// open source is more than stars

Not famous. Not abandoned. Just building.

SilentStars tracks 347 open source projects that are actively built but chronically undervalued. No hype. No trending algorithms. Just signal.

347 projects tracked
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325 actively building
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254 solo builders
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★ 12.8k combined stars

// Top picks

Highest signal-to-reach ratio — building more than their audience knows.

Thriving Thriving TypeScript TS
↑ 41
Peon Peon-sh/Peon

Open-source, self-hostable deployment platform. Deploy Git apps, Docker Compose, databases, and static sites to your own servers, the open alternative to Vercel/Heroku.

HEALTH 96 / Healthy
// release machine
Quiet Quiet Go GO
↑ 14
OpenAlive opn-build/OpenAlive

Prevent Windows from sleeping with silent mouse and keyboard simulation. Lightweight, no-telemetry, 8 languages.

HEALTH 43 / Quiet
// solo
Thriving Thriving HTML HT JavaScript JS
↑ 98
sahilrajput03 sahilrajput03/sahilrajput03

Source code for sahilrajput.com — my personal tech blog and notes hub featuring essays, productivity tools, programming resources, links, and more, built to share thoughts, learning resources, and code.

HEALTH 89 / Healthy
// solo// legacy hero// fork magnet
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// Shipping

5+ releases in 90 days — these teams don't stop.

Thriving Thriving Shell SH
↑ 58
opencode-bionic bd-loser/opencode-bionic

Run opencode (open-source AI coding agent) natively on Android via Termux. aarch64/Bionic build with a patched Bun runtime — one-command install.

HEALTH 89 / Healthy
// hidden gem// release machine
Newborn Newborn TypeScript TS
↑ 49
boite beboite/boite

All your work and agents in one place

HEALTH 93 / Healthy
// solo// hidden gem// release machine
Thriving Thriving Kotlin KT Java JV
↑ 44
FTL-Patches BlazeFTL/FTL-Patches

Morphe patches to remove ads, analytics, apk junk, debug info, duplicate graphics, unused languages, and use custom dpi☠️

HEALTH 100 / Healthy
// solo// hidden gem// release machine
Thriving Thriving Python PY
↑ 59
mr-scrooge-v6 BrockStar3540/mr-scrooge-v6

Open-source algorithmic forex trading bot for OANDA (Python) — cell-based execution, wide-stop ratchet exits, a full backtesting research program, and a live control-panel dashboard. Strategy-neutral by design; publishes its wins and its losses. Practice-account first. Active $10,000 winning strategy contest!

HEALTH 80 / Healthy
// solo// hidden gem// funded// release machine
Thriving Thriving JavaScript JS Java JV
↑ 47
githup Buwrt/githup

githup is a lightweight third-party GitHub client for Android, about 350KB. It uses a WebView to host a front-end single-page app, with a native layer that adds capabilities the web cannot provide. It supports repository browsing, Issue/PR handling, Actions viewing, Release publishing, full-page translation, and cloud-built APK packaging. It also includes a silent update mechanism and a five-layer security protection system.

HEALTH 96 / Healthy
// release machine
Thriving Thriving Rust RS
↑ 62
uqa-engine cognica-io/uqa-engine

Embeddable Rust query engine unifying relational, full-text, vector, graph, and probabilistic retrieval under one typed algebra.

HEALTH 96 / Healthy
// solo// hidden gem// release machine

// Help wanted

The maintainer labelled the door open. Time to walk in.

Thriving Thriving HTML HT
↑ 75
Monochromatic Aquaticat/Monochromatic

TypeScript and Rust monorepo: Claude Code and Pi coding-agent plugins, a minimal MCP stdio server framework, custom oxlint plugins and a pluggable Rust linter, policy-aware git tooling, core TS libraries, Wayland desktop apps (GTK4 file manager, Slint terminal, true-peak music player), OpenTofu infra automation, and a personal site.

HEALTH 86 / Healthy
// solo// help wanted// hidden gem// under pressure
Thriving Thriving Java JV
↑ 71
tandem-transactional-outbox-kafka alirux/tandem-transactional-outbox-kafka

Reliable, strictly-ordered event delivery from PostgreSQL to Kafka: the Transactional Outbox Pattern as a Java library, with Spring Boot autoconfiguration. No CDC, no Kafka Connect. CloudEvents, per-aggregate ordering, replay, and an Admin API with a Go CLI.

HEALTH 83 / Healthy
// solo// help wanted// hidden gem// release machine// fork magnet
Newborn Newborn C++ C+
↑ 54
pragma-chess francescobianco/pragma-chess

Free, open-source chess database with a native desktop client: game databases, engine analysis, Explain, lichess/chess.com import, opening books. Windows, macOS, Linux.

HEALTH 73 / Stable
// solo// help wanted// hidden gem// funded
Thriving Thriving C++ C+ Python PY
↑ 52
PHARE PHAREHUB/PHARE

💫 Parallel Hybrid Particle In Cell code with Adaptive mesh REfinement

HEALTH 89 / Healthy
// help wanted// legacy hero
Thriving Thriving TypeScript TS
↑ 49
open-walnut EvanZhang008/open-walnut

Claude Code on your laptop and remote dev boxes, in one web page. Sessions keep running when SSH drops (no tmux), each session's changes get their own diff, plus tasks, notes, and memory. Self-hosted.

HEALTH 88 / Healthy
// solo// help wanted// hidden gem// release machine
Thriving Thriving AS C++ C+
↑ 47
libasm tgtakaoka/libasm

C++ library of assembler / disassembler that can run on embedded system

HEALTH 93 / Healthy
// solo// help wanted// legacy hero

// Under pressure

Healthy project, overwhelmed solo team. Worth saving.

Thriving Thriving C++ C+
↑ 90
libtracer avatarsd-llc/libtracer

Lightweight zero-copy decentralized graph-based networking protocol for AI era

HEALTH 98 / Healthy
// solo// hidden gem// release machine// under pressure
Thriving Thriving Python PY TypeScript TS
↑ 58
angee-django ang-ee/angee-django

Developer framework and base addons for building Django + React applications on the Angee platform.

HEALTH 84 / Healthy
// solo// hidden gem// under pressure// fork magnet
Thriving Thriving Rust RS
↑ 54
cogneva hcipengm/cogneva

Distributed AI multi-agent autonomous system — digital employees for long-horizon tasks, running 24×7 — Meta-bootstrapping · Real-autonomous · Omni-evolution

HEALTH 75 / Stable
// solo// hidden gem// under pressure// fork magnet
Thriving Thriving Rust RS
↑ 51
octant lazarusA/octant

An interactive viewer for n-dimensional datasets with native support for local and cloud object storage, Zarr, and Icechunk. Built in Rust with GPU-accelerated rendering. 🦀

HEALTH 90 / Healthy
// solo// release machine// under pressure

// Solo builders

One person carrying it all. No team. No VC. Just commits.

Thriving Thriving Python PY
↑ 89
AutoBot-AI mrveiss/AutoBot-AI

Self-hosted, agentic AI you own — voice, vision-driven browser & computer control, visual workflows, human-in-the-loop approvals, multi-user RBAC, and a knowledge graph. Runs on your infrastructure. Your data. Your AI.

HEALTH 96 / Healthy
// solo// hidden gem// funded// release machine// fork magnet
Thriving Thriving C# C#
↑ 88
OracleOfDereth advis61/OracleOfDereth

An Asheron's Call Decal plugin. Displays character status, buffs, and progression, along with quest details, exploration markers, titles, and Void Mage DoT timers.

HEALTH 98 / Healthy
// solo
Thriving Thriving Python PY
↑ 88
robot_sf_ll7 ll7/robot_sf_ll7

Gymnasium-based social navigation simulation and benchmarking for a robot moving through pedestrian-filled environments.

HEALTH 98 / Healthy
// solo// hidden gem// release machine
Thriving Thriving Lua LU
↑ 86
debind mundi4/debind

Layered keybindings for World of Warcraft. Set a key once for every character, then override it on one class, one spec, or a single alt.

HEALTH 100 / Healthy
// solo// hidden gem

// Legacy heroes

5+ years old and still committing. Resilience over hype.

Thriving Thriving Python PY
↑ 94
envergo MTES-MCT/envergo

La réglementation environnementale pour les projets d'aménagement, de construction et les travaux sur haies

HEALTH 97 / Healthy
// hidden gem// legacy hero// fork magnet

// Fork magnets

More forks than stars — used as a building block, not just bookmarked.

Thriving Thriving TypeScript TS
↑ 68
metagraphed JSONbored/metagraphed

Bittensor didn't ship with a map. We drew one — chain-direct block explorer, developer registry, and an agent toolkit built right in.

HEALTH 96 / Healthy
// solo// hidden gem// funded// fork magnet
Thriving Thriving DM
↑ 61
Civ13 Civ13/Civ13

Historical SS13

HEALTH 91 / Healthy
// hidden gem// legacy hero// funded// fork magnet

// Funded

Financially supported. Committed to shipping long-term.

Thriving Thriving Go GO TypeScript TS
↑ 78
srat dianlight/srat

SRAT (SambaNAS REST Administration Tool) is a new system designed to provide a simplified user interface for configuring SAMBA. It has been developed to work within Home Assistant.

HEALTH 99 / Healthy
// hidden gem// funded
Quiet Quiet JavaScript JS
↑ 72
scroll-of-fire ssnfts24/scroll-of-fire

Living architecture of resonance. The Scroll of Fire Codex. A self-evolving manuscript blending physics, frequency, consciousness, and code into one harmonic system.

HEALTH 69 / Stable
// funded
Thriving Thriving C++ C+ C C
↑ 67
xpeccy-plus dotkoval/xpeccy-plus

ZX Spectrum all-rounder: run-ahead for low-latency play, accurate ULA timing for demos, a proper Z80 debugger for development.

HEALTH 90 / Healthy
// solo// funded// release machine

// Hidden gems

Under 100 stars. Documented. Alive. Look closer.

Thriving Thriving PO
↑ 87
GraphTools MARCO-K/GraphTools

GraphTools is a comprehensive PowerShell module designed to simplify and automate the administration, auditing, and reporting of Microsoft Entra ID environments by leveraging the Microsoft Graph API.

HEALTH 99 / Healthy
// hidden gem// release machine
Thriving Thriving Python PY
↑ 86
openhcs OpenHCSDev/openhcs

Typed, reproducible high-content microscopy workflows across GUI, Python, CellProfiler, Napari/Fiji, GPU, and local MCP agents.

HEALTH 100 / Healthy
// solo// hidden gem
Thriving Thriving Go GO TypeScript TS
↑ 85
croupier cuihairu/croupier

Croupier is a universal GM (Game Master) backend system designed for game operations. It supports integration with multi-language game servers and provides a unified management interface along with powerful extensibility.

HEALTH 100 / Healthy
// solo// hidden gem// release machine
Thriving Thriving TypeScript TS
↑ 85
sokosumi masumi-network/sokosumi

This is the monorepo of the Sokosumi Marketplace, the web-app is built with Next.js and TypeScript, with a strong focus on UX and security

HEALTH 99 / Healthy
// solo// hidden gem// fork magnet
Quiet Quiet C++ C+
↑ 85
TablePilot Phoenix0531-sudo/TablePilot

TablePilot:本地优先的复杂表格智能分析工作台 | Local-first messy table analysis workbench for repair plans, insights, and explainable reports

HEALTH 84 / Healthy
// hidden gem// release machine

// Newborn

Born in the last 2 months, committed in the last 2 weeks — fragile, alive, worth watching.

Newborn Newborn JavaScript JS Python PY
↑ 14
ludo-npc-ai koronto11/ludo-npc-ai

A visual workspace for game narratives and NPCs. Build worlds, arrange scenes and characters, edit branching dialogue, review AI drafts, and rehearse stories. Collaborate with your own AI through bilingual Skills.

HEALTH 79 / Stable
// solo// hidden gem
Newborn Newborn Rust RS
↑ 51
LibertyFlux monstercameron/LibertyFlux

Grand Theft Auto IV's engine, being rewritten in Rust one function at a time by AI agents, for 64-bit Windows, Windows on ARM and macOS. Contains no game code or assets.

HEALTH 90 / Healthy
// solo// hidden gem
Newborn Newborn Rust RS
↑ 37
pitboard datlechin/pitboard

Switch between your own Claude Code and Codex logins, and see how much each one has left.

HEALTH 80 / Healthy
// solo// hidden gem// release machine
Newborn Newborn TypeScript TS
↑ 53
holocard longsizhuo/holocard

Automatically slices any photo into foreground, midground, and background layers, each with its own foil surface, rendered as an interactive holographic card.

HEALTH 92 / Healthy
// solo// hidden gem
Newborn Newborn Python PY
↑ 47
AMADEUS jpmyrmecol/AMADEUS

Annotation-free multi-animal direction estimation using self-supervised learning

HEALTH 90 / Healthy
// solo// hidden gem// release machine
Newborn Newborn Kotlin KT
↑ 56
Fern wized2/Fern

Fern — live system pulse for Android. Material 3 green resource monitor.

HEALTH 89 / Healthy
// solo// hidden gem// release machine
Newborn Newborn Elixir EX TypeScript TS
↑ 55
longx mjason/longx

An agent development environment on Ash + Phoenix: codex-app-server embedded behind its own AI gateway, React SPA, tools in Elixir

HEALTH 90 / Healthy
// solo// hidden gem// release machine

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↑ The Undervalued Score +

How much a project earns versus how much attention it actually gets. Above 50 means the work is outrunning its audience. Recomputed nightly from commit velocity, contributor effort, issue resolution, fork utility, release cadence, and project maturity — divided by a logarithmic reach factor.

score  = signal / reach

signal = 0.25·commit_velocity   // commits in last 90 days (cap 30)
       + 0.20·contributor_work  // unique authors × velocity (cap 100)
       + 0.20·issue_resolution  // closed ÷ total issues
       + 0.20·fork_ratio        // forks ÷ stars (proxy for real usage)
       + 0.10·release_cadence   // releases in 90 days (cap 3)
       + age_bonus              // +0 to +0.30 after 6 months
       + homepage_bonus         // +0.05 if homepage is set

reach  = log₁₀(stars + watchers + 10)█
♥ The Health Score +

Is the project alive and maintained right now? A 0–100 pulse recomputed nightly from commit recency, rhythm, how fast issues close, and how quickly PRs get merged.

health = 0.35·recency       // days since last commit (90d decay)
       + 0.25·cadence       // commit rhythm consistency
       + 0.20·issue_health  // closed ÷ total issues
       + 0.20·pr_health     // merged ÷ total PRs█
◷ Health bands +

The colour and label on every card come straight from the health score.

Healthy   80 – 100   active, responsive, regular releases
Stable    60 – 79    maintained, steady, no alarms
Quiet     40 – 59    slowing down — watch this one
At Risk    0 – 39    going dark · candidate for rescue█
// Tags — what each label means +

Tags are independent behavioral signals computed nightly. A project can hold multiple at once. They drive the home page sections.

solo_builder      one person holds > 80% of commits (last 180d)
needs_contributors has open "help wanted" or "good first issue" labels
hidden_gem        < 100 stars · active in last 3 months · documented
legacy_hero       repo > 5 years old · committed this year
fork_magnet       forks/stars > 0.5 · used as template or dependency
release_machine   5+ releases in the last 90 days
under_pressure    > 10 open issues · ≤ 2 contributors · health ≥ 60
community_watch   watchers > stars · devs tracking before the public
community_hub     GitHub Discussions enabled · > 20 discussions
funded            maintainer has active funding channel█
★ Why rank against stars at all? +

Stars are an outcome, not effort. A project with 8 stars and daily commits is doing more interesting work than one coasting on 8k. We measure the building, then divide by the attention already received — so the genuinely undervalued rise to the top.

// stars   = lagging indicator
// commits = leading indicator
// we rank by the leading one█