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buddax2/tmpNote

Yet another simple notes app

Stack

Swift CocoaPods

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

stars

Forks: 11
Commits: 105 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

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timonus/Rhea

A Mac status bar app for quickly sharing files and links.

Stack

Objective-C

GitHub topics

#dropbox #mac #macos #macosx #objective-c #statusbarutil

Updated: 2026-07-10
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2016-08-04
History: 8 history points
License: MIT
Issues: 3 open

stars

Forks: 14
Commits: 123 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: 0 0.0%
Commit velocity, last 7 days: 0 0.0%

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ziulev/pomodoro-cycle-app

Open Source macOS pomodoro app. Pomodoro Cycle

Stack

TypeScript Angular Electron npm

GitHub topics

#macos #macos-app #macos-application #macosx #pomodoro #pomodoro-clock

Updated: 2023-10-11
Lists: 3 list mentions
First commit: 2019-06-08
History: 10 history points
License: GPL-3.0
Issues: 5 open

stars

Forks: 8
Commits: 45 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
History: 10 history points
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

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dcrousso/GroupMe

Unofficial GroupMe App

Stack

JavaScript Electron npm

GitHub topics

#electron #groupme #linux #macos #unofficial #windows

Updated: 2023-03-27
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2016-08-15
History: 10 history points
License: MIT
Issues: 16 open

stars

Forks: 11
Commits: 15 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

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willamowius/gnugk

GNU Gatekeeper - H.323 server for VoIP and videoconferencing

Stack

C++ .NET SDK

GitHub topics

#c-plus-plus #communication #h323 #h323plus #nat-traversal #video-conferencing

Updated: 2026-08-11
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2000-04-24
History: 7 history points
License: GPL-2.0
Issues: 0 open

stars

Forks: 25
Commits: 5,857 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: 0 0.0%
Commit velocity, last 7 days: 0 0.0%

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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
History: 10 history points
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

Website 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
History: 10 history points
License: MIT
Issues: 2 open

stars

Forks: 8
Commits: 11 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: 0 0.0%
Commit velocity, last 7 days: 0 0.0%

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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
History: 10 history points
License: Unknown
Issues: 1 open

stars

Forks: 11
Commits: 34 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: 0 0.0%
Commit velocity, last 7 days: 0 0.0%

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ishuah/bifrost

🌈 burning rainbow bridge between your terminal and serial ports

Stack

Go Go modules

GitHub topics

#kalamashaka #serial-port #terminal-emulator

Updated: 2026-07-28
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2018-02-16
History: 10 history points
License: MIT
Issues: 0 open

stars

Forks: 10
Commits: 99 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

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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
History: 10 history points
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

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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
History: 8 history points
License: MIT
Issues: 0 open

stars

Forks: 5
Commits: 43 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: 0 0.0%
Commit velocity, last 7 days: 0 0.0%

Website 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
History: 12 history points
License: GPL-3.0
Issues: 2 open

stars

Forks: 9
Commits: 31 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

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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
History: 7 history points
License: MIT
Issues: 0 open

stars

Forks: 9
Commits: 13 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: 0 0.0%
Commit velocity, last 7 days: 0 0.0%

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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
History: 10 history points
License: Unknown
Issues: 0 open

stars

Forks: 9
Commits: 24 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: 0 0.0%
Commit velocity, last 7 days: 0 0.0%

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
History: 10 history points
License: Unknown
Issues: 2 open

stars

Forks: 4
Commits: 57 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: 0 0.0%
Commit velocity, last 7 days: 0 0.0%

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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
History: 10 history points
License: GPL-3.0
Issues: 2 open

stars

Forks: 8
Commits: 12 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: 0 0.0%
Commit velocity, last 7 days: 0 0.0%

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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
History: 10 history points
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

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lucasbento/menubar-brightness

MacOS app to change the screen brightness on the menubar.

Stack

JavaScript Electron npm Yarn

GitHub topics

#brightness #brightness-control #electron #electron-app #macos #menubar

Updated: 2017-11-16
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2017-10-24
History: 10 history points
License: MIT
Issues: 7 open

stars

Forks: 7
Commits: 33 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: 0 0.0%
Commit velocity, last 7 days: 0 0.0%

GitHub

JustinFincher/BoardForGitHub

A small application to monitor your GitHub project web page in a webview-based native macOS app

Stack

Objective-C CocoaPods

GitHub topics

#board #github-pages #macos #project #trello

Updated: 2017-06-08
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2016-11-28
History: 10 history points
License: Unknown
Issues: 2 open

stars

Forks: 10
Commits: 44 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

Website 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
History: 10 history points
License: MIT
Issues: 5 open

stars

Forks: 10
Commits: 282 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: 0 0.0%
Commit velocity, last 7 days: 0 0.0%

GitHub

simplelocalize/simplelocalize-cli

SimpleLocalize CLI is a developer-friendly command-line tool for uploading and downloading translation files

Stack

Java Maven

GitHub topics

#cli #i18n #localization #simplelocalize

Updated: 2026-08-08
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2019-03-28
History: 10 history points
License: MIT
Issues: 1 open

stars

Forks: 12
Commits: 661 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: 0 0.0%
Commit velocity, last 7 days: 0 0.0%

Website GitHub

tidiemme/monitorbar

System resource monitor for macOS menubar

Stack

Swift

Updated: 2023-12-19
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2021-01-09
History: 8 history points
License: MIT
Issues: 1 open

stars

Forks: 3
Commits: 24 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: 0 0.0%
Commit velocity, last 7 days: 0 0.0%

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
History: 10 history points
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
History: 10 history points
License: Unknown
Issues: 0 open

stars

Forks: 8
Commits: 43 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: 0 0.0%
Commit velocity, last 7 days: 0 0.0%

GitHub

bsdelf/mous

Lightweight audio player & converter for FreeBSD/Linux/macOS

Stack

C++ CMake .NET SDK

GitHub topics

#audio #c-plus-plus #converter #ncurses #player #qt

Updated: 2023-01-04
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2012-01-27
History: 10 history points
License: BSD-2-Clause
Issues: 5 open

stars

Forks: 17
Commits: 952 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
History: 10 history points
License: AGPL-3.0
Issues: 7 open

stars

Forks: 2
Commits: 975 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

Website 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
History: 10 history points
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
History: 10 history points
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

fand/json-editor-app

Dead simple JSON editor using josdejong/jsoneditor

Stack

TypeScript Electron Express npm

Updated: 2021-06-14
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2020-01-28
History: 10 history points
License: Unknown
Issues: 4 open

stars

Forks: 3
Commits: 50 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

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