scid vs. PC is a usability and bug-fix fork of Scid. It has many interface fixes and improvements, and is fully compatible with Scid's .si4 databases. New features include a rewritten Gamelist, Computer Tournament, and FICS, Tree, Book and Graph improvements. -
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FAAC is an Advanced Audio Coder (MPEG2-AAC, MPEG4-AAC). The goal of FAAC is to explore the possibilities of AAC and exceed the quality of the currently best MP3 encoders. You can submit pull requests via GitHub: https://github.com/knik0/faac https://github.com/knik0/faad2
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RHash (Recursive Hasher) is a console utility for computing and verifying hash sums of files. It supports CRC32, CRC32C, MD4, MD5, SHA1, SHA256, SHA512, SHA3, AICH, ED2K, DC++ TTH, BTIH, Tiger, GOST R 34.11-2012, RIPEMD-160, HAS-160, EDON-R, and Whirlpool.
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BlackHole
BlackHole is a modern macOS audio loopback driver
BlackHole is a modern virtual audio loopback driver for macOS that allows audio to be routed between applications with zero additional latency. It is widely used by musicians, streamers, developers, and audio engineers who need reliable internal audio routing without external hardware. BlackHole supports a wide range of sample rates and configurable channel counts, making it flexible for both simple and advanced audio workflows. The driver integrates directly with macOS Core Audio and appears in Audio MIDI Setup and supported audio applications. Designed with performance and stability in mind, BlackHole works on both Intel and Apple Silicon Macs without requiring kernel extensions or system security modifications. As an open-source project, it offers transparency, customization options, and active community-driven development. -
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SwiftShader
SwiftShader is a high-performance CPU-based implementation
SwiftShader is Google’s high-performance CPU-based implementation of the Vulkan 1.3 graphics API, designed to provide a hardware-independent rendering solution for 3D graphics. Unlike traditional GPU drivers, SwiftShader executes graphics commands entirely on the CPU, making it ideal for environments where dedicated graphics hardware is unavailable or unsuitable. It acts as a drop-in replacement for Vulkan drivers, allowing existing applications to run seamlessly by redirecting API calls through its software-based rendering engine. The project supports Windows, Linux, macOS, Android, and ChromeOS, offering broad cross-platform compatibility. SwiftShader’s design emphasizes both performance and compliance, enabling robust software rendering for testing, virtualization, and cloud-based graphics workloads. -
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mcrypt, and the accompanying libmcrypt, are intended to be replacements for the old Unix crypt, except that they are under the GPL and support an ever-wider range of algorithms and modes.
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psmisc
Old location for psmisc
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TCP/IP-Network extension for the PLC simulation software Siemens PLCSim (Step 7 V5.4/5.5). With NetToPLCSim you are able to simulate e.g. SCADA systems over Network in combination with your simulated PLC.
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hekate
A GUI based Nintendo Switch Bootloader
hekate is a custom graphical bootloader for the Nintendo Switch that enables advanced system control, firmware patching, and multi-environment boot management for both official and custom operating systems. It functions as a powerful entry point for launching different firmware configurations, including stock firmware, custom firmware, Linux distributions, and Android builds, all from a unified interface. The bootloader features a touchscreen-enabled graphical user interface called Nyx, allowing users to navigate options, manage configurations, and execute tools directly from the device. It provides advanced storage management capabilities such as backing up and restoring eMMC data, managing emulated NAND environments, and partitioning SD cards for multiple operating systems. hekate also includes utilities for hardware diagnostics, benchmarking, and system inspection, offering detailed insights into device components like memory, battery, and storage. -
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FormatUsb
The FormatUsb tool is a reliable way to format USB flash drives
The FormatUsb tool is a reliable way to format USB flash drives, such as USB keys/pendrives, memory sticks,SD Memory Card, SDHC Memory Card and SDXC Memory Card SD/SDHC/SDXC Cards. -
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A tool that clicks the mouse extremely quickly. Using keyboard keys (or mouse buttons) as the trigger, you can position the mouse, then hit a key to click up to 9999 times every second.
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LXDE - Lightweight X11 Desktop Environment. This project aimed to provide a new desktop environment which is useful enough and keep resource usage lower at the same time. Useabiliy, speed, and memory usage are our main concern. Suitable for netbooks.
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QB64
BASIC for the modern era
QB64 is a modern self-hosting BASIC compiler that brings classic QBasic/QuickBASIC programs into the modern era. It enables legacy code to run on today’s operating systems with minimal modifications, while also introducing new commands and libraries for multimedia, networking, and 64-bit computing. QB64 compiles to C++ and includes a built-in IDE, making it accessible for beginners, hobbyists, and retro programming enthusiasts. It aims to preserve the ease and nostalgia of BASIC while expanding its capabilities for contemporary development. -
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Freeciv is a free turn-based multiplayer strategy game, in which each player becomes the leader of a civilization, fighting to obtain the ultimate goal: to become (or subvert) the greatest civilization.
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Linux Test Project
Testsuite to validate the reliability, robustness, stability of Linux.
Linux Test Project (LTP) is a joint project started by SGI, OSDL and Bull developed and maintained by SUSE, Red Hat, Fujitsu, IBM, Cisco, Oracle and others. The project goal is to deliver tests to the open source community that validate reliability, robustness, and stability of the Linux Kernel. The testing suites contain a collection of tools for testing the Linux kernel and related features. Our goal is to improve the Linux kernel and system libraries by bringing test automation. -
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OpenCorePkg
OpenCore bootloader
OpenCorePkg is an open-source, modular UEFI (Unified Extensible Firmware Interface) bootloader and development framework, primarily designed to enable macOS booting on non-Apple hardware (Hackintosh). It includes Apple-specific UEFI drivers, utilities for macOS installation support, and shared libraries used across Acidanthera projects. Apple disk image loading support. Apple keyboard input aggregation. Apple PE image signature verification. Apple UEFI secure boot supplemental code. Audio management with screen reading support. Basic ACPI and SMBIOS manipulation. -
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REKCARC-TSC-UHT
Guidance for courses in Department of Computer Science and Technology
This repository is a mirrored, community-curated set of study materials for Tsinghua University’s Department of Computer Science and Technology (the name reads like “THU-CST” reversed). It gathers course notes, labs, exam archives, and project write-ups across core CS topics, emphasizing reproducible setups and guidance for succeeding in demanding classes. The content is organized to mirror the program’s progression so students can see prerequisites and plan learning paths. Contributors document pitfalls and tips that official syllabi may not cover, such as tooling quirks or typical grading criteria. The project stresses responsible use—learn from the material, don’t plagiarize—and continually evolves through community review. As a living handbook, it captures institutional knowledge that helps level the playing field for students with different backgrounds. -
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s3cmd
Command line tool for managing Amazon S3 and CloudFront services
Open-source tool to access Amazon S3 file storage. S3cmd is a free command line tool and client for uploading, retrieving and managing data in Amazon S3 and other cloud storage service providers that use the S3 protocol, such as Google Cloud Storage. Lots of features and options have been added to s3cmd since its very first release in 2008.... we recently counted more than 60 command line options, including multipart uploads, encryption, incremental backup, s3 sync, ACL and Metadata management, S3 bucket size, bucket policies, and more! -
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AppSync
Unified AppSync dynamic library for iOS 5 and above
AppSync is a tool that enables sideloading and installation of unsigned iOS applications. It allows developers and users to install apps without requiring a paid Apple Developer account. -
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WinAVR (tm) is a suite of executable, open source software development tools for the Atmel AVR series of RISC microprocessors hosted on the Windows platform. Includes the GNU GCC compiler for C and C++.
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Arduino core for the ESP32
Arduino core for the ESP32
ESP32 is a single 2.4 GHz Wi-Fi-and-Bluetooth SoC (System On a Chip) designed by Espressif Systems. ESP32 is designed for mobile, wearable electronics, and Internet-of-Things (IoT) applications. It features all the state-of-the-art characteristics of low-power chips, including fine-grained clock gating, multiple power modes,and dynamic power scaling. For instance, in a low-power IoT sensor hub application scenario, ESP32 is woken-up periodically and only when a specified condition is detected. The low-duty cycle is used to minimize the amount of energy that the chip expends. The output of the power amplifier is also adjustable, thus contributing to an optimal trade-off between communication range, data rate and power consumption. The ESP32 series is available as a chip or module. You can use Arduino-ESP32 Online Documentation to get all information about this project. -
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Re2c is a tool for writing very fast and very flexible scanners. Unlike any other such tool, re2c focuses on generating high efficient code for regular expression matching. As a result this allows a much broader range of use than any traditional lexer.
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QRes provides automatic screen mode change for Windows applications. For instance, you can make QRes switch to 800 x 600 @ 256 colors as long as you run a game and switch back to your regular screen mode when it is over. Win32 app written in C/C++.
