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Products that do what MakeMe – A Makefile tool rewritten from Fish to Go does
Hi HN, A few years ago, I wrote a tool called MakeMeFish. MakeMeFish is a wrapper around fzf to list Makefile targets and show what they contain. I use MakeMeFish myself every day, it's a pretty simple tool but it has been immensely useful to me and many others. MakeMeFish is great, but only works in Fish shell. I've been planning a rewrite to support other shells for years, but hadn't gotten around to do it. We all know that AI tools are great at writing boilerplate python, js and java code, but struggle with novel and edge case code. When Gemini 2.5 was released, I used MakeMeFish as my…
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2018 · github.com
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2017 · github.com
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Shelon: https://github.com/housni/sheldon It's not a framework, it's a library. It attempts to mimic function names in Python. Most functions work in Bash 4.3+ but there are those that work on older versions. The 'help' target in Makefile is on crack! Check the issues in that repo for upcoming features. Useful for DevOps Engineers or anyone who has to write Bash scripts.
2018
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I don't know Rust. Friday after work I realised that 90% of my IDE time now is just the commit/diff view — and even good IDEs feel heavy for that. So over the weekend I built a dedicated native tool for just that. Kyde is a macOS git commit + diff editor with one goal: be fast, do Git well. I'm curious whether anyone else mostly opens their IDE for git operations these days. It's open source, and there's a signed app in Releases.
Jun 2026 · github.com
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2016 · fisherman.sh
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Great opportunity if you're a user of Zapier/Make or if you provide services based on these platforms, to cut your costs significantly. Excited to announce the launch of DoTenX(https://dotenx.com/), an open-source alternative for Zapier/Make: https://github.com/dotenx/dotenx If you're using platforms like Zapier or Make to automate workflows for yourself or provide it as a service to your clients, I invite you to get early access to our platform (Just mention here, or even better, DM me on Twitter). At this stage, the service will be available to…
2022 · dotenx.com
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Simple light-weight package manager and build system written in C for c/c++ projects - mainak55512/flint
8d ago · github.com
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2018 · partow.net
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I built a CLI tool that turns codebases and PRs into diagrams so you can quickly understand how things fit together. Originally made it because I couldn't follow my own AI-generated repos. Just shipped a big update: - Switched from D2 to Mermaid for rendering - Tree-sitter AST parsing + agentic flow instead of raw LLM calls. ~50x faster. - Works on any GitHub repo or PR, not just local - Dropped the web frontend, it's just a CLI now - Published as a pip package Still a ton to improve and I'm building fast. Feedback, issues, PRs all welcome.
Feb 2026 · github.com
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Over this past month I had the idea to build a 100% open-source MIT-licensed tool to simplify sharing code with LLMs, without the vendor lock-in you get from most SDKs. Right now, it’s way too hard to export your data or work freely with models like o1 PRO or Grok 3, especially since they don’t even have API access. So I built OpenRepoPrompt, an open-source tool from wildberry-source that serializes files and folders into XML for LLMs. I coded/designed from 12PM -> 11PM on Saturday and 8AM -> 11PM on Sunday. There are still tons of features missing (I'm working on better file filtering…
2025 · github.com
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2018 · github.com
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Hi HN! I am excited to share Hadmean with you all for feedback and early adoption. What: Hadmean is an open-source, no-code internal tool generator. Why: Most internal tool generators make you build from the ground up i.e you get a blank canvas, drag and drop and wire components to satisfy your business requirement. This I believe has many problems. - They require some technical know-how. - They require some learning curve. - They require time to build and maintain. - You duplicate a lot of business logic already in your database. How: Hadmean attempts internal tool generation with a new…
2022 · github.com
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Been using it for about a year now in production, but rewrote it completely in golang. My first go project so far. I wanted to have something that would make my life easier. A lot of tools nowaday kinda push you towards functional deployments and that usually doesn't work for me since I like stuff like LiveView by Phoenix and Websocket stuff in general. Old vercel deployments back when they allowed to deploy docker containers was a godsend, but since they don't offer that anymore I had to use services like fly.io(which is amazing) or heroku. However I wanted something selfhosted that I could…
2024 · deploywithjig.askh.at
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Hey everyone! I've developed Gemini Engineer, an AI-powered CLI tool for software developers, using the Gemini API! This tool aims to assist with project creation, file management, and coding tasks through AI. It's still in development, and I'd love to get feedback from fellow developers like you. Check out the project on GitHub: https://github.com/ozanunal0/gemini-engineer Please give it a try and share your thoughts, suggestions, or any bugs you find. Thanks a bunch!
2025 · github.com
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While it's not hard to write a Dockerfile, I think it's hard to write a good one. Every language has its own quirks, and every framework has a special way of building things. I was looking for a collection of well-written and well-maintained Dockerfiles, but I couldn't find one. Thus, I thought of creating one! I realized it's not enough to have a simple Dockerfile. Sometimes you need other files for your build: nginx.conf, php.ini, my.cnf, etc. I also realized that people have different preferences. In Node, some use NPM, some use YARN, some use PNPM. In PHP, some use Apache, some use FPM…
2022 · github.com
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Hey everyone! I’ve developed a few tools that I wanted to share with the community: https://clipush.deno.dev A simple way to send web push notifications using cURL, making the process much easier to integrate into your workflow. (An experiment for personal usage.) https://request-bin.deno.dev A tool that acts as a real-time HTTP request debugger with SSE logging to track and analyze requests efficiently. (Created after requestb.in introduced limits on free accounts. Personally used for testing webhooks.) https://lock-states.deno.dev A service to manage lock…
2024
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The startup I work for has an internal, bash-based, cli that basically amounts to shared aliases with a common entrypoint. As the number of aliases has grown, I've had a desire to group functionality together in subcommands, add more help strings, and have better tab completion. I know I could convert it to, e.g., a python script, but I was curious what was possible if we continued to use bash. I couldn't find anything that solved those problems without lots of extra machinery. I understand why, shell scripts are generally not long, and focused on a dedicated task; adding cli features to…
Mar 2026 · github.com
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Hi everyone, I've been working on a CLI tool that can help to easily run any model in claude, Codex, Gemini, Pi, and OpenCode. It's also an API keys manager, supports multiple providers or OpenAI/Claude/Gemini accounts. You can add openrouter, poe, Vercel AI gateways etc. It has a built-in provider that is free to all, which is using Deepseek-V4, no login or API key required, add your own when you're ready. After installation you can try claude instantly (No config, no login): aivo claude Hope it's useful to someone.
Apr 2026 · getaivo.dev
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Hi HN, My name is Ravi Sojitra and i'm working on a Dev Tool product named DhiWise, that let you generate production ready source code(For Node.js,Laravel,Flutter,Kotlin,Swift) in few mins with ready to get synced in your GitHub/GitLab or Download. Let me explain like you're five. Imagine you want to bake a cake and you have all the raw materials you need such as flour, baking powder, eggs. Now, you give us those materials and we will bake you the ready-to-serve cake of your choice. With this product's context, with just minimal technology specific inputs, this builder is going to…
2021
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TLDR; I built a tool that turns any API into a CLI designed for ai agents --- Got tired of dealing with bloated context windows from MCP servers and skills that stuff entire API docs into the agent's context CLIs fix this, agents run a single command to self-discover everything an API has to offer So, built a tool to generate them for any api. All CLIs are written in Go, fast and lightweight, no dependencies Help text (via the --help flag) is the killer feature: all context for each command/endpoint/parameter is extracted directly from the user-facing API docs and enhanced with…
Mar 2026 · instantcli.com
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I built WayPoint to streamline my terminal workflow and simplify both shell command expansion and URL shortening. Here’s a quick overview: - Shell Command Shortening - Type a shortcut like s/gs and it instantly expands to git status in your terminal. - Integrated support for zsh and fish via custom completion scripts that perform in-place expansions. - Configure shortcuts easily using a YAML file, for example: - Hierarchical URL Shortener - Use the same YAML configuration to create nested URL shortcuts for internal tools, documentation, or other resources. - Supports multi-level…
2025 · github.com
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