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    FluXuan Linux

    FluXuan Linux

    FluXuan Linux - Devuan based operating system!

    Fluxuan Linux is a Small, Fast and Lightweight 32/64bit Operating System for your Computer. Help and Support: https://forums.fluxuan.org Website: https://fluxuan.org
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    Insanely small linux

    Insanely small linux: An ultra-minimalist OS

    Insanely Small Linux is a custom Linux distribution designed to pursue the extreme of minimalism. Developed in shell script, this project aims to provide a functional environment with the smallest possible footprint. Key Features: - Ultra-lightweight: Optimized for low-resource hardware, achieving astonishingly fast boot times. - Independent Design: Built with simplicity and transparency in mind, avoiding the bloat of modern software
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    Headscale

    Headscale

    An open source, self-hosted implementation of the Tailscale control

    Headscale is a fully open-source, self-hosted implementation of the Tailscale coordination server (control plane). It uses WireGuard for P2P encrypted networks (tailnets), providing users with IP assignment, key exchange, and device management—all via a lightweight Go server.
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    FTLDNS

    FTLDNS

    The Pi-hole FTL engine

    Network-wide ad blocking via your own Linux hardware. FTLDNS (pihole-FTL) provides an interactive API and also generates statistics for Pi-hole®'s Web interface. Fast, stats are read directly from memory by coupling our codebase closely with dnsmasq. Versatile, upstream changes to dnsmasq can quickly be merged in without much conflict. Lightweight, runs smoothly with minimal hardware and software requirements such as Raspberry Pi Zero.
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    SimpleNES

    SimpleNES

    An NES emulator in C++

    SimpleNES is a lightweight, educational Nintendo Entertainment System emulator written in C++ that focuses on demonstrating the core architecture and behavior of classic console emulation. It replicates the essential components of the NES, including CPU execution, graphics rendering, and audio playback, allowing users to run original .nes ROM files on modern systems. The project supports a subset of cartridge mappers, which means it can successfully run a significant portion of early NES...
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    glaucus

    glaucus

    A simple and lightweight Linux distribution based on musl libc

    Glaucus is a Linux distribution built from scratch, focusing on simplicity, security, and performance.
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    Pony OS

    Pony OS

    My Little Unix: Kernels are Magic

    ponyos is a lightweight, UNIX-like operating system developed as a personal hobby project by the creator of ToaruOS. It features a monolithic kernel written in C and aims for a POSIX-compliant environment with a built-from-scratch userland. ponyos includes a graphical interface, dynamic linker, shared libraries, and a package manager. It’s designed for fun, experimentation, and as a platform to learn and play with operating system internals, with surprisingly advanced features given its...
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    Sonic

    Sonic

    Fast, lightweight & schema-less search backend

    Sonic is a super fast and lightweight, schema-less search backend that can be used in place of super-heavy and full-featured search backends like Elasticsearch. It is able to normalize language search queries, auto-complete search queries and offer the most relevant results. Being an identifier index rather than a document index, when queried it provides IDs that can be used to refer to matched documents in an external database.
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    Aedes

    Aedes

    Barebone MQTT broker that can run on any stream server

    A high-performance MQTT broker for IoT applications, designed to be lightweight and scalable.
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    Monitorix

    Monitorix

    Monitorix is a free, open source, lightweight system monitoring tool

    Monitorix is a free, open source, lightweight system monitoring tool designed to monitor as many services and system resources as possible. It has been created to be used under production Linux/UNIX servers, but due to its simplicity and small size can be used on embedded devices as well. It consists mainly of two programs: a collector, called monitorix, which is a Perl daemon that is started automatically like any other system service, and a CGI script called monitorix.cgi. ...
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    PolyMC

    PolyMC

    Custom launcher to manage multiple installations of Minecraft at once

    An Open Source Minecraft launcher with the ability to manage multiple instances, accounts, and mods. Focused on user freedom and free redistributability. Install and launch modpacks easily, while keeping them clean. No longer do you need to manually install them, and an updating feature is coming soon. PolyMC can do that for you, without installing tons of separate launchers. Are you sick of finding and adding that one mod you need? PolyMC is able to download & update individual mods from...
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    PlatformIO Core

    PlatformIO Core

    Professional collaborative platform for embedded development

    PlatformIO is a professional collaborative platform for embedded development. A place where Developers and Teams have true Freedom! No more vendor lock-in! A user-friendly and extensible integrated development environment with a set of professional development instruments, providing modern and powerful features to speed up yet simplify the creation and delivery of embedded products. A lightweight but powerful cross-platform source code editor. Smart code completions are based on variable...
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    DESERT OS Linux

    Beautiful XFCE distribution

    DESERT OS Linux is a fast, elegant Ubuntu-based Linux from Ukraine. It offers a refined XFCE experience optimized for both modern and legacy hardware. Key Features: - Lightweight: Fast performance with low resource usage. - Beautiful UI: Polished, modern look right out of the box. - Tiling Support: Integrated Cortile for easy window management
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    ShellCrash

    ShellCrash

    Run sing-box/mihomo as client in shell

    ShellCrash is a shell-based client runner for proxies like sing-box and mihomo, optimized for headless devices (e.g. OpenWrt routers). It provides scripted installation, automatic configuration reload, network port detection, and UI-less control via terminal. It simplifies running proxy services on embedded Linux devices.
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    TinyFileManager

    TinyFileManager

    Single-file PHP file manager, browser and manage your files

    TinyFileManager is a lightweight, single-file PHP-based file manager. It allows users to manage files and folders via a web interface, making it ideal for quick file management tasks on web servers. TinyFileManager supports file uploads, editing, and permission management, all within a minimalist and easy-to-use UI. It’s suitable for developers needing a quick file management tool on shared hosting or lightweight environments.
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    netboot.xyz

    netboot.xyz

    Your favorite operating systems in one place

    netboot.xyz enables you to boot into many types of operating systems using lightweight tooling to get you up and running as soon as possible. Discover new operating systems without having to download and rewrite media over and over again. Rescue operating systems from a single image. An essential for any sysadmin. netboot.XYZ uses the iPXE project to enable you to provision, rescue, or load into a live boot environment leveraging the Preboot Execution Environment (PXE) on most systems....
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    Arduino core support for STM32

    Arduino core support for STM32

    STM32 core support for Arduino

    This repo adds the support of STM32 MCU in Arduino IDE. This porting is based on STM32Cube MCU Packages including the HAL hardware abstraction layer, enabling portability between different STM32 devices via standardized API calls. The Low-Layer (LL) APIs, a lightweight, optimized, expert-oriented set of APIs designed for both performance and runtime efficiency. CMSIS device definition for STM32. Arduino.cc IDE allows to add easily new board thanks the "Boards Managers". More information...
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    Human Signals

    Human Signals

    Human-friendly process signals

    human-signals is a lightweight Node.js library that provides human-readable descriptions for POSIX signal names like SIGTERM, SIGINT, and SIGHUP. Rather than relying on scattered documentation or hard-to-remember codes, this library maps system signals to meaningful explanations, including default behaviors, standard descriptions, and exit codes. It’s ideal for building CLI tools or process managers that handle termination signals and want to provide better logging, debugging, or user feedback.
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    mGBA

    mGBA

    mGBA Game Boy Advance Emulator

    mGBA is a high-performance, open-source emulator designed to accurately replicate the behavior of the Game Boy Advance hardware while maintaining fast execution across a wide range of devices. The project was created with the goal of improving both accuracy and speed compared to earlier emulators, achieving a balance that allows games to run reliably even on lower-end systems. It supports not only Game Boy Advance titles but also Game Boy and Game Boy Color games, making it a versatile...
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    KubeKey

    KubeKey

    Install Kubernetes/K3s only, both Kubernetes/K3s and KubeSphere

    KubeKey is an open-source lightweight tool for deploying Kubernetes clusters. It provides a flexible, rapid, and convenient way to install Kubernetes/K3s only, both Kubernetes/K3s and KubeSphere, and related cloud-native add-ons. It is also an efficient tool to scale and upgrade your cluster. In addition, KubeKey also supports a customized Air-Gap package, which is convenient for users to quickly deploy clusters in offline environments.
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    P2P Remote Desktop

    P2P Remote Desktop

    P2P Remote Desktop - Portable, No Configuration or Installation Needed

    p2p is a simple and educational peer-to-peer communication framework that demonstrates how devices can discover, connect, and exchange data directly without a central server. Built in C#, this project provides an easy-to-understand foundation for P2P networking, including peer discovery, messaging, and connection management. It’s particularly useful for learners and developers exploring decentralized communication or building the groundwork for P2P applications like chat systems or...
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    i2pd

    i2pd

    I2P: End-to-End encrypted and anonymous Internet

    i2pd (I2P Daemon) is a lightweight, full-featured C++ implementation of the I2P (Invisible Internet Project) protocol, designed for enabling anonymous, encrypted, and censorship-resistant communication. It functions as a router node in the I2P network, supporting services like anonymous websites (eepsites), email, file sharing, and secure messaging. i2pd is designed to be resource-efficient and suitable for running on embedded systems or routers while maintaining compatibility with the wider...
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    MQTT X

    MQTT X

    Powerful cross-platform MQTT 5.0 desktop, CLI, and WebSocket client

    MQTT X is a cross-platform MQTT 5.0 client tool open sourced by EMQ, which can run on macOS, Linux and Windows, and supports formatting MQTT payload. MQTT X simplifies test operation with the help of a familiar, chat-like interface. It’s easy and quick to create multiple, simultaneous online MQTT client connections, and can test the connection, publishing, and subscription functions of MQTT/TCP, MQTT/TLS, MQTT/WebSocket as well as other MQTT protocol features.
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    Authelia

    Authelia

    The Single Sign-On Multi-Factor portal for web apps

    Authelia is an open-source authentication and authorization server and portal fulfilling the identity and access management (IAM) role of information security in providing multi-factor authentication and single sign-on (SSO) for your applications via a web portal. It acts as a companion for common reverse proxies. With a compressed container size smaller than 20 megabytes and observed memory usage normally under 30 megabytes, it's one of the most lightweight solutions available. Written in...
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    Convert to it!

    Convert to it!

    Truly universal online file converter

    Convert to it! is a lightweight utility project designed to provide simple and fast file or data conversion workflows through a developer-friendly interface. The repository focuses on practical transformations between formats, making it useful in scripting pipelines, automation tasks, and small backend utilities where reliability matters more than heavy frameworks. Its structure emphasizes clarity and minimal dependencies so developers can quickly understand and extend the codebase. The tool...
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