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Top 23 Git Open-Source Projects
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Somebody didn't know about https://github.com/github/gitignore
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InfluxDB
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Project mention: 30-seconds-of-code – short, reusable JavaScript code snippets | news.ycombinator.com | 2025-06-23
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devops-exercises
Linux, Jenkins, AWS, SRE, Prometheus, Docker, Python, Ansible, Git, Kubernetes, Terraform, OpenStack, SQL, NoSQL, Azure, GCP, DNS, Elastic, Network, Virtualization. DevOps Interview Questions
Project mention: A collection of exercises and examples for learning DevOps concepts | news.ycombinator.com | 2025-06-29 -
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Project mention: Mastering Git for Web Projects: A Comprehensive Guide for Beginners | dev.to | 2025-03-01
For a quick reference, check out this GitHub Cheatsheet for a comprehensive list of Git and GitHub commands.
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Gitea
Git with a cup of tea! Painless self-hosted all-in-one software development service, including Git hosting, code review, team collaboration, package registry and CI/CD
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Project mention: 12 Open Source Alternatives to Popular Software (For Developers) | dev.to | 2025-07-22
Gogs is a lightweight, self-hosted Git service written in Go. It’s incredibly fast and easy to deploy (one binary, no dependencies), with a clean UI that mirrors GitHub.
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This Docker image is designed to support implementing Github Actions with Python. It starts with the official python docker image as the base, which is a Debian OS. It specifically uses python:3-slim to keep the image size down for faster loading of Github Actions that use pyaction. On top of the base, we've installed curl gpg, git, and the GitHub CLI. We added curl and gpg because they are needed to install the GitHub CLI, and they may come in handy anyway (especially curl) when implementing a GitHub Action.
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Project mention: .NET 10 Preview 6 brings JIT improvements, one-shot tool execution | news.ycombinator.com | 2025-07-30
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logseq
A local-first, non-linear, outliner notebook for organizing and sharing your personal knowledge base. Use it to organize your todo list, to write your journals, or to record your unique life.
Logseq is a personal knowledge management and note-taking application.
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Bruno offers a completely free, open-source alternative that's gaining traction among privacy-conscious developers
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Husky (git hooks)
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harness
Harness Open Source is an end-to-end developer platform with Source Control Management, CI/CD Pipelines, Hosted Developer Environments, and Artifact Registries. (by harness)
Project mention: Harness Open Source: All-in-One Software Delivery Platform for Developers | news.ycombinator.com | 2024-09-25 -
Most of the technical and frontend documentation websites are either using github markdown pages or using a tool like mintlify. As a developer, documentation website are nothing much different than a content based platform and gitbook is among one of those popular list.
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Project mention: Ask HN: Python developers at big companies what is your setup? | news.ycombinator.com | 2025-07-22
* Git + https://github.com/dandavison/delta for change management
When I need a debugger or a Git GUI, VScode, but Zed is becoming more and more interesting. These support LLM interaction, but things like Claude Code fit better with the above list.
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Project mention: Show HN: We built a FOSS documentation CMS with a pretty GUI | news.ycombinator.com | 2024-09-05
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Project mention: Dotfiles feel too intimate and personal to share | news.ycombinator.com | 2025-08-06
chezmoi includes secret scanning from https://gitleaks.io/ by default to catch when you accidentally add a file with a secret in it. To be even more confident, you should add gitleaks as a git hook to your repo however.
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Project mention: 12 Steps to Organize and Maintain Your Python Codebase for Beginners | dev.to | 2024-10-30
I’m not going to dive into Git commands here — you can find plenty of tutorials online. If you’re not a fan of using the plain terminal CLI, you can also manage repositories with tools like GitHub Desktop or SourceTree, which provide a more visual, intuitive interface.
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Project mention: Opencode: AI coding agent, built for the terminal | news.ycombinator.com | 2025-07-06
Side note, if you're a lazygit fan, consider using gitui as an alternative. Feature wise they're pretty similar but gitui is much faster and I find it easier to use.
https://github.com/gitui-org/gitui
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Project mention: Meet my simple CLI Tool That Makes Oh My Posh Theme-Hopping Effortless | dev.to | 2025-08-19
Oh My Posh Themes Repository (main)
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SaaSHub
SaaSHub - Software Alternatives and Reviews. SaaSHub helps you find the best software and product alternatives
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 Git projects? This list will help you:
| # | Project | Stars |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | gitignore | 168,943 |
| 2 | 30-seconds-of-code | 125,127 |
| 3 | devops-exercises | 78,094 |
| 4 | lazygit | 64,148 |
| 5 | bat | 54,174 |
| 6 | github-cheat-sheet | 51,481 |
| 7 | Gitea | 50,312 |
| 8 | Gogs | 46,823 |
| 9 | cli | 40,465 |
| 10 | Files | 38,324 |
| 11 | logseq | 38,328 |
| 12 | bruno | 36,471 |
| 13 | husky | 34,063 |
| 14 | harness | 33,136 |
| 15 | gitbook | 28,248 |
| 16 | delta | 27,371 |
| 17 | Wiki.js | 26,895 |
| 18 | gitleaks | 23,059 |
| 19 | hub | 22,906 |
| 20 | tips | 21,645 |
| 21 | desktop | 20,742 |
| 22 | gitui | 20,441 |
| 23 | oh-my-posh | 19,906 |
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