Dev Useful Stuff

humanizer - (★ 26k) is a Claude Code / OpenCode skill that strips AI-isms from text. Based on Wikipedia's "Signs of AI writing" guide, it detects 33 patterns — em dashes, "It's not just X, it's Y", significance inflation, sycophantic openers, rule of three, etc. — and rewrites the text in your voice. Example from the README: Before: AI-assisted coding serves as an enduring testament to the transformative potential of large language models, marking a pivotal moment in the evolution of software development. After: AI coding assistants can speed up the boring parts of the job. They're great at boilerplate: config files and the little glue code you don't want to write. #ai #writing #claudecode #cli #skill

apple/container - (★ 37.4k) is Apple's native Swift tool for running OCI containers as lightweight VMs on Apple silicon, each container in its own VM. Originally unveiled at WWDC25, the project just hit 1.0 at WWDC26 with a headline new feature: container machine — a persistent Linux dev environment that auto-mounts your macOS $HOME at /Users/<you> inside the VM, so you edit on the Mac and build/run on Linux against the same files. Think native, Apple-built alternative to Colima / OrbStack / Lima. Requires macOS 26 + Apple silicon. #mac #containers #docker #apple #wwdc26

GitButler - (★ 21.3k at GitHub) is a Git client built around virtual branches — work on multiple branches simultaneously in the same working directory. Backed by Git, powered by Tauri/Rust/Svelte. Comes with a CLI (but) alongside the desktop app, and recently added AI-assisted commit splitting and branch organization. #git #vcs #cli #devtools #rust

OpenTUI - (★ 11.9k at GitHub) is a TypeScript library on a native Zig core for building terminal user interfaces. Worth a look at terminal.shop, a real online coffee shop you can browse and order from entirely inside your terminal — a fun experiment built on this framework. Not sponsored. #tui #cli #typescript #zig

agterm - (★ 291 at GitHub) is a terminal built for agentic flow — a native macOS wrapper around libghostty tuned for running AI coding agents. From Umputun, a very respected and trusted developer in the Go/tools community. Handles multiple concurrent agent sessions, per-session logs, and quick switching without drowning in tmux panes. #ai #terminal #agents #macos #cli

Buzz - (★ 8.7k at GitHub) is a self-hostable workspace where humans and AI agents share the same rooms, built on a Nostr relay. Another one from Block (Jack Dorsey's company). Every message, reaction, workflow step, review approval, and git event is a signed event in one log — same identity model whether the author is a person or a process. Agents are members, not bots: they get their own keys, channel memberships, and audit trail. #ai #agents #nostr #collaboration #selfhosted

Firezone - (★ 8.7k at GitHub) is an enterprise-ready zero-trust access platform built on WireGuard®. Replace your VPN with fine-grained, identity-aware access control. Self-hosted, open source, integrates with any OIDC provider for SSO and MFA. Clients for macOS, Windows, Linux, iOS, Android and ChromeOS. #vpn #wireguard #zerotrust #security #selfhosted

Gridex - (★ 815 at GitHub) is a native cross-platform database IDE for PostgreSQL, MySQL, SQLite, and Redis. Ships with an MCP server out of the box, and a built-in AI chat that understands your schema — so LLM-driven tools can query your DB and the in-app assistant already knows your tables. #database #sql #mcp #ai #devtools

Headroom - (★ 65.3k at GitHub) compresses tool outputs, logs, files, and RAG chunks before they hit the LLM. Drop-in library, HTTP proxy, or MCP server. Claims ~20% token savings on coding-agent traces and 60-95% on JSON payloads with equivalent downstream answers — useful when your context window is the bottleneck, not the model. #llm #ai #tokens #agents #rag

Docker Sandboxes - secure sandboxes for coding agents (Claude Code, Gemini, Codex, Kiro) with microVM-based isolation. Run coding agents in isolated environments without giving them full host access. MicroVM-based, so escape resistance is stronger than plain containers. ★ #docker #sandbox #ai #agents #security