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PSR 2610+28Issue 1 ·

Zero-Breach-Toolkit and a GPU unlock: open source gets bold

Spyware traces checked offline, ads switched off on Android, tensor features unlocked on RTX 4090: today's open source launches take back control of devices.

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Pick of the day

Zero-Breach-Toolkit

Command lineOpen sourceSecurity

Runs offline checks for traces of known mercenary spyware. Works on Windows, macOS and Linux, Android phones and iPhone backups.

Why try it

Zero-Breach-Toolkit runs offline checks for traces of known mercenary spyware, which is a rare sort of tool: one you hope will find nothing. It covers Windows, macOS and Linux, plus Android phones and iPhone backups, so most curious readers can point it at something they own. It is open source, so you can see how it works before you trust it with your devices.

2,021 stars674 stars/day

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1,038 stars a day for android-ad-cleaner6 with AI at the core

Today's releases share one instinct: take back control of the machine you already own. android-ad-cleaner uses ADB to switch off ads, trending feeds and marketing pushes on Chinese Android systems, with no root and a reversible approach. gpu-unlock-ada goes further down the stack, offering source code to unlock tensor features on RTX 4090 GPUs, and experimentally on the RTX 4070 Ti SUPER, with the firmware generated locally.

Elsewhere, the agent crowd keeps busy. tstack shares a set of daily-use skills for Claude Code and Codex, digital-human-koubo makes talking-head videos from a single photo, and Dedica checks whether AI agents can actually use your website. Meanwhile, self-hosters get a quieter dose of maintenance: Chevereto 4.5.8 fixes 19 vulnerabilities and Spinifex 1.23.0 adds Route53 public domains.

The selection

12 tools, from the strongest signal to the faintest.

On your server

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Chevereto

Self-hosted media and image sharing platform with AWS S3 storage and chunked uploads. Version 4.5.8 is a security update fixing 19 vulnerabilities.

For homelabbers who host their own images

Self-hostedOpen sourceMedia

1,004 stars

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30

Hillock

Local neuro-symbolic memory engine for self-hosted AI tools, written in Python. It aims to avoid heavy vector database containers and is reported to run under 1.2GB of VRAM.

For people self-hosting local AI tools

Self-hostedOpen sourceAIArtificial intelligence

176 stars1 stars/day

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Spinifex

AWS-compatible cloud infrastructure for bare-metal servers, written in Go. Version 1.23.0 adds Route53 public domains, security updates and quality-of-life improvements for operators.

For admins wanting an AWS-style cloud on own hardware

Self-hostedOpen sourceDevelopment

400 stars

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Apps and services

75

Word Atlas

Illustrated PWA for learning 7,298 IELTS vocabulary words, with UK and US audio and FSRS review. The app is open source and the dataset is CC BY 4.0.

For IELTS test takers

SaaSOpen sourceMisc

2,985 stars995 stars/day

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Genie 4

Service that turns a prompt into a living world the user can steer. It relies on AI generation.

For people curious about AI-generated worlds

SaaSFreemiumAIArtificial intelligence

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Dedica

Online tool that checks whether AI agents can use a website.

For web teams making sites usable by AI agents

SaaSFreemiumAIDevelopment

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For developers

76

android-ad-cleaner

Turns off ads, trending feeds, news recommendations and marketing pushes on Chinese Android systems via ADB. No root needed, reversible, and can be run by an AI agent.

For users of Chinese-brand Android phones

Command lineOpen sourceMisc

4,151 stars1,038 stars/day

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gpu-unlock-ada

Source code to unlock tensor features on RTX 4090 GPUs, and experimentally on the RTX 4070 Ti SUPER. The firmware is generated locally.

For tinkerers of Nvidia 40-series GPUs

Command lineOpen sourceMisc

4,368 stars874 stars/day

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tstack

A set of agent skills the author uses every day. Works with Claude Code and Codex.

For devs using Claude Code or Codex

LibraryOpen sourceAIDevelopment

2,175 stars544 stars/day

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digital-human-koubo

Agent skill that generates digital-human talking-head videos from one photo via Renoise MCP. Includes 5 editing styles and 48 packaging components.

For video creators working with AI agents

LibraryOpen sourceAIArtificial intelligence

1,255 stars628 stars/day

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Spec-First

Agentic development plugin built around a specification-first approach. It was presented on Show HN.

For developers working with AI coding agents

LibraryFreemiumAIDevelopment

33 points

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Parting words

Run the check, then enjoy the quiet of a clean result.