macos-app

contained-app

Swift

77

A native macOS app for Apple's Container CLI

app-monitor

Swift

63

Local-first macOS app usage, storage, cleanup, update, and uninstall monitor.

LockIME

Swift

72

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

spinwin

Swift

58

macOS menubar app that visually rotates or spins another app's window, using ScreenCaptureKit to fake what macOS has no API to do

iContainer

Swift

68

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

vphone-ws

Swift

77

A native macOS app for managing virtual iPhones - browse, create, and boot iOS research VMs from a single window.

dory

Swift

77

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

nativ

Swift

87

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

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.

harness

Swift

72

AI-driven user testing for iOS Simulator, macOS apps, and web apps. Write a goal in plain language; an LLM agent drives the UI and reports friction. macOS 14+, Swift 6.

try-omarchy

Swift

92

Run Omarchy on MacOS without any setup.

MLX-LoRA-Studio

Swift

72

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

binky

Swift

64

Binky sorts your files.

bitchat

Swift

100

bluetooth mesh chat, IRC vibes

pdfx

TypeScript

85

A free-floating 2D Canvas for processing multiple PDF files simultaneously

find-disk-killer

Swift

72

See what keeps using your disk.

Crisp

Swift

87

Free, open-source external monitor control for macOS: a lightweight menu bar app with sharp HiDPI/Retina scaling (no more blurry or tiny text), DDC brightness, presets, and virtual displays. A free alternative to BetterDisplay and Lunar, including features they charge for.

desktop-fly

Swift

82

A 3D fruit fly living on your macOS desktop, driven by a live spiking simulation of the real FlyWire connectome

codex-island

Swift

82

CodexIsland - AI usage limits in your MacBook notch

MangoDisk

Rust

85

Safety-first disk cleaner and disk space analyzer for macOS and Windows, with duplicate file finder, large file cleanup, app uninstaller, and startup manager

ntfsmac

Swift

77

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

ambient-context

Rust

73

A menu bar app that keeps a written record of what you worked on.

better-voice

Swift

82

Voice dictation with the screen context you point at.

VirtualMacOniPad

Objective-C

82

People have dreamed of running macOS on iPad for more than a decade. Today, that dream comes true. With Virtual Mac, iPad finally breaks free from iPadOS, enabling pro apps like Xcode, Terminal, Final Cut Pro, Logic Pro, and Pixelmator Pro to run directly on device. Requires iPad Pro (M1, M2) or iPad Air (M1) running iPadOS 14 up to 16.3.1.

inference-school

Swift

77

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

100

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

reims-vgpu

Rust

77

reims-vgpu is an experimental virtual GPU for macOS guests

kiac

Go

82

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

qwen-scribe

Python

73

Private, local transcription and system-wide dictation for Apple Silicon.

rustdesk

Rust

100

An open-source remote desktop application designed for self-hosting, as an alternative to TeamViewer.

genoffice

TypeScript

95

Free, open-source AI office suite for macOS, Windows & Linux — Word (.docx), Excel (.xlsx), PowerPoint (.pptx), PDF and Markdown editing with built-in AI agents.

ohmyzsh

Shell

100

🙃 A delightful community-driven (with 2,500+ contributors) framework for managing your zsh configuration. Includes 300+ optional plugins (rails, git, macOS, hub, docker, homebrew, node, php, python, etc), 140+ themes to spice up your morning, and an auto-update tool that makes it easy to keep up with the latest updates from the community.

flutter

Dart

95

Flutter makes it easy and fast to build beautiful apps for mobile and beyond

clash-verge-rev

TypeScript

100

A modern GUI client based on Tauri, designed to run in Windows, macOS and Linux for tailored proxy experience

open-science

TypeScript

90

Open Science is an open-source, local-first, model-agnostic AI research workbench for reproducible scientific research on macOS, Windows, and Linux.

SiliconScope

Swift

82

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

hermes-desktop

Swift

85

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

KeibiDrop

Go

58

Share files between devices on demand. They show up as a folder on your computer, available instantly while downloading.

macos-harness

Python

77

The simplest, thinnest harness that gives an LLM complete freedom to control a Mac.

quill

Swift

80

Ultra-minimalist macOS recording + transcription.

miri

Swift

60

Niri-ish, keyboard-first window manager for macOS.

diri

Rust

82

Native macOS orchestrator for coding agents — run Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, Gemini and shells in parallel across git worktrees and remote hosts

ssh-clipboard

Rust

68

Native encrypted clipboard sync over SSH for macOS and Linux

v2rayN

C#

100

A GUI client for Windows, Linux and macOS, support Xray and sing-box and others

findphone

Swift

70

Locate a nearby Bluetooth device by signal strength, from the macOS command line — for when Find My isn't available

FrontierAgent

Python

90

🧩 FrontierAgent, our agent framework, open-sourced alongside it — native command-line TUI, ReAct and Agent Team modes, one command on macOS and Linux, no preinstall, no hard Docker dependency.

vibepulse

C

72

ESP32-S3 AMOLED for Claude Code & Codex usage, live agent activity, and answerable NEEDS YOU alerts. Local-first macOS/Windows host; optional encrypted relays.

da-cli

Python

53

Sync DeviantArt galleries to local folders — zero-dependency Python CLI with OAuth 2.1 PKCE, a SQLite index, and scheduled macOS syncs.