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.NET is a cross-platform runtime for cloud, mobile, desktop, and IoT apps.

C#
#dotnet#hacktoberfest#help-wanted
help wantedhive/advisoryholdhive/selfreport

AI agent orchestration for open and closed source โ€” a fully customizable fleet of AI agents covering every level of project maintenance, from brainstorming to full autonomy

Go
#agent-orchestration#ai-agents#autonomous-agents#ci-cd#code-review#developer-tools#devops#github-automation#golang#kubernetes#llm#multi-agent-systems
good first issueSize: Steam:library-maintainers

๐ŸŒฏ Burrito is a TACoS Kubernetes Operator - "Argo CD for Terraform"

Go
#cd#ci#cicd#infrastructure-as-code#kubernetes#kubernetes-operator#opentofu#operator#tacos#terraform#terragrunt
enhancementgood first issuefamily:toolsfamily:docsfamily:cicapability:platform

Agent-assisted maintainership and development framework for Apache projects โ€” Triage and Drafting (agent-authored fixes with human review); Mentoring, Pairing (developer-side dev-cycle), and Auto-merge on the roadmap.

Python
#agent-skills#apache#automation#claude-code#cve#security#vulnerability-disclosure#vulnerability-management
approvedmiscellaneousgood first issue

Checkstyle is a development tool to help programmers write Java code that adheres to a coding standard. By default it supports the Google Java Style Guide and Sun Code Conventions, but is highly configurable. It can be invoked with an ANT task and a command line program.

Java
#code-quality#command-line-tool#hacktoberfest#java#static-analysis#static-code-analysis
enhancementhelp wantedarea: coreduplicationpriority: P3ready-for-agentin-progressagent:iq3-xxs

A process manager written in Rust: one daemon keeps a flock of long-running processes alive on macOS and Linux, with logs, watch and cron restarts, and webhook alerts

Rust
#cli#cron#daemon#devops#linux#logging#macos#manager#mcp#monitoring#pm2#process#process-manager#rust#supervisor#tui#windows
buggood first issuearea:codegenbackend:wgsldirection:outputcoverage

Translate GPU shaders and compute kernels between Metal, HLSL and GLSL, and to SPIR-V and WGSL, through the CrossGL IR

Python
#compiler#directx#glsl#gpu#hlsl#metal#python#shader#spir-v#transpiler#vulkan#webgpu#wgsl
help wantedgood first issuehacktoberfestcommunitylow hanging fruitup-for-grabsfirst-timers-onlygood-first-issue

Aesthetic, minimalist platform for learning Japanese inspired by Duolingo and Monkeytype, built with Next.js and sponsored by Vercel. Beginner-friendly with plenty of good first issues - all contributions are welcome!

TypeScript
#beginner#beginner-friendly#contribute#contribution#contributions-welcome#first-contributions#first-timers-only#good-first-contribution#good-first-issue#good-first-pr#hacktoberfest#help-wanted#japanese#japanese-language#language-learning#learn-japanese#nextjs#open-source#react#up-for-grabs
good first issuerole: back ends: hackforla.orgsize: 0.25ptPII: FALSEfeature: update table

A project to setup a datastore for people and projects at HackforLA. The link below takes you to the code documentation

Python
enhancementgood first issue

Minecraft In-Game NBTEdit is reborn now. Download from https://www.curseforge.com/minecraft/mc-mods/nbtedit-reborn .

Java
enhancementhelp wantedarea/downloads

Self-hosted media manager for movies and TV. Replaces Radarr, Sonarr and Seerr with a single Go binary โ€” web UI, REST API, built-in requests, SSO. Music and books planned.

Go
#bittorrent#golang#homelab#jellyfin#media-management#media-server#plex#prowlarr#pvr#qbittorrent#radarr#self-hosted#selfhosted#servarr#sonarr#sqlite#svelte#torrent

Open security scanner and self-hosted control plane for AI, MCP, and cloud. One evidence model โ€” run scans in your environment, centralize findings, govern in your VPC.

Python
#ai-security#ai-supply-chain#aibom#blast-radius#cloud-security#mcp#sbom#security-scanner#supply-chain-security#vulnerability-scanning

Build small guards. Compose them. A lightweight, zero-dependency toolkit for building reusable TypeScript type guards that compose, refine, and preserve natural narrowing. Runtime-safe ๐Ÿ›ก๏ธ, composable ๐Ÿงฉ, and ergonomic โœจ.

TypeScript
#is#is-kit#open-source#runtime-type-checking#type-guard#type-guards#type-safe#typescript#utility#validation