Issue #629  (JS Libs, Git/CLI, Media)08/07/25

 

JavaScript Libraries & Frameworks

RivetKit — A library that offers an alternative to Cloudflare's Durable Objects, enabling long-lived processes with durable state, realtime, scalability, easily self-hostable, and works with your infrastructure.

Servo — A lightweight, high-performance experimental browser engine for embedding web technologies in applications.

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H3 — An HTTP server framework that works in any JavaScript runtime and is built on top of web standards for high performance and composability.

Byte — A simple, performance-focused web framework that works on Bun, Deno, and browsers, internally powered by Blitz, a fast JavaScript router.

Odyc.js — A small JavaScript library designed to create narrative games with no coding experience, combining pixels, sounds, text, and a bit of logic.

Jails — An elegant and minimalistic web components micro-framework tailored for SSG, SSR, and SPA, compatible with any server-side rendering stack.

vibe-stack — A modern, AI-first framework built for rapid development of PWAs, providing an optimized boilerplate for creating, testing, and deploying full-stack applications across Windows, Mac, Linux, iOS, Android, and WebXR environments.

WAHA — A WhatsApp HTTP REST API that you can install on your own server and run in less than 5 minutes.

Git, GitHub & CLI Tools

DumbTerm — A simple web-based terminal emulator, with common tools and Starship enabled.

Github Profile Header Generator — An interactive GitHub profile header generator with options to select from prebuilt themes, customize backgrounds, and add a graphic.

vet — A command-line tool that acts as a safety net for the common but risky curl | bash pattern. It lets you inspect remote scripts for changes, run them through a linter, and require your explicit approval before they can execute.

Git GPT Commit — An AI-powered Git extension that generates commit messages using OpenAI's models, streamlining the commit process and improving developer productivity.

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Fang — A small, experimental Go-based library that provides a CLI starter kit for batteries-included applications built with Cobra, the popular Go CLI library.

difit — A CLI tool that lets you view and review local Git diffs with a GitHub-style viewer offering clean visuals and comments can be copied as prompts for AI.

Tunnelmole — A simple tool to give your locally running HTTP(S) servers a public URL, allowing you to share a web server, Docker container, a static site, etc.

brush — A POSIX- and bash-compatible shell, implemented in Rust, built and tested on Linux, macOS, and WSL, with experimental support for Windows.

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Media Tools (SVG, Video, etc.)

cosmos.gl — A high-performance WebGL Force Graph algorithm and rendering engine where all computations and drawing occur on the GPU in fragment and vertex shaders, avoiding expensive memory operations.

BnbIcons — A searchable directory of isometric icons inspired by Airbnb's design system, allowing you to use AI to generate your own custom icons or select from the 20,000+ already generated.

Converter.mx — A suite of fast, free, and secure online conversion tools for video, audio, images, and documents (site is in Spanish but you can use your browser to translate on the fly).

VSCode.Email — The latest tips, news, tools, and articles on the world's most popular text editor, Visual Studio Code, plus bonus links on other IDEs and similar coding tools.   SPONSORED 

FFmate — An automation layer built on top of FFmpeg, designed not only to simplify transcoding but also to serve as an extensible engine for custom media workflows.

The Thiings Collection — A growing collection of 6000+ beautiful, free AI-generated 3D icons, searchable via keyword or filter by category.

SplitThing — A web-based tool that lets you upload an image so you can divide it into a grid of separate images, which you download as a ZIP file, for use as sprites in a game or similar.

PureAnim — Upload an SVG and this online tool lets you use the layers of the SVG to create custom animations on a timeline view.

ImgSearch — A searchable online platform providing millions of high-quality, AI-generated photos, offering 20 free downloads per month.

Commercial Apps & Classifieds