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Category	Projects	Top picks
AI Tools & LLM Clients	755	claw-code, system-prompts-and-models-of-ai-tools, system_prompts_leaks
Game Decompilations & Reimplementations	6,107	shadPS4, v86, RPCS3
Devices, IoT & Hardware	3,123	KOReader, LibrePods, OpenLogi
Unofficial Web/App API Clients	989	yt-dlp, youtube-dl, MediaCrawler
Messaging & Social Apps	310	WeChatMsg, ItChat, wechaty
Third-party Clients	208	spotify-tui, nuclear, SimpMusic
Chinese & Asian Platforms	779	lx-music-desktop, alist, RevokeMsgPatcher
Apple Ecosystem	347	fastlane, homebridge, OSX-KVM
Drivers & Low-level Hardware	443	MonitorControl, tinygrad, G-Helper
Automotive	536	openpilot, evcc, VESC firmware
Industrial & Building Automation	292	HslCommunication, plc4x, IoTClient
Firmware & Embedded	538	LEDE (Lean), OpenWrt, Tasmota
Network & Wire Protocols	431	Sunshine, moonlight-qt, Impacket
File Formats	444	FFmpeg, ImHex, SheetJS
Online Service Revivals	638	NoLongerEvil Thermostat, Legacy Update, DeskThing
Desktop Software Reimplementations	237	PhotoCraft, vaultwarden, Proton
Alternative Frontends	122	searxng, searx, Whoogle Search
Mobile Apps	113	revanced-manager, Metrolist, LibreTube
RE Tooling	1,175	rea, Ghidra, jadx
Collections & Awesome Lists	149	Corkami pics, awesome reverse-engineering (wtsxDev), android-security-awesome

Product	Killed by	Year	Revived by
Spotify Car Thing	Spotify	2024	DeskThing
Amazon Dash Button	Amazon	2019	node-dash-button
Nest Learning Thermostat (1st and 2nd gen)	Google	2025	NoLongerEvil Thermostat
AOL Instant Messenger (AIM)	AOL	2017	Open OSCAR Server (Retro AIM Server)
Nintendo Wi-Fi Connection (DS and Wii online)	Nintendo	2014	DWC Network Server Emulator
ICQ	VK	2024	Open OSCAR Server (Retro AIM Server)
Pebble smartwatch	Fitbit	2018	mobile-app
Neato robot vacuums	Neato Robotics / Vorwerk	2025	fang

Project	What it does	★	Health	Lang
rea	Agentic tool to reverse engineer apps from behavior down to native binaries	410,471	🟢	TypeScript
yt-dlp	A feature-rich command-line audio/video downloader	203,863	🟢	Python
claw-code	Clean-room Rust/Python rewrite of the Claude Code agent harness after the source leak	194,976	🟢	Rust
Ghidra	NSA's software reverse engineering framework with decompiler	96,059	🟢	Java
PhotoCraft	Clean-room Photoshop-style photo editor written from scratch in pure Rust	75,045	🟢	Rust
system_prompts_leaks	Archive of extracted system prompts from ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, Grok and others, per vendor with history	70,462	🟢	Python
vaultwarden	Unofficial Bitwarden-compatible server written in Rust	69,936	🟢	Rust
MediaCrawler	Crawler for Xiaohongshu, Douyin, Kuaishou, Bilibili and Weibo posts and comments	68,973	🟢	Python
gpt4free	Reverse-engineered third-party provider APIs giving free access to GPT-4 and other LLMs	66,954	🟢	Python
FFmpeg	Multimedia framework with many reverse-engineered proprietary codecs and containers	66,067	🟢	C

Project	What it does	★	Health	Lang
RSSHub	RSS feed generator that scrapes hundreds of sites and apps, many via unofficial APIs	46,731	🟢	TypeScript
RevokeMsgPatcher	Binary patcher that blocks message recall in desktop WeChat, QQ and TIM	39,069	🟢	C#
lux	Go video download library and CLI for Bilibili, Douyin, YouTube and many other sites	31,816	🟢	Go
res-downloader	Proxy-based downloader for WeChat Channels, mini programs, Douyin, Kuaishou and Xiaohongshu media	20,979	🟢	Go
AlgerMusicPlayer	Third-party desktop music player built on the NetEase Cloud Music API	17,142	🟢	Vue
wechat-article-exporter	Online batch exporter for WeChat Official Account articles with read and comment data	13,116	🟢	TypeScript
douyin-downloader	Douyin video downloader for single posts and whole profiles	12,499	🟢	Python
MiGPT	Connects Xiaomi XiaoAI smart speakers to ChatGPT and Doubao via the Mi cloud API	12,493	🗄️	TypeScript
wx_channels_download	Downloader for WeChat Channels (Shipinhao) videos	10,254	🟢	Go
musicbox	Command-line client for NetEase Cloud Music	9,867	🟢	Python
wewe-rss	Self-hosted RSS feeds for WeChat Official Accounts via the WeChat Read API	9,634	🗄️	TypeScript
Bili23-Downloader	Cross-platform Bilibili video downloader with danmaku and metadata support	8,764	🟢	Python
ieaseMusic	Third-party desktop client for NetEase Cloud Music (Electron)	8,739	🗄️	JavaScript
LAMDA	Android device control platform with remote desktop, automation, MITM and built-in Frida	8,691	🟢	Python
bypy	Python command-line client for Baidu Netdisk (Baidu Yun)	8,588	🟡	Python

#	Project	What it does	★	Health	Lang
1	rea	Agentic tool to reverse engineer apps from behavior down to native binaries	410,471	🟢	TypeScript
2	yt-dlp	A feature-rich command-line audio/video downloader	203,863	🟢	Python
3	claw-code	Clean-room Rust/Python rewrite of the Claude Code agent harness after the source leak	194,976	🟢	Rust
4	system-prompts-and-models-of-ai-tools	Extracted system prompts and tool definitions for Cursor, Claude Code, Devin, Windsurf, Kiro, v0, Lovable and more	144,354	🟢
5	youtube-dl	Command-line program to download videos from YouTube.com and other video sites	141,430	🟢	Python
6	Ghidra	NSA's software reverse engineering framework with decompiler	96,059	🟢	Java
7	PhotoCraft	Clean-room Photoshop-style photo editor written from scratch in pure Rust	75,045	🟢	Rust
8	system_prompts_leaks	Archive of extracted system prompts from ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, Grok and others, per vendor with history	70,462	🟢	Python
9	vaultwarden	Unofficial Bitwarden-compatible server written in Rust	69,936	🟢	Rust
10	MediaCrawler	Crawler for Xiaohongshu, Douyin, Kuaishou, Bilibili and Weibo posts and comments	68,973	🟢	Python
11	gpt4free	Reverse-engineered third-party provider APIs giving free access to GPT-4 and other LLMs	66,954	🟢	Python
12	FFmpeg	Multimedia framework with many reverse-engineered proprietary codecs and containers	66,067	🟢	C
13	openpilot	Open-source driver assistance system for 300+ car models	64,020	🟢	Python
14	CLIProxyAPI	Wraps Codex, Claude Code, Antigravity, Grok and Gemini CLI OAuth backends as OpenAI/Claude-compatible APIs	56,997	🟢	Go
15	ImHex	Hex editor for reverse engineers with a pattern language for binary formats	55,666	🟢	C++
16	lx-music-desktop	LX Music: desktop music player aggregating Chinese music platform sources	54,906	🟢	TypeScript
17	CL4R1T4S	Leaked system prompts and tool specs for ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, Grok, Perplexity, Cursor, Lovable, Replit and others	51,614	🟢
18	jadx	Dex to Java decompiler for Android apps	51,383	🟢	Java
19	Spotube	Cross-platform Spotify client that streams audio from other sources	50,478	🟢	Kotlin
20	alist	AList: file list and WebDAV server that mounts many cloud drives through their private APIs	50,378	🟢	Go
21	x64dbg	Open source user-mode debugger for Windows	50,077	🟢	C++
22	RSSHub	RSS feed generator that scrapes hundreds of sites and apps, many via unofficial APIs	46,731	🟢	TypeScript
23	mitmproxy	Interactive TLS-capable intercepting HTTP proxy	46,490	🟢	Python
24	sub2api	Relay that exposes Claude, OpenAI, Gemini and Grok subscriptions as unified APIs	45,147	🟢	Go
25	Sunshine	Self-hosted game stream host that implements the NVIDIA GameStream protocol for Moonlight clients	42,798	🟢	C++

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3,420	searches across GitHub, Hacker News, Reddit and the web
351	existing lists and collections imported
202	repos dropped by the scope filter (exploits, jailbreaks, bypasses, DRM, cheats). Research agents also skip these before this step.
17,736	repos in the index, each checked against the GitHub API (exists, canonical URL, stars, license)
1,174	archived by their owners: kept and marked 🗄️
74	removed by the nightly check because the repo was deleted or made private (list)