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

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  1. 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.

  2. InfluxDB

    InfluxDB – Built for High-Performance Time Series Workloads. InfluxDB 3 OSS is now GA. Transform, enrich, and act on time series data directly in the database. Automate critical tasks and eliminate the need to move data externally. Download now.

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  3. 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.

  4. 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.

  5. 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.

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