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systems, networking, and security tools

Recent window: last 5.2 months (2026-04-26 → 2026-10-02), compared with the prior 5.2 months.

horizontal · 222 members · Data as of 2026-10-05

These products provide low-level developer libraries, networking utilities, and cybersecurity tooling for infrastructure engineers and security researchers. They include network protocol implementations, performance optimizers, node daemons, and security auditing scripts. Unlike general application frameworks, this cluster focuses on core systems programming, network routing, and specialized infrastructure engineering.

Metrics

Stage
crowded
Recent count
184
Prior count
31
Total count
222
Momentum
300.00
Attention
0.33
Crowding
0.84
Concentration
0.83
Opportunity
0.41

Opportunity components

Attention
0.33
Low crowding
0.16
Momentum (normalized)
1.00
Low concentration
0.17

Source split

github
137 (0.74)
hn
35 (0.19)
ph
12 (0.07)
yc
0 (0.00)

Dominant source: github · Divergence: 0.74

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Monthly trajectory

Members

Name Source Upvotes ▼ Launched
kryvora-node GITHUB 881 2026-09-22
Covalent-MAS GITHUB 337 2026-09-19
Tailsnitch HN 280 2026-01-05
Perplexity Hybrid Compute PH 230 2026-09-13
TrustedRouter PH 156 2026-09-01
RatatuiRuby wraps Rust Ratatui as a RubyGem HN 152 2026-01-17
orc-claude-plugin GITHUB 147 2026-09-26
edge-smart-doh GITHUB 137 2026-09-30
Compute polynomials twice as fast HN 137 2026-09-09
Nexus-Proxy GITHUB 104 2026-09-16
skyline-speeder GITHUB 95 2026-09-18
once-campfire-rust GITHUB 94 2026-09-26
reburp GITHUB 89 2026-09-10
laborix GITHUB 88 2026-09-30
interp-rpc GITHUB 80 2026-09-24
We Implemented the IPv8 Internet-Draft in Linux, Libc, and BGP HN 73 2026-08-14
go-conc-distilled GITHUB 72 2026-09-26
Cactoide HN 68 2025-11-11
48-digit prime numbers every git commit HN 67 2026-01-01
nckh-8bit-crypto-benchmark GITHUB 66 2026-09-29
Kloak, A secret manager that keeps K8s workload away from secrets HN 63 2026-04-25
OneDrive-UDC2 GITHUB 61 2026-09-19
Ultima7_Decomp GITHUB 59 2026-09-30
DLLParty GITHUB 56 2026-10-01
adnullenum GITHUB 54 2026-09-17
polyxor GITHUB 53 2026-09-26
redStackPRO GITHUB 47 2026-09-25
pgwire-replication HN 46 2026-01-11
AuthFlowMap GITHUB 45 2026-09-30
agent-smith GITHUB 44 2026-09-30
c-hd-proof GITHUB 44 2026-09-21
mini-redis-java GITHUB 42 2026-09-13
bitwright GITHUB 41 2026-09-23
EdgeSSH GITHUB 40 2026-09-18
FreeCast GITHUB 38 2026-09-19
AuditHook GITHUB 37 2026-09-19
stelliberty_android GITHUB 36 2026-09-28
Open-source API Key server written in Go by Ory HN 35 2026-06-11
Replicant Detector with Datastar, Common Lisp, BKNR Datastore HN 35 2026-06-14
Didit: the fastest way to verify real humans. YC 35 2026-02-03
Rscrypto, pure-Rust crypto with industry leading public benches HN 33 2026-06-03
Crypto-Strategies GITHUB 32 2026-10-01
Galois connections for composable numeric casts in Rust HN 31 2026-07-16
komari-probe GITHUB 30 2026-09-17
A local MitM proxy to control TLS fingerprints HN 29 2026-08-18
vlpds GITHUB 26 2026-10-04
witness-vault GITHUB 26 2026-10-01
lockjaw GITHUB 25 2026-09-29
FAKE-CERTIFICATION-VERIFY GITHUB 25 2026-09-24
DropLock HN 24 2026-06-02