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Top 23 Distribution Open-Source Projects
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Project mention: ERPNext VS LedgerSMB - a user suggested alternative | libhunt.com/r/erpnext | 2025-05-08
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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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Nuitka
Nuitka is a Python compiler written in Python. It's fully compatible with Python 2.6, 2.7, 3.4-3.13. You feed it your Python app, it does a lot of clever things, and spits out an executable or extension module.
Project mention: Lisp-stat: Lisp environment for statistical computing | news.ycombinator.com | 2025-06-15In my view, the biggest advantages of ahead-of-time compilation is lower binary size, higher performance, and binary portability (in a sense of being able to copy the binary and run it on another system with same architecture and OS, not in the usual sense of being easy to run to a different system architecture or OS).
It is somewhat unknown that Python itself can be compiled, using Nuitka [0] compiler. It still runs Python code, so the performance increase is not as extreme as one would get from rewriting in a fully statically typed code, but the AOT compiled C code is still faster than the interpreter.
[0] https://nuitka.net/
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Executables are built using pyinstaller and are available for Linux, Windows and MacOS. Again, if any issues are found, please report them in the GitHub issue tracker.
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Over time, registries accumulate a lot of garbage in the form of blobs referenced by old images that are not needed anymore. Many registry implementations, such as CNCF Distribution, offer garbage-collection mechanisms to delete unreferenced blobs and free up storage space. However, for that to happen, old images (tags) referencing them have to be deleted first.
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pyarmor
A tool used to obfuscate python scripts, bind obfuscated scripts to fixed machine or expire obfuscated scripts.
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Stream
Stream - Scalable APIs for Chat, Feeds, Moderation, & Video. Stream helps developers build engaging apps that scale to millions with performant and flexible Chat, Feeds, Moderation, and Video APIs and SDKs powered by a global edge network and enterprise-grade infrastructure.
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packr
Packages your JAR, assets and a JVM for distribution on Windows, Linux and Mac OS X (by libgdx)
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Project mention: Nexus OSS 3.76.0, YUM repository indexing broken | news.ycombinator.com | 2025-01-17
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JavaPackager
:package: Gradle/Maven plugin to package Java applications as native Windows, MacOS, or Linux executables and create installers for them.
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Project mention: Ruff: Python linter and code formatter written in Rust | news.ycombinator.com | 2025-01-20
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MainsailOS
This Raspberry Pi distribution for managing Klipper 3D printers with Mainsail provides all you need.
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NOTE:
The open source projects on this list are ordered by number of github stars.
The number of mentions indicates repo mentiontions in the last 12 Months or
since we started tracking (Dec 2020).
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Index
What are some of the best open-source Distribution projects? This list will help you:
| # | Project | Stars |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | ERPNext | 26,033 |
| 2 | Nuitka | 13,405 |
| 3 | PyInstaller | 12,470 |
| 4 | distribution | 9,678 |
| 5 | jsdelivr | 5,929 |
| 6 | PyOxidizer | 5,867 |
| 7 | pyarmor | 4,401 |
| 8 | distillery | 2,965 |
| 9 | packr | 2,605 |
| 10 | JitPack | 2,594 |
| 11 | pyscaffold | 2,213 |
| 12 | Nexus | 2,173 |
| 13 | gamer-os | 1,843 |
| 14 | Cabal | 1,676 |
| 15 | dh-virtualenv | 1,620 |
| 16 | Capsule | 1,151 |
| 17 | JavaPackager | 1,139 |
| 18 | burrito | 1,111 |
| 19 | pynsist | 973 |
| 20 | distributor | 670 |
| 21 | packaging | 663 |
| 22 | MainsailOS | 626 |
| 23 | artipie | 601 |
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