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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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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

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Nightonke/Gitee

Gitee, OS X status bar application for Github

Stack

Swift CocoaPods

GitHub topics

#application #chart #github #osx #statusbar

Updated: 2017-10-12
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2017-02-25
History: 11 history points
License: Unknown
Issues: 14 open

1,117

stars

Forks: 49
Commits: 66 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

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zagahr/Conferences.digital

👨‍💻Watch the latest and greatest conference videos on your Mac

Stack

Swift Bundler CocoaPods

GitHub topics

#conferences-talk #developer-experience #developer-tools #learning #macos #osx

Updated: 2021-01-09
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2019-03-03
History: 8 history points
License: BSD-2-Clause
Issues: 2 open

758

stars

Forks: 27
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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Kevin-De-Koninck/Get-It

A macOS GUI for youtube-dl

Archived

Stack

Swift CocoaPods

GitHub topics

#download-songs #download-videos #gui #macos #osx #swift-3

Updated: 2021-02-06
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2016-05-25
History: 11 history points
License: Unknown
Issues: 7 open

597

stars

Forks: 33
Commits: 110 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

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winterbe/github-matrix-screensaver

The GitHub Matrix Screensaver for Mac OSX

Stack

JavaScript

GitHub topics

#github #macos #matrix #matrix-animation #osx #screensaver

Updated: 2019-12-18
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2014-12-16
History: 8 history points
License: NOASSERTION
Issues: 13 open

591

stars

Forks: 377
Commits: 14 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

Website GitHub

dyne/frei0r

A large collection of free and portable video plugins

AI dev

Stack

C Vite Vue CMake npm

GitHub topics

#dyne #linux #osx #plugins #video-effects #video-filtering

Updated: 2026-09-08
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2007-10-30
History: 5 history points
License: GPL-2.0
Issues: 24 open

590

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Forks: 113
Commits: 893 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

Website GitHub

robaho/seashore

easy to use mac osx image editing application for the rest of us

Stack

Objective-C

GitHub topics

#editor #gimp #graphics #graphics-editor #image #image-editor

Updated: 2025-11-17
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2017-10-25
History: 11 history points
License: GPL-2.0
Issues: 8 open

542

stars

Forks: 27
Commits: 646 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

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MarcoEidinger/SwiftPlantUML-Xcode-Extension

Xcode Extension for generating class diagrams from Swift code (powered by PlantUML)

Stack

Swift Swift Package Manager

GitHub topics

#macos #osx #planttext #plantuml #plantuml-generating #swift

Updated: 2024-01-02
Lists: 2 list mentions
First commit: 2021-01-28
History: 9 history points
License: MIT
Issues: 1 open

454

stars

Forks: 24
Commits: 32 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

Website GitHub

yep/app-downloader

Easily search for macOS apps from the `homebrew cask` app catalog.

Stack

Swift Swift Package Manager

GitHub topics

#homebrew #homebrew-cask #macos #macos-apps #osx

Updated: 2026-01-16
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2017-03-17
History: 8 history points
License: GPL-3.0
Issues: 0 open

413

stars

Forks: 22
Commits: 16 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

Website GitHub

geneweb/geneweb

GeneWeb is a free (as in free speech) genealogy software with a web interface created by Daniel de Rauglaudre.

AI dev

Stack

OCaml

GitHub topics

#consanguinity #database #family-tree #gedcom #genealogy #graph

Updated: 2026-10-01
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 1998-09-01
History: 8 history points
License: GPL-2.0
Issues: 167 open

401

stars

Forks: 119
Commits: 10,860 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

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obrhoff/MusaicFM

Screensaver inspired by Apple’s inbuilt iTunes Screensaver. It can display Artwork by Spotify or last.fm Profile Data.

Stack

Objective-C

GitHub topics

#album-art #albumart #apple #artwork #cover #cover-art

Updated: 2025-05-25
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2016-12-15
History: 11 history points
License: MIT
Issues: 5 open

347

stars

Forks: 17
Commits: 42 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

Website GitHub

tigase/beagle-im

XMPP client for macOS based on TigaseSwift XMPP library

Stack

Swift Swift Package Manager

GitHub topics

#app #apple #application #client #homebrew #jabber

Updated: 2026-09-14
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2018-03-24
History: 9 history points
License: GPL-3.0
Issues: 76 open

208

stars

Forks: 22
Commits: 801 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

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yuhua-chen/LayerX

An intuitive app to display transparent images on screen.

Stack

Swift

GitHub topics

#app #image #macos #osx #overlay #screen

Updated: 2021-04-20
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2015-10-26
History: 8 history points
License: Unknown
Issues: 20 open

190

stars

Forks: 31
Commits: 41 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

Website GitHub

AlexPerathoner/Sessions

Safari extension to save your working sessions

Stack

Swift Bundler

GitHub topics

#osx #safari-extension #utilities

Updated: 2025-09-19
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2019-08-14
History: 11 history points
License: GPL-3.0
Issues: 5 open

166

stars

Forks: 13
Commits: 83 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

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vpeschenkov/Predator

Predator is a customizable macOS screensaver that mimics the iconic alien countdown clock from the Predator movie series

Stack

Swift

GitHub topics

#macos #macosx #osx #predator #screensaver #screensavers

Updated: 2025-05-21
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2019-05-06
History: 9 history points
License: Apache-2.0
Issues: 2 open

155

stars

Forks: 9
Commits: 70 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

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danyshaanan/osx-wifi-cli

:package: A cli for managing wifi connections on OSX

Stack

JavaScript npm

GitHub topics

#cli #npm-package #osx

Updated: 2020-02-17
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2014-02-26
History: 8 history points
License: MIT
Issues: 0 open

stars

Forks: 11
Commits: 76 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

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lucasbento/menubar-brightness

MacOS app to change the screen brightness on the menubar.

Stack

JavaScript Electron npm Yarn

GitHub topics

#brightness #brightness-control #electron #electron-app #macos #menubar

Updated: 2017-11-16
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2017-10-24
History: 11 history points
License: MIT
Issues: 7 open

stars

Forks: 7
Commits: 33 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

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alexrosenfeld10/Quickeys

A mac menu bar app that provides note taking functionality though a quick dropdown menu.

Stack

Swift CocoaPods Swift Package Manager

GitHub topics

#apple #mac #menubar #notes #osx #statusbar

Updated: 2020-11-28
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2016-12-10
History: 11 history points
License: BSD-3-Clause
Issues: 1 open

stars

Forks: 7
Commits: 96 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

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MemeMaker/Meme-Maker-Mac

Meme Maker open source macOS app made in Swift.

Stack

Swift CocoaPods

GitHub topics

#app #apple #macos #meme-maker #memes #osx

Updated: 2016-10-27
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2016-05-20
History: 11 history points
License: Unknown
Issues: 0 open

stars

Forks: 8
Commits: 43 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

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yaroshevych/desktopctl

OSX launcher and GPU-accelerated CLI tool for AI agents. Open-source computer use tool.

AI dev

Stack

Rust FastAPI Flask Starlette Cargo PEP 517 uv

GitHub topics

#ai-agents #automation #cli #computer-vision #desktop-automation #osx

Updated: 2026-09-26
Lists: 2 list mentions
First commit: 2026-03-10
History: 9 history points
License: MIT
Issues: 0 open

stars

Forks: 8
Commits: 626 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

Website GitHub

hanayik/CAM

macOS camera recording using ffmpeg

Stack

JavaScript Electron npm

GitHub topics

#cam #camera #electron-app #ffmpeg #macos #minimal

Updated: 2018-10-23
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2017-06-27
History: 11 history points
License: MIT
Issues: 0 open

stars

Forks: 6
Commits: 35 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

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zenangst/ToTheTop

🔝To the top - A small macOS application to help you scroll to the top.

Stack

Swift CocoaPods

GitHub topics

#application #macos #osx

Updated: 2018-07-30
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2017-03-08
History: 8 history points
License: MIT
Issues: 1 open

stars

Forks: 3
Commits: 27 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

GitHub

CrashSystemZ/ChargeMonitor

A lightweight macOS menu bar utility that surfaces real-time battery insights and highlights apps with significant energy impact.

Stack

Swift

GitHub topics

#battery #battery-monitor #homebrew #macos #macos-application #macos-tahoe

Updated: 2026-02-10
Lists: 2 list mentions
First commit: 2026-01-31
History: 9 history points
License: MIT
Issues: 0 open

stars

Forks: 1
Commits: 11 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

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