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mmattozzi/cocoa-rest-client

A free, native Apple macOS app for testing HTTP/REST endpoints

Stack

Objective-C CocoaPods

GitHub topics

#cocoa #macos #objective-c #osx #rest

Updated: 2024-10-14
Lists: 3 list mentions
First commit: 2010-03-02
History: 10 history points
License: NOASSERTION
Issues: 44 open

2,369

stars

Forks: 205
Commits: 403 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

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muammar/mkchromecast

Cast macOS and Linux Audio/Video to your Google Cast and Sonos Devices

Stack

Python npm pip

GitHub topics

#alsa #audio #cast-audio #cast-videos #chromecast #chromecast-audio

Updated: 2026-04-02
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2016-03-19
History: 29 history points
License: NOASSERTION
Issues: 217 open

2,347

stars

Forks: 149
Commits: 1,371 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: 0 0.0%
Commit velocity, last 7 days: 0 0.0%

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onmyway133/PushNotifications

🐉 A macOS, Linux, Windows app to test push notifications on iOS and Android

Stack

JavaScript Electron React npm

GitHub topics

#apn #electron #firebase #notification #push

Updated: 2023-10-05
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2017-08-14
History: 8 history points
License: NOASSERTION
Issues: 7 open

2,317

stars

Forks: 189
Commits: 198 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

Website GitHub

shaojiankui/SmartPush

SmartPush,一款iOS苹果远程推送测试程序,Mac OS下的APNS工具APP,iOS Push Notification Debug App

Stack

Objective-C

GitHub topics

#apns

Updated: 2024-02-19
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2015-03-15
History: 8 history points
License: MIT
Issues: 7 open

2,289

stars

Forks: 514
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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gaphor/gaphor

Gaphor is the simple modeling tool

Stack

Python pytest Tornado PEP 517 Poetry

GitHub topics

#c4model #diagram #fta #gnome #gtk #mbse

Updated: 2026-07-06
Lists: 2 list mentions
First commit: 2001-12-21
History: 9 history points
License: Unknown
Issues: 201 open

2,250

stars

Forks: 237
Commits: 13,865 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

Website GitHub

klaudiosinani/ao

Elegant Microsoft To-Do desktop app

Stack

JavaScript Electron npm Yarn

GitHub topics

#app #desktop #microsoft #todo #wunderlist

Updated: 2025-11-03
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2017-09-07
History: 8 history points
License: MIT
Issues: 119 open

2,191

stars

Forks: 211
Commits: 395 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

Website GitHub

elfmz/far2l

Linux port of FAR v2

Stack

C++ CMake Go modules

GitHub topics

#filemanager #linux #macos #osx #terminal

Updated: 2026-06-28
Lists: 3 list mentions
First commit: 2016-08-10
History: 9 history points
License: GPL-2.0
Issues: 494 open

2,185

stars

Forks: 210
Commits: 7,422 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

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Pyroh/Fluor

A handy tool for macOS allowing you to switch Fn keys' mode based on active application.

Stack

Swift Swift Package Manager

Updated: 2024-05-31
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2016-09-02
History: 8 history points
License: MIT
Issues: 48 open

2,164

stars

Forks: 126
Commits: 98 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

Website GitHub

archagon/sensible-side-buttons

A macOS menu bar app that enables system-wide navigation functionality for the side buttons on third-party mice.

Stack

Updated: 2024-02-17
Lists: 3 list mentions
First commit: 2017-06-07
History: 10 history points
License: GPL-2.0
Issues: 57 open

2,098

stars

Forks: 152
Commits: 28 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

Website GitHub

will-stone/browserosaurus

🦖 The browser prompter for macOS

Archived

Stack

TypeScript Electron React Tailwind CSS Vite npm

GitHub topics

#electron #macos #react #redux #redux-toolkit #typescript

Updated: 2025-08-02
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2017-06-20
History: 5 history points
License: GPL-3.0
Issues: 4 open

2,013

stars

Forks: 195
Commits: 1,801 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

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rlxone/Equinox

🌇 🌃 Create dynamic wallpapers for macOS.

Stack

Swift

GitHub topics

#app #appkit #application #dynamic #macos #native

Updated: 2026-06-11
Lists: 3 list mentions
First commit: 2021-11-23
History: 10 history points
License: MIT
Issues: 17 open

2,008

stars

Forks: 70
Commits: 47 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

Website GitHub

devcxm/iOS-Images-Extractor

A Mac app to decode and extract images from iOS apps, support png/jpg/ipa/Assets.car files.

Archived

Stack

Objective-C

Updated: 2020-06-03
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2015-06-02
History: 8 history points
License: NOASSERTION
Issues: Disabled

1,995

stars

Forks: 388
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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OtterBrowser/otter-browser

Otter Browser aims to recreate the best aspects of the classic Opera (12.x) UI using Qt5

Stack

C++ CMake

GitHub topics

#browser #bsd #c-plus-plus #cross-platform #linux #macos

Updated: 2026-07-06
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2013-06-04
History: 8 history points
License: GPL-3.0
Issues: 275 open

1,980

stars

Forks: 283
Commits: 10,947 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

Website GitHub

ViennaRSS/vienna-rss

Vienna is a free and open-source RSS/Atom/JSON feed newsreader for macOS.

Stack

Objective-C Swift Package Manager

GitHub topics

#atom-reader #json-feed #macos #rss-reader

Updated: 2026-07-02
Lists: 3 list mentions
First commit: 2005-06-29
History: 8 history points
License: Apache-2.0
Issues: 79 open

1,966

stars

Forks: 233
Commits: 6,291 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

Website GitHub

gitahead/gitahead

Understand your Git history!

Stack

C++ CMake

Updated: 2025-09-15
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2018-12-12
History: 8 history points
License: MIT
Issues: 292 open

1,934

stars

Forks: 249
Commits: 430 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

Website GitHub

sindresorhus/touch-bar-simulator

Use the Touch Bar on any Mac

Archived

Stack

Swift

GitHub topics

#app #macbook-pro #macos #simulator #swift #touch-bar

Updated: 2024-03-06
Lists: 3 list mentions
First commit: 2017-03-15
History: 10 history points
License: MIT
Issues: 0 open

1,934

stars

Forks: 88
Commits: 85 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

Website GitHub

Codeux-Software/Textual

Textual is an IRC client for OS X

Archived

Stack

Objective-C

Updated: 2025-09-24
Lists: 3 list mentions
First commit: 2010-07-23
History: 10 history points
License: Unknown
Issues: Disabled

1,901

stars

Forks: 272
Commits: 8,177 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

Website GitHub

stonesam92/ChitChat

A native Mac app wrapper for WhatsApp Web

Stack

Objective-C

Updated: 2019-10-07
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2015-05-21
History: 7 history points
License: Unknown
Issues: 71 open

1,899

stars

Forks: 185
Commits: 102 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

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enzo1982/freac

The fre:ac audio converter project

Stack

C++ .NET SDK

GitHub topics

#aac #alac #audio #c-plus-plus #cd-ripper #converter

Updated: 2026-06-07
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2002-09-22
History: 8 history points
License: GPL-2.0
Issues: 215 open

1,895

stars

Forks: 92
Commits: 2,300 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

Website GitHub

MitMaro/git-interactive-rebase-tool

Native cross-platform full feature terminal-based sequence editor for git interactive rebase.

Stack

Rust Bundler Cargo

GitHub topics

#cross-platform #editor #git #hacktoberfest #rust

Updated: 2026-04-14
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2016-12-22
History: 8 history points
License: GPL-3.0
Issues: 32 open

1,873

stars

Forks: 54
Commits: 1,164 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

Website GitHub

toggl-open-source/toggldesktop

Toggl Desktop app for Windows, Mac and Linux

Archived

Stack

C++ Bundler CMake CocoaPods

GitHub topics

#desktop #linux #macos #objective-c #poco #qt

Updated: 2023-06-22
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2013-09-06
History: 6 history points
License: BSD-3-Clause
Issues: Disabled

1,866

stars

Forks: 282
Commits: 10,714 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

Website GitHub

lanayotech/vagrant-manager

Manage your vagrant machines in one place with Vagrant Manager for OS X

Stack

Objective-C CocoaPods

Updated: 2020-05-31
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2014-04-14
History: 8 history points
License: MIT
Issues: 20 open

1,864

stars

Forks: 84
Commits: 353 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

Website GitHub

wellsjo/JSON-Splora

GUI app for editing, visualizing, and manipulating JSON data

Stack

JavaScript Electron npm

GitHub topics

#gui #javascript #jq #json #json-splora

Updated: 2017-02-22
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2016-10-16
History: 5 history points
License: MIT
Issues: 21 open

1,861

stars

Forks: 60
Commits: 192 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

GitHub

Kevin-De-Koninck/Clean-Me

A macOS system analyser and cleaner

Archived

Stack

Swift CocoaPods

GitHub topics

#analyser #cleaner #mac #macos

Updated: 2021-02-05
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2017-01-21
History: 8 history points
License: MIT
Issues: 13 open

1,853

stars

Forks: 105
Commits: 102 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

Website GitHub

amebalabs/TRex

Copy any text on your screen, stop retyping.

AI dev

Stack

Swift Swift Package Manager

GitHub topics

#macos #ocr #productivity #screenshot #swift #textrecognition

Updated: 2026-06-25
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2021-02-19
History: 8 history points
License: MIT
Issues: 10 open

1,839

stars

Forks: 60
Commits: 159 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

Website GitHub

dustinrue/ControlPlane

ControlPlane - context-sensitive computing for macOS

AI dev

Stack

Swift Swift Package Manager

Updated: 2026-05-20
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2026-05-15
History: 8 history points
License: GPL-2.0
Issues: 44 open

1,799

stars

Forks: 182
Commits: 17 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

Website GitHub

deluge-torrent/deluge

Deluge BitTorrent client - Git mirror, PRs only

Stack

Python pytest PEP 517 pip

GitHub topics

#bittorrent-client #daemon #extjs #gtk #python #thin-clients

Updated: 2026-03-07
Lists: 3 list mentions
First commit: 2006-11-28
History: 9 history points
License: NOASSERTION
Issues: Disabled

1,778

stars

Forks: 360
Commits: 9,162 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

Website GitHub

pencil2d/pencil

Pencil2D is an easy, intuitive tool to make 2D hand-drawn animations. Pencil2D is open source and cross-platform.

Stack

C++ Qt CMake

GitHub topics

#animation #bitmap #cartoon #cplusplus #drawing #graphics2d

Updated: 2026-05-20
Lists: 3 list mentions
First commit: 2010-10-04
History: 10 history points
License: GPL-2.0
Issues: 200 open

1,760

stars

Forks: 305
Commits: 5,336 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

Website GitHub

RocketChat/Rocket.Chat.Electron

The Secure CommsOS™ for mission-critical operations

AI dev

Stack

TypeScript Electron React npm Yarn

GitHub topics

#chat #collaboration #desktop #electron #foss #hacktoberfest

Updated: 2026-07-06
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2015-04-25
History: 8 history points
License: MIT
Issues: 239 open

1,694

stars

Forks: 829
Commits: 2,796 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

Website GitHub

vladimiry/ElectronMail

Unofficial ProtonMail Desktop App

Stack

TypeScript Angular Electron npm pnpm

GitHub topics

#angular #desktop #electron #protonmail #typescript

Updated: 2026-07-01
Lists: 4 list mentions
First commit: 2017-12-24
History: 8 history points
License: GPL-3.0
Issues: 78 open

1,668

stars

Forks: 106
Commits: 1,608 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

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