Alex Gaynor (@alex)
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  • Stars
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    45,563
  • Global Rank 198 (Top 0.01 %)
  • Followers 9,881
  • Following 38
  • Registered almost 17 years ago
  • Most used languages
    Python
         69.0 %
    Rust
         13.8 %
    Go
         6.9 %
    JavaScript
         5.2 %
    C++
         1.7 %
    HCL     1.7 %
    HTML
         1.7 %
  • Location 🇺🇸 United States
  • Country Total Rank 172
  • Country Ranking
    HCL     70
    HTML
         153
    Rust
         438
    Python
         509
    Go
         5,505

Top repositories

1

what-happens-when

An attempt to answer the age old interview question "What happens when you type google.com into your browser and press enter?"
39,628
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2

nyt-2020-election-scraper

HTML
1,761
star
3

letsencrypt-aws

Python
729
star
4

rply

An attempt to port David Beazley's PLY to RPython, and give it a cooler API.
Python
377
star
5

pretend

A library for stubbing in python
Python
290
star
6

django-ajax-validation

A reusable application to preform ajax validation on django forms.
Python
252
star
7

django-templatetag-sugar

This project exists to make defining template tags in Django kickass
Python
213
star
8

ecs-terraform

ECS + Terraform = Crazy delicious
HCL
203
star
9

csv-sql

Query your CSV files with SQL
Rust
192
star
10

django-fixture-generator

django-fixture-generator is a reusable django application to make writing fixtures not suck.
Python
138
star
11

zero_buffer

zero_buffer is a high-performance, zero-copy, implementation of a byte-buffer for Python.
Python
136
star
12

pyvcs

A pure python abstraction layer of multiple VCS, very lightweight.
Python
128
star
13

django-admin-histograms

A library for simple histograms in Django's admin.
Python
106
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14

alchimia

Python
103
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15

rust-asn1

A Rust ASN.1 (DER) serializer.
Rust
99
star
16

django-vcs

A django application for working with a VCS, analagous to some of Trac's features.
Python
86
star
17

just-use

Just Use /dev/urandom -- now with more safety at early boot
Rust
60
star
18

django-wsgi

A library for better integration between django and the WSGI world.
Python
49
star
19

python-decompiler

A decompiler for CPython bytecode
Python
48
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20

piano-man

Python
44
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21

django-project-skeleton

A skeleton for Django 1.4's new project template support.
Python
41
star
22

django-resume-builder

Python
36
star
23

line-counter

Like `wc -l`, but in Rust and maybe faster
Rust
29
star
24

django-plugins

A generic plugin system for django.
Python
28
star
25

otp-cop

Tooling for verifying that everyone in your orgs has 2fa enabled.
Rust
28
star
26

nba-gamethread

A game thread generator for r/nba
Python
26
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27

vcs-translator

Python
25
star
28

bagel

Bagels are delicious
Python
22
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29

Shore

A statically typed programming language with inspiration from C++, Python, and others.
Python
19
star
30

ct-tools

Some Rust code for submitting a cert to all of Chrome's trusted CT logs and getting back the SCTs
Rust
17
star
31

x509-validator

A pure-Python x509 validation library based on pyca/cryptography
Python
16
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32

httpfuzz

Python
13
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33

tracebin

The ultimate performance command and control center for PyPy.
Python
12
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34

django-object-cache

A reusable django object cache.
12
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35

tls-stats

A webExtension to collect TLS stats
JavaScript
11
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36

pyelection

A python application for following the US primaries
Python
10
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37

recipes

My Recipes
Python
10
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38

ex-post-progress

Rust
9
star
39

evolves

A Python implementation of a genetic algorithm for generating images from polygons
Python
9
star
40

doc-extractor

Go
8
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41

tls-cal

Python
8
star
42

election-sim

An application for following and simulating the 2008 US Presidential Election.
Python
7
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43

alex-s-language

Inteded to be a compiled Python, by translating source files to C++
Python
7
star
44

optimizer-model

A work in progress model for a new optimizer for PyPy's JIT.
Python
7
star
45

http-client-bench

Python
7
star
46

revocation-tracker

Python
7
star
47

flickr-avatars

a small webservice to make getting flickr users' avatars
Python
6
star
48

yaffi

Yet Another FFI
Python
6
star
49

json_writer

Python
5
star
50

rdio-export

JavaScript
4
star
51

space-hogs

A game made in python with pyglet.
Python
4
star
52

csv-to-parquet

Go
3
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53

independent-study-tracebin

Documentation for my independent study on tracebin
Python
3
star
54

montgomery-ladder-go

An implementation of modular exponentiation using the montgomery ladder in Go.
Go
2
star
55

api-serializer

Random hack, don't use.
Python
2
star
56

azure-pipelines-docker-test

2
star
57

win32k-stuff

JavaScript
2
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58

client-beta

Go
2
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59

temp-rust-coverage

Rust
1
star
60

doc8

Python
1
star
61

temp-gha-macos-python

1
star
62

botan-fuzzers

Fuzzer instrumentation for botan
C++
1
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