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The Haunted AI Mirror

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

The Haunted AI Mirror

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Slow and Steady: LazySort — Your Local AI File Organizer 🦥

Hacktoberfest Open-Source AI Challenge Week 3: Slow and Steady Submission 🦥

Slow and Steady: LazySort — Your Local AI File Organizer 🦥

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I Got Tired of Turning One Blog Post Into Five Different Tasks, So I Built FlowToFeed

Hacktoberfest Open-Source AI Challenge Week 3: Slow and Steady Submission 🦥

I Got Tired of Turning One Blog Post Into Five Different Tasks, So I Built FlowToFeed

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ChatInspector AI: I Built a Privacy-First Local AI That Inspects Your Chats You Up on 1,000 Messages in Seconds

Hacktoberfest Open-Source AI Challenge Week 3: Slow and Steady Submission 🦥

ChatInspector AI: I Built a Privacy-First Local AI That Inspects Your Chats You Up on 1,000 Messages in Seconds

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aalas: A privacy-first Job Hunting platform

Hacktoberfest Open-Source AI Challenge Week 3: Slow and Steady Submission 🦥

aalas: A privacy-first Job Hunting platform

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SlothSort

Hacktoberfest Open-Source AI Challenge Week 3: Slow and Steady Submission 🦥

SlothSort

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ScreenArch: The Archaeologist for Your Screenshots

Hacktoberfest Open-Source AI Challenge Week 3: Slow and Steady Submission 🦥

ScreenArch: The Archaeologist for Your Screenshots

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I stopped hunting for good first issues. A Gemma inside GitHub Actions does it while I sleep

Hacktoberfest Open-Source AI Challenge Week 3: Slow and Steady Submission 🦥

I stopped hunting for good first issues. A Gemma inside GitHub Actions does it while I sleep

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Sleep Peacefully. Wake Up Informed: How I Built Sloth Digest with Local AI

Hacktoberfest Open-Source AI Challenge Week 3: Slow and Steady Submission 🦥

Sleep Peacefully. Wake Up Informed: How I Built Sloth Digest with Local AI

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Talk to the Book: dictating the book I owe 57 people

Hacktoberfest Open-Source AI Challenge Week 3: Slow and Steady Submission 🦥

Talk to the Book: dictating the book I owe 57 people

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SOLO: A Local-First AI Developer Agent That Works With Gemma 4

Hacktoberfest Open-Source AI Challenge Week 3: Slow and Steady Submission 🦥

SOLO: A Local-First AI Developer Agent That Works With Gemma 4

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Le Laissez-Log: Record what you learn everyday, Lazily in the Background

Hacktoberfest Open-Source AI Challenge Week 3: Slow and Steady Submission 🦥

Le Laissez-Log: Record what you learn everyday, Lazily in the Background

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Slow Tea, Steady Pay:

Slow Tea, Steady Pay:

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Gemma Reads the Chat. Python Refuses to Guess.

Hacktoberfest Open-Source AI Challenge Week 3: Slow and Steady Submission 🦥

Gemma Reads the Chat. Python Refuses to Guess.

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LeakLens: A Swiss-Editorial Financial Autopilot Powered by TabPFN-3.5 That Audits Messy Bank CSVs

Hacktoberfest Open-Source AI Challenge Week 3: Slow and Steady Submission 🦥

LeakLens: A Swiss-Editorial Financial Autopilot Powered by TabPFN-3.5 That Audits Messy Bank CSVs

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