Development

429 software

GitHub Store indexes 429 Development open-source projects with 6,162,509 stars in total, 114 of which shipped a new release in the last 7 days.

About this category

Development tools are for people who write code, spanning low-level libraries through everyday utilities: libraries and frameworks, code editors, database management and database systems, languages and runtimes, code-quality tools, cross-platform app frameworks, reverse-engineering tools, and the AI coding assistants that have multiplied over the past two years.

Libraries and frameworks are the easiest to mistake for software you can simply download. They have no interface of their own and exist to be called by other programs, so with those the documentation, dependencies and version compatibility are what matter, not the installer.

For something you can install on your own machine, look at Code Editors, Database Management and Command-Line Tools. To cut repetitive work, look at Code-Quality Tools and AI Coding Assistants. To build a cross-platform desktop app, look at Cross-Platform App Frameworks. Reverse-engineering entries touch sensitive ground, so check local regulations and the software licence before use.

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react

react-native

react/react-native

126.9k

A framework for building native mobile apps using React, written in JavaScript and rendered with native code, supporting Android, iOS, and other platforms.

v0.89.0-rc.1 C++
Author updated 3d ago
stablyai

orca

stablyai/orca

124.2k

An AI orchestrator that runs multiple coding agents like Codex and ClaudeCode in parallel, available on desktop, mobile, and VPS.

v1.4.258 TypeScript
Author updated 16h ago
electron

electron

electron/electron

123.9k

An open-source framework for building cross-platform desktop applications using JavaScript, HTML, and CSS, built on Node.js and Chromium.

v45.3.2 C++
Author updated 17h ago
denoland

deno

denoland/deno

108.7k

A modern JavaScript, TypeScript, and WebAssembly runtime built on V8, Rust, and Tokio, with secure defaults.

v2.9.8 Rust
Author updated 23d ago
pytorch

pytorch

pytorch/pytorch

105.2k

PyTorch is a Python deep learning framework providing GPU-accelerated tensor computation and tape-based autograd for training neural networks in research and production.

v2.15.0 Python
Author updated 16d ago
vllm-project

vllm

vllm-project/vllm

96.2k

vLLM is a high-throughput, memory-efficient LLM inference and serving engine (Python). Built on PagedAttention and continuous batching, it serves 200+ model architectures behind an OpenAI-compatible API across many hardware backends.

v0.33.0rc3 Python
Author updated 11d ago
zed-industries

zed

zed-industries/zed

94.9k

A high-performance, multiplayer code editor from the creators of Atom and Tree-sitter.

v1.29.1-pre Rust
Author updated 1d ago
tt-a1i

archify

tt-a1i/archify

94.7k

An Agent Skill for AI coding agents that turns a codebase or system description into a polished, interactive system map, supporting architecture, workflow, sequence, data-flow, and lifecycle diagrams.

archify-dsh-v1.1.0 JavaScript
Author updated 5d ago
NationalSecurityAgency

ghidra

NationalSecurityAgency/ghidra

92.9k

An open-source software reverse engineering (SRE) framework developed by the National Security Agency (NSA), providing a full suite of analysis tools including disassembly, decompilation, graphing, and scripting.

Ghidra_12.2_build Java
Author updated 22d ago
astral-sh

uv

astral-sh/uv

91.9k

An extremely fast Python package and project manager written in Rust, designed to replace pip, pip-tools, poetry, and more.

0.13.8 Rust
Author updated 1d ago
opencv

opencv

opencv/opencv

91.5k

An open-source computer vision library providing extensive image and video processing algorithms, with multi-language and multi-platform support.

5.1.0 C++
Author updated 7d ago
unslothai

unsloth

unslothai/unsloth

79.3k

An open-source library for accelerating large language model (LLM) fine-tuning, significantly reducing VRAM usage and increasing training speed.

v0.1.917-beta Python
Author updated 2d ago
storytold

photocraft

storytold/photocraft

78.9k

PhotoCraft is an open-source desktop image editor written in pure Rust that supports layers, masks, type, vectors, and real PSD files for offline retouching.

v0.23.1 Rust
Author updated 1d ago
hugohe3

ppt-master

hugohe3/ppt-master

75.4k

PPT Master is a workflow that runs inside agent-capable AI tools and turns PDFs, Word files, web pages or a single topic into natively editable PowerPoint decks on the user's own machine.

v6.9.0 Python
Author updated 5d ago
pallets

flask

pallets/flask

75.0k

Flask is a lightweight Python WSGI web framework that makes it quick to build web applications with minimal setup while scaling smoothly to complex apps.

3.1.3 Python
Author updated Feb 19, 2026
openbq-org

OpenBB

openbq-org/OpenBB

74.5k

OpenBB is an open financial data platform for analysts, quants, and AI agents, aggregating equities, options, crypto, and macro data from multiple sources behind one Python library and REST API — connect once, consume everywhere.

ODP Python
Author updated Sep 30, 2026
BurntSushi

ripgrep

BurntSushi/ripgrep

68.8k

A line-oriented search tool that recursively searches directories for a regex pattern while respecting gitignore rules and automatically skipping hidden and binary files, offering a high-performance alternative to grep, ack, and The Silver Searcher.

15.2.0 Rust
Author updated Jul 15, 2026
ryanoasis

nerd-fonts

ryanoasis/nerd-fonts

64.8k

An iconic font aggregator, collection, and patcher that patches 3,600+ icons into 50+ developer-targeted fonts, supporting Font Awesome, Devicons, Octicons, and more.

v3.5.1 CSS
Author updated Aug 21, 2026
marktext

marktext

marktext/marktext

64.0k

A simple and elegant open-source markdown editor focused on speed and usability, available for Linux, macOS and Windows.

v0.24.0-rc.2 TypeScript
Author updated 13h ago
pathwaycom

pathway

pathwaycom/pathway

62.1k

Pathway is a Python ETL framework that unifies batch and streaming data for stream processing, real-time analytics, LLM pipelines, and RAG, powered by a Rust engine based on Differential Dataflow.

v0.32.1 Python
Author updated Aug 1, 2026
rclone

rclone

rclone/rclone

60.8k

"rsync for cloud storage" - a command-line program to sync files and directories to and from different cloud storage providers.

v1.76.0 Go
Author updated 7d ago
PowerShell

PowerShell

PowerShell/PowerShell

56.1k

PowerShell is Microsoft's official cross-platform automation framework — one syntax for Windows / Linux / macOS with first-class structured data, REST APIs and object models. 56 K stars.

v7.7.0 C#
Author updated 2d ago
WerWolv

ImHex

WerWolv/ImHex

55.8k

A Hex Editor for Reverse Engineers, Programmers and people who value their retinas when working at 3 AM.

v1.38.1 C++
Author updated Dec 21, 2025
TryGhost

Ghost

TryGhost/Ghost

55.8k

An independent technology platform for modern publishing, memberships, subscriptions, and newsletters.

v6.77.0 TypeScript
Author updated 1d ago