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The Listener

The Listener

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Ofrenda: A Private, Offline Remembrance Writer for Día de los Muertos

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

Ofrenda: A Private, Offline Remembrance Writer for Día de los Muertos

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Light the Candle: An Offline Día de los Muertos Ofrenda Builder

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

Light the Candle: An Offline Día de los Muertos Ofrenda Builder

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Repo Necromancer: I Built an AI That Writes Eulogies for Dead GitHub Repos

Repo Necromancer: I Built an AI That Writes Eulogies for Dead GitHub Repos

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Echo

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

Echo

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Haunted terminal : Ghost

Haunted terminal : Ghost

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My Screen Recorder Is Haunted (On Purpose) Booya!!

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

My Screen Recorder Is Haunted (On Purpose) Booya!!

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The Last Process: I built a haunted desktop with Gemma

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

The Last Process: I built a haunted desktop with Gemma

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The candle: Spooky experience with Gemma 4

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

The candle: Spooky experience with Gemma 4

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PossessedShell: a Victorian ghost haunts my terminal with local Gemma 2

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

PossessedShell: a Victorian ghost haunts my terminal with local Gemma 2

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👻 RepoRevenant - The AI Agent That Brings Abandoned Code Back to Life

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

👻 RepoRevenant - The AI Agent That Brings Abandoned Code Back to Life

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Code Séance: a local AI second opinion for haunted code

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

Code Séance: a local AI second opinion for haunted code

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Unfinished Business: Four AI Spirits for Abandoned Code

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

Unfinished Business: Four AI Spirits for Abandoned Code

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Lumbre: a Día de los Muertos altar that only remembers what you tell it

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

Lumbre: a Día de los Muertos altar that only remembers what you tell it

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Uninvited: my laptop left standby 233 times in 9 days. 72 times, it wasn't me.

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

Uninvited: my laptop left standby 233 times in 9 days. 72 times, it wasn't me.

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