Open source desktop-app projects
Every project in the registry tagged desktop-app, ranked by real GitHub adoption.
Ad-free music player that streams from multiple sources
Concurrently chat with ChatGPT, Bing Chat, Bard, Alpaca, Vicuna, Claude, ChatGLM, MOSS, 讯飞星火, 文心一言 and more, discover the best answers
A local multi-agent harness that works with your existing Claude Code, Codex subscriptions, allows you to run an office of agents
Clean your system and free disk space
Open-source, desktop-grade AI agent that gets real work done — data analysis, slides, docs, video & web research. Built on OpenClaw; runs tools on your real des
System-wide ad-blocking and privacy protection, no extensions needed
A modern, fast and productivity driven SQL client with a focus in UX
An offline-first photo manager for large local libraries
Orkas is an open-source, local-first AI desktop app: a commander LLM directs specialist sub-agents, and runs your installed coding CLIs — Claude Code, Codex, Op
High-performance multi-data-source database client — ~30MB, AI & MCP ready, zero Electron bloat. | 高性能多数据源数据库客户端：约 30MB，AI 与 MCP 就绪，告别 Electron 膨胀。
The all-in-one local AI studio for your desktop: chat, image and video generation and a coding agent in one free, open source app. Windows and Linux. No Docker,
Transform your time tracking into actionable insights
Fast, local-first Git GUI built in Rust
Getting Things GNOME! desktop app development
Agentic SQL database manager for 40+ databases — PostgreSQL, MySQL, SQL Server, SQLite, DuckDB, ClickHouse, Oracle and more. Lightweight, privacy-first, AI-powe
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Frequently asked questions
How many open source desktop-app projects are there?
This registry tracks 15 projects tagged desktop-app, with 73,228 GitHub stars between them. The most-adopted is Nuclear at 18,468 stars.
Are these desktop-app projects free to use?
Yes — 15 of the 15 carry an explicit open-source licence across 4 distinct licences, so there is no licence fee. Where a project also sells a hosted or enterprise version, the self-hosted path remains free.
Which desktop-app project should I choose?
The list above is ranked by GitHub stars, but stars measure attention rather than fit. Check three things on each card: the licence (permissive versus copyleft), the language it is written in, and the last-push date — a high-star project that has not been pushed in a year is a liability.
Are these desktop-app projects still maintained?
14 of the 15 were pushed in the last 90 days, and every card shows its exact last-push date so you can see the rest. Sort your shortlist by that date before committing to a migration.