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Nikita Sobolev
Nikita Sobolev

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9 best open-source findings, November 2019

Hello, everyone!

Let me introduce a list of the best open-source findings for November 2019.

If you want to have more awesomeness, including new and useful open-source tools, great articles, and excellent talks - you can join my telegram channel called @OpensourceFindings (mirror link).

In this list we will discuss: Rust, TypeScript, JavaScript, Go, and Python.
This includes web development, devops and QA tooling, and DX improvements.

githistory

Your time machine for Github. Allows to see how each file was modified during its lifetime.
Written in JavaScript.

Link

githistory

qawolf

Just one command npx qawolf record example.com to record your E2E tests.
Written in TypeScript.

Link

qawolf

plynth

And now I will show you something really unusual!
You can write thread-safe HTML/CSS/Python GUI framework. Wait, what? Yes, you heard it write. You can write your frontend in Python. It even supports Vue.js out of the box.
Written in Python.

Link

plynth

lazydocker

Minimalistic TUI to work with docker. Supports mouse.
Written in Go.

Link

Lazydocker

tui-rs

One more thing about TUIs. Do you want to build your own one?
Here's the toolset you can use. Multiple components, easy setup.
Written in Rust.

Link

tui-rs

easydb

Database in just one click.
There are clients in Python, JavaScript, Ruby, Bash.

Link

easydb

transform.tools

Very useful service to covert different formats in and out. Here are some examples:

  • HTML and SVG into jsx
  • json into Kotlin, TypeScript, or Go Struct
  • Markdown into HTML, yaml int json, and etc

Link

transform.tools

​​dovpanda

Linter for pandas. Finds errors and suggests improvements. Very helpful for ones who just start to work with data. Or teach how to work with it.
Written in Python.

Link

dovpanda

flowy

Beautiful library to create flowcharts.
Written in JavaScript.

Link

flowy

Bonus!

dotenv-linter: this is a linter for your .env files. Simple, protects you from erros in your configuration, forces you and your team to stick to the same style. Now with Github Actions support, it can (and will!) comment your pull requests like so:

dotenv-linter

That's it for today! Make sure to subscribe to my channel if you liked this list. I am going to post new ones each month. Also, feel free to post any cool projects you know in the comments. Feedback is always welcome.

You can also follow me on Github to see how new instruments are made, and what you can help with! It is a great start if you are new to open-source.

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thojest

Hey thanks for sharing! You might be interested in Turtle (turtle.community) where you can easily add and maintain your tool list and at the same time share them with an awesome community.

Maybe you like it :)

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Nikita Sobolev

Great resource! I have found a lot of useful things there. Thanks for sharing.

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Jon Perl

Thanks for sharing qawolf! If anyone has feedback please let me know gitter.im/qawolf/community

I will make sure we get a smaller GIF too :)

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Nikita Sobolev • Edited

Thanks, @jperl ! I have struggled a lot with this image πŸ˜†

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Nikita Sobolev

Updated!

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Dmitrii Gerasimov

Thanks, I like your findings. Consistently find at least several tools your list potentially useful.

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Nikita Sobolev

Awesome! Thanks for the feedback.

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Ghost

OMFG, tui-rs and lazydocker are beautiful, my thanks to you sir.

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Nikita Sobolev

You are welcome!

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Dmytro Litvinov

Great list :)
Thanks, Nikita!

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Nikita Sobolev

Feel free to share your projects! πŸ‘