Ask HN: What underrated GitHub / Gitlab project has helped you a lot?

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  • Redirector

    Browser extension (Firefox, Chrome, Opera, Edge) to redirect urls based on regex patterns, like a client side mod_rewrite.

  • Probably the most underrated software I use daily are some of my Firefox extensions.

    https://github.com/einaregilsson/Redirector redirects my YouTube, Google, Twitter and Reddit links to privacy friendly frontends (i.e. Invidious, Startpage, Nitter and Libreddit).

    https://github.com/proginosko/LeechBlockNG helps me staying away from time sinks on the internet during the day.

    On the development side I use...

    https://github.com/aaronvegh/nsregextester as my tried and true tool for regex debugging.

    https://github.com/mhutchie/vscode-git-graph is a marvelous Git GUI for VSCode.

  • LeechBlockNG

    LeechBlock NG (Next Generation) for Firefox is a simple productivity tool designed to block those time-wasting sites that can suck the life out of your working day. All you need to do is specify which sites to block and when to block them.

  • Probably the most underrated software I use daily are some of my Firefox extensions.

    https://github.com/einaregilsson/Redirector redirects my YouTube, Google, Twitter and Reddit links to privacy friendly frontends (i.e. Invidious, Startpage, Nitter and Libreddit).

    https://github.com/proginosko/LeechBlockNG helps me staying away from time sinks on the internet during the day.

    On the development side I use...

    https://github.com/aaronvegh/nsregextester as my tried and true tool for regex debugging.

    https://github.com/mhutchie/vscode-git-graph is a marvelous Git GUI for VSCode.

  • SurveyJS

    Open-Source JSON Form Builder to Create Dynamic Forms Right in Your App. With SurveyJS form UI libraries, you can build and style forms in a fully-integrated drag & drop form builder, render them in your JS app, and store form submission data in any backend, inc. PHP, ASP.NET Core, and Node.js.

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  • nsregextester

    A simple Mac OS X application for testing native regular expressions.

  • Probably the most underrated software I use daily are some of my Firefox extensions.

    https://github.com/einaregilsson/Redirector redirects my YouTube, Google, Twitter and Reddit links to privacy friendly frontends (i.e. Invidious, Startpage, Nitter and Libreddit).

    https://github.com/proginosko/LeechBlockNG helps me staying away from time sinks on the internet during the day.

    On the development side I use...

    https://github.com/aaronvegh/nsregextester as my tried and true tool for regex debugging.

    https://github.com/mhutchie/vscode-git-graph is a marvelous Git GUI for VSCode.

  • vscode-git-graph

    View a Git Graph of your repository in Visual Studio Code, and easily perform Git actions from the graph.

  • Probably the most underrated software I use daily are some of my Firefox extensions.

    https://github.com/einaregilsson/Redirector redirects my YouTube, Google, Twitter and Reddit links to privacy friendly frontends (i.e. Invidious, Startpage, Nitter and Libreddit).

    https://github.com/proginosko/LeechBlockNG helps me staying away from time sinks on the internet during the day.

    On the development side I use...

    https://github.com/aaronvegh/nsregextester as my tried and true tool for regex debugging.

    https://github.com/mhutchie/vscode-git-graph is a marvelous Git GUI for VSCode.

NOTE: The number of mentions on this list indicates mentions on common posts plus user suggested alternatives. Hence, a higher number means a more popular project.

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