definitive-opensource-mustbeperfect/readmes/macos.md

Tags

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

Alphabetical

• AD Blocker
• Agent
• AI Image GUI
• AI Utilities
• All In One
• Antivirus
• Arr
• Assistant
• Audio Editor
• Audio Player
• Authentication
• Automation
• Backup
• Bookmark Manager
• Browser
• Browser Extensions
• Calendar
• Chat
• Cleaner
• Clipboard Manager
• Code Assistant
• Code Editor
• Collaboration
• Containers
• Dashboard
• Dev Tools
• Document Editor
• Document Manager
• Document Modifier
• Dotfiles Manager
• Download Manager
• EMACS Packages
• File Manager
• File Sharing
• Finance
• Firewall
• Game Engine
• Game Launcher
• Games
• Git GUI
• Graphics
• Home Automation
• Home Server
• IDE
• Image Processing
• Information Processing
• Keyboard Manager
• Knowledge Base
• Language Package Manager
• Launcher
• Linux
• LLM GUI
• MacOS
• Mail
• Manager
• Markdown Editor
• Media Downloader
• Media Management
• Model Tools
• Neovim Extensions
• Note Taking
• Office Suite
• Operating System
• Other
• Package Manager
• Password Manager
• Project Management
• Proofreading
• RAG
• Remote Desktop
• Removed Projects
• Research
• Screen Recording
• Search Engine
• Shell
• Spreadsheet
• Storage
• Surveillance
• Sync
• System
• System Monitoring
• Task Management
• Terminal Emulator
• Terminal Multiplexer
• Terminal Utilities
• Text Editor
• Time Management
• Tools
• Uncategorized
• Version Manager
• Video Conference
• Video Editing
• Video Player
• Video Transcoder
• Virtual Machine
• VPN
• Wiki
• Window Management
• Windows

Categorized

• Artificial Intelligence (AI)
  • Agent
  • AI Image GUI
  • AI Utilities
  • All In One
  • Assistant
  • Information Processing
  • LLM GUI
  • Manager
  • Model Tools
  • RAG
  • Research
• Communication
  • Chat
  • Collaboration
  • Mail
  • Video Conference
• Data
  • Backup
  • Storage
  • Sync
• Development
  • Code Assistant
  • Code Editor
  • Dev Tools
  • Game Engine
  • Git GUI
  • IDE
  • Language Package Manager
• Entertainment
  • Game Launcher
  • Games
• Extensions
  • Browser Extensions
  • EMACS Packages
  • Neovim Extensions
• Internet
  • Browser
  • Download Manager
  • Search Engine
• Media
  • Audio Editor
  • Audio Player
  • Graphics
  • Image Processing
  • Media Downloader
  • Screen Recording
  • Video Editing
  • Video Player
  • Video Transcoder
• Operating System
  • Windows
• Organization
  • Bookmark Manager
  • Document Manager
• Productivity
  • Calendar
  • Document Modifier
  • Finance
  • Knowledge Base
  • Project Management
  • Task Management
  • Time Management
• Security/Privacy
  • AD Blocker
  • Antivirus
  • Authentication
  • Firewall
  • Password Manager
  • VPN
• Server
  • Arr
  • Dashboard
  • Home Automation
  • Home Server
  • Linux
  • MacOS
  • Media Management
  • Operating System
  • Surveillance
• Terminal
  • Shell
  • Terminal Emulator
  • Terminal Multiplexer
  • Terminal Utilities
• Text
  • Document Editor
  • Markdown Editor
  • Note Taking
  • Office Suite
  • Proofreading
  • Spreadsheet
  • Text Editor
  • Wiki
• Utilities
  • Automation
  • Cleaner
  • Clipboard Manager
  • Containers
  • Dotfiles Manager
  • File Manager
  • File Sharing
  • Keyboard Manager
  • Launcher
  • Package Manager
  • Remote Desktop
  • System
  • System Monitoring
  • Tools
  • Version Manager
  • Virtual Machine
  • Window Management

Contents

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

Information Processing

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

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Sync

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

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Code Editor

Name	Description	Platform	Stars
CodeEdit	CodeEdit App for macOS – Elevate your code editing experience. Open source, free forever.	MacOS
Void	Void is the open-source Cursor alternative.	Windows MacOS
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

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

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

Security/Privacy - Go to top

Server - Go to top

MacOS

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

Terminal - Go to top

Text - Go to top

Text Editor

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

Utilities - Go to top

Automation

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

Cleaner

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

Clipboard Manager

Name	Description	Platform	Stars
Maccy	Lightweight clipboard manager for macOS	MacOS

Keyboard Manager

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

Launcher

Name	Description	Platform	Stars
Sol	MacOS launcher & command palette	MacOS

Package Manager

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

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

System Monitoring

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

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

Version Manager

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

Virtual Machine

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

Window Management

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

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

• eqMac - Closed source
• Hyper - Abandoned
• DiffusionBee - Closed source
• Lunarvim - Abandoned
• Motrix - Abandoned
• StableSwarmUI - Abandoned
• Trilium - Abandoned

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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