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Oct 16, 2026 · What developers are building

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DeepBlend

DeepBlend 0.13.0 lets moved or tilted thick-walled cups keep resizing, preserving placement and adapting the default main camera to actual geometry; old versions, manual look/handle settings, photography and animation remain protected.

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NanoBrowser

Lightweight desktop browser reusing the system-installed WebView2 engine, with GUI and headless builds around 4.5 MB each, plus a headless automation browser drivable by AI tools via MCP. Ships a Windows installer.

LanguageRustDTSoftware developmentDTAgent extensionDTDesktop app
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SkillHey

AI agent skill marketplace to browse skills by category (web/UI, images, presentations, video, documents), preview each skill's examples and description, then download and install them into existing agents like Claude Code, Codex, or Curso…

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Glim

Free open-source macOS multi-format file viewer that shows Markdown with charts and formulas, PDFs, images, JSON, CSV and source code in one workspace, with Apple Silicon and Intel builds.

LanguageRustDTDesktop productivityDTDesktop appOriginalcsv-viewer
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Anatomy Skill

Takes a technical concept and generates isometric mechanical animation MP4 videos and interactive HTML diagrams explaining the principle, with no installation required.

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Ozil Goal AI

Upload an authorized photo to generate a fictional 10-second vertical MP4 goal highlight with Kling O3, keeping your face, clothes, and shoes. No prompt/reference video; crowd audio included; $9.99 each.

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Ghost Filter Prank

Upload a selfie to generate a 10-second vertical horror video with sound in which a ghost crawls out from behind your shoulder; pick a slow-approach or sudden-jump scare for a $4.99 one-time fee, no filming or install required.

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Seedance 3.0 AI

An AI video generation site by studio PlusFrame: turns text, images or reference assets (image/video/audio) into video with native audio, using Seedance 2.5 or 2.0 tiers (Mini/Fast/Standard), 5-30 seconds up to 1080p. The "Seedance 3.

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Alors on Danse AI

Upload two photos to place you and a friend at the keyboard and laptop in a white studio, generating a 10-second duet video in 16:9 or 9:16 with no prompt writing, $9.99 per video.

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Ausar AI

AI video/image generation studio: Kling 3.0, Veo 3.1, Seedance 2.0, Wan 3.0, Hailuo 2.3, GPT Image 2, Seedream 5, Grok Imagine; Motion Control maps sub-30s dance clips to any character, plus 10s one-photo dance templates.

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Bad Times AI

Upload a photo of yourself, your pet, or your child to make a 10-second vertical MP4 of the 'Bad Times' argument meme with its original audio. Pets stand and point at the camera; people use baby-style pointing and shrugs. $9.99 each.

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Remaker AI

Remaker AI is an AI image generation, editing and upscaling workbench supporting models such as Nano Banana 2/2.1/Pro, GPT Images 2.5, GPT Image 2, Seedream 5.0, Flux Kontext, Qwen Image 2.

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Jean Phil AI

Jean Phil AI makes 10-sec vertical videos with sound starring a fictional blond, curly-mustached gentleman, mixing 5 scenes (Paris flat, dance battle, gallery, café, haunted house) and 4 actions, no photo upload, $9.99 each.

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Bulin 47 AI

Upload a photo to place yourself in a street performance spot outside a red-light restaurant, generating a 10-second vertical MP4 with sound, from $9.99; not affiliated with Bulin 47, Kevin Wai, or their labels.

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Bulin 47 Viral

Upload an authorized photo and Kling O3 regenerates a 10s vertical MP4 street freestyle scene with people, street setting and new ambient audio. No source video or original track, fixed scene, no custom prompts, $9.99 each.

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Burning Bridges AI

Upload your photo and up to two friends' to make a 10s vertical party video: you center stage under a chandelier toasting, friends cheering behind, original reference track. 40 credits ($9.99); no Drake affiliation.

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PhotoCraft

开源 Photoshop 替代品 PhotoCraft 的网页版入口与桌面版下载站,纯 Rust 重写,支持图层、蒙版、调整图层、图层样式、文字、矢量、画笔与真实 PSD 文件,编辑在浏览器本地完成,桌面版覆盖 Windows / macOS / Linux;站点另加付费 AI 出图与批量修图(缩放、格式转换、压缩、加水印、重命名,每批前 10 张免费),非官方站点

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Hotel Lobby AI

Two-person photo-to-video tool that turns two portrait photos into an orange-studio performance video, with left/right placement, optional action prompts, quality options, and MP4 preview and download;

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Lucer AI Video

AI image and video platform for creators: text-to-image and image-to-image generation, popular video effects like Michael Jackson, Raindance and Hotel Lobby, plus watermark removal, quality enhancement and filter restoration.

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Screenshot Editor

Free screenshot text editor that uses local OCR to detect text and erase or replace it, running entirely in the browser with no uploads or watermarks, suited to cleaning up screenshots, posters and product images.

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Personalized Gift

Create a personalized song featuring the recipient's name in minutes for birthdays, anniversaries or Christmas, then send it through a dedicated page.

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Quick Get Well

Free, no-signup English get-well message picker: filter editable sample wordings by relationship, occasion, tone and format, with teacher card PDFs and workplace sympathy phrasing practice.

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Chinese Gender Predictor

English folklore-entertainment web app converting Gregorian birth and conception dates into lunar age and month to query a traditional gender chart, plus a lunar-age calculator and free party-game PDFs. No signup; in-browser; not medical.

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GemiAi

GemiAi is a multi-platform AI chat and image workspace: it writes, understands documents and images, generates or edits images from descriptions, and builds web pages.

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Smalltown Boy AI

AI tool that turns two solo photos or one duo photo (people or pets) into a 21-second 720p 9:16 vertical two-person dance video with no prompt writing; login and credits required.

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Indie Radar

Indie Radar: low-noise feed for indie/overseas makers. Dedupes first-hand creator sources with local pgvector, scores them on 5 axes, daily curates 2-4 high-value tools and monetization cases, sent via Telegram and GitHub Markdown.

LanguageTypeScriptDTBusiness & growthDTContent / resource
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WeChat to Markdown

Chrome extension that saves WeChat public account articles as local Markdown, processing the text in-browser without uploading it; exports import into Obsidian, Siyuan, or Typora.

LanguageHTMLDTResearch & learningDTWeb appDTBrowser
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Codex Token Bar

A native macOS monitor for Codex usage: check remaining quota, reset time, session tokens, cache reuse and context usage from the menu bar, plus a floating quota badge that follows the Codex desktop pet. Runs locally with no extra API key;

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Nebutra Sailor

Open-source SaaS boilerplate: one command scaffolds a Next.js + Hono gateway, Better Auth, Creem/WeChat/Alipay payments and generated Postgres RLS multi-tenancy; runs locally on an empty .env, with AGENTS.

LanguageTypeScriptDTSoftware developmentDTCLIOriginalagent-skills
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AI Browser Games

A browser game discovery directory curating 100 third-party titles, filterable by control scheme, pace, and player count; four are tagged as AI-assisted with creator attribution.

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AI Architecture Diagram Generator

A skill that generates interactive, well-designed architecture diagrams directly from your codebase, explaining the design in plain language so you get a diagram you can trust. Works with Claude, Codex and other mainstream AI tools.

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Free English Learning Tools: 11 Free English Practice Sites

11 MIT-licensed English practice sites: IELTS listening synonym drills, reading matching (120 passages), writing correction, 128 AI speaking mock tests, plus illustrated KET/PET/FCE and AWL 570 flashcards. Free, no signup, mobile-friendly.

LanguageHTMLDTResearch & learningDTWeb appOriginalacademic-word-list
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927 Opus 5.5 Video Examples with Chinese Prompts

A Chinese-language prompt reference collecting 927 Opus 5.5 video examples. Browse by result, then read the original authors' public prompts to learn how to describe motion effects, product demos, explainer animations and 3D scenes.

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REA

Uses AI to reverse engineer an original application's binaries and reimplement an AI-rewritten version of it.

LanguageTypeScriptDTSoftware developmentDTSecurity & testingOriginalagent-skills
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SynthID Detector

Google's official detection tool: upload a file and it checks whether it contains a SynthID watermark, indicating the content was AI-generated.

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ts-rust

A TypeScript compiler written in Rust and implemented with AI assistance, reportedly 100% compatible with the official TypeScript compiler.

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Doory

Browser-based graphic design tool aiming to be an open-source Canva alternative; currently ships around 10 built-in templates.

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HeadOrbit

HeadOrbit uses the AirPods' built-in motion sensors to detect head and neck movements, so nodding, shaking or tilting your head can control a Mac without any camera.

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qrypt

qrypt is a cross-platform CLI tool that mounts cloud drives as local folders, supporting major Chinese cloud storage services so files can be accessed like a local disk.

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EdgeSSH

A Cloudflare-based VPS and virtual host management platform that lets you log in over SSH and administer your servers directly from the web.

LanguageTypeScriptDTData & operationsDTWeb appOriginalcloudflare-d1
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charts-rs

A Rust charting library that produces SVG and image files directly without a browser or Node.js, with a charting syntax inspired by ECharts.

LanguageRustDTSoftware developmentDTLibrary / SDKOriginal工具
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ItsPaint

Open-source drawing board for macOS, suited for annotating screenshots.

LanguageSwiftDTDesktop productivityDTDesktop appOriginalappkit
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Caplo

Caplo is an open-source macOS screen recorder that automatically zooms in on clicks, with the view panning to follow the cursor.

LanguageSwiftDTContent creationDTDesktop appOriginalscreen-recorder
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bg2x

Open-source image super-resolution tool that upscales images up to 4x with selectable AI models, processing everything locally in the browser.

LanguageVueDTContent creationDTWeb appOriginal工具
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EnvTrace

A website that checks your browser fingerprint, shows how much personal information is exposed, and points out the problematic areas.

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Droidline

Open-source Android app: install it, pair with your computer by scanning a QR code, then write scripts on the computer to control the phone, with no USB debugging or root required.

LanguageGoDTSoftware developmentDTMobile appOriginalaccessibility-service
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ESP32 iPhone Agent

A ~$7 ESP32-S3 board plugs into an iPhone's USB port, letting AI models control the phone for automation, with no Mac, developer account, or jailbreak needed.

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2.8K

Bulchimbeon

Open-source macOS app that keeps your Mac awake while AI coding agents like Claude Code and Codex run, with lid-closed wake, overheat pause and low-battery exit.

LanguageSwiftDTSoftware developmentDTDesktop appOriginalai-agents
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CNEquity

Open-source, self-hosted A-share data lake that ingests 55 datasets locally—market quotes, financial statements, fund flows, corporate events, macro, futures and options—queryable via Python, SQL, a web console, and MCP.

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APPLORE

APPLORE is a collection of over 18,000 app icons that supports browsing by category and searching.

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The Life of a Chinese Character

A website for looking up the origins of Chinese characters, showing glyph evolution for common characters: oracle bone script (1,425), seal script (10,249), traditional and simplified forms.

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TextFold: Zoomable Reader for Long Texts and AI Replies

Open-source reading tool that zooms papers, web pages and files into five levels, from overview to a paragraph, and folds Claude Code and Pi replies. PDF side-by-side view, annotations, interactive HTML export. macOS/Windows, pip install.

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LightRead: A Local-First Ebook and Paper Reader

Open-source local-first ebook and PDF reader built with Vue 3, TypeScript and Tauri 2. Annotations, offline listening, progress; papers get a separate workspace with AI Q&A and human edits stored apart. Optional AI, OPDS/Calibre, WebDAV.

LanguageTypeScriptDTResearch & learningDTDesktop appOriginalarxiv
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Doc2X MCP: Document Parsing MCP Server

TypeScript stdio MCP server wrapping Doc2X cloud parsing of PDFs and scanned images into MCP tools with Markdown, LaTeX, DOCX and layout JSON export. Ships a Skill for submit/wait/download; needs Node.js 18+ and a paid API key.

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cursor / plugins

Cursor plugin specification and official plugins

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MadsLorentzen / ai-job-search

The job search that runs on your machine. AI job application framework built on Claude Code: evaluate postings, tailor CVs, write cover letters, prep interviews. Fork it and own it.

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48.2K

hmjz100 / LinkSwift

A JavaScript userscript that retrieves direct file download links from eight Chinese cloud drives (Baidu, Aliyun, China Mobile, Tianyi, Xunlei, Quark, UC, 123), modified from the Netdisk Direct Link Download Assistant.

LanguageJavaScriptDTData & operationsDTSkill / pluginOriginal123pan
23.6K

OI-wiki / OI-wiki

OI Wiki is a community-maintained knowledge base for competitive programming (OI/ICPC), covering algorithms, data structures, math, and contest problem-solving for learners and contestants.

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26.9K

AstrBotDevs / AstrBot

AI Agent Assistant & development framework that integrates lots of IM platforms, LLMs, plugins and AI feature, and can be your openclaw alternative. ✨

LanguagePythonDTSoftware developmentDTAgent extensionOriginalagent
42K

RapidAI / RapidOCR

📄 Awesome OCR multiple programing languages toolkits based on ONNX Runtime, OpenVINO, MNN, PaddlePaddle, TensorRT and PyTorch.

LanguagePythonDTContent creationDTLibrary / SDKOriginalchineseocr
8.2K

Evil0ctal / Douyin_TikTok_Download_API

Self-hosted async REST API, MCP server, CLI and web console for TikTok/Douyin posts, profiles, comments and playlists plus watermark-free video downloads, with a self-healing identity pool and PostgreSQL archive;

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yangzongzhuan / RuoYi-Vue3

RuoYi-Vue3 is the official RuoYi repository: a front-end/back-end separated permission management system built on Spring Boot, Spring Security, JWT, Vue3, Vite and Element Plus.

LanguageVueDTSoftware developmentDTWeb appOriginaladmin
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itwanger / toBeBetterJavaer

An accessible, humorous Java learning guide covering Java basics, concurrency, the JVM, enterprise development, and Java interview essentials.

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17.8K

krahets / hello-algo

Hello Algo is an animated, illustrated tutorial on data structures and algorithms with runnable code, available in Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, English and Japanese, with implementations in Python, Java, C++, C, C#, JS, Go, Swi…

LanguageJavaDTResearch & learningDTContent / resourceDTWeb app
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Palomino

Palomino is a fast, GPU-rendered agent workspace. Run agents side by side with your terminals, editor, and browser in one window.

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Mermaid

You know when you’re out and remember the one thing that’s sitting on your Mac at home? That’s why we made Mermaid. You just text your Mac from your iPhone, like you’d text a friend, and it actually does the thing.

DTDesktop productivityDTMobile appDTDesktop app
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Helicon

Helicon gives Muse Code, Meta's coding agent CLI, a proper home: projects and sessions in one sidebar, readable approvals, inline diffs and your plan meter. Free, MIT, no API key. Windows (no WSL), macOS, Linux, VS Code.

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Maybloc

Speech-to-text built for conversations with more than one voice with highest accuracy than any in the industry. Lowest diarization error on several benchmarks. 45 languages, up to 25 speakers.

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Tidy Design

Tidy is an open source alternative to Figma and Paper for designers, engineers, and AI agents. Design interfaces directly from your coding harness (Claude Code, Codex, Opencode, etc), explore the source code, and adapt the tool to fit how…

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GBrain Tools

GBrain Tools is a password manager for AI. Connect Gmail, GitHub, Stripe, Notion and many more once, then use them from ChatGPT, Claude, Claude Code, Cursor or your terminal. No AI holds a password, and every action lands on one log.

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Toad

Toad lets Claude, Claude Code, Cursor, or any MCP client run commands and work with files on all your machines through one MCP server. Install a small service on each machine. No open ports, and every change asks for your approval.

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Nudgebox

Put a QR code on your site, receipt or status page. People scan it with the free Nudgebox iPhone app and choose what to hear about. No account, email or phone number. Your backend reaches them with one HTTPS call. No SDK, no device tokens.

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iKnowMyMac

iKnowMyMac is a native Mac app that tells you why your Mac is slow, what's filling your disk and what's draining your battery, with the evidence and one action for each. It also updates your other apps from one tab.

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Jockey by TwelveLabs

Jockey is the first AI that understands your entire media library across photos and video. It analyzes thousands of hours of footage so you can find and connect people, moments and context across videos.

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Sparrow

Send webhooks reliably from your infrastructure. Retries, cryptographic signing, health tracking, payload transforms, recipes for Slack/Discord/PagerDuty, and a self-service portal — in one Go binary with PostgreSQL as the only dependency.

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Skisso

Skisso is a free Chrome extension for designers and developers who build with AI coding agents. Point at any element on your live product and edit it in your own design system: your tokens, your components, a shadcn/ui kit that matches you…

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Atelier

Atelier makes your Claude plan last: Codex finds the problems and Claude only judges them (about 71% fewer Claude tokens per review), long chats hand over to fresh sessions, and every session starts from a short brief.

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Neophyte

Give Neophyte any product URL and watch an AI agent onboard from scratch. It creates an identity, signs up, verifies its email, navigates setup, and attempts activation.

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Scalebrowser

Scalebrowser is self-hosted browser infrastructure for AI agents. It gives each agent a persistent, isolated identity, keeps logins and passkeys intact, handles captchas and verification, and runs on hardware you control.

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Gemini 4 Argon plays StarCraft

I've refreshed StarSkirmish Bench, a benchmark where LLMs play StarCraft BW by writing code, with results from the flagship models of OpenAI, Anthropic, Google, and Muse

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Endo – A Higher-Order Harness

Endo is a Higher-Order Harness (HOH). From the easiest concept to understand to the more complex ones, Endo gives you: * A single, simple UI to use any agent provider with your existing subscriptions, and hot-swap agents right in the middl…

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Gitsu.app – A Linear-alternative built on GitHub Projects

Issue tracking isn't dead. It's moving closer to code. Gitsu is a fast, AI-native, keyboard-first Mac and web app on top of your existing GitHub Projects and issues. Everything syncs with GitHub in the background.

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Weatheristic.com to answer questions other weather sites don't

I built this for myself. I often have questions I want quick answers to such as "how cold did it get last night?", "I just put down fertilizer, when will it rain next?", "is today unusually cold or warm for this time of year?

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Bao Qingtian: A Free Decision-Model API

A free decision-model API, Bao Qingtian: trains in under 1ms on integrated graphics, scores 38.10% on the jev benchmark, uses a fully random algorithm whose fallback keeps choice probabilities summing to 1. Two API keys are open.

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