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    Ember Simple Auth

    Ember Simple Auth

    A library for implementing authentication/authorization in Ember.js

    Ember Simple Auth is a lightweight library for implementing authentication/authorization with Ember.js applications. It has minimal requirements with respect to application structure, routes etc. With its pluggable strategies it can support all kinds of authentication and authorization mechanisms. it maintains a client-side session and synchronizes its state across multiple tabs/windows of the application. it authenticates the session against the application's own server, external providers...
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    EasyTier

    EasyTier

    A simple, decentralized mesh VPN with WireGuard support

    EasyTier is a user-friendly file management tool for creating and managing tiered storage solutions, allowing users to offload rarely used files to alternative storage while keeping the system clean and efficient. Built for Windows, it helps users analyze disk usage, identify large or unused files, and move them to other volumes or cloud drives with minimal effort. Its intuitive interface and automation capabilities make it suitable for both personal and small business use, particularly when...
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    Glow OS

    Glow OS

    System Analysis Software

    Glow is an educational, hobbyist operating system written in C and Assembly, developed to help learners understand the internals of OS design and kernel development. Targeting x86_64 systems, Glow features its own kernel, bootloader, and minimal userland. With clear code structure and a simple design, it serves as a playground for experimenting with low-level systems programming, boot sequences, interrupt handling, and basic UI components like shells and text rendering.
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    Dinky

    Dinky

    Dinky makes files smaller

    Dinky is a lightweight developer tool designed to simplify interactions with large language models by providing a streamlined interface for prompt execution and experimentation. It focuses on usability, offering a minimal environment where developers can quickly test prompts, iterate on outputs, and refine workflows without complex setup. The project is built with simplicity in mind, making it easy to integrate into existing development processes or use as a standalone experimentation tool....
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    The Bitdefender disassembler

    The Bitdefender disassembler

    bddisasm is a fast, lightweight, x86/x64 instruction decoder

    The Bitdefender disassembler is a highly optimized, lightweight x86/x64 instruction decoder designed for security, reverse engineering, and low-level systems analysis. It focuses on decoding machine instructions with high precision while providing detailed metadata about each instruction, including operands, access modes, CPU flags, and feature requirements. Unlike many disassemblers, bddisasm is built with zero dynamic memory allocation and no external dependencies, making it extremely...
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    cljfmt

    cljfmt

    A tool for formatting Clojure code

    cljfmt is a static analysis and formatting tool for Clojure code, enforcing styling rules derived from the official Clojure Style Guide. It detects and fixes formatting errors while preserving code structure. It integrates with Clojure CLI, Leiningen, Brew, and can run as a standalone, CLI tool, or build plugin.
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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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    Tock OS

    Tock OS

    A secure embedded operating system for microcontrollers

    Tock is a secure, embedded operating system designed for microcontrollers and low-power hardware platforms. Written in Rust, it uses a novel kernel architecture where the OS runs a minimal trusted core and all userland code, including device drivers, is sandboxed and isolated. Tock is ideal for IoT devices, wearables, and embedded research projects where reliability and safety are critical. Its capability-based security model and preemptive multitasking allow developers to safely run...
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    Vendefoul Wolf Linux

    Vendefoul Wolf Linux

    A distribution without Systemd and with Xlibre and OpenRC by default.

    ...Vendefoul Wolf is a free, complete GNU/Linux distribution that uses OpenRC and XLibre by default. It's ready to use right out of the box (printer, Bluetooth, etc.) and consumes minimal resources. It has no telemetry or integrated artificial intelligence. It includes a selection of software so you can start working immediately after booting. It's a user-friendly environment.
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    Coyote Linux

    Coyote Linux

    Network Security Appliance Linux Distribution

    Coyote Linux is a security-centric distribution of Linux designed to provide firewall, VPN, IP routing, and various other functions.
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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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    GuitarPedal

    GuitarPedal

    Linus learns analog circuits

    GuitarPedal is an experimental repository exploring a digital guitar-effects signal chain implemented with lean, low-level code. The project demonstrates how to read audio input, process it through simple transformations, and write the result out in real time with minimal latency. It emphasizes straightforward, inspectable DSP so developers can follow the math and tweak parameters without a giant framework in the way. The codebase favors portability and simplicity, focusing on a handful of...
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    EcoPaste

    EcoPaste

    Open source clipboard management tools for Windows, Macos and Linux

    Open source clipboard management tools for Windows, macOS, and Linux. Built with Tauri, the application is lightweight and refined, consuming minimal resources. It also delivers a uniform user experience across both Windows, MacOS, and Linux platforms. The application is resident in the background, wakes up with one click through custom shortcut keys, saves time, and improves efficiency. Allows you to bookmark clipboard content for easy and fast access.
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    Reliable PostgreSQL Backup & Restore

    Reliable PostgreSQL Backup & Restore

    Reliable PostgreSQL backup and restore

    pgBackRest aims to be a reliable, easy-to-use backup and restore solution that can seamlessly scale up to the largest databases and workloads by utilizing algorithms that are optimized for database-specific requirements. Compression is usually the bottleneck during backup operations but, even with now-ubiquitous multi-core servers, most database backup solutions are still single-process. pgBackRest solves the compression bottleneck with parallel processing. Utilizing multiple cores for...
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    Redox

    Redox

    Redox is an operating system written in Rust

    ...It should be able to run most Linux programs with only minimal modifications. We're aiming towards a complete, safe Rust ecosystem.
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    MicroK8s

    MicroK8s

    Single-package Kubernetes for developers, IoT and edge

    Low-ops, minimal production Kubernetes, for devs, cloud, clusters, workstations, Edge and IoT. MicroK8s automatically chooses the best nodes for the Kubernetes datastore. When you lose a cluster database node, another node is promoted. No admin needed for your bulletproof edge. MicroK8s is small, with sensible defaults that ‘just work’. A quick install, easy upgrades and great security make it perfect for micro clouds and edge computing. As the publishers of MicroK8s, we deliver the world’s...
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    baseimage-docker

    baseimage-docker

    A minimal Ubuntu base image modified for Docker-friendliness

    Learn the right way to build your Dockerfile. You learned about Docker. It's awesome and you're excited. You go and create a Dockerfile. Cool, it seems to work. Pretty easy, right? Not so fast. You just built a container which contains a minimal operating system, and which only runs your app. But the operating system inside the container is not configured correctly. A proper Unix system should run all kinds of important system services. You're not running them, you're only running your app....
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    LavinMQ

    LavinMQ

    Ultra quick message queue and streaming server

    LavinMQ is a high-performance message queue and streaming server built for efficient message delivery. It implements AMQP 0-9-1 and MQTT 3.1.1, making it useful for applications that need reliable messaging, IoT communication, event processing, and backend service coordination. The server is written in Crystal, which helps it keep memory usage low while supporting high throughput. It is designed to handle very long queues, many client connections, and production workloads with minimal...
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    Firecracker

    Firecracker

    Secure and fast microVMs for serverless computing

    Firecracker is an open-source virtualization technology developed by AWS for deploying secure micro-VMs (microVMs) that offer strong isolation with minimal overhead. Designed for serverless workloads (e.g., AWS Lambda, Fargate), it combines VM-level security with container-like performance and startup speed.
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    Weron

    Weron

    Overlay networks based on WebRTC.

    Weron is a peer-to-peer overlay network built using WebRTC and WebSockets, enabling remote access and tunneling between machines behind NATs without the need for centralized servers. It uses Golang on the backend and supports secure connections using WireGuard-compatible encryption. Weron allows developers to create scalable mesh or point-to-point networks for applications like remote desktop, Kubernetes access, or collaborative tools—all without requiring public IPs or complicated port...
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    Better Auth

    Better Auth

    The most comprehensive authentication library for TypeScript

    Better Auth is framework-agnostic authentication (and authorization) library for TypeScript. It provides a comprehensive set of features out of the box and includes a plugin ecosystem that simplifies adding advanced functionalities with minimal code in a short amount of time. Whether you need 2FA, multi-tenant support, or other complex features. It lets you focus on building your actual application instead of reinventing the wheel.
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    Algo VPN

    Algo VPN

    Set of Ansible scripts that simplifies the setup of a personal VPN

    Introducing Algo, a self-hosted personal VPN server designed for ease of deployment and security. Algo automatically deploys an on-demand VPN service in the cloud that is not shared with other users, relies on only modern protocols and ciphers, and includes only the minimal software you need. And it’s free. For anyone who is privacy conscious, travels for work frequently, or can’t afford a dedicated IT department, this one’s for you. Really, the paid-for services are just commercial...
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    Horust

    Horust

    Horust is a supervisor / init system written in rust

    Horust is a Rust-based init system for Linux, designed to be fast, simple, and secure. Unlike traditional init systems, Horust focuses on stateless configuration using TOML files and aims to bring predictability and ease of use to system boot and service management. Written with Rust’s safety guarantees, Horust provides features like dependency handling, parallel service startup, and logging, making it suitable for containers, embedded systems, or minimal Linux environments where systemd is too complex or heavy.
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    TNTSearch

    TNTSearch

    A fully featured full text search engine written in PHP

    TNTSearch is a full-text search engine written in PHP, designed to be integrated into Laravel and other PHP applications. It offers real-time, efficient indexing and searching of textual data using SQLite as its storage backend. TNTSearch is highly configurable and supports features like fuzzy searching, customizable ranking algorithms, and boolean search, making it a powerful tool for adding search functionality to websites and applications.
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    retro-go

    retro-go

    Retro emulation for the ODROID-GO and other ESP32 devices

    retro-go is a lightweight, embedded-focused emulator frontend and launcher designed specifically for microcontroller-based handheld devices, particularly those built on ESP32 hardware. It integrates multiple classic console emulators into a single unified interface, enabling portable retro gaming on low-power devices with limited memory and processing capabilities. The project emphasizes efficiency and optimization, adapting emulation cores to run within the strict constraints of embedded...
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