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Every link here is both Software & code and about software engineering.

Hall of Fame: 159
Candidates: 271
Median span: 6.0 yrs
First seen: 2007

Strongest Hall records

159 items

ΠFS

github.com 25 submissions · 25 people · 12.8 years

Hall of Fame Class of 2017-03 Resurfaced 2026-06-10

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FFmpeg 4.0 released

ffmpeg.org 11 submissions · 8 people · 15.0 years

Hall of Fame Class of 2021-04 Resurfaced 2026-03-17

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Pijul: A intuitive VCS unlike Git that's based on sound theory of patches

pijul.org 16 submissions · 15 people · 10.5 years

Hall of Fame Class of 2020-09 Resurfaced 2026-04-07

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Crystal Programming Language

crystal-lang.org 23 submissions · 22 people · 10.7 years

Hall of Fame Class of 2018-04 Resurfaced 2022-09-01

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Naughty Strings: A list of strings likely to cause issues as user-input data

github.com 12 submissions · 12 people · 10.5 years

Hall of Fame Class of 2018-11 Resurfaced 2026-02-21

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Cool Retro Terminal

github.com 13 submissions · 13 people · 11.1 years

Hall of Fame Class of 2023-07 Resurfaced 2025-11-24

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Cross-platform Rust rewrite of the GNU coreutils

github.com 12 submissions · 10 people · 12.1 years

Hall of Fame Class of 2021-12 Resurfaced 2024-01-03

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Cockpit: Web-based graphical interface for servers

cockpit-project.org 9 submissions · 9 people · 11.7 years

Hall of Fame Class of 2021-02 Resurfaced 2023-10-16

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GoboLinux

www.gobolinux.org 10 submissions · 10 people · 15.5 years

Hall of Fame Class of 2021-02 Resurfaced 2024-02-28

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Imba – A new programming language for the web

imba.io 16 submissions · 15 people · 10.1 years

Hall of Fame Class of 2019-07 Resurfaced 2023-09-23

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Fish: A user-friendly command line shell for macOS, Linux, etc

fishshell.com 8 submissions · 8 people · 12.4 years

Hall of Fame Class of 2019-10 Resurfaced 2026-01-18

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Log File Viewer for the Terminal

lnav.org 20 submissions · 16 people · 12.6 years

Hall of Fame Class of 2026-03 Resurfaced 2026-03-24

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New Racket Language Website

racket-lang.org 11 submissions · 11 people · 15.8 years

Hall of Fame Class of 2020-08 Resurfaced 2024-04-21

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Quine Relay

github.com 25 submissions · 25 people · 12.7 years

Hall of Fame Class of 2020-11 Resurfaced 2022-05-28

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Tiddlywiki – A non-linear personal web notebook

tiddlywiki.com 20 submissions · 17 people · 19.1 years

Hall of Fame Class of 2020-12 Resurfaced 2026-04-28

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NixOS – Purely Functional Linux Distribution

nixos.org 11 submissions · 11 people · 10.7 years

Hall of Fame Class of 2018-11 Resurfaced 2024-01-14

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Darling – Run Mac apps on Linux

www.darlinghq.org 7 submissions · 7 people · 7.2 years

Hall of Fame Class of 2022-01 Resurfaced 2023-11-26

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Haiku Project

www.haiku-os.org 9 submissions · 9 people · 17.8 years

Hall of Fame Class of 2016-09 Resurfaced 2026-05-13

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Cello: Higher level programming in C

libcello.org 9 submissions · 9 people · 11.4 years

Hall of Fame Class of 2017-04 Resurfaced 2024-09-26

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The Fuck – Correct your previous console command

github.com 15 submissions · 14 people · 9.0 years

Hall of Fame Class of 2018-10 Resurfaced 2022-03-18

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What rr does

rr-project.org 14 submissions · 14 people · 10.3 years

Hall of Fame Class of 2022-06 Resurfaced 2024-07-21

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V Programming Language

vlang.io 10 submissions · 10 people · 6.5 years

Hall of Fame Class of 2023-08 Resurfaced 2025-08-30

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MoonScript, a programmer friendly language that compiles to Lua

moonscript.org 10 submissions · 10 people · 14.2 years

Hall of Fame Class of 2017-05 Resurfaced 2022-05-29

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Mezzano – An operating system written in Common Lisp

github.com 11 submissions · 11 people · 10.5 years

Hall of Fame Class of 2019-06 Resurfaced 2025-07-30

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Janet: a lightweight, expressive and modern Lisp

janet-lang.org 7 submissions · 7 people · 6.6 years

Hall of Fame Class of 2023-02 Resurfaced 2025-07-27

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micro – A Modern Alternative to nano

micro-editor.github.io 14 submissions · 11 people · 6.6 years

Hall of Fame Class of 2023-08 Resurfaced 2023-08-18

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Volkswagen – detects when your tests are run in a CI server, and makes them pass

github.com 12 submissions · 12 people · 10.6 years

Hall of Fame Class of 2018-09 Resurfaced 2024-04-09

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It's like JSON. but fast and small.

msgpack.org 9 submissions · 9 people · 14.6 years

Hall of Fame Class of 2020-03 Resurfaced 2025-01-11

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Vim clutch

github.com 7 submissions · 7 people · 12.3 years

Hall of Fame Class of 2021-03 Resurfaced 2022-06-21

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Gitless a simple VCS built on top of Git

gitless.com 9 submissions · 9 people · 8.3 years

Hall of Fame Class of 2021-04 Resurfaced 2023-06-17

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Pure Bash Bible

github.com 12 submissions · 12 people · 7.1 years

Hall of Fame Class of 2022-02 Resurfaced 2023-08-09

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Keep Your Stuff, for Life

perkeep.org 9 submissions · 9 people · 7.9 years

Hall of Fame Class of 2022-03 Resurfaced 2025-11-12

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Gleam: A statically typed language for the Erlang VM

gleam.run 9 submissions · 8 people · 6.8 years

Hall of Fame Class of 2023-11 Resurfaced 2026-01-14

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fd: A simple, fast and user-friendly alternative to 'find'

github.com 9 submissions · 7 people · 7.8 years

Hall of Fame Class of 2022-05 Resurfaced 2025-03-19

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The Lobster Programming Language

strlen.com 11 submissions · 11 people · 13.1 years

Hall of Fame Class of 2019-04 Resurfaced 2026-03-03

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Coconut: Pythonic functional programming

coconut-lang.org 10 submissions · 10 people · 5.4 years

Hall of Fame Class of 2019-01 Resurfaced 2021-11-04

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Altstore: Home for apps that push the boundaries of iOS. No jailbreak required

altstore.io 11 submissions · 11 people · 6.5 years

Hall of Fame Class of 2024-04 Resurfaced 2024-04-20

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What's new in Xcode 7

developer.apple.com 10 submissions · 10 people · 12.5 years

Hall of Fame Class of 2019-06 Resurfaced 2021-06-07

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Terry Davis has died

www.templeos.org 8 submissions · 8 people · 12.1 years

Hall of Fame Class of 2020-05 Resurfaced 2020-05-08

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Show HN: I made a tool that made me faster at Git

github.com 10 submissions · 10 people · 6.8 years

Hall of Fame Class of 2021-11 Resurfaced 2023-07-19

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Dive – A tool for exploring each layer in a Docker image

github.com 15 submissions · 15 people · 5.2 years

Hall of Fame Class of 2024-01 Resurfaced 2024-01-08

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Bedrock Linux – a meta Linux distribution

bedrocklinux.org 12 submissions · 12 people · 13.7 years

Hall of Fame Class of 2021-01 Resurfaced 2021-01-31

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Kitty – a fast, featureful, GPU based terminal emulator

sw.kovidgoyal.net 8 submissions · 8 people · 7.0 years

Hall of Fame Class of 2022-03 Resurfaced 2025-09-20

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Show HN: Bocker – Docker implemented in 100 lines of bash

github.com 6 submissions · 6 people · 9.3 years

Hall of Fame Class of 2022-10 Resurfaced 2024-11-23

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Ink: React for interactive command-line apps

github.com 9 submissions · 8 people · 7.3 years

Hall of Fame Class of 2023-05 Resurfaced 2024-11-01

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Gooey: Turn almost any Python command line program into a full GUI application

github.com 7 submissions · 6 people · 9.3 years

Hall of Fame Class of 2021-06 Resurfaced 2023-12-09

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The Odin Programming Language

odin-lang.org 11 submissions · 10 people · 6.6 years

Hall of Fame Class of 2024-01 Resurfaced 2026-01-03

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Diagram as Code

diagrams.mingrammer.com 9 submissions · 9 people · 4.7 years

Hall of Fame Class of 2022-06 Resurfaced 2024-11-04

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A Python Interpreter Written in Rust

github.com 8 submissions · 8 people · 5.5 years

Hall of Fame Class of 2023-02 Resurfaced 2024-08-02

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QuickJS JavaScript Engine

bellard.org 9 submissions · 9 people · 6.3 years

Hall of Fame Class of 2022-03 Resurfaced 2022-03-08

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Hammerspoon – macOS automation with Lua

www.hammerspoon.org 7 submissions · 7 people · 10.7 years

Hall of Fame Class of 2021-08 Resurfaced 2021-12-12

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Nyxt: The Hacker's Browser

nyxt.atlas.engineer 9 submissions · 8 people · 4.4 years

Hall of Fame Class of 2023-05 Resurfaced 2024-12-08

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TeaVM: Build Fast, Modern Web Apps in Java

teavm.org 9 submissions · 9 people · 8.2 years

Hall of Fame Class of 2022-02 Resurfaced 2021-01-31

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Vigil: A programming language with eternal moral vigilance

github.com 8 submissions · 6 people · 10.7 years

Hall of Fame Class of 2020-11 Resurfaced 2023-09-03

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Git's initial commit

github.com 10 submissions · 10 people · 12.6 years

Hall of Fame Class of 2021-11 Resurfaced 2025-04-07

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Markdeep – plain text documents with diagrams, equations, and Markdown syntax

casual-effects.com 9 submissions · 7 people · 8.9 years

Hall of Fame Class of 2020-02 Resurfaced 2022-07-09

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Jodd – The Unbearable Lightness of Java

jodd.org 8 submissions · 7 people · 12.4 years

Hall of Fame Class of 2022-01 Resurfaced 2022-01-17

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Gpu.js – GPU Accelerated JavaScript

gpu.rocks 8 submissions · 8 people · 5.6 years

Hall of Fame Class of 2021-10 Resurfaced 2021-10-08

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Jellyfin: The Free Software Media System

jellyfin.org 6 submissions · 6 people · 5.1 years

Hall of Fame Class of 2025-02 Resurfaced 2025-02-15

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The Zig Programming Language

ziglang.org 13 submissions · 12 people · 8.6 years

Hall of Fame Class of 2019-05 Resurfaced 2022-05-12

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ΠFS

github.com 25 submissions · 25 people · 12.8 years

Hall of Fame Class of 2017-03 Resurfaced 2026-06-10

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ReactOS

reactos.org 6 submissions · 6 people · 13.1 years

Hall of Fame Class of 2023-01 Resurfaced 2026-05-13

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Haiku Project

www.haiku-os.org 9 submissions · 9 people · 17.8 years

Hall of Fame Class of 2016-09 Resurfaced 2026-05-13

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PysimpleGUI

github.com 6 submissions · 5 people · 6.3 years

Hall of Fame Class of 2026-01 Resurfaced 2026-05-05

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Localsend: An open-source cross-platform alternative to AirDrop

github.com 6 submissions · 6 people · 3.2 years

Hall of Fame Class of 2026-04 Resurfaced 2026-04-28

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Candidates

Browse 271 candidates

Jq – A Command-line JSON processor

stedolan.github.io 18 submissions · 16 people · 7.8 years

Candidate Resurfaced 2015-04-27

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Radicle is an open source, peer-to-peer code collaboration stack built on Git

radicle.xyz 26 submissions · 24 people · 7.4 years

Candidate Resurfaced 2026-01-23

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Kivy: Develop multi-touch enabled Python apps

kivy.org 16 submissions · 15 people · 11.8 years

Candidate Resurfaced 2020-12-20

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Starship: A minimal, fast, and customizable prompt for any shell

starship.rs 14 submissions · 13 people · 5.8 years

Candidate Resurfaced 2025-06-24

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VSCodium – Free/Libre Open Source Software Binaries of VS Code

vscodium.com 10 submissions · 10 people · 6.0 years

Candidate Resurfaced 2026-01-05

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AnimeJs v4 Is Here

animejs.com 9 submissions · 8 people · 7.5 years

Candidate Resurfaced 2025-04-03

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Redox – A Unix-Like Operating System Written in Rust

www.redox-os.org 9 submissions · 8 people · 8.6 years

Candidate Resurfaced 2023-03-03

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Show HN: Obsidian – A knowledge base that works on local Markdown files

obsidian.md 11 submissions · 10 people · 6.0 years

Candidate Resurfaced 2021-10-17

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Vis: A Vim-Like Text Editor

github.com 10 submissions · 9 people · 10.1 years

Candidate Resurfaced 2017-11-16

Needs:2 breakout events 720+ days apart

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Factor – A practical stack language

factorcode.org 13 submissions · 13 people · 17.8 years

Candidate Resurfaced 2022-07-24

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GoAccess – Visual Web Log Analyzer

goaccess.io 14 submissions · 13 people · 10.8 years

Candidate Resurfaced 2021-07-30

Needs:2 breakout events 720+ days apart

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Lisp Flavoured Erlang

lfe.io 12 submissions · 12 people · 11.1 years

Candidate Resurfaced 2018-09-03

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Dolt is Git for Data: a SQL database that you can fork, clone, branch, merge

github.com 9 submissions · 9 people · 5.2 years

Candidate Resurfaced 2022-06-23

Needs:2 breakout events 720+ days apart

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HaXe - Code Once. Deploy Everywhere.

haxe.org 11 submissions · 11 people · 10.9 years

Candidate Resurfaced 2020-03-02

Needs:2 breakout events 720+ days apart

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Zotero: Personal Research Assistant

www.zotero.org 6 submissions · 6 people · 10.1 years

Candidate Resurfaced 2020-03-26

Needs:2 breakout events 720+ days apart

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Red Programming Language

www.red-lang.org 5 submissions · 5 people · 13.9 years

Candidate Resurfaced 2025-05-20

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Show HN: CookLang – Recipe Markup Language

cooklang.org 9 submissions · 9 people · 4.6 years

Candidate Resurfaced 2023-06-27

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Unison Programming Language

www.unisonweb.org 7 submissions · 7 people · 5.8 years

Candidate Resurfaced 2021-06-27

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Femtolisp: A lightweight, robust, scheme-like Lisp implementation

github.com 9 submissions · 8 people · 12.7 years

Candidate Resurfaced 2026-02-23

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Collapse OS

collapseos.org 4 submissions · 4 people · 5.5 years

Candidate Resurfaced 2025-03-26

Needs:5 submissions

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Jujutsu: A Git-compatible DVCS that is both simple and powerful

github.com 9 submissions · 9 people · 4.0 years

Candidate Resurfaced 2023-08-01

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Firecracker: Secure and fast microVMs for serverless computing

firecracker-microvm.github.io 9 submissions · 9 people · 6.4 years

Candidate Resurfaced 2021-10-17

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Firebug

getfirebug.com 5 submissions · 5 people · 12.5 years

Candidate Resurfaced 2022-08-09

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Chicken Scheme

call-cc.org 10 submissions · 9 people · 15.0 years

Candidate Resurfaced 2025-09-15

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YunoHost: Aiming to make hosting accessible

yunohost.org 13 submissions · 12 people · 9.8 years

Candidate Resurfaced 2023-03-25

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macOS in QEMU in Docker

github.com 4 submissions · 4 people · 4.2 years

Candidate Resurfaced 2024-07-31

Needs:5 submissions

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Kaitai Struct: A new way to develop parsers for binary structures

kaitai.io 13 submissions · 12 people · 9.5 years

Candidate Resurfaced 2025-10-14

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Joplin – A note-taking and to-do app with builds for desktop, mobile, terminal

github.com 4 submissions · 4 people · 5.6 years

Candidate Resurfaced 2023-07-06

Needs:5 submissions

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A command-line installer for Windows

scoop.sh 11 submissions · 11 people · 10.6 years

Candidate Resurfaced 2019-01-22

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Locust – Open-source Load Testing Tool

locust.io 12 submissions · 11 people · 9.9 years

Candidate Resurfaced 2021-01-05

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Websocketd

websocketd.com 4 submissions · 4 people · 6.9 years

Candidate Resurfaced 2021-12-22

Needs:5 submissions

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Node OS

node-os.com 11 submissions · 11 people · 10.1 years

Candidate Resurfaced 2021-11-27

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Pipe Viewer

www.ivarch.com 9 submissions · 8 people · 17.1 years

Candidate Resurfaced 2022-10-18

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Xonsh: Python-powered, cross-platform, Unix-gazing shell

xon.sh 10 submissions · 9 people · 7.1 years

Candidate Resurfaced 2025-02-21

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Mint: A programming language for writing single page applications

www.mint-lang.com 5 submissions · 5 people · 7.3 years

Candidate Resurfaced 2023-07-28

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Oasis – a small, statically-linked Linux system

github.com 4 submissions · 4 people · 3.6 years

Candidate Resurfaced 2024-01-26

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Faker.js – generate fake data in the browser and Node

github.com 10 submissions · 10 people · 11.6 years

Candidate Resurfaced 2022-01-05

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A Flash Player emulator written in Rust

github.com 8 submissions · 8 people · 5.4 years

Candidate Resurfaced 2025-01-05

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Pocketbase – open-source realtime back end in 1 file

pocketbase.io 8 submissions · 8 people · 3.4 years

Candidate Resurfaced 2025-11-28

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Mold: A Modern Linker

github.com 9 submissions · 9 people · 3.9 years

Candidate Resurfaced 2023-01-14

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