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buresdv/Cork

A fast GUI for Homebrew written in SwiftUI, AI-free

Stack

Swift Swift Package Manager

GitHub topics

#anti-ai #antiai #homebrew #homebrew-cask #macos #macos-app

Updated: 2026-08-09
Lists: 2 list mentions
First commit: 2022-07-03
History: 9 history points
License: NOASSERTION
Issues: 64 open

4,600

stars

Forks: 276
Commits: 2,273 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

Website GitHub

ferdium/ferdium-app

All your services in one place, built by the community

AI dev

Stack

TypeScript Electron React npm pip pnpm

GitHub topics

#hacktoberfest

Updated: 2026-08-10
Lists: 2 list mentions
First commit: 2017-10-13
History: 8 history points
License: Apache-2.0
Issues: 762 open

4,483

stars

Forks: 298
Commits: 7,183 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

Website GitHub

swiftbar/SwiftBar

Powerful macOS menu bar customization tool

AI dev

Stack

Swift Swift Package Manager

GitHub topics

#macos #productivity #scripting

Updated: 2026-08-15
Lists: 3 list mentions
First commit: 2020-10-25
History: 11 history points
License: MIT
Issues: 8 open

4,421

stars

Forks: 135
Commits: 607 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

Website GitHub

pojala/electrino

Desktop runtime for apps built on web technologies, using the system's own web browser engine

Stack

C# .NET SDK npm

GitHub topics

#desktop #electron #electronjs #javascript #macos #webkit

Updated: 2022-12-07
Lists: 2 list mentions
First commit: 2017-05-02
History: 8 history points
License: MIT
Issues: 21 open

4,397

stars

Forks: 97
Commits: 48 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

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codeforreal1/compressO

Convert any video/image into a tiny size. 100% free & open-source. Available for Mac, Windows & Linux.

AI dev

Stack

TypeScript Astro Axum React Tailwind CSS Cargo npm pnpm

GitHub topics

#ffmpeg #image-processing #rust #tauri #typescript #v

Updated: 2026-04-15
Lists: 2 list mentions
First commit: 2023-11-11
History: 8 history points
License: AGPL-3.0
Issues: 30 open

4,346

stars

Forks: 359
Commits: 397 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

Website GitHub

nuttyartist/notes

Fast and beautiful note-taking app written in C++. Write down your thoughts.

Stack

C++ Qt CMake

GitHub topics

#c-plus-plus #cross-platform #gui #local-first #markdown #note-managment

Updated: 2026-05-15
Lists: 2 list mentions
First commit: 2015-12-25
History: 8 history points
License: MPL-2.0
Issues: 137 open

4,263

stars

Forks: 383
Commits: 1,288 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

Website GitHub

sbarex/SourceCodeSyntaxHighlight

Quick Look extension for highlight source code files on macOS 10.15 and later.

Stack

C++ Swift Package Manager

GitHub topics

#quicklook-extension #quicklook-plugin

Updated: 2026-04-14
Lists: 2 list mentions
First commit: 2019-10-15
History: 8 history points
License: GPL-3.0
Issues: 83 open

4,203

stars

Forks: 99
Commits: 242 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

Website GitHub

RawTherapee/RawTherapee

A powerful cross-platform raw photo processing program

Stack

C++ CMake .NET SDK

GitHub topics

#photography #raw #rawtherapee

Updated: 2026-08-09
Lists: 3 list mentions
First commit: 2010-01-01
History: 10 history points
License: GPL-3.0
Issues: 1,014 open

4,102

stars

Forks: 408
Commits: 13,028 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

Website GitHub

sindresorhus/Plash

💦 Make any website your Mac desktop wallpaper

GitHub topics

#active-desktop #app #desktop-wallpaper #dynamic-wallpaper #macos #macos-app

Updated: 2025-10-29
Lists: 3 list mentions
First commit: 2020-01-09
History: 12 history points
License: Unknown
Issues: 35 open

4,016

stars

Forks: 158
Commits: 1 commit
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

Website GitHub

kyleduo/TinyPNG4Mac

Native client of TinyPNG on macOS

Stack

Swift Swift Package Manager

GitHub topics

#image-compression #tinyimage #tinypng #tinypng4mac

Updated: 2026-04-13
Lists: 2 list mentions
First commit: 2016-07-01
History: 8 history points
License: MIT
Issues: 16 open

4,001

stars

Forks: 289
Commits: 192 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

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sfsam/Itsycal

Itsycal is a tiny calendar for your Mac's menu bar. http://www.mowglii.com/itsycal

Stack

Objective-C

Updated: 2026-04-05
Lists: 3 list mentions
First commit: 2015-02-04
History: 13 history points
License: MIT
Issues: 88 open

3,978

stars

Forks: 268
Commits: 661 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

Website GitHub

oklai/koala

Koala is a GUI application for less, sass and coffeescript compilation, to help web developers to the development more efficient.

Stack

JavaScript npm

Updated: 2022-03-10
Lists: 2 list mentions
First commit: 2012-12-26
History: 8 history points
License: NOASSERTION
Issues: 400 open

3,948

stars

Forks: 516
Commits: 412 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

Website GitHub

DamascenoRafael/reminders-menubar

Simple macOS menu bar application to view and interact with reminders. Developed with SwiftUI and using Apple Reminders as a source.

Stack

Swift Swift Package Manager

GitHub topics

#apple-reminders #macos #macos-menubar #macos-swift #menubar #reminders

Updated: 2026-07-26
Lists: 2 list mentions
First commit: 2020-07-15
History: 8 history points
License: GPL-3.0
Issues: 47 open

3,871

stars

Forks: 162
Commits: 592 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

GitHub

2ndalpha/gasmask

Hosts file manager for macOS

Stack

Objective-C Swift Package Manager

Updated: 2026-03-01
Lists: 3 list mentions
First commit: 2013-03-22
History: 12 history points
License: Unknown
Issues: 87 open

3,854

stars

Forks: 259
Commits: 144 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

GitHub

Ebullioscopic/Atoll

Dynamic Island for macOS

Stack

Swift Swift Package Manager

GitHub topics

#dynamicisland #hacktoberfest #macbook #macos

Updated: 2026-08-11
Lists: 2 list mentions
First commit: 2024-11-01
History: 8 history points
License: GPL-3.0
Issues: 162 open

3,842

stars

Forks: 254
Commits: 1,274 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

Website GitHub

ThatGuySam/doesitarm

🦾 A list of reported app support for Apple Silicon as well as Apple M4 and M3 Ultra Macs

AI dev

Stack

JavaScript Astro Tailwind CSS Vue npm pnpm

GitHub topics

#aarch64 #apple #apple-silicon #arm #arm64 #bigsur

Updated: 2026-07-26
Lists: 2 list mentions
First commit: 2020-09-16
History: 8 history points
License: NOASSERTION
Issues: 125 open

3,792

stars

Forks: 215
Commits: 2,990 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

Website GitHub

pqrs-org/Karabiner-archived

Karabiner (KeyRemap4MacBook) is a powerful utility for keyboard customization.

Archived

Stack

C++ CocoaPods

Updated: 2020-03-01
Lists: 3 list mentions
First commit: 2008-01-08
History: 11 history points
License: Unlicense
Issues: 112 open

3,784

stars

Forks: 293
Commits: 10,597 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

Website GitHub

FelixKratz/JankyBorders

A lightweight window border system for macOS

Stack

GitHub topics

#border #customization #fast #lightweight #macos #tiling-window-manager

Updated: 2026-05-14
Lists: 2 list mentions
First commit: 2023-11-02
History: 8 history points
License: GPL-3.0
Issues: 70 open

3,722

stars

Forks: 83
Commits: 194 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

GitHub

gee1k/uPic

📤uPic is a native, powerful, beautiful and simple picture and file upload tool for macOS.

Stack

Swift Swift Package Manager

GitHub topics

#aliyun-oss #amazon #amazon-s3 #baiducloud #finder-extension #gitee

Updated: 2026-06-12
Lists: 2 list mentions
First commit: 2019-06-08
History: 8 history points
License: Apache-2.0
Issues: Disabled

3,718

stars

Forks: 267
Commits: 695 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

Website GitHub

nullptrlabs/pgmodeler

Open-source data modeling tool designed for PostgreSQL. No more typing DDL commands. Let pgModeler do the work for you!

AI dev

Stack

C++ CMake

GitHub topics

#c-plus-plus #code-generator #database #database-modeling #ddl-commands #entity-relationship-diagram

Updated: 2026-05-22
Lists: 2 list mentions
First commit: 2012-08-23
History: 9 history points
License: GPL-3.0
Issues: 282 open

3,581

stars

Forks: 422
Commits: 6,909 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

Website GitHub

f/textream

Textream is a free macOS teleprompter app for streamers, interviewers, and presenters. It highlights your script in real-time as you speak, displayed in a beautiful Dynamic Island overlay. With extensible features.

Stack

Swift

GitHub topics

#macos #macos-app #streaming

Updated: 2026-08-09
Lists: 2 list mentions
First commit: 2026-02-08
History: 8 history points
License: Unknown
Issues: 48 open

3,517

stars

Forks: 250
Commits: 126 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

Website GitHub

antonycourtney/tad

A desktop application for viewing and analyzing tabular data

Stack

TypeScript Electron Express React npm

GitHub topics

#csv #data-analysis #data-science #database #desktop-application #duckdb

Updated: 2025-03-05
Lists: 2 list mentions
First commit: 2016-10-24
History: 8 history points
License: MIT
Issues: 166 open

3,474

stars

Forks: 131
Commits: 663 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

Website GitHub

ivoronin/TomatoBar

🍅 World's neatest Pomodoro timer for macOS menu bar

Stack

Swift Swift Package Manager

GitHub topics

#macos #menubar #pomodoro #productivity #swift #timer

Updated: 2026-05-29
Lists: 3 list mentions
First commit: 2018-05-03
History: 12 history points
License: MIT
Issues: 42 open

3,469

stars

Forks: 201
Commits: 171 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

GitHub

jurplel/qView

Practical and minimal image viewer

Stack

C++ Qt CMake

GitHub topics

#cross-platform #image-viewer #lightweight #photo-viewer #qt #qt-widgets

Updated: 2026-04-04
Lists: 2 list mentions
First commit: 2018-02-28
History: 8 history points
License: GPL-3.0
Issues: 141 open

3,460

stars

Forks: 188
Commits: 1,753 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

Website GitHub

runjuu/InputSourcePro

Switch and track your input sources with ease ✨

AI dev

Stack

Swift Swift Package Manager

Updated: 2026-08-08
Lists: 3 list mentions
First commit: 2025-04-25
History: 12 history points
License: GPL-3.0
Issues: 66 open

3,437

stars

Forks: 136
Commits: 106 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

Website GitHub

appjs/appjs

(Deprecated!) SDK on top of nodejs to build desktop apps using HTML5/CSS/JS

Stack

C++ .NET SDK npm

Updated: 2016-05-01
Lists: 2 list mentions
First commit: 2012-04-01
History: 8 history points
License: MIT
Issues: Disabled

3,421

stars

Forks: 349
Commits: 690 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

Website GitHub

Aegisub/Aegisub

Cross-platform advanced subtitle editor

Stack

C++ .NET SDK

Updated: 2025-01-01
Lists: 2 list mentions
First commit: 2006-01-16
History: 8 history points
License: NOASSERTION
Issues: 163 open

3,371

stars

Forks: 337
Commits: 7,897 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

Website GitHub

sbarex/QLMarkdown

macOS Quick Look extension for Markdown files.

Stack

C++ Swift Package Manager

GitHub topics

#markdown-viewer #quicklook-extension #quicklook-plugin

Updated: 2026-07-31
Lists: 2 list mentions
First commit: 2020-12-09
History: 8 history points
License: GPL-3.0
Issues: 35 open

3,324

stars

Forks: 98
Commits: 209 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

GitHub

RunMaestro/Maestro

Agent Orchestration Command Center

AI dev

Stack

TypeScript Electron Fastify React Tailwind CSS npm

GitHub topics

#ai-agents #claude-code #codex #generative-ai #opencode

Updated: 2026-08-12
Lists: 4 list mentions
First commit: 2025-11-24
History: 10 history points
License: AGPL-3.0
Issues: 79 open

3,240

stars

Forks: 341
Commits: 6,002 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

Website GitHub

kmikiy/SpotMenu

Spotify & Apple Music in your macOS menu bar

Stack

Swift Astro React Tailwind CSS Vite npm Swift Package Manager

GitHub topics

#bar #itunes #menu #menubar #spotify #swift

Updated: 2026-05-15
Lists: 3 list mentions
First commit: 2016-09-02
History: 12 history points
License: MIT
Issues: 23 open

3,126

stars

Forks: 186
Commits: 525 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

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