Windows Ecosystem

Windows is Microsoft’s GUI-based operating system. It is known for its graphical display and is designed to be user-friendly.

Created by
Microsoft Corporation
Released
November 20, 1985
Community Repos
27,990
Total GitHub Stars
2,659,258
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terminal

The new Windows Terminal and the original Windows console host, all in the same place!

11 Aug 2017 93,799

PowerToys

Windows system utilities to maximize productivity

01 May 2019 104,499

calculator

Windows Calculator: A simple yet powerful calculator that ships with Windows

28 Jan 2019 29,160

windows-rs

Rust for Windows

12 Sep 2019 9,853

rufus

The Reliable USB Formatting Utility

19 Nov 2011 27,108

Files

Building the best file manager for Windows

04 Jan 2019 32,345

Microsoft-Activation-Scripts

Open-source Windows and Office activator featuring HWID, Ohook, KMS38, and Online KMS activation methods, along with advanced troubleshooting

12 Jan 2020 97,323

TranslucentTB

A lightweight utility that makes the Windows taskbar translucent/transparent

10 Jan 2017 14,402

node

Node

26 Nov 2014 103,511

vcpkg

C++ Library Manager for Windows, Linux, and MacOS

15 Sep 2016 21,826

PowerShell

PowerShell for every system!

13 Jan 2016 43,213

sudo

It's sudo, for Windows

01 Feb 2024 3,782

alacritty

A cross-platform, OpenGL terminal emulator

18 Feb 2016 52,492

wpfui

WPF UI provides the Fluent experience in your known and loved WPF framework

24 Jul 2021 6,591

winit

Window handling library in pure Rust

23 Feb 2016 4,578

flutter

Flutter makes it easy and fast to build beautiful apps for mobile and beyond

06 Mar 2015 161,541

appium

Cross-platform automation framework for all kinds of apps, built on top of the W3C WebDriver protocol

09 Jan 2013 17,942

EarTrumpet

EarTrumpet - Volume Control for Windows

11 Jul 2015 8,870

pywin32

Python for Windows (pywin32) Extensions

24 Oct 2017 4,849

DevToys

A Swiss Army knife for developers

29 Sep 2021 23,159
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barely-windows

Barely Windows is a user-friendly web-based GUI editor that enhances your Windows experience

09 Oct 2024 2

DelusionOS

🚀 DelusionOS Created is the ultimate Windows for gaming with low latency and improved performance

24 Sep 2024 3

pydxdiag

A Python library for dxdiag log parsing and ORMs

24 Sep 2024 0

KivyGlow

Excellent set of kivy widgets

23 Sep 2024 0

hnslib

Windows - Host Networking Service Shim

19 Sep 2024 0

modstore

Basic and Modded Data Structures with rust backend for speed and safety and python's comfortability

18 Sep 2024 0

CyberCompass

Repository for the 2024 Cyber Compass Hackathon

17 Sep 2024 0

UWPurge

Streamline Windows 11 by removing UWP apps and replacing them with faster alternatives

17 Sep 2024 3

weird-file-names

weird file names 💩 for testing your shell scripts and applications

17 Sep 2024 2

lldm

LLDM or Large Language Dungeon Master is an adventure game authoring and playing system based on LLMs

16 Sep 2024 1

Luma-Code

The First Self-Programming AI Code Editor

16 Sep 2024 2

komorebit

Yet another tray indicator for komorebi

15 Sep 2024 5

blog

Ralph Hightower — Blog

15 Sep 2024 1

screenshots

screenshots tauri

15 Sep 2024 1

Randox.

A Simple and Beautiful Random Number Extraction Program, based on Scratch and Electron

15 Sep 2024 2

Slate-Desktop-for-Windows-11

Contemporary Slate Desktop Setup for Windows 11 // Unlock powerful performance enhancements, system optimizations, and streamlined productivity tools—all wrapped in a sleek, modern design with an elegant acrylic touch

15 Sep 2024 2

node-file-attributes

A Node

14 Sep 2024 0

lolibar

statusbar tools for windows written in C#

13 Sep 2024 3

mpwt

TUI tool transforming Windows Terminal experience by splitting multi commands into panes

13 Sep 2024 3

ntoseye

Windows kernel debugger for Linux hosts running Windows under KVM/QEMU

13 Sep 2024 53