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MonitorControl/MonitorControl

🖥 Control your display's brightness & volume on your Mac as if it was a native Apple Display. Use Apple Keyboard keys or custom shortcuts. Shows the native macOS OSDs.

Stack

Swift Swift Package Manager

GitHub topics

#apple #brightness #control #ddc #display #external-monitor

Updated: 2026-04-19
Lists: 3 list mentions
First commit: 2016-09-27
History: 12 history points
License: MIT
Issues: 23 open

33,933

stars

Forks: 991
Commits: 289 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

Website GitHub

jordanbaird/Ice

Powerful menu bar manager for macOS

Stack

Swift Swift Package Manager

GitHub topics

#macos #macos-app #menu-bar #menubar #menubar-app #status-bar

Updated: 2025-09-20
Lists: 3 list mentions
First commit: 2023-07-30
History: 113 history points
License: GPL-3.0
Issues: 429 open

29,645

stars

Forks: 915
Commits: 1,140 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: +72 +0.2%
Commit velocity, last 7 days: 0 0.0%

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moonlight-stream/moonlight-qt

GameStream client for PCs (Windows, Mac, Linux, and Steam Link)

Stack

C++ .NET SDK

GitHub topics

#gamestream #linux-app #macos-app #moonlight #nvidia #qt

Updated: 2026-08-10
Lists: 2 list mentions
First commit: 2018-04-28
History: 8 history points
License: GPL-3.0
Issues: 550 open

18,248

stars

Forks: 1,222
Commits: 3,349 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

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electerm/electerm

📻Free and open-sourced terminal/ssh/sftp/ftp/telnet/serialport/RDP/VNC/Spice client(Linux, Mac, Windows, Android, HarmonyOS, iOS)

Stack

JavaScript Electron Express React Vite npm

GitHub topics

#ai #android #electerm #electron #ftp #harmonyos

Updated: 2026-09-15
Lists: 3 list mentions
First commit: 2017-10-07
History: 9 history points
License: MIT
Issues: 339 open

15,124

stars

Forks: 1,220
Commits: 3,759 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: 0 0.0%
Commit velocity, last 7 days: 0 0.0%

Website GitHub

d2phap/ImageGlass

🏞 A fast, open-source, modern image viewer for 90+ formats – including WEBP, GIF, SVG, AVIF, JXL, HEIC and more – built for smooth browsing across Windows, macOS, and Linux.

AI dev

Stack

C# Avalonia .NET SDK npm

GitHub topics

#avalonia #avif #cross-platform #csharp #dotnet #heic

Updated: 2026-09-05
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2012-12-30
History: 7 history points
License: NOASSERTION
Issues: 215 open

14,315

stars

Forks: 748
Commits: 5,966 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

Website GitHub

mrkai77/Loop

Window management made elegant.

Stack

Swift

GitHub topics

#macos #macos-app #menu #productivity #radial-menu #swift

Updated: 2026-09-11
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2023-01-24
History: 110 history points
License: GPL-3.0
Issues: 68 open

11,583

stars

Forks: 268
Commits: 1,764 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: +43 +0.4%
Commit velocity, last 7 days: 0 0.0%

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MrKai77/Loop

Window management made elegant.

Stack

Swift

GitHub topics

#macos #macos-app #menu #productivity #radial-menu #swift

Updated: 2026-05-15
Lists: 3 list mentions
First commit: Unknown
History: 6 history points
License: GPL-3.0
Issues: 49 open

10,780

stars

Forks: 237
Commits: 1,739 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

GitHub

sveinbjornt/Sloth

Mac app that shows all open files, directories, sockets, pipes and devices in use by all running processes. Nice GUI for lsof.

Stack

Objective-C

GitHub topics

#directories #domain-sockets #filter #gui #ip-sockets #lsof

Updated: 2026-05-28
Lists: 3 list mentions
First commit: 2011-03-28
History: 11 history points
License: BSD-3-Clause
Issues: 3 open

8,930

stars

Forks: 174
Commits: 399 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

Website GitHub

ronitsingh10/FineTune

FineTune, a macOS menu bar app for per-app volume control, multi-device output, audio routing, and 10-band EQ. Free and open-source alternative to SoundSource.

Stack

Swift Swift Package Manager

GitHub topics

#audio #audio-control #audio-utility #autoeq #equalizer #macos

Updated: 2026-07-09
Lists: 2 list mentions
First commit: 2025-12-31
History: 8 history points
License: GPL-3.0
Issues: 180 open

8,640

stars

Forks: 301
Commits: 660 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

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sindresorhus/Gifski

🌈 Convert videos to high-quality GIFs on your Mac

Stack

Swift Cargo Swift Package Manager

GitHub topics

#app #convert-videos #converter #gif #gif-animation #gifski

Updated: 2026-07-08
Lists: 4 list mentions
First commit: 2018-02-01
History: 13 history points
License: MIT
Issues: 8 open

8,521

stars

Forks: 322
Commits: 438 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

Website GitHub

coteditor/CotEditor

Lightweight Plain Text Editor for macOS

Stack

Swift Swift Package Manager

GitHub topics

#cocoa #coteditor #editor #mac-app #macos #macos-app

Updated: 2026-08-13
Lists: 3 list mentions
First commit: 2010-12-11
History: 12 history points
License: NOASSERTION
Issues: 16 open

8,368

stars

Forks: 527
Commits: 18,150 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

Website GitHub

sindresorhus/caprine

Elegant Facebook Messenger desktop app

Stack

TypeScript Electron npm

GitHub topics

#app #caprine #chat #electron #electron-app #facebook

Updated: 2026-01-02
Lists: 3 list mentions
First commit: 2015-09-16
History: 12 history points
License: MIT
Issues: 293 open

7,385

stars

Forks: 613
Commits: 1,006 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

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milanvarady/Applite

User-friendly GUI macOS application for Homebrew Casks

AI dev

Stack

Swift

GitHub topics

#homebrew #homebrew-cask #macos #macos-app #swift #swiftui

Updated: 2026-08-07
Lists: 3 list mentions
First commit: 2023-08-03
History: 12 history points
License: MIT
Issues: 9 open

6,916

stars

Forks: 175
Commits: 460 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

Website GitHub

Beingpax/VoiceInk

The best open-source alternative to Superwhisper & Wispr Flow. Voice-to-text app for macOS with no subscription

Stack

Swift Swift Package Manager

GitHub topics

#macos #macos-app #swift

Updated: 2026-08-09
Lists: 2 list mentions
First commit: 2025-02-22
History: 67 history points
License: NOASSERTION
Issues: 236 open

5,809

stars

Forks: 845
Commits: 1,619 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

Website GitHub

momenbasel/PureMac

Free, open-source macOS cleaner. CleanMyMac alternative with zero telemetry. Native SwiftUI, scheduled auto-cleaning, Xcode/Homebrew/system cache cleanup. MIT licensed.

Stack

Swift

GitHub topics

#cache-cleaner #cleanmymac #cleanup #disk-cleaner #disk-space #homebrew

Updated: 2026-08-10
Lists: 2 list mentions
First commit: 2026-04-08
History: 8 history points
License: MIT
Issues: 12 open

5,706

stars

Forks: 315
Commits: 138 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

Website GitHub

TableProApp/TablePro

Free and open source database client built natively for developers

AI dev

Stack

Swift Swift Package Manager

GitHub topics

#appkit #database #database-client #database-gui #database-management #macos

Updated: 2026-08-09
Lists: 2 list mentions
First commit: 2025-12-16
History: 9 history points
License: AGPL-3.0
Issues: 24 open

5,424

stars

Forks: 352
Commits: 3,540 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

Website GitHub

ddddxxx/LyricsX

🎶 Ultimate lyrics app for macOS.

Stack

Swift Swift Package Manager

GitHub topics

#apple-music #audirvana #download-lyrics #itunes #lyrics #macos-app

Updated: 2026-07-22
Lists: 3 list mentions
First commit: 2017-02-04
History: 12 history points
License: MPL-2.0
Issues: 307 open

5,202

stars

Forks: 456
Commits: 1,522 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

GitHub

productdevbook/port-killer

A powerful cross-platform port management tool for developers. Monitor ports, manage Kubernetes port forwards, integrate Cloudflare Tunnels, and kill processes with one click.

Stack

Swift Bun Cargo .NET SDK

GitHub topics

#developer-tools #kubernetes #macos #macos-app #menu-bar #port-killer

Updated: 2026-07-24
Lists: 2 list mentions
First commit: 2025-12-16
History: 8 history points
License: MIT
Issues: 15 open

5,002

stars

Forks: 192
Commits: 228 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

GitHub

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

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

matt1398/claude-devtools

The missing DevTools for Claude Code — inspect session logs, tool calls, token usage, subagents, and context window in a visual UI. Free, open source.

AI dev

Stack

TypeScript Electron Fastify React Tailwind CSS pnpm

GitHub topics

#ai #ai-agent #ai-debugging #ai-tools #anthropic #claude

Updated: 2026-05-13
Lists: 2 list mentions
First commit: 2026-02-11
History: 7 history points
License: MIT
Issues: 49 open

3,899

stars

Forks: 297
Commits: 349 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

Website 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

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

sveinbjornt/Platypus

Create native macOS applications from command line scripts.

Stack

Objective-C

GitHub topics

#application #cocoa #command-line-app #gui-application #macos #macos-app

Updated: 2026-05-13
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2011-03-28
History: 9 history points
License: BSD-3-Clause
Issues: 34 open

3,438

stars

Forks: 197
Commits: 1,346 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

Website GitHub

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: 2026-09-12
Lists: 2 list mentions
First commit: 2002-02-05
History: 8 history points
License: GPL-2.0
Issues: 568 open

3,054

stars

Forks: 210
Commits: 27,317 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: 0 0.0%
Commit velocity, last 7 days: 0 0.0%

Website GitHub

antares-sql/antares

A modern, fast and productivity driven SQL client with a focus in UX

Stack

Vue Electron Vue npm

GitHub topics

#antares #client #database #desktop-app #electron #electron-app

Updated: 2025-10-14
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2020-04-30
History: 6 history points
License: MIT
Issues: 150 open

2,650

stars

Forks: 168
Commits: 1,936 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: 0 0.0%
Commit velocity, last 7 days: 0 0.0%

Website GitHub

Kruszoneq/macUSB

The all-in-one bootable USB creator for Mac

AI dev

Stack

Swift

GitHub topics

#apple-silicon #bootable-usb #intel-mac #legacy-bios #legacy-macos #linux-installer

Updated: 2026-08-09
Lists: 2 list mentions
First commit: 2025-12-01
History: 8 history points
License: MIT
Issues: 0 open

2,565

stars

Forks: 123
Commits: 323 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

Website GitHub

drl990114/MarkFlowy

AI-powered cross-platform editor for WYSIWYG Markdown and general-purpose text editing.

AI dev

Stack

TypeScript Next.js React Tailwind CSS Tauri Cargo npm Yarn

GitHub topics

#ai #chatgpt #deepseek #editor #linux-app #macos-app

Updated: 2026-08-12
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2023-03-16
History: 6 history points
License: AGPL-3.0
Issues: 36 open

2,352

stars

Forks: 92
Commits: 1,796 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

Website GitHub

zenangst/KeyboardCowboy

:keyboard: The missing keyboard shortcut utility for macOS

Stack

Swift Swift Package Manager

GitHub topics

#macos #macos-app #macos-application

Updated: 2026-08-05
Lists: 2 list mentions
First commit: 2020-09-02
History: 8 history points
License: NOASSERTION
Issues: 44 open

2,229

stars

Forks: 39
Commits: 2,757 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

GitHub

ransome1/sleek

todo.txt manager for Linux, Windows and MacOS, free and open-source (FOSS)

Stack

TypeScript Electron React npm

GitHub topics

#alarms #archiving #contexts #dark-mode #due-date #file-watcher

Updated: 2026-08-06
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2021-04-20
History: 6 history points
License: MIT
Issues: 39 open

2,023

stars

Forks: 137
Commits: 718 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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