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Alerts

🟡 🟠 🔴 - Security incident (Minor, Moderate, Major, Critical)

🚫 - Potentially abandoned

🛑 - Potentially closed source

⁉️ - Suspicious license

🟥 - Corporate influence

🧪 - Experimental (Pre-Alpha)

🚧 - Critically unstable/buggy

- On watch for removal

Highlights

💥 - Disruptive

🌍 - Influential

🌟 - Pioneering

💡 - Innovative

Awards (At 10k Stars)

🏆 - Crown of open source

🥈 - Second

🥉 - Third

Platforms

Cross - Cross-platform (MacOS, Windows, Linux)

Mobile - Android and IOS

CLI+ - CLI in addition to GUI

Windows, MacOS, Linux, Android, IOS, CLI, SelfHost, Web, VSCode, JetBrains, Chromium, Firefox, Plugin, Extension, N/A

Contents

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Artificial Intelligence (AI) - Go to top

Agent

Name Description Platform Stars
screenpipe 💥 AI app store powered by 24/7 desktop history. open source - 100% local - dev friendly - 24/7 screen, mic recording MacOS Windows GitHub Repo stars

Information Processing

Name Description Platform Stars
Unstract No-code LLM Platform to launch APIs and ETL Pipelines to structure unstructured documents MacOS Linux SelfHost GitHub Repo stars

Communication - Go to top

Data - Go to top

Sync

Name Description Platform Stars
syncthing-macos Official frugal and native macOS Syncthing application bundle MacOS CLI+ GitHub Repo stars

Development - Go to top

Code Editor

Name Description Platform Stars
CodeEdit CodeEdit App for macOS Elevate your code editing experience. Open source, free forever. MacOS GitHub Repo stars
Void Void is the open-source Cursor alternative. Windows MacOS GitHub Repo stars
Zed 🟥 Code at the speed of thought Zed is a high-performance, multiplayer code editor from the creators of Atom and Tree-sitter. MacOS Linux GitHub Repo stars

Entertainment - Go to top

Extensions - Go to top

Internet - Go to top

Media - Go to top

Video Player

Name Description Platform Stars
IINA The modern video player for macOS. MacOS GitHub Repo stars

Operating System - Go to top

Organization - Go to top

Productivity - Go to top

Document Modifier

Name Description Platform Stars
Stirling PDF #1 Locally hosted web application that allows you to perform various operations on PDF files MacOS Windows SelfHost GitHub Repo stars

Security/Privacy - Go to top

Server - Go to top

MacOS

Name Description Platform Stars
AltTab Windows alt-tab on macOS MacOS GitHub Repo stars
Cork A fast GUI for Homebrew written in SwiftUI MacOS GitHub Repo stars
Ice Powerful menu bar manager for macOS MacOS GitHub Repo stars
KeepingYouAwake Prevents your Mac from going to sleep. MacOS GitHub Repo stars
LinearMouse The mouse and trackpad utility for Mac. MacOS GitHub Repo stars
Lunar Intelligent adaptive brightness for your external monitors MacOS GitHub Repo stars
MeetingBar 🇺🇦 Your meetings at your fingertips in the macOS menu bar MacOS GitHub Repo stars
OnlySwitch ⚙️ All-in-One menu bar app, hide 💻MacBook Pro's notch, dark mode, AirPods, Shortcuts MacOS GitHub Repo stars
Reminders MenuBar Simple macOS menu bar application to view and interact with reminders. Developed with SwiftUI and using Apple Reminders as a source. MacOS GitHub Repo stars
SketchyBar A highly customizable macOS status bar replacement MacOS GitHub Repo stars
SwiftBar Powerful macOS menu bar customization tool MacOS GitHub Repo stars
TheBoringNotch TheBoringNotch: Not so boring notch That Rocks 🎸🎶 MacOS GitHub Repo stars

Terminal - Go to top

Text - Go to top

Text Editor

Name Description Platform Stars
CotEditor Lightweight Plain-Text Editor for macOS MacOS GitHub Repo stars

Utilities - Go to top

Automation

Name Description Platform Stars
Hammerspoon Staggeringly powerful macOS desktop automation with Lua MacOS GitHub Repo stars

Cleaner

Name Description Platform Stars
Pearcleaner A free, source-available and fair-code licensed mac app cleaner MacOS GitHub Repo stars

Clipboard Manager

Name Description Platform Stars
Maccy Lightweight clipboard manager for macOS MacOS GitHub Repo stars

Keyboard Manager

Name Description Platform Stars
Karabiner-Elements Karabiner-Elements is a powerful tool for customizing keyboards on macOS MacOS GitHub Repo stars

Launcher

Name Description Platform Stars
Sol MacOS launcher & command palette MacOS GitHub Repo stars

Package Manager

Name Description Platform Stars
Homebrew macOS system monitor in your menu bar MacOS Linux CLI GitHub Repo stars

System

Name Description Platform Stars
Background Music Background Music, a macOS audio utility: automatically pause your music, set individual apps' volumes and record system audio. MacOS GitHub Repo stars

System Monitoring

Name Description Platform Stars
Stats macOS system monitor in your menu bar MacOS GitHub Repo stars

Tools

Name Description Platform Stars
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. MacOS GitHub Repo stars

Version Manager

Name Description Platform Stars
XcodesApp The easiest way to install and switch between multiple versions of Xcode - with a mouse click. MacOS GitHub Repo stars

Virtual Machine

Name Description Platform Stars
Lima Linux virtual machines, with a focus on running containers MacOS Linux GitHub Repo stars
Quickemu Quickly create and run optimised Windows, macOS and Linux virtual machines MacOS Linux GitHub Repo stars
UTM Virtual machines for iOS and macOS MacOS GitHub Repo stars
VirtualBuddy Virtualize macOS 12 and later on Apple Silicon, VirtualBuddy is a virtual machine GUI for macOS M1, M2, M3 MacOS GitHub Repo stars

Window Management

Name Description Platform Stars
AeroSpace AeroSpace is an i3-like tiling window manager for macOS MacOS GitHub Repo stars
Amethyst Automatic tiling window manager for macOS à la xmonad. MacOS GitHub Repo stars
Loop Window management made elegant. MacOS GitHub Repo stars
Rectangle Move and resize windows on macOS with keyboard shortcuts and snap areas MacOS GitHub Repo stars

Honorable Mentions of Closed-Source Software

Some proprietary software just deserve recognition.

  • Davinci Resolve - Professional Editing, Color, Effects and Audio Post!
  • Obsidian - The free and flexible app for your private thoughts.
  • LM Studio - Discover, download, and run local LLMs
  • JetBrains - A rich suite of tools that provide an exceptional developer experience
  • Raycast - A collection of powerful productivity tools all within an extendable launcher.

Removed Projects

Projects that were once on this list but removed - usually due to abandonement or going closed source.

Archive

FAQ

How about a JSON file with scripts or a website?
A JSON file with scripts that generate the README(s) would make fundamental changes and reorganization far easier whilst minimizing formatting and grammatical errors. A website would provide much requested features like tag based filtering and even automation.

 

However, for the foreseeable future, the list will to be edited directly as a markdown file for one reason: to keep things simple. The current system lets me focus solely on the projects within, not how to present said projects.

 

The current markdown system could also be considered a stepping stone to guage the community's needs prior to building a more complex system. I will likely migrate to a JSON file as the project scales and when I have time to architect such a system.

 

As for the website, the complexities of web development seem unnecessary and an added pain for a task that can suffice, for now, as a markdown file. Depending on the popularity of the project, however, this idea will remain in the back of my mind.

License

This project is released under the MIT license, hereby granting anyone to use, distribute, or modify this project for, but not limited to, commercial purposes. See the license tab for further information.

 

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