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oliverschwendener/ueli

Cross-Platform Keystroke Launcher

Stack

TypeScript Electron React Vite npm

GitHub topics

#electron #fluentui #keystroke #launcher #productivity #react

Updated: 2026-09-12
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2016-10-11
History: 11 history points
License: MIT
Issues: 74 open

4,601

stars

Forks: 276
Commits: 3,554 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

Website GitHub

swiftbar/SwiftBar

Powerful macOS menu bar customization tool

AI dev

Stack

Swift Swift Package Manager

GitHub topics

#macos #productivity #scripting

Updated: 2026-09-29
Lists: 3 list mentions
First commit: 2020-10-25
History: 12 history points
License: MIT
Issues: 8 open

4,591

stars

Forks: 137
Commits: 619 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

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fitztrev/shuttle

A simple shortcut menu for macOS

Stack

Objective-C

Updated: 2021-12-22
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2013-07-11
History: 11 history points
License: MIT
Issues: 44 open

4,571

stars

Forks: 401
Commits: 171 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

Website GitHub

kasper/phoenix

A lightweight macOS window and app manager scriptable with JavaScript

Stack

Objective-C React Bundler CocoaPods npm

Updated: 2025-08-31
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2013-12-02
History: 11 history points
License: NOASSERTION
Issues: 48 open

4,540

stars

Forks: 125
Commits: 1,277 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

Website GitHub

jhspetersson/fselect

Find files with SQL-like queries

Stack

Rust Cargo

GitHub topics

#cli #command-line #files #filesystem #find #hacktoberfest

Updated: 2026-09-05
Lists: 3 list mentions
First commit: 2018-01-26
History: 12 history points
License: Apache-2.0
Issues: 6 open

4,464

stars

Forks: 87
Commits: 1,446 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

Website GitHub

meowtec/Imagine

🖼️ PNG/JPEG optimization app for macOS, Windows and Linux.

Stack

TypeScript Electron React Vite npm

GitHub topics

#cross-platform #desktop #image-compression #jpeg #jpegmini #linux-app

Updated: 2023-08-07
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2017-06-01
History: 10 history points
License: MIT
Issues: 61 open

4,404

stars

Forks: 319
Commits: 302 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

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SelfControlApp/selfcontrol

:skull: Mac app to block your own access to distracting websites etc for a predetermined period of time. It can not be undone by the app or by a restart – you must wait for the timer to run out.

Stack

Objective-C CocoaPods

Updated: 2026-06-26
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2009-03-26
History: 11 history points
License: GPL-3.0
Issues: 307 open

4,403

stars

Forks: 463
Commits: 417 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

Website GitHub

buttercup/buttercup-desktop

:key: Cross-Platform Passwords & Secrets Vault

Archived

Stack

TypeScript Electron Express React npm

GitHub topics

#buttercup #electron #encryption #login #password-manager #password-vault

Updated: 2025-03-04
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2015-09-12
History: 11 history points
License: GPL-3.0
Issues: 156 open

4,386

stars

Forks: 340
Commits: 2,568 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

Website GitHub

Toxblh/MTMR

🌟 [My TouchBar My rules]. The Touch Bar Customisation App for your MacBook Pro

Stack

Swift

GitHub topics

#applescript #bar #custom-touchbar #customization #customization-app #dock

Updated: 2026-05-14
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2018-03-16
History: 9 history points
License: MIT
Issues: 206 open

4,348

stars

Forks: 235
Commits: 637 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

Website GitHub

clementine-player/Clementine

:tangerine: Clementine Music Player

Stack

C++ Bundler CMake vcpkg

GitHub topics

#c-plus-plus #linux #mac #music #qt #windows

Updated: 2026-09-16
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2009-12-24
History: 11 history points
License: GPL-3.0
Issues: 2,442 open

4,251

stars

Forks: 730
Commits: 8,416 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

Website GitHub

IvanMathy/Boop

A scriptable scratchpad for developers. In slow yet steady progress.

Stack

JavaScript Swift Package Manager

GitHub topics

#application #boop #developer-tools #hacktoberfest #macos

Updated: 2024-06-30
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2019-01-27
History: 11 history points
License: MIT
Issues: 198 open

4,183

stars

Forks: 391
Commits: 406 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

Website GitHub

Dimillian/RedditOS

The product name is Curiosity, a SwiftUI Reddit client for macOS Big Sur

Stack

Swift Swift Package Manager

GitHub topics

#macos #reddit #swift #swiftui

Updated: 2023-10-23
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2020-07-09
History: 11 history points
License: Apache-2.0
Issues: 20 open

4,029

stars

Forks: 198
Commits: 145 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

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sindresorhus/Plash

💦 Make any website your Mac desktop wallpaper

GitHub topics

#active-desktop #app #desktop-wallpaper #dynamic-wallpaper #macos #macos-app

Updated: 2025-10-29
Lists: 3 list mentions
First commit: 2020-01-09
History: 13 history points
License: Unknown
Issues: 33 open

4,027

stars

Forks: 159
Commits: 1 commit
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

Website GitHub

sfsam/Itsycal

Itsycal is a tiny calendar for your Mac's menu bar. http://www.mowglii.com/itsycal

Stack

Objective-C

Updated: 2026-09-25
Lists: 3 list mentions
First commit: 2015-02-04
History: 14 history points
License: MIT
Issues: 91 open

4,002

stars

Forks: 270
Commits: 681 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

Website GitHub

syncthing/syncthing-macos

Official frugal and native macOS Syncthing application bundle

Stack

Objective-C Go modules Swift Package Manager

GitHub topics

#apple #backup #cloud-sync #file-sharing #file-sync #frugal

Updated: 2026-09-17
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2016-06-12
History: 9 history points
License: MIT
Issues: 46 open

3,952

stars

Forks: 203
Commits: 328 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

Website GitHub

nilbuild/pennywise

Cross-platform application to open any website or media in a floating window

Stack

JavaScript Electron React npm Yarn

GitHub topics

#cross-platform #electron #electron-app #floating-window #pennywise #video

Updated: 2025-12-22
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2018-10-25
History: 11 history points
License: MIT
Issues: 56 open

3,867

stars

Forks: 225
Commits: 163 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

GitHub

2ndalpha/gasmask

Hosts file manager for macOS

Stack

Objective-C Swift Package Manager

Updated: 2026-03-01
Lists: 3 list mentions
First commit: 2013-03-22
History: 13 history points
License: Unknown
Issues: 87 open

3,857

stars

Forks: 259
Commits: 144 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

GitHub

pqrs-org/Karabiner-archived

Karabiner (KeyRemap4MacBook) is a powerful utility for keyboard customization.

Archived

Stack

C++ CocoaPods

Updated: 2020-03-01
Lists: 3 list mentions
First commit: 2008-01-08
History: 12 history points
License: Unlicense
Issues: 112 open

3,783

stars

Forks: 293
Commits: 10,597 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

Website GitHub

geany/geany

A fast and lightweight IDE

Stack

C Meson

GitHub topics

#geany #ide #text-editor

Updated: 2026-10-11
Lists: 2 list mentions
First commit: 2005-11-22
History: 12 history points
License: GPL-2.0
Issues: 1,283 open

3,737

stars

Forks: 668
Commits: 10,815 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: 0 0.0%
Commit velocity, last 7 days: 0 0.0%

Website GitHub

Marginal/QuickLookVideo

Finder Thumbnails, Quick Look previews, Get Info metadata and previews for most types of audio and video files.

Stack

Swift

Updated: 2026-09-28
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2014-07-16
History: 11 history points
License: GPL-2.0
Issues: 5 open

3,600

stars

Forks: 130
Commits: 435 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

GitHub

JadenGeller/Helium

A floating browser window for OS X

Archived

Stack

Swift Swift Package Manager

Updated: 2022-02-05
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2015-04-09
History: 11 history points
License: MIT
Issues: 165 open

3,593

stars

Forks: 245
Commits: 255 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

GitHub

runjuu/InputSourcePro

Switch and track your input sources with ease ✨

AI dev

Stack

Swift Swift Package Manager

Updated: 2026-09-16
Lists: 3 list mentions
First commit: 2025-04-25
History: 13 history points
License: GPL-3.0
Issues: 70 open

3,550

stars

Forks: 142
Commits: 126 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

Website GitHub

ivoronin/TomatoBar

🍅 World's neatest Pomodoro timer for macOS menu bar

Stack

Swift Swift Package Manager

GitHub topics

#macos #menubar #pomodoro #productivity #swift #timer

Updated: 2026-05-29
Lists: 3 list mentions
First commit: 2018-05-03
History: 13 history points
License: MIT
Issues: 44 open

3,546

stars

Forks: 215
Commits: 171 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

GitHub

bitwarden/desktop

The desktop vault (Windows, macOS, & Linux).

Archived

Stack

TypeScript Angular Cargo npm

GitHub topics

#angular #bitwarden #electron #javascript #typescript

Updated: 2022-07-22
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2018-01-04
History: 11 history points
License: GPL-3.0
Issues: 0 open

3,532

stars

Forks: 392
Commits: 2,377 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

Website GitHub

lukakerr/Pine

A modern, native macOS markdown editor

Stack

Swift CocoaPods

GitHub topics

#editor #lightweight #macos #markdown #markdown-editor #minimal

Updated: 2022-12-20
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2018-04-26
History: 11 history points
License: NOASSERTION
Issues: 44 open

3,486

stars

Forks: 182
Commits: 237 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

Website GitHub

sveinbjornt/Platypus

Create native macOS applications from command line scripts.

Stack

Objective-C

GitHub topics

#application #cocoa #command-line-app #gui-application #macos #macos-app

Updated: 2026-05-13
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2011-03-28
History: 10 history points
License: BSD-3-Clause
Issues: 35 open

3,450

stars

Forks: 198
Commits: 1,346 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

Website GitHub

mczachurski/wallpapper

:computer: Console application for creating dynamic wallpapers for macOS Mojave and newer

Stack

Swift Swift Package Manager

GitHub topics

#dynamic #dynamic-wallpapers #macos #swift #wallpaper

Updated: 2026-09-06
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2018-07-12
History: 11 history points
License: MIT
Issues: 19 open

3,436

stars

Forks: 137
Commits: 64 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

GitHub

chrissimpkins/Crunch

Insane(ly slow but wicked good) PNG image optimization

Stack

Python pip

GitHub topics

#compression #image #image-compression #image-processing #image-quality #images

Updated: 2022-06-18
Lists: 2 list mentions
First commit: 2016-04-10
History: 11 history points
License: NOASSERTION
Issues: 11 open

3,423

stars

Forks: 150
Commits: 500 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

GitHub

betaflight/betaflight-configurator

Cross platform configuration and management application for the Betaflight firmware

AI dev

Stack

JavaScript Android Tailwind CSS Tauri Vite Cargo CocoaPods Gradle

GitHub topics

#betaflight #hacktoberfest

Updated: 2026-09-19
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2013-04-08
History: 11 history points
License: GPL-3.0
Issues: 51 open

3,321

stars

Forks: 1,137
Commits: 7,932 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

GitHub

terkelg/ramme

Unofficial Instagram Desktop App.

Archived

Stack

JavaScript Electron npm Yarn

GitHub topics

#electron #instagram #linux #macos #ramme #social-network

Updated: 2019-11-03
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2016-08-21
History: 9 history points
License: MIT
Issues: 0 open

3,300

stars

Forks: 385
Commits: 270 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

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