A very small team may also count.
Excellent = usability/utility or the quality of code.
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#2Esbuild (it’s open source but much of the work is done by one person)
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#3Minecraft (actually 2 people?), rollercoaster tycoon (written in assembly), the first version of the Facebook, ape (a plasmid editor), Stardew valley, onward VR(??).
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#4TempleOS
RIP Terry A. David
https://templeos.org/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TempleOS
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#5TempleOS RIP Terry A. David https://templeos.org/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TempleOS
RIP, ring 0 or die trying
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#6Pinball Construction Set by Bill Budge.
Steve Wozniak called it "the greatest program ever written for an 8-bit machine."
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#7Photopea
https://www.photopea.com
Also Sayonara is a great music player for Linux - https://sayonara-player.com
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#81) Chris Sawyer wrote Transport Tycoon and RollerCoaster Tycoon in assembly.
2) SerenetyOS started off as a one man project by Andreas Kling.
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#9Anything by Fabrice Bellard - https://bellard.org/
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#10FTL and Into The Breach are made by two developers, Justin and Matt of Subset Games.
Woz wrote all the Apple I and II software.
Cave Story, a metroidvania still actively ported to new platforms today.
Doom had a very small team, Carmack doing most/all of the engine work.
Dwarf Fortress is by two developers, and simulates its environment down to a very precise level of detail.
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