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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
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Schlaubischlump/LocationSimulator

MacOS application to spoof / fake / mock your iOS / iPadOS or iPhoneSimulator device location. WatchOS and TvOS are partially supported.

Stack

Swift

GitHub topics

#appkit #development-tools #fake #fake-locations #ios-simulator #iphonesimulator

Updated: 2026-08-18
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2019-08-29
History: 10 history points
License: GPL-3.0
Issues: 26 open

3,096

stars

Forks: 235
Commits: 511 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: 0 0.0%
Commit velocity, last 7 days: 0 0.0%

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apache/netbeans

Apache NetBeans

Stack

Java

GitHub topics

#code-editor #ide #java #netbeans #netbeans-platform

Updated: 2026-08-10
Lists: 3 list mentions
First commit: 2017-09-11
History: 12 history points
License: Apache-2.0
Issues: 1,084 open

3,088

stars

Forks: 938
Commits: 12,238 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

Website GitHub

aahung/Unshaky

A software attempt to address the "double key press" issue on Apple's butterfly keyboard [not actively maintained]

Stack

Swift CocoaPods

GitHub topics

#apple #butterfly-keyboard #debounce #double-press #keyboard #keyboard-issue

Updated: 2023-11-20
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2018-06-21
History: 10 history points
License: MIT
Issues: 19 open

3,084

stars

Forks: 122
Commits: 343 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

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yujitach/MenuMeters

my fork of MenuMeters by http://www.ragingmenace.com/software/menumeters/

Stack

Objective-C

Updated: 2024-05-20
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2015-07-31
History: 7 history points
License: GPL-2.0
Issues: 105 open

3,075

stars

Forks: 231
Commits: 340 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: 0 0.0%
Commit velocity, last 7 days: 0 0.0%

Website GitHub

dnote/dnote

A simple command line notebook

Stack

Go Cobra Go modules npm

GitHub topics

#cli #command-line-tool #developer-tools #dnote #note-taking #notebook

Updated: 2026-07-25
Lists: 6 list mentions
First commit: 2017-03-30
History: 14 history points
License: Apache-2.0
Issues: 40 open

3,052

stars

Forks: 123
Commits: 378 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

Website GitHub

openrocket/openrocket

Model-rocketry aerodynamics and trajectory simulation software

Stack

Java Gradle pip

GitHub topics

#aerospace #flight-simulator #java #modeling #optimization #rocket

Updated: 2026-08-14
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2009-05-31
History: 10 history points
License: NOASSERTION
Issues: 280 open

3,052

stars

Forks: 692
Commits: 8,296 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: 0 0.0%
Commit velocity, last 7 days: 0 0.0%

Website GitHub

gramps-project/gramps

Source code for Gramps Genealogical program

AI dev

Stack

Python PEP 517 pip

GitHub topics

#family-tree #genealogy #gramps #python

Updated: 2026-07-04
Lists: 2 list mentions
First commit: 2001-04-21
History: 10 history points
License: GPL-2.0
Issues: Disabled

3,038

stars

Forks: 525
Commits: 29,883 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

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widelands/widelands

Widelands is a free, open source real-time strategy game with singleplayer campaigns and a multiplayer mode. The game was inspired by Settlers II™ (© Bluebyte) but has significantly more variety and depth to it.

Stack

C++ CMake

GitHub topics

#apple-silicon #bsd #c-plus-plus #cmake #floss #game

Updated: 2026-08-17
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2002-02-05
History: 7 history points
License: GPL-2.0
Issues: 573 open

3,038

stars

Forks: 209
Commits: 27,301 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: 0 0.0%
Commit velocity, last 7 days: 0 0.0%

Website GitHub

max-mapper/screencat

:cat2: webrtc screensharing electron app for mac os (Alpha)

Stack

CSS npm

Updated: 2016-02-18
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2014-11-21
History: 10 history points
License: BSD-2-Clause
Issues: 37 open

3,003

stars

Forks: 354
Commits: 162 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: 0 0.0%
Commit velocity, last 7 days: 0 0.0%

Website GitHub

quicksilver/Quicksilver

Quicksilver Project Source

Stack

Objective-C PEP 517

Updated: 2026-06-26
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2007-10-30
History: 10 history points
License: Apache-2.0
Issues: 76 open

2,923

stars

Forks: 291
Commits: 5,992 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: 0 0.0%
Commit velocity, last 7 days: 0 0.0%

Website GitHub

padloc/padloc

A modern, open source password manager for individuals and teams.

Stack

JavaScript Electron Tauri Cargo npm

GitHub topics

#cryptography #end-to-end-encryption #javascript #lit-element #lit-html #password-generator

Updated: 2025-03-29
Lists: 4 list mentions
First commit: 2013-11-10
History: 12 history points
License: AGPL-3.0
Issues: 104 open

2,922

stars

Forks: 267
Commits: 3,417 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: 0 0.0%
Commit velocity, last 7 days: 0 0.0%

Website GitHub

zhuhaow/SpechtLite

A rule-based proxy for macOS

Archived

Stack

Swift

Updated: 2020-04-16
Lists: 3 list mentions
First commit: 2016-08-11
History: 9 history points
License: GPL-3.0
Issues: 13 open

2,912

stars

Forks: 363
Commits: 269 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

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artginzburg/MiddleClick

 "Wheel click" with three-finger click/tap for Trackpad and Magic Mouse.

Stack

Swift Swift Package Manager

GitHub topics

#64-bit #macos #middleclick

Updated: 2026-08-01
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2009-10-10
History: 10 history points
License: GPL-3.0
Issues: 33 open

2,877

stars

Forks: 124
Commits: 271 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

Website GitHub

insidegui/AssetCatalogTinkerer

An app that lets you open .car files and browse/extract their images.

Stack

Swift

GitHub topics

#asset-catalog #developer-tools #ios #macos #objective-c #quicklook

Updated: 2026-04-27
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2014-03-04
History: 10 history points
License: BSD-2-Clause
Issues: Disabled

2,862

stars

Forks: 173
Commits: 125 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

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beardedspice/beardedspice

Mac Media Keys for the Masses

Stack

Objective-C CocoaPods

Updated: 2021-05-12
Lists: 3 list mentions
First commit: 2013-12-08
History: 12 history points
License: Unknown
Issues: 402 open

2,844

stars

Forks: 268
Commits: 1,110 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

Website GitHub

rsms/fb-mac-messenger

⚡️ Mac app wrapping Facebook's Messenger for desktop

Stack

Objective-C

Updated: 2026-02-15
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2015-04-08
History: 10 history points
License: MIT
Issues: 140 open

2,837

stars

Forks: 232
Commits: 284 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: 0 0.0%
Commit velocity, last 7 days: 0 0.0%

Website GitHub

steve228uk/YouTube-Music

:musical_note: A Mac app wrapper for music.youtube.com

Stack

Swift Bundler CocoaPods

GitHub topics

#mac #macos #music #osx #swift #wrapper

Updated: 2023-11-14
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2018-06-19
History: 9 history points
License: MIT
Issues: 110 open

2,805

stars

Forks: 196
Commits: 121 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: 0 0.0%
Commit velocity, last 7 days: 0 0.0%

Website GitHub

amirdew/CollectionViewPagingLayout

A simple but highly customizable UICollectionViewLayout for UICollectionView -- Simple SwiftUI views that let you make page-view effects.

Archived

Stack

Swift CocoaPods Swift Package Manager

GitHub topics

#animation #blur #controller #coverflow #cylinder #gallery

Updated: 2023-04-02
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2019-12-23
History: 10 history points
License: MIT
Issues: 8 open

2,800

stars

Forks: 324
Commits: 372 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

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pkulchenko/ZeroBraneStudio

Lightweight Lua-based IDE for Lua with code completion, syntax highlighting, live coding, remote debugger, and code analyzer; supports Lua 5.1, 5.2, 5.3, 5.4, LuaJIT and other Lua interpreters on Windows, macOS, and Linux

Stack

Lua

GitHub topics

#debugger #editor #ide #lua #lua-engines #syntax-highlighting

Updated: 2024-05-19
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2008-09-03
History: 10 history points
License: NOASSERTION
Issues: 112 open

2,761

stars

Forks: 521
Commits: 4,115 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: 0 0.0%
Commit velocity, last 7 days: 0 0.0%

Website GitHub

SabakiHQ/Sabaki

An elegant Go board and SGF editor for a more civilized age.

Stack

JavaScript Electron React npm

GitHub topics

#baduk #board-game #electron #go #goban #igo

Updated: 2026-08-17
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2015-04-25
History: 10 history points
License: MIT
Issues: 110 open

2,758

stars

Forks: 411
Commits: 4,403 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: 0 0.0%
Commit velocity, last 7 days: 0 0.0%

Website GitHub

michaelvillar/timer-app

A simple Timer app for Mac

Stack

Swift

GitHub topics

#app #mac #macosx #timer #widget

Updated: 2026-05-04
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2016-03-27
History: 10 history points
License: MIT
Issues: 6 open

2,709

stars

Forks: 201
Commits: 188 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: 0 0.0%
Commit velocity, last 7 days: 0 0.0%

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TermiT/Flycut

Clean and simple clipboard manager for developers

Stack

Objective-C

GitHub topics

#clipboard-manager

Updated: 2026-08-07
Lists: 3 list mentions
First commit: 2011-03-20
History: 10 history points
License: MIT
Issues: 137 open

2,679

stars

Forks: 226
Commits: 239 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

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SwiftcordApp/Swiftcord

A fully native Discord client for macOS built 100% in Swift!

GitHub topics

#discord #macos #native #native-apps #swift #swiftui

Updated: 2026-06-20
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2022-02-19
History: 9 history points
License: Unknown
Issues: 28 open

2,636

stars

Forks: 99
Commits: 9 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: 0 0.0%
Commit velocity, last 7 days: 0 0.0%

Website GitHub

szTheory/exifcleaner

Cross-platform desktop GUI app to clean image metadata

AI dev

Stack

Perl Electron React Vite Yarn

GitHub topics

#concurrency #dark-mode #desktop-app #electron #exif #exiftool

Updated: 2026-08-10
Lists: 3 list mentions
First commit: 2019-12-05
History: 10 history points
License: MIT
Issues: 50 open

2,587

stars

Forks: 164
Commits: 615 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

Website GitHub

superhighfives/pika

An open-source colour picker app for macOS

Stack

Swift Swift Package Manager

GitHub topics

#app #macos #swift #swiftui #xcode

Updated: 2026-08-19
Lists: 3 list mentions
First commit: 2020-12-30
History: 11 history points
License: MIT
Issues: 7 open

2,541

stars

Forks: 81
Commits: 586 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: 0 0.0%
Commit velocity, last 7 days: 0 0.0%

Website GitHub

jazzband/Watson

:watch: A wonderful CLI to track your time!

Stack

Python pytest pip

GitHub topics

#cli #project-management #time-tracker #timetracking

Updated: 2025-12-15
Lists: 2 list mentions
First commit: 2014-09-08
History: 11 history points
License: MIT
Issues: 141 open

2,536

stars

Forks: 256
Commits: 615 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

Website GitHub

iglance/iGlance

Free system monitor for OSX and macOS. See all system information at a glance in the menu bar.

Stack

Swift CocoaPods Swift Package Manager

GitHub topics

#battery #cpu #fan #free #hardware #mac

Updated: 2023-08-20
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2018-05-31
History: 10 history points
License: GPL-3.0
Issues: 38 open

2,491

stars

Forks: 125
Commits: 672 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

Website GitHub

jbtule/cdto

Finder Toolbar app to open the current directory in the Terminal

Stack

Objective-C

Updated: 2025-08-08
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2007-02-17
History: 10 history points
License: MIT
Issues: 21 open

2,433

stars

Forks: 243
Commits: 103 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

GitHub

jeromelebel/MongoHub-Mac

Mac Native Mongodb Client

Stack

Objective-C

Updated: 2021-05-04
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2010-04-29
History: 10 history points
License: Unknown
Issues: 87 open

2,416

stars

Forks: 153
Commits: 1,940 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

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