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LegacySéance — How I Summoned the Ghosts of Dead Tech With Gemma 2 & MongoDB 🕯️

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

LegacySéance — How I Summoned the Ghosts of Dead Tech With Gemma 2 & MongoDB 🕯️

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Snippy

Snippy

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# NYC – Not Your Calc: Making Everyday Calculations Smarter

# NYC – Not Your Calc: Making Everyday Calculations Smarter

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A Little Thing Worth Keeping: A Local Gemma Memory Lantern

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

A Little Thing Worth Keeping: A Local Gemma Memory Lantern

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HALLOWEEN FOLKLORE AI

HALLOWEEN FOLKLORE AI

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Ofrenda: A Local AI Altar That Keeps Your Loved Ones’ Memories Alive

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

Ofrenda: A Local AI Altar That Keeps Your Loved Ones’ Memories Alive

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Wayfarer AI – Your Open-Source Travel Companion

Wayfarer AI – Your Open-Source Travel Companion

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NecroTerm: An Ethereal Séance with Computing's Past (Powered by Gemma 2)

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

NecroTerm: An Ethereal Séance with Computing's Past (Powered by Gemma 2)

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Project GHOST: I Built a Haunted Memory Investigator with Local Gemma AI 👻

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

Project GHOST: I Built a Haunted Memory Investigator with Local Gemma AI 👻

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👻 The Spirit Box: two dead Montaigne argue in your browser (Hacktoberfest Week 4)

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

👻 The Spirit Box: two dead Montaigne argue in your browser (Hacktoberfest Week 4)

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GhostTrace: a terminal ghost that cites your commit history before you rm -rf it

GhostTrace: a terminal ghost that cites your commit history before you rm -rf it

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👻 Rashomon of the Dead-A Local, Offline-First AI Detective Game using Gemma and Ollama

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

👻 Rashomon of the Dead-A Local, Offline-First AI Detective Game using Gemma and Ollama

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Digital Afterlife: A Local, Sovereign Memory Vault & Digital Ofrenda for Honoring Ancestors

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

Digital Afterlife: A Local, Sovereign Memory Vault & Digital Ofrenda for Honoring Ancestors

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StackSpirit: a local ghost that tells you what to install

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

StackSpirit: a local ghost that tells you what to install

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My Terminal Is Haunted by a Programmer Who Never Finished Their Deploy

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

My Terminal Is Haunted by a Programmer Who Never Finished Their Deploy

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