Awesome Mac

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macOS software and tools from the open-source community. This awesome list is automatically maintained with daily GitHub API updates. Projects are re-ranked daily based on current activity metrics.

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• Audio & Video
  • Editors
  • Players
  • Production
  • Utilities
• Browsers
• Communication
  • Collaboration
  • Email Clients
• Design & Graphics
  • Design Tools
  • Image Tools
  • Screen Capture
• Developer Tools
  • API Tools
  • App Frameworks
  • Code Editors
  • Databases
  • Developer Utilities
  • Version Control
  • Virtualization
• File Management
  • File Managers
  • File Sharing
  • File Utilities
• Gaming
• Networking
  • Download Tools
  • Network Analysis
  • Proxy & VPN
  • Remote Access
• Productivity
  • Automation
  • Clipboard
  • Task Management
  • Translation
• Reading & Writing
  • Ebooks
  • Note-taking
  • Research
  • RSS
• Security
  • Encryption
  • Password Managers
  • System Security
• System Tools
  • Desktop & System
  • Menu Bar
  • Package Managers
  • QuickLook Plugins
  • System Utilities
• Terminal
  • Emulators
  • Shell Utilities
• Window Management

Audio & Video

Editors

• mifi/lossless-cut — The swiss army knife of lossless video/audio editing ☆42,952
• HandBrake/HandBrake — HandBrake's development repository ☆24,022
• mltframework/shotcut — cross-platform (Qt), open-source (GPLv3) video editor ☆14,924
• Aegisub/Aegisub — Cross-platform advanced subtitle editor ☆3,373
• cartesiancs/nugget-app — Video editor with motion effects and layered editing ☆588

Players

• jellyfin/jellyfin — The Free Software Media System - Server Backend & API ☆55,815
• iina/iina — The modern video player for macOS. ☆45,967
• mpv-player/mpv — Command line media player ☆36,549
• xbmc/xbmc — Kodi - open source home theater and media center software ☆21,096
• FreeTubeApp/FreeTube — An Open Source YouTube app for privacy ☆21,661
• videolan/vlc — VLC media player ☆19,330
• nukeop/nuclear — Streaming music player that finds free music for you ☆18,287
• ytmdesktop/ytmdesktop — A Desktop App for YouTube Music ☆6,373
• martpie/museeks — A simple, clean and cross-platform music player ☆2,129
• losnoco/Cog — Cog - A Free and Open Source Audio Player for macOS 10.15+ ☆1,003
• samzong/MacMusicPlayer — A clean, lightweight music player for macOS. ☆90

Production

• audacity/audacity — Audio Editor ☆17,579
• musescore/MuseScore — Open source music notation software ☆14,987
• mixxxdj/mixxx — Free DJ software for live mixes ☆7,039
• Ardour/ardour — Mirror of Ardour Source Code ☆5,184
• hydrogen-music/hydrogen — The advanced drum machine for Linux, macOS, and Windows ☆1,320
• stargatedaw/stargate — Digital audio workstation with plugins ☆869
• vincehi/pulp — Pulp is an open source sample manager ☆100

Utilities

• pear-devs/pear-desktop — Pear is extension for music player ☆33,073
• chidiwilliams/buzz — Offline audio transcription powered by Whisper ☆20,980
• ExistentialAudio/BlackHole — macOS audio loopback driver for apps ☆19,562
• popcorntime/popcorntime — All-in-one streaming media player ☆10,632
• sindresorhus/Gifski — Convert videos to high-quality GIFs on your Mac ☆8,526
• bitgapp/eqMac — System-wide audio equalizer and mixer ☆6,742
• metabrainz/picard — Cross-platform music tagger with MusicBrainz ☆5,097
• section83/MacYTDL — A macOS GUI front-end for the YT-DLP video downloader ☆979
• TheAcharya/MarkerData — Marker extraction tool for Final Cut Pro ☆67
• writingmate/aidictation — Native voice-to-text app for macOS with a configurable shortcut, offline recognition on supported Macs, and optional cloud transcription and cleanup. ☆40

Browsers

• ungoogled-software/ungoogled-chromium — Google Chromium, sans integration with Google ☆27,425
• brave/brave-browser — Brave browser for Android, iOS, Linux, macOS, Windows. ☆23,349
• qutebrowser/qutebrowser — A keyboard-driven, vim-like browser based on Python and Qt. ☆11,649
• minbrowser/min — A fast, minimal browser that protects your privacy ☆9,137
• getstation/desktop-app — One app to rule them all! ☆1,683

Communication

Collaboration

• mastodon/mastodon — Your self-hosted, globally interconnected microblogging community ☆50,211
• mattermost/mattermost — Open source platform for team collaboration ☆38,814
• signalapp/Signal-Desktop — A private messenger for Windows, macOS, and Linux. ☆16,484
• misskey-dev/misskey — Free and open microblogging platform ☆11,286
• sindresorhus/caprine — Elegant Facebook Messenger desktop app ☆7,383
• overtake/TelegramSwift — Source code of Telegram for macos on Swift 5.0 ☆5,749
• ferdium/ferdium-app — All your services in one place, built by the community ☆4,522

Email Clients

• Foundry376/Mailspring — Beautiful open source mail client ☆17,745
• tutao/tutanota — Encrypted email service with strong privacy focus ☆7,854
• vladimiry/ElectronMail — Unofficial ProtonMail Desktop App ☆1,675
• skiff-org/skiff-apps — End-to-end encrypted Mail, Pages, and Drive ☆994

Design & Graphics

Design Tools

• jgraph/drawio-desktop — Official electron build of draw.io ☆62,632
• darktable-org/darktable — Open source photography workflow app ☆12,946
• KDE/krita — Free cross-platform digital art application ☆10,217
• RawTherapee/RawTherapee — A powerful cross-platform raw photo processing program ☆4,116
• synfig/synfig — Synfig Studio animation software ☆2,280
• Toinane/colorpicker — Your powerful toolkit for mastering colors. ☆1,888
• pencil2d/pencil — Easy tool for 2D hand-drawn animations ☆1,786
• sindresorhus/System-Color-Picker — The macOS color picker as an app with more features ☆1,415

Image Tools

• upscayl/upscayl — Free and Open Source AI Image Upscaler for Linux, MacOS and Windows ☆48,301
• Molunerfinn/PicGo — Image uploader for 60+ hosting services ☆26,986
• divamgupta/diffusionbee-stable-diffusion-ui — Run Stable Diffusion on M1 Mac ☆13,582
• ImageOptim/ImageOptim — GUI image optimizer for Mac ☆9,933
• MochiDiffusion/MochiDiffusion — Run Stable Diffusion natively on Mac ☆7,923
• kyleduo/TinyPNG4Mac — Native client of TinyPNG on macOS ☆4,001
• jurplel/qView — Practical and minimal image viewer ☆3,469
• szTheory/exifcleaner — Cross-platform desktop GUI app to clean image metadata ☆2,590
• netdcy/FlowVision — Waterfall-style image viewer for macOS ☆1,311

Screen Capture

• obsproject/obs-studio — Free software for streaming and recording ☆75,051
• flameshot-org/flameshot — Powerful yet simple to use screenshot software ☆30,626
• keycastr/keycastr — KeyCastr, an open-source keystroke visualizer ☆15,042
• lihaoyun6/QuickRecorder — Lightweight macOS screen recorder ☆8,579

Developer Tools

API Tools

• hoppscotch/hoppscotch — Open source API development ecosystem ☆80,041
• Kong/insomnia — Cross-platform API client for REST, GraphQL, gRPC ☆39,949
• mountain-loop/yaak — Intuitive API client for REST and GraphQL ☆19,012

App Frameworks

• electron/electron — Build cross-platform desktop apps with JavaScript, HTML, and CSS ☆122,517
• tauri-apps/tauri — Build fast desktop apps with web frontend ☆110,242
• ionic-team/ionic-framework — Cross-platform UI toolkit for apps ☆52,620
• nwjs/nw.js — Write apps with Node.js modules and web technologies ☆41,185
• illacloud/illa-builder — Low-code platform for internal tools ☆12,308
• react-page/react-page — Customizable WYSIWYG content editor ☆9,546
• sindresorhus/create-dmg — Create a good-looking DMG for your macOS app in seconds ☆5,348

Code Editors

• microsoft/vscode — Visual Studio Code ☆188,741
• neovim/neovim — Vim-fork focused on extensibility and usability ☆101,824
• zed-industries/zed — High-performance multiplayer code editor ☆88,662
• helix-editor/helix — A post-modern modal text editor. ☆45,834
• vim/vim — The official Vim repository ☆40,739
• lapce/lapce — Lightning-fast and Powerful Code Editor written in Rust ☆38,740
• CodeEditApp/CodeEdit — Native macOS code editor, free and open ☆22,982
• dail8859/NotepadNext — Notepad++ for macOS ☆14,473
• coteditor/CotEditor — Lightweight Plain Text Editor for macOS ☆8,374
• macvim-dev/macvim — Vim - the text editor - for macOS ☆7,873
• qvacua/vimr — VimR — Neovim GUI for macOS in Swift ☆6,982
• apache/netbeans — Apache NetBeans ☆3,093
• haystackeditor/haystack-editor — Canvas-based code editor for visual navigation ☆1,281

Databases

• surrealdb/surrealdb — Distributed document-graph database ☆32,895
• sqlitebrowser/sqlitebrowser — DB Browser for SQLite ☆24,478
• beekeeper-studio/beekeeper-studio — SQL client for MySQL, Postgres, SQLite ☆23,438
• PostgresApp/PostgresApp — The easiest way to get started with PostgreSQL on the Mac ☆7,766
• Sequel-Ace/Sequel-Ace — MySQL/MariaDB database management for macOS ☆7,502
• trailbaseio/trailbase — Fast app server with SQLite and auth ☆5,550
• nullptrlabs/pgmodeler — Data modeling tool for PostgreSQL ☆3,584
• antonycourtney/tad — A desktop application for viewing and analyzing tabular data ☆3,475
• bdash-app/bdash — Simple SQL Client for lightweight data analysis. ☆1,520
• cmushroom/redis-pro — Redis management app in SwiftUI ☆682
• gcollazo/mongodbapp — The easiest way to get started with MongoDB on the Mac ☆536

Developer Utilities

• WerWolv/ImHex — Hex editor for reverse engineers and programmers ☆54,476
• oldj/SwitchHosts — Switch hosts quickly! ☆27,051
• responsively-org/responsively-app — Browser for responsive web development ☆25,115
• mjmlio/mjml — MJML: the only framework that makes responsive email easy ☆18,199
• insidegui/WWDC — The unofficial WWDC app for macOS ☆8,760
• XcodesOrg/XcodesApp — Install and switch Xcode versions easily ☆8,491
• intitni/CopilotForXcode — GitHub Copilot and ChatGPT for Xcode ☆8,231
• massCodeIO/massCode — A free, open-source developer workspace. Snippets, notes, HTTP requests, calculations, and dev tools in one local-first app. ☆6,954
• twostraws/ControlRoom — Control Xcode Simulator from macOS app ☆6,095
• HexFiend/HexFiend — A fast and clever hex editor for macOS ☆5,880
• okwasniewski/MiniSim — Menu bar app for iOS and Android simulators ☆3,129
• sindresorhus/Pasteboard-Viewer — Inspect the system pasteboards on macOS ☆847
• Ducksss/codex-profiles — Manage named Codex homes and separate ChatGPT windows ☆88

Version Control

• desktop/desktop — Focus on what matters instead of fighting with Git. ☆21,754
• git-up/GitUp — The Git interface you have been missing ☆12,097
• scmbreeze/scm_breeze — Adds numbered shortcuts to the output git status, and much more ☆2,914
• relagit/relagit — The elegant solution to graphical version control. ☆1,101
• maoyama/Changes — An Open Source GUI Git Client for macOS ☆310
• jamieweavis/streaker — GitHub contribution streak tracker for menu bar ☆197

Virtualization

• utmapp/UTM — Virtual machines for iOS and macOS ☆35,019
• hashicorp/vagrant — Tool for building development environments ☆27,202
• lima-vm/lima — Linux virtual machines, with a focus on running containers ☆21,690
• qemu/qemu — generic and open source machine & userspace emulator and virtualizer ☆13,575
• canonical/multipass — Multipass orchestrates virtual Ubuntu instances ☆9,210
• insidegui/VirtualBuddy — macOS VM GUI for Apple Silicon ☆8,470

File Management

File Managers

• mucommander/mucommander — Cross-platform dual-pane file manager ☆1,258
• raguay/ModalFileManager — Vim-style modal file manager for macOS ☆170

File Sharing

• localsend/localsend — An open-source cross-platform alternative to AirDrop ☆88,420
• viarotel-org/escrcpy — Control Android devices with scrcpy GUI ☆10,732
• grishka/NearDrop — An unofficial Google Nearby Share/Quick Share app for macOS ☆6,219

File Utilities

• tfeldmann/organize — The file management automation tool. ☆3,106
• nohajc/anylinuxfs — Mount Linux filesystems on macOS via NFS ☆1,483
• PDF-Archiver/PDF-Archiver — A tool for tagging files and archiving tasks. ☆339
• RobinNaumann/disko — a minimalist disk usage analyzer for macOS ☆118

Gaming

• RPCS3/rpcs3 — PlayStation 3 emulator and debugger ☆19,465
• OpenEmu/OpenEmu — Retro video game emulation for macOS ☆17,717
• hrydgard/ppsspp — A PSP emulator for Android, Windows, Mac and Linux, written in C++ ☆14,258
• PlayCover/PlayCover — Community fork of PlayCover ☆11,634

Networking

Download Tools

• soimort/you-get — Dumb downloader that scrapes the web ☆56,872
• qbittorrent/qBittorrent — qBittorrent BitTorrent client ☆39,488
• transmission/transmission — Official Transmission BitTorrent client repository ☆15,093

Network Analysis

• GyulyVGC/sniffnet — Comfortably monitor your network traffic ☆40,557
• wireshark/wireshark — Wireshark is a network traffic analyzer, or "sniffer" ☆9,730

Proxy & VPN

• shadowsocks/ShadowsocksX-NG — Next Generation of ShadowsocksX ☆32,886
• hiddify/hiddify-app — Multi-platform auto-proxy client ☆32,098
• getlantern/lantern — Censorship circumvention tool ☆15,879
• mullvad/mullvadvpn-app — The Mullvad VPN client app for desktop and mobile ☆7,468

Remote Access

• rustdesk/rustdesk — Self-hosted remote desktop alternative ☆120,901
• LizardByte/Sunshine — Self-hosted game stream host for Moonlight. ☆40,205
• moonlight-stream/moonlight-qt — GameStream client for desktop ☆18,287
• electerm/electerm — Terminal with SSH, SFTP, and RDP support ☆14,842
• lx2026/RelayBar — Native macOS menu bar app for SSH tunnels and remote file previews ☆73

Productivity

• ONLYOFFICE/DesktopEditors — Open source office suite for documents ☆5,254

Automation

• Caldis/Mos — Smooth scrolling and scroll direction for mouse ☆21,167
• ActivityWatch/activitywatch — Free automated time tracker ☆18,606
• Hammerspoon/hammerspoon — Staggeringly powerful macOS desktop automation with Lua ☆15,931
• noah-nuebling/mac-mouse-fix — Make any mouse better on macOS ☆10,676
• asmvik/skhd — Simple hotkey daemon for macOS ☆8,070
• linearmouse/linearmouse — The mouse and trackpad utility for Mac. ☆6,678
• zenangst/KeyboardCowboy — The missing keyboard shortcut utility for macOS ☆2,229
• niw/HapticKey — Haptic feedback when tapping Touch Bar ☆1,671
• FreeterApp/Freeter — Freeter – a smarter way to work on your computer ☆1,021
• WINBIGFOX/TimeScribe — Flexible time tracking for work hours ☆885
• rewhex/better-launchpad — Smarter, customizable Launchpad for macOS ☆18

Clipboard

• p0deje/Maccy — Lightweight clipboard manager for macOS ☆21,176
• hluk/CopyQ — Clipboard manager with advanced features ☆12,125
• Clipy/Clipy — Clipboard extension app for macOS. ☆8,816
• Slackadays/Clipboard — Fast and feature-packed clipboard tool ☆5,874
• PasteBar/PasteBarApp — Free clipboard manager for Mac and Windows ☆2,133
• hukdoesn/Nimclip — Native local-only clipboard history manager for macOS ☆57

Task Management

• mattermost-community/focalboard — Self-hosted Trello alternative ☆26,402
• super-productivity/super-productivity — Todo list with time tracking ☆21,376

Translation

• nextai-translator/nextai-translator — ChatGPT-powered translation app ☆24,966
• tisfeng/Easydict — Dictionary and translator for macOS ☆14,225

Reading & Writing

Ebooks

• koodo-reader/koodo-reader — Cross-platform ebook manager and reader ☆27,882
• kovidgoyal/calibre — The calibre ebook manager ☆25,651
• readest/readest — Modern cross-platform ebook reader ☆23,431
• Sigil-Ebook/Sigil — Sigil is a multi-platform EPUB ebook editor ☆6,926
• MaddTheSane/Simple-Comic — macOS comic viewer ☆332

Note-taking

• AppFlowy-IO/AppFlowy — AI collaborative workspace, Notion alt ☆75,496
• toeverything/AFFiNE — Next-gen knowledge base for planning ☆71,568
• laurent22/joplin — Privacy-focused note taking with sync ☆55,961
• logseq/logseq — Privacy-first knowledge management platform ☆44,470
• Zettlr/Zettlr — Your One-Stop Publication Workbench ☆13,385
• vnotex/vnote — A pleasant note-taking platform in native C++. ☆12,897
• tw93/MiaoYan — Lightweight Markdown editor ☆8,550
• glushchenko/fsnotes — Notes manager for macOS/iOS ☆7,442
• standardnotes/app — Think fearlessly with end-to-end encrypted notes and files ☆6,583
• pbek/QOwnNotes — Markdown notepad with Nextcloud integration ☆5,841
• saber-notes/saber — The cross-platform open-source app built for handwriting ☆4,687
• nuttyartist/notes — Fast note-taking app written in C++ ☆4,266
• vkbo/novelWriter — Plain text editor for writing novels ☆3,071

Research

• zotero/zotero — Tool to collect, organize, and cite research ☆14,975
• tropy/tropy — Research photo management ☆1,140

RSS

• RSSNext/Folo — Folo is the AI RSS Reader ☆38,807
• Ranchero-Software/NetNewsWire — RSS reader for macOS and iOS. ☆10,285
• ViennaRSS/vienna-rss — Free open-source RSS/Atom/JSON feed newsreader for macOS ☆1,972
• sopaco/saga-reader — AI-powered lightweight internet reader ☆533

Security

Encryption

• cryptomator/cryptomator — Secure encryption for cloud storage ☆15,885
• alichtman/deadbolt — Dead-simple file encryption for any OS ☆425

Password Managers

• keepassxreboot/keepassxc — Cross-platform KeePass password manager ☆28,401
• strongbox-password-safe/Strongbox — A KeePass/Password Safe Client for iOS and OS X ☆1,451

System Security

• objective-see/LuLu — LuLu is the free open-source macOS firewall ☆13,056
• objective-see/BlockBlock — Monitor persistence locations on macOS ☆834
• objective-see/KnockKnock — Like AutoRuns ...but for macOS! ☆781
• objective-see/OverSight — Monitor mic and webcam access on Mac ☆675
• ParetoSecurity/pareto-mac — Automatically audit your Mac for basic security hygiene. ☆448
• Lennolium/swiftGuard — Anti-forensic app monitoring USB ports ☆467
• objective-see/WhatsYourSign — View file signing info in Finder ☆365
• objective-see/RansomWhere — Generic ransomware detector ☆128
• objective-see/TaskExplorer — Explore running processes on macOS ☆142
• objective-see/DylibHijackScanner — Scan for dylib hijacking vulnerabilities ☆127

System Tools

Desktop & System

• alin23/Lunar — Intelligent adaptive brightness for your external monitors ☆5,653
• johnste/finicky — A macOS app for customizing which browser to start ☆5,022
• mangerlahn/Latest — App update checker for macOS ☆4,736
• sindresorhus/Plash — Make any website your Mac desktop wallpaper ☆4,017
• sindresorhus/Actions — Supercharge your shortcuts ☆3,042
• rlxone/Equinox — Create dynamic wallpapers for macOS. ☆2,042
• wflixu/RClick — macos finder contextmenu ☆953
• glinford/dns-easy-switcher — DNS Easy Switcher (for MacOS) ☆356

Menu Bar

• jordanbaird/Ice — Powerful menu bar manager for macOS ☆29,276
• dwarvesf/hidden — Ultra-light utility to hide menu bar icons ☆14,573
• FelixKratz/SketchyBar — A highly customizable macOS status bar replacement ☆12,211
• jacklandrin/OnlySwitch — All-in-one menu bar utility for Mac ☆5,887
• leits/MeetingBar — Your meetings at your fingertips in the macOS menu bar ☆5,304
• swiftbar/SwiftBar — Powerful macOS menu bar customization tool ☆4,414
• sfsam/Itsycal — Itsycal is a tiny calendar for menu bar ☆3,980
• DamascenoRafael/reminders-menubar — View Apple Reminders in menu bar ☆3,876
• ivoronin/TomatoBar — World's neatest Pomodoro timer for macOS menu bar ☆3,476
• kmikiy/SpotMenu — Spotify & Apple Music in your macOS menu bar ☆3,127
• lihaoyun6/AirBattery — Show battery of all devices in Dock ☆2,927
• pakerwreah/Calendr — Menu bar calendar for macOS - MVVM | RxSwift | AppKit | SwiftUI ☆2,309
• celve/Peninsula — Dynamic Peninsula for window switching ☆456
• aqua5230/usage — Claude Code and Codex quota in the menu bar with burn-rate predictions, zero API calls ☆289
• emgeorrk/pulse — Menu bar system monitor with live CPU, memory, temperature, fan, network, disk, power, and battery stats ☆30

Package Managers

• Homebrew/brew — The Package Manager for Everywhere ☆49,167
• mas-cli/mas — Mac App Store command-line interface ☆12,298
• milanvarady/Applite — User-friendly GUI macOS application for Homebrew Casks ☆6,925
• buresdv/Cork — A fast GUI for Homebrew written in SwiftUI, AI-free ☆4,619

QuickLook Plugins

• sindresorhus/quick-look-plugins — List of useful Quick Look plugins for developers ☆18,738
• sbarex/SourceCodeSyntaxHighlight — Quick Look syntax highlighting ☆4,205
• sbarex/QLMarkdown — macOS Quick Look extension for Markdown files. ☆3,333

System Utilities

• exelban/stats — macOS system monitor in your menu bar ☆41,218
• balena-io/etcher — Flash OS images to SD cards & USB drives, safely and easily. ☆34,162
• MonitorControl/MonitorControl — Control external display brightness ☆33,978
• waydabber/BetterDisplay — HiDPI scaling and display control ☆33,182
• pqrs-org/Karabiner-Elements — Keyboard customization for macOS ☆22,642
• kyleneideck/BackgroundMusic — Per-app volume and auto-pause music ☆19,237
• alienator88/Pearcleaner — Free and fair-code mac app cleaner ☆14,338
• AppHouseKitchen/AlDente-Battery_Care_and_Monitoring — Battery charge limiter ☆9,154
• sveinbjornt/Sloth — View open files and connections on Mac ☆8,933
• newmarcel/KeepingYouAwake — Prevents your Mac from going to sleep. ☆6,833
• ThatGuySam/doesitarm — Apple Silicon app compatibility list ☆3,791
• runjuu/InputSourcePro — Switch and track your input sources with ease ☆3,445
• BigBerny/magicquit — Auto-quit unused apps for focus ☆345
• kasper9n/time-machine-inspector — Time Machine backup size inspector app ☆195
• appledragon/everythingByMdfind — python script to search everything by mdfind on MacOS ☆147
• sanketk2020/MacSpaceCleaner — Clean disk space by removing junk ☆135
• Serpentiel/betterglobekey — Reworked Globe key for faster input source switching ☆86
• yagcioglutoprak/dusty — Free, open-source macOS menu bar cleaner. ☆68

Terminal

Emulators

• Eugeny/tabby — A terminal for a more modern age ☆73,934
• alacritty/alacritty — A cross-platform, OpenGL terminal emulator. ☆65,386
• ghostty-org/ghostty — Fast GPU-accelerated terminal emulator ☆59,699
• kovidgoyal/kitty — Cross-platform GPU-based terminal emulator ☆34,417
• wezterm/wezterm — GPU-accelerated terminal multiplexer ☆28,378
• wavetermdev/waveterm — An open-source, AI-integrated, cross-platform terminal for seamless workflows ☆22,029
• gnachman/iTerm2 — Terminal emulator for macOS with many features ☆17,934

Shell Utilities

• withfig/autocomplete — IDE-style autocomplete for your existing terminal & shell ☆25,217
• dnote/dnote — A simple command line notebook ☆3,054
• lihaoyun6/xHistory — A powerful command line history manager ☆204

Window Management

• rxhanson/Rectangle — Window management with shortcuts and snap ☆29,700
• asmvik/yabai — A tiling window manager for macOS based on binary space partitioning ☆29,465
• nikitabobko/AeroSpace — AeroSpace is an i3-like tiling window manager for macOS ☆22,419
• lwouis/alt-tab-macos — Windows alt-tab on macOS ☆16,175
• ianyh/Amethyst — Automatic tiling window manager for macOS à la xmonad. ☆16,220
• mrkai77/Loop — Window management made elegant. ☆11,368
• ejbills/DockDoor — Window peeking, alt-tab and other enhancements for macOS ☆5,902
• FelixKratz/JankyBorders — A lightweight window border system for macOS ☆3,730
• lihaoyun6/Topit — Pin any window to the top of your screen ☆1,490
• pablopunk/SwiftShift — Sweet window management for macOS ☆631
• XiCheng148/Dockit — An application that can dock any window to the edge of the screen. ☆282
• Geckos-Ink/MakeItHome — UI extender for macOS ☆38

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🏆 Top 50 by Stars

The most starred projects in this list, sorted by GitHub stars.

1. microsoft/vscode — Visual Studio Code ☆188,741
2. electron/electron — Build cross-platform desktop apps with JavaScript, HTML, and CSS ☆122,517
3. rustdesk/rustdesk — Self-hosted remote desktop alternative ☆120,901
4. tauri-apps/tauri — Build fast desktop apps with web frontend ☆110,242
5. neovim/neovim — Vim-fork focused on extensibility and usability ☆101,824
6. zed-industries/zed — High-performance multiplayer code editor ☆88,662
7. localsend/localsend — An open-source cross-platform alternative to AirDrop ☆88,420
8. hoppscotch/hoppscotch — Open source API development ecosystem ☆80,041
9. AppFlowy-IO/AppFlowy — AI collaborative workspace, Notion alt ☆75,496
10. obsproject/obs-studio — Free software for streaming and recording ☆75,051
11. Eugeny/tabby — A terminal for a more modern age ☆73,934
12. toeverything/AFFiNE — Next-gen knowledge base for planning ☆71,568
13. alacritty/alacritty — A cross-platform, OpenGL terminal emulator. ☆65,386
14. jgraph/drawio-desktop — Official electron build of draw.io ☆62,632
15. ghostty-org/ghostty — Fast GPU-accelerated terminal emulator ☆59,699
16. soimort/you-get — Dumb downloader that scrapes the web ☆56,872
17. laurent22/joplin — Privacy-focused note taking with sync ☆55,961
18. jellyfin/jellyfin — The Free Software Media System - Server Backend & API ☆55,815
19. WerWolv/ImHex — Hex editor for reverse engineers and programmers ☆54,476
20. ionic-team/ionic-framework — Cross-platform UI toolkit for apps ☆52,620
21. mastodon/mastodon — Your self-hosted, globally interconnected microblogging community ☆50,211
22. Homebrew/brew — The Package Manager for Everywhere ☆49,167
23. upscayl/upscayl — Free and Open Source AI Image Upscaler for Linux, MacOS and Windows ☆48,301
24. iina/iina — The modern video player for macOS. ☆45,967
25. helix-editor/helix — A post-modern modal text editor. ☆45,834
26. logseq/logseq — Privacy-first knowledge management platform ☆44,470
27. mifi/lossless-cut — The swiss army knife of lossless video/audio editing ☆42,952
28. exelban/stats — macOS system monitor in your menu bar ☆41,218
29. nwjs/nw.js — Write apps with Node.js modules and web technologies ☆41,185
30. vim/vim — The official Vim repository ☆40,739
31. GyulyVGC/sniffnet — Comfortably monitor your network traffic ☆40,557
32. LizardByte/Sunshine — Self-hosted game stream host for Moonlight. ☆40,205
33. Kong/insomnia — Cross-platform API client for REST, GraphQL, gRPC ☆39,949
34. qbittorrent/qBittorrent — qBittorrent BitTorrent client ☆39,488
35. mattermost/mattermost — Open source platform for team collaboration ☆38,814
36. RSSNext/Folo — Folo is the AI RSS Reader ☆38,807
37. lapce/lapce — Lightning-fast and Powerful Code Editor written in Rust ☆38,740
38. mpv-player/mpv — Command line media player ☆36,549
39. utmapp/UTM — Virtual machines for iOS and macOS ☆35,019
40. kovidgoyal/kitty — Cross-platform GPU-based terminal emulator ☆34,417
41. balena-io/etcher — Flash OS images to SD cards & USB drives, safely and easily. ☆34,162
42. MonitorControl/MonitorControl — Control external display brightness ☆33,978
43. waydabber/BetterDisplay — HiDPI scaling and display control ☆33,182
44. pear-devs/pear-desktop — Pear is extension for music player ☆33,073
45. surrealdb/surrealdb — Distributed document-graph database ☆32,895
46. shadowsocks/ShadowsocksX-NG — Next Generation of ShadowsocksX ☆32,886
47. hiddify/hiddify-app — Multi-platform auto-proxy client ☆32,098
48. flameshot-org/flameshot — Powerful yet simple to use screenshot software ☆30,626
49. rxhanson/Rectangle — Window management with shortcuts and snap ☆29,700
50. asmvik/yabai — A tiling window manager for macOS based on binary space partitioning ☆29,465

Contributing

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Credits

• jaywcjlove/awesome-mac
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License

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