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sindresorhus/quick-look-plugins

List of useful Quick Look plugins for developers

Updated: 2026-07-25
Lists: 3 list mentions
First commit: 2013-12-07
History: 13 history points
License: Unknown
Issues: 4 open

18,769

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Forks: 548
Commits: 68 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

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audacity/audacity

Audio Editor

Stack

C++ CMake

GitHub topics

#audio #cross-platform #editor #gplv2 #wxwidgets-applications

Updated: 2026-09-21
Lists: 3 list mentions
First commit: 2010-01-23
History: 13 history points
License: NOASSERTION
Issues: 1,807 open

18,522

stars

Forks: 2,666
Commits: 25,338 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

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dortania/OpenCore-Legacy-Patcher

Experience macOS just like before

Stack

Python pip Yarn

GitHub topics

#big-sur #macos #opencore #patcher

Updated: 2026-09-19
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2020-11-24
History: 11 history points
License: NOASSERTION
Issues: 25 open

18,315

stars

Forks: 1,998
Commits: 3,774 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

Website GitHub

matryer/xbar

Put the output from any script or program into your macOS Menu Bar (the BitBar reboot)

Stack

Go Gin Svelte Tailwind CSS Go modules npm

GitHub topics

#bitbar #mac #macos-menu #macosx #menubar #scripting

Updated: 2024-09-10
Lists: 3 list mentions
First commit: 2013-11-13
History: 13 history points
License: MIT
Issues: 188 open

18,067

stars

Forks: 655
Commits: 1,098 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

Website GitHub

gnachman/iTerm2

iTerm2 is a terminal emulator for Mac OS X that does amazing things.

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Stack

Objective-C Vite Bundler npm pip

Updated: 2026-09-10
Lists: 3 list mentions
First commit: 2010-07-20
History: 49 history points
License: GPL-2.0
Issues: Disabled

18,037

stars

Forks: 1,484
Commits: 17,374 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

Website GitHub

Foundry376/Mailspring

:love_letter: A beautiful, fast and fully open source mail client for Mac, Windows and Linux.

AI dev

Stack

TypeScript Electron Express React Composer npm Yarn

GitHub topics

#electron #electron-app #email #imap #linux #mail

Updated: 2026-09-23
Lists: 3 list mentions
First commit: 2015-02-04
History: 13 history points
License: GPL-3.0
Issues: 30 open

17,853

stars

Forks: 1,041
Commits: 8,146 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

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NixOS/nix

Nix, the purely functional package manager

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Stack

C++ Meson

GitHub topics

#c-plus-plus #declarative-language #functional-programming #nix #package-manager

Updated: 2026-10-06
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2003-03-12
History: 11 history points
License: LGPL-2.1
Issues: 2,983 open

17,833

stars

Forks: 2,021
Commits: 24,521 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

Website GitHub

OpenEmu/OpenEmu

🕹 Retro video game emulation for macOS

Stack

Swift

GitHub topics

#emulation #emulator #macos #objective-c #openemu #retrogaming

Updated: 2025-10-22
Lists: 5 list mentions
First commit: 2009-01-14
History: 15 history points
License: Unknown
Issues: 430 open

17,807

stars

Forks: 1,360
Commits: 7,411 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

Website GitHub

BoostIO/BoostNote-Legacy

This repository is outdated and new Boost Note app is available! We've launched a new Boost Note app which supports real-time collaborative writing. https://github.com/BoostIO/BoostNote-App

Archived

Stack

JavaScript Electron Express React npm Yarn

GitHub topics

#electron #linux #macos #open-source #react #stylus

Updated: 2023-04-19
Lists: 4 list mentions
First commit: 2015-05-26
History: 15 history points
License: NOASSERTION
Issues: 528 open

16,888

stars

Forks: 1,446
Commits: 4,730 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

Website GitHub

signalapp/Signal-Desktop

A private messenger for Windows, macOS, and Linux.

Stack

TypeScript Electron React Tailwind CSS Vite npm pnpm

Updated: 2026-09-23
Lists: 3 list mentions
First commit: 2014-01-10
History: 13 history points
License: AGPL-3.0
Issues: 889 open

16,548

stars

Forks: 3,126
Commits: 13,601 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

Website GitHub

lwouis/alt-tab-macos

Windows alt-tab on macOS

AI dev

Stack

Swift npm Pipenv

GitHub topics

#alt-tab #alttab #expose #macos #mission-control #task-switcher

Updated: 2026-09-20
Lists: 4 list mentions
First commit: 2019-08-27
History: 13 history points
License: GPL-3.0
Issues: 79 open

16,309

stars

Forks: 873
Commits: 2,014 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

Website GitHub

ianyh/Amethyst

Automatic tiling window manager for macOS à la xmonad.

Stack

Swift Swift Package Manager

GitHub topics

#mac #macos #window-manager #xmonad

Updated: 2026-08-19
Lists: 3 list mentions
First commit: 2013-05-14
History: 13 history points
License: MIT
Issues: 296 open

16,274

stars

Forks: 534
Commits: 1,375 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

Website GitHub

OpenRCT2/OpenRCT2

An open source re-implementation of RollerCoaster Tycoon 2 🎢

Stack

C++ Android CMake .NET SDK Gradle

GitHub topics

#c-plus-plus #cmake #cpp #discord #game #hacktoberfest

Updated: 2026-09-12
Lists: 4 list mentions
First commit: 2014-04-01
History: 12 history points
License: GPL-3.0
Issues: 1,483 open

16,201

stars

Forks: 1,895
Commits: 30,608 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

Website GitHub

Hammerspoon/hammerspoon

Staggeringly powerful macOS desktop automation with Lua

Stack

Objective-C CocoaPods pip

GitHub topics

#automation #hammerspoon #irc #lua #macos #mjolnir

Updated: 2026-07-08
Lists: 3 list mentions
First commit: 2013-12-02
History: 13 history points
License: MIT
Issues: 694 open

16,177

stars

Forks: 720
Commits: 6,938 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

Website GitHub

cryptomator/cryptomator

Cryptomator for Windows, macOS, and Linux: Secure client-side encryption for your cloud storage, ensuring privacy and control over your data.

Stack

Java Maven

GitHub topics

#cloud-storage #crypto #cryptography #cryptomator #encryption #java

Updated: 2026-09-16
Lists: 4 list mentions
First commit: 2014-02-02
History: 14 history points
License: GPL-3.0
Issues: 285 open

16,172

stars

Forks: 1,543
Commits: 6,518 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

Website GitHub

infinitered/reactotron

A desktop app for inspecting your React JS and React Native projects. macOS, Linux, and Windows.

AI dev

Stack

TypeScript Electron Expo React React Native Bundler npm Yarn

GitHub topics

#debugging #desktop #react-native #reactjs #reactnative #reactotron

Updated: 2026-08-13
Lists: 2 list mentions
First commit: 2016-04-12
History: 12 history points
License: MIT
Issues: 156 open

15,591

stars

Forks: 970
Commits: 6,310 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: 0 0.0%
Commit velocity, last 7 days: 0 0.0%

Website GitHub

dolphin-emu/dolphin

Dolphin is a GameCube / Wii emulator, allowing you to play games for these two platforms on PC with improvements.

Stack

C++ CMake Gradle

GitHub topics

#cpp #emulation #emulator #gamecube #wii

Updated: 2026-09-16
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2008-07-12
History: 11 history points
License: NOASSERTION
Issues: Disabled

15,548

stars

Forks: 3,257
Commits: 46,092 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

Website GitHub

xournalpp/xournalpp

Xournal++ is a handwriting notetaking software with PDF annotation support. Written in C++ with GTK3, supporting Linux (e.g. Ubuntu, Debian, Arch, SUSE), macOS and Windows 10. Supports pen input from devices such as Wacom Tablets.

Stack

C++ CMake

GitHub topics

#c-plus-plus #crossplatform #gtk3 #notes #notetaking #pdf

Updated: 2026-09-09
Lists: 2 list mentions
First commit: 2011-01-04
History: 44 history points
License: GPL-2.0
Issues: 1,249 open

15,347

stars

Forks: 1,124
Commits: 6,603 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

Website GitHub

lra/mackup

Backup and keep your application settings in sync.

Stack

Python pytest uv

Updated: 2026-09-09
Lists: 3 list mentions
First commit: 2013-04-06
History: 47 history points
License: GPL-3.0
Issues: 294 open

15,320

stars

Forks: 944
Commits: 2,470 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

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transmission/transmission

Official Transmission BitTorrent client repository

AI dev

Stack

C++ Android Qt CMake Gradle npm

Updated: 2026-09-04
Lists: 6 list mentions
First commit: 2006-01-12
History: 12 history points
License: NOASSERTION
Issues: 874 open

15,253

stars

Forks: 1,446
Commits: 16,915 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

Website GitHub

keycastr/keycastr

KeyCastr, an open-source keystroke visualizer

Stack

Objective-C

Updated: 2026-09-07
Lists: 3 list mentions
First commit: 2009-02-19
History: 13 history points
License: BSD-3-Clause
Issues: 90 open

15,129

stars

Forks: 578
Commits: 394 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

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dwarvesf/hidden

An ultra-light MacOS utility that helps hide menu bar icons

Stack

Swift Swift Package Manager

GitHub topics

#macos #swift #utilities

Updated: 2026-09-19
Lists: 3 list mentions
First commit: 2019-02-12
History: 13 history points
License: MIT
Issues: 111 open

14,881

stars

Forks: 503
Commits: 128 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

Website GitHub

streetwriters/notesnook

A fully open source & end-to-end encrypted note taking alternative to Evernote.

Stack

TypeScript Android Electron React React Native Bundler CocoaPods Gradle

GitHub topics

#asp-net-core #dotnet-core #electron #foss #hacktoberfest #note-managment

Updated: 2026-10-05
Lists: 3 list mentions
First commit: 2019-11-14
History: 11 history points
License: GPL-3.0
Issues: 1,078 open

14,719

stars

Forks: 1,023
Commits: 15,623 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

Website GitHub

textmate/textmate

TextMate is a graphical text editor for macOS 10.12 or later

Stack

Objective-C++

GitHub topics

#c-plus-plus #cocoa #macos #objective-c-plus-plus #texteditor #textmate

Updated: 2024-05-18
Lists: 4 list mentions
First commit: 2012-08-09
History: 12 history points
License: GPL-3.0
Issues: Disabled

14,578

stars

Forks: 1,757
Commits: 5,757 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

Website GitHub

espanso/espanso

A Privacy-first, Cross-platform Text Expander written in Rust

AI dev

Stack

Rust Cargo

GitHub topics

#espanso #linux #macos #productivity #productivity-tools #rust

Updated: 2026-09-20
Lists: 2 list mentions
First commit: 2019-08-30
History: 11 history points
License: GPL-3.0
Issues: 541 open

14,524

stars

Forks: 467
Commits: 1,653 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

Website GitHub

zhongyi-tong/electronic-wechat

:speech_balloon: A better WeChat on macOS and Linux. Built with Electron by Zhongyi Tong.

Archived

Stack

JavaScript Electron npm

GitHub topics

#electron #linux #macos #web-wechat #wechat

Updated: 2020-09-30
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2016-02-18
History: 11 history points
License: MIT
Issues: 208 open

13,830

stars

Forks: 2,653
Commits: 256 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

GitHub

nmap/nmap

Nmap - the Network Mapper. Github mirror of official SVN repository.

Stack

C CMake .NET SDK PEP 517

GitHub topics

#asynchronous #c-plus-plus #libpcap #linux #lua #machine-learning

Updated: 2026-10-03
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2005-04-11
History: 11 history points
License: NOASSERTION
Issues: 698 open

13,712

stars

Forks: 2,911
Commits: 13,831 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

Website GitHub

eczarny/spectacle

Spectacle allows you to organize your windows without using a mouse.

Archived

Stack

Objective-C

Updated: 2022-01-15
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2010-07-11
History: 11 history points
License: NOASSERTION
Issues: Disabled

13,632

stars

Forks: 858
Commits: 685 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

Website GitHub

Zettlr/Zettlr

Your One-Stop Publication Workbench

Stack

TypeScript Electron Vue Yarn

GitHub topics

#desktop #docx #electron #html #languages #libreoffice

Updated: 2026-09-29
Lists: 4 list mentions
First commit: 2017-12-26
History: 10 history points
License: GPL-3.0
Issues: 543 open

13,593

stars

Forks: 846
Commits: 9,311 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

Website GitHub

element-hq/element-web

A glossy Matrix collaboration client for the web.

AI dev

Stack

TypeScript Electron Express React Vite npm pnpm

GitHub topics

#hacktoberfest #matrix

Updated: 2026-10-07
Lists: 4 list mentions
First commit: 2015-06-09
History: 10 history points
License: AGPL-3.0
Issues: 3,729 open

13,545

stars

Forks: 2,788
Commits: 70,706 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

Website GitHub

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