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🚀 Awesome list of open source applications for macOS. https://t.me/s/opensourcemacosapps

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Awesome macOS open source applications / Applications / Audio

AUHost 113 almost 3 years ago Application which hosts AudioUnits v3 using AVFoundation API
Audacity 12,311 10 days ago Free, open source, cross-platform audio software
Aural Player 818 26 days ago Aural Player is a audio player application for the macOS platform. Inspired by the classic Winamp player for Windows, it is designed to be to-the-point and easy to use
AutoMute 244 7 months ago Automatically mute the sound when headphones disconnect / Mac awake from sleep
Background Music 16,003 about 1 month ago Background Music, a macOS audio utility: automatically pause your music, set individual apps' volumes and record system audio
BlackHole 15,004 3 months ago BlackHole is a modern macOS virtual audio driver that allows applications to pass audio to other applications with zero additional latency
CAM 50 almost 6 years ago macOS camera recording using ffmpeg
Clementine 3,733 28 days ago Clementine is a modern music player and library organizer for Windows, Linux and macOS
Cog Cog is an open source audio player for macOS. The basic layout is a single-paned playlist interface with two retractable drawers, one for navigating the user's music folders and another for viewing audio file properties, like bitrate
Karaoke Forever 440 2 months ago Host awesome karaoke parties where everyone can queue songs from their phone's browser. Plays MP3+G and MP4 with WebGL visualizations
LocalRadio 367 about 2 years ago LocalRadio is software for listening to "Software-Defined Radio" on your Mac and mobile devices
LosslessCut 26,695 13 days ago The swiss army knife of lossless video/audio editing without re-encoding
Lyricism 73 over 7 years ago macOS app to show you lyric what currently iTunes or Spotify is playing
LyricsX 4,724 9 months ago Lyrics for iTunes, Spotify and Vox
MPV 28,033 11 days ago Lightweight, highly configurable media player
MonitorControl 27,461 10 days ago Control your external monitor brightness, contrast or volume directly from a menulet or with keyboard native keys
Mous Player 71 almost 2 years ago Simple yet powerful audio player for BSD/Linux/macOS
NoiseBuddy 727 5 months ago Control the listening mode on your AirPods Pro in the Touch Bar or Menu Bar
PlayStatus 150 about 1 month ago PlayStatus is a macOS app that allows the control of Spotify and iTunes music playback from the menu bar
Plug 209 8 months ago Discover and listen to music from Hype Machine
Scope 49 over 1 year ago Audio Oscilloscope
ShazamScrobbler 117 almost 3 years ago Scrobble vinyl, radios, movies to Last.fm
Sonora 931 over 9 years ago Minimal, beautifully designed music player for macOS
SpotMenu 2,937 8 months ago Spotify and iTunes in your menu bar
SpotSpot 134 over 2 years ago Spotify mini-player for macOS
Spotify4BigSur 155 almost 4 years ago Spotify widget for Notification Center
Suohai 128 over 5 years ago Audio input/output source lock for macOS
Tickeys 1,430 over 1 year ago Instant audio feedback for typing. macOS version
Tuner 54 over 1 year ago Musical Instrument Tuner
[Un]MuteMic 130 over 6 years ago macOS app to mute & unmute the input volume of your microphone. Perfect for podcasters
eqMac2 5,646 3 months ago System-Wide Equalizer for the Mac
fre:ac 1,388 13 days ago The fre:ac audio converter project
iTunes-Volume-Control 253 almost 3 years ago This app allows you to control the iTunes volume using volume up and volume down hotkeys
jmc 493 about 2 years ago jmc is new macOS media organizer
shairport-sync 7,199 21 days ago macOS/Linux/FreeBSD/OpenBSD Airplay audio receiver
waveSDR 211 over 4 years ago macOS native desktop Software Defined Radio application using the RTL-SDR USB device

Awesome macOS open source applications / Applications / Backup

BorgBase/Vorta Simple and Secure Offsite Backups
Mackup 14,542 about 2 months ago Keep your application settings in sync (macOS/Linux)
Syncalicious 385 almost 5 years ago Keeping multiple macOS preferences in sync can be painful, but it shouldn't be
UrBackup 651 24 days ago UrBackup is Client/Server network backup for Windows, macOS and Linux
shallow-backup 1,222 3 months ago Easily create lightweight documentation of installed applications, dotfiles, and more

Awesome macOS open source applications / Applications / Browser

Beaker Browser 6,747 almost 2 years ago Beaker is an experimental peer-to-peer Web browser
Brave Browser 17,623 10 days ago Brave browser for Desktop and Laptop computers running Windows, macOS, and Linux
Chromium Chromium is an open-source browser project that aims to build a safer, faster, and more stable way for all users to experience the web
Finicky 3,691 about 1 month ago Always opens the right browser
Firefox Fast, privacy aware browser from a non-profit. Runs on Windows, macOS and Linux
Helium 3,579 over 2 years ago Floating browser window for macOS
Min Browser 7,897 13 days ago A fast and efficient minimal web browser
Pennywise 3,761 4 months ago Pennywise opens any website or media in a small floating window that remains on top of all other applications. It's a great alternative to Helium
Plash 3,473 9 months ago Make any website your desktop wallpaper
Privacy Redirect for Safari 164 about 1 year ago Redirect Twitter, YouTube, Reddit, Google Maps, Google Search, and Google Translate to privacy friendly alternatives
browserosaurus 1,692 14 days ago macOS tool that prompts you to choose a browser when opening a link
otter-browser 1,802 11 days ago Otter Browser aims to recreate the best aspects of the classic Opera (12.x) UI using Qt5
seb-mac 99 12 days ago Safe Exam Browser for macOS and iOS

Awesome macOS open source applications / Applications / Chat

Adium 302 almost 3 years ago Instant messaging application that can connect to XMPP (Jabber), IRC and more
Beagle IM 183 26 days ago Powerful XMPP client with support for file transfer, VoIP and end-to-end encryption
ChitChat 1,903 about 5 years ago Native Mac app wrapper for WhatsApp Web
Electronic WeChat 13,931 about 4 years ago Better WeChat on macOS and Linux
Element 11,115 1 day ago Element is a collaboration app (currently Electron) for the protocol
Franz 4,537 11 months ago Franz is messaging application for services like WhatsApp, Slack, Messenger and many more
Google Allo for Desktop 117 almost 6 years ago Native macOS & Windows desktop app for Google Allo
GroupMe 87 over 1 year ago Unofficial GroupMe App
MessagesHistoryBrowser 87 almost 3 years ago macOS application to comfortably browse and search through your Messages.app history
RocketChat 1,587 12 days ago Free open source chat system for teams. An alternative to Slack that can also be self hosted
Seaglass 525 about 3 years ago A truly native client for macOS
Signal Desktop 14,557 17 days ago Electron app that links with your Signal Android or Signal iOS app
Telegram 5,011 2 months ago Source code of Telegram for macOS on Swift
Telegram Desktop 26,000 11 days ago Telegram Desktop messaging app
Textual 1,854 about 2 months ago Textual is an IRC client for macOS
Thunderbird Backed by Mozilla, Thunderbird is an extensible email, newsfeed, chat, and calendaring client
Torchat-Mac 87 almost 3 years ago TorChat for Mac is a macOS native and unofficial port of torchat
WhatsAppBar 46 over 6 years ago Send WhatsApp message from menu bar
Wire Desktop 1,077 10 days ago Standalone Electron app for the chatapp Wire

Awesome macOS open source applications / Applications / Cryptocurrency

Balance Open 289 over 6 years ago App for all the world’s currencies
CoinBar 113 about 6 years ago macOS menu bar application for tracking crypto coin prices
Copay 178 3 months ago A secure bitcoin wallet platform for both desktop and mobile devices
Crypto Bar 410 almost 4 years ago macOS menu bar application built with Electron
Float coin 10 about 5 years ago Native menu bar app with floating window and support for many Exchanges

Awesome macOS open source applications / Applications / Database

Bdash 1,494 4 months ago Simple SQL Client for lightweight data analysis
Beekeeper Studio 16,347 11 days ago SQL editor and manager with support for SQLite, MySQL, MariaDB, Postgres, CockroachDB, SQL Server, and Amazon Redshift
DB Browser for SQLite 21,058 11 days ago SQLite database management GUI
DBeaver 39,937 about 23 hours ago Universal database tool and SQL client
DbGate 5,203 10 days ago Database manager for MySQL, PostgreSQL, SQL Server, MongoDB, SQLite and others. Runs under Windows, Linux, Mac or as web application
Medis 11,603 8 months ago 💻 Medis is a beautiful, easy-to-use Mac database management application for Redis
MongoHub 2,429 over 3 years ago Add another lightweight Mac Native MongoDB client
Postbird 1,538 over 1 year ago PostgreSQL GUI client for macOS
Postgres.app 7,291 16 days ago The easiest way to get started with PostgreSQL on the Mac
Redis Desktop Manager 22,886 3 months ago Cross-platform open source database management tool for Redis ®
Redis.app 353 about 2 years ago The easiest way to get started with Redis on the Mac
Robo 3T 9,304 about 2 years ago Robo 3T (formerly Robomongo) is the free lightweight GUI for MongoDB enthusiasts
Sequel Ace 6,663 10 days ago Sequel Ace is a fast, easy-to-use Mac database management application for working with MySQL & MariaDB databases
Sequel Pro 9,060 over 1 year ago MySQL/MariaDB database management for macOS
mongoDB.app 517 11 months ago The easiest way to get started with mongoDB on the Mac
redis-pro 647 25 days ago Redis management with SwiftUI
reventlou 84 almost 2 years ago Personal database as an information management system
sqlectron 4,547 8 months ago A simple and lightweight SQL client desktop/terminal with cross database and platform support

Awesome macOS open source applications / Applications / Development

Apache Netbeans 2,636 10 days ago Apache NetBeans is an IDE, Tooling Platform and Application Framework suitable for development in Java, JavaScript, PHP, HTML5, CSS, and more
Brackets 1,349 3 months ago Modern open-source code editor for HTML, CSS and JavaScript that's built in HTML, CSS and JavaScript
ColorSet 213 2 months ago ColorSet is a macOS utility and framework allowing developers to manage custom interface colors with ease
GitAhead 1,826 6 months ago A graphical Git client designed to help you understand and manage your source code history
KiCad A software suite for electronic design automation
Layout Designer for UICollectionView 2,617 over 1 year ago A simple but powerful tool that helps you make complex layouts for UICollectionView
Pasteboard Viewer 693 about 1 month ago Inspect the system pasteboards
Stringz 955 7 months ago A lightweight and powerful editor for localizing iOS, macOS, tvOS, and watchOS applications
utmapp Virtualization for other operating systems
Cashew 5 about 6 years ago Cashew macOS Github Issue Tracker
GPM 18 about 8 years ago macOS application for easily operating GitHub Projects
Git Interactive Rebase Tool 1,559 25 days ago Full feature terminal based sequence editor for interactive rebase
GitAhead 1,826 6 months ago A graphical Git client designed to help you understand and manage your source code history
GitBlamePR 29 21 days ago Mac app that shows pull request last modified each line of a file
GitHub Desktop 19,681 10 days ago Simple collaboration from your desktop
GitSync 97 about 5 years ago Minimalistic Git client for Mac
GitUp 11,499 2 months ago The Git interface you've been missing all your life has finally arrived
GitX 797 about 1 month ago Graphical client for the git version control system
Gitee 1,113 almost 7 years ago Gitee, macOS status bar application for Github
Github contributions 74 about 5 years ago GitHub contributions app, for iOS, WatchOS, and macOS
GithubListener 25 over 6 years ago Simple app that will notify about new commits to watched repositories
GithubNotify 25 almost 7 years ago Simple macOS app to alert you when you have unread GitHub notifications
Gitify 4,470 10 days ago Your GitHub notifications on your menu bar
Streaker 181 12 months ago GitHub contribution streak tracking menubar app
TeamStatus-for-GitHub 47 about 6 years ago macOS status bar application for tracking code review process within the team
Trailer 1,164 about 2 months ago Managing Pull Requests and Issues For GitHub & GitHub Enterprise
Xit 992 10 days ago Xit is a graphical tool for working with git repositories
osagitfilter 34 almost 3 years ago Filter to put OSA languages (AppleScript, JavaScript) into git, as if they where plain text-files. ![applescript_icon]
JSON Mapper 27 almost 8 years ago Simple macOS app to generate Swift Object Mapper classes from JSON
JSON to Model class 91 almost 3 years ago Template based highly customizable macOS app to generate classes from JSON string, supports many languages
JSONExport 4,803 12 months ago Desktop application for macOS which enables you to export JSON objects as model classes with their associated constructors, utility methods, setters and getters in your favorite language
j2s 230 about 1 year ago macOS app to convert JSON objects into Swift structs (currently targets Swift 4 and Codable)
Boop 3,785 3 months ago A scriptable scratchpad for developers
ChefInspector 9 about 6 years ago Node and Attribute viewer for Chef
MQTTX 3,836 13 days ago An elegant Cross-platform MQTT 5.0 desktop client
macho-browser 120 over 3 years ago Browser for macOS Mach-O binaries
vegvisir 199 over 3 years ago Browser based GUI for Debugger
CoreOS VM 398 over 7 years ago CoreOS VM is macOS status bar app which allows in an easy way to control CoreOS VM on your Mac
Corectl App for macOS 167 about 7 years ago Corectl App is a macOS Status bar App which works like a wrapper around the corectl command line tool corectld to control the server runtime process
HTTP Toolkit 614 about 1 month ago HTTP Toolkit is a cross-platform tool to intercept, debug & mock HTTP
Insomnia 34,476 11 days ago Insomnia is a cross-platform REST client, built on top of Electron
KubeMonitor 126 almost 5 years ago KubeMonitor is a macOS app that displays information about your active Kubernetes cluster in your menu bar
KubeSwitch 58 over 5 years ago KubeSwitch lists the available kubernetes cluster contexts on the mac, in Mac's Menu bar
Lantern 233 about 2 years ago Dedicated Mac app for website auditing and crawling
LocalSites 73 5 months ago Simple Menu Bar (Status Bar) App for macOS listing local Bonjour websites (as Safari 11 no longer has Bonjour Bookmarks)
SimpleLocalize CLI 58 3 months ago Open source tool for managing i18n keys in software projects
aws-s3-uploader 142 almost 8 years ago Simple macOS app for uploading files to Amazon Web Services
iTunesConnect 47 over 7 years ago macOS app to let you access iTunesConnect
ndm 2,069 10 months ago Npm desktop GUI
nodeScratchpad 110 about 4 years ago Evaluate Nodejs/JS code snippets from Menubar
stts 525 about 2 months ago macOS app for monitoring the status of cloud services
AVXCAssets Generator 344 about 7 years ago Takes path for your assets images and creates appiconset and imageset for you in just one click
AppBox 628 6 months ago Tool for iOS developers to build and deploy Development, Ad-Hoc and In-house (Enterprise) applications directly to the devices from your Dropbox account
AppIcons 265 about 2 years ago Tool for generating icons in all sizes as required by macOS and iOS apps
AppStoreReviewTimes 14 over 6 years ago Gives you indication about the average iOS / macOS app stores review times
AppleTrace 806 about 3 years ago Trace tool for iOS/macOS
Asset Catalog Tinkerer 2,363 2 months ago App that lets you open .car files and browse/extract their images
Assets 35 over 6 years ago Assets is a macOS app that manages assets for your development projects (Xcode, web, etc)
Attabench 1,278 over 2 years ago Attabench is a microbenchmarking app for macOS, designed to measure and visualize the performance of Swift code
Board For GitHub 80 over 7 years ago Small application to monitor your GitHub project web page in a native macOS app !
Brisk 671 about 2 years ago macOS app for submitting radars
Cleaner for Xcode 1,556 almost 5 years ago Cleaner for Xcode.app built with react-native-macOS
CocoaRestClient 2,352 about 3 years ago Native Apple macOS app for testing HTTP/REST endpoints
Corona Tracker 1,542 over 1 year ago Coronavirus tracker app for iOS & macOS with maps & charts
FilterShop 97 over 3 years ago macOS App to explore CoreImage Filters
IconGenerator 1,410 11 months ago macOS app to generate app icons
Iconizer 890 over 1 year ago Create Xcode image catalogs (xcassets) on the fly
Iconology 127 over 1 year ago Edit icons and then export to Xcode, icns, ico, favicon, macOS iconset, or a custom collection
Icons.app 412 18 days ago App for macOS which is designed to generate consistent sized icons of an existing application in various states, jiggling (shaking) etc
InjectionIII 4,016 13 days ago overdue Swift rewrite of Injection
Knuff 5,244 about 2 years ago The debug application for Apple Push Notification Service (APNs)
LayerX 174 over 3 years ago Intuitive app to display transparent images on screen
Localizable.strings 31 over 6 years ago Mac app to localize your iOS and macOS projects
Localization Editor 1,453 6 months ago Simple macOS editor app to help you manage iOS app localizations by allowing you to edit all the translations side by side
Localizations 128 over 6 years ago Localizations is an macOS app that manages your Xcode project localization files (.strings)
Menubar Colors 183 over 2 years ago macOS app for convenient access to the system color panel
Notarize 112 over 1 year ago Notarization status monitoring tool for macOS, supporting multiple developer accounts
PodsUpdater 529 over 5 years ago macOS app which helps you manage dependency releases in your Podfile
ProfilesManager 591 23 days ago Apple iOS/macOS Provisioning Profiles management,.provisionprofile, .mobileprovision files manager tool for mac
PushNotifications 2,264 about 1 year ago macOS app to test push notifications on iOS and Android
ResignTool 408 over 4 years ago This is an app for macOS that can (re)sign apps and bundle them into ipa files that are ready to be installed on an iOS device
Resizr 41 almost 5 years ago MacOS application for creating AppIcon for iOS and Android apps
SmartPush 2,189 8 months ago iOS Push Notification Debug App
Stringz 955 7 months ago A lightweight and powerful editor for localizing iOS, macOS, tvOS, and watchOS applications
TransporterPad 57 over 3 years ago iOS/Android app deployment tool for macOS
WWDC 8,610 4 months ago Unofficial WWDC app for macOS
WWDC.srt 102 4 months ago Powerful app for downloading subtitle for each WWDC session video since 2013 in (srt) format
Xcodes.app 6,868 about 2 months ago The easiest way to install and switch between multiple versions of Xcode
calabash-launcher 30 2 months ago iOS Calabash Launcher is a macOS app that helps you run and manage Calabash tests on your Mac
iOS Images Extractor 1,991 over 4 years ago iOS Images Extractor is a Mac app to normalize, decode, and extract images from iOS apps
iSimulator 1,151 12 months ago iSimulator is a GUI utility to control the Simulator and manage the app installed on the simulator
xib2Storyboard 133 about 5 years ago Tool to convert Xcode .xib to .storyboard files

Awesome macOS open source applications / Applications / Downloader

App Downloader 334 over 1 year ago Easily search and download macOS apps from the huge app catalog
Extream Download Manager 6,695 9 months ago a powerful tool to increase download speeds up to 500%
Get It 575 over 3 years ago Native macOS video/audio downloader. Think of it as a youtube downloader that works on many sites
Motrix 45,120 3 months ago A full-featured download manager
Pillager 89 almost 6 years ago macOS Video Downloader written in Swift and Objective-C
YouTube Downloader for macOS 462 about 2 months ago Simple menu bar app to download YouTube movies on your Mac. I wrote this as a test project to learn more about app development on macOS
udemy-downloader-gui 6,133 6 months ago desktop application for downloading Udemy Courses

Awesome macOS open source applications / Applications / Editors

AuroraEditor 1,100 about 1 month ago Lightweight Code Editor (IDE) for macOS
Chime 302 3 months ago An editor for macOS
CodeEdit 21,009 11 days ago CodeEdit App for macOS – Elevate your code editing experience. Open source, free forever
Geany 3,091 29 days ago Geany is a powerful, stable and lightweight programmer's text editor that provides tons of useful features without bogging down your workflow. ![c++_icon]
TableTool 1,306 over 4 years ago simple CSV editor for the macOS
JSON Editor 61 over 3 years ago Dead simple JSON editor using josdejong/jsoneditor
JSON-Splora 1,859 over 7 years ago GUI for editing, visualizing, and manipulating JSON data
Gingko 360 17 days ago Tree-structured markdown editor for macOS, Windows, and Linux
MacDown 9,435 over 1 year ago Markdown editor for macOS
Mark Text 46,623 about 2 months ago Realtime preview markdown editor for macOS Windows and Linux
MarkEdit 1,097 10 days ago MarkEdit is a free and open-source Markdown editor, for macOS. It's just like TextEdit on Mac but dedicated to Markdown
Notenik 93 13 days ago Note-taking app with many organizational options
Obsidian plugins & themes 9,285 11 days ago Community plugins list, theme list, and releases of Obsidian
Pine 3,329 almost 2 years ago A modern MacOS markdown editor
QOwnNotes 4,632 12 days ago Plain-text file notepad and todo-list manager with markdown support and ownCloud / Nextcloud integration
Zettlr 10,223 11 days ago A Markdown Editor for the 21st century
linked 886 3 months ago 🧾 Your daily journal app, diary or anything else to unclutter your mind. Let linked help you get focused by writing down what is in your mind on a daily basis. ![vue_icon]
Qilin Editor 435 almost 4 years ago Text editor for exact sciences with built-in KaTeX/AsciiMath support
AuroraEditor 1,100 about 1 month ago Lightweight Code Editor (IDE) for macOS
CotEditor 6,368 10 days ago Lightweight Plain-Text Editor for macOS
Geany 3,091 29 days ago Geany is a powerful, stable and lightweight programmer's text editor that provides tons of useful features without bogging down your workflow. ![c++_icon]
MacVim 7,512 about 1 month ago Text editor for macOS
Noto 270 over 5 years ago Plain text editor for macOS with customizable themes
SubEthaEdit 1,368 over 1 year ago General purpose plain text editor for macOS. Widely known for its live collaboration feature
TextMate 14,224 5 months ago TextMate is a graphical text editor for macOS
Tincta 148 22 days ago One-window text editor with syntax highlighting
VimR 6,657 14 days ago Refined Neovim experience for macOS
micro 24,922 12 days ago A terminal-based text editor that aims to be easy to use and intuitive, while also taking advantage of the capabilities of modern terminals
reventlou 84 almost 2 years ago Personal database as an information management system

Awesome macOS open source applications / Applications / Extensions

AdGuard for Safari 1,033 about 2 months ago The most advanced ad blocking extension for Safari
BetterPiP 90 over 4 years ago Use native picture-in-picture with browsers such as Google Chrome for HTML5 videos
Is It Private? 13 over 2 years ago A Safari Extension providing a toolbar icon that changes its visual appearance if Private Browsing is enabled
Middleclick 1,597 6 months ago Emulate a scroll wheel click with three finger Click or Tap on MacBook trackpad and Magic Mouse
PageExtender 146 over 2 years ago Extend pages with your own CSS and JS files
PiPTool 355 over 7 years ago Add the Picture-in-Picture Functionality to YouTube, Netflix, Plex and other video broadcasting services in macOS
PiPifier 757 almost 3 years ago PiPifier is a native macOS 10.12 Safari extension that lets you use every HTML5 video in Picture in Picture mode
Privacy Redirect for Safari 164 about 1 year ago Redirect Twitter, YouTube, Reddit, Google Maps, Google Search, and Google Translate to privacy friendly alternatives
Sessions 149 about 1 month ago Safari extension to save your working sessions
Swimat 1,647 almost 2 years ago Swimat is an Xcode plug-in to format your Swift code
ThenGenerator 20 over 2 years ago Xcode Source Editor Extension for 'Then'
Ultra TabSaver 266 about 4 years ago Ultra TabSaver is an open-source Tab Manager for Safari
nef 200 almost 3 years ago This Xcode extension enables you to make a code selection and export it to a snippets. Available on Mac AppStore

Awesome macOS open source applications / Applications / Finder

Clipy 7,612 4 months ago Clipy is a Clipboard extension app for macOS
CopyQ 8,623 16 days ago Clipboard manager with advanced features
Duplicate Finder 125 about 3 years ago It's a useful tool that would help you to find all duplicate files which have the same names in the specific folder
FiScript 498 almost 3 years ago Execute custom scripts from the MacOS context menu (CTRL+click) in Finder
Finder Go 1,104 11 months ago macOS app and Finder Sync Extension to open Terminal, iTerm, Hyper from Finder
OpenInCode 908 over 2 years ago Finder toolbar app to open current folder in Visual Studio Code
OpenInTerminal 5,900 5 months ago Finder Toolbar app for macOS to open the current directory in Terminal, iTerm, Hyper or Alacritty
Quick Look plugins 18,026 10 months ago List of useful Quick Look plugins for developers
cd to... 2,292 over 2 years ago Finder Toolbar app to open the current directory in the Terminal
dupeGuru 5,303 about 2 months ago dupeGuru is a tool to find duplicate files on your computer. It can scan using file names and file contents
zoxide 22,002 12 days ago zoxide is a smarter cd command for your terminal

Awesome macOS open source applications / Applications / Games

0 A.D. Real-time strategy game of ancient warfare
Battle for Wesnoth 5,485 10 days ago Turn-based tactical strategy game, featuring both single-player and online multiplayer combat
Boxer 774 almost 3 years ago The DOS game emulator that’s fit for your Mac
Chess The chess app that comes with macOS. ![objective-c_icon]
Dolphin 12,759 11 days ago Powerful emulator for Nintendo GameCube and Wii games
Dynamic Dark Mode 503 over 2 years ago Dynamic Dark Mode is the app you are looking for to power up Dark Mode on macOS Mojave and beyond
OpenEmu 16,114 3 months ago Retro video game emulation for macOS
OpenRCT2 13,351 10 days ago Re-implementation of RollerCoaster Tycoon 2
Screentendo 1,076 over 9 years ago Turn your screen into a playable level of Mario
Stockfish 506 8 months ago Beautiful, powerful chess application
Widelands 1,994 12 days ago 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. ![c++_icon]

Awesome macOS open source applications / Applications / Graphics

Aseprite 28,894 10 days ago Animated sprite editor & pixel art tool (Windows, macOS, Linux)
Blender Blender is the free and open source 3D creation suite. It supports the entirety of the 3D pipeline: modeling, rigging, animation, simulation, rendering, compositing, motion tracking, and video editing
CaptuocrToy 1,346 about 5 years ago Tool to capture screenshot and recognize text by online ocr apis
ColorSet 213 2 months ago ColorSet is a macOS utility and framework allowing developers to manage custom interface colors with ease
FreeCAD 19,326 12 days ago FreeCAD is an open-source 3D parametric modeler ![c++_icon]
Gaphor 1,838 11 days ago Gaphor is the simple modeling tool for UML and SysML
GifCapture 940 over 3 years ago Gif capture app for macOS
Gifcurry 1,346 about 3 years ago Video to GIF maker with a graphical interface capable of cropping, adding text, seeking, and trimming
Gifski 7,747 about 1 month ago Convert videos to high-quality GIFs
InfiniteCanvas 132 over 7 years ago Proof of concept Mac drawing application
Krita Krita is a cross-platform application for creating digital art files from scratch like illustrations, concept art, matte painting, textures, comics and animations
Material Colors Native 266 9 months ago Choose your Material colours and copy the hex code
Pencil2D Animation 1,452 14 days ago Pencil2D is an animation/drawing software for macOS, Windows, and Linux. It lets you create traditional hand-drawn animation (cartoon) using both bitmap and vector graphics
ScreenToLayers for macOS 150 over 7 years ago ScreenToLayers is a macOS application to easily capture your screen as a layered PSD file
macSVG 1,164 about 2 years ago macOS application for designing HTML5 SVG (Scalable Vector Graphics) art and animation with a WebKit web view

Awesome macOS open source applications / Applications / IDE

Apache Netbeans 2,636 10 days ago Apache NetBeans is an IDE, Tooling Platform and Application Framework suitable for development in Java, JavaScript, PHP, HTML5, CSS, and more
Atom 60,164 almost 2 years ago The hackable text editor
AuroraEditor 1,100 about 1 month ago Lightweight Code Editor (IDE) for macOS
Brackets 1,349 3 months ago Modern open-source code editor for HTML, CSS and JavaScript that's built in HTML, CSS and JavaScript
CodeEdit 21,009 11 days ago CodeEdit App for macOS – Elevate your code editing experience. Open source, free forever
Geany 3,091 29 days ago Geany is a powerful, stable and lightweight programmer's text editor that provides tons of useful features without bogging down your workflow. ![c++_icon]
IntelliJ IDEA Community Edition 17,133 10 days ago IntelliJ IDEA is an integrated development environment written in Java for developing computer software
LiveCode 483 about 3 years ago Cross-platform development IDE
Oni 11,347 over 4 years ago Oni is a modern take on modal editing code editor focused on developer productivity
Vim 36,226 11 days ago ubiquitous text editor ![Vim script_icon]
Visual Studio Code 163,045 10 days ago Code editor developed by Microsoft
ZeroBraneStudio 2,615 5 months ago ZeroBrane Studio is a lightweight cross-platform Lua IDE with code completion, syntax highlighting, remote debugger, code analyzer, live coding, and debugging support for various Lua engines

Awesome macOS open source applications / Applications / Images

APNGb 313 almost 5 years ago macOS app which assembles and disassembles animated png files
Crunch 3,354 over 2 years ago Insane(ly slow but wicked good) PNG image optimization
ExifCleaner 1,857 12 months ago Remove image metadata with drag and drop, multi-core batch processing, and dark mode
Flameshot 24,747 about 1 month ago Powerful yet simple to use screenshot software
Freehand 99 over 7 years ago macOS Status Bar App for quick sketch
Gimp 4,835 11 days ago Gimp is GNU Image Manipulation Program
Iconology 127 over 1 year ago Edit icons and then export to Xcode, icns, ico, favicon, macOS iconset, or a custom collection
ImageAlpha 471 over 5 years ago Mac GUI for pngquant, pngnq and posterizer
Imagine 3,576 about 1 year ago Imagine is a desktop app for compression of PNG and JPEG, with a modern and friendly UI
InVesalius 617 10 days ago 3D medical imaging reconstruction software
Inkscape Inkscape is a Free and open source vector graphics editor. ![c++_icon]
Katana 355 about 1 month ago Katana is a simple screenshot utility for macOS that lives in your menubar
Krita Krita is a cross-platform application for creating digital art files from scratch like illustrations, concept art, matte painting, textures, comics and animations
PhotoMiner 118 7 months ago macOS app for finding and lost forgotten photos on your disks
Screenbar 116 over 5 years ago macOS menubar app for automating screenshots
Seashore 454 4 months ago Easy to use macOS image editing application for the rest of us
WebPonize 7 almost 7 years ago WebPonize is a macOS App for converting PNG, JPEG, animated (or not) GIF images into WebP

Awesome macOS open source applications / Applications / Keyboard

AnnePro-mac 133 almost 6 years ago macOS application for controlling AnnePro keyboard over bluetooth
Fluor 1,913 4 months ago Handy tool for macOS allowing you to switch Fn keys' mode based on active application
GokuRakuJoudo 1,171 about 1 month ago Karabiner-Elements configuration manager, rescue to bloated karabiner.json
Karabiner 3,818 over 4 years ago Karabiner (KeyRemap4MacBook) is a powerful utility for keyboard customization
Karabiner-Elements 18,638 11 days ago Karabiner-Elements is a powerful utility for keyboard customization on macOS Sierra (10.12) or later
Kawa 1,378 about 2 years ago Better input source switcher for macOS
Keycastr 12,556 about 1 month ago Keystroke visualizer. ![Objective-C_icon]
Thor 1,178 22 days ago Switch the right application ASAP
Unshaky 3,016 11 months ago A software attempt to address the "double key press" issue on Apple's butterfly keyboard

Awesome macOS open source applications / Applications / Mail

Correo 150 almost 6 years ago Menubar/taskbar Gmail App for Windows and macOS
ElectronMail 1,491 24 days ago Unofficial desktop app for ProtonMail and Tutanota end-to-end encrypted email providers
Mailspring 15,456 14 days ago 💌 A beautiful, fast and maintained fork of @nylas Mail by one of the original authors
Rambox 6,353 over 2 years ago Cross Platform messaging and emailing app that combines common web applications into one
SimpleLogin 45 3 months ago Email Alias solution: protect your real email address
Thunderbird Backed by Mozilla, Thunderbird is an extensible email, newsfeed, chat, and calendaring client
dejalu 630 almost 6 years ago Fast and Simple Email Client

Awesome macOS open source applications / Applications / Medical

InVesalius 617 10 days ago 3D medical imaging reconstruction software

Awesome macOS open source applications / Applications / Menubar

Airpass 467 about 1 year ago Status bar Mac application to overcome time constrained WiFi networks
Akku 609 almost 3 years ago The missing macOS bluetooth headset battery indicator app
AnyBar 5,919 7 months ago macOS menubar status indicator
BarTranslate 160 18 days ago A handy menu bar translator app that supports DeepL and Google Translate
CloudyTabs 790 about 2 years ago Simple menu bar macOS application for displaying lists of your iCloud Tabs and Reading List
DatWeatherDoe 519 2 months ago Simple menu bar weather app for macOS written in Swift
DisplayMenu 47 over 5 years ago Simple (bare-bones) macOS menubar extra to apply display presets
Dozer 8,176 11 months ago Hide MacOS menubar items
Grayscale Mode 92 about 3 years ago Manage grayscale mode from menu bar
Hidden Bar 11,279 about 1 year ago An ultra-light MacOS utility that helps hide menu bar icons
Itsycal 3,322 about 1 month ago A tiny calendar for that lives in the Mac menu bar
KubeContext 403 almost 3 years ago import, manage and switch between your Kubernetes contexts on Mac
LinkLiar 1,248 2 months ago Keep your MAC address random for privacy (intuitive GUI for ifconfig)
Market Bar 24 over 2 years ago Tiny stocks watcher for the menu bar
MeetingBar 4,472 22 days ago Menu bar app for your calendar meetings
MenuMeters 3,020 5 months ago CPU, memory, disk, and network monitoring tools for macOS
Menubar Brightness 81 almost 7 years ago macOS app to change the screen brightness on the menubar
MiniSim 1,755 21 days ago MacOS menu bar app for launching iOS  and Android 🤖 emulators
Monitor Bar 62 10 months ago Monitor Bar app supports three modes, compact, normal, extra. It monitors battery, Disk, Memory, CPU, Network bandwidth, Wi-Fi
Night Shift Control 60 about 7 years ago Night Shift Control is a simple macOS menubar app for controlling Night Shift. It's aim is to bring features from f.lux which are missing from Night Shift such as disabling Night Shift for certain apps
Nocturnal 317 about 2 years ago Menu bar app featuring darker than dark dimming, Night Shift fine tuning, and the ability to turn off TouchBar on MacBook Pro
NoiseBuddy 727 5 months ago Control the listening mode on your AirPods Pro in the Touch Bar or Menu Bar
PSIBar 25 about 7 years ago Quickly hacked up PSI macOS status bar app
Pareto Security 320 15 days ago A MenuBar app to automatically audit your Mac for basic security hygiene
Pi Stats 372 about 2 months ago macOS app to visualize Pi-hole information
Pika 1,751 16 days ago Is an easy to use, open-source, native colour picker for macOS. ![metal_icon]
PlayStatus 150 about 1 month ago PlayStatus is a macOS app that allows the control of Spotify and iTunes music playback from the menu bar
Quickeys 64 almost 4 years ago A mac menu bar app that provides note taking functionality though a quick dropdown menu
SensibleSideButtons 1,866 8 months ago Small menu bar utility that lets you use your third-party mouse's side buttons for navigation across a variety of apps
Shifty 1,238 about 2 years ago macOS menu bar app that gives you more control over Night Shift
SlimHUD - Cyanocitta 390 about 2 months ago Replacement for MacOS' volume, brightness and keyboard backlight HUDs
Stats 25,090 13 days ago macOS system monitor in your menu bar
SwiftBar 2,884 7 months ago Powerful macOS menu bar customization tool
baRSS – Menu Bar RSS Reader 109 12 months ago RSS & Atom feed reader that lives in the system status bar
eul 9,242 5 months ago macOS status monitoring app written in SwiftUI
gSwitch 889 over 3 years ago macOS status bar app that allows control over the gpu on dual gpu macbooks
iGlance 2,423 about 1 year ago macOS System Monitor (cpu, memory, network, fan and battery) for the Status Bar
xbar 17,519 about 1 month ago Put the output from any script or program into your macOS Menu Bar

Awesome macOS open source applications / Applications / Music

Carol 109 almost 4 years ago A minimal and beautiful lyrics app that stays in the menu bar of macOS
ChordDetector 89 almost 5 years ago Tiny menu bar app that listens iTunes and Spotify to detect chords of songs!
DeezPlayer 50 over 2 years ago Deezer Desktop app for Windows, Linux and macOS
Karaoke Forever 440 2 months ago Host awesome karaoke parties where everyone can queue songs from their phone's browser. Plays MP3+G and MP4 with WebGL visualizations
Lilypond UI 30 about 4 years ago Create beautiful musical scores with LilyPond
MPV 28,033 11 days ago Lightweight, highly configurable media player
NoiseBuddy 727 5 months ago Control the listening mode on your AirPods Pro in the Touch Bar or Menu Bar
PlayStatus 150 about 1 month ago PlayStatus is a macOS app that allows the control of Spotify and iTunes music playback from the menu bar
Plug 209 8 months ago Discover and listen to music from Hype Machine
SoundCleod 961 over 2 years ago SoundCloud for macOS and Windows
Spotify-Cli-Mac 179 almost 2 years ago Control Spotify without leaving your terminal
YouTube-Music 2,769 11 months ago macOS wrapper for music.youtube.com
iTunes Graphs 51 over 6 years ago macOS app to visualise your iTunes library as graphs
lyricsify 87 almost 8 years ago Simple Spotify lyrics viewer menu bar app for macOS in Swift
spicetify-cli 18,400 5 days ago Command-line tool to customize the official Spotify client. Supports Windows, MacOS and Linux

Awesome macOS open source applications / Applications / News

Diurna 102 4 months ago Basic/Classic Hacker News app, used as a Cocoa & Swift learning platform
NetNewsWire 8,288 11 days ago Feed reader for macOS
Vienna 1,839 13 days ago Vienna is a RSS/Atom newsreader for macOS
Winds 8,905 about 3 years ago A Beautiful Open Source RSS & Podcast App Powered by Getstream.io
baRSS – Menu Bar RSS Reader 109 12 months ago RSS & Atom feed reader that lives in the system status bar
hacker-menu 1,001 about 6 years ago Hacker News Delivered to Desktop

Awesome macOS open source applications / Applications / Notes

Boostnote 17,069 over 1 year ago Note-taking application made for programmers just like you
Dnote 2,774 3 months ago A simple command line notebook with multi-device sync and web interface
FSNotes 6,368 11 days ago Notes manager for macOS/iOS: modern notational velocity (nvALT) on steroids
FromScratch 717 almost 2 years ago Little app that you can use as a quick note taking or todo app
Jupyter Notebook Viewer 749 10 months ago Notebook viewer for macOS
NoteTaker 174 over 7 years ago Simple note taking app for macOS and iOS which uses Realm and CloudKit for syncing
Notenik 93 13 days ago Note-taking app with many organizational options
Notes 18 almost 8 years ago Notes is a macOS application built to create notes, using text amongst other formats: images, videos, contacts, and etc
QOwnNotes 4,632 12 days ago Plain-text file notepad and todo-list manager with markdown support and ownCloud / Nextcloud integration
Simplenote 1,477 29 days ago Simplest way to keep notes
Standard Notes 5,287 14 days ago Safe place for your notes, thoughts, and life's work
Tusk 3,150 about 1 month ago Unofficial, third-party, community driven Evernote app with a handful of useful features
joplin 45,339 12 days ago Note taking and to-do application with synchronization capabilities for Windows, macOS, Linux, Android and iOS
linked 886 3 months ago 🧾 Your daily journal app, diary or anything else to unclutter your mind. Let linked help you get focused by writing down what is in your mind on a daily basis. ![vue_icon]
notable 185 3 months ago Simple note taking application
tmpNote 88 almost 3 years ago Very simple macOS app to make temporary notes

Awesome macOS open source applications / Applications / Other

Betaflight Configurator 2,514 11 days ago Cross platform configuration tool for the Betaflight firmware
Cakebrew 4,803 9 months ago Manage your Homebrew formulas with style using Cakebrew
ChipMunk 557 15 days ago Log analysis tool
DevDocs for macOS 460 over 1 year ago An unofficial DevDocs API documentation viewer
Gas Mask 3,712 over 1 year ago Hosts file manager for macOS
Hosts 1,621 about 4 years ago Cocoa GUI for /etc/hosts
ImageOptim 9,143 12 months ago GUI image optimizer for Mac
Keyframes Player 70 almost 7 years ago Simple macOS app to preview animations created with Facebook's keyframes framework
Lepton 10,146 9 months ago Democratizing Code Snippets Management (macOS/Win/Linux)
Letters 27 over 6 years ago Teach your kids the alphabet and how to type
Platypus 2,801 about 1 month ago Mac developer tool that creates application bundles from command line scripts
QorumLogs 786 over 6 years ago Swift Logging Utility for Xcode & Google Docs
React Native Debugger 10,361 12 months ago Desktop app for inspecting your React Native projects. macOS, Linux, and Windows
Reactotron 14,861 16 days ago Desktop app for inspecting your React JS and React Native projects. macOS, Linux, and Windows
RktMachine 37 about 6 years ago Menu bar macOS app for running rkt in a macOS hypervisor CoreOS VM
Ruby.app 46 over 2 years ago macOS app that contains a full Ruby installation (for use with Ruby/Gosu)
Shuttle 4,551 almost 3 years ago Simple SSH shortcut menu for macOS
SwiftyBeaver 5,909 5 months ago Convenient logging during development & release in Swift
Unused 1,375 over 6 years ago Mac app for checking Xcode projects for unused resources
Vagrant Manager 1,864 over 4 years ago Manage your vagrant machines in one place with Vagrant Manager for macOS
macGist 128 over 4 years ago Simple app to send pasteboard items to GitHub's Gist
syncthing-macosx 2,700 15 days ago Frugal nativemacOS macOS Syncthing application bundle

Awesome macOS open source applications / Applications / Player

IINA 37,951 1 day ago The modern video player for macOS
MPV 28,033 11 days ago Lightweight, highly configurable media player
MPlayerX 1,047 almost 2 years ago Media player on macOS
MacMorpheus 296 over 7 years ago 3D 180/360 video player for macOS for PSVR with head tracking
Movie Monad 421 over 4 years ago Desktop video player built with Haskell that uses GStreamer and GTK+
Plug 209 8 months ago Discover and listen to music from Hype Machine

Awesome macOS open source applications / Applications / Podcast

Cumulonimbus 746 9 months ago Simple, beautiful podcast app
Doughnut 206 almost 2 years ago Podcast player and library for mac
PodcastMenu 1,274 over 5 years ago PodcastMenu is a simple app which puts on your Mac's menu bar so you can listen to your favorite podcasts while you work
Podlive for macOS 48 almost 2 years ago macOS client to listen to live streaming podcasts (only). It currently supports all livestreams broadcasting via Ultraschall with
Winds 8,905 about 3 years ago A Beautiful Open Source RSS & Podcast App Powered by Getstream.io
gPodder 1,275 10 days ago gPodder is a simple, open source podcast client
mkchromecast 2,209 3 months ago Cast macOS and Linux Audio/Video to your Google Cast and Sonos Devices

Awesome macOS open source applications / Applications / Productivity

Ao 2,106 about 1 month ago Elegant Microsoft To-Do desktop app
Calculeta 24 almost 5 years ago Calculator for macOS which working on statusbar
Cerebro 8,325 5 months ago Cross-platform launcher app
ClipMenu 905 about 4 years ago Clipboard manager for macOS
Clocker 564 6 months ago macOS app to plan and organize through timezones
Condution 463 about 1 year ago Create tasks, manage due dates, and filter with powerful perspectives
ControlPlane 1,756 over 1 year ago Automate running tasks based on where you are or what you do
DevUtils.app Developer Utilities for macOS, helps you with your tiny daily tasks with just a single click! i.e., JSON Formatter, UUID Generator
DropPoint 820 about 1 year ago Make drag-and-drop easier using DropPoint. Helps to drag content without having to open side-by-side windows
Flycut 2,476 almost 2 years ago Clean and simple clipboard manager for developers
Itsycal 3,322 about 1 month ago A tiny calendar for that lives in the Mac menu bar
KeyHolder 390 about 2 months ago Record shortcuts in macOS, like Alfred.app
Kiwix 476 11 days ago Kiwix for iOS and macOS, build on Swift
Layout Designer for UICollectionView 2,617 over 1 year ago A simple but powerful tool that helps you make complex layouts for UICollectionView
Linked Ideas 364 about 3 years ago macOS application to write down and connect ideas
Mac Screenshot Tracker 62 over 4 years ago An open source, free and hackable screenshot tracker. Re-watch what you've been working on!
Maccy 12,416 10 days ago Lightweight search-as-you-type clipboard manager
Manta 5,279 almost 2 years ago Flexible invoicing desktop app with beautiful & customizable templates
MeetingBar 4,472 22 days ago Menu bar app for your calendar meetings
Middleclick 1,597 6 months ago Emulate a scroll wheel click with three finger Click or Tap on MacBook trackpad and Magic Mouse
PDF Archiver 300 11 days ago Nice tool for tagging and archiving tasks
Paperless Desktop 585 over 1 year ago Desktop app that uses the paperless API to manage your document scans
Pennywise 3,761 4 months ago Pennywise opens any website or media in a small floating window that remains on top of all other applications. It's a great alternative to Helium
Pomodoro Cycle 81 about 1 year ago Pomodoro Cycle for macOS
QOwnNotes 4,632 12 days ago Plain-text file notepad and todo-list manager with markdown support and ownCloud / Nextcloud integration
Quicksilver 2,729 11 days ago Quicksilver is a fast macOS productivity application that gives you the power to control your Mac quickly and elegantly
Quickwords 106 over 1 year ago Write anything in a matter of seconds. Create snippets that can substitute text, execute tedious tasks and more
SelfControl 4,031 over 2 years ago macOS app to block your own access to distracting websites etc for a predetermined period of time. It can not be undone by the app or by a restart – you must wait for the timer to run out
Sessions 149 about 1 month ago Safari extension to save your working sessions
Speed Reader 145 over 5 years ago Read faster with the power of silencing vocalization with SpeedReader
Spotter 755 10 months ago Productivity tool, the main function is to search and launch external application actions and applications themselves, so you can stay focused on your current task. Kind of spotlight or alfred alternative
StickyNotes 72 about 6 years ago A Windows 10-esque Sticky Notes app implemented in AppKit
Strategr 304 2 months ago No-fuss time management
Super Productivity 11,470 11 days ago Free to do list & time tracker for programmers & designers with Jira integration
ThenGenerator 20 over 2 years ago Xcode Source Editor Extension for 'Then'
Thyme 577 over 4 years ago The task timer for OS X
Time to Leave 455 21 days ago Log work hours and get notified when it's time to leave the office and start to live. ![html_icon]
Timer 2,531 7 months ago Simple Timer app for Mac
Toggl Desktop 1,860 over 1 year ago Toggl Desktop app for Windows, Mac and Linux
TomatoBar 2,221 2 months ago Pomodoro Technique Timer for macOS with Touch Bar support
TrelloApp 23 about 4 years ago Unofficial wrapper application for Trello.com written in Swift. This is almost a "Hello World" for a site specific browser
Ueli 3,620 15 days ago A keystroke launcher for macOS (and Windows) like Spotlight or Alfred
Ultra TabSaver 266 about 4 years ago Ultra TabSaver is an open-source Tab Manager for Safari
Watson 2,444 over 1 year ago A CLI application for time tracking
Whale 280 over 1 year ago Unofficial Trello app
Yomu 194 almost 5 years ago Manga reader app for macOS
espanso 9,917 5 days ago Cross-platform Text Expander, a powerful replacement for Alfred Snippets
far2l 1,761 13 days ago Linux/Mac fork of FAR Manager v2
linked 886 3 months ago 🧾 Your daily journal app, diary or anything else to unclutter your mind. Let linked help you get focused by writing down what is in your mind on a daily basis. ![vue_icon]
macOrganizer 99 almost 6 years ago macOS app for organizing files or removing unnecessary files
reventlou 84 almost 2 years ago Personal database as an information management system
sqlectron 4,547 8 months ago A simple and lightweight SQL client desktop/terminal with cross database and platform support
status-bar-todo 114 about 1 year ago Simple macOS app to keep TODO-list in status bar
stretchly 4,543 17 days ago Cross-platform electron app that reminds you to take breaks when working with computer

Awesome macOS open source applications / Applications / Screensaver

Aerial 20,767 about 1 month ago Apple TV Aerial Screensaver for macOS
Brooklyn 5,587 5 months ago Screensaver inspired by Apple's Event on October 30, 2018
Epoch Flip Clock Screensaver 226 over 5 years ago Unix epoch timestamp flip clock screensaver
Image-As-Wallpaper 6 about 8 years ago Utility application helps with selection of images for using as desktop wallpaper or in screensaver on Mac computers
Irvue 264 about 6 years ago Screensaver for macOS
Life Saver 210 almost 3 years ago An abstract screensaver based on Conway's Game of Life implemented with SpriteKit
MinimalClock 123 almost 3 years ago Simple and elegant screensaver that displays the time
MusaicFM 312 over 2 years ago iTunes Screensaver Clone for Spotify and Last.fm
Predator 152 almost 2 years ago A predator-inspired clock screensaver for macOS
The GitHub Matrix Screensaver 571 almost 5 years ago The GitHub Matrix Screensaver for macOS

Awesome macOS open source applications / Applications / Security

Cloaker 406 over 1 year ago simple drag-and-drop, password-based file encryption
Cryptomator 11,593 10 days ago Multi-platform transparent client-side encryption of your files in the cloud
LuLu 9,749 26 days ago LuLu is macOS firewall application that aims to block unauthorized (outgoing) network traffic
Pareto Security 320 15 days ago A MenuBar app to automatically audit your Mac for basic security hygiene
Privacy Redirect for Safari 164 about 1 year ago Redirect Twitter, YouTube, Reddit, Google Maps, Google Search, and Google Translate to privacy friendly alternatives
Swifty 893 about 1 month ago Free and offline password manager
VeraCrypt 6,802 13 days ago Disk encryption with strong security based on TrueCrypt
macOS GateKeeper Helper 237 about 4 years ago Simple macOS GateKeeper script. It helps you to control your GateKeeper
stronghold 1,090 about 5 years ago Easily configure macOS security settings from the terminal

Awesome macOS open source applications / Applications / Sharing Files

Cyberduck 3,255 10 days ago Cyberduck is a libre server and cloud storage browser for Mac and Windows with support for FTP, SFTP, WebDAV, Amazon S3, OpenStack Swift, Backblaze B2, Microsoft Azure & OneDrive, Google Drive and Dropbox
Deluge 1,533 about 1 month ago Lightweight cross-platform BitTorrent client
NitroShare 1,574 over 3 years ago Transferring files from one device to another
Rhea 92 3 months ago macOS status bar app for quickly sharing files and URLs
Soduto 338 over 2 years ago Soduto is a KDEConnect compatible application for macOS. It gives AirDrop like integration and allows file and clipboard sharing between your phones, desktops and tablets
Transmission 12,066 19 days ago Official Transmission BitTorrent client repository
Tribler 4,800 11 days ago Privacy enhanced BitTorrent client with P2P content discovery
mac2imgur 966 over 5 years ago Simple Mac app designed to make uploading images and screenshots to Imgur quick and effortless
qBittorrent 27,359 11 days ago BitTorrent client in Qt

Awesome macOS open source applications / Applications / Social Networking

Caprine 7,001 about 2 months ago Elegant Facebook Messenger desktop app
Goofy 958 over 3 years ago Unofficial Facebook Messenger client
Leviathan 39 over 1 year ago Leviathan is a iOS and macOS client application for the Mastodon social network
Messenger 2,856 over 6 years ago macOS app wrapping Facebook's Messenger for desktop
Product Hunt 635 about 6 years ago share and discover your favorite new products and applications
Quail 56 over 1 year ago Unofficial app
Ramme 3,325 almost 5 years ago Unofficial Instagram Desktop App
RedditOS 3,951 12 months ago A SwiftUI Reddit client for macOS
Simpo 41 almost 5 years ago macOS menubar app to post status quickly

Awesome macOS open source applications / Applications / Streaming

Galeri 40 over 1 year ago Perpetual artwork streaming app
OBS Studio 59,144 15 days ago Free and open source software for live streaming and screen recording
Plug 209 8 months ago Discover and listen to music from Hype Machine

Awesome macOS open source applications / Applications / System

AppPolice 1,091 about 1 year ago App for macOS with a minimalistic UI which lets you quickly throttle down the CPU usage of any running process
Apple Juice 511 about 2 years ago Advanced battery gauge for macOS
Clean-Me 1,799 over 3 years ago Small macOS app that acts as a system cleaner (logs, cache, ...)
Diagnostics 196 about 3 years ago Diagnostics is an application displaying the diagnostic reports from applications on macOS
DisableMonitor 1,364 over 6 years ago Easily disable or enable a monitor on your Mac
Fanny 1,327 over 4 years ago Monitor your Mac's fan speed and CPU temperature from your Notification Center
HoRNDIS 2,981 over 1 year ago Android USB tethering driver for macOS
Juice 758 7 months ago Make your battery information a bit more interesting
KeepingYouAwake 5,591 2 months ago Prevents your Mac from going to sleep
Latest 3,021 14 days ago Small utility app for macOS that makes sure you know about all the latest updates to the apps you use
Loading 610 almost 4 years ago Simple network activity monitor for macOS
Overkill 507 5 months ago Stop iTunes from opening when you connect your iPhone
ProfileCreator 1,292 2 months ago macOS Application to create standard or customized configuration profiles
SlimHUD - Cyanocitta 390 about 2 months ago Replacement for MacOS' volume, brightness and keyboard backlight HUDs
Sloth 8,257 6 months ago Sloth is an macOS application that displays a list of all open files and sockets in use by all running applications on your system
Spotter 755 10 months ago Productivity tool, the main function is to search and launch external application actions and applications themselves, so you can stay focused on your current task. Kind of spotlight or alfred alternative
Stats 25,090 13 days ago macOS system monitor in your menu bar
Turbo Boost Switcher 1,482 5 months ago Turbo Boost Switcher is a little application for Mac computers that allows to enable and/or disable the Turbo Boost feature
VerticalBar 213 over 3 years ago macOS application to add a vertical bar to Dock
Wireshark Wireshark is the world’s foremost and widely-used network protocol analyzer. It lets you see what’s happening on your network at a microscopic level and is the de facto (and often de jure) standard across many commercial and non-profit enterprises, government agencies, and educational institutions. ![c++_icon]
eul 9,242 5 months ago macOS status monitoring app written in SwiftUI
macOS GateKeeper Helper 237 about 4 years ago Simple macOS GateKeeper script. It helps you to control your GateKeeper
macOSLucidaGrande 231 over 5 years ago A small utility to set Lucida Grande as your Mac's system UI font

Awesome macOS open source applications / Applications / Terminal

Alacritty 55,835 12 days ago Cross-platform, GPU-accelerated terminal emulator
Bifrost 78 5 months ago A tiny terminal emulator for serial port communication (macOS/Linux)
Console 408 about 3 years ago macOS console application
Finder Go 1,104 11 months ago macOS app and Finder Sync Extension to open Terminal, iTerm, Hyper from Finder
Hyper 43,232 about 2 months ago Terminal built on web technologies
Kitty 24,010 11 days ago Cross-platform, fast, feature full, GPU based terminal emulator
OpenInTerminal 5,900 5 months ago Finder Toolbar app for macOS to open the current directory in Terminal, iTerm, Hyper or Alacritty
OpenTerminal 105 over 2 years ago App for macOS that opens a new Finder window and changes the current directory to the folder launched by the app
cd to... 2,292 over 2 years ago Finder Toolbar app to open the current directory in the Terminal
iTerm 2 15,187 10 days ago Terminal emulator for macOS that does amazing things
macOS GateKeeper Helper 237 about 4 years ago Simple macOS GateKeeper script. It helps you to control your GateKeeper
wallpapper 3,314 over 1 year ago wallpapper is a console application for creating dynamic wallpapers for Mojave
zoxide 22,002 12 days ago zoxide is a smarter cd command for your terminal

Awesome macOS open source applications / Applications / Touch Bar

Muse 636 over 5 years ago Spotify controller with TouchBar support
MyTouchbarMyRules 4,208 7 months ago App to customize your Touch Bar as you want
Pock 10,096 almost 2 years ago Display macOS Dock in Touch Bar
Touch Bar Preview 82 over 5 years ago Small application to display your designs on the Touch Bar of the new MacBook Pro
Touch Bar Simulator 1,897 7 months ago Use the Touch Bar on any Mac
Touch Emoji 52 over 5 years ago Emoji picker for MacBook Pro Touch Bar

Awesome macOS open source applications / Applications / Utilities

Android tool for Mac 5,429 over 1 year ago One-click screenshots, video recordings, app installation for iOS and Android
ArchiveMounter 124 almost 5 years ago Mounts archives like disk images
Balena Etcher 29,468 22 days ago Flash OS images to SD cards & USB drives, safely and easily
BeardedSpice 2,829 over 3 years ago Control web based media players with the media keys found on Mac keyboards
Betaflight Configurator 2,514 11 days ago Cross platform configuration tool for the Betaflight firmware
Bitwarden 3,541 about 2 years ago Cross-platform password management solutions for individuals, teams, and business organizations
Bitwarden Menu 62 over 2 years ago Bitwarden Password Manager in your menu bar
Boop 3,785 3 months ago A scriptable scratchpad for developers
Buttercup Desktop 4,285 12 days ago Secure password manager for mac and other platforms
Calculeta 24 almost 5 years ago Calculator for macOS which working on statusbar
Catch 427 over 1 year ago Catch: Broadcatching made easy
Clear Clipboard Text Format 10 over 5 years ago Easily clear the format of your clipboard text with Clear Clipboard Text Format
CoreLocationCLI 218 almost 2 years ago Get the physical location of your device and prints it to standard output
CornerCal 239 over 4 years ago Simple, clean calendar and clock app for macOS
Crypter 458 over 3 years ago Crypter is an innovative, convenient and secure cross-platform crypto app that simplifies secure password generation and management by requiring you to only remember one bit, the MasterPass
DevUtils.app Developer Utilities for macOS, helps you with your tiny daily tasks with just a single click! i.e., JSON Formatter, UUID Generator
Duplicate Finder 125 about 3 years ago It's a useful tool that would help you to find all duplicate files which have the same names in the specific folder
ECheck 8 over 7 years ago Small tool to validate epub files for macOS
Flying Carpet 3,438 10 days ago cross-platform file transfer over ad-hoc wifi, like AirDrop but for Mac/Windows/Linux
Funky 22 almost 6 years ago Easily toggle the function key on your Mac on a per app basis
Gray 1,330 about 2 years ago Pick between the light appearance and the dark appearance on a per-app basis with the click of a button
Grayscale Mode 92 about 3 years ago Manage grayscale mode from menu bar
Kap 18,000 4 months ago Screen recorder application built with web technology
KeePassXC 20,931 11 days ago Cross-platform community-driven port of the Windows application "Keepass Password Safe"
KeeWeb 12,270 about 2 months ago Cross-platform password manager compatible with KeePass
Keka 4,756 10 days ago Keka is a full featured file archiver, as easy as it can be
Kyapchar 68 over 6 years ago Simple screen and microphone audio recorder for macOS
Layout Designer for UICollectionView 2,617 over 1 year ago A simple but powerful tool that helps you make complex layouts for UICollectionView
Lunar 4,635 26 days ago Intelligent adaptive brightness for your external displays
MQTTX 3,836 13 days ago An elegant Cross-platform MQTT 5.0 desktop client
MacPass 6,742 4 months ago Native macOS KeePass client
Maria 642 over 5 years ago macOS native app/widget for aria2 download tool
MeetingBar 4,472 22 days ago Menu bar app for your calendar meetings
Meme Maker 70 almost 8 years ago Meme Maker macOS application for meme creation
Middleclick 1,597 6 months ago Emulate a scroll wheel click with three finger Click or Tap on MacBook trackpad and Magic Mouse
MonitorControl 27,461 10 days ago Control your external monitor brightness, contrast or volume directly from a menulet or with keyboard native keys
Monolingual 524 15 days ago Remove unnecessary language resources from macOS
Mos 14,404 3 months ago Smooth your mouse's scrolling and reverse the mouse scroll direction
NVM 79,271 about 1 month ago Node Version Manager
Nmap 9,980 15 days ago Nmap - the Network Mapper
Nmap 7,142 10 days ago Wireshark is the world’s foremost and widely-used network protocol analyzer. It lets you see what’s happening on your network at a microscopic level and is the de facto (and often de jure) standard across many commercial and non-profit enterprises, government agencies, and educational institutions
Nocturnal 317 about 2 years ago Menu bar app featuring darker than dark dimming, Night Shift fine tuning, and the ability to turn off TouchBar on MacBook Pro
NoiseBuddy 727 5 months ago Control the listening mode on your AirPods Pro in the Touch Bar or Menu Bar
Noti 911 over 2 years ago Receive Android notifications on your mac (with PushBullet)
OpenRocket 1,257 10 days ago OpenRocket is a cross-platform utility tool to model and simulate model rockets and their flight characteristics
PB for Desktop 507 almost 2 years ago Receive native push notifications on macOS, Windows and Linux
Padlock 2,651 2 months ago A minimal, open source password manager for macOS
PercentCalculator 28 over 1 year ago A menu bar application that calculates percents
Pika 1,751 16 days ago Is an easy to use, open-source, native colour picker for macOS. ![metal_icon]
Plain Pasta 85 over 2 years ago Plaintextify your clipboard
PlayStatus 150 about 1 month ago PlayStatus is a macOS app that allows the control of Spotify and iTunes music playback from the menu bar
PowerShell 44,769 3 days ago PowerShell is a cross-platform automation and configuration tool/framework that works well with your existing tools
Rugby 682 12 days ago 🏈 Cache CocoaPods for faster rebuild and indexing Xcode project
ScreenCat 3,016 over 8 years ago ScreenCat is a screen sharing + remote collaboration application
SlimHUD - Cyanocitta 390 about 2 months ago Replacement for MacOS' volume, brightness and keyboard backlight HUDs
SlowQuitApps 1,168 almost 4 years ago Add a global delay to Command-Q to stop accidental app quits
Spotter 755 10 months ago Productivity tool, the main function is to search and launch external application actions and applications themselves, so you can stay focused on your current task. Kind of spotlight or alfred alternative
Stats 25,090 13 days ago macOS system monitor in your menu bar
Stringz 955 7 months ago A lightweight and powerful editor for localizing iOS, macOS, tvOS, and watchOS applications
Super Productivity 11,470 11 days ago Free to do list & time tracker for programmers & designers with Jira integration
Telephone 1,080 over 2 years ago SIP softphone for macOS
The Blockstack Browser 1,118 over 2 years ago Blockstack is an internet for decentralized apps where users own their data. The Blockstack Browser allows you to explore the Blockstack internet
ThenGenerator 20 over 2 years ago Xcode Source Editor Extension for 'Then'
ToTheTop 38 about 6 years ago Small macOS application to help you scroll to the top
Ultra TabSaver 266 about 4 years ago Ultra TabSaver is an open-source Tab Manager for Safari
baRSS – Menu Bar RSS Reader 109 12 months ago RSS & Atom feed reader that lives in the system status bar
calibre 19,444 10 days ago cross platform e-book manager
dupeGuru 5,303 about 2 months ago dupeGuru is a tool to find duplicate files on your computer. It can scan using file names and file contents
eul 9,242 5 months ago macOS status monitoring app written in SwiftUI
far2l 1,761 13 days ago Linux/Mac fork of FAR Manager v2
fselect 3,993 26 days ago Command-line tool to search files with SQL syntax
homebrew-cask 20,876 4 days ago A CLI workflow for the administration of macOS applications distributed as binaries
iOScanX 38 over 7 years ago Cocoa application for semi-automated iOS app analysis and evaluation
mac-sound-fix 27 about 2 years ago Mac Sound Re-Enabler
macOS GateKeeper Helper 237 about 4 years ago Simple macOS GateKeeper script. It helps you to control your GateKeeper
nix-package-manager 12,286 11 days ago Nix is a reproducible package manager alternative to Homebrew, with over 80,000 packages. ![c++_icon] ![nix_icon]
wechsel 79 over 2 years ago manage bluetooth connections with your keyboard
zoxide 22,002 12 days ago zoxide is a smarter cd command for your terminal
Übersicht 4,555 6 months ago Keep an eye on what's happening on your machine and in the world

Awesome macOS open source applications / Applications / VPN & Proxy

ShadowsocksX-NG 32,381 over 1 year ago Next Generation of ShadowsocksX
Specht 818 over 4 years ago Rule-based proxy app built with Network Extension for macOS
SpechtLite 2,938 over 4 years ago Rule-based proxy app for macOS
Tunnelblick 2,918 27 days ago Tunnelblick is a graphic user interface for OpenVPN on macOS
clashX A rule based custom proxy with GUI for Mac base on clash
rvc-mac 18 almost 7 years ago Ribose VPN Client macOS Menu App

Awesome macOS open source applications / Applications / Video

Acid.Cam.v2.OSX 114 8 months ago Acid Cam v2 for macOS distorts video to create art
AppleEvents 824 over 4 years ago Unofficial Apple Events app for macOS
Conferences.digital 761 almost 4 years ago Best way to watch the latest and greatest videos from your favourite developer conferences for free on your Mac
Datamosh 103 about 7 years ago Datamosh your videos on macOS
Face Data 77 about 3 years ago macOS application used to auto-annotate landmarks from a video
GNU Gatekeeper 74 about 1 month ago Video conferencing server for H.323 terminals
Gifted 25 about 10 years ago Turn any short video into an animated GIF quickly and easily
HandBrake 17,452 10 days ago HandBrake is a video transcoder available for Linux, Mac, and Windows
LosslessCut 26,695 13 days ago The swiss army knife of lossless video/audio editing without re-encoding
MPV 28,033 11 days ago Lightweight, highly configurable media player
MenuTube 121 over 1 year ago Catch YouTube into your macOS menu bar!
OpenShot 4,293 11 days ago Easy to use, quick to learn, and surprisingly powerful video editor
Quick Caption 73 over 5 years ago Transcribe and generate caption files (SRT, ASS and FCPXML) without manually entering time codes
QuickLook Video 2,548 about 1 year ago This package allows macOS Finder to display thumbnails, static QuickLook previews, cover art and metadata for most types of video files
Subler Subler is an macOS app created to mux and tag mp4 files
VLC 13,927 10 days ago VLC is a free and open source cross-platform multimedia player
Vid Quiz Creator 3 over 7 years ago macOS application to insert quizzes within video playback and play those videos to receiving devices using the LISNR API
WebTorrent Desktop 9,691 15 days ago Streaming torrent app. For Mac, Windows, and Linux
Yoda 423 almost 8 years ago Nifty macOS application which enables you to browse and download videos from YouTube

Awesome macOS open source applications / Applications / Wallpaper

500-mac-wallpaper 26 over 7 years ago Simple macOS app for the status bar to automatically download photos from 500px.com to a local folder that can be set as a source of wallpapers
ArtWall 25 about 7 years ago ArtStation set as wallpapers from artwork.rss
Artify 179 over 5 years ago A macOS application for bringing dedicatedly 18th century Arts to everyone
BingPaper 159 over 4 years ago Use Bing daily photo as your wallpaper on macOS
Desktop Wallpaper Switcher 12 over 5 years ago Win / Linux / macOS tool for managing and cycling desktop wallpapers
Muzei 245 over 5 years ago Muzei wallpaper app for macOS
Plash 3,473 9 months ago Make any website your desktop wallpaper
Satellite Eyes 664 12 months ago macOS app to automatically set your desktop wallpaper to the satellite view overhead
Sunscreen 58 over 8 years ago Sunscreen is a fun, lightweight application that changes your desktop wallpaper based on sunrise and sunset
WallpaperMenu 9 almost 14 years ago macOS menubar application for navigation through beautiful pictures on the web and set them up as your desktop image
pyDailyChanger 8 over 12 years ago pyDailyChanger is a program that changes your wallpaper daily

Awesome macOS open source applications / Applications / Window Management

AltTab 10,651 about 2 months ago AltTab brings the power of Windows alt-tab to macOS
Amethyst 14,682 23 days ago Automatic tiling window manager for macOS
AppGrid 643 about 1 month ago Grid-based keyboard window manager for macOS
Desktop Profiles 171 about 5 years ago An innovative desktop/window manager for macOS
Hammerspoon 11,950 23 days ago Staggeringly powerful macOS desktop automation with Lua
Phoenix 4,372 4 months ago Lightweight macOS window and app manager scriptable with JavaScript
Rectangle 25,716 18 days ago Rectangle is a window manager heavily based on Spectacle, written in Swift
ShiftIt 5,530 11 months ago Managing windows size and position
Slate 7,846 over 2 years ago Slate is a window management application similar to Divvy and SizeUp
Spectacle 13,635 over 2 years ago Spectacle allows you to organize your windows without using a mouse
Yabai 23,273 16 days ago A tiling window manager for macOS based on binary space partitioning

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