user16: I would like to try to download and compile a barebones variation of the Bitcoin daemon.  Specifically, I'd would prefer to not have a copy of the code with any GUI implementation.
Does such a reliable, and maintained, forked project exist on Github or any where else?

user2306: Yes. If you compile the bitcoin client using the following commands, it will not build the GUI components:
./autogen.sh
./configure --without-gui
make


16: <p>I would like to try to download and compile a barebones variation of the Bitcoin daemon.  Specifically, I'd would prefer to not have a copy of the code with any GUI implementation.</p>

<p>Does such a reliable, and maintained, forked project exist on Github or any where else?</p>
 2306: <p>Yes. If you compile the <a href="https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin" rel="nofollow">bitcoin client</a> using the following commands, it will not build the GUI components:</p>

<pre><code>./autogen.sh
./configure --without-gui
make
</code></pre>
