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Open source releases, indexed in one place
Fifty widely used open source applications, developer tools, infrastructure projects, and platforms.
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Platforms & frameworks
React
A JavaScript library for composing user interfaces from reusable components and keeping them in sync with application state.
- Stars
- 251,985
- Language
- JavaScript
- License
- MIT
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Utilities
yt-dlp
A command-line downloader for video and audio from many sites, with format selection and post-processing.
- Stars
- 205,409
- Language
- Python
- License
- Unlicense
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Developer tools
Visual Studio Code
A cross-platform code editor that combines editing, debugging, source control, and an extension marketplace in one desktop app.
- Stars
- 194,677
- Language
- TypeScript
- License
- MIT
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Developer tools
Ollama
A local runtime for downloading, running, and serving open language models through a simple CLI and API.
- Stars
- 185,988
- Language
- Go
- License
- MIT
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Infrastructure
Kubernetes
A container orchestration platform for scheduling, scaling, and operating workloads across clusters.
- Stars
- 128,680
- Language
- Go
- License
- Apache-2.0
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Platforms & frameworks
Node.js
A JavaScript runtime built on V8 for server-side services, command-line tools, and networked applications.
- Stars
- 123,242
- Language
- JavaScript
- License
- GitHub did not report a single SPDX identifier; consult the upstream repository.
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Developer tools
Rust
A systems programming language and toolchain focused on memory safety, concurrency, and predictable performance.
- Stars
- 121,092
- Language
- Rust
- License
- Apache-2.0
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Media
Godot Engine
A game engine with a scene-based editor, 2D and 3D rendering, and export targets for desktop, web, and mobile.
- Stars
- 119,610
- Language
- C++
- License
- MIT
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Media
Immich
A self-hosted photo and video library with mobile backup, albums, search, and face recognition.
- Stars
- 118,295
- Language
- TypeScript
- License
- AGPL-3.0
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Platforms & frameworks
Deno
A secure-by-default TypeScript and JavaScript runtime with built-in tooling and web-standard APIs.
- Stars
- 108,816
- Language
- Rust
- License
- MIT
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Developer tools
Neovim
A modal text editor that keeps Vim's editing model while adding Lua extensibility, LSP, and modern defaults.
- Stars
- 103,368
- Language
- Vim Script
- License
- GitHub did not report a single SPDX identifier; consult the upstream repository.
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Platforms & frameworks
Angular
A TypeScript-first web framework with dependency injection, routing, and tooling for large single-page applications.
- Stars
- 101,107
- Language
- TypeScript
- License
- MIT
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Desktop applications
LocalSend
A cross-platform app for sending files and text to nearby devices over the local network.
- Stars
- 97,404
- Language
- Dart
- License
- Apache-2.0
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Servers & self-hosting
Home Assistant Core
A local home automation platform that integrates devices and runs rules without a vendor cloud.
- Stars
- 91,988
- Language
- Python
- License
- Apache-2.0
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Developer tools
Hugo
A fast static site generator that builds content-heavy sites from Markdown and templates.
- Stars
- 90,380
- Language
- Go
- License
- Apache-2.0
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Utilities
Syncthing
A continuous file synchronization tool that connects devices directly without a central cloud account.
- Stars
- 90,117
- Language
- Go
- License
- MPL-2.0
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Platforms & frameworks
Svelte
A compiler-first UI framework that turns components into small, dependency-light JavaScript at build time.
- Stars
- 88,563
- Language
- JavaScript
- License
- MIT
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Developer tools
fzf
A command-line fuzzy finder for filtering lists, files, history, and anything else piped into it.
- Stars
- 84,031
- Language
- Go
- License
- MIT
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Developer tools
Hoppscotch
An open-source API development client for sending requests, inspecting responses, and sharing collections.
- Stars
- 80,755
- Language
- TypeScript
- License
- MIT
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Media
OBS Studio
A desktop studio for recording screens and cameras, mixing sources, and streaming live video.
- Stars
- 78,990
- Language
- C
- License
- GPL-2.0
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Infrastructure
Caddy
A web server and reverse proxy with automatic HTTPS and a compact configuration model.
- Stars
- 78,796
- Language
- Go
- License
- Apache-2.0
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Infrastructure
Grafana
An observability front end for querying, visualizing, and alerting on metrics, logs, and traces.
- Stars
- 77,712
- Language
- TypeScript
- License
- AGPL-3.0
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Data & analytics
Apache Superset
A business intelligence platform for exploring data, building dashboards, and sharing SQL-driven charts.
- Stars
- 75,420
- Language
- Python
- License
- Apache-2.0
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Infrastructure
Moby
The open-source engine behind container builds and runtime primitives used by Docker-compatible tooling.
- Stars
- 72,244
- Language
- Go
- License
- Apache-2.0
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Infrastructure
Ansible
An agentless automation tool for configuration management, provisioning, and application deployment.
- Stars
- 71,257
- Language
- Python
- License
- GPL-3.0
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Developer tools
ripgrep
A recursive search tool that respects ignore files and scans source trees quickly.
- Stars
- 69,712
- Language
- Rust
- License
- Unlicense
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Infrastructure
Prometheus
A metrics monitoring system with a time-series database, PromQL, and service discovery.
- Stars
- 66,967
- Language
- Go
- License
- Apache-2.0
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Desktop applications
Alacritty
A GPU-accelerated terminal emulator focused on speed and a minimal, configuration-driven feature set.
- Stars
- 66,118
- Language
- Rust
- License
- Apache-2.0
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Infrastructure
Traefik Proxy
A cloud-native reverse proxy and load balancer that discovers routes from orchestrator metadata.
- Stars
- 65,471
- Language
- Go
- License
- MIT
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Servers & self-hosting
Memos
A lightweight self-hosted notebook for capturing short notes, tasks, and links with Markdown and tags.
- Stars
- 64,288
- Language
- Go
- License
- MIT
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Developer tools
bat
A cat replacement that adds syntax highlighting, line numbers, and Git-aware decorations.
- Stars
- 61,084
- Language
- Rust
- License
- Apache-2.0
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Utilities
rclone
A command-line tool for copying and syncing files between many cloud storage providers and local disks.
- Stars
- 60,815
- Language
- Go
- License
- MIT
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Developer tools
Starship
A fast, configurable shell prompt that shows context for many languages and version control.
- Stars
- 60,615
- Language
- Rust
- License
- ISC
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Media
Jellyfin
A self-hosted media server for organizing and streaming movies, shows, music, and live TV.
- Stars
- 59,031
- Language
- C#
- License
- GPL-2.0
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Servers & self-hosting
Gitea
A lightweight self-hosted Git service with repositories, issues, pull requests, and package registries.
- Stars
- 58,901
- Language
- Go
- License
- MIT
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Platforms & frameworks
Appwrite
A backend platform providing authentication, databases, storage, and functions for web and mobile apps.
- Stars
- 57,867
- Language
- TypeScript
- License
- BSD-3-Clause
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Platforms & frameworks
Vue.js
A progressive JavaScript framework for building interfaces with declarative templates and a reactive component model.
- Stars
- 54,840
- Language
- TypeScript
- License
- MIT
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Data & analytics
Metabase
A self-service analytics tool that lets teams ask questions of data and assemble dashboards.
- Stars
- 50,180
- Language
- Clojure
- License
- GitHub did not report a single SPDX identifier; consult the upstream repository.
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Data & analytics
Apache Airflow
A workflow orchestrator for scheduling and monitoring data pipelines defined as code.
- Stars
- 47,371
- Language
- Python
- License
- Apache-2.0
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Developer tools
GitHub CLI
The official command-line client for working with GitHub repositories, issues, pull requests, and releases.
- Stars
- 46,886
- Language
- Go
- License
- MIT
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Developer tools
fd
A user-friendly find alternative with sensible defaults, parallel traversal, and regex support.
- Stars
- 44,955
- Language
- Rust
- License
- Apache-2.0
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Media
qBittorrent
A BitTorrent client with a web interface, search plugins, RSS support, and no ads.
- Stars
- 41,374
- Language
- C++
- License
- GitHub did not report a single SPDX identifier; consult the upstream repository.
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Developer tools
Nushell
A structured-data shell that treats command output as tables and supports pipelines across formats.
- Stars
- 40,768
- Language
- Rust
- License
- MIT
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Infrastructure
Docker Compose
A declarative tool for defining and running multi-container applications from a single YAML file.
- Stars
- 38,608
- Language
- Go
- License
- Apache-2.0
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Servers & self-hosting
Nextcloud Server
A self-hosted collaboration server for files, calendars, contacts, and group workflows.
- Stars
- 37,425
- Language
- PHP
- License
- AGPL-3.0
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Utilities
restic
A backup program that deduplicates, encrypts, and verifies snapshots across local and remote storage.
- Stars
- 37,014
- Language
- Go
- License
- BSD-2-Clause
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Infrastructure
OpenTofu
An open-source infrastructure-as-code tool compatible with Terraform configuration and state.
- Stars
- 30,726
- Language
- Go
- License
- MPL-2.0
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Security & privacy
KeePassXC
A local password manager that stores encrypted databases and integrates with browsers.
- Stars
- 29,788
- Language
- C++
- License
- GitHub did not report a single SPDX identifier; consult the upstream repository.
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Desktop applications
WezTerm
A GPU-accelerated terminal emulator and multiplexer with Lua configuration and cross-platform support.
- Stars
- 29,456
- Language
- Rust
- License
- GitHub did not report a single SPDX identifier; consult the upstream repository.
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Developer tools
Git LFS
An extension that stores large files outside the main Git history while keeping pointers in the repository.
- Stars
- 14,578
- Language
- Go
- License
- GitHub did not report a single SPDX identifier; consult the upstream repository.