https://github.com/jeffreyjackson/mac-apps

Open Source Mac Apps
https://github.com/jeffreyjackson/mac-apps

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Open Source Mac Apps

• Host: GitHub
• URL: https://github.com/jeffreyjackson/mac-apps
• Owner: jeffreyjackson
• Created: 2015-04-06T18:29:12.000Z (almost 10 years ago)
• Default Branch: master
• Last Pushed: 2024-11-05T21:10:31.000Z (3 months ago)
• Last Synced: 2024-11-05T22:20:30.414Z (3 months ago)
• Homepage: http://www.jeffreyclarkejackson.com
• Size: 105 KB
• Stars: 1,390
• Watchers: 64
• Forks: 113
• Open Issues: 0
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  • Readme: README.md

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# Open-Source Mac Apps

Feel free to contribute: [issues](https://github.com/jeffreyjackson/mac-apps/issues) or [pull requests](https://github.com/jeffreyjackson/mac-apps/pulls).

:large_orange_diamond: Swift projects

## OS X Frameworks

Visit this supporting repository here: [mac-frameworks](https://github.com/jeffreyjackson/mac-frameworks)

## OS X Apps

### Communication

- **Adium**: Instant Messaging Client

  - https://github.com/adium/adium

- **Bitpost**: OS X app for Bitmessage

  - https://github.com/Voluntarynet/Bitpost

- **Colloquy**: An IRC client for Mac OS X and iOS

  - https://github.com/colloquy/colloquy

- **fb-mac-messenger**: Mac wrapper for Facebook messenger

  - https://github.com/rsms/fb-mac-messenger

- **Goofy**: OS X client for Facebook Messenger

  - https://github.com/danielbuechele/goofy

- **M**: Email client with device-to-device encryption for messages sent between M users

  - https://github.com/Mynigma/M

- **WhatsMac**: A native Mac app wrapper for WhatsApp Web

  - https://github.com/stonesam92/ChitChat

- **Caprine**: Elegant Facebook Messenger desktop app

  - https://github.com/sindresorhus/caprine

- **LimeChat**: LimeChat is an IRC client for Mac OS X.

  - https://github.com/psychs/limechat

- **Dejalu**: Fast and Simple Email Client.

  - https://github.com/dinhviethoa/dejalu

### Text Editors

- **Atom**: Cross-platform hackable text editor built in GitHub's Electron framework

  - https://github.com/atom/atom

- **Brackets**: Cross-platform code editor for the web, written in JavaScript, HTML and CSS

  - https://github.com/adobe/brackets

- **CotEditor**: Lightweight plain-text editor for macOS :large_orange_diamond:

  - https://github.com/coteditor/CotEditor

- **FocusWriter**: Cross-platform simple fullscreen word processor written in C++, Qt

  - https://github.com/gottcode/focuswriter

- **LibreOffice**: Cross-platform office suite written in C++, Java, and Python

  - https://cgit.freedesktop.org/libreoffice

- **macdown**: Markdown editor

  - https://github.com/uranusjr/macdown

- **Marp**: Markdown-based presentation creator built in GitHub's Electron framework

  - https://github.com/yhatt/marp

- **nvALT**: MultiMarkdown version (with HTML source tab) of Notational Velocity, mouseless Mac OS X note-taking app

  - https://github.com/ttscoff/nv

- **TextMate**: A graphical text editor for OS X 10.9+

  - https://github.com/textmate/textmate

- **TipTyper**: Simple plain-text editor for OS X with multiple useful features

  - https://github.com/brunophilipe/TipTyper

- **Visual Studio Code**: Cross-platform code editor built in GitHub's Electron framework

  - https://github.com/Microsoft/vscode

### Web Browsers

- **Firefox**: Cross-platform web browser

  - https://hg.mozilla.org/mozilla-central/

- **TenFourFox**: A fork of Firefox to maintain support for the Power Mac, supporting Mac OS X 10.4 and 10.5

  - https://github.com/classilla/tenfourfox

### Games

- **Freecell**: Solitaire type card game for OS X

  - https://github.com/alisdair/freecell

- **Open Emu**: Multiple video game system

  - http://openemu.org/

- **Screentendo**: Turn your screen into a playable level of Mario

  - https://github.com/AaronRandall/Screentendo

- **stockfish-mac**: Beautiful, powerful chess app for the Mac

  - https://github.com/daylen/stockfish-mac

- **Snk**: Snake (with a twist) in Swift for Mac :large_orange_diamond:

  - https://github.com/sfsam/Snk

- **GreenMahjong**: Solitaire mahjong game with several themes and layouts

  - https://github.com/danbeck/green-mahjong

  

### Mac Interface Exclusives

- **AnyBar**: OS X menubar status indicator

  - https://github.com/tonsky/AnyBar

- **app-menu**: The missing Applications Menu for macOS

  - https://github.com/barseghyanartur/app-menu/

- **Awake**: An app for mac osx to prevent sleeping; inspired by Caffeine

  - https://github.com/xiaozi/Awake.app

- **Clock-Saver**: Simple clock screensaver :large_orange_diamond:

  - https://github.com/soffes/clock-saver

- **dshb**: OS X system monitor in Swift :large_orange_diamond:

  - https://github.com/beltex/dshb

- **Helium**: A floating browser window for OS X :large_orange_diamond:

  - https://github.com/JadenGeller/Helium

- **KeepingYouAwake**: Prevents your Mac from going to sleep

  - https://github.com/newmarcel/KeepingYouAwake

- **MenuMeters**: A is a set of CPU, memory, disk, and network monitoring tools for Mac OS X sitting in the menubar

  - https://github.com/yujitach/MenuMeters

- **mirrorapp**: Mirror Enterprise iOS and OSX App

  - https://github.com/psutlt/mirrorapp

- **Octosaver**: A Mac OS X Screensaver showing [Octocats](https://octodex.github.com/)

  - https://github.com/kimar/Octosaver

- **Quicksilver**: Fast and free Mac OS X productivity application

  - https://github.com/quicksilver/Quicksilver

- **SomaFM miniplayer**: Unofficial player that gives you minimal, background playback of SomaFM channels :large_orange_diamond:

  - https://github.com/ealeksandrov/SomaFM-miniplayer

- **Spectacle**: Organize your windows without using a mouse

  - https://github.com/eczarny/spectacle

- **SelfControl**: A free Mac application to help you avoid distracting websites

  - https://github.com/SelfControlApp/selfcontrol

- **Shady**: Menu bar app to dim Mac's screen

  - https://github.com/mattgemmell/Shady

- **tag**: A command line tool to manipulate tags on Mac OS X files, and to query for files with those tags

  - https://github.com/jdberry/tag

### For Developers

- **App Reviews**: App Reviews help you keep track of user reviews for your iPhone Apps :large_orange_diamond:

  - https://github.com/knutigro/AppReviews

- **Cakebrew**: Manage your Homebrew formulas with style

  - https://github.com/brunophilipe/Cakebrew

- **CCMenu**: CCMenu is a Mac application to monitor continuous integration servers

  - https://github.com/erikdoe/ccmenu

- **Cocoapods App**: A full-featured and standalone installation of CocoaPods

  - https://github.com/CocoaPods/CocoaPods-app

- **CocoaRestClient**: A free, native Apple OS X app for testing HTTP/REST endpoints

  - https://github.com/mmattozzi/cocoa-rest-client

- **GitUp**: A simple but powerful Git OS X app

  - https://github.com/git-up/GitUp

- **Pods Updater**: A macOS app which helps you manage dependency releases in your Podfile

  - https://github.com/kizitonwose/PodsUpdater

- **Realm Browser**: A utility to open and modify realm database files

  - https://github.com/realm/realm-browser-osx

- **Rem**: Command-line tool to access OSX Reminders.app database

  - https://github.com/kykim/rem

- **Resign**: OSX utility to resign the IPA files

  - https://github.com/LigeiaRowena/Resign

- **Touch Bar Simulator**: Use the Touch Bar on any Mac :large_orange_diamond:

  - https://github.com/sindresorhus/touch-bar-simulator

- **Unused** - A Mac app for checking Xcode projects for unused resources

  - https://github.com/jeffhodnett/Unused

- **VisualJSON**: JSON pretty-viewer for OS X

  - https://github.com/youknowone/VisualJSON

### Darwin Package Managers

- **Fink**: The fink package manager for macOS (in Perl)

  - https://github.com/fink

- **Homebrew**: The missing package manager for macOS (in Ruby)

  - https://github.com/Homebrew

- **MacPorts**: Ports system for macOS (in Tcl)

  - https://github.com/macports

### Tools

- **Burn**: Burn data, audio, video, and disk images to various disc formats

  - https://sourceforge.net/projects/burn-osx/

- **Calibre**: Cross-platform e-book manager and converter written in Python, C, C++, Qt

  - https://github.com/kovidgoyal/calibre

- **Color Picker Pro**: Color Detection Tool for Designers and Developers

  - https://github.com/oscardelben/Color-Picker-Pro

- **Cyberduck**: Cross-platform browser for FTP/SFTP, WebDAV, and cloud storage written in Java and C#

  - https://svn.cyberduck.io/trunk/

- **FileZilla**: Cross-platform FTP/SFTP file management tool written in C++, wxWidgets

  - https://sourceforge.net/projects/filezilla/

- **Gifs**: A Mac App for finding GIFs

  - https://github.com/orta/gifs

- **Grand Perspective**: Disk usage visualisation app for macOS

  - https://sourceforge.net/projects/grandperspectiv/

- **HandBrake**: Cross-platform video/audio encoder/decoder

  - https://github.com/HandBrake/HandBrake

- **Hex Fiend**: A fast and clever hex editor for Mac OS X

  - https://github.com/ridiculousfish/HexFiend

- **ImageAlpha**: Mac GUI for pngquant, pngnq and posterizer

  - https://github.com/pornel/ImageAlpha

- **iro**: Color picker menu bar app for Mac OSX 10.9+

  - https://github.com/ripeworks/iro

- **mac2imgur**: Upload screenshots to imgur :large_orange_diamond:

  - https://github.com/mileswd/mac2imgur

- **MactsAsBeacon**: A tiny app to turn a Bluetooth LE-equipped Mac into an iBeacon

  - https://github.com/timd/MactsAsBeacon

- **Monolingual**: Remove extra language localization files to free up hard disk space :large_orange_diamond:

  - https://github.com/IngmarStein/Monolingual

- **my41cx**: Microcode emulator for HP-41 C/CV/CX (OS X & iOS) :large_orange_diamond:

  - https://github.com/mperovic/my41

- **PlugNPlayMac**: A script to automate tasks when connect a device to your Mac

  - https://github.com/Piero24/PlugNPlayMac

- **Sigil**: Cross-platform editing software for EPUB files (e-books) written in C++, Qt

  - https://github.com/Sigil-Ebook/Sigil

- **VideoMessageExporter**: OSX app to export Skype video messages

  - https://github.com/alvarop/VideoMessageExporter

- **VLC**: Cross-platform media player and streaming media server written in C, C++, Qt, Objective-C

  - https://wiki.videolan.org/OSXCompile/

- **Miro**: Miro can play any video format (much more than quicktime), download torrents, permanently save videos from YouTube, and watch video podcasts.

  - https://github.com/pculture/mirocommunity

- **Kap**: An open-source screen recorder built with web technology

  - https://github.com/wulkano/kap

### OS X Versions, GUIs and Other Wrappers

- **Cloudy**: mac app wrapper for overcast :large_orange_diamond:

  - https://github.com/calebd/cloudy

- **CoinManager**: OS X app for Coinbase

  - https://github.com/D-32/CoinManager

- **GoogleMusicMac**: Wrapper for Google Music that is compatible with the Mac's media keys

  - https://github.com/JamesFator/GoogleMusicMac

- **Soundcleod**: Standalone Mac OS X browser for SoundCloud

  - https://github.com/salomvary/soundcleod

- **tunnelblick**: Graphic user interface for OpenVPN

  - https://code.google.com/p/tunnelblick/

- **WWDC**: WWDC app for OS X :large_orange_diamond:

  - https://github.com/insidegui/WWDC

### Productivity and Others

- **Audacity**: Cross-platform multi-track audio editor and recorder written in C, C++

  - https://sourceforge.net/projects/audacity/

- **BibDesk**: Bibliographic reference management software for macOS

  - https://sourceforge.net/projects/bibdesk/

- **Cactus**: Static site generator for designers in Python and Django templates, with lightweight GUI app for macOS

  - https://github.com/eudicots/Cactus

- **Carol**: A minimal and beautiful lyrics app that stays in the menu bar of macOS, written in C#

  - https://github.com/AnaghSharma/Carol

- **Catch**: Broadcasting made easy :large_orange_diamond:

  - https://github.com/mipstian/catch

- **Clementine**: Cross-platorm music player and library organizer written in C++, Qt

  - https://github.com/clementine-player/Clementine

- **GraphSketcher**: A fast, simple graph drawing and data plotting app for OS X and iPad from the Omni Group

  - https://github.com/graphsketcher/GraphSketcher

- **Jekyll**: Blog-aware, static site generator in Ruby

  - https://github.com/jekyll/jekyll

- **MacGesture**: Global mouse gesture for Mac OS X

  - https://github.com/CodeFalling/MacGesture

- **Markoff**：A light-weight Markdown (CommonMark) previewer for OS X :large_orange_diamond:

  - https://github.com/thoughtbot/Markoff

- **PDF Archiver**: A nice tool for tagging and archiving tasks :large_orange_diamond:

  - https://github.com/JulianKahnert/PDF-Archiver

- **QGIS**: Cross-platform geographic information system (GIS) written in C++, Python, Qt

  - https://github.com/qgis/QGIS

- **Quickwords**: Write anything in a matter of seconds. Create snippets that can substitute text, execute tedious tasks and more. ✏️

  - https://quickwords.co

- **Seashore**: Image editor based on parts of GIMP but built entirely in Cocoa

  - https://sourceforge.net/projects/seashore/

- **Simple Comic**: Comic viewer

  - https://github.com/arauchfuss/Simple-Comic

- **Skim**: PDFKit-based PDF reader and annotation for macOS

  - https://sourceforge.net/projects/skim-app/

- **SlowQuitApps**: Add a global delay to Command-Q to stop accidental app quits

  - https://github.com/dteoh/SlowQuitApps

- **Stash**: Personal finance application for Mac OS X

  - http://github.com/ppearson/Stash

- **ToDoOSX**: OS X app using Parse and managing to-dos

  - https://github.com/ParsePlatform/TodoOSX

- **Vienna**: RSS/Atom Reader

  - https://github.com/ViennaRSS/vienna-rss

- **Wallpapers**: A Mac app for downloading wallpapers

  - https://github.com/orta/Wallpapers

### Menubar Apps

- **MacMistral**: Your Conversational AI Companion Right in Your Mac's Menubar

  - [https://github.com/peterdsp/macmistral](https://github.com/peterdsp/macmistral)

- **Americano**: Simple caffeinate wrapper stay at menu bar

  - [https://github.com/LZhenHong/Americano](https://github.com/LZhenHong/Americano)

## Apple Sample Projects

[Apple Sample Projects](https://developer.apple.com/library/mac/navigation/#section=Resource%20Types&topic=Sample%20Code)

## Apple Open Source

[Apple Open Source](http://www.opensource.apple.com/)