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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.

52 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 · 252,147

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 · 140,728

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 · 139,143

excalidrawGitHub · excalidraw

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

Active in the last 30 days · 133,561

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 · 36,363

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 · 34,026

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 · 28,005

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 · 51,793

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 · 48,934

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 · 17,228

openwikiGitHub · langchain-ai

A CLI that uses agents to generate and continuously maintain Markdown wikis for codebases or personal knowledge, with a local graph visualizer.

Active in the last 30 days · 17,054

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 · 32,187

microsandboxGitHub · superradcompany

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

Active in the last 30 days · 8,618

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 · 7,718

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 · 7,414

massCodeGitHub · massCodeIO

A local-first desktop workspace for snippets, Markdown notes, HTTP requests, calculations, drawings, and everyday developer utilities.

Active in the last 30 days · 7,056

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 · 6,871

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 · 6,433

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 · 6,099

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 · 5,368

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 · 4,963

xplrGitHub · sayanarijit

A scriptable terminal TUI file explorer that provides a keyboard-driven visual layer for filesystem workflows, command-line tools, plugins, and integrations.

Active in the last 30 days · 4,838

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 · 4,613

OpenBiliClawGitHub · whiteguo233

A local-first, cross-platform AI content discovery agent that builds deep psychological profiles to proactively find content you'll love.

Active in the last 30 days · 3,401