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GitNova Daily discoveries — October 20, 2026 · 22:00 MSK

Three discoveries with different uses, selected from the projects GitNova tracks. This edition was saved on October 20, 2026, 19:00 UTC.

Summaries come from README digests. Magnitude measures growing interest; installation has not been tested. Star counts below refer to the stated UTC day at the time shown.

JoasASantos/REA-Prompts

AI agents

+645stars on 2026-10-20 · UTC

A curated collection of prompts for using REA (Reverse Engineer Anything) with AI coding agents to inspect binaries, firmware, kernels, games, APKs, Electron apps and websites. Covers installation, feature tracing, cloning, vulnerability research and more.

Useful for
  • Install and verify the REA agent connection with a single npx command
  • Trace how a button click leads to a file write in an unfamiliar app
  • Recover a network wire format and generate a Python struct definition
Before using
  • No license is listed in the GitHub data; check the usage terms
  • Installation and requirements have not been verified; review the README before running
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Why now

Created on GitHub
2026-10-19 UTC
First seen by GitNova
2026-10-20 UTC
Magnitude
7.4 / 10 · growing interest

Not enough consecutive complete history days to compare daily gains

Measured: October 20, 2026, 18:22 UTC

Measurement details
  • Created on GitHub: 2026-10-19; first seen by GitNova: 2026-10-20 (UTC)
  • +645 stars measured 2026-10-20, 05:55–18:01 UTC
  • Not enough consecutive complete history days to compare daily gains
  • Magnitude 7.4/10

Ansub/tv-detox

Apps · Java

+338stars on 2026-10-20 · UTC

A lightweight home screen for old Android TVs written in Java: removes ads and bloatware and speeds things up. Installed via adb or with Claude Code/Codex.

Useful for
  • Speed up an old Android TV by disabling bloatware and sponsored rows
  • Replace the stock home screen with a minimal one showing apps, HDMI inputs and a clock
  • Revert all changes with undo.sh to restore the original home screen
Before using
  • License: MIT
  • Installation and requirements have not been verified; review the README before running
Explore project

Why now

Created on GitHub
2026-10-18 UTC
First seen by GitNova
2026-10-19 UTC
Magnitude
7.3 / 10 · growing interest

Only 1 complete days of history; a reliable usual pace is not established. On 2026-10-19: +482 stars (UTC)

Maximum over those 1 complete days: +482 on 2026-10-19; the current measurement has not exceeded it (UTC)

Measured: October 20, 2026, 18:22 UTC

Measurement details
  • Created on GitHub: 2026-10-18; first seen by GitNova: 2026-10-19 (UTC)
  • +338 stars measured 2026-10-20, 00:22–18:01 UTC
  • Only 1 complete days of history; a reliable usual pace is not established. On 2026-10-19: +482 stars (UTC)
  • Maximum over those 1 complete days: +482 on 2026-10-19; the current measurement has not exceeded it (UTC)
  • Magnitude 7.3/10

dipa-studio/ios-sweet

Hardware, IoT & robotics · Python

+178stars on 2026-10-20 · UTC

A port of Apple's open-source XNU kernel (xnu-8796, iOS 16 generation) to the Redmi Note 10 Pro (sweet, SM7150), running the unmodified iOS 16.7.16 userland from an iPhone X. Experimental bring-up: the phone boots to the iOS home screen, but with no GPU, Wi-Fi, audio or camera.

Useful for
  • Build the XNU kernel via GitHub Actions and boot it on the phone with fastboot boot
  • Build the iOS 16 root filesystem image from an iPhone X IPSW using mkiosroot.sh
  • Pull the kernel log from the userdata partition via OrangeFox and tools/sweet-log-pull.sh
Before using
  • No license is listed in the GitHub data; check the usage terms
  • Installation and requirements have not been verified; review the README before running
Explore project

Why now

Created on GitHub
2026-10-14 UTC
First seen by GitNova
2026-10-19 UTC
Magnitude
6.9 / 10 · growing interest

Only 5 complete days of history; a reliable usual pace is not established. On 2026-10-19: +363 stars (UTC)

Maximum over those 5 complete days: +363 on 2026-10-19; the current measurement has not exceeded it (UTC)

Measured: October 20, 2026, 18:22 UTC

Measurement details
  • Created on GitHub: 2026-10-14; first seen by GitNova: 2026-10-19 (UTC)
  • +178 stars measured 2026-10-20, 00:22–18:01 UTC
  • Only 5 complete days of history; a reliable usual pace is not established. On 2026-10-19: +363 stars (UTC)
  • Maximum over those 5 complete days: +363 on 2026-10-19; the current measurement has not exceeded it (UTC)
  • Magnitude 6.9/10

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