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Issue #644  (CSS/HTML, Git/CLI, Mobile)11/20/25


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CSS & HTML Tools

css-extras β€” A library of 40+ useful CSS functions using the new @function syntax, which is not yet widely supported but fairly close and might be usable in some projects.

ShadcnThemer β€” A tool and resource to create, edit, customize, save, share, and fork shadcn/ui themes, with ability to import your own custom colors to generate a custom theme.

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spoilerjs β€” A framework-agnostic web component for creating beautiful spoiler effects with Telegram-inspired particle animations, with easy drop-in for React, Vue, Svelte, or vanilla JavaScript.

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Markdown Printer β€” A Chrome extension to save web pages as Markdown files, all done locally, with no scripts, styles, or other unwanted elements, possibly useful for AI coding and creating documentation.

MCSS β€” A modern classless CSS framework inspired by the typefaces of British type designer Matthew Carter, who created the commonly-used typefaces Georgia and Verdana.

oklch.fyi β€” A suite of tools and resources to examine how the OKLCH color model works, allowing you to learn, experiment, and create more consistent and perceptually uniform color palettes.

Horizon β€” A server-powered app that generates the current sky at your approximate location, rendered as a CSS gradient, refreshed every minute. Useful only before dark!

Helium β€” An ultra-light library that uses custom attributes that start with @ to add interactivity to HTML elements.

Git, GitHub, and CLI Tools

attempt β€” A CLI tool, built in Rust, for retrying fallible commands, useful for waiting for a service to start when you aren't restricted to bash, or just getting flaky programs to start working.

Bash Screensavers β€” A collection of screensavers written entirely in Bash, with 12 different options, including fireworks, matrix, rain, stars, tunnel, and others.

PR Quiz β€” A GitHub Action that uses AI to generate a quiz based on a pull request, to help human reviewers test their understanding of the AI Agent's code.

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Vogte β€” An agentic terminal UI (TUI) for Go codebases that provides holistic repository context and helps developers build and maintain Go projects using LLMs.

Twigg β€” A structured, visual, and efficient way for individuals and teams to collaborate with LLMs, like Git for LLMs.

AI-powered Accessibility Scanner β€” A GitHub Action that detects accessibility barriers across your digital products, creates trackable issues, and leverages GitHub Copilot for AI-powered fixes.

type-flag β€” A strongly typed command-line arguments parser for Node.js, with no dependencies and it's tree-shakable. Free plan allows use of three LLMs.

sitemap β€” A high-level streaming library and CLI that makes creating XML-based sitemap files easy, with ability to generate a one-time sitemap or serve one that updates periodically.
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Mobile & React Native Tools

Expo Bottom Sheet Stack β€” A sleek, stackable bottom sheet for React Native, built with Reanimated 3, and inspired by iOS modal sheets with dark theming.

ASO Report β€” A web tool that helps spot what your app is missing to grow on the App Store, just enter the URL or the app name for an audit.

sosumi.ai β€” A service that makes Apple Developer documentation accessible to LLMs, resolving the problem of getting a 'JavaScript disabled' error when trying to fetch data directly.

React Native Sheet Transitions β€” A multi-featured package that allows you to use beautiful iOS-like sheet transitions for React Native, Expo Go, and Web, providing smooth, native-feeling custom modal transitions with gesture-based interactions.

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expo-build-disk-cache β€” A tool to drastically speed up your Expo builds. When a cached build is available, it launches almost instantly, skipping the usual compilation step.

reactiive.io/demos β€” An ongoing collection of React Native animations crafted with Reanimated, Gesture Handler, and Skia, with no deprecated APIs, improved Drawer navigation, among other benefits.

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expo-foreground-actions β€” A library that allows you to use iOS and Android features to start actions that continue to run in the grace period after the user switches apps.

Expo Atlas β€” A library that helps you visualize React Native bundles to understand and optimize your app.

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