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1. claudetop

   1 1 211 6.2 Shell

   htop for your Claude Code sessions — real-time cost, cache efficiency, model comparison, and smart alerts

   

   Project mention: Claudetop – htop for Claude Code sessions (see your AI spend in real-time) | news.ycombinator.com | 2026-03-14

2. SaaSHub

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3. GAAI-framework

   2 1 147 9.9 Shell

   Turns AI coding tools into reliable software delivery systems. Drop a .gaai/ folder into any project — Discovery defines what to build, Delivery executes autonomously until criteria pass. Works with Claude Code, Codex CLI, Gemini CLI, Cursor, and more. No SDK. No package. Markdown + YAML + bash.

   

   Project mention: Show HN: GAAI – One agent plans, one codes. A Markdown folder governs both | news.ycombinator.com | 2026-03-12

4. claude-brain

   3 1 62 7.7 Shell

   Sync your Claude Code brain across machines — memory, skills, agents, rules, and settings with intelligent semantic merge. Git-based, auto-sync hooks. (by toroleapinc)

   

   Project mention: Show HN: Claude-brain – Sync your Claude Code brain across machines via Git | news.ycombinator.com | 2026-03-03

5. HolyCode

   4 1 46 6.3 Shell

   AI coding workstation: OpenCode + Claude subscription support + 30+ tools + headless browser + multi-agent orchestration

   

   Project mention: Show HN: HolyCode – OpenCode in Docker. Use your Claude subscription. 30 tools | news.ycombinator.com | 2026-03-31

6. git-native-issue

   5 2 40 9.1 Shell

   Distributed issue tracking embedded in Git — track issues locally, sync anywhere, no server required

   

   Project mention: Show HN: Git-native-issue – issues stored as commits in refs/issues/ | news.ycombinator.com | 2026-02-24

   I built git-native-issue (https://github.com/remenoscodes/git-native-issue), a distributed issue tracker that stores issues as Git commits under refs/issues/.

   In April 2007, during a flame war about the Linux 2.6.21 release, Linus wrote:

   "There must be some better form of bug tracking than bugzilla. Some really distributed way of letting people work together, without having to congregate on some central web-site kind of thing. A 'git for bugs', where you can track bugs locally and without a web interface."

   Source: https://lore.kernel.org/all/alpine.LFD.0.98.0704290848360.99...

   19 years later, nobody shipped this. 10+ tools tried (Bugs Everywhere, ticgit, git-bug, git-dit, git-appraise, git-issue). All failed for similar reasons — mostly file-based storage that breaks on merge, and no format spec for ecosystem adoption.

   The core insight: issues are append-only event logs, and Git is a distributed append-only database. So I mapped issue tracking directly to Git primitives:

     - Commits = issue events (creation, comments, state changes)

7. lanekeep

   6 2 18 9.4 Shell

   Governance guardrails and insights for AI coding agents

   

   Project mention: Keep your coding agent on track | news.ycombinator.com | 2026-05-01

8. lacy

   7 2 17 9.5 Shell

   Talk to your shell — commands run, questions go to AI. No prefixes.

   

   Project mention: Lacy Shell – Talk to your terminal. Commands run, questions go to AI | news.ycombinator.com | 2026-04-02

9. exwm-config

   8 1 12 0.0 Shell

   A collection of dotfiles that code for my computational environment, built around emacs with exwm. Designed with FreeBSD and Arch Linux in mind.

   

10. claude-code-growth-os

    9 1 8 - Shell

    Claude Code Growth Operating System (OS): Sales, Marketing, Product and Retention as one Revenue system

    

    Project mention: Claude Code Growth OS: run your go-to-market in plain text and Git | news.ycombinator.com | 2026-06-01

11. mcp-bash-framework

    10 1 6 9.8 Shell

    Portable Bash-only framework for building stdio Model Context Protocol (MCP) servers with zero dependencies.

    

    Project mention: Show HN: MCP-Bash-Framework – Zero-Dependency Bash for Building MCP Servers | news.ycombinator.com | 2025-12-01

12. pdlc-skills

    11 1 6 - Shell

    31 slash commands that turn Claude Code into a real PDLC workflow — PRD → TDD → implement → review → ship. Hard contracts force AI to persist artifacts, write failing tests first, and run self-checks. No more "looks done" in chat.

    

    Project mention: Why hard contracts beat soft conventions when working with AI coding agents | dev.to | 2026-05-19

    Repo (MIT): https://github.com/kanfu-panda/pdlc-skills

13. crew

    12 1 4 8.7 Shell

    Multi-agent orchestration tool for AI-assisted development with parallel agents and cross-review modes (by garnetlyx)

    

    Project mention: Show HN: Crew – Multi-agent orchestration tool for AI-assisted development | news.ycombinator.com | 2026-02-07

14. docsync

    13 1 2 3.7 Shell

    Auto-generate docs from code. Detect drift. Keep docs alive. 40+ languages, tree-sitter powered, 100% local.

    

    Project mention: Show HN: DocSync – Git hooks that block commits with stale documentation | news.ycombinator.com | 2026-02-14

15. depguard

    14 1 0 2.2 Shell

    Dependency audit, vulnerability scanning & license compliance. 10 package managers, 100% local, zero telemetry. (by suhteevah)

    

    Project mention: Show HN: DepGuard – Local dependency audit and license compliance (10 pkg mgrs) | news.ycombinator.com | 2026-02-14

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