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  • tokei Code Statistics Counter

    Fast and accurate code statistics tool written in Rust. Counts lines of code, comments, and blanks across 200+ languages, with output in JSON, YAML, or CBOR for programmatic analysis of codebase composition.

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  • delta Syntax-Highlighting Git Diff Pager

    A syntax-highlighting pager for git diff, grep, and blame output built in Rust. Provides word-level diff highlighting, side-by-side views, line numbering, and theme support using the same syntax themes as bat.

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  • zx JavaScript Shell Script Runner

    Write better shell scripts in JavaScript using Google’s zx. Provides cross-platform wrappers around child_process with argument escaping, sensible defaults, and access to the full npm ecosystem for automation tasks.

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  • MinerU PDF-to-Markdown Document Parser

    Transforms complex PDFs into LLM-ready markdown and JSON using MinerU, a high-accuracy document intelligence pipeline. Extracts text, tables, formulas, and images from scientific papers, reports, and scanned documents with layout-aware parsing.

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  • SLSA Verifier Build Provenance Checker

    SLSA Verifier is the official tool from the SLSA framework for verifying build provenance attestations generated by SLSA-compliant builders. It checks that software artifacts were built from the expected source, by an authorized builder, without tampering in the build pipeline.

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  • sqlc Type-Safe SQL Code Generator

    sqlc is a SQL compiler that generates type-safe Go, Python, Kotlin, and TypeScript code from plain SQL queries. You write SQL, run sqlc, and get fully typed data access functions with compile-time safety — no ORM, no reflection, no runtime query building.

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  • OSV-Scanner Dependency Vulnerability Detector

    OSV-Scanner is Google’s open-source vulnerability scanner that checks project dependencies against the OSV.dev database. It supports 11+ language ecosystems including Go, Python, npm, Rust, Java, and Ruby, with guided remediation recommendations for discovered vulnerabilities.

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  • Lefthook Git Hooks Manager

    Lefthook is a fast, dependency-free Git hooks manager written in Go that runs pre-commit, pre-push, and custom hook commands in parallel. It integrates with Node.js, Ruby, Python, and any other project type through a simple YAML configuration.

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  • bat Syntax-Highlighting Cat Replacement

    bat is a cat(1) clone written in Rust that adds syntax highlighting for over 200 languages, Git integration showing file modifications, automatic paging, and line numbering. It serves as a drop-in replacement for cat with enhanced readability for code and configuration files.

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  • fzf Command-Line Fuzzy Finder

    fzf is a general-purpose command-line fuzzy finder written in Go. It works as an interactive filter for any list — files, command history, processes, git branches, bookmarks — using a fuzzy matching algorithm that tolerates omitted characters and typos.

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