51 open source projects written in Swift
Every Swift project in the registry, ranked by GitHub stars — license and last push on every entry, data pulled live from the GitHub API every night.
lottie-ios ★ 27K An iOS library to natively render After Effects vector animations
CodeEdit ★ 23K A native code editor for macOS
iTerm 2 ★ 18K Advanced terminal with modern features for Mac developers
Pearcleaner ★ 15K Remove Mac apps and all their leftover files
palmier-pro ★ 15K macOS video editor built for AI
firefox-ios ★ 13K Firefox for iOS
SkeletonView ★ 13K ☠️ An elegant way to show users that something is happening and also prepare them to which contents they are awaiting
FluidVoice ★ 13K On-device voice dictation for macOS with adaptive AI
WWDC ★ 8.7K The unofficial WWDC app for macOS
GRDB.swift ★ 8.7K A toolkit for SQLite databases, with a focus on application development
MiaoYan ★ 8.7K ⛷ Lightweight Markdown app to help you write great sentences.
fsnotes ★ 7.6K Fast Markdown note-taking app for Mac and iPhone
Pulse ★ 7.3K Network logger for Apple platforms
CYLTabBarController ★ 7.1K [EN]It is an iOS UI module library for adding animation to iOS tabbar items and icons with Lottie, Liquid Glass and adding a bigger center UITabBar Item. [CN]【
voiceink ★ 7.0K 
CopilotForXcode ★ 6.4K AI coding assistant for Xcode
TablePro ★ 6.4K Free and open source database client built natively for developers
PermissionsKit ★ 5.8K Universal API for request permission and get its statuses.
Pow ★ 4.4K Delightful SwiftUI effects for your app
sill ★ 4.4K Any window from your Mac, live on your iPhone or iPad. Touch, Apple Pencil, trackpad and keys. Free, open source, no servers.
swift-log ★ 4.1K A Logging API for Swift
Sidekick ★ 3.3K A native macOS app that allows users to chat with a local LLM that can respond with information from files, folders and websites on your Mac without installing
ShipSwift ★ 3.3K AI-native SwiftUI component library with full-stack recipes — connect via MCP for instant access.
AlertKit ★ 2.6K Native alert from Apple Music & Feedback. Contains Done, Heart & Message and other presets.
AAChartKit-Swift ★ 2.5K 📈📊📱💻🖥️An elegant modern declarative data visualization chart framework for iOS, iPadOS and macOS. Extremely powerful, supports line, spline, area, areaspli
WritingTools ★ 2.5K The world's smartest system-wide grammar assistant; a better version of the Apple Intelligence Writing Tools. Works on Windows, Linux, & macOS, with the free Ge
DebugSwift ★ 2.4K A toolkit to make debugging iOS applications easier 🚀
better-shot ★ 2.4K Screenshot, screen recording, and video editor for macOS. Native SwiftUI app with capture deck, 75+ customizable shortcuts, URL scheme automation, and self-host
Wave ★ 2.4K Wave is a spring-based animation engine for iOS and macOS that makes it easy to create fluid, interruptible animations that feel great.
iOS ★ 2.4K :iphone: Home Assistant for Apple platforms
Fullmoon ★ 2.3K Chat with private and local large language models
swift-build ★ 2.3K A high-level build system based on llbuild, used by Xcode, Swift Playground, and the Swift Package Manager
swift-openapi-generator ★ 2.0K Generate Swift client and server code from an OpenAPI document.
reynard-browser ★ 1.9K An experimental Gecko-based web browser for iOS 13+.
passforios ★ 1.6K Pass for iOS - an iOS client compatible with Pass command line application.
burrow ★ 1.6K 🐹 Cleanup, app management, maintenance, disk analysis, and live status in one free, open-source, native Mac app + extensive support for AI agents.
Telephone ★ 1.2K SIP softphone for Mac
Queuer ★ 1.1K Queuer is a queue manager, built on top of OperationQueue and Dispatch (aka GCD).
itsyhome-macos ★ 1.0K A native macOS menu bar app for controlling your smart home devices.
3105 ★ 968 Native iOS app-data browser, portable patch manager, limited cleaner, and PosterBoard wallpaper lab.
macai ★ 936 All-in-one native macOS AI chat application for virtually any AI provider
MoeMemos ★ 914 An app to help you capture thoughts and ideas
swift-metrics ★ 798 Metrics API for Swift
termio ★ 757 A terminal-first agentic development environment for agentic coding. Build for CLI/TUI agent. Runtime for Coding Agent, Tmux alternative
Reef ★ 615 The macOS window manager that gives every app its own Alt-Tab.
feather ★ 609 Feather is a modern Swift-based Content Management System.
MenuBarMijia ★ 597 Control Xiaomi Mijia from your Mac menu bar or Windows tray. Home Assistant supported on macOS.
Alarik ★ 577 S3-compatible object storage built with Swift
swift-toolkit ★ 574 A toolkit for ebooks, audiobooks and comics written in Swift
oriveo ★ 554 Open-source, bring-your-own-key (BYOK) multi-model AI chat client for iOS, Android and the web. One LLM client for OpenAI, Anthropic, Google Gemini, OpenRouter,
Capd ★ 86 Capture web pages, text, and images. Find them fast.
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Frequently asked questions
How many open source projects are written in Swift?
This registry tracks 51 Swift projects, with 269,934 GitHub stars between them and a median of 2,480 stars. The most-adopted is lottie-ios at 26,925 stars.
Which Swift projects are most actively maintained?
43 of the 51 projects were pushed in the last 90 days. Each entry above shows its exact last-push date, so you can filter out dormant projects before committing to one.
What licence are Swift projects usually under?
48 of the 51 carry an explicit open-source licence across 9 distinct licences, and the licence is shown on every card. Permissive licences (MIT, Apache-2.0) are the safest default for commercial use; check the copyleft ones individually.
Should I use Swift or Kotlin for my project?
Both are viable. Swift is the better default if your team already knows it or the libraries you need are written in it; Kotlin may suit you better if you need the ecosystem, tooling or performance profile it is known for. The registry lists 51 Swift projects to work from.