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After Midnight: Turning Real Events into AI-Narrated Nightmares

Hacktoberfest Open-Source AI Challenge: Ghost in the Machine Submission 👻🌼

After Midnight: Turning Real Events into AI-Narrated Nightmares

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The Dreadframe

The Dreadframe

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DraftLight: A little light for your unfinished drafts

Hacktoberfest Open-Source AI Challenge: Ghost in the Machine Submission 👻🌼

DraftLight: A little light for your unfinished drafts

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AfterImage

AfterImage

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PhantomCode 👻 – Building a Haunted AI Coding Assistant | Hacktoberfest 2026

Hacktoberfest Open-Source AI Challenge: Ghost in the Machine Submission 👻🌼

PhantomCode 👻 – Building a Haunted AI Coding Assistant | Hacktoberfest 2026

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I let three ghosts into my terminal. One of them remembered what I was doing three months ago tonight.

Hacktoberfest Open-Source AI Challenge: Ghost in the Machine Submission 👻🌼

I let three ghosts into my terminal. One of them remembered what I was doing three months ago tonight.

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Cuéntame: a local Gemma interviewer that preserves the words you actually said

Cuéntame: a local Gemma interviewer that preserves the words you actually said

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Ghost Threads: Building an offline altar for 47 unkept promises with Gemma, TabPFN & Render

Hacktoberfest Open-Source AI Challenge: Ghost in the Machine Submission 👻🌼

Ghost Threads: Building an offline altar for 47 unkept promises with Gemma, TabPFN & Render

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Haunted by WhatsApp Cancellations, So I Built a Ghost That Never Cooks the Books

Hacktoberfest Open-Source AI Challenge: Ghost in the Machine Submission 👻🌼

Haunted by WhatsApp Cancellations, So I Built a Ghost That Never Cooks the Books

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**WEEK 4 DEV CHALLENGE - HALLOWEEN THEME - GHOST STORY GENERATOR:)**

Hacktoberfest Open-Source AI Challenge: Ghost in the Machine Submission 👻🌼

**WEEK 4 DEV CHALLENGE - HALLOWEEN THEME - GHOST STORY GENERATOR:)**

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👻 Ghost Terminal: A Ghost Living Inside Your Terminal

Hacktoberfest Open-Source AI Challenge: Ghost in the Machine Submission 👻🌼

👻 Ghost Terminal: A Ghost Living Inside Your Terminal

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Memory Lantern: finding old stories when you’ve forgotten the words

Hacktoberfest Open-Source AI Challenge: Ghost in the Machine Submission 👻🌼

Memory Lantern: finding old stories when you’ve forgotten the words

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FinePrint Phantom: Summon the Clauses Hiding in the Fine Print

Hacktoberfest Open-Source AI Challenge: Ghost in the Machine Submission 👻🌼

FinePrint Phantom: Summon the Clauses Hiding in the Fine Print

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Dead-Code Ghost: Find Dead JavaScript and TypeScript Functions, Locally, with Gemma 3 1B

Hacktoberfest Open-Source AI Challenge: Ghost in the Machine Submission 👻🌼

Dead-Code Ghost: Find Dead JavaScript and TypeScript Functions, Locally, with Gemma 3 1B

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I built a coroner for dead software. It issues death certificates, and it refuses to lie.

Hacktoberfest Open-Source AI Challenge: Ghost in the Machine Submission 👻🌼

I built a coroner for dead software. It issues death certificates, and it refuses to lie.

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