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dsward2/macSVG

macSVG - An open-source macOS app for designing HTML5 SVG (Scalable Vector Graphics) art and animation with a WebKit web view ➤➤➤

Stack

Objective-C CocoaPods Swift Package Manager

GitHub topics

#animation #arkansas #bezier #editor #graphics #html5

Updated: 2022-07-17
Lists: 3 list mentions
First commit: 2016-09-15
History: 13 history points
License: NOASSERTION
Issues: 22 open

1,289

stars

Forks: 83
Commits: 268 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

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unosquare/ffmediaelement

FFME: The Advanced WPF MediaElement (based on FFmpeg)

Stack

C# .NET SDK

GitHub topics

#audio #audio-processing #codec #dotnet #dotnet-framework #ffmpeg

Updated: 2024-06-26
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2016-01-26
History: 5 history points
License: NOASSERTION
Issues: 74 open

1,274

stars

Forks: 260
Commits: 870 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

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attaswift/Attabench

Microbenchmarking app for Swift with nice log-log plots

Stack

Swift Swift Package Manager

GitHub topics

#app #benchmark #macos #microbenchmarks #swift

Updated: 2022-02-23
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2017-01-17
History: 11 history points
License: MIT
Issues: 5 open

1,271

stars

Forks: 45
Commits: 185 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

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insidegui/PodcastMenu

Put Overcast on your Mac's menu bar

Stack

Swift

GitHub topics

#macos #media #osx #podcast

Updated: 2019-02-21
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2016-05-10
History: 11 history points
License: NOASSERTION
Issues: Disabled

1,267

stars

Forks: 65
Commits: 80 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

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yvt/openspades

Compatible client of Ace of Spades 0.75

Stack

C++ CMake

GitHub topics

#ace-of-spades #action-game #c-plus-plus #cmake #cross-platform-game #fps

Updated: 2024-06-06
Lists: 2 list mentions
First commit: 2013-08-18
History: 8 history points
License: GPL-3.0
Issues: 248 open

1,246

stars

Forks: 234
Commits: 2,167 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: 0 0.0%
Commit velocity, last 7 days: 0 0.0%

Website GitHub

dteoh/SlowQuitApps

Add a global delay to Command-Q to stop accidental app quits.

Stack

Objective-C

GitHub topics

#keybindings #keyboard #keyboard-shortcut #macos #productivity #shortcut

Updated: 2020-12-28
Lists: 3 list mentions
First commit: 2014-06-13
History: 13 history points
License: GPL-2.0
Issues: 23 open

1,229

stars

Forks: 58
Commits: 187 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

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schweikert/fping

High performance ping tool

Stack

GitHub topics

#bsd-license #c #fping #icmp #linux #macos

Updated: 2026-08-23
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2011-12-10
History: 6 history points
License: NOASSERTION
Issues: 14 open

1,225

stars

Forks: 260
Commits: 853 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

Website GitHub

ptsochantaris/trailer

Managing Pull Requests and Issues For GitHub & GitHub Enterprise

Stack

Swift

GitHub topics

#github #github-api #ios #issues #macos #productivity

Updated: 2026-09-18
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2013-09-20
History: 11 history points
License: NOASSERTION
Issues: 22 open

1,217

stars

Forks: 77
Commits: 1,613 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

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alichtman/stronghold

Easily configure macOS security settings from the terminal.

Stack

Python pip

GitHub topics

#command-line #command-line-tool #hardening #macos #macos-setup #osx

Updated: 2025-02-24
Lists: 5 list mentions
First commit: 2018-03-17
History: 15 history points
License: MIT
Issues: 10 open

1,192

stars

Forks: 263
Commits: 144 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

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Shpigford/clearly

Markdown editor for Mac, iOS and iPadOS

AI dev

Stack

Swift Swift Package Manager

GitHub topics

#macos #markdown #swift

Updated: 2026-08-28
Lists: 0 list mentions
First commit: 2026-03-16
History: 131 history points
License: NOASSERTION
Issues: 15 open

1,191

stars

Forks: 78
Commits: 363 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: +3 +0.3%
Commit velocity, last 7 days: 0 0.0%

Website GitHub

xemle/home-gallery

Self-hosted open-source web gallery to view your photos and videos featuring mobile-friendly, tagging and AI powered image discovery

Stack

JavaScript Express React Tailwind CSS Vite npm

GitHub topics

#calculate-previews #exif #face-detection #face-recognition #gallery #geo-reverse-lookups

Updated: 2026-06-25
Lists: 2 list mentions
First commit: 2019-11-07
History: 8 history points
License: MIT
Issues: 54 open

1,181

stars

Forks: 105
Commits: 1,146 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

Website GitHub

1zilc/fishing-funds

基金,大盘,股票,虚拟货币状态栏显示小应用

Archived

Stack

TypeScript Electron React Vite npm pnpm

GitHub topics

#ai #alipay #antd #bitcoin #chatgpt #chinese

Updated: 2026-01-16
Lists: 3 list mentions
First commit: 2021-01-26
History: 10 history points
License: GPL-3.0
Issues: Disabled

1,177

stars

Forks: 148
Commits: 616 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

Website GitHub

Uncommon/Xit

Mac OS X Git GUI

AI dev

Stack

Swift

GitHub topics

#cocoa #git #graphical #libgit2 #mac #macos

Updated: 2026-04-08
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2011-07-15
History: 9 history points
License: NOASSERTION
Issues: 137 open

1,172

stars

Forks: 54
Commits: 2,936 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

GitHub

ifer47/markeron

Lightweight (~1.5 MB) open-source screen annotation with click-through mode and keyboard-first shortcuts. For demos, teaching, meetings & screen recording. Windows, macOS.

AI dev

Stack

TypeScript Tailwind CSS Tauri Vite Vue Cargo npm

GitHub topics

#canvas #desktop-annotation #desktop-app #drawing #macos #productivity

Updated: 2026-10-08
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2026-03-17
History: 1 history point
License: MIT
Issues: 24 open

1,170

stars

Forks: 77
Commits: 479 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: 0 0.0%
Commit velocity, last 7 days: 0 0.0%

Website GitHub

justrach/nanobrew

The fastest macOS package manager. Written in Zig. 3ms warm installs.

Stack

Zig Bun npm

GitHub topics

#apt-get #homebrew #linux #macos #zig

Updated: 2026-09-28
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2026-02-15
History: 6 history points
License: Apache-2.0
Issues: 3 open

1,126

stars

Forks: 19
Commits: 658 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

Website GitHub

stacks-archive/blockstack-browser

The Blockstack Browser

Archived

Stack

JavaScript Express React CocoaPods .NET SDK npm

GitHub topics

#apps #bitcoin #blockchain #blockstack #browser #decentralized

Updated: 2022-06-22
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2015-05-18
History: 10 history points
License: MPL-2.0
Issues: 267 open

1,114

stars

Forks: 197
Commits: 4,443 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

GitHub

MystikoLab/rustcast

An open source alternative to raycast, in rust!! (retired)

AI dev

Stack

Rust Cargo

GitHub topics

#alternative #app #application #blazing-fast #blazingly-fast #fast

Updated: 2026-10-03
Lists: 0 list mentions
First commit: 2025-12-10
History: 57 history points
License: MIT
Issues: 0 open

1,109

stars

Forks: 67
Commits: 731 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: +5 +0.5%
Commit velocity, last 7 days: 0 0.0%

Website GitHub

GameGodS3/DropPoint

Make drag-and-drop easier using DropPoint. Drag content without having to open side-by-side windows

Stack

JavaScript Electron Tailwind CSS npm

GitHub topics

#dropover-alternative #electron #electron-app #electronjs #hacktoberfest #hacktoberfest-accepted

Updated: 2026-08-04
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2021-06-16
History: 11 history points
License: GPL-3.0
Issues: 27 open

1,093

stars

Forks: 70
Commits: 111 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

Website GitHub

stefanmaric/g

Simple go version manager, gluten-free

Stack

Shell

GitHub topics

#bash #cli #dependency-manager #environment #fish #gluten-free

Updated: 2026-05-26
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2018-04-08
History: 6 history points
License: MIT
Issues: 3 open

1,082

stars

Forks: 54
Commits: 141 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

GitHub

kartik-venugopal/aural-player

(Archived) An audio file player for macOS, inspired by Winamp.

Archived

Stack

Swift Swift Package Manager

GitHub topics

#audio #audio-player #avaudioengine #avfoundation #coreaudio #ffmpeg

Updated: 2025-06-21
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2024-04-22
History: 11 history points
License: MIT
Issues: 13 open

1,073

stars

Forks: 67
Commits: 518 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

GitHub

wflixu/RClick

macos finder contextmenu

AI dev

Stack

Swift

GitHub topics

#finder-extension #finder-sync #macos #macos-app #swift #swiftui

Updated: 2026-09-16
Lists: 2 list mentions
First commit: 2024-03-13
History: 9 history points
License: GPL-3.0
Issues: 13 open

1,047

stars

Forks: 84
Commits: 260 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

GitHub

J-x-Z/cocoa-way

Run Linux desktops and apps on macOS with a native Metal Wayland compositor, Apple Container GUI, Waypipe, Docker/OrbStack, and rootless windows.

Stack

Rust Cargo

GitHub topics

#apple-container #apple-container-gui #apple-silicon #container-gui #developer-productivity #linux-apps-on-macos

Updated: 2026-09-09
Lists: 3 list mentions
First commit: 2025-12-13
History: 9 history points
License: GPL-3.0
Issues: 2 open

1,037

stars

Forks: 23
Commits: 61 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

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gkpln3/CapsLockNoDelay

Eliminates delay when activating caps lock on macOS OSX

Stack

Swift

GitHub topics

#caps #caps-lock #capslock #capslocknodelay #delay #lock

Updated: 2025-06-18
Lists: 2 list mentions
First commit: 2020-10-31
History: 9 history points
License: MIT
Issues: 2 open

1,036

stars

Forks: 28
Commits: 42 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

GitHub

FreeterApp/Freeter

Freeter – a smarter way to work on your computer

Stack

TypeScript Electron React npm

GitHub topics

#app #linux #macos #productivity #software #windows

Updated: 2026-05-27
Lists: 3 list mentions
First commit: 2024-01-05
History: 13 history points
License: GPL-3.0
Issues: 14 open

1,024

stars

Forks: 64
Commits: 129 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

Website GitHub

losnoco/Cog

Cog - A Free and Open Source Audio Player for macOS 10.15+

Stack

C CMake Swift Package Manager

GitHub topics

#audio-player #cog #macos #music-player #player

Updated: 2026-09-15
Lists: 2 list mentions
First commit: 2005-06-02
History: 10 history points
License: GPL-2.0
Issues: 86 open

1,024

stars

Forks: 67
Commits: 4,590 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

Website GitHub

heysem-useinsider/Stringz

A lightweight and powerful editor for localizing iOS, macOS, tvOS, and watchOS applications.

Stack

Swift Swift Package Manager

GitHub topics

#internationalization #ios #ios-localization #language #language-translation #localization

Updated: 2024-03-03
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2020-12-18
History: 11 history points
License: GPL-3.0
Issues: 19 open

1,020

stars

Forks: 53
Commits: 63 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

Website GitHub

section83/MacYTDL

A macOS GUI front-end for the YT-DLP video downloader

Stack

AppleScript

GitHub topics

#applescript #dialogs #download-videos #gui #macos #macos-gui-front

Updated: 2026-09-03
Lists: 2 list mentions
First commit: 2019-08-22
History: 9 history points
License: NOASSERTION
Issues: 6 open

1,017

stars

Forks: 47
Commits: 617 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

GitHub

Dadoum/Sideloader

Open-source cross-platform iOS app sideloader (yep, even Linux is supported). Alternative to Sideloadly, AltServer, SideServer, Cydia Impactor, iOS App Signer…

Stack

D Swift Package Manager

GitHub topics

#cli #codesign #cross-platform #d #dlang #gtk

Updated: 2026-02-12
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2023-04-26
History: 7 history points
License: GPL-3.0
Issues: 50 open

1,003

stars

Forks: 151
Commits: 133 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

GitHub

nickustinov/itsyhome-macos

A native macOS menu bar app for controlling your smart home devices.

Stack

Swift

GitHub topics

#home-assistant #homekit #homekit-controller #macos #menubar-app #smart-home

Updated: 2026-09-01
Lists: 2 list mentions
First commit: 2026-01-20
History: 9 history points
License: MIT
Issues: 19 open

990

stars

Forks: 35
Commits: 413 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

Website GitHub

fwdai/rowel

🔑 Local-first Secrets Manager

Stack

Rust Axum React Tailwind CSS Tauri Bun Cargo CocoaPods

GitHub topics

#cipher #credentials #cryptography #desktop #desktop-app #encryption

Updated: 2026-10-15
Lists: 0 list mentions
First commit: 2019-06-30
History: 14 history points
License: GPL-3.0
Issues: 15 open

952

stars

Forks: 81
Commits: 1,572 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: +1 +0.1%
Commit velocity, last 7 days: +229 +17.1%

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