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FaisalUmair/udemy-downloader-gui

A desktop application for downloading Udemy Courses

Archived

Stack

JavaScript Electron npm Yarn

GitHub topics

#downloader #electron #linux #mac #macos #nodejs

Updated: 2024-04-06
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2017-11-14
History: 11 history points
License: MIT
Issues: 415 open

6,318

stars

Forks: 1,987
Commits: 285 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

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SwiftyBeaver/SwiftyBeaver

Convenient & secure logging during development & release in Swift 4 & 5

Stack

Swift Swift Package Manager

GitHub topics

#apple-tv #ios #logging #macos #server-side-swift #swift

Updated: 2024-11-26
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2015-11-28
History: 9 history points
License: MIT
Issues: 4 open

6,052

stars

Forks: 493
Commits: 669 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

Website GitHub

tonsky/AnyBar

OS X menubar status indicator

Stack

Objective-C

Updated: 2026-03-21
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2015-03-02
History: 9 history points
License: EPL-1.0
Issues: 16 open

6,039

stars

Forks: 158
Commits: 101 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

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jacklandrin/OnlySwitch

👑 The all-in-one macOS menu bar companion: customizable controls, system monitor, AI Agent, Shortcuts, widgets, remote control, and more.

AI dev

Stack

Swift Swift Package Manager

GitHub topics

#ai #ai-agents #audioplayer #clamshell #composable-architecture #dark-mode

Updated: 2026-10-16
Lists: 3 list mentions
First commit: 2021-11-30
History: 138 history points
License: MIT
Issues: 57 open

5,988

stars

Forks: 245
Commits: 1,275 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: +18 +0.3%
Commit velocity, last 7 days: +20 +1.6%

Website GitHub

Slackadays/Clipboard

😎🏖️🐬 Your new, 𝙧𝙞𝙙𝙤𝙣𝙠𝙪𝙡𝙞𝙘𝙞𝙤𝙪𝙨𝙡𝙮 smart clipboard manager

Stack

C++ CMake

GitHub topics

#bash #cli #clipboard #clipboard-manager #cmd #collaborate

Updated: 2026-05-06
Lists: 5 list mentions
First commit: 2022-11-20
History: 14 history points
License: GPL-3.0
Issues: 26 open

5,917

stars

Forks: 176
Commits: 1,890 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

Website GitHub

TableProApp/TablePro

Free and open source database client built natively for developers

AI dev

Stack

Swift Cargo Swift Package Manager

GitHub topics

#appkit #database #database-client #database-gui #database-management #macos

Updated: 2026-09-20
Lists: 3 list mentions
First commit: 2025-12-16
History: 10 history points
License: AGPL-3.0
Issues: 55 open

5,912

stars

Forks: 393
Commits: 4,349 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

Website GitHub

pbek/QOwnNotes

QOwnNotes is a plain-text file notepad and todo-list manager with Markdown support and Nextcloud / ownCloud integration.

AI dev

Stack

C++ Qt Vite Vue CMake Composer npm

GitHub topics

#bookmark #c-plus-plus #caldav #chrome-extension #dropbox #firefox-extension

Updated: 2026-09-24
Lists: 4 list mentions
First commit: 2014-11-29
History: 13 history points
License: GPL-2.0
Issues: 67 open

5,886

stars

Forks: 500
Commits: 10,864 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

Website GitHub

MarkEdit-app/MarkEdit

Just like TextEdit on Mac but dedicated to Markdown.

Stack

Swift Vite Swift Package Manager Yarn

GitHub topics

#codemirror #codemirror6 #editor #mac #macos #markdown

Updated: 2026-10-02
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2023-02-05
History: 11 history points
License: MIT
Issues: 1 open

5,778

stars

Forks: 254
Commits: 1,548 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

Website GitHub

overtake/TelegramSwift

Source code of Telegram for macos on Swift 5.0

Stack

Swift Swift Package Manager

Updated: 2025-09-22
Lists: 3 list mentions
First commit: 2016-09-05
History: 13 history points
License: GPL-2.0
Issues: 966 open

5,768

stars

Forks: 1,042
Commits: 8,171 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

Website GitHub

alin23/Lunar

Intelligent adaptive brightness for your external monitors

Stack

Swift pip Swift Package Manager

GitHub topics

#adaptive-brightness #brightness #brightness-control #contrast #ddc #ddc-ci

Updated: 2026-07-14
Lists: 3 list mentions
First commit: 2017-11-30
History: 13 history points
License: MIT
Issues: Disabled

5,703

stars

Forks: 146
Commits: 1,170 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

Website GitHub

pedrommcarrasco/Brooklyn

🍎 Screensaver inspired by Apple's Event on October 30, 2018

Stack

Swift

GitHub topics

#apple #macos #screensaver

Updated: 2024-10-09
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2018-10-30
History: 11 history points
License: MIT
Issues: Disabled

5,615

stars

Forks: 277
Commits: 140 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

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fikovnik/ShiftIt

Managing windows size and position in OSX

Stack

Objective-C Pipenv

Updated: 2023-11-20
Lists: 3 list mentions
First commit: 2010-02-16
History: 13 history points
License: Unknown
Issues: 165 open

5,542

stars

Forks: 359
Commits: 414 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

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hql287/Manta

🎉 Flexible invoicing desktop app with beautiful & customizable templates.

Stack

JavaScript Electron Express React npm Yarn

GitHub topics

#customizable-templates #electron #electron-app #electron-react #electronjs #freelancer

Updated: 2025-02-02
Lists: 2 list mentions
First commit: 2017-07-19
History: 12 history points
License: LGPL-3.0
Issues: 135 open

5,485

stars

Forks: 481
Commits: 644 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: 0 0.0%
Commit velocity, last 7 days: 0 0.0%

Website GitHub

mortenjust/androidtool-mac

One-click screenshots, video recordings, app installation for iOS and Android

Stack

Swift

Updated: 2023-03-16
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2015-04-22
History: 11 history points
License: Apache-2.0
Issues: 67 open

5,413

stars

Forks: 317
Commits: 107 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

GitHub

gitify-app/gitify

Git notifications on your menu bar. Available on macOS, Windows & Linux.

AI dev

Stack

TypeScript Electron React React Native Svelte pnpm

GitHub topics

#bitbucket #codeberg #electron #electron-menubar #forgejo #git

Updated: 2026-10-04
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2015-05-21
History: 11 history points
License: MIT
Issues: 14 open

5,361

stars

Forks: 294
Commits: 4,101 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

Website GitHub

leits/MeetingBar

🇺🇦 Your meetings at your fingertips in the macOS menu bar

Stack

Swift Swift Package Manager

GitHub topics

#apple #calendar #google-calendar #google-meet #macos #macos-calendar

Updated: 2026-09-21
Lists: 3 list mentions
First commit: 2020-05-07
History: 13 history points
License: Apache-2.0
Issues: 143 open

5,356

stars

Forks: 298
Commits: 2,328 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

Website GitHub

spieglt/FlyingCarpet

Cross-platform AirDrop. File transfer between Android, iOS, Linux, macOS, and Windows over ad hoc WiFi. No network infrastructure required, just two devices with WiFi chips (and optionally Bluetooth) in close range.

AI dev

Stack

Rust Android Tauri Cargo Gradle

GitHub topics

#android #bluetooth #bluetooth-low-energy #cross-platform #f-droid #fdroid

Updated: 2026-09-18
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2022-06-08
History: 10 history points
License: GPL-3.0
Issues: 14 open

5,331

stars

Forks: 257
Commits: 310 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

GitHub

Tribler/tribler

Privacy enhanced BitTorrent client with P2P content discovery

Stack

Python React Tailwind CSS Vite npm pip

GitHub topics

#bittorrent #decentralized #p2p #privacy #python #search

Updated: 2026-09-30
Lists: 2 list mentions
First commit: 2005-09-20
History: 9 history points
License: GPL-3.0
Issues: 69 open

5,321

stars

Forks: 473
Commits: 20,144 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

Website GitHub

ddddxxx/LyricsX

🎶 Ultimate lyrics app for macOS.

Stack

Swift Swift Package Manager

GitHub topics

#apple-music #audirvana #download-lyrics #itunes #lyrics #macos-app

Updated: 2026-07-22
Lists: 3 list mentions
First commit: 2017-02-04
History: 13 history points
License: MPL-2.0
Issues: 308 open

5,223

stars

Forks: 466
Commits: 1,522 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

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KnuffApp/Knuff

The debug application for Apple Push Notification Service (APNs).

Stack

Objective-C CocoaPods

Updated: 2022-09-04
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2011-10-13
History: 11 history points
License: MIT
Issues: 19 open

5,215

stars

Forks: 432
Commits: 180 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

GitHub

johnste/finicky

A macOS app for customizing which browser to start

Stack

Go Svelte Vite Go modules npm pnpm

GitHub topics

#browser #go #handler #macos #menu #productivity

Updated: 2026-09-16
Lists: 3 list mentions
First commit: 2015-06-12
History: 13 history points
License: MIT
Issues: 55 open

5,121

stars

Forks: 213
Commits: 561 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

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emqx/MQTTX

A Powerful and All-in-One MQTT 5.0 client toolbox for Desktop, CLI and WebSocket.

Stack

TypeScript Electron Vue npm Yarn

GitHub topics

#cli #cross-platform #electron #electron-app #emqx #iot

Updated: 2026-10-10
Lists: 2 list mentions
First commit: 2019-05-24
History: 12 history points
License: Apache-2.0
Issues: 109 open

5,072

stars

Forks: 552
Commits: 2,032 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: 0 0.0%
Commit velocity, last 7 days: 0 0.0%

Website GitHub

brunophilipe/Cakebrew

Manage your Homebrew formulas with style using Cakebrew.

Stack

Objective-C

Updated: 2024-01-07
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2011-12-08
History: 11 history points
License: GPL-3.0
Issues: 69 open

5,014

stars

Forks: 257
Commits: 668 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

Website GitHub

felixhageloh/uebersicht

ˈyːbɐˌzɪçt

Stack

Objective-C React CocoaPods npm

Updated: 2025-06-28
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2014-04-06
History: 11 history points
License: GPL-3.0
Issues: 172 open

4,995

stars

Forks: 189
Commits: 537 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

GitHub

Ahmed-Ali/JSONExport

JSONExport is a desktop application for Mac OS X which enables you to export JSON objects as model classes with their associated constructors, utility methods, setters and getters in your favorite language.

Stack

Swift

Updated: 2023-10-22
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2014-11-09
History: 11 history points
License: NOASSERTION
Issues: 54 open

4,799

stars

Forks: 786
Commits: 211 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

GitHub

iterate-ch/cyberduck

Cyberduck is a libre FTP, SFTP, WebDAV, Amazon S3, Backblaze B2, Microsoft Azure & OneDrive and OpenStack Swift file transfer client for Mac and Windows.

AI dev

Stack

Java .NET SDK Maven

GitHub topics

#azure #backblaze-b2 #cloudfront #cryptomator #cyberduck #dracoon

Updated: 2026-09-21
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2003-02-10
History: 11 history points
License: GPL-3.0
Issues: 506 open

4,793

stars

Forks: 369
Commits: 45,838 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

Website GitHub

mangerlahn/Latest

A small utility app for macOS that makes sure you know about all the latest updates to the apps you use.

Stack

Swift

GitHub topics

#app #cocoa #macos #swift #updater

Updated: 2026-07-18
Lists: 3 list mentions
First commit: 2017-02-15
History: 13 history points
License: GPL-3.0
Issues: 161 open

4,791

stars

Forks: 143
Commits: 1,308 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

Website GitHub

sqlectron/sqlectron

A simple and lightweight SQL client desktop with cross database and platform support.

Stack

TypeScript Electron React Tailwind CSS npm

GitHub topics

#cross-database #cross-platform #database #electron #electron-app #gui

Updated: 2026-06-22
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2015-09-05
History: 10 history points
License: MIT
Issues: 136 open

4,757

stars

Forks: 529
Commits: 1,119 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

Website GitHub

meetfranz/franz

Franz is a free messaging app for services like WhatsApp, Slack, Messenger and many more.

Stack

JavaScript Electron React npm

GitHub topics

#electron #franz #messaging #messenger #office #productivity

Updated: 2026-06-12
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2017-10-13
History: 11 history points
License: Apache-2.0
Issues: Disabled

4,726

stars

Forks: 579
Commits: 2,417 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

Website GitHub

johnno1962/InjectionIII

Re-write of Injection for Xcode in (mostly) Swift

Stack

Objective-C

GitHub topics

#eval #hot-reload #injection #ios-simulator #macos #remote-control

Updated: 2026-06-14
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2017-11-04
History: 11 history points
License: MIT
Issues: 6 open

4,644

stars

Forks: 348
Commits: 455 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

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