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maelswarm/Datamosh

Datamosh your videos on macOS

Stack

Swift

GitHub topics

#datamosh #datamoshing #glitch #glitch-art

Updated: 2017-08-29
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2017-08-28
License: Unknown
Issues: 0 open

113

stars

Forks: 3
Commits: 14 commits
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vsaravind007/nodeScratchpad

Evaluate Nodejs Code Snippets From Menubar! :computer:

Stack

Swift CocoaPods

GitHub topics

#developer-tools #javascript #menubar #nodejs #osx-application #repl

Updated: 2020-08-18
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2018-03-23
License: MIT
Issues: 4 open

111

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Forks: 7
Commits: 30 commits
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rkbhochalya/grayscale-mode

A macOS menu bar app that gives you more control over Grayscale Mode.

Stack

Swift Bundler Swift Package Manager

GitHub topics

#macos #macos-app #macos-swift

Updated: 2021-09-01
Lists: 3 list mentions
First commit: 2019-02-03
License: MIT
Issues: 4 open

110

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Forks: 8
Commits: 57 commits
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hbowie/notenik-swift

Notenik ported to Swift

Stack

Swift

Updated: 2024-12-18
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2019-01-21
License: NOASSERTION
Issues: 1 open

109

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Forks: 2
Commits: 763 commits
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es-kumagai/OpenTerminal

This is a app for macOS that to open a new Finder window and change the current directory to the folder this app launched.

Stack

Swift

Updated: 2022-05-19
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2017-12-04
License: MIT
Issues: 1 open

106

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Forks: 13
Commits: 44 commits
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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
License: MIT
Issues: 0 open

106

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Forks: 4
Commits: 114 commits
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GitHub

wddwycc/Freehand

A macOS status bar App for quick sketch

Archived

Stack

Swift

Updated: 2017-06-17
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2016-03-26
License: Unknown
Issues: 0 open

102

stars

Forks: 7
Commits: 30 commits
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GitHub

eonist/GitSync

A minimalistic Git client for Mac

Stack

Swift Swift Package Manager

Updated: 2019-08-01
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2015-09-25
License: Unknown
Issues: 4 open

100

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Forks: 14
Commits: 18,723 commits
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Pjirlip/Pillager

macOs Video Downloader written in Swift and Obj.-C

Stack

Swift

Updated: 2018-11-28
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2017-01-10
License: Unknown
Issues: 1 open

100

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Forks: 8
Commits: 35 commits
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Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

GitHub

chanonly123/Json-Model-Generator

MacOS app for Generating JSON classes (Template based)

Stack

Swift CocoaPods

GitHub topics

#app #generator #json #mac #macos #mapper

Updated: 2021-12-10
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2018-11-07
License: MIT
Issues: 0 open

stars

Forks: 16
Commits: 44 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

GitHub

KrisYu/FilterShop

A macOS App to explore CoreImage Filters.

Stack

Swift

GitHub topics

#cifilter #coreimage #macos #swift

Updated: 2021-02-10
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2017-09-18
License: MIT
Issues: 2 open

stars

Forks: 17
Commits: 4 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

GitHub

cemolcay/ChordDetector

A tiny menu bar app detecting the chords of the songs you are listening on iTunes or Spotify.

Stack

Swift

GitHub topics

#chord #itunes #menubar #spotify #ultimate-guitar

Updated: 2019-12-04
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2017-03-23
License: MIT
Issues: 0 open

stars

Forks: 3
Commits: 45 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

GitHub

buddax2/tmpNote

Yet another simple notes app

Stack

Swift CocoaPods

Updated: 2021-10-26
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2017-09-22
License: MIT
Issues: 5 open

stars

Forks: 12
Commits: 105 commits
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Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

GitHub

glaurent/MessagesHistoryBrowser

a macOS/OSX app to comfortably browse and search through your Messages.app history.

Stack

Swift CocoaPods Swift Package Manager

Updated: 2026-02-13
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2015-09-30
License: GPL-3.0
Issues: 2 open

stars

Forks: 14
Commits: 188 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

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Capevace/BetterPiP

A macOS application that enables the use of native picture-in-picture with browsers such as Google Chrome for HTML5 videos.

Archived

Stack

Swift npm

Updated: 2020-06-15
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2017-09-26
License: MIT
Issues: 0 open

stars

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

GitHub

GeiserX/VPN-Bypass

macOS menu bar app to bypass VPN for specific domains and services

AI dev

Stack

Swift Swift Package Manager

GitHub topics

#cisco #corporate-vpn #dns #globalprotect #homebrew #macos

Updated: 2026-07-01
Lists: 3 list mentions
First commit: 2026-01-14
License: GPL-3.0
Issues: 1 open

stars

Forks: 3
Commits: 198 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
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hisaac/PlainPasta

A simple macOS app for "plaintextifying" your clipboard

Archived

Stack

Swift

GitHub topics

#appkit #clipboard #macos #nspasteboard #pasteboard #swift

Updated: 2022-03-11
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2018-10-16
License: MIT
Issues: 17 open

stars

Forks: 5
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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plan44/localSites

Simple Menu Bar (Status Bar) App for mac OS and simple table app for iOS listing local Bonjour websites (as Safari 11 no longer has Bonjour Bookmarks)

Stack

Swift

GitHub topics

#bonjour #swift

Updated: 2025-04-11
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2017-09-24
License: Unknown
Issues: 1 open

stars

Forks: 11
Commits: 34 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

GitHub

mamal72/lyricsify-mac

A simple Spotify lyrics viewer menu bar app for macOS in Swift 3

Stack

Swift CocoaPods

GitHub topics

#dmg #lyrics #macos

Updated: 2016-11-30
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2016-11-22
License: MIT
Issues: 2 open

stars

Forks: 8
Commits: 11 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

GitHub

touchbar/Touch-Bar-Preview

:computer: Touch Bar Preview is a small app to display your designs on the MacBook Pro’s Touch Bar.

Stack

Swift

GitHub topics

#application #design #design-tools #free-software #macbook #macos

Updated: 2019-07-08
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2017-01-03
License: MIT
Issues: 0 open

stars

Forks: 5
Commits: 43 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

Website GitHub

xiaohk/FaceData

A macOS app to parse face landmarks from a video for training GANs

Stack

Swift

GitHub topics

#annotator #gans #macos #swift #vision

Updated: 2021-08-31
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2017-11-24
License: MIT
Issues: 0 open

stars

Forks: 9
Commits: 13 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

GitHub

LumingYin/StickyNotes

A Windows 10-esque Sticky Notes app implemented in AppKit.

Archived

Stack

Swift

Updated: 2018-10-09
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2018-05-05
License: Unknown
Issues: 0 open

stars

Forks: 9
Commits: 24 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

GitHub

barseghyanartur/app-menu

The missing Applications Menu for macOS

AI dev

Stack

Swift

GitHub topics

#application-menu #macos #macos-application

Updated: 2026-06-15
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2024-01-29
License: MIT
Issues: 0 open

stars

Forks: 0
Commits: 30 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

GitHub

lyc2345/Lyricism

macOS app to show you lyric what currently iTunes or Spotify is playing.

Stack

Swift CocoaPods

Updated: 2017-05-12
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2016-06-16
License: Unknown
Issues: 2 open

stars

Forks: 4
Commits: 57 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

GitHub

remirobert/Github-contributions

:cat: GitHub contributions app, for iOS, WatchOS, and OSX

Stack

Swift CocoaPods

Updated: 2019-07-21
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2016-10-08
License: GPL-3.0
Issues: 2 open

stars

Forks: 8
Commits: 12 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

GitHub

friedrichweise/wechsel

use your keyboard to manage bluetooth connections on macOS

Stack

Swift

GitHub topics

#airpods #bluetooth #bluetooth-connection #keyboard #macos #osx-application

Updated: 2022-05-28
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2018-11-13
License: GPL-3.0
Issues: 5 open

stars

Forks: 5
Commits: 87 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

GitHub

LumingYin/QuickCaption

Transcribe and generate caption files (SRT and FCPXML) without manually entering time codes.

Archived

Stack

Swift

Updated: 2019-05-25
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2017-07-30
License: MIT
Issues: 5 open

stars

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

GitHub

designsbymuzeer/Bye-Mac-App

Close your running apps easily. One click, and they're gone. Say Bye to the mess.

Stack

Swift

GitHub topics

#design #macos #opensource #productivity #swift

Updated: 2025-11-28
Lists: 3 list mentions
First commit: 2025-11-24
License: GPL-3.0
Issues: 2 open

stars

Forks: 8
Commits: 31 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

GitHub

tidiemme/monitorbar

System resource monitor for macOS menubar

Stack

Swift

Updated: 2023-12-19
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2021-01-09
License: MIT
Issues: 1 open

stars

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

GitHub

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
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

GitHub

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
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

GitHub

insidegui/KeyframesPlayer

A simple macOS app to preview animations created with Facebook's keyframes framework

Stack

Swift Bundler CocoaPods

Updated: 2017-10-12
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2016-12-12
License: BSD-2-Clause
Issues: Disabled

stars

Forks: 4
Commits: 24 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

GitHub

vishaltelangre/Kyapchar

Simple screen and microphone audio recorder for Mac

Stack

Swift

GitHub topics

#mac-toolbar-app #macos-app #microphone-audio-recorder #recorder #screen-recorder #screencast

Updated: 2018-07-11
Lists: 3 list mentions
First commit: 2016-10-01
License: Unknown
Issues: 1 open

stars

Forks: 8
Commits: 13 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

GitHub

App-Fair/App

Open-source browser and installer for Homebrew casks and macOS/iOS apps

Stack

Swift Swift Package Manager

GitHub topics

#appfair-utilities

Updated: 2024-03-22
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2021-09-27
License: AGPL-3.0
Issues: 7 open

stars

Forks: 3
Commits: 975 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
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Website GitHub

3j14/bitwarden-menubar

Bitwarden in the macOS menu bar

Archived

Stack

Swift

GitHub topics

#bitwarden #macos #macos-menubar #password-manager #swift #swiftui

Updated: 2022-03-03
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2020-10-17
License: LGPL-3.0
Issues: 3 open

stars

Forks: 3
Commits: 17 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
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GitHub

davidcelis/Sunscreen

:sunrise: A macOS app that sets your wallpaper based on sunrise and sunset.

Stack

Swift

GitHub topics

#afternoon #flux #macos #morning #night #sunrise

Updated: 2016-03-02
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2016-02-13
License: MIT
Issues: 4 open

stars

Forks: 2
Commits: 40 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

GitHub

isaiasmatewos/night-shift-control

Night Shift Control is a simple macOS menubar app for controlling Night Shift. It's aim is to bring features from f.lux which are missing from Night Shift such as disabling Night Shift for certain apps.

Archived

Stack

Swift

Updated: 2017-08-16
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2017-08-08
License: Unknown
Issues: 6 open

stars

Forks: 6
Commits: 16 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

GitHub

iseebi/TransporterPad

iOS/Android app deployment tool for macOS

Stack

Swift CocoaPods

GitHub topics

#android #apk #ios #ipa

Updated: 2021-01-26
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2017-01-09
License: NOASSERTION
Issues: 2 open

stars

Forks: 5
Commits: 138 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

GitHub

nsriram/KubeSwitch

MacOS Status Bar App to switch between kubernetes contexts

Stack

Swift CocoaPods

GitHub topics

#kubernetes #kubernetes-cluster-context #kubernetes-context #macos-menubar

Updated: 2019-05-20
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2019-05-01
License: MIT
Issues: 1 open

stars

Forks: 4
Commits: 23 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

GitHub

ilyalesik/touch-emoji

😀 Touch Emoji — emoji picker for MacBook Pro Touch Bar

Stack

Swift CocoaPods

GitHub topics

#emoji #emoji-keyboard #emoji-picker #mac #macos #macosx

Updated: 2019-06-05
Lists: 3 list mentions
First commit: 2017-07-08
License: MIT
Issues: 0 open

stars

Forks: 8
Commits: 54 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

GitHub

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
License: Unknown
Issues: 0 open

stars

Forks: 5
Commits: 11 commits
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GitHub

billthefarmer/audiotools

Automatically exported from code.google.com/p/audiotools

Stack

Swift

GitHub topics

#audio #lms #oscilloscope #signal-generator #slms #tools

Updated: 2023-04-12
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2011-01-10
License: Unknown
Issues: 0 open

stars

Forks: 8
Commits: 306 commits
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Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

Website GitHub

simple-login/mac-app

macOS client with Safari extension for SimpleLogin

Stack

Swift Swift Package Manager

Updated: 2024-07-25
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2019-12-29
License: MIT
Issues: 1 open

stars

Forks: 10
Commits: 181 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

Website GitHub

trulyronak/itunesconnect

A Mac OS X App That Lets You Access iTunes Connect

Stack

Swift

GitHub topics

#ios #ios-developer-tools #itunesconnect

Updated: 2017-03-16
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2016-08-14
License: Unknown
Issues: 0 open

stars

Forks: 3
Commits: 11 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
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Website GitHub

aldychris/WhatsAppBar

Little sweet addition to your WhatsApp Desktop

Stack

Swift

GitHub topics

#whatsapp #whatsapp-desktop

Updated: 2018-06-03
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2018-05-23
License: Unknown
Issues: 0 open

stars

Forks: 6
Commits: 8 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

GitHub

marcinreliga/TeamStatus-for-GitHub

A macOS application for tracking code review process

Stack

Swift

Updated: 2018-08-15
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2017-05-24
License: Unknown
Issues: 2 open

stars

Forks: 4
Commits: 54 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

GitHub

Kwpolska/DisplayMenu

A simple (bare-bones) macOS menubar extra to apply display presets.

Stack

Swift

GitHub topics

#display #macos #menubar #swift

Updated: 2019-04-03
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2017-06-23
License: BSD-3-Clause
Issues: 0 open

stars

Forks: 7
Commits: 12 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

GitHub

Mas0nSun/Slime

App Icon Assets Generator

Archived

Stack

Swift Swift Package Manager

GitHub topics

#app #developer-tools #macos #swift #swiftui

Updated: 2023-01-08
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2021-11-19
License: MIT
Issues: 1 open

stars

Forks: 3
Commits: 33 commits
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Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

GitHub

onurgenes/Resizr

MacOS application for creating AppIcon for iOS and Android (coming soon)

Stack

Swift

Updated: 2019-12-12
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2019-03-05
License: MIT
Issues: 1 open

stars

Forks: 4
Commits: 30 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

GitHub

Swiftodon/Leviathan

Leviathan is an iOS and macOS client application for the Mastodon social network

Stack

Swift

GitHub topics

#ios #ios-app #ios-swift #mastodon-social-network

Updated: 2023-01-29
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2017-04-05
License: Apache-2.0
Issues: 4 open

stars

Forks: 6
Commits: 181 commits
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