Top Unix repositories

Repositories with the GitHub topic “unix”: 20 repositories with 581k stars between them, mostly written in C, Go and Assembly. The highest-rated is ventoy/Ventoy, #376 on the bestofgithub Elo ladder.

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trimstray/test-your-sysadmin-skills

Open on GitHub

A collection of Linux Sysadmin Test Questions and Answers. Test your knowledge and skills in different fields with these Q/A.

  • 1,473+2 Elo, change today
  • 11.9k stars
  • 1.7k forks
git
git clone https://github.com/trimstray/test-your-sysadmin-skills.git
  • answers
  • bsd
  • cheatsheets
  • cybersecurity

Arthur-Ficial/apfel

Open on GitHubSwift

The free AI already on your Mac. CLI tool, OpenAI-compatible server, and interactive chat — all on-device via Apple Intelligence. No API keys, no cloud, no downloads.

  • 1,385+11 Elo, change today
  • 6.6k stars
  • 249 forks
git
git clone https://github.com/Arthur-Ficial/apfel.git
  • apple-intelligence
  • apple-silicon
  • cli
  • foundationmodels

ravynsoft/ravynos

Open on GitHubC

An open-source OS project that aims to provide source and binary compatibility with macOS® and a similar user experience.

  • 1,305+2 Elo, change today
  • 7.1k stars
  • 253 forks
git
git clone https://github.com/ravynsoft/ravynos.git
  • c
  • cocoa
  • cpp
  • darwin

sveinbjornt/Sloth

Open on GitHubObjective-C

Mac app that shows all open files, directories, sockets, pipes and devices in use by all running processes. Nice GUI for lsof.

  • 1,319−3 Elo, change today
  • 8.9k stars
  • 178 forks
git
git clone https://github.com/sveinbjornt/Sloth.git
  • directories
  • domain-sockets
  • filter
  • gui

elves/elvish

Open on GitHubGo

Powerful scripting language & versatile interactive shell

  • 1,250+1 Elo, change today
  • 6.3k stars
  • 333 forks
git
git clone https://github.com/elves/elvish.git
  • go
  • programming-language
  • shell
  • unix

Top 20 on the Elo ladder

  1. #376
    ventoy/Ventoy

    A new bootable USB solution.

    2,025 Elo +1980.9kC
  2. #606
    jlevy/the-art-of-command-line

    Master the command line, in one page

    1,939 Elo −83162k
  3. #611
    junegunn/fzf

    General-purpose command-line fuzzy finder for files, history, processes and anything you pipe in.

    1,938 Elo −3984.2kGo
  4. #1,585
    peass-ng/PEASS-ng

    PEASS - Privilege Escalation Awesome Scripts SUITE (with colors)

    1,774 Elo −620.8kC#
  5. #1,768
    libuv/libuv

    Cross-platform asynchronous I/O

    1,753 Elo −3127.3kC
  6. #2,033
    SerenityOS/serenity

    The Serenity Operating System 🐞

    1,723 Elo −5633.9kC++
  7. #2,304
    CISOfy/lynis

    Lynis - Security auditing tool for Linux, macOS, and UNIX-based systems. Assists with compliance testing…

    1,695 Elo −316.6kShell
  8. #2,591
    glfw/glfw

    A multi-platform library for OpenGL, OpenGL ES, Vulkan, window and input

    1,668 Elo −2815.4kC
  9. #3,142
    GTFOBins/GTFOBins.github.io

    GTFOBins is a curated list of Unix-like executables that can be used to bypass local security restrictions in…

    1,627 Elo −313.8kYAML
  10. #4,415
    ibraheemdev/modern-unix

    A collection of modern/faster/saner alternatives to common unix commands.

    1,550 Elo −1033k
  11. #5,188
    iggredible/Learn-Vim

    Learning Vim and Vimscript doesn't have to be hard. This is the guide that you're looking for 📖

    1,510 Elo −4415.3kDockerfile
  12. #6,004
    trimstray/test-your-sysadmin-skills

    A collection of Linux Sysadmin Test Questions and Answers. Test your knowledge and skills in different fields with…

    1,473 Elo +3111.9k
  13. #7,160
    shelljs/shelljs

    :shell: Portable Unix shell commands for Node.js

    1,427 Elo −2414.4kJavaScript
  14. #8,090
    dspinellis/unix-history-repo

    Continuous Unix commit history from 1970 until today

    1,392 Elo −37.3kAssembly
  15. #8,259
    Arthur-Ficial/apfel

    The free AI already on your Mac. CLI tool, OpenAI-compatible server, and interactive chat — all on-device via Apple…

    1,385 Elo +256.6kSwift
  16. #9,487
    sveinbjornt/Sloth

    Mac app that shows all open files, directories, sockets, pipes and devices in use by all running processes. Nice GUI…

    1,319 Elo +118.9kObjective-C
  17. #9,620
    ravynsoft/ravynos

    An open-source OS project that aims to provide source and binary compatibility with macOS® and a similar user…

    1,305 Elo +257.1kC
  18. #9,710
    Yelp/dumb-init

    A minimal init system for Linux containers

    1,293 Elo −27.3kPython
  19. #9,881
    elves/elvish

    Powerful scripting language & versatile interactive shell

    1,250 Elo +106.3kGo
  20. #9,944
    kentcdodds/cross-env

    🔀 Cross platform setting of environment scripts

    1,188 Elo −376.5kTypeScript