simonw/tools

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Assorted useful tools, almost entirely generated using LLMs

Stars: 1.9k
Forks: 191
Open beginner issues: 0
Indexed issues: 23
Avg merge: 36m
Merged PRs (30d): 12

Dominant language: HTML
License: Apache-2.0
Last GitHub push: Sep 15, 2026
Latest indexed: Sep 19, 2026
Contributing guide: No contributing guide
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23 open issues indexed

llm-cliche-highlighter loading template rather than pasted text Open

Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 62/100

simonw/tools#329 · Opened Sep 2, 2026
Unhandled exception / crash (`zipfile.BadZipFile`) on non-zip input in `python/extract_har.py` Open

Difficulty 2/5 1-3 hours Newbie friendliness 86/100

simonw/tools#321 · Opened Aug 26, 2026
Arbitrary file write / Path traversal in python/extract_har.py Open

Difficulty 2/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 76/100

simonw/tools#320 · Opened Aug 26, 2026
ValueError not handled Open

Difficulty 2/5 1-3 hours Newbie friendliness 72/100

simonw/tools#319 · Opened Aug 26, 2026
Argument injection Open

Difficulty 2/5 1-3 hours Newbie friendliness 68/100

simonw/tools#318 · Opened Aug 26, 2026
Dangerous sys.exit(1) call Open

Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 52/100

simonw/tools#317 · Opened Aug 26, 2026
http_check.py allows opening local files via file://localhost/... URLs Open

Difficulty 2/5 1-3 hours Newbie friendliness 82/100

simonw/tools#316 · Opened Aug 24, 2026
PDF handling stopped working? Open

Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 48/100

simonw/tools#306 · Opened Aug 3, 2026
Hashes in gathered links may contain leading newlines Open

Difficulty 2/5 1-3 hours Newbie friendliness 52/100

simonw/tools#172 · Opened Dec 20, 2025
hn-comments-for-user removes all newlines from comments Open

simonw/tools#99 · 1 reaction · 1 assignee · Opened Nov 2, 2025
Build a web UI for directly viewing and editing files over WebUSB Open

enhancement

simonw/tools#94 · 1 reaction · 1 assignee · Opened Oct 27, 2025
Make svg-render.html available offline Open

enhancement

Difficulty 2/5 1-3 hours Newbie friendliness 55/100

simonw/tools#92 · Opened Oct 27, 2025
terminal-to-html claims color preservation, displays green only Open

Difficulty 2/5 1-3 hours Newbie friendliness 45/100

simonw/tools#85 · 1 comment · Opened Oct 23, 2025
RSS Feed Open

Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 45/100

simonw/tools#58 · Opened Oct 7, 2025
gpt-4o-audio-player.html expects previous github api authentication to fetch public gist Open

Difficulty 2/5 1-3 hours Newbie friendliness 65/100

simonw/tools#50 · 1 comment · Opened Sep 16, 2025
Feat: Star Schedule Items to filter the list Open

Difficulty 5/5 Over a week Newbie friendliness 20/100

simonw/tools#40 · Opened Jul 18, 2025
Able to 'escape' the Jina Reader Markdown preview Open

Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 35/100

simonw/tools#28 · Opened May 27, 2025
Github discusssion too Open

Difficulty 5/5 Over a week Newbie friendliness 25/100

simonw/tools#27 · Opened Apr 21, 2025
[OCR] Optionally use EasyOCR instead Open

Difficulty 5/5 Over a week Newbie friendliness 25/100

simonw/tools#24 · Opened Mar 25, 2025
Handle rotated images Open

Difficulty 5/5 Over a week Newbie friendliness 25/100

simonw/tools#11 · Opened Jul 26, 2024
WebP file worked for me, despite not being on the file extension list Open

Difficulty 2/5 1-3 hours Newbie friendliness 48/100

simonw/tools#10 · Opened May 1, 2024
Package as a PWA Open

Difficulty 5/5 Over a week Newbie friendliness 35/100

simonw/tools#3 · 1 reaction · Opened Mar 30, 2024
Version of OCR that can run entirely offline Open

enhancement

Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 35/100

simonw/tools#2 · 5 comments · 5 reactions · Opened Mar 30, 2024

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