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#1 TRENDING silentsoft/hits JavaScript 2021

:rocket: A fast, simple and privacy-friendly way to count hits on your GitHub repositories, websites and more.

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#2 TRENDING udaysharmadev/Not-Ai Python NEW 2026

Not Ai isn’t just about bypassing AI detectors. It puts good writing first, creating clear, honest prose shaped by human writing standards. It’s perfect for college and school projects, LinkedIn/X posts, emails, factual articles, personal essays, social media posts, and technical documentation, especially GitHub READMEs

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