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dyerc/Doughnut

Podcast client (podcatcher) for Mac

Stack

Swift CocoaPods

GitHub topics

#doughnut #macos #podcast #podcast-aggregator #podcast-client #swift

Updated: 2023-01-02
Lists: 3 list mentions
First commit: 2017-09-22
History: 10 history points
License: GPL-3.0
Issues: 30 open

246

stars

Forks: 23
Commits: 287 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

Website GitHub

DigiDNA/ColorSet

ColorSet is a macOS utility and framework allowing developers to manage custom interface colors with ease.

Stack

Swift .NET SDK

Updated: 2026-01-19
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2018-06-25
History: 8 history points
License: MIT
Issues: 0 open

242

stars

Forks: 17
Commits: 238 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

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LumingYin/macOSLucidaGrande

A small utility to set Lucida Grande as your Mac's system UI font.

Archived

Stack

Objective-C

Updated: 2019-03-11
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2016-09-11
History: 8 history points
License: MIT
Issues: 21 open

241

stars

Forks: 19
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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amiantos/lifesaver

Conway's Game of Life implemented as an artistic, abstract macOS screensaver and tvOS app using SpriteKit

AI dev

Stack

Swift

GitHub topics

#abstract #art #artificial-life #conway #conway-game #conways-game-of-life

Updated: 2026-05-04
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2019-05-18
History: 8 history points
License: MPL-2.0
Issues: 11 open

237

stars

Forks: 11
Commits: 133 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

Website GitHub

ekreutz/CornerCal

A simple, clean calendar and clock app for macOS.

Stack

Swift

GitHub topics

#calendar #calendar-widget #clock #corner-cal #macos #macosx

Updated: 2020-05-03
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2017-10-15
History: 8 history points
License: MIT
Issues: 5 open

237

stars

Forks: 28
Commits: 32 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

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zadr/j2s

A macOS app to convert JSON to Swift structs

Stack

Swift

Updated: 2026-01-04
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2016-12-31
History: 5 history points
License: NOASSERTION
Issues: 5 open

237

stars

Forks: 13
Commits: 72 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

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sane-apps/SaneBar

The privacy-first menu bar manager for macOS. Now 100% free and open source (MIT) — every feature unlocked. Native, lightweight, and scriptable.

AI dev

Stack

Swift Bundler Swift Package Manager

GitHub topics

#bartender-alternative #free #mac-app #macos #macos-app #menu-bar

Updated: 2026-07-02
Lists: 3 list mentions
First commit: 2026-01-02
History: 10 history points
License: MIT
Issues: 0 open

235

stars

Forks: 14
Commits: 1,023 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

Website GitHub

ThijmenDam/BarTranslate

🚀 BarTranslate, a handy (free) menu bar translator widget for macOS.

Stack

Swift Electron React npm Swift Package Manager

Updated: 2026-05-11
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2019-09-15
History: 6 history points
License: GPL-3.0
Issues: 16 open

235

stars

Forks: 16
Commits: 248 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

Website GitHub

chrstphrknwtn/epoch-flip-clock-screensaver

Unix time (epoch) flip clock macOS screensaver

Stack

Objective-C

GitHub topics

#clock #epoch #flipclock #macos #screensaver #unix

Updated: 2019-01-15
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2016-03-19
History: 8 history points
License: Unknown
Issues: 3 open

234

stars

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

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getoffmyhack/waveSDR

macOS native desktop Software Defined Radio app

Stack

Swift

GitHub topics

#dsp #macos #rtl-sdr #rtlsdr #sdr #swift

Updated: 2026-06-11
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2017-08-03
History: 8 history points
License: Unknown
Issues: 0 open

234

stars

Forks: 36
Commits: 52 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

Website GitHub

wulkano/Plug

macOS app for Hype Machine

Stack

Swift Swift Package Manager

GitHub topics

#app #hype-machine #hypem #mac #macos #macos-app

Updated: 2024-02-20
Lists: 3 list mentions
First commit: 2014-07-15
History: 7 history points
License: MIT
Issues: 14 open

226

stars

Forks: 11
Commits: 438 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

Website GitHub

DeromirNeves/DockSeparator

macOS utility to add multiple separators to Dock

Stack

Swift

GitHub topics

#macos

Updated: 2021-04-23
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2017-04-23
History: 8 history points
License: Unknown
Issues: 3 open

223

stars

Forks: 13
Commits: 20 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

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Conxt/WindowGlue

A simple macOS menu bar utility that lets you glue two windows together so that they behave (mostly) as one.

Stack

Swift Swift Package Manager

Updated: 2025-07-09
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2025-07-03
History: 8 history points
License: MIT
Issues: 1 open

220

stars

Forks: 3
Commits: 24 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

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0xMassi/stik_app

Instant thought capture for macOS. One shortcut, post-it appears, type, close.

Stack

TypeScript React Tailwind CSS Tauri Vite Bun Cargo npm

GitHub topics

#ai #keyboard-first #local-first #mac-app #macos #markdown

Updated: 2026-04-14
Lists: 3 list mentions
First commit: 2026-02-03
History: 10 history points
License: MIT
Issues: 4 open

217

stars

Forks: 14
Commits: 181 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

Website GitHub

NullPointerDepressiveDisorder/MiddleDrag

 Three-finger trackpad gestures for middle-click and middle-drag on macOS

Stack

Swift Swift Package Manager

GitHub topics

#codecov-badge #contributions-welcome #free #homebrew-cask #learn #macos

Updated: 2026-04-22
Lists: 3 list mentions
First commit: 2025-11-25
History: 10 history points
License: MIT
Issues: 16 open

213

stars

Forks: 5
Commits: 359 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

Website GitHub

macmade/Diagnostics

Diagnostics is an application displaying the diagnostic reports from applications on macOS.

Stack

Swift

GitHub topics

#crash-reporting #developer-tools #diagnostic-reports #diagnostics #logging #macos

Updated: 2021-08-02
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2017-02-28
History: 8 history points
License: Unknown
Issues: 1 open

212

stars

Forks: 11
Commits: 73 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

Website GitHub

bitpay/copay

Copay wallet is now Bitpay Wallet.

Updated: 2024-07-13
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2020-12-29
History: 8 history points
License: Unknown
Issues: Disabled

209

stars

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

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tigase/beagle-im

(M) XMPP client for macOS based on TigaseSwift XMPP library

Stack

Swift Swift Package Manager

GitHub topics

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

Updated: 2026-06-13
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2018-03-24
History: 6 history points
License: GPL-3.0
Issues: 73 open

207

stars

Forks: 22
Commits: 800 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

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bow-swift/nef-plugin

🔌 an Xcode extension to use nef features easily

Stack

Swift

GitHub topics

#bow #hacktoberfest #macos #nef #swift #swiftui

Updated: 2021-11-11
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2019-07-01
History: 8 history points
License: NOASSERTION
Issues: 1 open

201

stars

Forks: 11
Commits: 210 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

Website GitHub

ant4g0nist/vegvisir

A browser based GUI for **LLDB** Debugger.

Archived

Stack

JavaScript Flask Composer npm pip

GitHub topics

#debugger #gui #lldb #macos #python #reverse-engineering

Updated: 2021-05-06
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2017-06-17
History: 8 history points
License: MIT
Issues: 1 open

199

stars

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

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sendyhalim/Yomu

📘 Manga reader app for Mac OS X

Archived

Stack

Swift

GitHub topics

#comic #comic-reader #macos #manga #manga-reader #mangareader

Updated: 2019-10-12
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2016-06-06
History: 8 history points
License: MIT
Issues: 10 open

199

stars

Forks: 20
Commits: 374 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

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jamieweavis/streaker

Cross-platform GitHub contribution streak and statistic tracking menu bar application with reminder notification

Stack

TypeScript Electron Express Tailwind CSS pnpm

GitHub topics

#contribution #contribution-graph #electron #electron-app #github #macos

Updated: 2026-05-22
Lists: 3 list mentions
First commit: 2017-05-17
History: 10 history points
License: MIT
Issues: 4 open

195

stars

Forks: 10
Commits: 689 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: 5 history points
License: Unknown
Issues: 20 open

190

stars

Forks: 30
Commits: 41 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

Website GitHub

jmcfarlane/notable

Notable - a simple note taking application

Stack

Go Go modules

GitHub topics

#golang #linux #macos #notes #security

Updated: 2025-12-05
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2012-03-18
History: 8 history points
License: MIT
Issues: 3 open

189

stars

Forks: 14
Commits: 477 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

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nvzqz/Menubar-Colors

A macOS app for convenient access to the system color panel

Stack

Swift CocoaPods

Updated: 2022-03-22
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2015-05-31
History: 8 history points
License: MIT
Issues: 6 open

189

stars

Forks: 15
Commits: 169 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

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ersel/spotify-cli-mac

🎶 A nodejs app to control Spotify without leaving your terminal. 🎶

Stack

JavaScript npm

GitHub topics

#cli #mac #nodejs #spotify

Updated: 2022-12-07
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2017-01-06
History: 8 history points
License: MIT
Issues: 12 open

187

stars

Forks: 28
Commits: 94 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

GitHub

smmr-software/privacy-redirect-safari

A Safari extension that redirects Twitter, YouTube, Reddit, and more to privacy friendly alternatives.

Stack

Swift

Updated: 2023-08-26
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2021-06-11
History: 8 history points
License: GPL-3.0
Issues: 10 open

182

stars

Forks: 14
Commits: 194 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

GitHub

nbolar/PlayStatus

macOS app that allows the control of Spotify and AppleMusic/iTunes music playback from the menu bar.

Stack

Swift Swift Package Manager

GitHub topics

#apple-music #itunes #itunes-playback #macos #menubar #music

Updated: 2026-06-25
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2019-04-25
History: 8 history points
License: MIT
Issues: 2 open

181

stars

Forks: 6
Commits: 274 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

GitHub

NghiaTranUIT/artify-macos

🌎 18th century Arts for everyone

Stack

Swift Bundler CocoaPods

GitHub topics

#art #artify #macos #mvvm-architecture #oss #rxswift

Updated: 2019-03-02
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2018-05-11
History: 8 history points
License: LGPL-3.0
Issues: 8 open

181

stars

Forks: 10
Commits: 142 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

Website GitHub

insidegui/NoteTaker

A simple note taking app for macOS and iOS which uses Realm and CloudKit for syncing

Stack

Swift

GitHub topics

#cloudkit #ios #ios-app #macos #macosx #swift

Updated: 2017-03-19
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2017-03-19
History: 8 history points
License: MIT
Issues: Disabled

177

stars

Forks: 19
Commits: 2 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

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