Privacy projects on GitHub

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   #1 · openclaw/openclaw

   openclaw

   An open-source AI assistant that runs on your own computer and meets you in the chat apps you already use — WhatsApp, Telegram, Discord, iMessage, Slack and 20+ more.

   392.2K
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   #2 · awesome-selfhosted/awesome-selfhosted

   awesome-selfhosted

   It is a curated list of free-software network services and web applications that you can host yourself instead of relying on third-party SaaS providers.

   327.3K
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   #3 · trimstray/the-book-of-secret-knowledge

   the-book-of-secret-knowledge

   A massive curated collection of lists, manuals, cheatsheets, blogs, hacks, one-liners and CLI/GUI/web tools that the author gathers from everyday sysadmin, DevOps and security work.

   250.7K

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   ollama

   183.5Kollama/ollama · Go

   Ollama is a tool for downloading and running open large language models like DeepSeek, Qwen, Gemma, Llama, Mistral and gpt-oss on your own machine, with a simple CLI and a local REST API.

   • llama3
   • gpt-oss
   • gemma
   • mistral
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   clash-verge-rev

   151.9Kclash-verge-rev/clash-verge-rev · Rust

   Clash Verge Rev is a modern desktop GUI client for the Clash Meta (mihomo) proxy core, letting you manage proxy configurations visually on Windows, macOS, and Linux.

   • tauri-app
   • clash-meta
   • vpn-client
   • mihomo
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   v2rayN

   118.4K2dust/v2rayN · C#

   v2rayN is a free, open-source GUI client for Windows, Linux and macOS that manages proxy connections using protocols like V2Ray, Xray, sing-box, Trojan, Shadowsocks and others.

   • v2fly
   • xtls
   • xray
   • vmess
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   browser-use

   118.2Kbrowser-use/browser-use · Python

   Browser Use is an open-source browser agent that lets AI models control a real web browser - navigating sites, filling forms, handling CAPTCHAs, and completing tasks like booking appointments.

   • cloud-browser
   • browser-agent
   • stealth-browser
   • web-automation
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   RuView

   98.4Kruvnet/RuView · Rust

   RuView turns ordinary WiFi signals into a spatial-intelligence sensor — it detects presence, measures breathing and heart rate, tracks motion and falls, and even estimates body pose through walls, using Channel State Information (CSI) captured by cheap ESP32 boards, with no cameras or wearables.

   • self-learning
   • wifi-security
   • pose-estimation
   • home-assistant
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   Agent-Reach

   98.4KPanniantong/Agent-Reach · Python

   Agent Reach is a capability layer that gives an AI agent the ability to actually read and search the internet — Twitter/X, Reddit, YouTube, GitHub, Bilibili, XiaoHongShu, RSS, web pages and more — instead of hitting paywalls, 403s or login walls.

   • agent-infrastructure
   • free-api
   • rednote
   • ai-search
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    localsend

    94.6Klocalsend/localsend · Dart

    LocalSend is a free, open-source app for securely sharing files and messages with nearby devices over your local network, without needing an internet connection - a cross-platform AirDrop alternative for Windows, macOS, Linux, Android and iOS.

    • flutter-apps
    • file-sharing
    • dart
    • flutter
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    odysseus

    93.7Kodysseus-dev/odysseus · Python

    Odysseus is a self-hosted AI workspace that bundles chat, agents, deep research, a document editor, email, notes, tasks, and calendar around local or API models.

    • imap
    • smtp
    • web-search
    • calendar
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    core

    91.6Khome-assistant/core · Python

    Home Assistant is an open-source home automation platform that puts local control and privacy first, letting you connect and control smart home devices from one hub instead of relying on cloud services.

    • asyncio
    • smart-home
    • integration
    • mqtt
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    syncthing

    89.5Ksyncthing/syncthing · Go

    Syncthing is an open-source continuous file synchronization program that keeps files in sync between two or more computers over a peer-to-peer connection.

    • peer-to-peer
    • sync
    • decentralized
    • p2p
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    caddy

    78.1Kcaddyserver/caddy · Go

    Caddy is a fast, extensible web server written in Go that enables HTTPS automatically by default. It can act as an HTTP/1-2-3 server, reverse proxy, and general platform for running Go-based 'apps' (modules).

    • acme
    • caddy
    • http3
    • http-server
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    gpt4all

    77.4Knomic-ai/gpt4all · C++

    GPT4All is a desktop application that runs large language models privately on everyday laptops and desktops, with no API calls or GPU required.

    • ai-chat
    • llama-cpp
    • gguf
    • langchain
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    headroom

    75.5Kheadroomlabs-ai/headroom · Python

    Headroom compresses everything an AI agent reads - tool outputs, logs, RAG chunks, files, and conversation history - before it reaches the LLM, cutting tokens while keeping the same answers. It ships as a library, a local proxy, and an MCP server.

    • anthropic-api
    • context-window
    • token-optimization
    • llm-proxy
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    Front-End-Checklist

    74.5Kthedaviddias/Front-End-Checklist · MDX

    Front-End Checklist is an open-source front-end quality system that turns front-end best practices into a practical review workflow, usable by humans and AI agents via web, MCP server, or this README.

    • rules
    • front-end-development
    • checklist
    • guidelines
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    AFFiNE

    73.6Ktoeverything/AFFiNE · TypeScript

    AFFiNE is an open-source, all-in-one workspace that merges docs, whiteboards and tables into one knowledge base, positioned as a privacy-first alternative to Notion and Miro.

    • whiteboard
    • crdt
    • notion-alternative
    • workspace
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    VoiceStudio

    71.2Kdebpalash/VoiceStudio · Python

    VoiceStudio is an open-source, fully-local alternative to ElevenLabs: one app for voice cloning, voice design, video dubbing, dictation, transcription and audiobook creation in 646 languages.

    • dubbing
    • audiobook
    • dictation
    • translate
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    vaultwarden

    69.2Kdani-garcia/vaultwarden · Rust

    Vaultwarden is an unofficial, Rust-written server that implements the Bitwarden Client API, so you can run your own password-manager backend instead of using Bitwarden's official hosted service.

    • password-manager
    • selfhosted
    • self-hosted-ai
    • vps
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    docling

    69Kdocling-project/docling · Python

    Docling parses diverse document formats such as PDF, DOCX, PPTX, XLSX, HTML and more, turning them into a unified representation ready for generative AI pipelines.

    • tables
    • table-extraction
    • documents
    • pdf-converter
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    uBlock

    68.6Kgorhill/uBlock · JavaScript

    uBlock Origin (uBO) is a free, open-source browser extension that blocks ads, trackers, coin miners, popups, anti-blockers, and malware sites in Chromium and Firefox.

    • filtering
    • ad-blocker
    • adblock
    • chromium
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    anything-llm

    67.2KMintplex-Labs/anything-llm · JavaScript

    AnythingLLM is an all-in-one, self-hosted AI application that lets you chat with your documents, run AI agents, and build a private ChatGPT-like experience using local or cloud LLMs.

    • localai
    • self-hosted-ai
    • agentic-workflow
    • hermes-agent
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    v2rayNG

    64.1K2dust/v2rayNG · Kotlin

    v2rayNG is an Android client for V2Ray that lets you connect through proxy servers using either the Xray core or the v2fly core, supporting protocols like VMess, VLESS, Trojan, Shadowsocks and SOCKS5.

    • v2fly
    • xtls
    • xray
    • vpn-client
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    memos

    63.9Kusememos/memos · Go

    Memos is an open-source, self-hosted app for capturing short-form notes—daily notes, links, work logs, and snippets—into a chronological Markdown timeline you can revisit by search, tag, or date.

    • timeline
    • personal-knowledge-management
    • notes
    • firefox-extension
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    drawio-desktop

    63.5Kjgraph/drawio-desktop · JavaScript

    drawio-desktop is the official Electron build of draw.io, a desktop diagramming app that wraps the core draw.io editor so you can build flowcharts and diagrams without a browser.

    • drawing
    • flowchart
    • electron-app
    • offline-first
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    ppt-master

    62.9Khugohe3/ppt-master · Python

    PPT Master is an AI workflow that turns documents or a topic into a real, natively editable PowerPoint deck - with native shapes, transitions, animations, data-backed charts and tables, audio narration from speaker notes, and support for your own .pptx templates.

    • tables
    • slide
    • powerpoint
    • ppt
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    pi-hole

    61.3Kpi-hole/pi-hole · Shell

    Pi-hole is a DNS sinkhole that blocks ads and trackers for every device on your network, without needing any software installed on the devices themselves.

    • pi-hole
    • dns-server
    • ad-blocker
    • dns
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    shadowsocks-windows

    59.5Kshadowsocks/shadowsocks-windows · C#

    Shadowsocks-windows is a Windows desktop client for Shadowsocks, a SOCKS5/HTTP proxy protocol designed to circumvent internet censorship, written in C#.

    • c-sharp
    • socks5
    • shadowsocks
    • anti-censorship
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    Win11Debloat

    59.4KRaphire/Win11Debloat · PowerShell

    Win11Debloat is a lightweight PowerShell script that removes pre-installed apps, disables telemetry, and tweaks the interface to declutter and customize Windows 10 and Windows 11.

    • optimize
    • bloatware
    • cleanup
    • windows10
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    voicebox

    57.8Kjamiepine/voicebox · Python

    Voicebox is an open-source, local-first AI voice studio: it clones voices, generates speech in 23 languages, lets you dictate into any app with a global hotkey, and gives MCP-aware AI agents a voice - all running on your own machine as a free alternative to ElevenLabs and WisprFlow combined.

    • voice-clone
    • voice-ai
    • mlx
    • whisper
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    private-gpt

    57.6Kzylon-ai/private-gpt · Python

    PrivateGPT is an open-source API layer that turns any local, OpenAI-compatible model into a full production-ready AI application backend, covering RAG, tools, MCP, text-to-sql and more.

    • on-premise
    • text-to-sql
    • agentic-rag
    • ai-tools
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    joplin

    56.8Klaurent22/joplin · TypeScript

    Joplin is an open source note taking and to-do application, built to handle a large number of notes organised into notebooks.

    • web-clipper
    • onedrive
    • dropbox
    • end-to-end-encryption
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    FlClash

    56.2Kchen08209/FlClash · Dart

    FlClash is a multi-platform proxy client built on ClashMeta. It is simple, open-source, ad-free, and lets you manage proxy subscriptions and connections across devices.

    • hysteria
    • clash-meta
    • multi-platform
    • vless
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    alist

    50.3KAlistGo/alist · Go

    Alist is a self-hosted file list and WebDAV program that lets you browse and manage files stored across dozens of different cloud storage providers through one unified web interface.

    • onedrive
    • gin
    • google-drive
    • dropbox
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    spotube

    50Kteam-spotube/spotube · Dart

    Spotube is an open-source, cross-platform music streaming app for desktop and mobile that lets you bring your own music metadata, playlists, and audio sources through plugins instead of relying on one locked-in backend.

    • f-droid
    • lyrics
    • metadata
    • music-player
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    LocalAI

    49.6Kmudler/LocalAI · Go

    LocalAI is an open-source, self-hosted AI engine that lets you run LLMs, vision, voice, image and video models on your own hardware, including CPU-only setups, through an OpenAI/Anthropic/ElevenLabs-compatible API.

    • rerank
    • text-generation
    • face-recognition
    • distributed
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    Umi-OCR

    48Khiroi-sora/Umi-OCR · Python

    Umi-OCR is a free, open-source, offline OCR tool that extracts text from screenshots, batches of images, and PDF documents, and can also scan or generate QR codes.

    • qml
    • batch-processing
    • qt
    • qr-code
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    GitNexus

    47.9Kabhigyanpatwari/GitNexus · TypeScript

    It indexes any codebase into a knowledge graph — dependencies, call chains, clusters, execution flows — and serves it to AI coding agents via MCP tools so they stop making blind edits.

    • code-intelligence
    • code-search
    • refactoring
    • graph-database
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    textgen

    47.7Koobabooga/textgen · Python

    TextGen is an open-source desktop app for running local LLMs with text, vision, tool-calling, and an OpenAI/Anthropic-compatible API, built to be 100% private with no telemetry.

    • vision
    • rocm
    • llama-cpp
    • tool-calling
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    bruno

    47.7Kusebruno/bruno · JavaScript

    Bruno is an open-source API client for exploring and testing REST, GraphQL, and other APIs, built as a lightweight alternative to Postman and Insomnia.

    • openapi3
    • api-testing
    • testing-tools
    • api-client
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    copyparty

    47.1K9001/copyparty · Python

    copyparty is a portable, single-file server that turns almost any device into a full-featured file server, supporting resumable uploads/downloads over HTTP(S), WebDAV, SFTP, FTP(S), TFTP and SMB, with a built-in media player, thumbnails and search.

    • ftp
    • systemd
    • sftp
    • webdav
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    v2ray-core

    46.9Kv2ray/v2ray-core · Go

    Project V (v2ray-core) is a set of network tools for building your own proxy network that secures your connections and helps you bypass network restrictions while protecting your privacy.

    • socks
    • http-proxy
    • vmess
    • socks5
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    siyuan

    46.8Ksiyuan-note/siyuan · TypeScript

    SiYuan is an open-source, privacy-first, self-hosted knowledge workspace that combines block-level note-taking with AI agent collaboration, letting humans and AI agents work on the same knowledge base together.

    • note-taking-app
    • personal-knowledge-management
    • sync
    • knowledge-management
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    paperless-ngx

    46.8Kpaperless-ngx/paperless-ngx · Python

    Paperless-ngx is a self-hosted document management system that turns scanned physical documents into a searchable online archive, with OCR, indexing and archiving built in.

    • archiving
    • scanner
    • django
    • archive
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    codebase-memory-mcp

    46.7KDeusData/codebase-memory-mcp · C

    codebase-memory-mcp is a high-performance MCP server that indexes a codebase into a persistent knowledge graph so AI coding agents like Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, and Windsurf can query code structure instead of grepping files.

    • graph-visualization
    • code-intelligence
    • windsurf
    • ast
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    logseq

    45.3Klogseq/logseq · Clojure

    Logseq is a privacy-first, open-source platform for knowledge management and collaboration, built around a graph of linked notes written in local Markdown or Org-mode files.

    • clojure
    • pkm
    • personal-knowledge-management
    • markdown-editor
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    cobalt

    45Kimputnet/cobalt · Svelte

    cobalt is a media downloader with no ads, trackers, or paywalls: you paste a link to a video or song, get the file, and move on.

    • soundcloud
    • media-downloader
    • music-downloader
    • reddit
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    jan

    45Kjanhq/jan · Rust

    Jan is an open-source, self-hosted alternative to ChatGPT that runs 100% offline on your own computer, letting you download and run LLMs locally with full control and privacy.

    • localai
    • llamacpp
    • gguf
    • tauri
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    reactive-resume

    44.4Kreactive-resume/reactive-resume · TypeScript

    Reactive Resume is a free, open-source resume builder that lets you create, update, and share your resume with live preview and multiple templates.

    • resume-builder
    • 2fa
    • orm
    • dark-mode
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    Xray-core

    42.2KXTLS/Xray-core · Go

    Xray-core is the engine of 'Project X', a networking/proxy platform that implements protocols like VLESS, VMess, Trojan and Shadowsocks, with REALITY and XTLS for traffic obfuscation and censorship circumvention.

    • xtls
    • reality
    • anticensorship
    • vision
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    openhuman

    42.1Ktinyhumansai/openhuman · Rust

    OpenHuman is a local-first personal AI system that combines a persistent memory of your data, an orchestrator that runs agent fleets on durable graphs, and a deep researcher that sweeps your files and the web for you. It is written in Rust and ships as a desktop app.

    • second-brain
    • personal-ai
    • obsidian
    • whisper
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    WeChatMsg

    42.1KLC044/WeChatMsg

    WeChatMsg is a desktop tool (built with PyQt) that extracts and exports your personal WeChat chat history, letting you keep a lasting local record of your conversations and optionally feed that data into LLMs like ChatGPT to build a personalized AI trained on your own messages.

    • personal-ai
    • data
    • qt
    • llms
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    project-nomad

    40.4KCrosstalk-Solutions/project-nomad · TypeScript

    Project NOMAD is a self-contained, offline-first knowledge and education server: offline Wikipedia, thousands of books, Khan Academy courses, offline maps and optional local AI, all running on hardware you own with no internet required.

    • maps
    • homelab
    • offline-first
    • openai-compatible
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    photoprism

    40.3Kphotoprism/photoprism · Go

    PhotoPrism is an AI-powered, privacy-first app for browsing, organizing, and sharing your photos and videos, whether self-hosted or in the cloud.

    • photography
    • face-recognition
    • webdav
    • pwa
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    open-notebook

    40.3Klfnovo/open-notebook · TypeScript

    Open Notebook is a self-hosted, open source alternative to Google's Notebook LM that lets you organize research, chat with your documents, and generate podcasts using the AI providers you choose.

    • notes-app
    • self-learning
    • notebook
    • podcast
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    NewPipe

    40.2KTeamNewPipe/NewPipe · Java

    NewPipe is a free, lightweight streaming front-end for Android: one open-source app for watching videos and listening to audio from YouTube, PeerTube, Bandcamp, SoundCloud and media.ccc.de.

    • soundcloud
    • 4k
    • newpipe
    • watch
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    insomnia

    40KKong/insomnia · TypeScript

    Insomnia is an open-source, cross-platform API client for debugging, designing, testing and mocking APIs over GraphQL, REST, WebSockets, SSE and gRPC.

    • api-testing
    • mocking
    • curl
    • websockets
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    quivr

    39.6KThe-Vibe-Company/quivr · Go

    Quivr is an open-source engine that turns your files and content streams into search and monitoring — a 'second brain' you can query, built around an opinionated RAG powered by generative AI.

    • groq
    • vector
    • data-pipeline
    • hybrid-search
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    umami

    39.4Kumami-software/umami · TypeScript

    Umami is a privacy-first web analytics platform that tracks traffic, campaigns, behavior, conversions, and revenue without cookies or surveillance, as either a self-hosted app or a cloud service.

    • google-analytics
    • web-analytics
    • self-hosted-ai
    • statistics
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    spacedrive

    39.2Kspacedriveapp/spacedrive · Rust

    Spacedrive is a cross-platform file explorer and a cross-device data platform. It indexes files, emails, notes, and other sources, lets you search everything in one place, and syncs data across devices via peer-to-peer connections.

    • cloud-storage
    • distributed
    • filesystem
    • file-manager
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    maigret

    39.2Ksoxoj/maigret · Python

    Maigret is an OSINT command-line tool that builds a dossier on a person by checking for an account under a given username across thousands of websites and pulling together whatever profile info it finds, with no API keys required.

    • investigation
    • osint-python
    • osint-framework
    • osint-tool
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    sing-box

    38.9KSagerNet/sing-box · Go

    sing-box describes itself as 'the universal proxy platform' — a single Go program meant to run and configure various proxy protocols instead of needing separate tools for each one.

    • dns
    • vpn
    • proxy
    • networking
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    searxng

    38.5Ksearxng/searxng · Python

    SearXNG is a free internet metasearch engine: it aggregates results from various search services and databases into one results page, and users are neither tracked nor profiled.

    • degoogle
    • information-retrieval
    • webapp
    • container
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    khoj

    37.7Kkhoj-ai/khoj · Python

    Khoj is an open-source personal AI — a 'second brain' that answers your questions from the web and your own documents, runs custom agents for you, and works with any online or local LLM.

    • obsidian-md
    • personal-ai-assistant
    • stt
    • llama3
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    tailscale

    37.7Ktailscale/tailscale · Go

    Tailscale is a mesh VPN built on WireGuard that creates secure private networks between your devices with minimal configuration, adding 2FA/SSO login on top.

    • mesh-network
    • tailscale
    • 2fa
    • wireguard
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    AdGuardHome

    37.5KAdguardTeam/AdGuardHome · TypeScript

    A free, open-source network-wide DNS server that blocks ads and trackers for every device on your home network: it re-routes tracking domains to a 'black hole', so no client-side software is needed on the devices themselves.

    • adguard
    • dns-over-tls
    • dns-over-https
    • adblock
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    Vane

    37.4KItzCrazyKns/Vane · TypeScript

    Vane is an open-source, privacy-focused AI answering engine: it searches the web for you and answers with cited sources, running entirely on your own hardware.

    • self-hosted-ai
    • search-engine
    • openai-compatible
    • local-llm
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    server

    37.1Knextcloud/server · PHP

    Nextcloud server is a self-hosted platform for storing, syncing, and sharing your files, contacts, calendars, and more, with hundreds of apps (Mail, Video Chat, etc.) to extend it.

    • sharing
    • federation
    • free-software
    • two-factor-authentication
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    shadowsocks-android

    36.8Kshadowsocks/shadowsocks-android · Kotlin

    This is the official Shadowsocks client app for Android, Chrome OS, and Android TV, letting you route your device's traffic through a Shadowsocks proxy server.

    • android-tv
    • self-hosted-ai
    • shadowsocks
    • tunnel
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    restic

    36.6Krestic/restic · Go

    restic is a command-line backup program that is fast, secure, and efficient, supporting Linux, macOS, Windows, FreeBSD, and OpenBSD.

    • deduplication
    • sftp
    • compression
    • backup
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    bitchat

    36.6Kpermissionlesstech/bitchat · Swift

    BitChat is a decentralized peer-to-peer messaging app that uses Bluetooth mesh for offline, local chat and the Nostr protocol for internet-based global reach, with no accounts, phone numbers, or central servers.

    • nostr
    • bluetooth-le
    • mesh-network
    • bluetooth
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    browser

    36.6Klightpanda-io/browser · Zig

    Lightpanda is a headless browser built from scratch in Zig for AI agents and automation, not a fork of Chromium or WebKit.

    • webdriver
    • zig
    • cdp
    • puppeteer
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    CyberChef

    36.1Kgchq/CyberChef · JavaScript

    CyberChef is a web app that bundles encoding, encryption, compression, hashing and other data-analysis operations ('cyber' operations) into a single drag-and-drop recipe builder that runs entirely in your browser.

    • hashing
    • encoding
    • forensics
    • ctf
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    web-check

    35.1Klissy93/web-check · TypeScript

    Web-Check is an open-source OSINT dashboard that lets you analyse any website: it pulls IP info, SSL chain, DNS records, cookies, headers, server location, and more into one report so you can understand its tech stack and security posture.

    • netlify
    • ssl-certificate
    • osint-tool
    • reconnaissance
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    OCRmyPDF

    35.1Kocrmypdf/OCRmyPDF · Python

    OCRmyPDF adds an OCR text layer to scanned PDF files so the text becomes searchable and copy-pasteable, while keeping the original image intact.

    • tesseract
    • freebsd
    • ocr
    • document-processing
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    SmartTube

    35.1Kyuliskov/SmartTube · Java

    SmartTube is a free, open-source media client for Android TVs and TV boxes that lets you browse and play content (mainly YouTube) in a TV-optimized interface, without needing Google Services.

    • android-tv
    • kotlin
    • mobile-app
    • chatbot
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    v2ray-core

    34.7Kv2fly/v2ray-core · Go

    V2Ray (Project V) is a set of network tools for building your own proxy network, encrypting your connections to protect privacy and bypass network restrictions like censorship.

    • v2fly
    • anticensorship
    • vmess
    • vless
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    SillyTavern

    34.6KSillyTavern/SillyTavern · JavaScript

    SillyTavern is a locally installed user interface for interacting with text generation LLMs, image generation engines, and TTS voice models. It unifies many LLM APIs (KoboldAI, Horde, NovelAI, Ooba, Tabby, OpenAI, OpenRouter, Claude, Mistral and more) behind a single frontend built for roleplay and prompt tinkering.

    • roleplay
    • webui
    • tts
    • chat
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    czkawka

    34.3Kqarmin/czkawka · Fluent

    Czkawka is a multi-functional Rust app for finding and cleaning duplicate files, empty folders, similar images/videos/music, broken files, temporary files and more on your disk.

    • multiplatform
    • optimizer
    • fluent
    • cleaner
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    Handy

    34Kcjpais/Handy · Rust

    Handy is a free, open source speech-to-text app: press a keyboard shortcut, speak, and your transcribed words are pasted into whatever app you are typing in. It runs entirely offline on your own computer.

    • stt
    • winget
    • on-device-ai
    • voice
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    tabby

    33.9KTabbyML/tabby · Rust

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    shadowsocks

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    • local
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    • censorship
    • vps
85. 85

    XX-Net

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    XX-Net is a proxy tool built to bypass the Great Firewall (GFW) and internet censorship — a circumvention system the author says has run continuously for 9 years.

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    • fanqiang
    • gfw
    • anti-censorship
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    tdesktop

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    This is Telegram Desktop, the official desktop client of the Telegram messenger. The repository holds its complete source code and build instructions, written in C++.

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    • multi-platform
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    hiddify-app

    33.2Khiddify/hiddify-app · Dart

    Hiddify is a free, open-source proxy client for getting around internet censorship: it connects to your proxy servers over protocols like Vless, Reality, Hysteria and SSH, with no ads.

    • reality
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    atuin

    32Katuinsh/atuin · Rust

    Atuin replaces your shell history with a SQLite database, records extra context for every command, and adds a full-screen interactive search UI — with optional fully encrypted sync of history between machines.

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    Shadowrocket-ADBlock-Rules-Forever

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    hosts

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    • ad-blocker
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    dsh-desktop

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    A free, open-source Windows and macOS desktop client for DeepSeek Harness (DSH): the Harness's local Web UI, Host service and plugin system wrapped into one native app. Everything — even the desktop shell itself — is a plugin.

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    • unofficial
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    nanoclaw

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    A self-hosted AI assistant that runs Claude-powered agents in their own Docker containers and connects them to chat apps — WhatsApp, Telegram, Slack, Discord and more. Each agent has its own memory, workspace and scheduled jobs; you just message it.

    • wsl2
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    • whatsapp
    • ai-assistant
94. 94

    gbrain

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    GBrain is a memory-and-knowledge layer for AI coding agents: instead of raw search hits it returns synthesized, well-cited answers across your pages, people, companies and ideas, plus a self-wiring knowledge graph and an explicit note on what it doesn't know yet. Garry Tan (YC's CEO) built it to run his own OpenClaw and Hermes agents.

    • daemon
    • personal-knowledge-management
    • hermes-agent
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95. 95

    Bilibili-Evolved

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    It's a popular enhancement userscript for Bilibili, the Chinese video site — 30k+ stars on GitHub. It adds a feature panel, a settings panel and an installable component system on top of the site.

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96. 96

    qmd

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    QMD is an on-device search engine for your personal knowledge: it indexes markdown notes, meeting transcripts, documentation and knowledge bases, and searches them with keywords or natural language.

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    algo

    30.4Ktrailofbits/algo · Python

    A set of Ansible scripts that spins up your own personal WireGuard and IPsec VPN server on a cloud provider, using the most secure defaults available.

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    awesome-osint

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    This is a curated 'awesome list' of hundreds of free and paid OSINT (open source intelligence) tools and resources, organized into categories like general search, Google dorks, data breach lookup, social media, threat actors, and dark web.

    • threat-hunting
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99. 99

    Telegram

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    This is the official open-source Android client for Telegram, a messaging app built for speed and security.

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     karakeep

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     Karakeep (formerly Hoarder) is a self-hostable bookmark-everything app: save links, notes, images and PDFs, and it auto-fetches link details, tags everything with an LLM and gives you full-text and semantic search over all of it.

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