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Token Guard

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Tracks and converts LLM API spend across OpenAI, Anthropic and Gemini locally, instead of trusting a cloud dashboard with your usage data.

FreeWorks offlineOpen source
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Pricing
Free and open source.
Best for
Developers juggling multiple LLM provider SDKs and costs.

Watched for 2 days · last checked 1d ago

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Openhall

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Lets artists turn up to 10 artworks into a walkable, ownable 3D gallery instead of relying on a hosted gallery platform.

Open sourceCan export my data
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AI curates rooms and layout; deterministic code builds the space; export a self-contained website you host anywhere.
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requires bringing your own IBM watsonx or OpenAI-compatible key

Watched for 1 day · last checked today

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GemType

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Checks grammar and rewrites text right inside Gmail, LinkedIn, X and Reddit, using a Gemini API key you provide yourself, free and open source, no subscription.

FreeNo sign-upOpen sourceNo subscription
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How it works
Checks grammar and rewrites text inline on any website — Gmail, LinkedIn, X, Reddit — using your own free Google Gemini API key.
What's different
Free and open source, and runs on a Gemini key you supply yourself instead of a paid subscription.
Pricing
Free, no account or subscription.
Best for
People who want a Grammarly-style writing checker without paying for a subscription or handing over data to a third-party service.

Watched for 13 days · last checked 7d ago

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Podframes

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Turns a topic into a two-host AI video podcast with lip-synced avatars and captions, driven from the CLI or a studio UI using your own AI API keys. Open source.

Open source
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How it works
Turns a single topic into a two-host video podcast with mixed AI voices, lip-synced avatars, and word-timed captions, rendered to MP4, driven from the CLI or a live studio interface.
What's different
Open source and runs on your own API keys, so you pay the underlying provider's rates directly.
Best for
Developers or creators who want to generate AI video podcasts from the command line.

Watched for 18 days · last checked today

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Humla

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A Mac app that records and transcribes meetings entirely on-device, no bot joins the call. Free and open source, with optional cloud or self-hosted sync for teams.

FreeWorks offlineOpen sourceNo tracking
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How it works
Records mic and call audio directly through macOS with no bot joining the meeting, then transcribes, labels speakers, and writes a summary that fuses your notes with the transcript. Runs fully on-device using Whisper on Apple Silicon, or with your own AI key.
What's different
No bot joins the call, and it can run entirely on-device with local SQLite storage and no telemetry.
Pricing
Free and MIT-licensed, with optional paid team sync via Humla Cloud or self-hosting.
Best for
Mac users who want private, on-device meeting transcription without a bot joining their calls.

Watched for 13 days · last checked 7d ago

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Pseudo

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A Chrome extension for LeetCode practice that turns your described approach into code with your own LLM key, without the AI quietly fixing your mistakes. For developers training for interviews.

Open source
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How it works
A Chrome extension for LeetCode practice: describe your algorithm approach in natural language and it generates code with your chosen LLM exactly as described, right or wrong, plus an experimental 'Resource Units' metric for AI usage.
What's different
Does not silently improve or fix your described approach the way other AI coding tools do — the generated code reflects your reasoning as-is, mistakes included.
Best for
Developers training for coding interviews who want to practice their own problem-solving rather than let AI solve it for them.
Watch out
Requires bringing your own LLM API key (BYOK); there is no backend.

Watched for 14 days · last checked 8d ago

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Supercode

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An open-source terminal coding agent with full file, command and app access on your machine; you supply your own Claude, GPT or other API key to power it.

Open source
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How it works
A terminal-native coding agent with full machine access — reads files, runs commands, edits code, opens apps, and searches the web — with granular permissions on each action, persistent memory, and voice control.
What's different
Runs natively in the terminal with no cloud IDE or web sandbox in between.
Pricing
Free to start with open models included (Deepseek, GLM, Minimax, Kimi); bring your own API key for Claude, GPT, or other providers.
Best for
Developers who want a terminal-based agent with direct, broad access to their own machine.
Watch out
Grants full machine access — file reads, command execution, and app control — governed by granular permissions rather than a sandbox.

Watched for 17 days · last checked 11d ago

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Radar – Open Source Media Intelligence

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A self-hosted, open-source alternative to paid media monitoring tools like Talkwalker and Brandwatch, built on Claude AI. Needs technical setup — for developers, not a plug-and-play product.

FreeOpen sourceSelf-hosted
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How it works
A self-hosted media intelligence and social listening platform built on free data sources and Claude AI, positioned as an alternative to Talkwalker or Brandwatch.
What's different
Self-hostable and built on free data sources instead of a paid, hosted monitoring subscription.
Best for
Developers comfortable running and maintaining their own self-hosted setup.

Watched for 16 days · last checked 10d ago

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RAI

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A self-hostable AI chat platform that routes queries to the cheapest LLM and adds live market data, positioned as an alternative to ChatGPT or Claude you run yourself. For developers and cost-conscious teams.

FreeOpen sourceSelf-hosted
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How it works
A self-hostable, open-source AI chat platform that runs on your own infrastructure, integrates live financial market data into chat, and routes each query to the best/cheapest LLM automatically across OpenAI, Anthropic, SiliconFlow and others.
What's different
Self-hosted with full data ownership and no vendor lock-in, plus intelligent model routing claimed to cut API costs by up to 60% versus using a single provider.
Pricing
Free forever to self-host, with Free / Pro / MAX tiers and per-model quotas.
Best for
Developers and cost-conscious teams who want a ChatGPT/Claude alternative running on their own infrastructure.

Watched for 14 days · last checked 8d ago

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Agent Keyboard

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A self-hosted, open-source widget you embed in your app with one script tag, letting users request changes by text, voice or photo, which a Claude Code session then edits and commits. Built for developers who want an in-app AI coding agent they control.

Domain registered 1 month ago

Open sourceSelf-hosted
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How it works
A single script tag embeds a prompt bar in your app; a user's typed, dictated, or photographed request triggers a Claude Code session on your own server that edits your codebase and commits the change.
What's different
Open source, self-hosted, and uses your own API keys.
Best for
Developers who want an in-app AI coding agent they fully control.

Watched for 13 days · last checked 7d ago

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Ricochet coding

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An open-source AI coding agent that works in your editor, terminal, or via Discord and Telegram, with approvals and diff review before it touches code. For developers who want to supervise an agent, not just chat with one.

Open source
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How it works
An open-source, local-first AI coding agent for VS Code-compatible editors, CLI/TUI, and messengers via Ether Live Mode (Discord, Telegram), keeping a reviewable task timeline with approvals, checkpoints and pending diffs, and routing across BYOK or Grik-hosted models.
What's different
Keeps a reviewable approval timeline instead of running as an editor-only assistant, with swarm workers for recurring checks and remote follow-ups.
Best for
Developers who want to supervise and approve an AI agent's changes rather than just chat with it.

Watched for 18 days · last checked 2d ago

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OpenSidekick

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An open-source Chrome extension that lets an AI agent read and act on the page you're viewing, using whatever model you plug in, with API keys kept local and no telemetry.

No sign-upOpen sourceNo tracking
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How it works
An open-source Chrome extension where an AI agent reads and acts on the page you're viewing, using any model you plug in — OpenRouter, OpenAI, Claude, Gemini, Groq, or a local model.
What's different
Model-agnostic and keeps API keys local in the browser rather than sending them through a vendor's servers.
Pricing
MIT license, no account required.
Best for
Developers who want a browser agent they can point at any LLM provider, including local models, without vendor lock-in.

Watched for 18 days · last checked 2d ago

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OpenDex – Open Source Voice AI

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An open-source, bring-your-own-key voice assistant for the desktop that you fully customize, model, skills, themes, aimed at builders willing to configure their own AI stack.

Open source
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How it works
An open-source, bring-your-own-key voice assistant for the desktop that performs tasks on your behalf. The voice, model, UI, skills, tools and widgets are all customizable.
What's different
Fully open and customizable rather than a fixed hosted assistant — you supply your own API key and build your own skills and themes.
Best for
Builders comfortable configuring and extending their own AI voice assistant stack rather than using a closed hosted product.

Watched for 15 days · last checked 9d ago

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MDMA - GenUI for apps

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An open-source Markdown extension that lets LLMs output interactive UI — forms, tables, approval gates — instead of plain text, shipped with a CLI and MCP server for developers.

Domain registered 1 month ago

Open source
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How it works
An open-source Markdown extension (fenced ```mdma``` blocks) that lets LLM output render as interactive UI — forms, tables, approval gates, charts, callouts, webhooks — instead of plain text. Ships component renderers for React and React Native, a validator, prompt packs for OpenAI/Anthropic/Google/xAI, a CLI, and an MCP server.
What's different
Deterministic parsing with a headless runtime that includes an audit log and PII redaction.
Pricing
Open source, MIT license.
Best for
Developers building chat interfaces who want LLMs to output structured, renderable UI components rather than plain text.

Watched for 14 days · last checked 2d ago

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Dungeon Mastron

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An open-source tool for building choose-your-own-adventure games with a visual node editor, playable in browser or loaded onto a 3D-printed Raspberry Pi console. You can also generate one via ChatGPT.

FreeOpen source
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How it works
A free, MIT-licensed open-source platform for building choose-your-own-adventure games with a visual node graph editor, playable instantly in the browser or exportable via a ChatGPT prompt template, and loadable onto a 3D-printed Raspberry Pi cartridge console.
Pricing
Free and open source under the MIT license.
Best for
Developers and hobbyists who want to build and share interactive fiction games, including onto physical Raspberry Pi hardware.

Watched for 16 days · last checked 2d ago

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showagent

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A terminal tool to browse, search, resume and convert AI coding sessions across Claude Code, Codex, Gemini CLI and OpenCode -- local-first, open source, with no telemetry.

Works offlineOpen sourceNo tracking
What to know▼
How it works
A terminal picker to browse, search, resume and branch AI coding sessions across Claude Code, Codex, Gemini CLI and OpenCode, including converting a conversation from one agent's session format to another's.
What's different
Runs 100% locally as a single static Go binary with no telemetry.
Pricing
Free and open source (MIT license).
Best for
Developers juggling multiple AI coding tools who want one place to manage sessions.

Watched for 17 days · last checked 8d ago

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nodx Lens

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A free, open-source browser tool that lets you select any webpage region and get AI actions like explain, search, shop, or generate images.

FreeOpen source
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How it works
Select text or box a region on any webpage to open an action wheel for explain, search, shop, or generate images; results stream in place and captures stay as reusable action hubs.
What's different
No backend required; bring your own API key.
Pricing
Free forever, open source.

Watched for 10 days · last checked 7d ago

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