GitHub holds 395 million public repos.
We curate the ones worth your stars

Linux kernel★ 255k

The kernel running most of the internet, Android and the supercomputers (mirror).

React★ 252k

The UI library that reshaped how every interface gets built.

Vue.js★ 213k

The progressive framework beloved for gentle ramps and first-class docs.

VS Code★ 195k

The world's default code editor: free, fast, endlessly extensible.

Oh My Zsh★ 190k

The zsh framework behind a decade of beautiful terminals.

Ollama★ 186k

One command to run any open model locally — local AI's front door.

Transformers★ 169k

The library behind modern AI: one API for hundreds of thousands of models.

Kubernetes★ 129k

The container orchestrator that became the cloud's operating system.

Godot★ 120k

The open game engine behind a wave of indie hits — entirely yours to modify.

PyTorch★ 105k

The deep-learning framework most AI research is written in.

Tailwind CSS★ 99k

Utility-first CSS that changed how teams style the web.

Home Assistant★ 92k

The local-first smart home hub that answers to no vendor.

Mermaid★ 91k

Diagrams as code: flowcharts from plain text, rendered everywhere.

fzf★ 84k

Fuzzy-find anything: history, files, branches — one keystroke away.

Vite★ 84k

The dev server that made frontend tooling feel instant.

OBS Studio★ 79k

The standard for streaming and screen recording, on every platform.

Redis★ 77k

The in-memory data store behind a decade of real-time everything.

Font Awesome★ 77k

The icon set that has armed two decades of the web.

Ansible★ 71k

Agentless automation that turned server config into readable YAML.

ripgrep★ 70k

grep rebuilt in Rust: far faster, smarter defaults, respects .gitignore.

Apache ECharts★ 68k

Born at Baidu, now a global visualization standard under Apache.

FFmpeg★ 67k

The engine behind nearly every video player, converter and stream you've used.

Git★ 64k

The version-control system the whole industry runs on (official mirror).

Prettier★ 52k

The opinionated formatter that ended every code-style argument.

gitleaks★ 31k

Scan git history for leaked API keys and passwords — before attackers do.

Karakeep★ 30k

AI-assisted bookmark hoarding: save links, get auto-tags and archived snapshots.

Ente★ 30k

End-to-end encrypted photos — a self-hostable Google Photos alternative you truly own.

KeePassXC★ 30k

Offline password manager: one encrypted file holds all your secrets.

Micro★ 30k

A full-featured code editor that lives inside any terminal.

Plausible★ 30k

Lightweight, privacy-first web analytics — the Google Analytics antithesis.

Mindustry★ 30k

Factory towers + RTS + deep modding — the strategy game you sink 200 hours into.

Harbor★ 30k

The cloud-native container registry with scanning and signing built in.

Chroma★ 30k

The open embedding database behind thousands of AI apps.

Signal for Android★ 30k

The gold standard of private messaging, source open to all.

WezTerm★ 29k

GPU-accelerated terminal with Lua scripting — fast, cross-platform, hackable.

Pydantic★ 29k

The data-validation layer half the Python ecosystem runs on.

Hyperfine★ 29k

One command to benchmark anything — settle 'which is faster' with numbers.

InvokeAI★ 29k

A professional-grade Stable Diffusion studio for serious image work.

ArchiveBox★ 29k

Your own internet archive — save pages before they vanish.

TanStack Table★ 29k

Headless datagrid: sorting, grouping, virtualization — draw the UI yourself.

Budibase★ 28k

Build internal tools and admin panels in minutes, not sprints.

Graphite★ 28k

A procedural, node-based graphics editor that runs in your browser.

Vimium★ 27k

Vim keys in your browser — navigate the web without touching the mouse.

Typesense★ 27k

Typo-tolerant search engine that's up and useful in minutes.

faster-whisper★ 27k

Whisper speech recognition, 4× faster with half the memory.

llamafile★ 27k

A whole LLM zipped into one executable — download, run, done.

Babylon.js★ 26k

A powerhouse WebGL/WebGPU 3D engine with a lovely playground.

authentik★ 26k

Self-hosted single sign-on: one login for every app you run.

Biome★ 26k

Lint and format JS/TS in one Rust-powered tool — absurdly fast.

kotaemon★ 26k

A beautiful open RAG UI: chat with your PDFs and docs, locally.

D2★ 26k

Text in, beautiful architecture diagrams out — the modern diagramming language.

Lucide★ 26k

The beautifully consistent icon set half the web quietly uses.

Oh My Tmux★ 25k

One dotfile and your tmux looks professionally configured.

Activepieces★ 25k

Open-source Zapier: connect your apps and automate the boring parts.

Fastfetch★ 25k

System info at shell speed — the actively maintained neofetch successor.

whisperX★ 25k

Whisper plus word-level timestamps and speaker diarization — podcast-ready.

Navidrome★ 25k

Your music library becomes a streaming service, from your own server.

Argo CD★ 25k

GitOps for Kubernetes: your cluster follows your repo.

CosyVoice★ 24k

Multi-lingual TTS with zero-shot voice cloning from a few seconds of audio.

p5.js★ 24k

Creative coding made friendly — artists write code with it every day.

eza★ 24k

The modern ls: colors, icons, git status — folders finally look alive.

TimescaleDB★ 24k

Turns PostgreSQL into a time-series powerhouse — keep your SQL.

Deepface★ 24k

A lightweight Python wrapper for face recognition and verification.

Laravel Livewire★ 24k

Dynamic Laravel interfaces without writing JavaScript — the full-stack shortcut.

oxc★ 23k

A Rust-built JavaScript toolchain: linter, transformer, resolver.

Karabiner-Elements★ 23k

Remap anything on a macOS keyboard — the power tool every Mac tinkerer ends up installing.

chi★ 23k

The lightweight Go router that std-net always wanted to be.

Renovate★ 23k

A bot that PRs updates for every outdated dependency — all of them.

OpenObserve★ 23k

One binary for logs, metrics and traces at a tenth of the storage cost.

SVGO★ 23k

Squeezes SVG files smaller without losing quality.

Tabler Icons★ 23k

5,000+ free MIT icons in one consistent style — the quiet workhorse of UI.

VueUse★ 22k

200+ essential composition utilities for Vue — the batteries Vue didn't ship.

mdBook★ 22k

Markdown → books and docs sites, from a single binary.

Docmost★ 22k

Open-source Confluence alternative for team knowledge.

Teable★ 22k

Open-source Airtable: a no-code database with a spreadsheet face.

GitButler★ 22k

A modern Git client for stacking branches without the fear.

visx★ 21k

Airbnb's low-level visualization primitives for React.

Vercel AI Chatbot★ 21k

A full-featured, hackable AI chatbot template you can ship today.

FunASR★ 21k

Alibaba's open speech-recognition toolkit — first-class Chinese accuracy.

fx★ 21k

Interactive JSON explorer in the terminal — fold, query, transform.

Linkwarden★ 20k

Collaborative bookmark manager with auto-screenshots and full-page archives.

Eleventy★ 20k

A simple static site generator with zero framework baggage.

Radix Primitives★ 19k

The accessible headless component library shadcn/ui is built on.

WebLLM★ 19k

Chat with local LLMs entirely in-browser — private by construction.

Elysia★ 19k

An ergonomic web framework tuned for Bun — fast and delightful.

BookStack★ 19k

A wiki organized like a bookshelf: books, chapters, pages.

Audacity★ 19k

The world's most-used audio editor — simple, free, everywhere.

SQLModel★ 19k

SQLAlchemy meets Pydantic — type-safe models for FastAPI folks.

Windmill★ 18k

Turn scripts into workflows, schedules and internal apps.

sqlc★ 18k

Write SQL, get type-safe Go code generated — the compiler checks your queries.

Plotly.js★ 18k

40+ chart types for scientific and financial visualization.

Emotion★ 18k

CSS-in-JS with source maps and compile-time optimizations.

OpenEmu★ 18k

Retro gaming on macOS, unified beautifully — dozens of consoles, one app.

OpenRA★ 18k

Command & Conquer and Red Alert, rebuilt modern and cross-platform.

Zola★ 18k

Static sites from a single binary — no Node, no npm, no mess.

QuestDB★ 18k

Blazing-fast open-source time-series database with familiar SQL.

LibreTranslate★ 17k

Self-hosted neural machine translation — your data never leaves the server.

ent★ 17k

Facebook's entity framework for Go: schemas as graphs, migrations included.

aiohttp★ 17k

Async HTTP client and server in one mature package.

OpenRCT2★ 17k

RollerCoaster Tycoon 2, rebuilt open-source and multiplayer-ready.

FreshRSS★ 17k

Self-hosted RSS aggregator — the Google Reader successor we deserved.

AltTab★ 17k

Gives macOS real Windows-style Alt-Tab window switching. Why did we wait so long?

Cryptomator★ 16k

Encrypt files before they touch any cloud — vendor-proof vaults.

transformers.js★ 16k

Run Transformer models straight in the browser via WebGPU — no server.

yq★ 16k

yq is for YAML what jq is for JSON: slice, filter, convert everything.

PCSX2★ 16k

PlayStation 2 emulation, matured for two decades.

Zotero★ 16k

The reference manager for research: collect, annotate and cite papers without pain.

sherpa-onnx★ 16k

Speech recognition and TTS running fully offline — from servers to phones.

Dolphin★ 16k

The definitive GameCube and Wii emulator — HD visuals, better controls.

pre-commit★ 16k

One config, all languages: lint and format automatically before every commit.

Shotcut★ 16k

Full-featured free video editor — no watermark, no paywall, no account.

direnv★ 16k

Per-directory environment variables that load and unload automatically.

F5-TTS★ 16k

A few seconds of reference audio → surprisingly natural cloned speech.

Seafile★ 15k

Enterprise-grade file sync and sharing — rock-solid reliability.

CapRover★ 15k

Your own mini-PaaS: one-click apps, free TLS, web UI.

Tokei★ 15k

Count lines of code across 200+ languages, instantly and accurately.

Konva★ 15k

Declarative canvas: interactive 2D graphics without raw canvas pain.

Logto★ 15k

Developer-friendly auth infra: polished login box plus user management.

PPSSPP★ 15k

PSP games on every device you own, often upscaled.

Notepad Next★ 15k

A cross-platform Notepad++ reimplementation for Windows muscle memory.

Espanso★ 15k

Type shortcuts, get whole sentences — a privacy-first text expander.

Kamal★ 15k

From 37signals: deploy anything anywhere with one command.

Kopia★ 15k

Encrypted, deduplicated, incremental backups with a friendly GUI.

pgx★ 14k

The PostgreSQL driver Go developers eventually graduate to.

Kysely★ 14k

Type-safe SQL query builder with zero runtime cost.

Bitwarden Clients★ 14k

The apps behind the open-source password manager everyone trusts.

bottom★ 14k

A customizable cross-platform system monitor with graphs and widgets.

dbt Core★ 14k

SQL-first analytics engineering: versioned, tested, documented transforms.

SponsorBlock★ 14k

Crowd-sourced timestamps that auto-skip YouTube sponsor segments.

Rolldown★ 14k

The Rust bundler becoming the engine of the next Vite.

Nextra★ 14k

The docs/blog framework behind half the sleek Next.js sites you've seen.

BorgBackup★ 14k

The classic deduplicating backup archiver — trusted for a decade.

Zettlr★ 14k

Markdown writing app designed for scholars, theses and very long documents.

Mealie★ 14k

Self-hosted recipe manager with a slick app — your cookbook, backed up forever.

Cataclysm DDA★ 14k

The deepest survival roguelike ever made — infinitely replayable.

Aegis★ 14k

2FA app for Android: encrypted, exports openly, backs up — what Google Authenticator should be.

PlantUML★ 13k

The classic text-to-diagram engine: UML and much more, still undefeated.

tig★ 13k

Git in the terminal, visually: browse history, stage hunks, chase blame.

broot★ 13k

Navigate huge directory trees interactively — never cd-guess again.

SD WebUI Forge★ 13k

The WebUI branch that runs bigger models on less VRAM.

Distrobox★ 13k

Use any Linux distro inside your terminal, seamlessly — Ubuntu tools on Arch, no reboot.

Gorilla★ 13k

Research project teaching LLMs to call 1,600+ real-world APIs reliably.

Wallabag★ 13k

Self-hosted read-it-later: save articles from the firehose, read them calmly.

Zeal★ 13k

Offline API documentation for 200+ languages — instant answers on a plane.

gh-dash★ 13k

Your GitHub PRs and issues as a terminal dashboard — triage without the browser.

Marp★ 13k

Write slides in Markdown, present anywhere — decks at the speed of thought.

Gatus★ 13k

A health dashboard for endpoints and cron jobs — if it's down, you know.

dust★ 13k

du, but instantly understandable — see what's eating your disk.

Heroic★ 13k

Epic, GOG and Amazon games in one clean launcher.

edge-tts★ 12k

Use Microsoft Edge's online neural voices from Python, for free.

Devbox★ 12k

Instant, portable dev environments — shell in, project-ready.

Sonic Pi★ 12k

Live-code music on stage: write Ruby, hear synths. A coding instrument.

KoboldCpp★ 12k

Run local LLMs from a single executable — no install, no ceremony.

Onefetch★ 12k

Show a repo's vital stats right in the terminal — great for demos.

Vega★ 12k

A visualization grammar: describe charts as JSON, render anywhere.

linkding★ 11k

Minimalist bookmark service — runs happily on a Raspberry Pi.

BunkerWeb★ 11k

The open-source WAF that makes your web stack boring to attack.

Kakoune★ 11k

Modal editor with selection-first editing — Vim's most interesting rethink.

Pixelorama★ 11k

A polished free pixel-art editor built with Godot.

gqlgen★ 11k

Schema-first GraphQL server for Go — codegen does the boring parts.

LMMS★ 11k

Music production workstation: beats, synths, mixing — the free FL Studio.

aichat★ 11k

All-in-one LLM CLI: chat, roleplay, shell integration, 20+ providers.

Healthchecks★ 11k

A dead-man's switch for cron jobs — ping me, or I alert.

Lutris★ 10k

The one launcher that keeps Linux gaming organized.

UFO★ 10k

Microsoft's GUI agent that operates Windows apps on your behalf.

miniflux★ 9.9k

Opinionated, minimalist RSS server in Go — boring in the best way.

Starlight★ 9.5k

Astro's docs framework: fast, accessible, i18n-ready out of the box.

Bottles★ 9.1k

Run Windows apps and games on Linux through tidy, managed bottles.

Litestar★ 8.5k

A fast, thoughtfully async Python web framework.

OpenTTD★ 8.5k

The transport-empire tycoon, 20+ years strong and still shipping.

Mockoon★ 8.5k

Mock API servers in a few clicks — build UIs without waiting for the backend.

Inertia.js★ 8.1k

Build SPAs without building an API — the glue you didn't know you wanted.

LibrePhotos★ 8.1k

Self-hosted photos with face recognition and auto-organization.

OpenToonz★ 8.1k

2D animation software with studio pedigree — Ghibli's toolchain cousin.

FontForge★ 8.1k

The open-source font editor — design your own typeface from scratch.

chart.xkcd★ 7.9k

Hand-drawn, xkcd-flavored charts — serious data, disarming style.

devenv★ 7.8k

Fast, declarative dev shells without learning Nix the language.

Endless Sky★ 7.7k

Trade and fight across the galaxy — the Escape Velocity spirit, alive.

Veloren★ 7.7k

A community-built multiplayer voxel RPG — open-source Zelda energy.

KeePassDX★ 7.6k

KeePass for Android: manage that one encrypted vault from your phone.

sd★ 7.4k

Find & replace for humans — regex without the sed headache.

Mixxx★ 7.4k

Free DJ software that talks to real controllers — mix your first set tonight.

Evidence★ 7.1k

BI as code: SQL + Markdown compile into a data app.

speedscope★ 6.8k

Drop a profile file, get an interactive flamegraph — profiling made visual.

Shattered Pixel Dungeon★ 6.8k

A roguelike polished to a mirror shine that fits in your pocket.

tealdeer★ 6.7k

Command examples on demand — tldr pages in milliseconds.

Tridactyl★ 6.4k

Vim bindings for Firefox, deeply hackable.

Iconify★ 6.4k

One framework, 200,000+ icons from every major set.

Lightdash★ 6.2k

The BI layer built for dbt — metrics straight from your models.

Kdenlive★ 6.1k

Professional open-source video editing from KDE — a serious free Premiere alternative.

Vikunja★ 6k

Self-hosted todo lists and kanban — migrate from Todoist in one click.

Open Props★ 5.6k

A drawer of supercharged CSS variables — design tokens, ready to use.

SuperTuxKart★ 5.5k

A mascot kart racer with actual online multiplayer.

Pomerium★ 5.1k

Identity-aware proxy: zero-trust access to your internal apps.

Ueli★ 4.6k

Keystroke launcher for Windows & macOS — a free Spotlight that opens anything in 3 keys.

AdGuard extension★ 4.5k

The open-source AdGuard extension — no 'acceptable ads' deals.

VCV Rack★ 4.4k

A full Eurorack modular synth in software — patch cables included, soldering not.

Privacy Badger★ 3.9k

EFF's tracker blocker that learns as you browse.

NormCap★ 2.8k

Screenshot → text. Small OCR utility that quietly saves your day, again and again.

Kiwix★ 1.5k

Carry all of Wikipedia (plus many sites) fully offline on a laptop or USB stick.