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Productivity open-source tools

Productivity tools are crowded. This topic filters for real workflow value and highlights changes worth noticing, not empty “be more productive” claims.

47 published projects

hermes-agentGitHub · NousResearch

A personal AI agent that runs locally or on remote infrastructure with terminal, messaging, memory, skills, and scheduled automation.

Active in the last 30 days · 236,347

PowerToysGitHub · microsoft

A Microsoft-maintained set of Windows utilities for window layouts, keyboard shortcuts, file tasks, and everyday system workflows.

Active in the last 30 days · 138,069

spec-kitGitHub · github

An open-source CLI toolkit for Spec-Driven Development that guides AI coding agents through structured specification, planning, and code generation steps.

Active in the last 30 days · 131,415

excalidrawGitHub · excalidraw

An open-source virtual whiteboard for sketching hand-drawn style diagrams with real-time collaboration.

Active in the last 30 days · 130,422

ragflowGitHub · infiniflow

An open-source RAG engine fusing deep document understanding and agent capabilities to build grounded context layers for LLMs.

Active in the last 30 days · 89,168

WSLGitHub · microsoft

Windows Subsystem for Linux allows you to run Linux command-line tools and applications directly on Windows without the overhead of a traditional virtual machine.

Active in the last 30 days · 33,516

CLI-AnythingGitHub · HKUDS

A toolkit for generating and managing agent-callable CLIs for existing software, with CLI-Hub, generation workflows, and skill/plugin integrations.

Active in the last 30 days · 48,083

vaultGitHub · hashicorp

An open-source security platform for centralized management, encryption, and auditing of sensitive credentials like API keys, passwords, and certificates.

Active in the last 30 days · 36,161

minikubeGitHub · kubernetes

Run a local Kubernetes cluster on your machine, supporting multi-cluster, persistent volumes, and various container runtimes for development.

Active in the last 30 days · 32,063

zstdGitHub · facebook

Zstandard is a high-performance lossless compression algorithm that provides real-time compression speeds with zlib-level or better compression ratios.

Active in the last 30 days · 27,618

cal.diyGitHub · calcom

An open-source scheduling platform for personal self-hosting, with booking pages and calendar management; the project explicitly advises against production use.

Active in the last 30 days · 47,915

opencodexGitHub · lidge-jun

A universal local proxy that enables the use of any LLM, such as Claude, Gemini, or DeepSeek, within Codex and Claude Code, while managing ChatGPT account pools.

Active in the last 30 days · 12,105

microsandboxGitHub · superradcompany

A fast, local-first microVM runtime and library for running untrusted workloads.

Active in the last 30 days · 7,929

headlampGitHub · kubernetes-sigs

A Kubernetes management UI that runs in-cluster or as a desktop app with multi-cluster access, logs, terminal, and resource editing.

Active in the last 30 days · 7,142

plain-appGitHub · plainhub

An Android app that exposes a local browser dashboard for files, SMS, media, notifications, and screen mirroring on the same network.

Active in the last 30 days · 6,575

server-survivalGitHub · pshenok

A 3D cloud-architecture simulation game where players handle traffic, DDoS, scaling, caches, queues, databases, and GPU inference by building resilient systems.

Active in the last 30 days · 6,369

App-Store-Connect-CLIGitHub · rorkai

A scriptable App Store Connect CLI for build uploads, TestFlight, metadata, submissions, signing resources, and release automation from terminals or CI.

Active in the last 30 days · 6,197

LobsterAIGitHub · netease-youdao

A desktop agent for local files, terminal, browser, and office workflows with multi-agent setup, skills, MCP, scheduled tasks, and IM remote control.

Active in the last 30 days · 5,945

freelensGitHub · freelensapp

A free open-source desktop client for viewing and managing Kubernetes clusters on Windows, macOS, and Linux.

Active in the last 30 days · 5,470

PasteMDGitHub · RICHQAQ

A desktop clipboard tool that converts Markdown, rich HTML, tables, and formulas for direct pasting into Word, WPS, or Excel.

Active in the last 30 days · 5,223

osv.devGitHub · google

Open source vulnerability database and triage service providing a unified query API and web interface

Active in the last 30 days · 2,900

cli-printing-pressGitHub · mvanhorn

Automatically generates agent-optimized Go CLI tools and MCP servers by reading API documentation or sniffing web traffic.

Active in the last 30 days · 4,541

agent-deviceGitHub · callstack

Mobile app automation and verification for AI coding agents, enabling live interaction and testing across iOS, Android, HarmonyOS, and more.

Active in the last 30 days · 4,221

macroGitHub · macro-inc

A unified workspace integrating email, team chat, CRDT docs, tasks, CRM, and AI agents into a single graph.

Active in the last 30 days · 4,026