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Top PUBLIC-DOMAIN GitHub Repositories & Tools (2026)

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#1 TRENDING arnegiacomo/fugleramme Python NEW 2026

Bird frame for Raspberry Pi - real-time bird detection by audio, fully local AI, rendered as real, hand-cut 1800s bird illustrations. On an e-ink panel, a TV, or any screen.

◇ bird-detection ◇ birding ◇ birdnet ◇ birdnet-go

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#2 TRENDING amponce/archive-movie-browser JavaScript NEW 2025

Movie browser and player for archive.org

◇ archive-org ◇ classic-films ◇ internet-archive ◇ movies

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