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flameshot-org/flameshot

Powerful yet simple to use screenshot software :desktop_computer: :camera_flash:

Stack

C++ Qt CMake

GitHub topics

#capture #cross-platform #free-software #gnu-linux #gui #hacktoberfest

Updated: 2026-09-17
Lists: 7 list mentions
First commit: 2017-05-10
History: 16 history points
License: GPL-3.0
Issues: 738 open

31,051

stars

Forks: 2,042
Commits: 2,371 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

Website GitHub

rxhanson/Rectangle

Move and resize windows on macOS with keyboard shortcuts and snap areas

Stack

Swift

Updated: 2026-09-27
Lists: 3 list mentions
First commit: 2019-06-21
History: 13 history points
License: NOASSERTION
Issues: 63 open

29,998

stars

Forks: 1,003
Commits: 1,473 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

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jordanbaird/Ice

Powerful menu bar manager for macOS

Stack

Swift Swift Package Manager

GitHub topics

#macos #macos-app #menu-bar #menubar #menubar-app #status-bar

Updated: 2026-10-06
Lists: 3 list mentions
First commit: 2023-07-30
History: 144 history points
License: GPL-3.0
Issues: 448 open

29,828

stars

Forks: 999
Commits: 1,140 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: +57 +0.2%
Commit velocity, last 7 days: 0 0.0%

Website GitHub

asmvik/yabai

A tiling window manager for macOS based on binary space partitioning

Stack

Updated: 2026-06-14
Lists: 4 list mentions
First commit: 2019-05-04
History: 15 history points
License: MIT
Issues: 259 open

29,685

stars

Forks: 774
Commits: 1,706 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

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micro-editor/micro

A modern and intuitive terminal-based text editor

Stack

Go Go modules

GitHub topics

#command-line #cross-platform #editor #go #golang #micro

Updated: 2026-09-11
Lists: 4 list mentions
First commit: 2016-03-11
History: 48 history points
License: MIT
Issues: 945 open

29,559

stars

Forks: 1,363
Commits: 3,548 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

Website GitHub

keepassxreboot/keepassxc

KeePassXC is a cross-platform community-driven port of the Windows application “KeePass Password Safe”.

AI dev

Stack

C++ CMake Go modules vcpkg

GitHub topics

#cross-platform #hacktoberfest #keepass #keepassxc #linux #macos

Updated: 2026-09-23
Lists: 4 list mentions
First commit: 2010-08-07
History: 14 history points
License: NOASSERTION
Issues: 892 open

28,925

stars

Forks: 1,917
Commits: 5,018 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

Website GitHub

kovidgoyal/calibre

The official source code repository for the calibre ebook manager

Stack

Python CMake pip uv

GitHub topics

#calibre #ebook #ebook-formats #ebook-manager #ebook-reader #ebooks

Updated: 2026-09-12
Lists: 5 list mentions
First commit: 2006-10-31
History: 47 history points
License: GPL-3.0
Issues: Disabled

25,879

stars

Forks: 2,674
Commits: 54,466 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

Website GitHub

readest/readest

Readest is a modern, feature-rich ebook reader designed for avid readers offering seamless cross-platform access, powerful tools, and an intuitive interface to elevate your reading experience.

AI dev

Stack

TypeScript Android Axum Next.js React Cargo Gradle npm

GitHub topics

#calibre #calibre-plugin #cross-platform #crosspoint-plugin #ebook #ebook-reader

Updated: 2026-10-12
Lists: 4 list mentions
First commit: 2024-09-24
History: 14 history points
License: AGPL-3.0
Issues: 123 open

25,104

stars

Forks: 1,683
Commits: 3,370 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: 0 0.0%
Commit velocity, last 7 days: 0 0.0%

Website GitHub

spicetify/cli

Command-line tool to customize Spotify client. Supports Windows, macOS, and Linux.

AI dev

Stack

JavaScript Svelte Go modules pnpm

GitHub topics

#command-line #command-line-tool #customization #golang #hacktoberfest #linux

Updated: 2026-10-05
Lists: 2 list mentions
First commit: 2018-12-01
History: 11 history points
License: LGPL-2.1
Issues: 12 open

24,809

stars

Forks: 956
Commits: 1,604 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

Website GitHub

sqlitebrowser/sqlitebrowser

Official home of the DB Browser for SQLite (DB4S) project. Previously known as "SQLite Database Browser" and "Database Browser for SQLite". Website at:

Stack

C++ CMake

GitHub topics

#c-plus-plus #cross-platform #database #database-browser #database-gui #sqlite

Updated: 2026-09-17
Lists: 5 list mentions
First commit: 2003-08-14
History: 12 history points
License: NOASSERTION
Issues: 838 open

24,605

stars

Forks: 2,375
Commits: 4,295 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

Website GitHub

HandBrake/HandBrake

HandBrake's development repository

Stack

C .NET SDK Meson Swift Package Manager

GitHub topics

#gplv2 #multi-platform #video-transcoding

Updated: 2026-09-23
Lists: 4 list mentions
First commit: 2006-01-14
History: 14 history points
License: NOASSERTION
Issues: 298 open

24,475

stars

Forks: 1,707
Commits: 13,567 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

Website GitHub

beekeeper-studio/beekeeper-studio

Modern and easy to use SQL client for MySQL, Postgres, SQLite, SQL Server, and more. Linux, MacOS, and Windows.

AI dev

Stack

TypeScript Electron React Vite Vue npm pip Yarn

GitHub topics

#cockroachdb #database #datagrip-alternative #dbeaver-alternative #electron #firebird

Updated: 2026-10-16
Lists: 4 list mentions
First commit: 2015-10-26
History: 22 history points
License: NOASSERTION
Issues: 1,192 open

23,754

stars

Forks: 1,650
Commits: 10,526 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: +35 +0.1%
Commit velocity, last 7 days: +47 +0.4%

Website GitHub

brave/brave-browser

Brave browser for Android, iOS, Linux, macOS, Windows.

Stack

npm

GitHub topics

#brave #browser #chromium #linux #macos #windows

Updated: 2026-09-21
Lists: 4 list mentions
First commit: 2016-11-09
History: 14 history points
License: MPL-2.0
Issues: 10,843 open

23,685

stars

Forks: 3,216
Commits: 11,544 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

Website GitHub

redis/RedisDesktopManager

No description.

Stack

C++ CMake pip

Updated: 2024-07-10
Lists: 3 list mentions
First commit: 2013-08-05
History: 12 history points
License: NOASSERTION
Issues: 70 open

23,233

stars

Forks: 3,231
Commits: 2,166 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

Website GitHub

CodeEditApp/CodeEdit

📝 CodeEdit App for macOS – Elevate your code editing experience. Open source, free forever.

Stack

Swift Bundler Swift Package Manager

GitHub topics

#app #appkit #apple #code #code-edit #code-editor

Updated: 2026-08-18
Lists: 3 list mentions
First commit: 2022-03-10
History: 13 history points
License: MIT
Issues: 213 open

23,039

stars

Forks: 1,189
Commits: 2,186 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

Website GitHub

pqrs-org/Karabiner-Elements

Karabiner-Elements is a powerful tool for customizing keyboards on macOS

Stack

C++ CMake Swift Package Manager

GitHub topics

#keyboard #macos

Updated: 2026-10-04
Lists: 3 list mentions
First commit: 2016-07-11
History: 11 history points
License: Unlicense
Issues: 27 open

22,912

stars

Forks: 944
Commits: 8,805 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

Website GitHub

Homebrew/homebrew-cask

🍻 Default casks (upstream binary packages) for the package manager for everywhere

AI dev

Stack

Ruby

GitHub topics

#cask #hacktoberfest #homebrew

Updated: 2026-10-02
Lists: 2 list mentions
First commit: 2012-03-05
History: 12 history points
License: BSD-2-Clause
Issues: 27 open

22,244

stars

Forks: 11,962
Commits: 482,045 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

Website GitHub

super-productivity/super-productivity

Super Productivity is an advanced todo list app with integrated Timeboxing and time tracking capabilities. It also comes with integrations for Jira, GitLab, GitHub and Open Project.

AI dev

Stack

TypeScript Android Angular Electron Fastify Bundler Cargo CocoaPods

GitHub topics

#android #flowmodoro #flowtime #habit-tracker #ios #issue-tracker

Updated: 2026-09-21
Lists: 5 list mentions
First commit: 2016-12-30
History: 15 history points
License: MIT
Issues: 1,453 open

22,193

stars

Forks: 2,068
Commits: 22,117 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

Website GitHub

obsidianmd/obsidian-releases

Community plugins list, theme list, and releases of Obsidian.

Stack

npm

GitHub topics

#bases #jsoncanvas #markdown #md #obsidian #obsidian-md

Updated: 2026-10-05
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2020-05-08
History: 11 history points
License: Unknown
Issues: Disabled

21,988

stars

Forks: 7,834
Commits: 9,699 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

Website GitHub

screenpipe/screenpipe

YC (S26) | Open Computer History | Continuously record your company computer work, map your workflows, help you find work worth automating, and power your agents' context

AI dev

Stack

Rust Axum Electron Next.js React Bun Cargo npm

GitHub topics

#agents #agi #ai #ai-memory #audio-recording #computer-vision

Updated: 2026-10-17
Lists: 9 list mentions
First commit: 2024-06-19
History: 106 history points
License: NOASSERTION
Issues: 40 open

21,960

stars

Forks: 2,249
Commits: 14,000 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: +60 +0.3%
Commit velocity, last 7 days: +99 +0.7%

Website GitHub

desktop/desktop

Focus on what matters instead of fighting with Git.

AI dev

Stack

TypeScript Electron React npm Yarn

GitHub topics

#electron #git #github #github-desktop #typescript

Updated: 2026-09-22
Lists: 3 list mentions
First commit: 2016-05-11
History: 13 history points
License: MIT
Issues: 1,045 open

21,893

stars

Forks: 10,566
Commits: 40,112 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

Website GitHub

p0deje/Maccy

Lightweight clipboard manager for macOS

Stack

Swift Swift Package Manager

GitHub topics

#clipboard-manager #maccy #macos

Updated: 2026-09-04
Lists: 3 list mentions
First commit: 2017-02-17
History: 13 history points
License: MIT
Issues: 193 open

21,698

stars

Forks: 1,171
Commits: 1,090 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

Website GitHub

Caldis/Mos

一个用于在 macOS 上平滑你的鼠标滚动效果或单独设置滚动方向的小工具, 让你的滚轮爽如触控板 | A lightweight tool used to smooth scrolling and set scroll direction independently for your mouse on macOS

AI dev

Stack

Swift Next.js React Tailwind CSS npm Swift Package Manager

GitHub topics

#homebrew #macos #mouse #osx #reverse #scroll

Updated: 2026-08-20
Lists: 3 list mentions
First commit: 2017-01-10
History: 13 history points
License: NOASSERTION
Issues: 408 open

21,447

stars

Forks: 687
Commits: 1,208 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

Website GitHub

JohnCoates/Aerial

Apple TV Aerial Screensaver for Mac

Stack

Swift CocoaPods

Updated: 2026-05-16
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2015-10-23
History: 11 history points
License: MIT
Issues: 17 open

20,962

stars

Forks: 1,031
Commits: 1,388 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

GitHub

JetBrains/intellij-community

IntelliJ IDEA & IntelliJ Platform

Stack

Java

GitHub topics

#code-editor #ide #intellij #intellij-community #intellij-platform

Updated: 2026-09-22
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2004-11-05
History: 11 history points
License: NOASSERTION
Issues: Disabled

20,582

stars

Forks: 6,070
Commits: 531,493 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

Website GitHub

ExistentialAudio/BlackHole

BlackHole is a modern macOS audio loopback driver that allows applications to pass audio to other applications with zero additional latency.

Stack

GitHub topics

#audio #driver #loopback #macos #virtual-audio-cable

Updated: 2026-08-11
Lists: 4 list mentions
First commit: 2019-09-27
History: 14 history points
License: NOASSERTION
Issues: 10 open

19,787

stars

Forks: 840
Commits: 648 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

GitHub

videolan/vlc

VLC media player - plays everything, runs anywhere. Code here: https://code.videolan.org/videolan/vlc

Stack

C Cargo CMake Meson

GitHub topics

#c #framework #gplv2 #lgpl #multimedia #open-source

Updated: 2026-09-19
Lists: 5 list mentions
First commit: 1999-08-08
History: 11 history points
License: GPL-2.0
Issues: Disabled

19,684

stars

Forks: 6,202
Commits: 112,399 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

Website GitHub

wulkano/Kap

An open-source screen recorder built with web technology

Stack

TypeScript Electron Next.js React npm Yarn

GitHub topics

#aperture #app #capture #communication #electron #javascript

Updated: 2024-11-12
Lists: 4 list mentions
First commit: 2016-08-10
History: 12 history points
License: MIT
Issues: 260 open

19,386

stars

Forks: 904
Commits: 906 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

Website GitHub

kyleneideck/BackgroundMusic

Background Music, a macOS audio utility: automatically pause your music, set individual apps' volumes and record system audio.

Stack

C++

GitHub topics

#audio #audio-utility #cpp #macos #objective-c

Updated: 2026-06-10
Lists: 4 list mentions
First commit: 2016-02-19
History: 13 history points
License: GPL-2.0
Issues: 542 open

19,304

stars

Forks: 784
Commits: 461 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

GitHub

ActivityWatch/activitywatch

The best free and open-source automated time tracker. Cross-platform, extensible, privacy-focused.

Stack

Python pytest Poetry

GitHub topics

#activitywatch #afk #analytics #app #cross-platform #dashboard

Updated: 2026-10-16
Lists: 6 list mentions
First commit: 2016-04-27
History: 139 history points
License: MPL-2.0
Issues: 139 open

19,253

stars

Forks: 1,045
Commits: 1,210 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: +71 +0.4%
Commit velocity, last 7 days: +6 +0.5%

Website GitHub

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