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ActivityWatch/activitywatch

The best free and open-source automated time tracker. Cross-platform, extensible, privacy-focused.

Stack

Python pytest Poetry

GitHub topics

#activitywatch #afk #analytics #app #cross-platform #dashboard

Updated: 2026-08-23
Lists: 6 list mentions
First commit: 2016-04-27
History: 90 history points
License: MPL-2.0
Issues: 185 open

18,702

stars

Forks: 990
Commits: 1,128 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: +67 +0.4%
Commit velocity, last 7 days: +11 +1.0%

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matryer/xbar

Put the output from any script or program into your macOS Menu Bar (the BitBar reboot)

Stack

Go Gin Svelte Tailwind CSS Go modules npm

GitHub topics

#bitbar #mac #macos-menu #macosx #menubar #scripting

Updated: 2024-09-10
Lists: 3 list mentions
First commit: 2013-11-13
History: 12 history points
License: MIT
Issues: 188 open

18,058

stars

Forks: 655
Commits: 1,098 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

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dortania/OpenCore-Legacy-Patcher

Experience macOS just like before

Stack

Python pip Yarn

GitHub topics

#big-sur #macos #opencore #patcher

Updated: 2026-03-19
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2020-11-24
History: 10 history points
License: NOASSERTION
Issues: 26 open

17,961

stars

Forks: 1,954
Commits: 3,765 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

Website GitHub

gnachman/iTerm2

iTerm2 is a terminal emulator for Mac OS X that does amazing things.

AI dev

Stack

Objective-C npm pip Swift Package Manager

Updated: 2026-08-03
Lists: 3 list mentions
First commit: 2010-07-20
History: 48 history points
License: GPL-2.0
Issues: Disabled

17,898

stars

Forks: 1,447
Commits: 16,940 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

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Foundry376/Mailspring

:love_letter: A beautiful, fast and fully open source mail client for Mac, Windows and Linux.

AI dev

Stack

JavaScript Electron Express React Composer npm

GitHub topics

#electron #electron-app #email #imap #linux #mail

Updated: 2026-08-11
Lists: 3 list mentions
First commit: 2015-02-04
History: 12 history points
License: GPL-3.0
Issues: 11 open

17,737

stars

Forks: 1,017
Commits: 8,004 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

Website GitHub

OpenEmu/OpenEmu

🕹 Retro video game emulation for macOS

Stack

Swift

GitHub topics

#emulation #emulator #macos #objective-c #openemu #retrogaming

Updated: 2025-10-22
Lists: 5 list mentions
First commit: 2009-01-14
History: 13 history points
License: Unknown
Issues: 419 open

17,674

stars

Forks: 1,351
Commits: 7,411 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

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NixOS/nix

Nix, the purely functional package manager

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Stack

C++ Meson

GitHub topics

#c-plus-plus #declarative-language #functional-programming #nix #package-manager

Updated: 2026-08-24
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2003-03-12
History: 10 history points
License: LGPL-2.1
Issues: 2,925 open

17,561

stars

Forks: 1,985
Commits: 24,276 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: 0 0.0%
Commit velocity, last 7 days: 0 0.0%

Website GitHub

audacity/audacity

Audio Editor

Stack

C++ CMake

GitHub topics

#audio #cross-platform #editor #gplv2 #wxwidgets-applications

Updated: 2026-08-09
Lists: 3 list mentions
First commit: 2010-01-23
History: 12 history points
License: NOASSERTION
Issues: 1,590 open

17,534

stars

Forks: 2,608
Commits: 24,899 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

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BoostIO/BoostNote-Legacy

This repository is outdated and new Boost Note app is available! We've launched a new Boost Note app which supports real-time collaborative writing. https://github.com/BoostIO/BoostNote-App

Archived

Stack

JavaScript Electron Express React npm Yarn

GitHub topics

#electron #linux #macos #open-source #react #stylus

Updated: 2023-04-19
Lists: 4 list mentions
First commit: 2015-05-26
History: 14 history points
License: NOASSERTION
Issues: 528 open

16,900

stars

Forks: 1,447
Commits: 4,730 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

Website GitHub

signalapp/Signal-Desktop

A private messenger for Windows, macOS, and Linux.

Stack

TypeScript Electron React Tailwind CSS Vite npm pnpm

Updated: 2026-08-10
Lists: 3 list mentions
First commit: 2014-01-10
History: 12 history points
License: AGPL-3.0
Issues: 877 open

16,474

stars

Forks: 3,093
Commits: 13,441 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

Website GitHub

ianyh/Amethyst

Automatic tiling window manager for macOS à la xmonad.

Stack

Swift Swift Package Manager

GitHub topics

#mac #macos #window-manager #xmonad

Updated: 2026-08-11
Lists: 3 list mentions
First commit: 2013-05-14
History: 12 history points
License: MIT
Issues: 287 open

16,214

stars

Forks: 527
Commits: 1,373 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

Website GitHub

lwouis/alt-tab-macos

Windows alt-tab on macOS

AI dev

Stack

Swift npm Pipenv

GitHub topics

#alt-tab #alttab #expose #macos #mission-control #task-switcher

Updated: 2026-08-06
Lists: 4 list mentions
First commit: 2019-08-27
History: 12 history points
License: GPL-3.0
Issues: 71 open

16,162

stars

Forks: 823
Commits: 1,921 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

Website GitHub

OpenRCT2/OpenRCT2

An open source re-implementation of RollerCoaster Tycoon 2 🎢

Stack

C++ Android CMake .NET SDK Gradle

GitHub topics

#c-plus-plus #cmake #cpp #discord #game #hacktoberfest

Updated: 2026-07-26
Lists: 3 list mentions
First commit: 2014-04-01
History: 10 history points
License: GPL-3.0
Issues: 1,606 open

15,993

stars

Forks: 1,856
Commits: 30,270 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

Website GitHub

Hammerspoon/hammerspoon

Staggeringly powerful macOS desktop automation with Lua

Stack

Objective-C CocoaPods pip

GitHub topics

#automation #hammerspoon #irc #lua #macos #mjolnir

Updated: 2026-07-08
Lists: 3 list mentions
First commit: 2013-12-02
History: 12 history points
License: MIT
Issues: 679 open

15,912

stars

Forks: 708
Commits: 6,938 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

Website GitHub

cryptomator/cryptomator

Cryptomator for Windows, macOS, and Linux: Secure client-side encryption for your cloud storage, ensuring privacy and control over your data.

Stack

Java Maven

GitHub topics

#cloud-storage #crypto #cryptography #cryptomator #encryption #java

Updated: 2026-08-01
Lists: 4 list mentions
First commit: 2014-02-02
History: 13 history points
License: GPL-3.0
Issues: 283 open

15,859

stars

Forks: 1,523
Commits: 6,505 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

Website GitHub

infinitered/reactotron

A desktop app for inspecting your React JS and React Native projects. macOS, Linux, and Windows.

Stack

TypeScript Electron Expo React React Native Bundler npm Yarn

GitHub topics

#debugging #desktop #react-native #reactjs #reactnative #reactotron

Updated: 2026-05-28
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2016-04-12
History: 10 history points
License: MIT
Issues: 153 open

15,582

stars

Forks: 971
Commits: 6,305 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

Website GitHub

dolphin-emu/dolphin

Dolphin is a GameCube / Wii emulator, allowing you to play games for these two platforms on PC with improvements.

Stack

C++ CMake Gradle

GitHub topics

#cpp #emulation #emulator #gamecube #wii

Updated: 2026-08-08
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2008-07-12
History: 10 history points
License: NOASSERTION
Issues: Disabled

15,369

stars

Forks: 3,206
Commits: 46,010 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

Website GitHub

lra/mackup

Backup and keep your application settings in sync.

Stack

Python PEP 517 uv

Updated: 2026-06-15
Lists: 3 list mentions
First commit: 2013-04-06
History: 46 history points
License: GPL-3.0
Issues: 295 open

15,298

stars

Forks: 947
Commits: 2,468 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

GitHub

transmission/transmission

Official Transmission BitTorrent client repository

AI dev

Stack

C++ Android Qt CMake Gradle npm

Updated: 2026-08-07
Lists: 6 list mentions
First commit: 2006-01-12
History: 11 history points
License: NOASSERTION
Issues: 847 open

15,098

stars

Forks: 1,429
Commits: 16,902 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

Website GitHub

xournalpp/xournalpp

Xournal++ is a handwriting notetaking software with PDF annotation support. Written in C++ with GTK3, supporting Linux (e.g. Ubuntu, Debian, Arch, SUSE), macOS and Windows 10. Supports pen input from devices such as Wacom Tablets.

Stack

C++ CMake

GitHub topics

#c-plus-plus #crossplatform #gtk3 #notes #notetaking #pdf

Updated: 2026-08-02
Lists: 2 list mentions
First commit: 2011-01-04
History: 43 history points
License: GPL-2.0
Issues: 1,221 open

15,083

stars

Forks: 1,097
Commits: 6,584 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

Website GitHub

keycastr/keycastr

KeyCastr, an open-source keystroke visualizer

Stack

Objective-C

Updated: 2026-05-11
Lists: 3 list mentions
First commit: 2009-02-19
History: 12 history points
License: BSD-3-Clause
Issues: 96 open

15,022

stars

Forks: 575
Commits: 354 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

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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: 11 history points
License: GPL-3.0
Issues: Disabled

14,576

stars

Forks: 1,758
Commits: 5,757 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

Website GitHub

dwarvesf/hidden

An ultra-light MacOS utility that helps hide menu bar icons

Stack

Swift Swift Package Manager

GitHub topics

#macos #swift #utilities

Updated: 2026-06-15
Lists: 3 list mentions
First commit: 2019-02-12
History: 12 history points
License: MIT
Issues: 99 open

14,535

stars

Forks: 448
Commits: 115 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

Website GitHub

streetwriters/notesnook

A fully open source & end-to-end encrypted note taking alternative to Evernote.

Stack

TypeScript Android Electron React React Native Bundler CocoaPods Gradle

GitHub topics

#asp-net-core #dotnet-core #electron #foss #hacktoberfest #note-managment

Updated: 2026-08-21
Lists: 3 list mentions
First commit: 2019-11-14
History: 10 history points
License: GPL-3.0
Issues: 978 open

14,448

stars

Forks: 983
Commits: 15,533 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: 0 0.0%
Commit velocity, last 7 days: 0 0.0%

Website GitHub

espanso/espanso

A Privacy-first, Cross-platform Text Expander written in Rust

AI dev

Stack

Rust Cargo

GitHub topics

#espanso #linux #macos #productivity #productivity-tools #rust

Updated: 2026-08-09
Lists: 2 list mentions
First commit: 2019-08-30
History: 10 history points
License: GPL-3.0
Issues: 524 open

14,242

stars

Forks: 446
Commits: 1,640 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

Website GitHub

zhongyi-tong/electronic-wechat

:speech_balloon: A better WeChat on macOS and Linux. Built with Electron by Zhongyi Tong.

Archived

Stack

JavaScript Electron npm

GitHub topics

#electron #linux #macos #web-wechat #wechat

Updated: 2020-09-30
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2016-02-18
History: 10 history points
License: MIT
Issues: 208 open

13,842

stars

Forks: 2,662
Commits: 256 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

GitHub

eczarny/spectacle

Spectacle allows you to organize your windows without using a mouse.

Archived

Stack

Objective-C

Updated: 2022-01-15
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2010-07-11
History: 10 history points
License: NOASSERTION
Issues: Disabled

13,637

stars

Forks: 851
Commits: 685 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

Website GitHub

nmap/nmap

Nmap - the Network Mapper. Github mirror of official SVN repository.

Stack

C CMake .NET SDK PEP 517

GitHub topics

#asynchronous #c-plus-plus #libpcap #linux #lua #machine-learning

Updated: 2026-08-21
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2005-04-11
History: 10 history points
License: NOASSERTION
Issues: 675 open

13,403

stars

Forks: 2,885
Commits: 13,724 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: 0 0.0%
Commit velocity, last 7 days: 0 0.0%

Website GitHub

element-hq/element-web

A glossy Matrix collaboration client for the web.

Stack

TypeScript Electron Express React Vite npm pnpm

GitHub topics

#hacktoberfest #matrix

Updated: 2026-08-21
Lists: 4 list mentions
First commit: 2015-06-09
History: 9 history points
License: AGPL-3.0
Issues: 3,833 open

13,397

stars

Forks: 2,736
Commits: 70,357 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: 0 0.0%
Commit velocity, last 7 days: 0 0.0%

Website GitHub

Zettlr/Zettlr

Your One-Stop Publication Workbench

Stack

TypeScript Electron Vue Yarn

GitHub topics

#desktop #docx #electron #html #languages #libreoffice

Updated: 2026-08-15
Lists: 4 list mentions
First commit: 2017-12-26
History: 9 history points
License: GPL-3.0
Issues: 509 open

13,385

stars

Forks: 827
Commits: 9,268 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

Website GitHub

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