Forkcast Today #18: OpenMAIC, scientific-agent-skills, vphone-cli, archify, heretic, crawl4ai

Episode Summary#

Episode 18 covers 19 trending open-source projects including Tsinghua University’s multi-agent interactive classroom with 25K stars, a scientific agent skills library used by 190K+ scientists with 165 validated skills, a CLI tool for running iOS virtual machines on macOS, an agent skill for generating beautiful architecture diagrams, an automatic censorship removal tool for language models using abliteration, an LLM-friendly web crawler with 80K stars, a research skill scanning Reddit/X/YouTube/HN/Polymarket, an iOS App Store IPA downloader, the 93K-star MCP servers collection, the NSA’s Ghidra reverse engineering framework, an open-source SEO alternative to Semrush, a free LLM API proxy with 34 providers and 635 endpoints, a MuJoCo robot training environment, a Chinese patent disclosure skill, an open-source integration platform, the Zod schema validation library used by 2.9M projects, a zero-server code intelligence engine, and a realtime voice AI agent framework.

Repositories Covered#

OpenMAIC#

Multi-agent interactive classroom built by Tsinghua University. Features synchronized whiteboard overlays, spotlight effects, and a choreography engine for coordinated AI teaching agents. 25K stars, 83 contributors, MIT license.

scientific-agent-skills#

165 validated agent skills for science covering biology, chemistry, medicine, and drug discovery. Plus 100+ scientific databases. Used by 190K+ scientists. Compatible with Cursor, Claude Code, Codex. 40K stars.

vphone-cli#

CLI tool for running iOS virtual machines on macOS using Apple’s Virtualization framework. Supports iOS 17-27 beta, firmware patching, CFW installation, and MCP server for AI-driven testing. 10K stars.

archify#

Agent skill for generating beautiful, verifiable architecture, workflow, sequence, and lifecycle diagrams as self-contained HTML with motion animations. Constraint-driven compiler, crisp export. 36K stars.

heretic#

Fully automatic censorship removal for language models using abliteration. Strips refusal behavior by modifying specific model weights without fine-tuning. Plugin architecture with reproducible scorers. 29K stars.

crawl4ai#

Open-source LLM-friendly web crawler and scraper. Handles JavaScript rendering, async crawling, and outputs structured markdown optimized for LLM consumption. 80K stars.

last30days-skill#

AI agent skill that researches any topic across Reddit, X, YouTube, HN, Polymarket, and the web, then synthesizes a grounded summary. 61K stars, 2700+ tests, MIT license.

ipatool#

Command-line tool for searching and downloading iOS, iPadOS, tvOS, and visionOS app packages from the App Store. Cross-platform Go binary, Homebrew installable. 10K stars.

awesome-mcp-servers#

Definitive curated collection of MCP servers with 93K stars, 2662 contributors, and a web directory at glama.ai. Seven language translations. 10K+ commits of curation.

checkstyle#

Java code style checker supporting Google Java Style Guide and Sun conventions. 17K commits, 223 releases, highly configurable with ANT and CLI. 9K stars.

ghidra#

NSA’s software reverse engineering framework. Supports disassembly, decompilation, and analysis across x86, ARM, MIPS, and more. 74K stars, plugin ecosystem, Apache 2.0.

open-seo#

Open source alternative to Semrush and Ahrefs. Keyword research, backlink analysis, site audits, rank tracking. MCP servers for Claude Code and Codex. 15K stars.

freellmapi#

7.4 billion tokens per month across 34 free LLM providers and 635 endpoints behind a single /v1 route. Smart routing, automatic failover, encrypted keys. 23K stars.

microduck_rl#

MuJoCo-based RL training environments for the Microduck quadruped robot. 14 servo joints, domain randomization, ONNX export for real hardware. Tested on DGX Spark. Apache 2.0.

patent-disclosure-skill#

Chinese patent disclosure skill for mining patent points, writing disclosures (invention/utility/design), and generating SVG structural drawings. Multi-round review workflow. 6K stars.

corsair#

Open-source product integration platform with adapters for Express, Fastify, Next.js, Hono, SvelteKit, Nuxt, Remix. Self-hostable, Apache 2.0. 11K stars.

zod#

TypeScript-first schema validation with static type inference. Used by 2.9M projects. Zero dependencies, mini bundle available. 44K stars, MIT license.

GitNexus#

Zero-server code intelligence engine running entirely in the browser. Drop in a git repo and get an interactive knowledge graph with Graph RAG agent. 47K stars.

agents#

Framework for building realtime voice AI agents with plugins for OpenAI, ElevenLabs, Deepgram, Google. Starter apps for every platform. 14K stars, Apache 2.0.

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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