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SuniPDF
Open sourceSuniPDF is a free, open-source Windows PDF reader and editor. Edit and annotate locally, create forms, run English/French OCR, redact content and sign a new copy with a certificate. A JSON CLI supports repeatable document jobs.
View profile →Endstate GUI
Open sourceFree Apache-2.0 Windows desktop app for capturing installed software and supported settings, previewing a new machine and rebuilding it with the Endstate engine. Local use needs no account; encrypted cloud history is optional.
View profile →Archivia
CommercialArchivia is a commercial email archive hosted in Switzerland. Import former employees' mail or synchronize active mailboxes, search messages and attachments, apply retention and legal holds, and export in open formats.
View profile →openGym
Open sourceopenGym tracks routines, sets, progress and body weight on infrastructure you control. Use a browser PWA or the Android app, import existing logs and manage sync, passkeys, backups and optional AI features.
View profile →OpenCut
Open sourceOpenCut is a free, open-source CapCut alternative. The public website runs OpenCut Classic; the main repository is being rebuilt around Rust, with plugins, an Editor API and automation on its roadmap.
View profile →God's Eye View
Open sourceGod's Eye View combines public aircraft, satellite, earthquake and camera feeds in a Cesium globe. Run it locally, inspect each data source, add optional voice control and connect agents through MCP.
View profile →Doory
Open sourceBrowser-based Canva alternative for posters, social graphics, presentations and print designs, with guest editing, real-time collaboration, brand kits and self-hosted deployment.
View profile →HyperFrames
Open sourceApache-licensed TypeScript framework that turns HTML, CSS, media and seekable animations into deterministic MP4 videos through a local CLI, reusable skills and cloud render workers.
View profile →SeaweedFS
Open sourceApache-licensed distributed storage for S3 objects, POSIX-style files and Iceberg or Lance tables, with O(1) blob access, horizontal scaling and cloud tiering.
View profile →PdfCraft
Open sourceOpen-source, local PDF editor built in Rust for viewing, organizing, combining, annotating, securing and automating documents through a native app, CLI and MCP server.
View profile →Strata
Open sourceOpen-source local inference engine for running a 125B mixture-of-experts model on supported NVIDIA or AMD PCs, with OpenAI and Anthropic-compatible APIs.
View profile →REA
Open sourceOpen-source MCP and CLI toolkit that connects AI agents to local analysis of native binaries, Electron apps, .NET assemblies, websites, firmware and captures.
View profile →PhotoCraft
Open sourceOpen-source, local image editor built in Rust with layered PSD/PSB editing, GPU rendering, a command-driven CLI, JSON control channel and MCP server.
View profile →n8n
Open sourcen8n is a fair-code workflow automation platform combining a visual node canvas with JavaScript and Python code nodes, 500+ integrations, and native AI agent support.
View profile →kage
Open sourcekage clones any website for offline viewing using headless Chrome. It renders pages, strips all JavaScript, downloads all assets locally, and packages everything into a browsable offline archive.
View profile →OpenObserve
Open sourceOpenObserve natively unifies logs, metrics, distributed traces, and real-user monitoring in a single self-hostable platform. Written in Rust, it stores data at a fraction of the cost of Elasticsearch.
View profile →zrok
Open sourcezrok shares local services, files, and network resources over the internet without opening firewall ports. Built on OpenZiti's zero-trust networking fabric. Fully self-hostable ngrok alternative.
View profile →NetBird
Open sourceNetBird connects devices and servers into an encrypted private WireGuard mesh with centrally managed access policies. No complex firewall rules. Self-hostable, cloud option available.
View profile →OpenBao
Open sourceLinux Foundation fork of Vault's last MPL-licensed release. Manages secrets, certificates, and encryption keys with dynamic credential generation and fine-grained access policies.
View profile →Grafana
Open sourceGrafana is an open source visualization and dashboarding platform that queries metrics, logs, and traces from Prometheus, Loki, Tempo, and dozens of other backends, with Grafana Cloud offering a hosted option.
View profile →Redis
Open sourceRedis is an open source in-memory data store used as a cache, session store, message broker, and vector/search engine, with Redis Cloud and Redis Software for managed or on-prem deployment.
View profile →NetFoundry
CommercialNetFoundry, creator and maintainer of the open-source OpenZiti project, provides zero-trust overlay networking that removes open inbound ports and traditional VPNs, for site-to-site, OT/IoT, API, and AI-agent connectivity use cases.
View profile →Teleport
Open sourceTeleport provides identity-based, zero-trust access to servers, Kubernetes clusters, databases, and web apps, replacing VPNs and static credentials with short-lived, certificate-based access. A free open-source Community Edition and paid Enterprise/cloud plans are available.
View profile →StrongDM
CommercialStrongDM provides zero-trust privileged access management across databases, servers, Kubernetes, and cloud infrastructure. Following its acquisition by Delinea, it now extends Delinea's identity security control plane into cloud-native and ephemeral environments.
View profile →Firezone
Open sourceFirezone is an open-source zero-trust remote-access platform built on WireGuard. Its Starter plan is free for small teams, with paid Team and custom Enterprise plans adding centralized management and support.
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