Forkcast Weekly #16: awesome-gpt-image-2, archify, gods-eye-view, free-claude-code, scientific-agent-skills, claude-plugins-community, codex

Episode Summary#

Episode 16 covers 30 trending open-source projects from this week including a GPT-Image-2 prompt engineering library with 530+ reverse-engineered cases, an agent skill for verifiable architecture diagrams, a spy satellite simulator with real public data on a photorealistic 3D globe, a free proxy serving 1.3B+ tokens for Claude Code and Codex, and 165 scientific agent skills used by 190K+ researchers. Also featured are Anthropic’s official plugin marketplaces, OpenAI’s 120K-star terminal coding agent, a privacy-focused Twitter front-end, an AI job search framework, Apache’s local-first AI assistant, and a 208K-star single-file agent behavior fix from Karpathy.

Repositories Covered#

awesome-gpt-image-2#

Prompt engineering library for GPT-Image-2 with 530+ reverse-engineered cases and 20+ industrial-grade templates covering characters, scenes, products, and infographics. Extracted Skills for agent workflows. MIT license.

archify#

Agent skill for beautiful, verifiable architecture, workflow, sequence, data-flow, and lifecycle diagrams as self-contained HTML with motion and crisp export. Constraint-driven compiler, auto-layout engine. MIT license.

gods-eye-view#

Spy satellite simulator in your browser with real public data on a photorealistic 3D globe. Live aircraft, ships, satellites, earthquakes, traffic, and public cameras. Hands-free voice control via realtime AI agent.

free-claude-code#

Connects 50 free LLM providers to Claude Code, Codex, Pi, OpenCode and more. 1.3B+ free tokens served. Voice transcription via Whisper. 51.6K stars, MIT license.

scientific-agent-skills#

165 validated scientific agent skills plus 100+ databases covering biology, chemistry, medicine, and drug discovery. Used by 190K+ scientists worldwide. MIT license.

claude-plugins-community#

Anthropic’s community plugin marketplace for Claude Cowork and Claude Code. Read-only mirror synced nightly with automated security scanning. Apache 2.0.

codex#

OpenAI’s lightweight terminal coding agent. Rust core with TypeScript CLI, sandboxed code execution. Works with ChatGPT plans. 120K stars, Apache 2.0.

nitter#

Free, open-source alternative Twitter front-end in Nim. Zero JavaScript, zero tracking, zero ads. Redis-backed caching. AGPL-3.0. Archived Aug 2026 after X Corp C&D.

claude-plugins-official#

Official Anthropic-managed directory of production-quality Claude Code plugins. 605 branches, 3438 commits. Includes Telegram, security, and Scandit SDK plugins. Apache 2.0.

ai-job-search#

AI job application framework built on Claude Code. Scrape postings, evaluate fit, tailor CVs, write cover letters, prep interviews. LinkedIn search with closed-posting detection. MIT license.

maka#

Apache Software Foundation incubating project. Local-first AI desktop assistant with append-only event log recording all model messages, tool calls, and permission decisions.

tailcat#

Like netcat but over Tailscale’s data plane without the control plane. Zero-config encrypted peer-to-peer connections. From the Tailscale team.

TradingAgents#

Multi-agent LLM framework for financial trading with specialized agents for fundamentals, technicals, sentiment, and risk analysis. 101.8K stars.

andrej-karpathy-skills#

Single CLAUDE.md file derived from Karpathy’s observations on LLM coding pitfalls. Forces thinking before coding, simplicity, surgical changes. 208.7K stars.

claude-obsidian#

Self-organizing AI second brain for Obsidian and Claude Code. Drop any source and Claude creates a connected knowledge graph in plain Markdown. 14.4K stars.

go-modern-guidelines#

From JetBrains. Teaches AI coding agents modern Go conventions including generics, error handling, and current best practices. 2.9K stars.

OpenMAIC#

Open Multi-Agent Interactive Classroom from Tsinghua University. One-click immersive multi-agent learning experience. 22.6K stars.

plane#

Open-source Jira, Linear, Monday alternative. Tasks, sprints, docs, triage. Self-hosted with modern TypeScript stack. 58.5K stars.

GitNexus#

Zero-server code intelligence engine running entirely in the browser. Drop a GitHub URL and get an interactive knowledge graph with built-in Graph RAG Agent. 46.4K stars.

ai-engineering-from-scratch#

503-lesson AI engineering curriculum across 20 phases. From the creator of Agent Memory. Learn it, build it, ship it. 51.1K stars, MIT license.

heretic#

Fully automatic censorship removal for language models. Strips overly aggressive safety filters. 28.8K stars.

hermes-agent#

Persistent agent from Nous Research that grows with you. 45MB memory footprint, local-first, cross-platform. 238.2K stars.

openhuman#

Personal AI super intelligence with local-first memory, agent fleet orchestration, and deep research. Rust core, Tauri desktop app. 38.9K stars.

OpenMontage#

World’s first open-source agentic video production system. 12 pipelines, 100+ tools, 700+ agent skill files. 54.3K stars.

omarchy#

Beautiful, Modern and Opinionated Linux by DHH/Basecamp. Hyprland tiling window manager with sensible defaults. 35K stars.

htmx#

High power tools for HTML. Extends HTML with attributes for AJAX, CSS transitions, WebSockets, and Server Sent Events. No JavaScript required. 49.2K stars.

ponytail#

Makes AI agents think like lazy senior devs. The best code is the code you never wrote. 116.6K stars.

screenshot-to-code#

Drop in a screenshot and get clean code. Supports HTML, Tailwind, React, and Vue output. 76.1K stars.

OpenLogi#

Rust-native alternative to Logitech Options+. HID++ protocol, no account, no telemetry, no Electron. Button remapping and DPI control. 17.7K stars.

awesome-claude-skills#

Curated list of Claude Skills, resources, and tools for customizing Claude AI workflows. 74K stars.

Watch#

• Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PENDING_UPLOAD
• Cover: https://i.ytimg.com/vi/PENDING_UPLOAD/hqdefault.jpg

Notes#

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