Developer tools: what’s taking off on GitHub
The fastest-growing repositories in “Developer tools”: plain-language summaries, use cases and a check on star quality. Updated every 30 minutes.
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6.2
unstablebuild/rune
A fast, GPU-rendered, keyboard-driven IDE for power users: code, terminals, CLI tools, language intelligence, debugging, and AI agents in one composable multi-workspace environment. The AI coding agent ships as an…
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6.2
max-sixty/worktrunk
A Rust CLI for managing git worktrees: simplifies creating, switching, merging and removing worktrees so multiple AI agents can run in parallel without conflicts.
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5.6
crwdla/tokentab
A CLI that reads local session logs from Claude Code, Codex and Gemini CLI and totals token usage and cost by model, project and day. Runs fully offline, with no account or API key.
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5.5
alibaba/open-code-review
AI code review tool from Alibaba: reads git diffs and, via an LLM agent with file access and repo search, produces line-level review comments. Ships with built-in rules (NPE, thread-safety, XSS, SQL injection) and a…
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4.7
Swordfish90/cool-retro-term
A terminal emulator that mimics the look and feel of old cathode tube screens. Works on Linux and macOS, customizable via context menu.
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4.6
haxybaxy/video-pedal
A loop pedal for your webcam: hold a key to record, release to loop the recording, press another key to go back live. Output goes to a virtual camera visible to any app.
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4.4
tt-a1i/archify
An agent skill for Cursor, Claude Code, Codex CLI, and OpenCode that turns a system description or codebase into interactive HTML/SVG architecture, workflow, sequence, data-flow, and lifecycle diagrams from typed JSON…
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3.6
reacherhq/check-if-email-exists
A Rust tool that checks whether an email address exists without sending any email: validates syntax, MX records, SMTP, disposable addresses and breaches. Available as a CLI, Docker HTTP backend and Rust library.
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3.5
git-ai-project/git-ai
A Git extension that tracks AI-generated code: each line is linked to the agent, model, and prompt via Git Notes. Works locally without hooks or workflow changes.
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3.5
romancitodev/cargo-pretty
A cargo wrapper that shows a live, animated status view for build, run and test: which crates or tests are running now, how long each took, and real progress from cargo's unit graph.
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3.4
cathrynlavery/diagram-design
A set of 39 editorial diagram types for Claude Code, Codex and other agents: self-contained HTML + SVG with no build step or JavaScript. Lets an agent draw architecture, flow and analytics diagrams in a consistent…
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3.3
paradise-runner/toast
A terminal IDE written in Go that ships batteries-included: managed LSPs, file tree, tabs, tree-sitter highlighting and themes out of the box. For developers who want to stay in the terminal without hours of editor…
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3.1
zhishile/codex-auth-helper
A Chrome extension that locally exports your ChatGPT session and generates an auth.json file matching the Codex spec for authentication. All processing happens in-browser with no data sent to servers.
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2.9
lnkiai/m3e-canvas
A browser-based editor for sketching Material 3 Expressive screens with drag-and-drop, screen links, and export of a ready prompt for AI coding tools.
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2.8
cursor/plugins
Cursor plugin specification and a set of official plugins for popular developer tools, frameworks, and SaaS products. Each plugin is a standalone directory with a .cursor-plugin/plugin.json manifest.
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2.7
t8y2/dbx
A 20 MB lightweight cross-platform database client for 90+ databases (MySQL, PostgreSQL, SQLite, Redis, MongoDB, etc.) with built-in AI assistant, MCP server, CLI, and desktop/Docker modes.
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2.7
raine/workmux
A Rust CLI that ties git worktrees to tmux windows (also kitty, WezTerm, Zellij) as isolated dev environments, enabling parallel work on tasks and running multiple AI agents without conflicts.
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2.6
zachsaw/graphify-csharp
A headless Roslyn/MSBuild indexer for C# that extracts semantic relationships (calls, references, implementations, inheritance) and exports them as JSON for coding agents. Gives agents compiler-accurate Find Usages…
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2.6
nektos/act
A Go tool that runs GitHub Actions locally via Docker by reading workflow files from .github/workflows. Useful for fast CI feedback without commits and as a local task runner instead of a Makefile.
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2.6
NVlabs/cuda-oxide
A Rust-to-CUDA compiler from NVIDIA Labs: write SIMT GPU kernels in pure Rust and compile them to PTX with no DSLs or foreign bindings. Currently in alpha.
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2.6
deepseek-ai/DeepJIT
Header-only C++20 JIT runtime for compiling and launching kernels on NVIDIA CUDA GPUs and Huawei Ascend NPUs, with a shared interface, binary caching, and PyTorch integration.
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2.5
tonywjs/html-diagram
A Claude Code and Codex CLI skill for building editable HTML diagrams: the output is a single dependency-free HTML file that is itself the editor (edit mode via ⌘E).
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2.3
junegunn/fzf
A general-purpose command-line fuzzy finder and interactive terminal toolkit for selecting from lists and building custom terminal interfaces. Integrates with Bash, Zsh, Fish, Nushell, Vim, and Neovim.
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2.2
MeteorNOX/DeepSeek-Balance-Whale-Widget
A floating whale widget for the DeepSeek Harness (DSH) web UI that shows DeepSeek API balance, today's spend, and per-conversation cost. Installs as a standard DSH plugin via `dsh plugin`.
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2.1
cordiverse/cordis
A TypeScript meta-framework for spatiotemporal composability, using plugins and effects as building blocks for Node.js applications. The API is not yet stable.
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2.0
vinzdg/codenotch
A macOS app that pins a small notch to a screen edge showing how much of each coding assistant's usage limit is burned across Claude Code, Cursor, Codex, Antigravity and others, plus their current state.
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1.8
rui314/mold
A high-performance drop-in replacement for Unix linkers that speeds up C/C++/Rust builds by linking object files faster.
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1.7
ratatui/ratatui
A Rust crate for building terminal user interfaces (TUIs): widgets, layouts, event handling. Suited for CLI apps, dashboards, and interactive console programs.
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1.7
rust-lang/rust-analyzer
A Rust language server that brings IDE functionality to writing Rust code: go-to-definition, find-all-references, refactorings, completion, formatting and diagnostics. Works with any editor supporting LSP.
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1.6
coldteadotai/pr-lens
A tool that draws every pull request as animated architecture and data-flow diagrams, posted as a comment inside the pull request itself. Runs as a GitHub App, GitHub Action, CLI, or a skill for your coding agent.
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1.4
AlexAntonik/nix-graph
Interactive TUI viewer for Nix dependency graphs: runs nix path-info and renders the target's closure as an expandable tree with NAR, closure and added sizes. A nix-tree alternative with sorting, filtering and a…
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1.4
EpicGames/lore
An open source version control system from Epic Games built for scalability of data and teams, optimized for projects that mix code with large binary assets such as games.
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1.3
vercel-labs/scriptc
A TypeScript and JavaScript compiler to native code: C, LLVM IR, assembly, object files, executables, and WebAssembly modules. Uses the TypeScript compiler for parsing and type checking, producing standalone binaries…
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1.3
google/googletest
GoogleTest is a C++ testing and mocking framework based on the xUnit architecture. It automatically discovers and runs tests, offers a rich set of assertions, and supports parameterized and death tests.
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1.2
kacperkapusciak/goldie
A CLI tool that generates App Store and Google Play screenshots and preview videos for mobile apps: it replays flows on an iOS simulator or Android emulator, frames captures with a device bezel, background and…
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1.2
bashalarmistalt/decimen-optical-transfer
A web tool for transferring files between devices via screen and camera: one displays animated QR codes, the other scans them and reconstructs the file with no network or app install.
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1.2
iczelia/bzip3
Bzip3 is a C compression utility and library positioned as a successor to BZip2 with higher compression ratios and speed, especially on text and code. It uses BWT, context mixing and LZP.
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1.1
prettier/prettier
An opinionated code formatter that parses source code and reprints it with consistent rules, wrapping lines past the configured max width. Supports JavaScript, TypeScript, Flow, JSX, JSON, CSS, SCSS, Less, HTML, Vue,…
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1.1
Field-Logic-Ltd/ClaudeStatsBar
A Claude Code status line showing how large the current session has grown and what the next turn costs before you type. Helps clear context at a sensible point instead of hitting the limit mid-task.
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1.0
facebook/pyrefly
A fast type checker and language server for Python with IDE features: code navigation, autocomplete, semantic highlighting. Available as a CLI and extension for VSCode, Neovim, Zed.
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0.8
tobi/walgit
A single-binary Git server in Rust that stores repositories in an S3/GCS bucket with no database or meaningful local state. Supports smart HTTP fetch/push, Git LFS, a web UI, JSON API, push policies and webhooks.
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0.5
xsolla-baku-gametech-hackathon/team-Omzo
Repro turns raw playtest bug reports into clustered, triaged issues using TF-IDF, game state, log signatures and environment overlap, with forensic watermarking and reward tokens for testers.
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0.4
ctrlb-hq/ctrlb-decompose
A CLI, WASM tool and Rust library that compresses millions of log lines into compact typed patterns with quantiles, anomalies and LLM-ready output. Runs locally, logs never leave your machine.
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0.4
yamafaktory/whetuu
A status line and history picker for fish, bash and zsh, written in Zig. It draws a status line above the cursor and opens your history on the up arrow, without touching your native shell history.
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0.4
thkoch2001/rau
Râu is a Wayland window manager written entirely in Emacs Lisp. External Wayland windows are represented as Emacs buffers, so they can be managed with familiar Emacs mechanisms.
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0.3
joshuaswarren/omarchy-apple-dev
A set of scripts to build and install iOS SwiftUI apps on a physical iPhone from Linux (Omarchy/Arch on Apple Silicon) without Xcode or macOS, using Swift, xtool and pymobiledevice3.
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0.0
astrid-runtime/sdk-js
JavaScript/TypeScript SDK for building Astrid capsules: same WIT contracts and wasip2 components as the Rust SDK, but with an idiomatic JS API and decorators.