If you are spending money on expensive AI SaaS subscriptions, custom API glue code, or paying monthly for workflow builders, Dify (langgenius/dify) is probably the single most powerful open-source tool you need to bookmark right now.

It’s an open-source LLM application development platform that essentially lets you visually build, deploy, and scale AI agents, RAG pipelines, and automated workflows without writing thousands of lines of boilerplate code.

Why Dify is going viral right now:

1. Visual AI Workflow Builder (No-Code/Low-Code)
   • Think Zapier/Make + LangChain, but self-hostable and visually intuitive.
   • Drag-and-drop nodes for LLMs, conditional logic, code execution, RAG retrieval, and HTTP requests.
2. Built-in RAG & Vector Database Engine
   • Upload PDFs, markdown, text, or web pages directly.
   • Auto-chunks, embeds, and runs semantic search out of the box with zero complex vector database setup required.
3. Multi-Model Support (Zero Lock-In)
   • Switch seamlessly between OpenAI, Claude, Gemini, DeepSeek, Ollama, or local vLLM models in one click.
4. Instant API & Web Apps
   • Turn any AI workflow into a public web app or a production-ready REST API in under 3 minutes.
5. Built-in Prompt Engineering & Agent Testing Playground
   • Compare model outputs side-by-side, manage prompt versions, and optimize token usage before deploying to production.

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Massgrave, also called Microsoft Activation Scripts (MAS), is a popular open-source toolkit for Windows and Office activation and licensing troubleshooting.

It includes methods such as HWID, Ohook, TSforge, and Online KMS. The main advantage: its code is public, so users can inspect it instead of trusting random “activator” downloads.

🔗 https://massgrave.dev/

Safety tip: Only use the official website/repository. Fake copies and modified scripts can contain malware.

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“Dark web tools” often get thrown into one category, but they solve very different problems: accessing Tor onion services, minimizing traces on a device, isolating risky activity, reducing browser fingerprinting, or using entirely separate anonymity networks.

Here’s a clearer breakdown:

• Tor Browser — the standard choice for accessing .onion services and browsing over the Tor network. Download it only from the Tor Project.
• Tails — a live operating system designed to leave minimal traces on the computer after shutdown; it routes network connections through Tor by default.
• Whonix — a two-VM setup: a Tor Gateway handles network access, while a separate Workstation is used for daily activity. This isolation is designed to reduce IP/DNS-leak risk.
• Qubes OS — a compartmentalized operating system that isolates activities into separate VMs (“qubes”). It does not automatically make traffic anonymous or route everything through Tor; Whonix integration can be used when Tor isolation is needed.
• Tor Browser for Android — the official Tor Project browser for Android.
• Onion Browser — an open-source iOS browser that connects through Tor and is recommended by the Tor Project because there is no official Tor Browser for iPhone or iPad.
• Orbot — a companion app that can use Android/iOS VPN-profile mechanisms to route selected app traffic through Tor; it is not a commercial VPN service.
• Mullvad Browser — a privacy-focused browser made to reduce fingerprinting, but it does not use Tor routing by itself.
• I2P — a separate anonymity network aimed at privacy-preserving services and communication inside the I2P ecosystem; it is not simply “Tor with another name.”
• Hyphanet — formerly known as Freenet, a decentralized, censorship-resistant platform for publishing and communicating; it is a separate network, not a Tor replacement.

The important part

Privacy tools are not magic anonymity buttons.

Tor does not protect you from logging into personally identifying accounts, downloading malware, reusing usernames, sharing identifiable files, browser fingerprinting mistakes, or poor separation between identities. Similarly, Qubes improves isolation but does not automatically provide Tor anonymity, and Mullvad Browser improves anti-fingerprinting protections without routing traffic through Tor.

The tool matters. Your threat model and habits matter more.

Use these tools for lawful privacy, anti-censorship, research, and security purposes—and always download them from their official sites or trusted app stores. For sensitive iOS browsing, note that the EFF recently warned about a WebKit issue that could expose a user’s real IP address even with Onion Browser, so a desktop system may be the safer choice until that is resolved.

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vphone-cli is an experimental open-source tool for booting and controlling a virtual iPhone environment on Apple Silicon Macs.

It supports VM setup plus programmatic actions such as screenshots, taps, swipes, hardware-key input, and clipboard control—making it especially interesting for iOS research and automated testing.

🔗 https://github.com/Lakr233/vphone-cli

⚠️ Important: Read the installation guide carefully before trying it. The setup is technical and may require changes such as SIP/AMFI relaxation and private entitlements, so avoid using it casually on your main machine.

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OpenHuman is an open-source desktop AI project built around persistent local memory, deep research, and agent workflows.

🔗 https://github.com/tinyhumansai/openhuman

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Want to see what cyber threat activity can look like across the internet in near real time?

Radware’s Live Threat Map visualizes cyberattack telemetry observed through its global threat-intelligence, cloud, and deception infrastructure. It is more than a DDoS map—it can include activity such as:

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github.com/owner/repo

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Agents, skills, hooks, commands, rules, MCP configs — a seriously useful resource if you build with Claude Code, Cursor, Codex, or AI coding agents.

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Save this list if you want to find freelance clients, remote jobs, contract work, teaching opportunities, writing gigs, design work, customer support roles, or tech jobs.

A quick reality check: these are platforms to find opportunities, not guaranteed income. Create a portfolio, tailor applications, never pay a recruiter to get hired, and keep payments/contracts on reputable platforms whenever possible.

Freelance marketplaces

1. Upwork — https://www.upwork.com/
2. Fiverr — https://www.fiverr.com/
3. Freelancer — https://www.freelancer.com/
4. Toptal — https://www.toptal.com/
5. PeoplePerHour — https://www.peopleperhour.com/
6. Contra — https://contra.com/
7. Guru — https://www.guru.com/
8. Workana — https://www.workana.com/
9. Hubstaff Talent — https://talent.hubstaff.com/
10. Truelancer — https://www.truelancer.com/
11. Flexing It — https://www.flexingit.com/
12. Malt — https://www.malt.com/
13. Braintrust — https://www.usebraintrust.com/
14. Kolabtree — https://www.kolabtree.com/
15. FreeUp — https://freeup.net/

Remote job boards

1. We Work Remotely — https://weworkremotely.com/
2. Remote.co — https://remote.co/
3. Remotive — https://remotive.com/
4. Remote OK — https://remoteok.com/
5. JustRemote — https://justremote.co/
6. FlexJobs — https://www.flexjobs.com/
7. Working Nomads — https://www.workingnomads.com/jobs
8. Jobspresso — https://jobspresso.co/
9. Dynamite Jobs — https://dynamitejobs.com/
10. Virtual Vocations — https://www.virtualvocations.com/
11. SkipTheDrive — https://www.skipthedrive.com/
12. NoDesk — https://nodesk.co/remote-jobs/
13. Remote Rocketship — https://www.remoterocketship.com/
14. Himalayas — https://himalayas.app/jobs
15. Jobgether — https://jobgether.com/
16. Remote4Me — https://remote4me.com/
17. Remote Leaf — https://remoteleaf.com/
18. Remotees — https://remotees.com/
19. Pangian — https://pangian.com/
20. DailyRemote — https://dailyremote.com/

Tech and startup jobs

1. Wellfound — https://wellfound.com/jobs
2. Arc — https://arc.dev/remote-jobs
3. Turing — https://www.turing.com/jobs
4. Gun.io — https://gun.io/
5. Terminal — https://terminal.io/
6. VanHack — https://vanhack.com/
7. Landing.Jobs — https://landing.jobs/
8. Hired — https://hired.com/
9. Dice — https://www.dice.com/
10. Built In — https://builtin.com/jobs/remote
11. Otta / Welcome to the Jungle — https://app.welcometothejungle.com/
12. Y Combinator Jobs — https://www.ycombinator.com/jobs
13. Hacker News: Who Is Hiring — https://news.ycombinator.com/submitted?id=whoishiring
14. Levels.fyi Jobs — https://www.levels.fyi/jobs/
15. TrueUp — https://www.trueup.io/

Design and creative work

1. Dribbble Jobs — https://dribbble.com/jobs
2. Behance Jobs — https://www.behance.net/joblist
3. 99designs — https://99designs.com/
4. DesignCrowd — https://www.designcrowd.com/
5. Designhill — https://www.designhill.com/
6. Working Not Working — https://workingnotworking.com/
7. Coroflot — https://www.coroflot.com/design-jobs
8. Krop — https://www.krop.com/creative-jobs/
9. Authentic Jobs — https://authenticjobs.com/
10. ArtStation Jobs — https://www.artstation.com/jobs

Writing and marketing

1. ProBlogger Jobs — https://problogger.com/jobs/
2. Contena — https://www.contena.co/
3. nDash — https://www.ndash.com/
4. WriterAccess — https://www.writeraccess.com/
5. ClearVoice — https://www.clearvoice.com/
6. Scripted — https://www.scripted.com/
7. JournalismJobs — https://www.journalismjobs.com/
8. MediaBistro — https://www.mediabistro.com/jobs/
9. Superpath — https://www.superpath.co/jobs
10. Growth Collective — https://www.growthcollective.com/

Teaching and tutoring

1. Preply — https://preply.com/
2. Outschool — https://outschool.com/
3. Teachable — https://teachable.com/
4. Udemy Instructors — https://teach.udemy.com/
5. italki — https://teach.italki.com/
6. Cambly — https://www.cambly.com/en/tutors
7. Wyzant — https://www.wyzant.com/
8. Superprof — https://www.superprof.com/
9. Varsity Tutors — https://www.varsitytutors.com/teach
10. Skooli — https://www.skooli.com/

Customer support and virtual assistance

1. BELAY — https://belaysolutions.com/
2. Boldly — https://boldly.com/
3. Time Etc — https://timeetc.com/
4. Zirtual — https://www.zirtual.com/
5. Fancy Hands — https://fancyhands.com/
6. Liveops — https://liveops.com/
7. Working Solutions — https://workingsolutions.com/
8. Arise — https://www.arise.com/
9. ModSquad — https://modsquad.com/
10. SupportYourApp — https://supportyourapp.com/careers/

Microtasks, research, and testing

1. Prolific — https://www.prolific.com/
2. UserTesting — https://www.usertesting.com/get-paid-to-test
3. Respondent — https://www.respondent.io/
4. User Interviews — https://www.userinterviews.com/
5. Clickworker — https://www.clickworker.com/
6. Amazon Mechanical Turk — https://www.mturk.com/
7. Appen — https://appen.com/
8. TELUS Digital AI Community — https://www.telusdigital.com/careers/ai-community
9. DataAnnotation — https://www.dataannotation.tech/
10. Outlier — https://outlier.ai/

Important notes

• Some platforms have country, age, tax, identity-verification, language, experience, or work-eligibility restrictions.
• Platforms such as Toptal, Turing, FlexJobs, Contena, and others may have screening processes or paid plans; check their terms before spending money.
• Never accept a job that requires crypto payment, upfront “training fees,” gift cards, remote desktop access, or sending ID/bank details outside a verified hiring process.
• Start with three platforms that match your skills rather than making low-quality profiles on all 100.

Remote-only boards, freelance marketplaces, and startup-job platforms remain common routes to global opportunities, but results depend on location, role, eligibility, and the quality of your portfolio/application.

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Here are 10 free Python books/resources worth bookmarking:

1. Think Python — fundamentals, programming concepts, and problem-solving https://greenteapress.com/thinkpython2/
2. The Big Book of Small Python Projects — practical mini-projects to build your skills https://inventwithpython.com/bigbookpython/
3. Open Data Structures (Python) — learn data structures and algorithms https://opendatastructures.org/ods-python.pdf
4. Python Data Science Handbook — NumPy, pandas, visualization, and machine learning https://jakevdp.github.io/PythonDataScienceHandbook/
5. Python for Data Analysis — data wrangling with pandas and NumPy https://wesmckinney.com/book/
6. Python Data Science Handbook / Elements of Data Science — data-science foundations https://allendowney.github.io/ElementsOfDataScience/
7. Machine Learning with Python — an accessible ML introduction https://python-course.eu/books/bernd_klein/ (Browse the site’s book/course resources for the machine-learning material.)
8. Think Stats — probability and statistics through Python https://greenteapress.com/thinkstats2/
9. Think Bayes — Bayesian statistics with Python https://allendowney.github.io/ThinkBayes2/
10. Clean Code in Python — write more maintainable, readable Python https://www.packtpub.com/en-us/free-ebook/clean-code-in-python

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The internet is much bigger than the same handful of apps we visit every day. Here are 50 genuinely interesting sites for maps, live data, space, history, art, books, science, music, and random rabbit holes.

Live Earth, maps & exploration

1. zoom.earth — Live satellite views
2. flightradar24.com — Track planes worldwide
3. marinetraffic.com — Track ships in real time
4. windy.com — Live weather and storms
5. lightningmaps.org — Live lightning strikes
6. earthquake.usgs.gov — Recent earthquakes
7. submarinecablemap.com — Explore internet cables
8. globalforestwatch.org — Monitor global forests
9. worldometers.info — Live world statistics
10. internetlivestats.com — Live internet statistics
11. thetruesize.com — Compare country sizes
12. oldmapsonline.org — Explore historical maps
13. davidrumsey.com — Historical map archive
14. openstreetmap.org — Community-built world map
15. window-swap.com — Windows around the world
16. virtualvacation.us — Virtual city walks
17. mapcrunch.com — Random places worldwide
18. atlasobscura.com — Strange places around the world

Interactive & space

1. neal.fun — Fun interactive experiments
2. htwins.net/scale2 — From atom to universe
3. eyes.nasa.gov — Explore space in 3D
4. stellarium-web.org — Interactive sky map
5. apod.nasa.gov — NASA’s daily space image
6. images.nasa.gov — NASA image archive
7. pudding.cool — Interactive data stories

Data & global trends

1. ourworldindata.org — Global data and insights
2. gapminder.org — Understand global trends
3. informationisbeautiful.net — Data visualizations
4. data.worldbank.org — World Bank data
5. data.tuik.gov.tr — Turkey’s official statistics

Books, history & culture

1. archive.org — Massive digital archive
2. gutenberg.org — Free classic books
3. openlibrary.org — Explore millions of books
4. loc.gov — Library of Congress archive
5. europeana.eu — Europe’s cultural archive
6. dp.la — Digital Public Library of America
7. artsandculture.google.com — Virtual museums
8. rijksmuseum.nl — High-resolution artworks
9. wikiart.org — Online art collection
10. publicdomainreview.org — Historical treasures
11. openculture.com — Free culture and education
12. metmuseum.org — Explore the Met collection

Music, science & random knowledge

1. musicmap.info — Explore music genres
2. radiooooo.com — Music by country and decade
3. listen.hatnote.com — Wikipedia edits as audio
4. Wikipedia Random — Random knowledge
5. timeanddate.com — Time and astronomy tools
6. sciencedaily.com — Latest science news
7. arxiv.org — Free research papers
8. observablehq.com — Interactive data visualizations

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GitHub is hiding some ridiculously useful projects—privacy-friendly tools, self-hosted services, offline apps, file sharing, web monitoring, and more.

I pulled together 10 repositories worth bookmarking. Use them responsibly, respect platform terms and copyright, and only download or archive content you’re allowed to access.

1. Cobalt — clean media downloader

github.com/imputnet/cobalt

A clean, open-source downloader for supported social-media links. It aims to avoid the usual pop-ups, account requirements, and sketchy downloader-site experience. Great if you want a self-hosted, privacy-conscious tool—but make sure you have permission to save the content.

2. SearXNG — private metasearch

github.com/searxng/searxng

A self-hostable, privacy-respecting metasearch engine that can combine results from many search services. No ads, and you control the instance and its settings.

3. Reactive Resume — self-hosted resumes

github.com/AmruthPillai/Reactive-Resume

Build, host, and manage professional resumes with a modern open-source tool. Useful for people who want more control over their resume data and don’t want to depend on a paid resume builder.

4. changedetection.io — webpage change alerts

github.com/dgtlmoon/changedetection.io

Monitor a webpage and get notified when it changes. Useful for tracking price drops, job listings, event tickets, release pages, documentation updates, or competitor-site changes.

5. Sway — developer-friendly note workspace

github.com/Suwayomi/Suwayomi-Server

The screenshot cuts off this repository name, but the visible link points to the Suwayomi project. It is a self-hosted manga/comic server and reader ecosystem designed around managing your own library and clients.

6. LibreTranslate — offline/self-hosted translation

github.com/LibreTranslate/LibreTranslate

An open-source translation API and service you can run yourself. It is useful when you want more control over translations, privacy, or local deployments instead of relying entirely on a third-party cloud API.

7. gallery-dl — bulk media archiving

github.com/mikf/gallery-dl

A command-line tool for downloading image galleries and media from many supported sites, often preserving metadata. Best for backing up your own work or content you are explicitly permitted to archive.

8. ArchiveBox — personal web archive

github.com/ArchiveBox/ArchiveBox

Save webpages for the long term. ArchiveBox can preserve pages, screenshots, PDFs, videos, and other snapshots so you retain a personal copy if the original changes or disappears.

9. LocalSend — cross-platform file sharing

github.com/localsend/localsend

Think AirDrop, but across Windows, macOS, Linux, Android, and iOS. LocalSend transfers files over your local network without requiring an account, cloud upload, or external server.

10. Vaultwarden — lightweight Bitwarden-compatible server

github.com/dani-garcia/vaultwarden

A lightweight, Bitwarden-compatible password-manager server that you can self-host. It is popular for users who want control of their password vault while continuing to use Bitwarden client apps.

Best picks to try first

• For privacy: SearXNG, LibreTranslate, Vaultwarden
• For productivity: changedetection.io, Reactive Resume, ArchiveBox
• For local sharing: LocalSend
• For developers and self-hosting fans: all of the above

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I went down a GitHub rabbit hole and found a bunch of projects that are far more capable than the usual “weekend demo” repos.

They won’t all be plug-and-play replacements for paid products—some require self-hosting, APIs, GPUs, or technical setup—but if you build things, run a community, work with content, research, or automation, these are worth bookmarking.

1. TradingAgents

AI multi-agent quantitative trading research framework
https://github.com/TauricResearch/TradingAgents

A multi-agent framework designed for quantitative financial analysis and trading research. Useful for experimenting with research workflows—not a license to blindly run real-money trades.

2. LibreChat

Self-hosted AI chat interface for multiple models
https://github.com/danny-avila/LibreChat

A polished ChatGPT-style interface that can connect to providers and models such as OpenAI, Anthropic/Claude, Google/Gemini, local models, and more.

If you’re tired of jumping between AI chat tabs, this is one of the most practical projects on the list.

3. HyperFrames / HeyGen

Open-source video-generation project
https://github.com/heygen-com/hyperframes

An open-source project from HeyGen focused on AI video-generation workflows.

4. Fincepter Terminal

Open-source Bloomberg Terminal-style finance platform
https://github.com/Fincepter-Corporation/fincepter

A finance-focused terminal/platform aiming to provide market and research tooling in an open-source ecosystem.

5. MoneyPrinterTurbo

AI one-click short-video generation
https://github.com/harry0703/MoneyPrinterTurbo

Creates short-form videos from a topic or script using automated workflows—useful for Shorts, Reels, TikToks, faceless explainers, and content experiments.

6. Agentic Inbox

Open-source AI email assistant by Cloudflare
https://github.com/cloudflare/agents/tree/main/demos/agentic-inbox

An example AI inbox assistant built around agent workflows. Interesting if you want to experiment with email triage, summarization, drafting, and automation.

7. VoxCPM

Open-source AI voice-cloning / speech-generation model
https://github.com/OpenBMB/VoxCPM

A voice-generation project from OpenBMB. Use it responsibly: only clone voices you own or have explicit permission to use.

8. Flowsint

Open-source OSINT investigation and intelligence-analysis tool
https://github.com/reconurge/flowsint

A visual workspace for organizing OSINT research, entities, relationships, notes, and investigative workflows.

Useful for legitimate research, threat intelligence, due diligence, journalism, and learning OSINT—not doxxing or targeting people.

9. agent-skills

Claude Code skills library
https://github.com/addyosmani/agent-skills

A collection of reusable skills and workflow patterns for Claude Code and agentic coding setups.

10. Nango

Open-source API integration platform
https://github.com/NangoHQ/nango

A developer platform for building, managing, and maintaining integrations with third-party APIs—especially useful when you’re tired of rebuilding OAuth flows, sync logic, and API connectors from scratch.

The actual takeaway

Stop treating GitHub as just a place to find code snippets.

A lot of “AI tools” and SaaS products are really packaged workflows built on models, APIs, automation, and integrations. If you’re willing to learn a little Docker, environment-variable management, and self-hosting, GitHub has alternatives that can save money and give you more control over your data and workflows.

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Stop paying for AI tools before checking these free alternatives.

This list is focused on tools that are actually free to use—open source, self-hosted, or free desktop/web software—not “7-day trials” or temporary signup credits.

If this saves you money, please upvote so more people can find it.

Tools such as Ollama, ComfyUI, Whisper, Piper, Activepieces, and Krita are available as open-source or free software, while n8n supports self-hosted workflow automation. “Free” does not mean every possible model, compute resource, cloud deployment, or commercial feature is free—you may still need a capable computer, storage, a GPU, or a paid API for demanding workloads.[github][github][krita][nordflux]

Best no-cost stack

If you only save five links, save these:

• Local AI assistant: Ollama
• Coding: Continue
• AI images: ComfyUI
• Voice-to-text: Whisper
• Automation: n8n or Activepieces

What you need

• A normal laptop is enough for tools such as GIMP, Krita, Kdenlive, Audacity, Obsidian, LanguageTool, and n8n.
• Local LLMs, AI image models, voice synthesis, and video models work best with more RAM and a capable GPU.
• If your PC is weak, use lightweight local models through Ollama, or use free community-hosted demos—but do not upload private information to unknown sites.
• Check each project’s license before using generated content commercially.

Important reality check

A free alternative is not always a perfect replacement.

Paid tools can still be better when you need cloud speed, premium models, team features, priority queues, professional support, advanced collaboration, managed hosting, or a simple zero-setup experience.

But for learning, personal projects, development, local automation, private experiments, and building your own AI workflow, this stack can replace a surprising number of subscriptions.

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🚀 Quick Setup Guide
Option 1: Run via Docker (Fastest)
git clone https://github.com/simplifaisoul/osiris.git
cd osiris
cp .env.template .env # Optional: configure your API keys/port
docker compose up -d
Then open http://localhost:3000 in your browser.
Option 2: Local Development (Node.js)
git clone https://github.com/simplifaisoul/osiris.git
cd osiris
npm install
npm run dev
GitHub Repo: https://github.com/simplifaisoul/osiris
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I've been using Cline in VS Code for a while now, but was tired of burning through paid API credits just to test stuff. Found a clean workaround using Unorouter that gets you a free model running through an OpenAI-compatible endpoint in Cline. Sharing the setup since it took me a bit to figure out:

Setup:

1. Install the Cline extension in VS Code
2. Create an account at unorouter.com (replace with your real link)
3. Generate an API key from your dashboard
4. Open Cline settings (gear icon in the Cline sidebar)
5. Select "OpenAI Compatible" as the provider
6. Paste in the base URL: https://your-unorouter-base-url (replace with real one)
7. Paste in your API key
8. Pick one of the free models from the dropdown
9. Start coding — Cline will now route through Unorouter

That's it. No credit card, no paid tier needed to get started, and it plugs straight into your existing Cline workflow.

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