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networking and system administration utilities

Recent window: last 5.4 months (2026-04-30 → 2026-10-10), compared with the prior 5.4 months.

security · 294 members · Data as of 2026-10-13

These products provide low-level networking tools, proxy managers, remote access clients, and desktop system administration utilities. They are primarily used by network engineers, system administrators, and technical power users seeking granular control over connectivity and device configuration. Unlike high-level cloud management platforms, this cluster focuses on client daemons, protocol implementations, and local system utilities.

Metrics

Stage
crowded
Recent count
234
Prior count
53
Total count
294
Momentum
300.00
Momentum (normalized)
1.00
Attention
0.45
Crowding
0.93
Low crowding
0.07
Concentration
0.83
Low concentration
0.17
Opportunity
0.42

Source split

github
156 (0.67)
hn
64 (0.27)
ph
11 (0.05)
yc
3 (0.01)

Dominant source: github · Divergence: 0.65

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Members

Name Source Upvotes ▲ Launched
LightTwist - Record and stream in a realistic virtual studio, even if your guests and co-hosts are remote YC 6 2026-06-30
OWASP VulnerableApp Modern Extensible and Scalable vulnerable app HN 6 2026-06-05
42SessionGuard GITHUB 6 2026-09-12
Mashines.dev HN 6 2026-06-03
Simulate API traffic directly from your IDE with .http files HN 6 2026-07-02
BitTorrent client written in Go without external dependencies HN 6 2026-02-28
Gopher HN 6 2026-09-02
Pure PHP server, from yesterday, now supports sockets and rooms. HN 6 2026-07-21
LaminarDB HN 6 2026-02-18
Toolkit HN 6 2026-03-08
Open source setup to self-host OpenClaw instances on any host HN 7 2026-02-09
Forgejo Appliance, a private Git server based on OrbStack and Tailscale HN 7 2026-07-01
Spinifex HN 7 2026-09-08
Decoy HN 7 2026-02-26
TenantLayer HN 7 2026-09-05
HyCanvas, a free self-hostable Canva alternative HN 7 2026-07-21
PecoFence GITHUB 7 2026-09-13
.github GITHUB 7 2026-09-15
mistatic GITHUB 7 2026-09-11
VD HN 7 2026-08-08
genpark-sliding-window-flow-control-skill GITHUB 7 2026-09-28
genpark-sliding-window-flow-control-skill GITHUB 7 2026-09-28
TunD. Make friends' PCs appear on the same VLAN HN 7 2026-07-21
CloudMasters TUI HN 7 2026-01-05
mtproto-inataller GITHUB 7 2026-09-12
A collaborative SSH copilot for on-calls/DevOps/MLOps HN 8 2026-04-19
kite GITHUB 8 2026-09-10
Routebase HN 8 2026-08-26
Slack killed their OpenAPI spec, so we reverse engineered it HN 8 2026-04-15
openuuyc GITHUB 8 2026-09-10
Cygnus HN 8 2026-07-25
Serein GITHUB 8 2026-09-09
mikrotik-home-netflow-plus GITHUB 8 2026-09-30
lookout GITHUB 8 2026-09-14
SuperEdge GITHUB 8 2026-09-29
Real-workload SQLite benchmarks on Hetzner's cheapest VPS HN 8 2026-05-09
network-recon-toolkit GITHUB 8 2026-10-01
tailmux GITHUB 8 2026-09-28
Miget HN 8 2026-07-29
A deep dive into Kubernetes internals HN 8 2026-05-25
An assertion library for E2E testing and real user monitoring HN 8 2026-07-03
syslog-bench GITHUB 8 2026-09-12
Turbo HN 8 2026-07-08
Deflect One HN 8 2026-04-14
ansible-collection-base GITHUB 9 2026-09-23
corecloud-xtcshare GITHUB 9 2026-09-17
OnTheEdge GITHUB 9 2026-09-23
tinycell GITHUB 9 2026-09-22
SafariKeePassXC GITHUB 9 2026-09-22
cloudvidya-serverless-starter GITHUB 9 2026-09-09