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GhostShell: a haunted terminal that "possesses" your shell (Hacktoberfest Week 4)

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

GhostShell: a haunted terminal that "possesses" your shell (Hacktoberfest Week 4)

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4 min read
Origlyph — Decoding the Places Behind Culture

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

Origlyph — Decoding the Places Behind Culture

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5 min read
Link Séance: Summoning the Ghosts of Forgotten Websites with Open-Weight AI 👻

Link Séance: Summoning the Ghosts of Forgotten Websites with Open-Weight AI 👻

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3 min read
GhostFrame AI Studio: Turn Any Local Project into a Silent Demo with Ollama, Playwright and FFmpeg

GhostFrame AI Studio: Turn Any Local Project into a Silent Demo with Ollama, Playwright and FFmpeg

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1 min read
SPECTER: The Ghost in the Browser (100% Offline, In-Browser Haunted CRT Terminal)

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

SPECTER: The Ghost in the Browser (100% Offline, In-Browser Haunted CRT Terminal)

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4 min read
Pahana: An Open-Source AI Ofrenda for Family Stories 🕯️

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

Pahana: An Open-Source AI Ofrenda for Family Stories 🕯️

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Silent Air: A Radio Mystery Where Gemma Has to Know What It Does Not Know

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

Silent Air: A Radio Mystery Where Gemma Has to Know What It Does Not Know

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8 min read
10 of my Temporal workflows were never going to finish. A 4B model on my laptop wrote their death certificates

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

10 of my Temporal workflows were never going to finish. A 4B model on my laptop wrote their death certificates

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6 min read
Hacktoberfest Open-source AI Challenge l: Week 4

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

Hacktoberfest Open-source AI Challenge l: Week 4

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2 min read
Vesper: a ghost that moves into your terminal

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

Vesper: a ghost that moves into your terminal

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5 min read
CodeBoo: Exorcising Your Codebase’s Hidden TODOs and Haunted Bugs

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

CodeBoo: Exorcising Your Codebase’s Hidden TODOs and Haunted Bugs

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3 min read
TrackyAi

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

TrackyAi

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2 min read
An ofrenda for the Rust crates that went quiet

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

An ofrenda for the Rust crates that went quiet

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6 min read
An Unwritten Diary: An AI-Powered Interactive Story Game inspired by the Oregon Trail

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

An Unwritten Diary: An AI-Powered Interactive Story Game inspired by the Oregon Trail

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3 min read
GHOSTLIGHT: Stadium of Echoes Cover

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

GHOSTLIGHT: Stadium of Echoes Cover

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8 min read
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