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tw93/Mole

🐹 Keep your Mac and PC clean, light, and running like new. Fast open-source CLI, plus native Mac and Windows apps.

AI dev

Stack

Shell Go modules

GitHub topics

#analyzer #appcleaner #clean #cleaner #cleanmymac #command-line

Updated: 2026-10-17
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2025-09-23
History: 9 history points
License: GPL-3.0
Issues: 7 open

70,682

stars

Forks: 2,501
Commits: 3,637 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: +806 +1.2%
Commit velocity, last 7 days: +120 +3.4%

Website GitHub

MonitorControl/MonitorControl

🖥 Control your display's brightness & volume on your Mac as if it was a native Apple Display. Use Apple Keyboard keys or custom shortcuts. Shows the native macOS OSDs.

Stack

Swift Swift Package Manager

GitHub topics

#apple #brightness #control #ddc #display #external-monitor

Updated: 2026-09-15
Lists: 3 list mentions
First commit: 2016-09-27
History: 13 history points
License: MIT
Issues: 25 open

34,310

stars

Forks: 1,013
Commits: 294 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

Website GitHub

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

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

moonlight-stream/moonlight-qt

GameStream client for PCs (Windows, Mac, Linux, and Steam Link)

Stack

C++ .NET SDK

GitHub topics

#gamestream #linux-app #macos-app #moonlight #nvidia #qt

Updated: 2026-09-20
Lists: 2 list mentions
First commit: 2018-04-28
History: 9 history points
License: GPL-3.0
Issues: 563 open

18,755

stars

Forks: 1,335
Commits: 3,373 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

GitHub

electerm/electerm

📻Free and open-sourced terminal/ssh/sftp/ftp/telnet/serialport/RDP/VNC/Spice client(Linux, Mac, Windows, Android, HarmonyOS, iOS)

Stack

JavaScript Electron Express React Vite npm

GitHub topics

#ai #android #electerm #electron #ftp #harmonyos

Updated: 2026-09-15
Lists: 3 list mentions
First commit: 2017-10-07
History: 9 history points
License: MIT
Issues: 339 open

15,124

stars

Forks: 1,220
Commits: 3,759 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

Website GitHub

d2phap/ImageGlass

🏞 A fast, open-source, modern image viewer for 90+ formats – including WEBP, GIF, SVG, AVIF, JXL, HEIC and more – built for smooth browsing across Windows, macOS, and Linux.

AI dev

Stack

C# Avalonia .NET SDK npm

GitHub topics

#avalonia #avif #cross-platform #csharp #dotnet #heic

Updated: 2026-09-05
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2012-12-30
History: 7 history points
License: NOASSERTION
Issues: 215 open

14,315

stars

Forks: 748
Commits: 5,966 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

Website GitHub

mrkai77/Loop

Window management made elegant.

Stack

Swift

GitHub topics

#macos #macos-app #menu #productivity #radial-menu #swift

Updated: 2026-10-14
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2023-01-24
History: 141 history points
License: GPL-3.0
Issues: 51 open

11,798

stars

Forks: 280
Commits: 1,783 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: +42 +0.4%
Commit velocity, last 7 days: +1 +0.1%

GitHub

MrKai77/Loop

Window management made elegant.

Stack

Swift

GitHub topics

#macos #macos-app #menu #productivity #radial-menu #swift

Updated: 2026-05-15
Lists: 3 list mentions
First commit: Unknown
History: 6 history points
License: GPL-3.0
Issues: 49 open

10,780

stars

Forks: 237
Commits: 1,739 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

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ronitsingh10/FineTune

FineTune, a macOS menu bar app for per-app volume control, multi-device output, audio routing, and 10-band EQ. Free and open-source alternative to SoundSource.

Stack

Swift Swift Package Manager

GitHub topics

#audio #audio-control #audio-utility #autoeq #equalizer #macos

Updated: 2026-07-09
Lists: 2 list mentions
First commit: 2025-12-31
History: 9 history points
License: GPL-3.0
Issues: 210 open

9,383

stars

Forks: 351
Commits: 660 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

GitHub

sveinbjornt/Sloth

Mac app that shows all open files, directories, sockets, pipes and devices in use by all running processes. Nice GUI for lsof.

Stack

Objective-C

GitHub topics

#directories #domain-sockets #filter #gui #ip-sockets #lsof

Updated: 2026-08-30
Lists: 3 list mentions
First commit: 2011-03-28
History: 12 history points
License: BSD-3-Clause
Issues: 2 open

8,966

stars

Forks: 177
Commits: 401 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

Website GitHub

sindresorhus/Gifski

🌈 Convert videos to high-quality GIFs on your Mac

Stack

Swift Cargo Swift Package Manager

GitHub topics

#app #convert-videos #converter #gif #gif-animation #gifski

Updated: 2026-09-11
Lists: 4 list mentions
First commit: 2018-02-01
History: 14 history points
License: MIT
Issues: 8 open

8,562

stars

Forks: 324
Commits: 442 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

Website GitHub

coteditor/CotEditor

Lightweight Plain Text Editor for macOS

Stack

Swift Swift Package Manager

GitHub topics

#cocoa #coteditor #editor #mac-app #macos #macos-app

Updated: 2026-09-25
Lists: 3 list mentions
First commit: 2010-12-11
History: 13 history points
License: NOASSERTION
Issues: 17 open

8,520

stars

Forks: 536
Commits: 18,344 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

Website GitHub

sindresorhus/caprine

Elegant Facebook Messenger desktop app

Stack

TypeScript Electron npm

GitHub topics

#app #caprine #chat #electron #electron-app #facebook

Updated: 2026-01-02
Lists: 3 list mentions
First commit: 2015-09-16
History: 13 history points
License: MIT
Issues: 294 open

7,392

stars

Forks: 619
Commits: 1,006 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

GitHub

milanvarady/Applite

A native macOS app store for software that isn't on the App Store, backed by Homebrew Cask

AI dev

Stack

Swift

GitHub topics

#homebrew #homebrew-cask #macos #macos-app #swift #swiftui

Updated: 2026-09-12
Lists: 3 list mentions
First commit: 2023-08-03
History: 13 history points
License: MIT
Issues: 9 open

7,053

stars

Forks: 179
Commits: 479 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

Website GitHub

Beingpax/VoiceInk

The best open-source alternative to Superwhisper & Wispr Flow. Voice-to-text app for macOS with no subscription

Stack

Swift Swift Package Manager

GitHub topics

#macos #macos-app #swift

Updated: 2026-10-16
Lists: 2 list mentions
First commit: 2025-02-22
History: 72 history points
License: NOASSERTION
Issues: 145 open

6,822

stars

Forks: 954
Commits: 1,823 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: +10 +0.1%
Commit velocity, last 7 days: +10 +0.6%

Website GitHub

momenbasel/PureMac

Free, open-source macOS cleaner. CleanMyMac alternative with zero telemetry. Native SwiftUI, scheduled auto-cleaning, Xcode/Homebrew/system cache cleanup. MIT licensed.

Stack

Swift Swift Package Manager

GitHub topics

#cache-cleaner #cleanmymac #cleanup #disk-cleaner #disk-space #homebrew

Updated: 2026-09-23
Lists: 3 list mentions
First commit: 2026-04-08
History: 9 history points
License: MIT
Issues: 14 open

6,699

stars

Forks: 373
Commits: 181 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

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

GitHub

productdevbook/port-killer

A powerful cross-platform port management tool for developers. Monitor ports, manage Kubernetes port forwards, integrate Cloudflare Tunnels, and kill processes with one click.

Stack

Swift Bun Cargo .NET SDK

GitHub topics

#developer-tools #kubernetes #macos #macos-app #menu-bar #port-killer

Updated: 2026-09-17
Lists: 2 list mentions
First commit: 2025-12-16
History: 9 history points
License: MIT
Issues: 17 open

5,074

stars

Forks: 197
Commits: 228 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

GitHub

buresdv/Cork

[NO AI] Fast GUI for Homebrew written in SwiftUI

Stack

Swift Swift Package Manager

GitHub topics

#anti-ai #antiai #homebrew #homebrew-cask #macos #macos-app

Updated: 2026-09-20
Lists: 2 list mentions
First commit: 2022-07-03
History: 10 history points
License: NOASSERTION
Issues: 55 open

4,702

stars

Forks: 276
Commits: 2,328 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

Website GitHub

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

matt1398/claude-devtools

The missing DevTools for Claude Code — inspect session logs, tool calls, token usage, subagents, and context window in a visual UI. Free, open source.

AI dev

Stack

TypeScript Electron Fastify React Tailwind CSS pnpm

GitHub topics

#ai #ai-agent #ai-debugging #ai-tools #anthropic #claude

Updated: 2026-09-26
Lists: 2 list mentions
First commit: 2026-02-11
History: 8 history points
License: MIT
Issues: 54 open

3,980

stars

Forks: 305
Commits: 357 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: 0 0.0%
Commit velocity, last 7 days: 0 0.0%

Website GitHub

f/textream

Textream is a free macOS teleprompter app for streamers, interviewers, and presenters. It highlights your script in real-time as you speak, displayed in a beautiful Dynamic Island overlay. With extensible features.

Stack

Swift

GitHub topics

#macos #macos-app #streaming

Updated: 2026-09-06
Lists: 2 list mentions
First commit: 2026-02-08
History: 9 history points
License: MIT
Issues: 67 open

3,766

stars

Forks: 265
Commits: 174 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

Website GitHub

gee1k/uPic

📤uPic is a native, powerful, beautiful and simple picture and file upload tool for macOS.

Stack

Swift Swift Package Manager

GitHub topics

#aliyun-oss #amazon #amazon-s3 #baiducloud #finder-extension #gitee

Updated: 2026-06-12
Lists: 2 list mentions
First commit: 2019-06-08
History: 9 history points
License: Apache-2.0
Issues: Disabled

3,719

stars

Forks: 266
Commits: 695 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

julyx10/lap

An offline-first photo manager for large local libraries

Stack

Vue React Tailwind CSS Tauri Vite Cargo npm pnpm

GitHub topics

#desktop-app #digital-asset-manager #duplicate-detection #face-recognition #family-photos #image-search

Updated: 2026-09-25
Lists: 2 list mentions
First commit: 2024-08-11
History: 9 history points
License: GPL-3.0
Issues: 47 open

3,244

stars

Forks: 184
Commits: 1,172 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

Website GitHub

widelands/widelands

Widelands is a free, open source real-time strategy game with singleplayer campaigns and a multiplayer mode. The game was inspired by Settlers II™ (© Bluebyte) but has significantly more variety and depth to it.

Stack

C++ CMake

GitHub topics

#apple-silicon #bsd #c-plus-plus #cmake #floss #game

Updated: 2026-09-12
Lists: 2 list mentions
First commit: 2002-02-05
History: 8 history points
License: GPL-2.0
Issues: 568 open

3,054

stars

Forks: 210
Commits: 27,317 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

Website GitHub

Kruszoneq/macUSB

The all-in-one bootable USB creator for Mac

AI dev

Stack

Swift

GitHub topics

#apple-silicon #bootable-usb #intel-mac #legacy-bios #legacy-macos #linux-installer

Updated: 2026-09-20
Lists: 2 list mentions
First commit: 2025-12-01
History: 9 history points
License: MIT
Issues: 1 open

2,773

stars

Forks: 131
Commits: 398 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

Website GitHub

antares-sql/antares

A modern, fast and productivity driven SQL client with a focus in UX

Stack

Vue Electron Vue npm

GitHub topics

#antares #client #database #desktop-app #electron #electron-app

Updated: 2025-10-14
Lists: 2 list mentions
First commit: 2020-04-30
History: 7 history points
License: MIT
Issues: 150 open

2,665

stars

Forks: 173
Commits: 1,936 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: 0 0.0%
Commit velocity, last 7 days: 0 0.0%

Website GitHub

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