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macvim-dev/macvim

Vim - the text editor - for macOS

AI dev

Stack

Vim Script

GitHub topics

#macos #macvim #vim

Updated: 2026-06-25
Lists: 3 list mentions
First commit: 2004-06-13
History: 10 history points
License: Vim
Issues: 195 open

7,860

stars

Forks: 694
Commits: 34,279 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

Website GitHub

jigish/slate

A window management application (replacement for Divvy/SizeUp/ShiftIt)

Stack

Objective-C

Updated: 2022-06-23
Lists: 3 list mentions
First commit: 2011-05-23
History: 10 history points
License: GPL-3.0
Issues: 261 open

7,835

stars

Forks: 510
Commits: 565 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

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subhra74/xdm

Powerfull download accelerator and video downloader

Stack

C# React .NET SDK npm

GitHub topics

#chrome #download-accelerator #download-manager #downloader #firefox #java

Updated: 2024-01-23
Lists: 2 list mentions
First commit: 2018-02-25
History: 7 history points
License: GPL-2.0
Issues: 852 open

7,818

stars

Forks: 1,178
Commits: 497 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

Website GitHub

PostgresApp/PostgresApp

The easiest way to get started with PostgreSQL on the Mac

Stack

Makefile Bundler

GitHub topics

#postgis #postgres

Updated: 2026-06-30
Lists: 3 list mentions
First commit: 2012-04-06
History: 10 history points
License: NOASSERTION
Issues: 147 open

7,748

stars

Forks: 401
Commits: 2,187 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

Website GitHub

arsenetar/dupeguru

Find duplicate files

Stack

Python pytest PEP 517 pip

GitHub topics

#deduplication #python

Updated: 2026-01-06
Lists: 2 list mentions
First commit: 2009-06-01
History: 9 history points
License: GPL-3.0
Issues: 542 open

7,685

stars

Forks: 521
Commits: 2,086 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

Website GitHub

peazip/PeaZip

Free Zip / Unzip software and Rar file extractor. Cross-platform file and archive manager. Features volume spanning, compression, authenticated encryption. Supports 7Z, 7-Zip sfx, ACE, ARJ, Brotli, BZ2, CAB, CHM, CPIO, DEB, GZ, ISO, JAR, LHA/LZH, NSIS, OOo, PAQ/LPAQ, PEA, QUAD, RAR, RPM, split, TAR, Z, ZIP, ZIPX, Zstandard.

Stack

Pascal .NET SDK

GitHub topics

#archiver #brotli #compression #encryption #extractor #paq

Updated: 2026-07-02
Lists: 2 list mentions
First commit: 2010-11-13
History: 8 history points
License: LGPL-3.0
Issues: Disabled

7,591

stars

Forks: 387
Commits: 1,350 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

Website GitHub

Sequel-Ace/Sequel-Ace

MySQL/MariaDB database management for macOS

AI dev

Stack

Objective-C Bundler Swift Package Manager

GitHub topics

#hacktoberfest #macos #mariadb #mysql #objective-c #sequel

Updated: 2026-07-17
Lists: 4 list mentions
First commit: 2008-04-04
History: 11 history points
License: NOASSERTION
Issues: 188 open

7,464

stars

Forks: 321
Commits: 9,619 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: 0 0.0%
Commit velocity, last 7 days: 0 0.0%

Website GitHub

glushchenko/fsnotes

Notes manager for macOS/iOS

Stack

Swift CocoaPods Swift Package Manager

GitHub topics

#ios #macos #note-taking #notebook #notes-app #swift

Updated: 2026-06-27
Lists: 3 list mentions
First commit: 2017-07-20
History: 10 history points
License: MIT
Issues: 0 open

7,408

stars

Forks: 568
Commits: 2,864 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: 10 history points
License: MIT
Issues: 292 open

7,368

stars

Forks: 609
Commits: 1,006 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

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dbgate/dbgate

Database manager for MySQL, PostgreSQL, SQL Server, MongoDB, SQLite and others. Runs under Windows, Linux, Mac or as web application

AI dev

Stack

Svelte Electron Express Svelte Tailwind CSS npm Yarn

GitHub topics

#cassandra #clickhouse #cockroachdb #cosmosdb #database-gui #database-manager

Updated: 2026-06-30
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2019-12-24
History: 8 history points
License: GPL-3.0
Issues: 441 open

7,099

stars

Forks: 435
Commits: 8,229 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

Website GitHub

aonez/Keka

The macOS & iOS file archiver

Stack

PHP

GitHub topics

#7zip #archiver #compression #extraction #ios #ipados

Updated: 2026-06-30
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2016-11-08
History: 8 history points
License: Unknown
Issues: 253 open

6,983

stars

Forks: 286
Commits: 2,304 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

Website GitHub

qvacua/vimr

VimR — Neovim GUI for macOS in Swift

Stack

Swift pip Swift Package Manager

GitHub topics

#cocoa #macos #neovim #neovim-clients #neovim-experience #neovim-guis

Updated: 2026-06-27
Lists: 3 list mentions
First commit: 2016-06-03
History: 10 history points
License: MIT
Issues: 314 open

6,973

stars

Forks: 229
Commits: 4,898 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

Website GitHub

Ji4n1ng/OpenInTerminal

✨ Finder Toolbar app for macOS to open the current directory in Terminal, iTerm, Hyper or Alacritty.

Stack

Swift

Updated: 2026-05-16
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2019-04-11
History: 8 history points
License: MIT
Issues: 42 open

6,901

stars

Forks: 291
Commits: 326 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

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MacPass/MacPass

A native macOS KeePass client

Stack

Objective-C

GitHub topics

#autotype #kdbx #keepass #macos #macpass #objective-c

Updated: 2025-05-07
Lists: 3 list mentions
First commit: 2012-07-19
History: 11 history points
License: NOASSERTION
Issues: 293 open

6,850

stars

Forks: 470
Commits: 2,669 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

Website GitHub

milanvarady/Applite

User-friendly GUI macOS application for Homebrew Casks

Stack

Swift

GitHub topics

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

Updated: 2026-06-28
Lists: 3 list mentions
First commit: 2023-08-03
History: 10 history points
License: MIT
Issues: 8 open

6,828

stars

Forks: 174
Commits: 351 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

Website GitHub

wesnoth/wesnoth

An open source, turn-based strategy game with a high fantasy theme.

Stack

C++ Android CMake Gradle npm

GitHub topics

#fantasy #free #game #opensource #strategy-game #turn-based-strategy

Updated: 2026-07-11
Lists: 4 list mentions
First commit: 2003-09-15
History: 6 history points
License: GPL-2.0
Issues: 1,519 open

6,759

stars

Forks: 1,214
Commits: 87,324 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: 0 0.0%
Commit velocity, last 7 days: 0 0.0%

Website GitHub

beakerbrowser/beaker

An experimental peer-to-peer Web browser

Archived

Stack

JavaScript Electron npm

GitHub topics

#beaker #browser #decentralized #electron #hypercore #hyperdrive

Updated: 2022-12-27
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2016-05-25
History: 8 history points
License: MIT
Issues: 218 open

6,748

stars

Forks: 550
Commits: 8,342 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

Website GitHub

requestly/requestly

Community hub for Requestly API Client — bugs, feature requests, and roadmap. The privacy-first Postman alternative.

GitHub topics

#api-client #api-testing #developer-tools #git-sync #graphql #grpc

Updated: 2026-07-02
Lists: 3 list mentions
First commit: 2023-02-20
History: 10 history points
License: NOASSERTION
Issues: 282 open

6,719

stars

Forks: 701
Commits: 2,852 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

Website GitHub

newmarcel/KeepingYouAwake

Prevents your Mac from going to sleep.

Stack

Objective-C Swift Package Manager

GitHub topics

#caffeine #macos #menubar #objective-c #utility

Updated: 2026-05-21
Lists: 3 list mentions
First commit: 2014-10-19
History: 10 history points
License: MIT
Issues: 30 open

6,712

stars

Forks: 260
Commits: 703 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

Website GitHub

bitgapp/eqMac

macOS System-wide Audio Equalizer & Volume Mixer 🎧

Stack

Swift Angular CocoaPods npm Swift Package Manager

GitHub topics

#angular #audio #audio-applications #audio-effect #audio-processing #avaudioengine

Updated: 2026-04-24
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2017-07-23
History: 8 history points
License: Apache-2.0
Issues: 134 open

6,682

stars

Forks: 360
Commits: 615 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

Website GitHub

standardnotes/app

Think fearlessly with end-to-end encrypted notes and files. For issues, visit https://standardnotes.com/forum or https://standardnotes.com/help.

Stack

TypeScript Android Electron Express React Bundler CocoaPods Gradle

GitHub topics

#encrypted #evernote #markdown #note-taking #notes #privacy

Updated: 2026-07-02
Lists: 4 list mentions
First commit: 2016-12-05
History: 9 history points
License: AGPL-3.0
Issues: Disabled

6,532

stars

Forks: 539
Commits: 7,187 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

Website GitHub

nikolaeu/numi

Beautiful calculator app for macOS, Linux & Windows

Stack

JavaScript

GitHub topics

#app #calculator #cli #converter #extensions #javascript

Updated: 2026-02-20
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2015-11-16
History: 8 history points
License: MIT
Issues: Disabled

6,461

stars

Forks: 251
Commits: 118 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

Website GitHub

ramboxapp/community-edition

Free and Open Source messaging and emailing app that combines common web applications into one.

Archived

Stack

JavaScript Electron npm

GitHub topics

#custom-services #discord #email #facebook-workplace #gmail #hangouts

Updated: 2022-04-21
Lists: 3 list mentions
First commit: 2016-04-12
History: 11 history points
License: GPL-3.0
Issues: Disabled

6,383

stars

Forks: 778
Commits: 1,328 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

Website GitHub

hovancik/stretchly

The break time reminder app

AI dev

Stack

JavaScript Electron Vite npm

GitHub topics

#breaks #bsd #electron #linux #longer-breaks #macos

Updated: 2026-07-01
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2016-07-10
History: 8 history points
License: BSD-2-Clause
Issues: 119 open

6,337

stars

Forks: 536
Commits: 1,891 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

Website GitHub

FaisalUmair/udemy-downloader-gui

A desktop application for downloading Udemy Courses

Archived

Stack

JavaScript Electron npm Yarn

GitHub topics

#downloader #electron #linux #mac #macos #nodejs

Updated: 2024-04-06
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2017-11-14
History: 8 history points
License: MIT
Issues: 416 open

6,320

stars

Forks: 1,995
Commits: 285 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

GitHub

GNOME/gimp

Read-only mirror of https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gimp

Stack

C Meson

Updated: 2026-07-01
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 1997-01-01
History: 8 history points
License: NOASSERTION
Issues: Disabled

6,228

stars

Forks: 871
Commits: 58,504 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

Website GitHub

SwiftyBeaver/SwiftyBeaver

Convenient & secure logging during development & release in Swift 4 & 5

Stack

Swift Swift Package Manager

GitHub topics

#apple-tv #ios #logging #macos #server-side-swift #swift

Updated: 2024-11-26
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2015-11-28
History: 6 history points
License: MIT
Issues: 4 open

6,062

stars

Forks: 493
Commits: 669 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

Website GitHub

tonsky/AnyBar

OS X menubar status indicator

Stack

Objective-C

Updated: 2026-03-21
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2015-03-02
History: 6 history points
License: EPL-1.0
Issues: 16 open

6,036

stars

Forks: 157
Commits: 101 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

GitHub

LibreCAD/LibreCAD

LibreCAD is a cross-platform 2D CAD program. It can read DXF/DWG, and write DXF/DWG/PDF/SVG files. It supports point/line/circle/ellipse/parabola/hyperbola/spline primitives. The GUI is highly customizable, and has dozens of translations.

Stack

C++ CMake Conan

GitHub topics

#2d #cad #drawing #dxf #geometry #qt

Updated: 2026-07-05
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2010-08-16
History: 8 history points
License: NOASSERTION
Issues: 745 open

6,032

stars

Forks: 1,244
Commits: 5,914 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

Website GitHub

OpenShot/openshot-qt

OpenShot Video Editor is an award-winning free and open-source video editor for Linux, Mac, and Windows, and is dedicated to delivering high quality video editing and animation solutions to the world.

Stack

Python pip

GitHub topics

#c-plus-plus #ffmpeg #gplv3 #openshot #python #qt5

Updated: 2026-06-29
Lists: 3 list mentions
First commit: 2013-11-03
History: 9 history points
License: NOASSERTION
Issues: 389 open

6,009

stars

Forks: 727
Commits: 5,428 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

Website GitHub

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