apple-speech

yap

Swift

77

Free, open source voice dictation for macOS. On-device transcription with Apple's Speech framework. No cloud, no API keys, no account.

dory

Swift

87

A free, open-source native macOS app for Docker & Linux containers, an alternative to OrbStack and Docker Desktop. Universal for Intel and Apple silicon.

SiliconScope

Swift

82

Sudoless Apple Silicon system monitor (native SwiftUI GUI) with ANE / Media Engine / memory-bandwidth tracking

contained-app

Swift

77

A native macOS app for Apple's Container CLI

kiac

Go

82

Local Kubernetes on Apple's container framework - every node is its own lightweight VM. Metrics, storage, and LoadBalancer included.

iContainer

Swift

73

A native macOS app to manage Apple Container workloads, built with SwiftUI.

ntfsmac

Swift

78

NTFS read/write on Apple Silicon macOS — no kernel extension, no SIP modification.

gemma-chat

TypeScript

80

Local AI chat + coding agent for Apple Silicon, powered by Gemma 4 via MLX / Supports Ollama

MTPLX

Python

82

3x decode TPS increase On Qwen 3.6 27B @ temp 0.6 | Native MTP Speculative Decoding On Apple Silicon With No External Drafter.

MLX-LoRA-Studio

Swift

77

A native Mac App for LLM fine-tuning on Apple Silicon — fully on-device, fully open source.

inference-school

Swift

82

A hands-on Swift and Metal course for building LLM inference from first principles on Apple silicon, with 48 guided lessons, runnable exercises, a native macOS Studio, and a complete companion book.

awesome-mac

Swift

95

 This project is dedicated to collecting high-quality macOS software and organizing them systematically by different categories for easy search and use.

nativ

Swift

77

Local AI, native to your Mac. Chat, serve, monitor, and connect MLX models from one macOS app.

deltafin

Python

77

Run full Kimi K3 on a single device. And an OpenAI-compatible API server for local chat and coding agents.

reims-vgpu

Rust

73

reims-vgpu is an experimental virtual GPU for macOS guests

binky

Swift

77

Binky sorts your files.

LockIME

Swift

77

A native macOS menu-bar app that keeps your keyboard input source locked — global, per-app, and per-URL.

hermes-desktop

Swift

90

The safest, simplest way to manage Hermes from your Mac. Pure SSH. No gateways, no exposed ports, no browser layer.

Crisp

Swift

77

Free, open-source macOS alternative to BetterDisplay and Lunar: a lightweight menu bar app with sharp HiDPI/Retina scaling for external monitors (no more blurry or tiny text), plus brightness (DDC), virtual displays, presets, and color.