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macOS software and tools from the open-source community. This awesome list is automatically maintained with daily GitHub API updates. Projects are re-ranked daily based on current activity metrics.
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- mifi/lossless-cut — The swiss army knife of lossless video/audio editing ☆
45,636 - HandBrake/HandBrake — HandBrake's development repository ☆
24,867 - mltframework/shotcut — cross-platform (Qt), open-source (GPLv3) video editor ☆
15,582 - Aegisub/Aegisub — Cross-platform advanced subtitle editor ☆
3,380 - cartesiancs/cartcut — Video editor with motion effects and layered editing ☆
821
- jellyfin/jellyfin — The Free Software Media System - Server Backend & API ☆
58,954 - iina/iina — The modern video player for macOS. ☆
46,986 - mpv-player/mpv — Command line media player ☆
37,685 - xbmc/xbmc — Kodi - open source home theater and media center software ☆
21,423 - FreeTubeApp/FreeTube — An Open Source YouTube app for privacy ☆
22,300 - videolan/vlc — VLC media player ☆
20,310 - nukeop/nuclear — Streaming music player that finds free music for you ☆
18,859 - ytmdesktop/ytmdesktop — A Desktop App for YouTube Music ☆
6,700 - martpie/museeks — A simple, clean and cross-platform music player ☆
2,141 - losnoco/Cog — A free and open-source audio player for macOS and iOS ☆
1,042 - samzong/MacMusicPlayer — A clean, lightweight music player for macOS. ☆
106
- audacity/audacity — Audio Editor ☆
18,938 - musescore/MuseScore — Open source music notation software ☆
15,347 - mixxxdj/mixxx — Free DJ software for live mixes ☆
7,351 - Ardour/ardour — Mirror of Ardour Source Code ☆
5,404 - hydrogen-music/hydrogen — The advanced drum machine for Linux, macOS, and Windows ☆
1,349 - stargatedaw/stargate — Digital audio workstation with plugins ☆
885 - vincehi/pulp — Pulp is an open source sample manager ☆
111
- pear-devs/pear-desktop — Pear is extension for music player ☆
33,974 - chidiwilliams/buzz — Offline audio transcription powered by Whisper ☆
22,351 - ExistentialAudio/BlackHole — macOS audio loopback driver for apps ☆
20,001 - popcorntime/popcorntime — All-in-one streaming media player ☆
10,704 - sindresorhus/Gifski — Convert videos to high-quality GIFs on your Mac ☆
8,594 - bitgapp/eqMac — System-wide audio equalizer and mixer ☆
6,825 - metabrainz/picard — Cross-platform music tagger with MusicBrainz ☆
5,350 - section83/MacYTDL — A macOS GUI front-end for the YT-DLP video downloader ☆
1,051 - TheAcharya/MarkerData — Marker extraction tool for Final Cut Pro ☆
69 - writingmate/aidictation — Native voice-to-text with offline and cloud cleanup ☆
52 - GeiserX/akou — Call recorder with on-device transcription and speaker labels ☆
17
- ungoogled-software/ungoogled-chromium — Google Chromium, sans integration with Google ☆
28,166 - brave/brave-browser — Brave browser for Android, iOS, Linux, macOS, Windows. ☆
24,084 - qutebrowser/qutebrowser — A keyboard-driven, vim-like browser based on Python and Qt. ☆
11,736 - minbrowser/min — A fast, minimal browser that protects your privacy ☆
9,236 - getstation/desktop-app — One app to rule them all! ☆
1,685 - ysalitrynskyi/stedding-browser — Arc-style Chromium browser with Spaces, pinned tabs and folders ☆
129
- mastodon/mastodon — Your self-hosted, globally interconnected microblogging community ☆
50,467 - mattermost/mattermost — Open source platform for team collaboration ☆
39,511 - signalapp/Signal-Desktop — A private messenger for Windows, macOS, and Linux. ☆
16,646 - misskey-dev/misskey — Free and open microblogging platform ☆
11,367 - sindresorhus/caprine — Elegant Facebook Messenger desktop app ☆
7,409 - ferdium/ferdium-app — All your services in one place, built by the community ☆
4,765 - blendbyte/Textual — Textual is a native IRC client for macOS ☆
1,924
- Foundry376/Mailspring — Beautiful open source mail client ☆
17,991 - tutao/tutanota — Encrypted email service with strong privacy focus ☆
8,103 - vladimiry/ElectronMail — Unofficial ProtonMail Desktop App ☆
1,686 - skiff-org/skiff-apps — End-to-end encrypted Mail, Pages, and Drive ☆
1,010
- jgraph/drawio-desktop — Official electron build of draw.io ☆
63,778 - darktable-org/darktable — Open source photography workflow app ☆
13,388 - KDE/krita — Free cross-platform digital art application ☆
10,684 - RawTherapee/RawTherapee — A powerful cross-platform raw photo processing program ☆
4,268 - synfig/synfig — Synfig Studio animation software ☆
2,331 - Toinane/colorpicker — Your powerful toolkit for mastering colors. ☆
1,904 - pencil2d/pencil — Easy tool for 2D hand-drawn animations ☆
1,816 - sindresorhus/System-Color-Picker — The macOS color picker as an app with more features ☆
1,415
- upscayl/upscayl — Free and Open Source AI Image Upscaler for Linux, MacOS and Windows ☆
51,653 - Molunerfinn/PicGo — Image uploader for 60+ hosting services ☆
27,455 - ImageOptim/ImageOptim — GUI image optimizer for Mac ☆
10,023 - MochiDiffusion/MochiDiffusion — Run Stable Diffusion natively on Mac ☆
7,972 - kyleduo/TinyPNG4Mac — Native client of TinyPNG on macOS ☆
3,998 - jurplel/qView — Practical and minimal image viewer ☆
3,709 - szTheory/exifcleaner — Cross-platform desktop GUI app to clean image metadata ☆
2,856 - netdcy/FlowVision — Waterfall-style image viewer for macOS ☆
1,371 - joshlin2201/itspaint — MS Paint for the Mac with screenshot markup and pixel-art tools ☆
72
- obsproject/obs-studio — Free software for streaming and recording ☆
78,853 - flameshot-org/flameshot — Powerful yet simple to use screenshot software ☆
31,399 - keycastr/keycastr — KeyCastr, an open-source keystroke visualizer ☆
15,183 - lihaoyun6/QuickRecorder — Lightweight macOS screen recorder ☆
8,767 - apoorvdarshan/TetherShot — Pixel-perfect iPhone screen capture over USB or Wi-Fi ☆
21
- hoppscotch/hoppscotch — Open source API development ecosystem ☆
80,725 - Kong/insomnia — Cross-platform API client for REST, GraphQL, gRPC ☆
40,111 - mountain-loop/yaak — Intuitive API client for REST and GraphQL ☆
19,401 - RockxyApp/Rockxy — Native macOS HTTP debugging proxy ☆
1,457
- electron/electron — Build cross-platform desktop apps with JavaScript, HTML, and CSS ☆
123,737 - tauri-apps/tauri — Build fast desktop apps with web frontend ☆
112,449 - ionic-team/ionic-framework — Cross-platform UI toolkit for apps ☆
52,735 - nwjs/nw.js — Write apps with Node.js modules and web technologies ☆
41,149 - illacloud/illa-builder — Low-code platform for internal tools ☆
12,342 - react-page/react-page — Customizable WYSIWYG content editor ☆
9,533 - sindresorhus/create-dmg — Create a good-looking DMG for your macOS app in seconds ☆
5,392
- microsoft/vscode — Visual Studio Code ☆
194,469 - neovim/neovim — Vim-fork focused on extensibility and usability ☆
103,327 - zed-industries/zed — High-performance multiplayer code editor ☆
92,600 - helix-editor/helix — A post-modern modal text editor. ☆
46,775 - vim/vim — The official Vim repository ☆
41,184 - lapce/lapce — Lightning-fast and Powerful Code Editor written in Rust ☆
38,976 - CodeEditApp/CodeEdit — Native macOS code editor, free and open ☆
23,103 - dail8859/NotepadNext — Notepad++ for macOS ☆
14,758 - coteditor/CotEditor — Lightweight Plain Text Editor for macOS ☆
8,655 - macvim-dev/macvim — Vim - the text editor - for macOS ☆
7,890 - qvacua/vimr — VimR — Neovim GUI for macOS in Swift ☆
7,013 - apache/netbeans — Apache NetBeans ☆
3,146 - haystackeditor/haystack-editor — Canvas-based code editor for visual navigation ☆
1,289
- surrealdb/surrealdb — Distributed document-graph database ☆
33,261 - sqlitebrowser/sqlitebrowser — DB Browser for SQLite ☆
24,749 - beekeeper-studio/beekeeper-studio — SQL client for MySQL, Postgres, SQLite ☆
23,837 - PostgresApp/PostgresApp — The easiest way to get started with PostgreSQL on the Mac ☆
7,786 - Sequel-Ace/Sequel-Ace — MySQL/MariaDB database management for macOS ☆
7,562 - trailbaseio/trailbase — Fast app server with SQLite and auth ☆
5,740 - nullptrlabs/pgmodeler — Data modeling tool for PostgreSQL ☆
3,624 - antonycourtney/tad — A desktop application for viewing and analyzing tabular data ☆
3,493 - bdash-app/bdash — Simple SQL Client for lightweight data analysis. ☆
1,520 - cmushroom/redis-pro — Redis management app in SwiftUI ☆
680 - gcollazo/mongodbapp — The easiest way to get started with MongoDB on the Mac ☆
534
- WerWolv/ImHex — Hex editor for reverse engineers and programmers ☆
55,723 - oldj/SwitchHosts — Switch hosts quickly! ☆
27,352 - responsively-org/responsively-app — Browser for responsive web development ☆
25,517 - mjmlio/mjml — MJML: the only framework that makes responsive email easy ☆
18,283 - insidegui/WWDC — The unofficial WWDC app for macOS ☆
8,748 - XcodesOrg/XcodesApp — Install and switch Xcode versions easily ☆
8,635 - intitni/CopilotForXcode — GitHub Copilot and ChatGPT for Xcode ☆
8,206 - massCodeIO/massCode — Local snippets, notes, HTTP client, and developer tools ☆
7,093 - twostraws/ControlRoom — Control Xcode Simulator from macOS app ☆
6,121 - HexFiend/HexFiend — A fast and clever hex editor for macOS ☆
5,912 - okwasniewski/MiniSim — Menu bar app for iOS and Android simulators ☆
3,202 - sindresorhus/Pasteboard-Viewer — Inspect the system pasteboards on macOS ☆
866 - Ducksss/codex-profiles — Manage named Codex homes and separate ChatGPT windows ☆
193 - benord-labs/frink — Desktop-first app for parallel agents and triggered multi-step workflows ☆
183 - ateymoori/oh-my-android — Control panel for the Android Emulator with one-click toggles and an MCP server ☆
76 - yylo-dev/yylo — CLI orchestrator for agent tasks, validation, and merges ☆
66 - nuanu-ai/agent-payment-node — Local CLI and stdio MCP payment runtime for AI agents on Apple Silicon macOS, with x402 support and foreground owner approval. ☆
59 - Avazbek22/DevProjex — Structured project context via GUI, TUI, CLI, and MCP ☆
39
- desktop/desktop — Focus on what matters instead of fighting with Git. ☆
22,044 - git-up/GitUp — The Git interface you have been missing ☆
12,155 - scmbreeze/scm_breeze — Adds numbered shortcuts to the output git status, and much more ☆
2,911 - relagit/relagit — The elegant solution to graphical version control. ☆
1,124 - maoyama/Changes — An Open Source GUI Git Client for macOS ☆
340 - jamieweavis/streaker — GitHub contribution streak tracker for menu bar ☆
197
- utmapp/UTM — Virtual machines for iOS and macOS ☆
36,659 - hashicorp/vagrant — Tool for building development environments ☆
27,219 - lima-vm/lima — Linux virtual machines, with a focus on running containers ☆
22,230 - qemu/qemu — generic and open source machine & userspace emulator and virtualizer ☆
13,980 - canonical/multipass — Multipass orchestrates virtual Ubuntu instances ☆
9,328 - insidegui/VirtualBuddy — macOS VM GUI for Apple Silicon ☆
8,902 - MacHatter1/ContainerDesk — Native SwiftUI workspace for Apple's container runtime. ☆
38
- mucommander/mucommander — Cross-platform dual-pane file manager ☆
1,295 - raguay/ModalFileManager — Vim-style modal file manager for macOS ☆
171
- localsend/localsend — An open-source cross-platform alternative to AirDrop ☆
97,087 - viarotel-org/escrcpy — Control Android devices with scrcpy GUI ☆
12,275 - grishka/NearDrop — An unofficial Google Nearby Share/Quick Share app for macOS ☆
6,332
- tfeldmann/organize — The file management automation tool. ☆
3,180 - adileo/squirreldisk — Free, open-source disk usage analyzer for macOS, Windows and Linux. See what fills your disk, servers (SSH) and cloud storage in an animated sunburst or treemap, and clean it up safely. A DaisyDisk, WizTree and WinDirStat alternative, in native Rust ☆
2,127 - nohajc/anylinuxfs — Mount Linux filesystems on macOS via NFS ☆
1,668 - PDF-Archiver/PDF-Archiver — A tool for tagging files and archiving tasks. ☆
345 - RobinNaumann/disko — a minimalist disk usage analyzer for macOS ☆
121 - glimapp/glim — macOS file viewer for Markdown, PDFs, images, JSON, CSV and source code in one workspace. ☆
35
- RPCS3/rpcs3 — PlayStation 3 emulator and debugger ☆
20,307 - OpenEmu/OpenEmu — Retro video game emulation for macOS ☆
17,862 - hrydgard/ppsspp — A PSP emulator for Android, Windows, Mac and Linux, written in C++ ☆
14,814 - PlayCover/PlayCover — Community fork of PlayCover ☆
12,081
- soimort/you-get — Dumb downloader that scrapes the web ☆
56,860 - agalwood/Motrix — A full-featured download manager. ☆
57,718 - qbittorrent/qBittorrent — qBittorrent BitTorrent client ☆
41,319 - transmission/transmission — Official Transmission BitTorrent client repository ☆
15,374
- GyulyVGC/sniffnet — Comfortably monitor your network traffic ☆
41,823 - wireshark/wireshark — Wireshark is a network traffic analyzer, or "sniffer" ☆
10,138 - RockxyApp/Tracexy — Native, local-first network intelligence for macOS ☆
236
- shadowsocks/ShadowsocksX-NG — Shadowsocks GUI client for mac OS ☆
32,864 - hiddify/hiddify-app — Multi-platform auto-proxy client ☆
33,606 - getlantern/lantern — Censorship circumvention tool ☆
16,650 - mullvad/mullvadvpn-app — The Mullvad VPN client app for desktop and mobile ☆
7,743
- rustdesk/rustdesk — Self-hosted remote desktop alternative ☆
127,953 - LizardByte/Sunshine — Self-hosted game stream host for Moonlight. ☆
42,939 - moonlight-stream/moonlight-qt — GameStream client for desktop ☆
19,365 - electerm/electerm — Terminal with SSH, SFTP, and RDP support ☆
15,527 - lx2026/RelayBar — Native macOS menu bar app for SSH tunnels and remote file previews ☆
81
- ONLYOFFICE/DesktopEditors — Open source office suite for documents ☆
5,688
- Caldis/Mos — Smooth scrolling and scroll direction for mouse ☆
21,814 - ActivityWatch/activitywatch — Free automated time tracker ☆
19,481 - Hammerspoon/hammerspoon — Staggeringly powerful macOS desktop automation with Lua ☆
16,373 - noah-nuebling/mac-mouse-fix — Make any mouse better on macOS ☆
11,202 - asmvik/skhd — Simple hotkey daemon for macOS ☆
8,151 - linearmouse/linearmouse — The mouse and trackpad utility for Mac. ☆
7,114 - zenangst/KeyboardCowboy — The missing keyboard shortcut utility for macOS ☆
2,255 - niw/HapticKey — Haptic feedback when tapping Touch Bar ☆
1,671 - FreeterApp/Freeter — Freeter – a smarter way to work on your computer ☆
1,029 - WINBIGFOX/TimeScribe — Flexible time tracking for work hours ☆
929 - rewhex/better-launchpad — Smarter, customizable Launchpad for macOS ☆
20
- p0deje/Maccy — Lightweight clipboard manager for macOS ☆
22,184 - hluk/CopyQ — Clipboard manager with advanced features ☆
12,587 - Clipy/Clipy — Clipboard extension app for macOS. ☆
8,958 - Slackadays/Clipboard — Fast and feature-packed clipboard tool ☆
5,940 - PasteBar/PasteBarApp — Free clipboard manager for Mac and Windows ☆
2,196 - hukdoesn/Nimclip — Native local-only clipboard history manager for macOS ☆
76 - nathan-poncet/whisk — Paste-style clipboard manager with pins, search operators and rich previews ☆
33
- mattermost-community/focalboard — Self-hosted Trello alternative ☆
26,539 - super-productivity/super-productivity — Todo list with time tracking ☆
23,365
- nextai-translator/nextai-translator — ChatGPT-powered translation app ☆
25,019 - tisfeng/Easydict — Dictionary and translator for macOS ☆
15,174
- koodo-reader/koodo-reader — Cross-platform ebook manager and reader ☆
28,703 - kovidgoyal/calibre — The calibre ebook manager ☆
26,326 - readest/readest — Modern cross-platform ebook reader ☆
25,888 - Sigil-Ebook/Sigil — Sigil is a multi-platform EPUB ebook editor ☆
7,013 - MaddTheSane/Simple-Comic — macOS comic viewer ☆
339
- AppFlowy-IO/AppFlowy — AI collaborative workspace, Notion alt ☆
78,131 - toeverything/AFFiNE — Next-gen knowledge base for planning ☆
74,138 - laurent22/joplin — Privacy-focused note taking with sync ☆
57,000 - logseq/logseq — Privacy-first knowledge management platform ☆
45,465 - Zettlr/Zettlr — Your One-Stop Publication Workbench ☆
13,854 - vnotex/vnote — A pleasant note-taking platform with native speed, majoring in Markdown, MindMap, Typst, and plain text. ☆
13,029 - tw93/MiaoYan — Lightweight Markdown editor ☆
8,721 - glushchenko/fsnotes — Fast Markdown note-taking app for Mac and iPhone ☆
7,560 - standardnotes/app — Think fearlessly with end-to-end encrypted notes and files ☆
6,695 - pbek/QOwnNotes — Markdown notepad with Nextcloud integration ☆
5,939 - saber-notes/saber — The cross-platform open-source app built for handwriting ☆
5,007 - nuttyartist/notes — Fast note-taking app written in C++ ☆
4,263 - saga-soft/novelWriter — Plain text editor for writing novels ☆
3,217
- zotero/zotero — Tool to collect, organize, and cite research ☆
15,842 - tropy/tropy — Research photo management ☆
1,163
- RSSNext/Folo — Folo is the AI RSS Reader ☆
39,216 - Ranchero-Software/NetNewsWire — RSS reader for macOS and iOS. ☆
10,498 - ViennaRSS/vienna-rss — Free open-source RSS/Atom/JSON feed newsreader for macOS ☆
1,980 - sopaco/saga-reader — AI-powered lightweight internet reader ☆
532
- cryptomator/cryptomator — Secure encryption for cloud storage ☆
16,427 - alichtman/deadbolt — Dead-simple file encryption for any OS ☆
431
- keepassxreboot/keepassxc — Cross-platform KeePass password manager ☆
29,725 - strongbox-password-safe/Strongbox — A KeePass/Password Safe Client for iOS and OS X ☆
1,473
- objective-see/LuLu — LuLu is the free open-source macOS firewall ☆
13,491 - objective-see/BlockBlock — Monitor persistence locations on macOS ☆
874 - objective-see/KnockKnock — Like AutoRuns ...but for macOS! ☆
828 - ParetoSecurity/pareto-mac — Automatically audit your Mac for basic security hygiene. ☆
462 - objective-see/WhatsYourSign — View file signing info in Finder ☆
369 - objective-see/TaskExplorer — Explore running processes on macOS ☆
181 - objective-see/RansomWhere — Generic ransomware detector ☆
132 - objective-see/DylibHijackScanner — Scan for dylib hijacking vulnerabilities ☆
127 - RockxyApp/Shieldxy — Auditable application firewall and connection monitor for macOS ☆
18
- alin23/Lunar — Intelligent adaptive brightness for your external monitors ☆
5,731 - johnste/finicky — A macOS app for customizing which browser to start ☆
5,241 - mangerlahn/Latest — App update checker for macOS ☆
4,851 - sindresorhus/Plash — Make any website your Mac desktop wallpaper ☆
4,037 - sindresorhus/Actions — Supercharge your shortcuts ☆
3,073 - rlxone/Equinox — Create dynamic wallpapers for macOS. ☆
2,150 - wflixu/RClick — macos finder contextmenu ☆
1,126 - glinford/dns-easy-switcher — DNS Easy Switcher (for MacOS) ☆
363 - Silvertree2010/ApolloShell — Desktop shell for macOS 26 with a sidebar dock, launcher, dashboard and control centre ☆
118 - matthewrball/abendrot — Warms built-in and external Mac displays around local sunset. ☆
27
- jordanbaird/Ice — Powerful menu bar manager for macOS ☆
29,947 - dwarvesf/hidden — Ultra-light utility to hide menu bar icons ☆
15,319 - FelixKratz/SketchyBar — A highly customizable macOS status bar replacement ☆
12,557 - jacklandrin/OnlySwitch — All-in-one menu bar utility for Mac ☆
6,029 - leits/MeetingBar — Your meetings at your fingertips in the macOS menu bar ☆
5,395 - swiftbar/SwiftBar — Powerful macOS menu bar customization tool ☆
4,749 - sfsam/Itsycal — Itsycal is a tiny calendar for menu bar ☆
4,042 - DamascenoRafael/reminders-menubar — View Apple Reminders in menu bar ☆
4,005 - ivoronin/TomatoBar — World's neatest Pomodoro timer for macOS menu bar ☆
3,579 - kmikiy/SpotMenu — Spotify & Apple Music in your macOS menu bar ☆
3,142 - lihaoyun6/AirBattery — Show battery of all devices in Dock ☆
3,001 - pakerwreah/Calendr — Menu bar calendar for macOS - MVVM | RxSwift | AppKit | SwiftUI ☆
2,427 - celve/Peninsula — Dynamic Peninsula for window switching ☆
458 - aqua5230/usage — Claude Code and Codex quota with burn-rate in the menu bar ☆
345 - ateymoori/lyricglow — Synced Spotify and Apple Music lyrics in the menu bar, with translation into 43 languages. ☆
43 - emgeorrk/pulse — Menu bar CPU, memory, temperature, network, disk, and battery ☆
33
- Homebrew/brew — The Package Manager for Everywhere ☆
50,193 - mas-cli/mas — Mac App Store command-line interface ☆
12,412 - milanvarady/Applite — Native Homebrew Cask app store outside the App Store ☆
7,110 - buresdv/Cork — [NO AI] Fast GUI for Homebrew written in SwiftUI ☆
4,721
- sindresorhus/quick-look-plugins — List of useful Quick Look plugins for developers ☆
18,801 - sbarex/SourceCodeSyntaxHighlight — Quick Look syntax highlighting ☆
4,332 - sbarex/QLMarkdown — macOS Quick Look extension for Markdown files. ☆
3,725
- exelban/stats — macOS system monitor in your menu bar ☆
43,070 - balena-io/etcher — Flash OS images to SD cards & USB drives, safely and easily. ☆
34,651 - MonitorControl/MonitorControl — Control external display brightness ☆
34,621 - waydabber/BetterDisplay — HiDPI scaling and display control ☆
34,363 - pqrs-org/Karabiner-Elements — Keyboard customization for macOS ☆
23,040 - kyleneideck/BackgroundMusic — Per-app volume and auto-pause music ☆
19,372 - alienator88/Pearcleaner — Free and fair-code mac app cleaner ☆
15,033 - AppHouseKitchen/AlDente-Battery_Care_and_Monitoring — Battery charge limiter ☆
9,231 - sveinbjornt/Sloth — View open files and connections on Mac ☆
8,989 - newmarcel/KeepingYouAwake — Prevents your Mac from going to sleep. ☆
7,027 - ThatGuySam/doesitarm — Apple Silicon app compatibility list ☆
3,801 - runjuu/InputSourcePro — Switch and track your input sources with ease ☆
3,687 - BigBerny/magicquit — Auto-quit unused apps for focus ☆
356 - kasper9n/time-machine-inspector — Time Machine backup size inspector app ☆
193 - appledragon/everythingByMdfind — python script to search everything by mdfind on MacOS ☆
148 - tamia6/AppDuo — Native macOS app cloner with custom names, icons, and separate data directories. ☆
117 - sanketk2020/MacSpaceCleaner — Clean disk space by removing junk ☆
138 - Serpentiel/betterglobekey — Reworked Globe key for faster input source switching ☆
113 - yagcioglutoprak/dusty — Free, open-source macOS menu bar cleaner. ☆
78
- Eugeny/tabby — A terminal for a more modern age ☆
75,267 - alacritty/alacritty — A cross-platform, OpenGL terminal emulator. ☆
66,110 - ghostty-org/ghostty — Fast GPU-accelerated terminal emulator ☆
63,343 - kovidgoyal/kitty — Cross-platform GPU-based terminal emulator ☆
35,515 - wezterm/wezterm — GPU-accelerated terminal multiplexer ☆
29,429 - wavetermdev/waveterm — AI-native cross-platform terminal for daily workflows ☆
22,642 - gnachman/iTerm2 — Terminal emulator for macOS with many features ☆
18,247
- withfig/autocomplete — IDE-style autocomplete for your existing terminal & shell ☆
25,208 - dnote/dnote — A simple command line notebook ☆
3,091 - lihaoyun6/xHistory — A powerful command line history manager ☆
202
- rxhanson/Rectangle — Window management with shortcuts and snap ☆
30,210 - asmvik/yabai — A tiling window manager for macOS based on binary space partitioning ☆
29,801 - nikitabobko/AeroSpace — AeroSpace is an i3-like tiling window manager for macOS ☆
23,722 - lwouis/alt-tab-macos — Windows alt-tab on macOS ☆
16,476 - ianyh/Amethyst — Automatic tiling window manager for macOS à la xmonad. ☆
16,306 - mrkai77/Loop — Window management made elegant. ☆
11,923 - ejbills/DockDoor — Window peeking, alt-tab and other enhancements for macOS ☆
6,484 - FelixKratz/JankyBorders — A lightweight window border system for macOS ☆
3,892 - lihaoyun6/Topit — Pin any window to the top of your screen ☆
1,546 - pablopunk/SwiftShift — Sweet window management for macOS ☆
664 - XiCheng148/Dockit — An application that can dock any window to the edge of the screen. ☆
279 - Geckos-Ink/MakeItHome — UI extender for macOS ☆
39 - tumingke0/LayoutKeeper — Restores window positions and Spaces when an external monitor is reconnected ☆
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- microsoft/vscode — Visual Studio Code ☆
194,469 - rustdesk/rustdesk — Self-hosted remote desktop alternative ☆
127,953 - electron/electron — Build cross-platform desktop apps with JavaScript, HTML, and CSS ☆
123,737 - tauri-apps/tauri — Build fast desktop apps with web frontend ☆
112,449 - neovim/neovim — Vim-fork focused on extensibility and usability ☆
103,327 - localsend/localsend — An open-source cross-platform alternative to AirDrop ☆
97,087 - zed-industries/zed — High-performance multiplayer code editor ☆
92,600 - hoppscotch/hoppscotch — Open source API development ecosystem ☆
80,725 - obsproject/obs-studio — Free software for streaming and recording ☆
78,853 - AppFlowy-IO/AppFlowy — AI collaborative workspace, Notion alt ☆
78,131 - Eugeny/tabby — A terminal for a more modern age ☆
75,267 - toeverything/AFFiNE — Next-gen knowledge base for planning ☆
74,138 - alacritty/alacritty — A cross-platform, OpenGL terminal emulator. ☆
66,110 - jgraph/drawio-desktop — Official electron build of draw.io ☆
63,778 - ghostty-org/ghostty — Fast GPU-accelerated terminal emulator ☆
63,343 - jellyfin/jellyfin — The Free Software Media System - Server Backend & API ☆
58,954 - agalwood/Motrix — A full-featured download manager. ☆
57,718 - laurent22/joplin — Privacy-focused note taking with sync ☆
57,000 - soimort/you-get — Dumb downloader that scrapes the web ☆
56,860 - WerWolv/ImHex — Hex editor for reverse engineers and programmers ☆
55,723 - ionic-team/ionic-framework — Cross-platform UI toolkit for apps ☆
52,735 - upscayl/upscayl — Free and Open Source AI Image Upscaler for Linux, MacOS and Windows ☆
51,653 - mastodon/mastodon — Your self-hosted, globally interconnected microblogging community ☆
50,467 - Homebrew/brew — The Package Manager for Everywhere ☆
50,193 - iina/iina — The modern video player for macOS. ☆
46,986 - helix-editor/helix — A post-modern modal text editor. ☆
46,775 - mifi/lossless-cut — The swiss army knife of lossless video/audio editing ☆
45,636 - logseq/logseq — Privacy-first knowledge management platform ☆
45,465 - exelban/stats — macOS system monitor in your menu bar ☆
43,070 - LizardByte/Sunshine — Self-hosted game stream host for Moonlight. ☆
42,939 - GyulyVGC/sniffnet — Comfortably monitor your network traffic ☆
41,823 - qbittorrent/qBittorrent — qBittorrent BitTorrent client ☆
41,319 - vim/vim — The official Vim repository ☆
41,184 - nwjs/nw.js — Write apps with Node.js modules and web technologies ☆
41,149 - Kong/insomnia — Cross-platform API client for REST, GraphQL, gRPC ☆
40,111 - mattermost/mattermost — Open source platform for team collaboration ☆
39,511 - RSSNext/Folo — Folo is the AI RSS Reader ☆
39,216 - lapce/lapce — Lightning-fast and Powerful Code Editor written in Rust ☆
38,976 - mpv-player/mpv — Command line media player ☆
37,685 - utmapp/UTM — Virtual machines for iOS and macOS ☆
36,659 - kovidgoyal/kitty — Cross-platform GPU-based terminal emulator ☆
35,515 - balena-io/etcher — Flash OS images to SD cards & USB drives, safely and easily. ☆
34,651 - MonitorControl/MonitorControl — Control external display brightness ☆
34,621 - waydabber/BetterDisplay — HiDPI scaling and display control ☆
34,363 - pear-devs/pear-desktop — Pear is extension for music player ☆
33,974 - hiddify/hiddify-app — Multi-platform auto-proxy client ☆
33,606 - surrealdb/surrealdb — Distributed document-graph database ☆
33,261 - shadowsocks/ShadowsocksX-NG — Shadowsocks GUI client for mac OS ☆
32,864 - flameshot-org/flameshot — Powerful yet simple to use screenshot software ☆
31,399 - rxhanson/Rectangle — Window management with shortcuts and snap ☆
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