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kelyvin/Google-Allo-For-Desktop

A "native-like" OS X, Windows, & Linux desktop app for Google Allo

Archived

Stack

HTML npm

GitHub topics

#allo #desktop #desktop-app #electron #google #google-allo

Updated: 2019-01-06
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2017-08-16
History: 11 history points
License: Unknown
Issues: 6 open

120

stars

Forks: 9
Commits: 25 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

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hbowie/notenik-swift

Notenik ported to Swift

Stack

Swift

Updated: 2024-12-18
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2019-01-21
History: 11 history points
License: NOASSERTION
Issues: 1 open

115

stars

Forks: 2
Commits: 763 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

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maelswarm/Datamosh

Datamosh your videos on macOS

Stack

Swift

GitHub topics

#datamosh #datamoshing #glitch #glitch-art

Updated: 2017-08-29
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2017-08-28
History: 11 history points
License: Unknown
Issues: 0 open

113

stars

Forks: 3
Commits: 14 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

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vsaravind007/nodeScratchpad

Evaluate Nodejs Code Snippets From Menubar! :computer:

Stack

Swift CocoaPods

GitHub topics

#developer-tools #javascript #menubar #nodejs #osx-application #repl

Updated: 2020-08-18
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2018-03-23
History: 9 history points
License: MIT
Issues: 4 open

111

stars

Forks: 7
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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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

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es-kumagai/OpenTerminal

This is a app for macOS that to open a new Finder window and change the current directory to the folder this app launched.

Stack

Swift

Updated: 2022-05-19
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2017-12-04
History: 11 history points
License: MIT
Issues: 1 open

107

stars

Forks: 13
Commits: 44 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

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ngquerol/Diurna

Basic/Classic Hacker News app, used as a Cocoa & Swift learning platform

Archived

Stack

Swift CocoaPods

GitHub topics

#cocoa #hacker-news #macos #news #swift

Updated: 2024-06-26
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2016-01-15
History: 11 history points
License: MIT
Issues: 0 open

107

stars

Forks: 4
Commits: 114 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

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quickwords/quickwords

Quickwords is a productivity app, to get on with your work quicker.

Stack

JavaScript Electron Tailwind CSS Vue npm

GitHub topics

#app #electron #electron-app #hacktoberfest #macos #productivity

Updated: 2023-04-23
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2015-10-16
History: 11 history points
License: MIT
Issues: 6 open

105

stars

Forks: 15
Commits: 492 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

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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

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Pjirlip/Pillager

macOs Video Downloader written in Swift and Obj.-C

Stack

Swift

Updated: 2018-11-28
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2017-01-10
History: 11 history points
License: Unknown
Issues: 1 open

102

stars

Forks: 8
Commits: 35 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

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wddwycc/Freehand

A macOS status bar App for quick sketch

Archived

Stack

Swift

Updated: 2017-06-17
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2016-03-26
History: 9 history points
License: Unknown
Issues: 0 open

102

stars

Forks: 7
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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eonist/GitSync

A minimalistic Git client for Mac

Stack

Swift Swift Package Manager

Updated: 2019-08-01
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2015-09-25
History: 11 history points
License: Unknown
Issues: 4 open

101

stars

Forks: 14
Commits: 18,723 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

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glaurent/MessagesHistoryBrowser

a macOS/OSX app to comfortably browse and search through your Messages.app history.

Stack

Swift CocoaPods Swift Package Manager

Updated: 2026-08-02
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2015-09-30
History: 11 history points
License: GPL-3.0
Issues: 2 open

101

stars

Forks: 14
Commits: 188 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

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ssamadgh/WWDCsrt

WWDC.srt is a powerful app for downloading subtitles in (srt) format or data links ( video links , pdf links , sample code links ) for each WWDC session video since 2013 .

Stack

HTML

GitHub topics

#2020 #2021 #2022 #2023 #2024 #app

Updated: 2024-06-11
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2017-10-16
History: 10 history points
License: Unknown
Issues: 5 open

101

stars

Forks: 15
Commits: 41 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

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chanonly123/Json-Model-Generator

MacOS app for Generating JSON classes (Template based)

Stack

Swift CocoaPods

GitHub topics

#app #generator #json #mac #macos #mapper

Updated: 2021-12-10
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2018-11-07
History: 11 history points
License: MIT
Issues: 0 open

stars

Forks: 16
Commits: 44 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

GitHub

KrisYu/FilterShop

A macOS App to explore CoreImage Filters.

Stack

Swift

GitHub topics

#cifilter #coreimage #macos #swift

Updated: 2021-02-10
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2017-09-18
History: 11 history points
License: MIT
Issues: 2 open

stars

Forks: 17
Commits: 4 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

GitHub

cemolcay/ChordDetector

A tiny menu bar app detecting the chords of the songs you are listening on iTunes or Spotify.

Stack

Swift

GitHub topics

#chord #itunes #menubar #spotify #ultimate-guitar

Updated: 2019-12-04
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2017-03-23
History: 11 history points
License: MIT
Issues: 0 open

stars

Forks: 3
Commits: 45 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

GitHub

b3z/reventlou

Personal db information management system.

Archived

Stack

TypeScript Electron npm

GitHub topics

#archive #database #filemanager #information #management #notes-management-system

Updated: 2022-10-14
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2020-12-13
History: 11 history points
License: LGPL-3.0
Issues: 16 open

stars

Forks: 3
Commits: 275 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

GitHub

buddax2/tmpNote

Yet another simple notes app

Stack

Swift CocoaPods

Updated: 2021-10-26
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2017-09-22
History: 11 history points
License: MIT
Issues: 5 open

stars

Forks: 11
Commits: 105 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

GitHub

timonus/Rhea

A Mac status bar app for quickly sharing files and links.

Stack

Objective-C

GitHub topics

#dropbox #mac #macos #macosx #objective-c #statusbarutil

Updated: 2026-07-10
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2016-08-04
History: 9 history points
License: MIT
Issues: 3 open

stars

Forks: 14
Commits: 123 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

Capevace/BetterPiP

A macOS application that enables the use of native picture-in-picture with browsers such as Google Chrome for HTML5 videos.

Archived

Stack

Swift npm

Updated: 2020-06-15
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2017-09-26
History: 11 history points
License: MIT
Issues: 0 open

stars

Forks: 7
Commits: 22 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

GitHub

willamowius/gnugk

GNU Gatekeeper - H.323 server for VoIP and videoconferencing

Stack

C++ .NET SDK

GitHub topics

#c-plus-plus #communication #h323 #h323plus #nat-traversal #video-conferencing

Updated: 2026-08-25
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2000-04-24
History: 8 history points
License: GPL-2.0
Issues: 0 open

stars

Forks: 25
Commits: 5,860 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

Website GitHub

barseghyanartur/app-menu

The missing Applications Menu for macOS

AI dev

Stack

Swift

GitHub topics

#application-menu #macos #macos-application

Updated: 2026-06-15
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2024-01-29
History: 11 history points
License: MIT
Issues: 0 open

stars

Forks: 0
Commits: 30 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

GitHub

dcrousso/GroupMe

Unofficial GroupMe App

Stack

JavaScript Electron npm

GitHub topics

#electron #groupme #linux #macos #unofficial #windows

Updated: 2023-03-27
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2016-08-15
History: 11 history points
License: MIT
Issues: 16 open

stars

Forks: 11
Commits: 15 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

GitHub

hisaac/PlainPasta

A simple macOS app for "plaintextifying" your clipboard

Archived

Stack

Swift

GitHub topics

#appkit #clipboard #macos #nspasteboard #pasteboard #swift

Updated: 2022-03-11
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2018-10-16
History: 11 history points
License: MIT
Issues: 17 open

stars

Forks: 5
Commits: 102 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

GitHub

mamal72/lyricsify-mac

A simple Spotify lyrics viewer menu bar app for macOS in Swift 3

Stack

Swift CocoaPods

GitHub topics

#dmg #lyrics #macos

Updated: 2016-11-30
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2016-11-22
History: 11 history points
License: MIT
Issues: 2 open

stars

Forks: 8
Commits: 11 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

GitHub

plan44/localSites

Simple Menu Bar (Status Bar) App for mac OS and simple table app for iOS listing local Bonjour websites (as Safari 11 no longer has Bonjour Bookmarks)

Stack

Swift

GitHub topics

#bonjour #swift

Updated: 2025-04-11
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2017-09-24
History: 11 history points
License: Unknown
Issues: 1 open

stars

Forks: 11
Commits: 34 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

GitHub

ishuah/bifrost

🌈 burning rainbow bridge between your terminal and serial ports

Stack

Go Go modules

GitHub topics

#kalamashaka #serial-port #terminal-emulator

Updated: 2026-07-28
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2018-02-16
History: 11 history points
License: MIT
Issues: 0 open

stars

Forks: 10
Commits: 99 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

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