Josh Backstein

SLADE. It's a Doom editor

smint. Tileset minifier for Tiled GBA maps

opencartgba. Open Source GBA Flashcard

dome. A lightweight game development environment where games can be written in Wren

Simula. Linux VR Desktop

tractyl-manuform-keyboard. Clojure

Incognito_RCM. Wipes personal information from your Nintendo Switch via bare metal RCM payload

chocolate-doom-nx. Chocolate Doom for the Nintendo Switch

tomighty-osx. Tomighty for macOS

iwad. Doom Wads

Rectangle. Move and resize windows on macOS with keyboard shortcuts and snap areas

Arduino_STM32. Arduino STM32. Hardware files to support STM32 boards, on Arduino IDE 1.8.x including LeafLabs Maple and other generic STM32F103 boards

USBComposite_stm32f1. USB Composite library for STM32F1 (HID, Serial, MIDI and XBox360 controller)

Arduino_Core_STM32. STM32 core support for Arduino

scad-keyboard-cases. OpenSCAD Mechanical Keyboard Cases

classic-trackball. A trackball mouse. Mechanical files, PCBs, and firmware all included.

logitech-mouse. Use an arduino as a logitech wireless 🐭

awesome-python-applications. 💿 Free software that works great, and also happens to be open-source Python.

awesome-python. An opinionated list of Python frameworks, libraries, tools, and resources

duckstation. Fast PlayStation 1 emulator for x86-64/AArch32/AArch64/RV64

xg2xg. by ex-googlers, for ex-googlers - a lookup table of similar tech & services

ra1nsn0w. A tethered booter for 64bit iOS devices vulnerable to checkm8

chipwhisperer. ChipWhisperer - the complete open-source toolchain for side-channel power analysis and glitching attacks

chipwhisperer. ChipWhisperer - the complete open-source toolchain for side-channel power analysis and glitching attacks

Wii-Glitching. Wii Mini Glitching Scripts/Resources for CWLite

zoonavigator. Web-based ZooKeeper UI

adsbypasser. Bypass ad counter if possible.

uBlock. uBlock Origin - An efficient blocker for Chromium and Firefox. Fast and lean.

BoardBuilder. Generate keyboard plate OpenSCAD drawings from keyboard-layout-editor.com JSON files

pomotroid. :tomato: Simple and visually-pleasing Pomodoro timer

cloud-nuke. A tool for cleaning up your cloud accounts by nuking (deleting) all resources within it

scad-clj-test. Procedural 3d modelling with Clojure + scad-clj

vim-addon-local-vimrc. kiss local vimrc with hash protection

vim-projectlocal. Per-project .vimrc files.

syncserver. Run-Your-Own Firefox Sync Server

fxa. Monorepo for Mozilla Accounts (formerly Firefox Accounts)

lanta. Experiments in creating a tiling X11 window manager in Rust.

gabelstaplerwm. A window manager in Rust, using XCB

homeserver. A Matrix homeserver written in Rust.

selfblow. CVE‑2019‑5680

SMM2CourseDecryptor. Decrypts course data from Super Mario Maker 2.

Plutonium. Easy-to-use, SDL2-based UI framework for Nintendo Switch homebrew

Goldleaf. 🍂 Multipurpose homebrew tool for Nintendo Switch

Tinfoil. Nintendo Switch homebrew to manage titles.

SMM2CourseInjector. D

solo1. Solo 1 firmware in C

airnotifier. Push Notifications Server for Human Beings.

countly-server. Countly is a privacy-first, AI-powered analytics and engagement platform for understanding and optimizing customer journeys across digital applications, from desktop and mobile to IoT and connected environments.

gaurun. General push notification server in Go

uniqush-push. Uniqush is a free and open source software system which provides a unified push service for server side notification to apps on mobile devices.

bitcoin. Bitcoin Core integration/staging tree

concourse. Concourse is a container-based automation system written in Go. It's mostly used for CI/CD.

tikv. Distributed transactional key-value database, originally created to complement TiDB

tidb. TiDB is built for agentic workloads that grow unpredictably, with ACID guarantees and native support for transactions, analytics, and vector search. No data silos. No noisy neighbors. No infrastructure ceiling.

serenity. A Rust library for the Discord API.

MiniDox_PCB. MiniDox Keyboard, PCB files

odd-rocket. https://oddrocketkeyboards.blogspot.com/

koa2-bunyan-server. A structured logging example using koa2 and bunyan

h-encore. Fully chained kernel exploit for the PS Vita on firmwares 3.65-3.68

Adrenaline. Custom Firmware 6.61 Adrenaline for the PSP Emulator

Trinity. Trinity Exploit - Emulator Escape

promise-fun. Promise packages, patterns, chat, and tutorials

keyboard_case_and_pcb_gen. Python

kbpcb. Automated Keyboard PCB generator for KiCad

mira-project-archive. The Homebrew Platform

HID-Joy-Con-Whispering. Talk to Joy-Con from a PC because it's cool

SunriseOS. Horizon/NX kernel reimplementation

alva. Create living prototypes with code components.

Main_MiSTer. Main MiSTer binary and Wiki

vim-vinegar. vinegar.vim: Combine with netrw to create a delicious salad dressing

ghidra. Ghidra is a software reverse engineering (SRE) framework

SplitKeyboard. Files for my split keyboard

trackpoint. How to integrate a trackpoint in a mechanical keyboard

for-science-keyboard. A split ergo 4x5 keyboard with 3 thumb keys where each half is smaller than the 100x100mm cheap PCB production size.

awesome-mechanical-keyboard. ⌨️ A curated list of Open Source Mechanical Keyboard resources.

QuakespasmNX. Nintendo Switch port of Quakespasm

freeminer. Freeminer is an open source sandbox game inspired by Minecraft.

golang-http-file-upload-download. A simple example of an HTTP upload and download in Go

loaders. IDA Loaders for Switch binaries

pegaswitch. PegaSwitch is an exploit toolkit for the Nintendo Switch

Nintendo_Switch_Reverse_Engineering. A look at inner workings of Joycon and Nintendo Switch

metaforce. A native reimplementation of the Metroid Prime engine

sit. Serverless (offline-first, merge-friendly) Information Tracker

nitpick. Distributed bug tracker built upon the project VCS

HoRNDIS. Android USB tethering driver for Mac OS X

hexyl. A command-line hex viewer

crust. Reliable p2p network connections in Rust with NAT traversal. One of the most needed libraries for any server-less / decentralised projects

hacker-scripts. Based on a true story

libfuse. The reference implementation of the Linux FUSE (Filesystem in Userspace) interface

sapling. A Scalable, User-Friendly Source Control System.

mononoke. A Mercurial source control server, specifically designed to support large monorepos.

eduke32_old. C++

nxquake2. Nintendo Switch port of the Yamagi Quake II client

libnx-rs. Rust

Nx-Usb. Rust

snowman. Snowman decompiler

sled. the champagne of beta embedded databases

llamadb. [Not maintained] A SQL database written in Rust

indradb. A graph database written in rust

gb-tas-gen. Java

jobber. An alternative to cron, with sophisticated status-reporting and error-handling

os-tutorial. How to create an OS from scratch

language-server-protocol. Defines a common protocol for language servers.

capnproto. Cap'n Proto serialization/RPC system - core tools and C++ library

sandstorm. Sandstorm is a self-hostable web productivity suite. It's implemented as a security-hardened web app package manager.

KeyV2. KeyV2: A Parametric Mechanical Keycap Library

controller. Kiibohd Controller

kll. KLL Compiler

FreiKey. Firmware for my custom ergonomic keyboards, using Teensy 4.0's, Adafruit nRF52840's, and even maybe an RP2040 or two.

rim. Aspiring vim-like text editor

just. 🤖 Just a command runner

awesome-rust. A curated list of Rust code and resources.

way-cooler. Wayland compositor for AwesomeWM

rust-os-comparison. A comparison of operating systems written in Rust

rust_os. An OS kernel written in rust. Non POSIX

vault. Content-addressable data storage system

joplin. Joplin - the privacy-focused note taking app with sync capabilities for Windows, macOS, Linux, Android and iOS.

watchman. Watches files and records, or triggers actions, when they change.

LivePage. LivePage for Google Chrome reloads website resources (such as CSS, HTML and JavaScript) as they change on the server.

bity-8. Yet Another Fantasy Console.

flowchart.js. Draws simple SVG flow chart diagrams from textual representation of the diagram

js-sequence-diagrams. Draws simple SVG sequence diagrams from textual representation of the diagram

ripgrep. ripgrep recursively searches directories for a regex pattern while respecting your gitignore

SpockKeyboard. Hardware and software for a split ergonomic keyboard

ErgoBlue. Software (and a reasonable amount of hardware description) for a fully wireless (Bluetooth) ErgoDox keyboard based on a Gist from the fabulous Wez Furlong.

discord-rs. Rust library for the Discord chat client API

d-zone. An ambient life simulation driven by user activity within a Discord server

ipfs. Peer-to-peer hypermedia protocol

directed-graph-creator. Interactive tool for creating directed graphs

proxygen. A collection of C++ HTTP libraries including an easy to use HTTP server.

discourse. A platform for community discussion. Free, open, simple.

sway. i3-compatible Wayland compositor

os01. Bootstrap yourself to write an OS from scratch. A book for self-learner.

lets-split-guide. This guide covers building a Let's Split v2

load81. SDL based Lua programming environment for kids similar to Codea

keyboard-pcb-guide. Guide on how to design keyboard PCBs with KiCad

dactyl-keyboard. Dactyl-ManuForm, a parameterized ergonomic keyboard

dactyl-keyboard. Parameterized ergonomic keyboard

comicconvert. comicconvert is a simple script that converts any cbr or cbz files to an easy to read pdf

TOWebViewController. A view controller class for iOS that allows users to view web pages directly within an app.

ComicFlow. Full source code for the ComicFlow comic reader for iPad

project-based-learning. Curated list of project-based tutorials

Exploit-Writeups. A collection where my current and future writeups for exploits/CTF will go

plowshare. Command-line tool and engine for managing sharing websites

AppGrid. macOS window manager with Vim–like hotkeys

kad. Keyboard Automated Design (KAD) is a Golang library for designing mechanical keyboards

CoVim. Collaborative Editing for Vim

rustodon. A Mastodon-compatible, ActivityPub-speaking server in Rust

mastodon. Your self-hosted, globally interconnected microblogging community

Relativty. An open source VR headset with SteamVR supports for $200

aax2mp3-easy. Convert Audible AAX (.aax) files to MP3 (.mp3) with no effort.

RaspberryPi-HandHeld. Files related to the RaspberryPi powered retro gaming handheld

notch. A CHIP-8 interpreter written in Rust.

3d_printed_keyboard. A fully 3D printed computer keyboard

video_transcoding. Tools to transcode, inspect and convert videos.

mpv-rs. safe mpv bindings for Rust

plex-media-player. Next generation Plex Desktop/Embedded Client

VSCodeNeovim. A rewrite of VSCodeVim, backed by neovim. Still in development, not meant for use.

rust-bindgen. Automatically generates Rust FFI bindings to C (and some C++) libraries.

streama. Self hosted streaming media server. https://docs.streama-project.com/

Craft. A simple Minecraft clone written in C using modern OpenGL (shaders).

nave. Virtual Environments for Node

vimium. The hacker's browser.

dolaunch. Set of dol launching tools for GameCube

tokio-proto. A network application framework for Rust

book. The Rust Programming Language

blog_os. Writing an OS in Rust

roguelike-tutorial. Port of the "Complete Roguelike Tutorial, using python+libtcod" to Rust + tcod

How-to-Make-a-Computer-Operating-System. How to Make a Computer Operating System in C++

vim-plug. :hibiscus: Minimalist Vim Plugin Manager

hexapod. Golang program for my junky robot

goquery. A little like that j-thing, only in Go.

mitosis-hardware. Mechanical design files for the Mitosis keyboard

katriawm. A non-reparenting, dynamic window manager with decorations

fonts. Patched fonts for Powerline users.

powerline. Powerline is a statusline plugin for vim, and provides statuslines and prompts for several other applications, including zsh, bash, tmux, IPython, Awesome and Qtile.

Hasklig. Hasklig - a code font with monospaced ligatures

vim-airline. lean & mean status/tabline for vim that's light as air

redox. Mirror of https://gitlab.redox-os.org/redox-os/redox

gost. A static HTTP file server written in Golang.

ghost. A simple, vanilla static file server written in Go

developer-roadmap. Interactive roadmaps, guides and other educational content to help developers grow in their careers.

xsecurelock. X11 screen lock utility with security in mind

3DSDevTools. Memory dumper for 3DS handheld

corbenik. CFW for the 3DS, uses bytecode as patches

PSP-PRX-Libraries-Documentation-Project. HTML

Despertar-Del-Cementerio. Contains the full sources for DCv7

3.90-M33. Contains the full source for 3.90 M33

XDS. C++

tamperchrome. Tamper Dev is an extension that allows you to intercept and edit HTTP/HTTPS requests and responses as they happen without the need of a proxy. Works across all operating systems (including Chrome OS).

Peergos. A p2p, secure file storage, social network and application protocol

cen64. Cycle-Accurate Nintendo 64 Emulator

oce. OpenCASCADE Community Edition (OCE): a community driven fork of the Open CASCADE library.

OccTutorial. Tutorials for OpenCASCADE, the open source CAD kernel

ConceptFORGE. Python

Repetier-Firmware-4-Davinci. Repetier-Firmware-0.92 based for DaVinci printer (Beta - so far so good)

EaselJS. The Easel Javascript library provides a full, hierarchical display list, a core interaction model, and helper classes to make working with the HTML5 Canvas element much easier.

Kha. Ultra-portable, high performance, open source multimedia framework.

chip8. CHIP 8 emulator written in C

gPSP. Exophase's original GBA PSP emulator, the final version 0.9 made in 2007. This is the basis of many unofficial forks and ports, such as gPSP-kai and gPSP-mod.