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AI & Machine Learning

AutoResearchClaw 87.3gsd-2 86.7autoresearch 86.5
62 tools · 9 categories

Top Ranked

#1
AutoResearchClaw
8.7k★87.3
#2
gsd-2
3.1k★86.7
#3
autoresearch
2.3k★86.5
#4
ClawTeam
3.5k★82.9
#5
chrome-cdp-skill
2.7k★74.5
AI Agent Tools 14AI Agent Frameworks 11AI/ML 9LLM Inference 8AI Research 7AI Chat 4Vector Databases 4Blockchain 3AI SDKs 2
AI Agent Tools14 tools →
NemoClawCrucixUnderstand-Anythinggsd-2ppt-master
+9 more
NemoClawCrucixUnderstand-Anythinggsd-2ppt-master+9 more
AI Agent Frameworks11 tools →
langchainAutoGenCrewAIgstackgoose
+6 more
langchainAutoGenCrewAIgstackgoose+6 more
AI/ML9 tools →
TransformersStreamlitGradioRayLiteLLM
+4 more
TransformersStreamlitGradioRayLiteLLM+4 more
LLM Inference8 tools →
ollamallama.cppvLLMtext-generation-webuiLocalAI
+3 more
ollamallama.cppvLLMtext-generation-webuiLocalAI+3 more
AI Research7 tools →
cs249r_bookAutoResearchClawAuto-claude-code-research-in-sleeppi-autoresearchAttention-Residuals
+2 more
cs249r_bookAutoResearchClawAuto-claude-code-research-in-sleeppi-autoresearchAttention-Residuals+2 more
AI Chat4 tools →
Open WebUILibreChatHacxGPTtool-ui
Open WebUILibreChatHacxGPTtool-ui
Vector Databases4 tools →
MilvusQdrantChromaWeaviate
MilvusQdrantChromaWeaviate
Blockchain3 tools →
FoundryHardhatweb3.swift
FoundryHardhatweb3.swift
AI SDKs2 tools →
openai-pythonanthropic-sdk-python
openai-pythonanthropic-sdk-python
🌐

Web & Frontend

Remix 37.9Qwik 37.4Elysia 37.3
59 tools · 11 categories

Top Ranked

#1
Remix
32.5k★37.9
#2
Qwik
22.0k★37.4
#3
Elysia
17.7k★37.3
#4
Hono
29.5k★37.1
#5
Solid
35.4k★26.5
Static Site Generators 10Web Frameworks 9Frontend Frameworks 6CSS/Styling 63D Graphics 5HTTP Clients 5API Frameworks 5Headless Browsers 4Charts 3JS Runtimes 3Web Scraping 3
Static Site Generators10 tools →
HugoEleventyvitepressPelicanmetalsmith
+5 more
HugoEleventyvitepressPelicanmetalsmith+5 more
Web Frameworks9 tools →
GinDjangoLaravelSpring BootRuby on Rails
+4 more
GinDjangoLaravelSpring BootRuby on Rails+4 more
Frontend Frameworks6 tools →
next.jsSvelteAstroSolidRemix
+1 more
next.jsSvelteAstroSolidRemix+1 more
CSS/Styling6 tools →
Tailwind CSSUnoCSSflowbiteBlazoriseui
+1 more
Tailwind CSSUnoCSSflowbiteBlazoriseui+1 more
3D Graphics5 tools →
Three.jstinyrendererorillusionzenoClaw3D
Three.jstinyrendererorillusionzenoClaw3D
HTTP Clients5 tools →
Axiosrequestskygotsling
Axiosrequestskygotsling
API Frameworks5 tools →
FastAPINestJSExpressHonoElysia
FastAPINestJSExpressHonoElysia
Headless Browsers4 tools →
PuppeteerbrowserpydollHeadlessX
PuppeteerbrowserpydollHeadlessX
Charts3 tools →
D3Chart.jsECharts
D3Chart.jsECharts
JS Runtimes3 tools →
DenoBunedge-runtime
DenoBunedge-runtime
Web Scraping3 tools →
ScrapyCrawleecrawlee-python
ScrapyCrawleecrawlee-python
⚙️

Infrastructure & DevOps

Nomad 39.4Rancher 38.5K3s 38.1
72 tools · 14 categories

Top Ranked

#1
Nomad
16.3k★39.4
#2
Rancher
25.4k★38.5
#3
K3s
32.6k★38.1
#4
compose
37.2k★34.1
#5
terraform
48.0k★28.6
Reverse Proxy 10Container Orchestration 8Kubernetes Tools 8Serverless 7CI/CD 6Container Tools 5API Gateway 5Web Servers 4Infrastructure as Code 4Service Mesh 4Networking 4DNS/Ad Blocking 3Config Management 2Infrastructure 2
Reverse Proxy10 tools →
frpNginx Proxy ManagerSafeLineoauth2-proxyrathole
+5 more
frpNginx Proxy ManagerSafeLineoauth2-proxyrathole+5 more
Container Orchestration8 tools →
kubernetescomposeK3sPodmanColima
+3 more
kubernetescomposeK3sPodmanColima+3 more
Kubernetes Tools8 tools →
k9sHelmArgoCDIngress NGINXArgo Workflows
+3 more
k9sHelmArgoCDIngress NGINXArgo Workflows+3 more
Serverless7 tools →
OpenFaaSKnativeextismnotteserverless-step-functions
+2 more
OpenFaaSKnativeextismnotteserverless-step-functions+2 more
CI/CD6 tools →
JenkinsGoReleaserDaggerOneDevSemaphore
+1 more
JenkinsGoReleaserDaggerOneDevSemaphore+1 more
Container Tools5 tools →
DivePortainerHarborDockgecontainerd
DivePortainerHarborDockgecontainerd
API Gateway5 tools →
APISIXtykemissaryinsomnia-mockbinapi-gateway
APISIXtykemissaryinsomnia-mockbinapi-gateway
Web Servers4 tools →
CaddyTraefikKongNginx
CaddyTraefikKongNginx
Infrastructure as Code4 tools →
terraformOpenTofuPulumiaiac
terraformOpenTofuPulumiaiac
Service Mesh4 tools →
IstioEnvoyCiliumLinkerd
IstioEnvoyCiliumLinkerd
Networking4 tools →
HeadscaleTailscaleNebulaZeroTier
HeadscaleTailscaleNebulaZeroTier
DNS/Ad Blocking3 tools →
Pi-holeAdGuard Homeblocky
Pi-holeAdGuard Homeblocky
Config Management2 tools →
etcdConsul
etcdConsul
Infrastructure2 tools →
ResticPacker
ResticPacker
🗄️

Data & Storage

Polars 38.0NATS 37.7SurrealDB 37.5
65 tools · 11 categories

Top Ranked

#1
Polars
37.8k★38.0
#2
NATS
19.4k★37.7
#3
SurrealDB
31.7k★37.5
#4
Drizzle ORM
33.5k★37.2
#5
dbt
12.5k★34.9
Databases 20Data Processing 8Message Queues 7ORMs 6Caching 5Search Engines 4Storage 4Analytics 4Data Visualization 3File Storage 2Backup 2
Databases20 tools →
SupabasePocketBaseAppwriteClickHouseTiDB
+15 more
SupabasePocketBaseAppwriteClickHouseTiDB+15 more
Data Processing8 tools →
SparkPolarsDuckDBFlinkTrino
+3 more
SparkPolarsDuckDBFlinkTrino+3 more
Message Queues7 tools →
RedisKafkaNATSPulsarRabbitMQ
+2 more
RedisKafkaNATSPulsarRabbitMQ+2 more
ORMs6 tools →
PrismaTypeORMDrizzle ORMSequelizeKysely
+1 more
PrismaTypeORMDrizzle ORMSequelizeKysely+1 more
Caching5 tools →
DragonflyValkeyMemcachedKeyDBGarnet
DragonflyValkeyMemcachedKeyDBGarnet
Search Engines4 tools →
MeilisearchTypesenseSonicZincSearch
MeilisearchTypesenseSonicZincSearch
Storage4 tools →
Rclonerustfsminio-gostorage
Rclonerustfsminio-gostorage
Analytics4 tools →
UmamiPostHogPlausibleMatomo
UmamiPostHogPlausibleMatomo
Data Visualization3 tools →
SupersetMetabasevizzu-lib
SupersetMetabasevizzu-lib
File Storage2 tools →
MinIOSeaweedFS
MinIOSeaweedFS
Backup2 tools →
DuplicatiBorgBackup
DuplicatiBorgBackup
🔧

Developer Tools

opencli 86.8Recordly 86.3app-store-preflight-skills 71.7
80 tools · 16 categories

Top Ranked

#1
opencli
6.7k★86.8
#2
Recordly
3.1k★86.3
#3
app-store-preflight-skills
940★71.7
#4
bombadil
928★66.3
#5
ESLint
27.2k★40.0
Testing 10i18n 10Terminal/CLI 8Developer Experience 7Documentation 6Editors/IDEs 5API Tools 5Code Quality 5Build Tools 4Git Tools 4Fonts 4Package Managers 3Markdown 3PDF 2Linting 2Task Runners 2
Testing10 tools →
PlaywrightCypressJestSeleniumk6
+5 more
PlaywrightCypressJestSeleniumk6+5 more
i18n10 tools →
FormatJSreact-i18nexti18nextweblatejs-lingui
+5 more
FormatJSreact-i18nexti18nextweblatejs-lingui+5 more
Terminal/CLI8 tools →
ripgrepbatStarshipNushellZoxide
+3 more
ripgrepbatStarshipNushellZoxide+3 more
Developer Experience7 tools →
StorybookpnpmTurborepoNxRecordly
+2 more
StorybookpnpmTurborepoNxRecordly+2 more
Documentation6 tools →
DocusaurusdocsifySwagger UIRedocretype
+1 more
DocusaurusdocsifySwagger UIRedocretype+1 more
Editors/IDEs5 tools →
VS CodeNeovimZedHelixLapce
VS CodeNeovimZedHelixLapce
API Tools5 tools →
HoppscotchBrunoInsomniathunder-client-supportresterm
HoppscotchBrunoInsomniathunder-client-supportresterm
Code Quality5 tools →
PrettierRuffESLintBiomeOXC
PrettierRuffESLintBiomeOXC
Build Tools4 tools →
ViteesbuildSWCRollup
ViteesbuildSWCRollup
Git Tools4 tools →
lazygitGiteadeltagit-machete
lazygitGiteadeltagit-machete
Fonts4 tools →
maple-fontInterJetBrains Monobeautiful-web-type
maple-fontInterJetBrains Monobeautiful-web-type
Package Managers3 tools →
uvHomebrewNix
uvHomebrewNix
Markdown3 tools →
MDXMarkdocmd-editor-v3
MDXMarkdocmd-editor-v3
PDF2 tools →
pdf.jsreact-pdf
pdf.jsreact-pdf
Linting2 tools →
ShellCheckqlty
ShellCheckqlty
Task Runners2 tools →
JustTask
JustTask
🔒

Security & Auth

zeroboot 71.5nono 51.0ZITADEL 38.3
27 tools · 4 categories

Top Ranked

#1
zeroboot
1.9k★71.5
#2
nono
1.2k★51.0
#3
ZITADEL
13.4k★38.3
#4
fence
580★37.2
#5
SuperTokens
15.0k★37.2
Security 9Auth 8Secrets Management 6Agent Sandboxing 4
Security9 tools →
VaultwardenVaultTrivyGitleaksTruffleHog
+4 more
VaultwardenVaultTrivyGitleaksTruffleHog+4 more
Auth8 tools →
AutheliaPassportAuthentikSuperTokensOry Kratos
+3 more
AutheliaPassportAuthentikSuperTokensOry Kratos+3 more
Secrets Management6 tools →
Infisicaltellerggshieldvault-guideskingfisher
+1 more
Infisicaltellerggshieldvault-guideskingfisher+1 more
Agent Sandboxing4 tools →
zerobootboxlitenonofence
zerobootboxlitenonofence
📊

Observability

Novu 38.3SigNoz 38.2Uptrace 37.7
19 tools · 4 categories

Top Ranked

#1
Novu
38.7k★38.3
#2
SigNoz
26.3k★38.2
#3
Uptrace
4.1k★37.7
#4
OpenTelemetry Collector
6.8k★27.8
#5
Grafana
72.8k★27.4
Monitoring 8Observability 6Logging 3Notifications 2
Monitoring8 tools →
Uptime KumaNetdataGrafanaPrometheusSigNoz
+3 more
Uptime KumaNetdataGrafanaPrometheusSigNoz+3 more
Observability6 tools →
SkyWalkingJaegerZipkinVictoriaMetricsThanos
+1 more
SkyWalkingJaegerZipkinVictoriaMetricsThanos+1 more
Logging3 tools →
LokiVectorFluentd
LokiVectorFluentd
Notifications2 tools →
Novukuvasz
Novukuvasz
🏠

Self-Hosted & Apps

Directus 33.4Plunk 33.0Dokku 31.7
59 tools · 13 categories

Top Ranked

#1
Directus
34.6k★33.4
#2
Plunk
4.9k★33.0
#3
Dokku
31.9k★31.7
#4
Ghost
52.1k★28.6
#5
Listmonk
19.3k★28.1
Communication 7Scheduling 7Email 6CMS 5Low-Code 5Self-Hosted Deployment 5Forms/Surveys 5Collaboration 4Media 4File Sharing 3Project Management 3Design Tools 3Home Automation 2
Communication7 tools →
Rocket.ChatMattermostChatwootdiscord.jsZulip
+2 more
Rocket.ChatMattermostChatwootdiscord.jsZulip+2 more
Scheduling7 tools →
Cal.comxxl-jobagendabreecroner
+2 more
Cal.comxxl-jobagendabreecroner+2 more
Email6 tools →
ListmonkNodemailerPostalMailHogMailtrain
+1 more
ListmonkNodemailerPostalMailHogMailtrain+1 more
CMS5 tools →
StrapiGhostPayloadDirectusvaahcms
StrapiGhostPayloadDirectusvaahcms
Low-Code5 tools →
NocoDBAppsmithToolJetRefineBudibase
NocoDBAppsmithToolJetRefineBudibase
Self-Hosted Deployment5 tools →
CoolifyDokkuCapRoverzane-opsswiftwave
CoolifyDokkuCapRoverzane-opsswiftwave
Forms/Surveys5 tools →
FormbricksTypebotHeyFormsurvey-librarysurvey-creator
FormbricksTypebotHeyFormsurvey-librarysurvey-creator
Collaboration4 tools →
ExcalidrawAppFlowytldrawdrawnix
ExcalidrawAppFlowytldrawdrawnix
Media4 tools →
ImmichJellyfinPhotoPrismNavidrome
ImmichJellyfinPhotoPrismNavidrome
File Sharing3 tools →
SyncthingNextcloudFileBrowser
SyncthingNextcloudFileBrowser
Project Management3 tools →
Planeopenprojectkaneo
Planeopenprojectkaneo
Design Tools3 tools →
PenpotLucideTabler Icons
PenpotLucideTabler Icons
Home Automation2 tools →
Home Assistantgpt-home
Home Assistantgpt-home
📦

Other

Temporal 38.6Dagster 38.4Prefect 38.2
41 tools · 11 categories

Top Ranked

#1
Temporal
19.1k★38.6
#2
Dagster
15.2k★38.4
#3
Prefect
22.0k★38.2
#4
Windmill
16.1k★38.0
#5
LiveKit
17.8k★33.9
Workflow Automation 6Desktop Frameworks 6Game Engines 5Real-time 5Mobile Frameworks 3State Management 3Background Jobs 3Feature Flags 3Systems Programming 3Media Processing 2Image Processing 2
Workflow Automation6 tools →
n8nAirflowPrefectTemporalWindmill
+1 more
n8nAirflowPrefectTemporalWindmill+1 more
Desktop Frameworks6 tools →
ElectronTauriWailsCodenameOneFabulous
+1 more
ElectronTauriWailsCodenameOneFabulous+1 more
Game Engines5 tools →
GodotBevyGDevelopcocos-enginecastle-engine
GodotBevyGDevelopcocos-enginecastle-engine
Real-time5 tools →
Socket.IOLiveKitnetty-socketioactionheroezyfox-server
Socket.IOLiveKitnetty-socketioactionheroezyfox-server
Mobile Frameworks3 tools →
FlutterReact NativeExpo
FlutterReact NativeExpo
State Management3 tools →
ZustandJotaiRedux Toolkit
ZustandJotaiRedux Toolkit
Background Jobs3 tools →
CelerySidekiqBullMQ
CelerySidekiqBullMQ
Feature Flags3 tools →
UnleashGrowthBookFlagsmith
UnleashGrowthBookFlagsmith
Systems Programming3 tools →
ceres-solvernixrenode
ceres-solvernixrenode
Media Processing2 tools →
FFmpegimgproxy
FFmpegimgproxy
Image Processing2 tools →
SharpSquoosh
SharpSquoosh

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