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textmate/textmate

TextMate is a graphical text editor for macOS 10.12 or later

Stack

Objective-C++

GitHub topics

#c-plus-plus #cocoa #macos #objective-c-plus-plus #texteditor #textmate

Updated: 2024-05-18
Lists: 4 list mentions
First commit: 2012-08-09
History: 9 history points
License: GPL-3.0
Issues: Disabled

14,572

stars

Forks: 1,755
Commits: 5,757 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

Website GitHub

MacDownApp/macdown

Open source Markdown editor for macOS.

Stack

Rich Text Format Bundler CocoaPods npm

GitHub topics

#cocoa #macos #markdown #markdown-converter #markdown-convertor #markdown-editor

Updated: 2023-07-10
Lists: 3 list mentions
First commit: 2014-06-08
History: 10 history points
License: Unknown
Issues: 567 open

9,783

stars

Forks: 1,154
Commits: 1,111 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

Website GitHub

coteditor/CotEditor

Lightweight Plain Text Editor for macOS

Stack

Swift Swift Package Manager

GitHub topics

#cocoa #coteditor #editor #mac-app #macos #macos-app

Updated: 2026-07-02
Lists: 3 list mentions
First commit: 2010-12-11
History: 10 history points
License: NOASSERTION
Issues: 21 open

8,236

stars

Forks: 514
Commits: 17,728 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

r0x0r/pywebview

Build GUI for your Python program with JavaScript, HTML, and CSS

Stack

Python Android Flask pytest Vite .NET SDK Gradle npm

GitHub topics

#cef #cocoa #gtk #gui #html #javascript

Updated: 2026-05-15
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2014-11-20
History: 7 history points
License: BSD-3-Clause
Issues: 11 open

5,940

stars

Forks: 629
Commits: 2,443 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

Website GitHub

mangerlahn/Latest

A small utility app for macOS that makes sure you know about all the latest updates to the apps you use.

Stack

Swift

GitHub topics

#app #cocoa #macos #swift #updater

Updated: 2026-02-09
Lists: 3 list mentions
First commit: 2017-02-15
History: 10 history points
License: GPL-3.0
Issues: 153 open

4,672

stars

Forks: 141
Commits: 1,307 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

Website GitHub

sveinbjornt/Platypus

Create native macOS applications from command line scripts.

Stack

Objective-C

GitHub topics

#application #cocoa #command-line-app #gui-application #macos #macos-app

Updated: 2026-05-13
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2011-03-28
History: 7 history points
License: BSD-3-Clause
Issues: 34 open

3,415

stars

Forks: 198
Commits: 1,346 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

Website GitHub

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

Website GitHub

ColleagueRiley/RGFW

A lightweight single-header cross-platform library for general windowing

Stack

GitHub topics

#c99 #cocoa #cross-platform #graphics #hedgehogsoft #library

Updated: 2026-07-06
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2023-02-22
History: 2 history points
License: Zlib
Issues: 8 open

1,835

stars

Forks: 84
Commits: 3,735 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

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strongbox-password-safe/Strongbox

A KeePass/Password Safe Client for iOS and OS X

Stack

Objective-C Swift Package Manager

GitHub topics

#cocoa #cryptography #ios #objective-c #osx #password

Updated: 2025-11-05
Lists: 2 list mentions
First commit: 2016-07-16
History: 6 history points
License: AGPL-3.0
Issues: 216 open

1,445

stars

Forks: 125
Commits: 434 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

Website GitHub

subethaedit/SubEthaEdit

General purpose plain text editor for macOS. Widely known for its live collaboration feature.

Stack

Objective-C

GitHub topics

#appkit #cocoa #code #collaboration #collaborative-editing #creative-writing

Updated: 2025-11-09
Lists: 3 list mentions
First commit: 2003-09-16
History: 9 history points
License: MIT
Issues: 92 open

1,424

stars

Forks: 115
Commits: 5,832 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

Website GitHub

AuroraEditor/AuroraEditor

Aurora Editor is a IDE built by the community, for the community, and written in Swift for the best native performance and feel for macOS.

Archived

Stack

Swift Swift Package Manager

GitHub topics

#aeide #aurora #aurora-editor #auroraeditor #cocoa #code

Updated: 2025-08-26
Lists: 3 list mentions
First commit: 2022-03-10
History: 10 history points
License: MIT
Issues: 18 open

1,335

stars

Forks: 96
Commits: 3,366 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: 6 history points
License: NOASSERTION
Issues: 135 open

1,170

stars

Forks: 53
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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neilalexander/seaglass

A truly native Matrix client for macOS - written in Swift/Cocoa, with E2E encryption support

Archived

Stack

Swift Bundler CocoaPods

GitHub topics

#cocoa #macos #matrix #swift

Updated: 2021-09-20
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2018-06-05
History: 8 history points
License: NOASSERTION
Issues: 48 open

526

stars

Forks: 33
Commits: 538 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

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fespinoza/LinkedIdeas

A macOS/iOS apps to treat ideas as links of concepts.

Stack

Swift Bundler

GitHub topics

#cocoa #custom-view #document-based-app #graphical #mac-app #macos

Updated: 2021-07-13
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2015-11-02
History: 8 history points
License: MIT
Issues: 20 open

374

stars

Forks: 17
Commits: 459 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

Website GitHub

ngquerol/Diurna

Basic/Classic Hacker News app, used as a Cocoa & Swift learning platform

Archived

Stack

Swift CocoaPods

GitHub topics

#cocoa #hacker-news #macos #news #swift

Updated: 2024-06-26
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2016-01-15
History: 8 history points
License: MIT
Issues: 0 open

106

stars

Forks: 4
Commits: 114 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

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zac-garby/iTunes-Graphs

A macOS app to visualise your iTunes library as graphs.

Stack

Swift

GitHub topics

#cocoa #itunes-api #macos #visualisation

Updated: 2018-05-03
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2017-07-04
History: 5 history points
License: Unknown
Issues: 0 open

stars

Forks: 5
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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kaunteya/MacSystemColors

Mac app that shows all system colors in light an dark mode

Stack

Swift

GitHub topics

#appkit #cocoa #macos #nscolor

Updated: 2020-09-12
Lists: 2 list mentions
First commit: 2019-04-11
History: 6 history points
License: Unknown
Issues: 1 open

stars

Forks: 3
Commits: 26 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

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erik/github-notify

Simple MacOS app to alert you when you have unread GitHub notifications

Stack

Swift

GitHub topics

#cocoa #github #menubar #swift

Updated: 2017-10-31
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2017-09-19
History: 8 history points
License: MIT
Issues: 0 open

stars

Forks: 4
Commits: 27 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

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