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Linux kernel
Monolithic Unix-like operating system kernel used by Linux distributions, Android and embedded devices.
Updated 34 days ago1 94.3 =Show how this rank is calculated
Rank receipt: Linux kernel#1 overall · #1 in category94.3/100- Release freshness +49.4 98.8 × 50%
- Adoption signals +45.0 89.9 × 50%
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Visual Studio Code (Code - OSS)
Source repository of the Code - OSS editor, with debugging, Git integration and an extension API.
Updated 3 days ago2 94.0 =Show how this rank is calculated
Rank receipt: Visual Studio Code (Code - OSS)#2 overall · #1 in category94.0/100- Release freshness +50.0 100.0 × 50%
- Adoption signals +44.0 88.1 × 50%
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Ollama
Runtime to download and run large language models locally, with a CLI and a REST API.
Updated 2 days ago3 93.8 =Show how this rank is calculated
Rank receipt: Ollama#3 overall · #1 in category93.8/100- Release freshness +50.0 100.0 × 50%
- Adoption signals +43.8 87.6 × 50%
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Transformers
Python library with model definitions and pretrained weights for text, vision and audio transformers.
Updated 9 days ago4 93.5 =Show how this rank is calculated
Rank receipt: Transformers#4 overall · #1 in category93.5/100- Release freshness +50.0 100.0 × 50%
- Adoption signals +43.5 87.0 × 50%
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LangChain
Python framework for composing LLM applications from models, prompts, tools, retrievers and agents.
Updated 1 day ago5 93.0 =Show how this rank is calculated
Rank receipt: LangChain#5 overall · #1 in category93.0/100- Release freshness +50.0 100.0 × 50%
- Adoption signals +43.0 86.1 × 50%
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