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arietan/lite-edit

A lightweight, fast code editor for macOS — built with Swift and AppKit

AI dev

Stack

Swift Swift Package Manager

Updated: 2026-04-23
Lists: 3 list mentions
First commit: 2026-04-08
History: 9 history points
License: MIT
Issues: 3 open

165

stars

Forks: 11
Commits: 30 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

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objective-see/TaskExplorer

Visually explore all running tasks (processes) ....viewing its signature status, loaded dylibs, open files, network connection, and much more.

Stack

Objective-C

Updated: 2026-09-17
Lists: 2 list mentions
First commit: 2015-06-14
History: 9 history points
License: GPL-3.0
Issues: 7 open

161

stars

Forks: 19
Commits: 69 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

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ralph/Spotifly

Native Spotify client

AI dev

Stack

Swift Cargo

Updated: 2026-08-28
Lists: 2 list mentions
First commit: 2025-12-30
History: 9 history points
License: MIT
Issues: 10 open

161

stars

Forks: 20
Commits: 420 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

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jkuri/Reframed

Screen recording on macOS, from capture to delivery, no detours.

AI dev

Stack

Swift Swift Package Manager

GitHub topics

#60fps #audio-recording #captions #compositor #macos #macos-app

Updated: 2026-04-16
Lists: 2 list mentions
First commit: 2026-02-08
History: 9 history points
License: MIT
Issues: 8 open

158

stars

Forks: 17
Commits: 376 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

Website GitHub

sorkila/lockpaw

Cover your Mac screen with a hotkey while AI agents keep running. Dog/cat mascot, native Settings, Touch ID unlock.

AI dev

Stack

Swift

GitHub topics

#ai-agents #claude-code #developer-tools #hotkey #macos #macos-app

Updated: 2026-09-15
Lists: 2 list mentions
First commit: 2026-03-19
History: 9 history points
License: MIT
Issues: 5 open

153

stars

Forks: 9
Commits: 122 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

Website GitHub

appledragon/everythingByMdfind

python script to search everything by mdfind on MacOS

Stack

Python pip

GitHub topics

#developer-tools #disk-analyzer #disk-usage #everything #everything-search #macos

Updated: 2026-08-06
Lists: 2 list mentions
First commit: 2025-02-17
History: 9 history points
License: NOASSERTION
Issues: 0 open

151

stars

Forks: 12
Commits: 124 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

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luoyuctl/agenttrace

Local-first Rust TUI/CLI for auditing AI coding-agent sessions: cost, tokens, latency, failures, and health｜本地运行的 Rust TUI/CLI，审计 AI 编程 Agent 会话的成本、Token、延迟、失败与健康度

AI dev

Stack

Rust Cargo npm

GitHub topics

#ai-agent-observability #ai-agents #ai-cost-tracking #claude-code #codex-cli #coding-agent

Updated: 2026-10-12
Lists: 7 list mentions
First commit: 2026-05-01
History: 10 history points
License: MIT
Issues: 5 open

147

stars

Forks: 9
Commits: 521 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: 0 0.0%
Commit velocity, last 7 days: 0 0.0%

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bunnysayzz/AppleAI

Apple AI is a lightweight, privacy‑minded macOS menu bar app that keeps your favorite AI assistants one keystroke away. Open a compact, always‑on‑top chat window and jump between services like ChatGPT, Claude, Copilot, Perplexity, Gemini, and more. All from one place

Stack

Swift

GitHub topics

#ai #aichatbot #appleintelligence #chatgpt #claude #deepseek

Updated: 2026-09-17
Lists: 2 list mentions
First commit: 2025-03-10
History: 9 history points
License: Unknown
Issues: 1 open

144

stars

Forks: 5
Commits: 71 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

Website GitHub

momenbasel/puresnitch

Free, open-source application firewall for macOS. Little Snitch alternative with zero telemetry. Native SwiftUI world map, rules manager, DNS over HTTPS, pf-based blocking. Signed, notarized, MIT licensed.

Stack

Swift

GitHub topics

#application-firewall #blocklist #dns-over-https #dns-proxy #firewall #little-snitch

Updated: 2026-08-30
Lists: 2 list mentions
First commit: 2026-05-23
History: 7 history points
License: MIT
Issues: 4 open

143

stars

Forks: 10
Commits: 14 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

Website GitHub

yoichiro/chrome_mysql_admin

ChromeMyAdmin provides you the administration GUI of MySQL server. It is like phpMyAdmin, Sequel Pro.

Stack

JavaScript npm

Updated: 2019-04-21
Lists: 2 list mentions
First commit: 2014-03-12
History: 9 history points
License: Apache-2.0
Issues: 32 open

143

stars

Forks: 32
Commits: 382 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

Website GitHub

AnaghSharma/Carol

Carol is a minimal and beautiful lyrics app for macOS built with SwiftUI

Stack

Swift Swift Package Manager

GitHub topics

#lyrics #macos #musixmatch #swift #swiftui #swiftui-example

Updated: 2025-04-27
Lists: 3 list mentions
First commit: 2019-10-12
History: 13 history points
License: GPL-3.0
Issues: 1 open

137

stars

Forks: 6
Commits: 61 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

GitHub

meshware/redis-client-app

A redis client application on mac, windows and linux.

Stack

Vue Vue npm

GitHub topics

#electron #iview2 #redis #redis-client

Updated: 2021-05-12
Lists: 2 list mentions
First commit: 2017-08-10
History: 10 history points
License: MIT
Issues: 5 open

137

stars

Forks: 13
Commits: 77 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

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dutkiewiczmaciej/MakLock

Free, open-source macOS app that locks applications with Touch ID, Apple Watch, and trusted Wi-Fi. The only open-source app locker for macOS.

Stack

Swift

GitHub topics

#app-lock #app-locker #apple-silicon #apple-watch #biometric-authentication #bluetooth

Updated: 2026-04-16
Lists: 3 list mentions
First commit: 2026-02-19
History: 9 history points
License: MIT
Issues: 26 open

131

stars

Forks: 19
Commits: 98 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

Website GitHub

objective-see/RansomWhere

Generic ransomware detector

Stack

Objective-C

Updated: 2026-09-14
Lists: 2 list mentions
First commit: 2015-04-05
History: 9 history points
License: GPL-3.0
Issues: 1 open

130

stars

Forks: 19
Commits: 125 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

GitHub

objective-see/DylibHijackScanner

Scan your computer for applications that are either susceptible to dylib hijacking or have been hijacked.

Stack

Objective-C

Updated: 2025-10-11
Lists: 2 list mentions
First commit: 2015-04-01
History: 9 history points
License: GPL-3.0
Issues: 1 open

128

stars

Forks: 16
Commits: 16 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

GitHub

jaywcjlove/vidwall

Set 4K videos as dynamic desktop wallpapers, supporting MP4 and MOV formats. Simply drag and drop the video into the app, click to set it as your dynamic wallpaper. Make your desktop more lively and fun!

Stack

Swift

GitHub topics

#app #application #desktop #desktop-app #jaywcjlove #macos

Updated: 2026-09-09
Lists: 2 list mentions
First commit: 2025-06-22
History: 9 history points
License: Unknown
Issues: 2 open

127

stars

Forks: 10
Commits: 43 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

Website GitHub

nickustinov/itsyconnect-macos

Better App Store Connect

AI dev

Stack

TypeScript Electron Next.js React Tailwind CSS npm

GitHub topics

#appstoreconnect #asc-api #docker-container #electron #ios #iosdevelopment

Updated: 2026-08-05
Lists: 2 list mentions
First commit: 2026-02-26
History: 9 history points
License: MIT
Issues: 10 open

125

stars

Forks: 13
Commits: 383 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

Website GitHub

GeiserX/VPN-Bypass

macOS menu-bar app for fine-grained VPN routing: bypass the VPN for chosen domains/services, force others through it, or (Custom mode) route each domain/subnet out a specific egress — direct, a specific VPN, an HTTP/SOCKS5 proxy, or a Tailscale peer. Includes a vpnb CLI.

AI dev

Stack

Swift Swift Package Manager

GitHub topics

#cisco #corporate-vpn #dns #globalprotect #homebrew #macos

Updated: 2026-09-18
Lists: 3 list mentions
First commit: 2026-01-14
History: 13 history points
License: GPL-3.0
Issues: 0 open

121

stars

Forks: 11
Commits: 367 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

GitHub

NSGod/ichm

iChm is a CHM reader for Mac OS X

Stack

Objective-C

Updated: 2021-02-07
Lists: 2 list mentions
First commit: 2008-08-11
History: 9 history points
License: Unknown
Issues: 3 open

118

stars

Forks: 25
Commits: 170 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

Website GitHub

daniyalmaster693/MenuScores

Live Scores, Designed for Mac

Stack

Swift Swift Package Manager

GitHub topics

#apple #macos #menubar-app #menuscores #notch #sports

Updated: 2026-09-20
Lists: 2 list mentions
First commit: 2025-05-03
History: 9 history points
License: GPL-3.0
Issues: 2 open

113

stars

Forks: 12
Commits: 738 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

Website GitHub

vishaltelangre/bindPDF

A friendly UI to combine multiple PDFs into a single PDF

Stack

Swift

GitHub topics

#combine-pdf #concat-pdf #merge-pdf #pdf #pdf-binder #pdf-merger

Updated: 2019-10-14
Lists: 2 list mentions
First commit: 2019-10-13
History: 9 history points
License: MIT
Issues: 0 open

113

stars

Forks: 9
Commits: 5 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

GitHub

smughead/Loupe

macOS accessibility inspector for AI-agent workflows. Hover, annotate, copy structured output.

AI dev

Stack

Swift Swift Package Manager

GitHub topics

#accessibility #ai-agents #developer-tools #inspector #macos #swift

Updated: 2026-07-29
Lists: 2 list mentions
First commit: 2026-02-04
History: 9 history points
License: MIT
Issues: 1 open

111

stars

Forks: 5
Commits: 11 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

Website GitHub

rkbhochalya/grayscale-mode

A macOS menu bar app that gives you more control over Grayscale Mode.

Stack

Swift Bundler Swift Package Manager

GitHub topics

#macos #macos-app #macos-swift

Updated: 2021-09-01
Lists: 3 list mentions
First commit: 2019-02-03
History: 13 history points
License: MIT
Issues: 4 open

110

stars

Forks: 8
Commits: 57 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

GitHub

Serpentiel/betterglobekey

Reworked Globe key for faster input source switching

Stack

Go Cobra Electron gRPC Go React Go modules npm

GitHub topics

#enhancement #go #macos #utility #ux

Updated: 2026-09-22
Lists: 2 list mentions
First commit: 2022-08-29
History: 9 history points
License: MIT
Issues: 0 open

106

stars

Forks: 5
Commits: 523 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

GitHub

vincehi/pulp

Pulp is an open source sample manager

Stack

TypeScript Tailwind CSS Tauri Vite Cargo npm

Updated: 2025-10-27
Lists: 3 list mentions
First commit: 2023-02-14
History: 14 history points
License: Unknown
Issues: 13 open

103

stars

Forks: 1
Commits: 185 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

GitHub

photangralenphie/MyMedia

App for displaying your local movies and TV shows for macOS. Alternative for Apples TV app.

Stack

Swift Swift Package Manager

GitHub topics

#alternative #appletv #macos #macos-app #mediaplayer #swift

Updated: 2026-08-22
Lists: 2 list mentions
First commit: 2025-03-27
History: 9 history points
License: MIT
Issues: 3 open

102

stars

Forks: 7
Commits: 160 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

GitHub

ziulev/pomodoro-cycle-app

Open Source macOS pomodoro app. Pomodoro Cycle

Stack

TypeScript Angular Electron npm

GitHub topics

#macos #macos-app #macos-application #macosx #pomodoro #pomodoro-clock

Updated: 2023-10-11
Lists: 3 list mentions
First commit: 2019-06-08
History: 11 history points
License: GPL-3.0
Issues: 5 open

stars

Forks: 7
Commits: 45 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

GitHub

objective-see/KextViewr

View all modules on that are loaded in the OS kernel

Stack

Objective-C

Updated: 2023-02-21
Lists: 2 list mentions
First commit: 2015-10-28
History: 9 history points
License: Unknown
Issues: 2 open

stars

Forks: 13
Commits: 10 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

GitHub

samzong/MacMusicPlayer

A clean, lightweight music player for macOS.

Stack

Swift

Updated: 2026-09-15
Lists: 2 list mentions
First commit: 2024-09-18
History: 10 history points
License: MIT
Issues: 2 open

stars

Forks: 2
Commits: 187 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

Website GitHub

designsbymuzeer/Bye-Mac-App

Close your running apps easily. One click, and they're gone. Say Bye to the mess.

Stack

Swift

GitHub topics

#design #macos #opensource #productivity #swift

Updated: 2025-11-28
Lists: 3 list mentions
First commit: 2025-11-24
History: 13 history points
License: GPL-3.0
Issues: 2 open

stars

Forks: 9
Commits: 31 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

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