Projects

This file contains a list of projects and organizations that are friendly to contributions, along with quick links to relevant documents you should reference before contributing.

Quick Jump Index

• How to Use This List
• 1. Beginner-Friendly First PRs
  • Awesome Lists
  • Customizations
  • Oh-My Projects
• 2. Step-Up Projects
  • Command Line Tools
  • Backup and Sync
• 3. Larger Codebases
  • Useful Apps and Platforms

How to Use This List

1. Start in section 1 for easiest first contributions.
2. Move to section 2 once you are comfortable setting up local dev environments.
3. Try section 3 when you want larger, more complex codebases.

1. Beginner-Friendly First PRs

Awesome Lists

• awesome-windows (project) - List of useful Windows tools/apps
  • Contributing Guide
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    • good first issue
• awesome-macOS (project) - List of MacOS resources
  • Contributing Guide
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    • good first issue
• awesome-privacy (project) - List of privacy/security-focused software & services
  • Contributing Guide
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    • good first issue
• awesome-privacy (project) - List of privacy-focused services
  • Contributing Guide
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    • good first issue
• awesome-vscode (project) - List of VS Code packages and resources
  • Contributing Guide
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    • good first issue
• awesome-hyprland (project) - List of useful Hyprland tools
  • Contributing Guide
  • Issue labels:
    • good first issue
• awesome-cli-apps (project) - List of command line apps
  • Contributing Guide
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    • good first issue
• modern-unix (project) - List of modern UNIX CLI tools
  • Contributing Guide
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    • good first issue
• Clone-Wars (project) - List of open source clones of popular sites
  • Contributing Guide
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    • good first issue
• awesome-mpv (project) - List of mpv resources
  • Contributing Guide
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    • good first issue
• Pop_OS-Guide (project) - "Guide" for starting on Pop!_OS
  • Contributing Guide
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    • good first issue
• awesome-areweyet (project) - Current adoption status of various technologies
  • Contributing Guide
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    • good first issue

Customizations (Themes, UI, and Dotfiles)

Windows

• Seelen-UI (project) - Customizable Windows Desktop Environment
  • Contributing Guide
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    • good first issue
• rainmeter (project) - Windows desktop customization tool
  • Contributing Guide
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• Jax-Core (project) - Rainmeter widgets
  • Contributing Guide
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• lively (project) - Animated wallpaper utility
  • Contributing Guide
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    • good first issue
• SecureUxTheme (project) - UxTheme patcher for Windows
  • Contributing Guide
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    • good first issue
• Windows-10-themes (project) - Themes for Windows 10
  • Contributing Guide
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    • good first issue
• Windows-11-themes (project) - Themes for Windows 11
  • Contributing Guide
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    • good first issue
• windows-customization-extras (project) - Windows application skins
  • Contributing Guide
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    • good first issue
• DateToday (project) - Configurable desktop date/time widget
  • Contributing Guide
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    • good first issue

Linux

• dots-hyprland (project) - Hyprland dots
  • Contributing Guide
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    • good first issue
• HyDE (project) - Hyprland dots
  • Contributing Guide
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    • good first issue
• HyperFluent-GRUB-Theme (project) - Grub bootloader themes
  • Contributing Guide
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    • good first issue
• aerial-sddm-theme (project) - SDDM login theme
  • Contributing Guide
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    • good first issue
• sddm-astronaut-theme (project) - Astronaut SDDM theme
  • Contributing Guide
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    • good first issue
• where-is-my-sddm-theme (project) - Minimal SDDM theme
  • Contributing Guide
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    • good first issue
• Colloid-gtk-theme (project) - GTK theme
  • Contributing Guide
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    • good first issue
• eww (project) - Linux desktop widgets
  • Contributing Guide
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    • good first issue
• ags (project) - Linux Wayland desktop widgets
  • Contributing Guide
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    • good first issue
• hyprfabricated (project) - Shell for Hyprland
  • Contributing Guide
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    • good first issue
• conky (project) - Linux X11 desktop widgets
  • Contributing Guide
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    • good first issue
• Gradience (project) - GTK theming tool
  • Contributing Guide
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    • good first issue
• linux-wallpaperengine (project) - Run Wallpaper Engine wallpapers on Linux
  • Contributing Guide
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    • good first issue
• wallpaper-engine-kde-plugin (project) - Wallpaper Engine for KDE
  • Contributing Guide
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    • good first issue
• Themecord (project) - Discord theme matching wallpaper
  • Contributing Guide
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    • good first issue
• Waypaper-Engine (project) - Wayland wallpaper setter GUI
  • Contributing Guide
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    • good first issue
• vibe (project) - Wayland shader & audio viz wallpapers
  • Contributing Guide
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    • good first issue

Other

• WallMod (project) - Windows/Linux wallpaper management tool
  • Contributing Guide
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    • good first issue
• starship (project) - Custom shell prompt
  • Contributing Guide
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    • good first issue
• ShyFox (project) - Hidden element Firefox theme
  • Contributing Guide
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    • good first issue
• Firefox-Mod-Blur (project) - Firefox theme
  • Contributing Guide
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    • good first issue
• textfox (project) - TUI-style Firefox theme
  • Contributing Guide
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    • good first issue
• system24 (project) - TUI-style Discord theme
  • Contributing Guide
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    • good first issue
• oxocarbon.nvim (project) - Neovim theme
  • Contributing Guide
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    • good first issue
• NvChad (project) - Neovim config
  • Contributing Guide
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    • good first issue
• Everblush (project) - Dark vibrant color scheme
  • Contributing Guide
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    • good first issue
• .tmux (project) - tmux config
  • Contributing Guide
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    • good first issue
• FastCat (project) - FastFetch theme pack
  • Contributing Guide
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    • good first issue
• gowall (project) - Convert a wallpaper's color scheme/palette
  • Contributing Guide
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    • good first issue
• Adwaita-for-Steam (project) - GNOME-like Steam skin
  • Contributing Guide
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    • good first issue

Oh-My Projects

• oh-my-posh (project) - Cross-shell prompt
  • Contributing Guide
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    • good first issue
• oh-my-fish (project)
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• oh-my-bash (project)
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• ohmyzsh (project)
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2. Step-Up Projects

Command Line Tools

• kitty (project) - Extensible GPU accelerated terminal
  • Contributing Guide
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• alacritty (project) - Extensible GPU accelerated terminal
  • Contributing Guide
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• ghostty (project) - Feature rich, GPU accelerated terminal
  • Contributing Guide
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• bat (project) - Better cat
  • Contributing Guide
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    • good first issue
• ripgrep (project) - Fast line-oriented search tool
  • Contributing Guide
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• ripgrep-all (project) - ripgrep for various file types
  • Contributing Guide
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• z (project) - Better directory navigation using frecency
  • Contributing Guide
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• zoxide (project) - Smarter directory navigation based on z
  • Contributing Guide
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• bandwhich (project) - Bandwidth utilization monitoring
  • Contributing Guide
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• btop (project) - System resource monitoring
  • Contributing Guide
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• uwufetch (project) - neofetch but uwu
  • Contributing Guide
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• fastfetch (project) - neofetch but fast, maintained, and more customizable
  • Contributing Guide
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• gitfetch (project) - neofetch but for git contributions
  • Contributing Guide
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• thefuck (project) - Corrects your previous command
  • Contributing Guide
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• didyoumean (project) - Corrects your previous command
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• pacstall (project) - AUR-inspired package manager for Ubuntu
  • Contributing Guide
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    • good first issue
• tmux (project) - Terminal multiplexer
  • Contributing Guide
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    • good first issue
• byobu (project) - Terminal multiplexer
  • Contributing Guide
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    • good first issue
• Clipboard (project) - Smart clipboard manager
  • Contributing Guide
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• lsd (project) - ls with colors, formatting, icons, etc.
  • Contributing Guide
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• zf (project) - Filepath fuzzy finder
  • Contributing Guide
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• play (project) - Terminal playground
  • Contributing Guide
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• freeze (project) - Screenshot your terminal
  • Contributing Guide
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• termshot (project) - Capture terminal output
  • Contributing Guide
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• tldr (project) - Simpler manpages
  • Contributing Guide
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    • good first issue
• tealdeer (project) - tldr client in Rust
  • Contributing Guide
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    • good first issue
• outfieldr (project) - tldr client in Zig
  • Contributing Guide
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• taskwarrior (project) - Task list management utility
  • Contributing Guide
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• better-commits (project) - Better git commits following conventional commits spec
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• gh-cp (project) - GitHub CLI extension to copy files without cloning
  • Contributing Guide
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• ascii-image-converter (project) - Convert images to ascii art
  • Contributing Guide
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• ffsend (project) - Share files from the command line using Send
  • Contributing Guide
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• monolith (project) - Save webpage as a single HTML file
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• coreutils (project) - Rust rewrite of GNU coreutils
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• hyperfine (project) - Command line benchmarking tool
  • Contributing Guide
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    • good first issue

Backup and Sync

• rsync (project) - Incremental file transfer tool
  • Contributing Guide
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    • good first issue
• warpinator (project) - Send/receive files across local network
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• rclone (project) - rsync for cloud storage
  • Contributing Guide
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• timeshift (project) - System restore tool for Linux
  • Contributing Guide
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• aconfmgr (project) - Config manager for Arch Linux
  • Contributing Guide
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• yas-bdsm (project) - Stow-based dotfiles manager
  • Contributing Guide
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• yadm (project) - Git-based dotfiles manager
  • Contributing Guide
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3. Larger Codebases

Useful Apps and Platforms

• lossless-cut (project) - Lossless video cutting tool
  • Contributing Guide
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• HandBrake (project) - Video transcoder
  • Contributing Guide
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    • good first issue
• untrunc (project) - Restore damaged video files
  • Contributing Guide
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    • good first issue
• ShareX (project) - Screen capture tool for Windows
  • Contributing Guide
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    • good first issue
• zipline (project) - ShareX/file upload server
  • Contributing Guide
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    • good first issue
• CopyQ (project) - Cross-platform clipboard manager
  • Contributing Guide
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    • good first issue
• flameshot (project) - Cross-platform screenshot tool
  • Contributing Guide
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    • good first issue
• Files (project) - Modern file manager for Windows
  • Contributing Guide
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    • good first issue
• localsend (project) - Cross-platform alternative to AirDrop
  • Contributing Guide
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    • good first issue
• send (project) - Quick encrypted file sharing
  • Contributing Guide
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• UxPlay (project) - Cross-platform AirPlay server
  • Contributing Guide
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    • good first issue
• wolfree (project) - WolframAlpha but free
  • Contributing Guide
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    • good first issue
• Grayjay.Desktop (project) - All-in-1 media platform app
  • Contributing Guide
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    • good first issue
• cobalt (project) - Media downloader
  • Contributing Guide
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• rustdesk (project) - Remote desktop application
  • Contributing Guide
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    • good first issue
• sniffnet (project) - Cross-platform network traffic monitor
  • Contributing Guide
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    • good first issue
• notepad-plus-plus (project) - Extensive text editor for Windows
  • Contributing Guide
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    • good first issue
• NotepadNext (project) - Cross-platform reimplementation of Notepad++
  • Contributing Guide
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    • good first issue
• kando (project) - Cross-platform pie menu launcher
  • Contributing Guide
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• Cap (project) - Screen capture sharing
  • Contributing Guide
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• Sunshine (project) - Self-hosted game stream host for Moonlight
  • Contributing Guide
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    • good first issue
• rufus (project) - USB formatting utility
  • Contributing Guide
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• zws (project) - Zero width link shortener
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• dub (project) - Link shortener and management
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• activitywatch (project) - Automated activity time tracker
  • Contributing Guide
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• Soundux (project) - Cross-platform soundboard
  • Contributing Guide
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• stegcloak (project) - Create hidden messages
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• antimicrox (project) - Map keyboard and mouse to gamepad controls
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• Weylus (project) - Use tablet as graphic tablet/touch screen
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• Flow.Launcher (project) - App launcher for Windows
  • Contributing Guide
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• gauntlet (project) - Cross-platform application launcher
  • Contributing Guide
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• KeysPerSecond (project) - Keys per second counter overlay
  • Contributing Guide
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• ytmdl (project) - Download music from YouTube attached with metadata
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• ytmdl-web-v2 (project) - Ytmdl web app version
  • Contributing Guide
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• WebDeck (project) - Web-based StreamDeck alternative
  • Contributing Guide
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    • good first issue
• server (project) - (Self-hosted) Cloud storage service
  • Contributing Guide
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• Ventoy (project) - Bootable USB solution
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• organicmaps (project) - Offline maps app using OpenStreetMap
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• CCStopper (project) - Stops Adobe's background apps
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• signalapp (project) - Cross-platform private messenger
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• deskreen (project) - Turn web browser into a secondary screen
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• it-tools (project) - Collection of handy online tools
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• DevToys (project) - Cross-platform bundle of tools for doing quick tasks
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• handwrite (project) - Generate a custom font based on your handwriting sample
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• rymdport (project) - Cross-platform file sharing between devices
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• PolyUploader (project) - Upload your files to different hosts
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• phone-as-webcam (project) - Use phone camera as a webcam via OBS Virtual Camera
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• bleachbit (project) - System cleaner for Windows and Linux
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• PeaZip (project) - Cross-platform file and archive manager
  • Contributing Guide
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• upscayl (project) - Cross-platform AI image upscaler
  • Contributing Guide
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• Depix (project) - Recovers passwords from pixelized screenshots
  • Contributing Guide
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• kanata (project) - Cross-platform keyboard remapper
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