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Kaneo is a lightweight open source project management tool. Think kanban boards, task tracking, and team collaboration without the enterprise bloat.
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August 12, 2026kaneo
8.1k ★Kaneo is a lightweight open source project management tool.
Remotion
56.1k ★Remotion lets you write video content as React components and render them to MP4, perfect for data-driven animations and personalized video at scale.
diagram-design
7.2k ★Diagram-design is a Claude Code skill for editorial-quality diagrams.
AgentENV
3.2k ★AgentENV runs thousands of isolated agent environments at once, which is exactly what reinforcement-learning training for agents needs.
scriptc
3.4k ★scriptc compiles TypeScript straight to a native binary, with no Node or V8 along for the ride.
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