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Platforms
- Node.js - Async non-blocking event-driven JavaScript runtime built on Chrome's V8 JavaScript engine.
- Frontend Development
- iOS - Mobile operating system for Apple phones and tablets.
- Android - Mobile operating system developed by Google.
- IoT & Hybrid Apps
- Electron - Cross-platform native desktop apps using JavaScript/HTML/CSS.
- Cordova - JavaScript API for hybrid apps.
- React Native - JavaScript framework for writing natively rendering mobile apps for iOS and Android.
- Linux
- Containers
- eBPF - Virtual machine that allows you to write more efficient and powerful tracing and monitoring for Linux systems.
- Arch-based Projects - Linux distributions and projects based on Arch Linux.
- AppImage - Package apps in a single file that works on various mainstream Linux distributions.
- Omarchy - Opinionated Arch Linux and Hyprland desktop environment from the creator of Ruby on Rails.
- macOS - Operating system for Apple's Mac computers.
- watchOS - Operating system for the Apple Watch.
- JVM
- Salesforce
- Amazon Web Services
- Windows - Consumer desktop operating system.
- IPFS - P2P hypermedia protocol.
- Fuse - Mobile development tools.
- Heroku - Cloud platform as a service.
- Raspberry Pi - Credit card-sized computer aimed at teaching kids programming, but capable of a lot more.
- WebExtensions - Cross-browser extension system.
- Smart TV - Create apps for different TV platforms.
- GNOME - Simple and distraction-free desktop environment for Linux.
- KDE - A free software community dedicated to creating an open and user-friendly computing experience.
- .NET
- Core
- Roslyn - Open-source compilers and code analysis APIs for C# and VB.NET languages.
- DigitalOcean - Cloud computing platform designed for developers.
- Flutter - Google's mobile SDK for building native iOS and Android apps from a single codebase written in Dart.
- Home Assistant - Open source home automation that puts local control and privacy first.
- IBM Cloud - Cloud platform for developers and companies.
- Firebase - App development platform built on Google Cloud.
- Adafruit IO - Visualize and store data from any device.
- Cloudflare - CDN, DNS, DDoS protection, and security for your site.
- Actions on Google - Developer platform for Google Assistant.
- ESP - Low-cost microcontrollers with WiFi and broad IoT applications.
- Deno - A secure runtime for JavaScript and TypeScript that uses V8 and is built in Rust.
- DOS - Operating system for x86-based personal computers that was popular during the 1980s and early 1990s.
- Nix - Package manager for Linux and other Unix systems that makes package management reliable and reproducible.
- Integration - Linking together different IT systems (components) to functionally cooperate as a whole.
- Node-RED - A programming tool for wiring together hardware devices, APIs, and online services.
- Low Code - Allowing business professionals to address their needs on their own with little to no coding skills.
- Capacitor - Cross-platform open source runtime for building Web Native apps.
- ArcGIS Developer - Mapping and location analysis platform for developers.
- Bluetooth Low Energy - Low-power wireless communication protocol ideal for IoT, wearables, and other battery-powered applications.
- Uno Platform - Open-source .NET UI platform for building cross-platform apps.
- Firebase Genkit - An open-source framework for building AI-powered apps and features.
- Backstage - Open-source platform for building Internal Developer Portals that unify tools and workflows.
Programming Languages
- JavaScript
- Swift - Apple's compiled programming language that is secure, modern, programmer-friendly, and fast.
- Python - General-purpose programming language designed for readability.
- Asyncio - Asynchronous I/O in Python 3.
- Scientific Audio - Scientific research in audio/music.
- CircuitPython - A version of Python for microcontrollers.
- Data Science - Data analysis and machine learning.
- Typing - Optional static typing for Python.
- MicroPython - A lean and efficient implementation of Python 3 for microcontrollers.
- Rust
- Haskell
- PureScript
- Go
- Scala
- Scala Native - Optimizing ahead-of-time compiler for Scala based on LLVM.
- Ruby
- Clojure
- ClojureScript
- Elixir
- Elm
- Erlang
- Julia - High-level dynamic programming language designed to address the needs of high-performance numerical analysis and computational science.
- Lua
- C/C++ - General-purpose language with a bias toward system programming and embedded, resource-constrained software.
- R - Functional programming language and environment for statistical computing and graphics.
- D
- Common Lisp - Powerful dynamic multiparadigm language that facilitates iterative and interactive development.
- Perl
- Groovy
- Dart
- Java - Popular secure object-oriented language designed for flexibility to "write once, run anywhere".
- RxJava
- J2ME - Java specification designed for old keypad phones and PDAs..
- Kotlin
- OCaml
- ColdFusion
- Fortran
- PHP - Server-side scripting language.
- Pascal
- AutoHotkey
- AutoIt
- Crystal
- CMake - Build, test, and package software.
- ActionScript 3 - Object-oriented language targeting Adobe AIR.
- Idris - General purpose pure functional programming language with dependent types influenced by Haskell and ML.
- Ada/SPARK - Modern programming language designed for large, long-lived apps where reliability and efficiency are essential.
- Q# - Domain-specific programming language used for expressing quantum algorithms.
- Imba - Programming language inspired by Ruby and Python and compiles to performant JavaScript.
- Vala - Programming language designed to take full advantage of the GLib and GNOME ecosystems, while preserving the speed of C code.
- Coq - Formal language and environment for programming and specification which facilitates interactive development of machine-checked proofs.
- V - Simple, fast, safe, compiled language for developing maintainable software.
- Move - Domain-specific programming language for writing safe smart contracts.
- Esolangs - Programming languages designed for experimentation or as jokes rather than actual use.
- VBA - An event-driven version of Visual Basic 6.0 built into most Microsoft Office apps for automation and scripting.
- F# - A .NET-based language with focus on functional programming.
Front-End Development
- ES6 Tools
- Web Performance Optimization
- Web Tools
- CSS - Style sheet language that specifies how HTML elements are displayed on screen.
- React - JavaScript library for building user interfaces.
- Relay - Framework for building data-driven React apps.
- React Hooks - Lets you use state and other React features without writing a class.
- Web Components
- Polymer - JavaScript library to develop Web Components.
- Angular - App framework.
- Backbone - App framework.
- HTML5 - Markup language used for websites & web apps.
- SVG - XML-based vector image format.
- Canvas
- KnockoutJS - JavaScript library.
- Dojo Toolkit - JavaScript toolkit.
- Inspiration
- Ember - App framework.
- Android UI
- iOS UI
- Meteor
- BEM
- Flexbox
- Web Typography
- Web Accessibility
- Material Design
- D3 - Library for producing dynamic, interactive data visualizations.
- Emails
- jQuery - Easy to use JavaScript library for DOM manipulation.
- Web Audio
- Offline-First
- Static Website Services
- Cycle.js - Functional and reactive JavaScript framework.
- Text Editing
- Motion UI Design
- Vue.js - App framework.
- Marionette.js - App framework.
- Aurelia - App framework.
- Charting
- Ionic Framework
- Chrome DevTools
- PostCSS - CSS tool.
- Draft.js - Rich text editor framework for React.
- Service Workers
- Progressive Web Apps
- choo - App framework.
- Redux - State container for JavaScript apps.
- Browserify - Module bundler.
- Sass - CSS preprocessor.
- Ant Design - Enterprise-class UI design language.
- Less - CSS preprocessor.
- WebGL - JavaScript API for rendering 3D graphics.
- Preact - App framework.
- Progressive Enhancement
- Next.js - Framework for server-rendered React apps.
- lit - Library for building web components with a declarative template system.
- JAMstack - Modern web development architecture based on client-side JavaScript, reusable APIs, and prebuilt markup.
- WordPress-Gatsby - Web development technology stack with WordPress as a back end and Gatsby as a front end.
- Mobile Web Development - Creating a great mobile web experience.
- Storybook - Development environment for UI components.
- Blazor - .NET web framework using C#/Razor and HTML that runs in the browser with WebAssembly.
- PageSpeed Metrics - Metrics to help understand page speed and user experience.
- Tailwind CSS - Utility-first CSS framework for rapid UI development.
- Seed - Rust framework for creating web apps running in WebAssembly.
- Web Performance Budget - Techniques to ensure certain performance metrics for a website.
- Web Animation - Animations in the browser with JavaScript, CSS, SVG, etc.
- Yew - Rust framework inspired by Elm and React for creating multi-threaded frontend web apps with WebAssembly.
- Material-UI - Material Design React components for faster and easier web development.
- Building Blocks for Web Apps - Standalone features to be integrated into web apps.
- Svelte - App framework.
- Design systems - Collection of reusable components, guided by rules that ensure consistency and speed.
- Inertia.js - Make single-page apps without building an API.
- MDBootstrap - Templates, layouts, components, and widgets to rapidly build websites.
- Master CSS - A virtual CSS language with enhanced syntax.
- Hydrogen - Edge-first framework for building Shopify storefronts with React.
- Tiny JS - Frontend libraries that fit into 2 kB with dependencies.
- Frontend GIS - Geographic Information Systems (GIS) for web browsers.
- WebGPU - JavaScript API for rendering and compute on GPUs.
- WebAssembly - A portable binary format for running code efficiently across platforms.
Back-End Development
- Flask - Python framework.
- Docker
- Vagrant - Automation virtual machine environment.
- Pyramid - Python framework.
- Play1 Framework
- CakePHP - PHP framework.
- Symfony - PHP framework.
- Laravel - PHP framework.
- Rails - Web app framework for Ruby.
- Phalcon - PHP framework.
- Useful
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- nginx - Web server.
- Dropwizard - Java framework.
- Kubernetes - Open-source platform that automates Linux container operations.
- Lumen - PHP micro-framework.
- Serverless Framework - Serverless computing and serverless architectures.
- Apache Wicket - Java web app framework.
- Vert.x - Toolkit for building reactive apps on the JVM.
- Terraform - Tool for building, changing, and versioning infrastructure.
- Vapor - Server-side development in Swift.
- Dash - Python web app framework.
- FastAPI - Python web app framework.
- CDK - Open-source software development framework for defining cloud infrastructure in code.
- IAM - User accounts, authentication and authorization.
- Slim - PHP framework.
- Fiber - Web framework built on top of Fasthttp, the fastest HTTP engine for Go.
- Kustomize - Kubernetes native declarative configuration management tool.
- OpenTofu - Open-source infrastructure as code tool.
- Reflex - Python web framework for building both your frontend and backend with no JavaScript.
Computer Science
Big Data
Theory
Books
Editors
Gaming
Development Environment
Entertainment
Databases
Media
Learn
Security
Content Management Systems
- Umbraco
- Refinery CMS - Ruby on Rails CMS.
- Wagtail - Django CMS focused on flexibility and user experience.
- Textpattern - Lightweight PHP-based CMS.
- Drupal - Extensible PHP-based CMS.
- Craft CMS - Content-first CMS.
- Sitecore - .NET digital marketing platform that combines CMS with tools for managing multiple websites.
- Silverstripe CMS - PHP MVC framework that serves as a classic or headless CMS.
- Directus - A real-time API and app dashboard for managing SQL database content.
- Plone - Open source Python CMS.
- Payload - Next.js native and open source headless CMS.
Hardware
Business
Work
Networking
- PCAPTools
- Real-Time Communications - Network protocols for near simultaneous exchange of media and data.
- SNMP - A protocol for collecting, modifying, and organizing information about managed devices on IP networks.
- Scapy - Python-based interactive packet manipulation.
- Cilium - Provides networking and security capabilities for containerized apps, microservices, and virtual machines.
Decentralized Systems
- Bitcoin - Services and tools for Bitcoin software developers.
- Ripple - Open source distributed settlement network.
- Non-Financial Blockchain - Applications of Blockchain beyond finance.
- Mastodon - Open source decentralized microblogging network.
- Ethereum - Distributed computing platform for smart contract development.
- Blockchain AI - AI and machine-learning projects built on Blockchain.
- EOSIO - A decentralized operating system supporting industrial-scale apps.
- Corda - Open source Blockchain platform designed for business.
- Waves - Open source Blockchain platform and development toolset for Web 3.0 apps and decentralized solutions.
- Substrate - Framework for writing scalable, upgradeable blockchains in Rust.
- Golem - Open source peer-to-peer marketplace for computing resources.
- Stacks - A smart contract platform secured by Bitcoin.
- Algorand - An open-source, proof of stake Blockchain and smart contract computing platform.
- ZeroNet - A decentralized web-like network of peer-to-peer users.
- Cosmos SDK - Modular framework for building app-specific blockchains in Go.
- Tor - A free overlay network for enabling anonymous communication.
- ATProto - Open, decentralized network for building social apps.
Health and Social Science
- Biomedical Information Extraction - How to extract information from unstructured biomedical data and text.
- Computational Neuroscience - A multidisciplinary science which uses computational approaches to study the nervous system.
- Diversity - Creating a more inclusive and diverse tech community.
- Digital History - Computer-aided scientific investigation of history.
- Empathy in Engineering - Building and promoting more compassionate engineering cultures.
- Healthcare - Open source healthcare software for facilities, providers, developers, policy experts, and researchers.
- Mental Health - Awareness and self-care in the software industry.
- Neuroscience - Study of the nervous system and brain.
- Digital Humanities - Software for humanities scholars using quantitative or computational methods.
- Lucid Dreams - A dream where one becomes aware they are dreaming.
- Neuroimaging - Software for analyzing brain data from living subjects.
- Transgender - Someone whose gender identity differs from their assigned birth sex.
Events
Testing
- Testing - Software testing.
- Visual Regression Testing - Ensures changes did not break the functionality or style.
- Selenium - Open-source browser automation framework and ecosystem.
- Appium - Test automation tool for apps.
- TAP - Test Anything Protocol.
- JMeter - Load testing and performance measurement tool.
- k6 - Open-source, developer-centric performance monitoring and load testing solution.
- Playwright - Node.js library to automate Chromium, Firefox and WebKit with a single API.
- Quality Assurance Roadmap - How to start & build a career in software testing.
- Gatling - Open-source load and performance testing framework based on Scala, Akka, and Netty.
- CodeRabbit - AI-powered code review platform.
Miscellaneous
- Scientific Writing - Distraction-free scientific writing with Markdown, reStructuredText and Jupyter notebooks.
- JSON - Text based data interchange format.
- CSV - A text file format that stores tabular data and uses a comma to separate values.
- Discounts for Student Developers
- Radio
- Awesome - Recursion illustrated.
- Analytics
- REST
- Continuous Integration and Continuous Delivery
- Services Engineering
- Free for Developers
- Boilerplate Projects
- Readme
- GitHub Wiki - Comprehensive documentation on GitHub beyond README.
- Design and Development Guides
- Software Engineering Blogs
- Self Hosted
- FOSS Production Apps
- Gulp - Task runner.
- AMA - Ask Me Anything.
- Open Source Photography
- OpenGL - Cross-platform API for rendering 2D and 3D graphics.
- GraphQL
- Urban & Regional Planning - Concerning the built environment and communities.
- Transit – Data standards, APIs, apps, tools, datasets, and research around open source technology of public transit.
- Research Tools
- Data Visualization
- Microservices
- Unicode - Standards, quirks, packages and resources for Unicode.
- Beginner-Friendly Projects
- Katas
- Tools for Activism
- Citizen Science - For community-based and non-institutional scientists.
- MQTT - "Internet of Things" connectivity protocol.
- For Girls
- Vorpal - Node.js CLI framework.
- Vulkan - Low-overhead, cross-platform 3D graphics and compute API.
- LaTeX - Typesetting language.
- Economics - An economist's starter kit.
- Funny Markov Chains
- Bioinformatics
- Cheminformatics - Informatics techniques applied to problems in chemistry.
- Colorful - Choose your next color scheme.
- Steam - Digital distribution platform.
- Bots - Building bots.
- Site Reliability Engineering
- DTrace - Dynamic tracing framework.
- Userscripts - Enhance your browsing experience.
- Pokémon - Resources for Pokémon and Pokémon GO.
- ChatOps - Managing technical and business operations through a chat.
- Falsehood - Falsehoods programmers believe in.
- Domain-Driven Design - Software development approach for complex needs by connecting the implementation to an evolving model.
- Quantified Self - Self-tracking through technology.
- Web Design - For digital designers.
- Creative Coding - Programming something expressive instead of something functional.
- No-Login Web Apps - Web apps that work without login.
- Free Software - Free as in freedom.
- Framer - Prototyping interactive UI designs.
- Markdown - Markup language.
- Dev Fun - Funny developer projects.
- Magento 2 - Open Source eCommerce built with PHP.
- TikZ - Graph drawing packages for TeX/LaTeX/ConTeXt.
- Ad-Free - Alternatives without ads.
- Prometheus - Open-source monitoring system.
- Homematic - Smart home devices.
- Ledger - Double-entry accounting on the command-line.
- Web Monetization - A free open web standard service that allows you to send money directly in your browser.
- Uncopyright - Public domain works.
- Crypto Currency Tools & Algorithms - Digital currency where encryption is used to regulate the generation of units and verify transfers.
- Open Source Supporters - Companies that offer their tools and services for free to open source projects.
- Design Principles - Create better and more consistent designs and experiences.
- Theravada - Teachings from the Theravada Buddhist tradition.
- inspectIT - Open source Java app performance management tool.
- Open Source Maintainers - The experience of being an open source maintainer.
- Calculators - Tools for every platform.
- Captcha - A type of challenge–response test used in computing to determine whether or not the user is human.
- Jupyter - Create and share documents that contain code, equations, visualizations and narrative text.
- FIRST Robotics Competition - International high school robotics championship.
- Speakers - Conference and meetup speakers in the programming and design community.
- Board Games - Table-top gaming fun for all.
- Software Patreons - Fund individual programmers or the development of open source projects.
- Parasite - Parasites and host-pathogen interactions.
- Food - Projects on GitHub related to food.
- Bitcoin Payment Processors - Start accepting Bitcoin.
- Scientific Computing - Solving complex scientific problems using computers.
- Amazon Sellers
- Agriculture - Open source technology for farming and gardening.
- Product Design - Design a product from the initial concept to production.
- Prisma - Turn your database into a GraphQL API.
- Software Architecture - The discipline of designing and building software.
- Connectivity Data and Reports - Better understand who has access to telecommunication and internet infrastructure and on what terms.
- Stacks - Tech stacks for building different apps and features.
- Cytodata - Image-based profiling of biological phenotypes for computational biologists.
- IRC - Open source messaging protocol.
- Advertising - Programmatic media and ad tech for websites.
- Earth - Find ways to resolve the climate crisis.
- Naming - Guides for naming things in computer science.
- Web Archiving - An effort to preserve the Web for future generations.
- WP-CLI - Command-line interface for WordPress.
- Credit Modeling - Methods for classifying credit applicants into risk classes.
- Ansible - A Python-based, open-source IT configuration management and automation platform.
- Biological Visualizations - Interactive visualization of biological data on the web.
- QR Code - A type of matrix barcode that can be used to store and share a small amount of information.
- Veganism - Making the plant-based lifestyle easy and accessible.
- Translations - The transfer of the meaning of a text from one language to another.
- Scriptable - An iOS app for automation in JavaScript.
- WebXR - Enables immersive virtual reality and augmented reality content on the web.
- Computational Geometry - Computational approaches for problems in geometry.
- OpenStreetMap - An open data mapping project utilized by many apps and devices.
- Computational Biology - Computational approaches applied to problems in biology.
- Read the Docs - Example documentation projects to inspire and help bootstrap new documentation projects.
- Quarto - Scientific and technical open-source publishing system built on Pandoc.
- Biological Image Analysis - Interpreting biological phenomena using images.
- ChatGPT - Artificial intelligence chatbot developed by OpenAI.
- Whisper - Open-source AI-powered speech recognition system developed by OpenAI.
- Stock Trading - Purchase and sale of equities of publicly traded companies to generate profits.
- Steam Deck - A handheld gaming computer developed by Valve.
- Astrophotography - Photography of astronomical objects, celestial events, or areas of the night sky.
- HPC - High Performance Computing.
- Geocaching - Outdoor treasure-hunting activity that uses GPS-enabled devices.
- Regex - Specialized language for matching patterns in text.
- Event-Driven Architecture - A software architecture approach where services collaborate by publishing and subscribing to events.
- Permacomputing - Resilient and regenerative computing practices inspired by permaculture.
- Standards - Proposals and standards that define and enhance software, languages, and related technologies.
- Claude Code - Terminal-based AI coding assistant by Anthropic.
- Gemini CLI - Terminal-based AI coding assistant by Google.
- SAP Commerce - An e-commerce platform built with Java, Spring MVC, and Angular.
- Tech Ethics - Mitigating and avoiding the potential negative effects of technology on society.
- Copilot Agents - AI pair programming assistant by GitHub that provides code suggestions and completions.
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