Cut LLM Cost by 95%, Replace ElevenLabs, and 10 Top GitHub Repos

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Key Points

Weekly top-10 GitHub repos roundup (presented by Zapier), with takes from the two hosts.

• #1 — Money Printer Turbo: type what you want, it generates the video. Well-structured and does what it says, but ~700MB and the “print money” framing is overhyped — risks producing “AI slop.” Needs API keys (OpenAI/DeepSeek), so output isn’t truly free.
• Taste repo: fixes the “everything Claude designs looks the same” problem — makes output look beautiful/branded.
• ElevenLabs replacement: a simple way to create/clone voices and have AI read in that voice.
• PewDiePie-endorsed “get rid of ChatGPT” free replacement, plus several more repos covering cost reduction and open-source tooling.

Theme: free/open-source replacements for paid AI services, with a healthy dose of “is this actually useful or just hype?”