The Vaib Report · 2026-03-29
Daily Digest – 2026-03-29
Daily curated repos and tools for solo founders, AI/B2B SaaS builders, and small business tools. 187 repos evaluated, 16 made the cut. Plus 36 picks from HuggingFace, Replicate, Papers with Code, npm, PyPI, GitLab, Ollama, and launch platforms.
SaaS starters and templates
Skolaczk/next-starter
Next.js starter with everything (Stripe, auth, tests). Skip boilerplate, build faster. (TypeScript, 974★)
★ 987
agustinusnathaniel/nextarter-chakra
Next.js + Chakra UI + TypeScript starter. Get a sleek UI project going quickly. (TypeScript, 839★)
★ 839
windingwind/zotero-plugin-template
Zotero plugin template. If you use Zotero, build your own integrations easily. (TypeScript, 801★)
★ 816
daltonmenezes/electron-app
Electron app boilerplate with React 19, Tailwind 4. Get desktop apps shipped, fast. (TypeScript, 796★)
★ 799
scaffdog/scaffdog
Markdown-driven scaffolding tool. Automate repetitive file generation like a pro. (TypeScript, 763★)
★ 765
AI agents, LLM infra and RAG
UGC, social media and creator tools
AiuniAI/Unique3D
Generate high-quality 3D meshes from a single image. Create assets without a 3D artist. (Python, 3.6k★)
★ 3,558
open-xml-templating/docxtemplater
Generate docx, pptx, xlsx from templates. Automate report generation, save hours. (JavaScript, 3.5k★)
★ 3,560
Tencent-Hunyuan/Hunyuan3D-1
Unified framework for text-to-3D and image-to-3D. Create 3D assets from text or images. (Python, 3.5k★)
★ 3,475
DLR-RM/BlenderProc
Procedural Blender pipeline for photorealistic images. Generate training data efficiently. (Python, 3.5k★)
★ 3,519
thu-ml/TurboDiffusion
100–200× acceleration for Video Diffusion Models. Make video AI models actually usable. (Python, 3.4k★)
★ 3,481
Trending oddballs worth a look
binhnguyennus/awesome-scalability
Patterns for scalable, reliable, performant systems. Learn how to not scale badly later. (Multi, 70k★)
★ 73,209
Z4nzu/hackingtool
ALL IN ONE Hacking Tool For Hackers. Probably don't need this, unless you're that kind of builder. (Python, 55.9k★)
★ 78,650
jellyfin/jellyfin
Free Software Media System. Self-host your media, ditch commercial services. (C#, 49.7k★)
★ 55,327
upscayl/upscayl
Free and Open Source AI Image Upscaler. Improve low-res images for free, finally. (TypeScript, 44.3k★)
★ 48,244
Replicate Models
Ollama Models
ministral-3
Ministral 3 for edge deployment. Run powerful LLMs locally on cheaper hardware. (772.8K pulls)
codeqwen
CodeQwen1.5, LLM trained on code. Get better code generation and analysis from an LLM. (770.2K pulls)
openhermes
OpenHermes 2.5, 7B model. A strong, fully open-source LLM for various tasks. (769.7K pulls)
qwen2-math
Qwen2 Math specialized LLM. If your AI needs to do math well, this is for it. (756K pulls)
phi3.5
Lightweight 3.8B AI model. Get powerful performance from a small, efficient model. (755.1K pulls)
npm Packages
scrivito
SaaS Enterprise CMS for agencies. If you need a managed CMS for big clients. (22K/wk)
@m2d/core
Markdown to DOCX core engine. Convert Markdown to Word documents effortlessly. (21K/wk)
@genkit-ai/compat-oai
Genkit AI plugin for OpenAI APIs. Integrate OpenAI models into Genkit projects. (19K/wk)
@m2d/html
Extend MDAST by parsing HTML in Markdown. Convert complex Markdown with HTML to DOCX. (18K/wk)
mdast2docx
Convert Markdown AST to DOCX. Generate Word docs from structured Markdown content. (18K/wk)
PyPI Packages
dspy-ai
DSPy library. Program LLMs instead of just prompting them, smarter AI pipelines. (488K recent downloads)
Crawl4AI
LLM Friendly Web Crawler & scraper. Get clean data for your AI models, easily. (376K recent downloads)
outlines
Probabilistic Generative Model Programming. Control LLM output format precisely, critical for agents. (358K recent downloads)
pinecone-client
Pinecone client (DEPRECATED). Reminder: This vector database client is deprecated, migrate. (336K recent downloads)
replicate
Python client for Replicate. Run powerful AI models with a few lines of Python. (297K recent downloads)
HuggingFace Spaces
tonyassi/voice-clone
Voice cloning space. Try out voice synthesis, quickly. (gradio, 2613 likes)
fffiloni/diffusers-image-outpaint
Image outpainting space. Extend your images, experiment with AI creativity. (gradio, 2513 likes)
suno/bark
Bark text-to-audio model space. Generate realistic speech and audio, effortlessly. (gradio, 2370 likes)
sczhou/CodeFormer
CodeFormer face restoration space. Fix blurry faces in your images. (gradio, 2351 likes)
microsoft/HuggingGPT
HuggingGPT space. Orchestrate multiple AI models for complex tasks. (gradio, 2270 likes)
HuggingFace Models
intfloat/multilingual-e5-large
Multilingual embedding model. Embed text from many languages for your RAG. (feature-extraction, 4.6M downloads)
dphn/dolphin-2.9.1-yi-1.5-34b
Large text-generation model. Need a powerful conversational LLM? Here's one. (text-generation, 4.5M downloads)
MahmoudAshraf/mms-300m-1130-forced-aligner
Forced speech aligner. Align audio to text for precise speech analysis. (automatic-speech-recognition, 4.4M downloads)
timm/convnextv2_nano.fcmae_ft_in22k_in1k
Image classification model. Get vision tasks done with a pre-trained model. (image-classification, 4.4M downloads)
openai/gpt-oss-120b
GPT-OSS-120b text generation. A massive open-source GPT model for text tasks. (text-generation, 4.4M downloads)
HuggingFace Datasets
Kthera/pesoz
Just a dataset; might be useful to someone. (564K downloads)
lavita/medical-qa-shared-task-v1-toy
Medical QA dataset. Train your healthcare AI without collecting data. (549K downloads)
AquaV/genshin-voices-separated
Genshin Impact voices dataset. For niche audio projects, maybe. (533K downloads)
New Launches
Sheet Ninja – Google Sheets as a CRUD Back End for Vibe Coders
Sheet Ninja – Google Sheets as CRUD Back End. Use Sheets as a database, no complex backend needed. (43 upvotes) [hackernews_showhn]
PeriodicTableOfElements.org
PeriodicTableOfElements.org. Educational resource, probably not for SaaS builders. (32 upvotes) [hackernews_showhn]
Public transit systems as data – lines, stations, railcars, and history
Public transit systems as data. For urban planning or data analysis projects. (27 upvotes) [hackernews_showhn]
We built a multi-agent research hub. The waitlist is a reverse-CAPTCHA
Multi-agent research hub. Orchestrate AI agents for research, save time. (27 upvotes) [hackernews_showhn]
I built an OS that is pure AI
OS that is pure AI. A conceptual project or unique take on operating systems. (26 upvotes) [hackernews_showhn]
Create a full language server in Go with 3.17 spec support
Create a full language server in Go. Build your own IDE tooling, fast. (19 upvotes) [hackernews_showhn]
Windows 95–style Weather App for iPhone
Windows 95–style Weather App for iPhone. Nostalgia tech, or a cool design experiment. (11 upvotes) [hackernews_showhn]