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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
tailmux GITHUB 8 2026-09-28
SuperEdge GITHUB 8 2026-09-29
network-recon-toolkit GITHUB 8 2026-10-01
Cygnus HN 8 2026-07-25
Turbo HN 8 2026-07-08
A collaborative SSH copilot for on-calls/DevOps/MLOps HN 8 2026-04-19
Real-workload SQLite benchmarks on Hetzner's cheapest VPS HN 8 2026-05-09
kite GITHUB 8 2026-09-10
Slack killed their OpenAPI spec, so we reverse engineered it HN 8 2026-04-15
Deflect One HN 8 2026-04-14
mikrotik-home-netflow-plus GITHUB 8 2026-09-30
A deep dive into Kubernetes internals HN 8 2026-05-25
Miget HN 8 2026-07-29
Routebase HN 8 2026-08-26
An assertion library for E2E testing and real user monitoring HN 8 2026-07-03
Serein GITHUB 8 2026-09-09
openuuyc GITHUB 8 2026-09-10
syslog-bench GITHUB 8 2026-09-12
lookout GITHUB 8 2026-09-14
PecoFence GITHUB 7 2026-09-13
VD HN 7 2026-08-08
Spinifex HN 7 2026-09-08
CloudMasters TUI HN 7 2026-01-05
HyCanvas, a free self-hostable Canva alternative HN 7 2026-07-21
mistatic GITHUB 7 2026-09-11
TenantLayer HN 7 2026-09-05
Forgejo Appliance, a private Git server based on OrbStack and Tailscale HN 7 2026-07-01
TunD. Make friends' PCs appear on the same VLAN HN 7 2026-07-21
genpark-sliding-window-flow-control-skill GITHUB 7 2026-09-28
.github GITHUB 7 2026-09-15
genpark-sliding-window-flow-control-skill GITHUB 7 2026-09-28
Decoy HN 7 2026-02-26
Open source setup to self-host OpenClaw instances on any host HN 7 2026-02-09
mtproto-inataller GITHUB 7 2026-09-12
BitTorrent client written in Go without external dependencies HN 6 2026-02-28
Simulate API traffic directly from your IDE with .http files HN 6 2026-07-02
VPS marketplace for 5 Clouds in Yer Terminal HN 6 2026-01-06
LightTwist - Record and stream in a realistic virtual studio, even if your guests and co-hosts are remote YC 6 2026-06-30
Xcover, test coverage without instrumentation, using eBPF HN 6 2026-07-08
Radar HN 6 2026-02-04
Toolkit HN 6 2026-03-08
OWASP VulnerableApp Modern Extensible and Scalable vulnerable app HN 6 2026-06-05
Vask HN 6 2026-05-05
SSH-TPM-agent · Release v0.9.0 HN 6 2026-05-04
Mashines.dev HN 6 2026-06-03
Open database of 2k IP camera specs (JSON/CSV, CC0) HN 6 2026-07-11
Gopher HN 6 2026-09-02
Pure PHP server, from yesterday, now supports sockets and rooms. HN 6 2026-07-21
cf-workers-lb GITHUB 6 2026-09-15
42SessionGuard GITHUB 6 2026-09-12