Forkcast Hacker News #15: NPC-Forge, Stuxnet, mador, engrim, kado, wg-admin, drivesync

Episode Summary#

Episode 15 covers 30 open-source projects surfaced by Hacker News, led by a no-LLM terminal assistant, a reconstructed cyberweapon codebase, reactive JavaScript in 80 lines, and local AI memory in SQLite. The lineup also spans WireGuard management, video tooling, eBPF container inspection, offline speech recognition, and scale-to-zero LLM deployment.

Repositories Covered#

NPC-Forge#

NPC-Forge is a framework for building conversational agents that run on the CPU without relying on machine learning or LLMs. README mentions 0.0, 3.0 Fast**: runs on the CPU and responds in milliseconds.

Stuxnet#

Stuxnet, Here reproduced by me, Only for researchs educations purposes. It set work on WindowsXP and Windows 7 only. README mentions 3.0, 20%, 2010, 7

mador#

Make Any DOM Reactive README mentions 1, 3, 2, 855 is a very small reactive DOM runtime.

engrim#

The Universal Cross-Model Episodic Memory Standard. Local-first, project-scoped SQLite memory engine for Google Antigravity, Claude Code, Cursor, Windsurf, and Codex. Zero cloud lock-in. README mentions 3.10%, 26%, 1, 200, 000

kado#

Kadō — A privacy-first habit tracker for iPhone and iPad. README mentions 320, 48, 1.7, 5.10

wg-admin#

wg-admin README mentions 127.0, 0.1, 3.11 A focused web UI for a WireGuard host that is already running. It reads the files already in /etc/wireguard, lets you add and edit peers, and applies changes with wg syncconf so the interface does not bounce.

drivesync#

Superfast Google Drive CLI to sync files & folders README mentions 1, 755, 2, 3 A small, fast command-line tool that keeps a local folder and a Google Drive folder in sync.

hc2html#

Convert HyperCard 2.x stacks into self-contained HTML pages with a HyperTalk subset runtime README mentions 2, 3.9, 8, 2.0 pip install .

VolAnti#

Open-source acoustic drone detection. It hears the propellers, not the radio, so it works against fibre-optic FPV aircraft that emit no signal at all. README mentions 380, 78, 91, 20, 104 Understand it**: The problem · What the device does · How it works · Radio · Power · Range and testing

declick#

Compile an API, an MCP server, a database or a web page into a CLI your agent can run. Ten engines, one output contract, 4.1x less context than raw MCP. README mentions 24, 258, 236, 818, 58

fast-cutvid#

Fast, native video cutting for macOS, Windows, and Linux. Built in Rust with timeline editing and JSON cut exports for local AI agents. README mentions 64, 0.1, 4, 1.4 Native macOS menu bar with File, Edit, Playback, View, Window, and Help commands

homebutler#

🏠 Tells you what changed on your server — only what’s worth telling. Single Go binary, no daemon, no database, MCP server built in. README mentions 140, 1.25, 220, 620

wikifuse#

Combine wikipedia pages by QID (across language) into one macro page README mentions 3.11, 3, 25, 1

mobilecode#

mobilecode is a fork of opencode that builds and previews iOS and Android projects README mentions 100, 20, 4096, 4444 Run a React Native app on iOS and Android from one Play button. MobileCode starts one Metro server, builds both native projects, and launches them in embedded Simulator and Emulator panes.

Rubato_Device#

Rubato - a palm-sized retro-Macintosh AI desk companion that turns AI wait time into gentle health breaks. Firmware, tools and docs. README mentions 240, 1, 2, 3 OTA self-update** — segmented HTTPS download with an anti-brick guard: a bad update lands in Safe Mode and self-heals remotely, no USB needed

embedflow#

Zero downtime embedding upgrades README mentions 127.0, 0.1, 8000, 0 supports migration analysis, persistent caching, background work, and serving

blunderbase#

Personal chess database README mentions 104, 8, 8765 Support for maia3 at multiple ELO’s to see what humans would have played

AstroCausal_Engine#

Real-time 2D gravity sandbox with causal propagation (finite c), GW-strain heatmaps, and a virtual LIGO probe. Numba JIT, CPU-only. README mentions 10.5281, 22004663, 0 This README**: for those who want to use the simulator. Installation, scenarios, controls, display modes, performance management.

injoffice#

InjOffice — AI-first open-source alternative to Microsoft Office and Google Workspace README mentions 64, 22, 2026, 09 The original OOXML bytes remain the authority. The supported path is XLSX-first and the same shape for documents and presentations:

inversql#

Create SQL that match your selection (with explainable AI), not the other way around README mentions 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 If you REALLY like my work, nowadays I’m working on aioway, a revolutionary deep learning framework built on torch. Check it out!

bestie#

a coding agent that respects you 🥺 README mentions 2.0, 10, 030, 0 Bestie supports Windows x64, Apple Silicon, and Linux x64.

multistack#

Open source lightweight TUI for parallel agent management README mentions 3281, 1171, 6.0, 0, 5 Run multiple zerostack agents side by side in your terminal, allowing to spawn, watch, rename, kill all underlying processes.

nvkvm-pv#

Paravirtual NVIDIA GPU for KVM guests — run unmodified CUDA, PyTorch and Vulkan inside a VM at host parity, on a GPU the host keeps using. No passthrough, no vGPU licence. Experimental. README mentions 3050, 5.15, 7.0, 16, 4 Run CUDA, PyTorch, Vulkan or a graphical display inside a KVM guest, on the same GPU your host is

notifkit#

Self-hosted notification infrastructure for product notifications. One API call handles email, SMS, push, and webhooks, with preferences, quiet hours, retries, fallback, scheduling, workflows, and delivery logs built in. README mentions 5.0, 0.0, 339933, 5, 1 npm install notifkit @notifkit/provider-resend

doc-scraper#

Go web crawler to scrape documentation sites and convert content to clean Markdown for LLM ingestion (RAG, training data). README mentions 1.26, 1, 2

vhf-morse-transmitter-monitor#

Set your radio to 148.500 MHz, select FM, USB, or CW mode, and set the squelch to 0 or 1. Then, extend your radio’s antenna toward the monitor’s HDMI port, and congratulations—you can now transmit in Morse code directly from your monitor! README mentions 10.5281, 22307838, 0009

dsnitch#

A single-binary, lightweight, zero-configuration, real-time terminal UI (TUI) network and DNS egress inspector for Docker containers powered by modern Linux eBPF. README mentions 4, 3, 7, 1 A single-binary, lightweight, zero-configuration, real-time terminal UI (TUI) network and DNS egress inspector for Docker containers powered by modern Linux eBPF.

wordmate#

The transcription pipeline used in the AI voice-to-text tool https://wordmate.sh. README mentions 0.3, 0.7, 1.7, 16, 0 Everything runs locally. Audio and transcripts do not leave the Mac.

openclip#

Fast, open-source macOS floating text actions. Transform text, run scripts, and integrate AI seamlessly. README mentions 96, 14.0, 6.0, 32

veloxml-deploy#

Deploy LLMs to production in one command. VeloxML CLI is an open-source engine that provisions optimized serverless infrastructure directly in your own AWS/GCP account README mentions 100, 1.0, 1, 2, 34.201 Deploy open-source LLMs directly to your own AWS/GCP account with one command. Zero Docker, zero Kubernetes, scale-to-zero.

Watch#

• Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U2q2eIsz0oY
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