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SafePlate AI: The Zero-Hallucination Safe Meal Planner & Allergy Shield for Friends

SafePlate AI: The Zero-Hallucination Safe Meal Planner & Allergy Shield for Friends

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5 min read
ReaniGITor: a Día de los Muertos wake for my abandoned GitHub repos, written by Gemma on my own laptop

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

ReaniGITor: a Día de los Muertos wake for my abandoned GitHub repos, written by Gemma on my own laptop

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7 min read
Marigold Memory: Keeping Our Stories Close with a Local Open Model

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

Marigold Memory: Keeping Our Stories Close with a Local Open Model

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2 min read
Phantasm-Orbit: 3D NORAD Zombie Satellite Tracker, TabPFN Decay Forecaster & Local Gemma 3:1b Digital Séance 🛰️👻

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

Phantasm-Orbit: 3D NORAD Zombie Satellite Tracker, TabPFN Decay Forecaster & Local Gemma 3:1b Digital Séance 🛰️👻

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TerraScout AI: The Offline Trail Dispatcher & Field Naturalist Powered by Gemma 2

TerraScout AI: The Offline Trail Dispatcher & Field Naturalist Powered by Gemma 2

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The Last Echo: Keeping Memories Alive with Offline AI

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

The Last Echo: Keeping Memories Alive with Offline AI

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I Built an AI Séance to Bring Dead Codebases Back to Life 👻

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

I Built an AI Séance to Bring Dead Codebases Back to Life 👻

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6 min read
👻 Git Ghost: Your Code Never Truly Dies, An AI That Haunts Your Git History

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

👻 Git Ghost: Your Code Never Truly Dies, An AI That Haunts Your Git History

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GhostAltar

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

GhostAltar

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Ebyafaayo: keeping my grandparents' stories alive with Gemma 4, offline

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

Ebyafaayo: keeping my grandparents' stories alive with Gemma 4, offline

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Haunted Shell: Communing with Dead Code & Crashed Processes via Local Gemma 3

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

Haunted Shell: Communing with Dead Code & Crashed Processes via Local Gemma 3

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5 min read
The Ghost in the Machine: A Haunted AI Shell Wrapper for Developers

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

The Ghost in the Machine: A Haunted AI Shell Wrapper for Developers

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possess!!

possess!!

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Ofrenda: a candle for every website the web let go

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

Ofrenda: a candle for every website the web let go

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The ghost in my tests was a carriage return

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

The ghost in my tests was a carriage return

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