Open source macos projects

Every project in the registry tagged macos, ranked by real GitHub adoption.

projects 91 combined stars ★ 949K refresh nightly
01 RustDesk ★ 128K

Self-hosted remote desktop you fully control

last push14 hours ago languageRust licenseAGPL-3.0
02 Mole ★ 74K

Mac cleaner, app manager, and system monitor in one

last push15 hours ago languageShell licenseGPL-3.0
03 Alacritty ★ 66K

High-performance terminal with GPU acceleration

last push7 days ago languageRust licenseApache-2.0
04 Warp ★ 66K

A modern terminal built around AI coding agents

last push3 days ago languageRust licenseAGPL-3.0
05 yazi ★ 43K

💥 Blazing fast terminal file manager written in Rust, based on async I/O.

last push22 hours ago languageRust licenseMIT
06 raylib ★ 36K

A simple and easy-to-use library to enjoy videogames programming

last push17 hours ago languageC licenseZlib
07 DevToys ★ 32K

A Swiss Army knife for developers.

last push1 months ago languageC# licenseMIT
08 cua ★ 32K

Scale computer-use 2.0 with open-source drivers, cross-OS fleets, and benchmarks for training, evaluation, and data generation.

last push14 hours ago languageRust licenseMIT
09 KeePassXC ★ 30K

Cross-platform, secure password manager

last push21 hours ago languageC++ license—
10 Brave ★ 24K

Fast, private browser that puts you first

last push14 hours ago language— licenseMPL-2.0
11 Super Productivity ★ 23K

Task manager built for deep work, privacy, and focus

last push19 hours ago languageTypeScript licenseMIT
12 CodeEdit ★ 23K

A native code editor for macOS

last push16 days ago languageSwift licenseMIT
13 witr ★ 23K

Why is this running? Trace any process, port, container, or file back to what started it - CLI + TUI.

last push11 days ago languageGo licenseApache-2.0
14 WaveTerm ★ 23K

Cross-platform terminal with AI built in

last push22 hours ago languageGo licenseApache-2.0
15 Kodi ★ 21K

Full-featured media center for your TV and beyond

last push14 hours ago languageC++ license—
16 Kap ★ 19K

Effortless screen recording for macOS

last push2.0 years ago languageTypeScript licenseMIT
17 palmier-pro ★ 15K

macOS video editor built for AI

last push4 days ago languageSwift licenseGPL-3.0
18 HackBrowserData ★ 15K

Extract and decrypt browser data, supporting multiple data types, runnable on various operating systems (macOS, Windows, Linux).

last push15 hours ago languageGo licenseMIT
19 BrowserOS ★ 14K

🌐 The open-source Agentic browser; alternative to ChatGPT Atlas, Perplexity Comet, Dia.

last push15 hours ago languageTypeScript licenseAGPL-3.0
20 CocoaLumberjack ★ 13K

A fast & simple, yet powerful & flexible logging framework for macOS, iOS, tvOS, watchOS and visionOS

last push5 days ago languageObjective-C licenseBSD-3-Clause
21 FluidVoice ★ 13K

On-device voice dictation for macOS with adaptive AI

last push35 hours ago languageSwift licenseGPL-3.0
22 OpenWispr ★ 11K

Voice-to-text that works offline, privately, on any app

last push19 hours ago languageJavaScript licenseMIT
23 terax-ai ★ 9.4K

Lightweight (7MB) Terminal-first AI-native dev workspace

last pushyesterday languageTypeScript licenseApache-2.0
24 cindy ★ 8.9K

Consider it done. The open-source AI agent that works out of the box · 想到,就能做到。开源、开箱即用的 AI Agent。

last push14 hours ago languageTypeScript licenseApache-2.0
25 WWDC ★ 8.7K

The unofficial WWDC app for macOS

last push5 months ago languageSwift licenseBSD-2-Clause
26 MiaoYan ★ 8.7K

⛷ Lightweight Markdown app to help you write great sentences.

last push14 hours ago languageSwift licenseMIT
27 App-Store-Connect-CLI ★ 8.2K

Fast, scriptable CLI for the App Store Connect API. Automate TestFlight, builds, submissions, signing, analytics, screenshots, subscriptions, and more

last push14 hours ago languageGo licenseMIT
28 HuLa ★ 7.8K

🍀 A cross-platform instant messaging desktop application with exceptional performance built on Rust + Vue3, compatible with Windows, macOS, Linux, Android, and

last push4 days ago languageVue licenseApache-2.0
29 fsnotes ★ 7.6K

Fast Markdown note-taking app for Mac and iPhone

last push21 hours ago languageSwift licenseMIT
30 Publii ★ 7.4K

The most intuitive Static Site CMS designed for SEO-optimized and privacy-focused websites.

last pushyesterday languageHTML licenseGPL-3.0
31 watchexec ★ 7.3K

Executes commands in response to file modifications

last push7 days ago languageRust licenseApache-2.0
32 Pulse ★ 7.3K

Network logger for Apple platforms

last push22 days ago languageSwift licenseMIT
33 voiceink ★ 7.0K

last push3 days ago languageSwift license—
34 CopilotForXcode ★ 6.4K

AI coding assistant for Xcode

last push7 days ago languageSwift licenseMIT
35 TablePro ★ 6.4K

Free and open source database client built natively for developers

last push15 hours ago languageSwift licenseAGPL-3.0
36 HeidiSQL ★ 6.3K

A lightweight client for managing MariaDB, MySQL, SQL Server, PostgreSQL, SQLite, Interbase and Firebird, written in Delphi and Lazarus/FreePascal

last push22 hours ago languagePascal licenseGPL-2.0
37 finicky ★ 5.2K

A macOS app for customizing which browser to start

last push5 days ago languageGo licenseMIT
38 saber ★ 5.0K

The cross-platform open-source app built for handwriting

last push40 hours ago languageDart licenseGPL-3.0
39 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.

last push15 hours ago languageSwift licenseApache-2.0
40 openless ★ 4.0K

Hold a key, speak, release — AI-polished text appears at your cursor in any app. Open-source voice input for macOS & Windows. (按住快捷键说话,松开即得润色后的文字)

last push33 hours ago languageRust licenseAGPL-3.0
41 syncthing-macos ★ 4.0K

Official frugal and native macOS Syncthing application bundle

last push12 days ago languageObjective-C licenseMIT
42 ddev ★ 3.9K

Docker-based local PHP+Node.js web development environments

last push26 hours ago languageGo licenseApache-2.0
43 tgpt ★ 3.3K

AI Chatbots in terminal for free

last push4 days ago languageGo licenseGPL-3.0
44 Sol ★ 3.2K

Fast and beautiful launcher for quick access to apps and tools

last push19 hours ago languageTypeScript licenseMIT
45 just-the-browser ★ 3.1K

Remove AI features, telemetry data reporting, sponsored content, product integrations, and other annoyances from web browsers.

last push10 days ago languageShell licenseMIT
46 exifcleaner ★ 2.9K

Cross-platform desktop GUI app to clean image metadata

last push8 days ago languageTypeScript licenseMIT
47 TwinDesk ★ 2.8K

All your computers and your phone, working as one desk. Screens, apps, files, clipboard, calls, texts, notifications, mouse and keyboard, shared between Mac, W

last push26 hours ago languageJavaScript licenseGPL-3.0
48 mindforger ★ 2.7K

Thinking notebook and Markdown editor.

last push5 days ago languageC++ licenseGPL-2.0
49 OpenSurge-for-Mac ★ 2.6K

Surge-style whole-home gateway and control plane for macOS with IPv4/IPv6 support— mihomo TUN, dnsmasq-powered DHCP/DNS, per-device routing, and an agent-friend

last push2 days ago languageGo licenseGPL-3.0
50 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

last push9 days ago languageSwift license—
51 iOS ★ 2.4K

:iphone: Home Assistant for Apple platforms

last push14 hours ago languageSwift licenseApache-2.0
52 lcu ★ 2.4K

Codex computer use, decoupled from the app, for usage inside any harness.

last push26 hours ago languageJavaScript licenseMIT
53 OpenJK ★ 2.3K

Community effort to maintain and improve Jedi Academy (SP & MP) + Jedi Outcast (SP only) released by Raven Software

last push1 months ago languageC++ licenseGPL-2.0
54 NetPad ★ 2.3K

A cross-platform C# editor and playground.

last push32 hours ago languageC# licenseMIT
55 moneymanagerex ★ 2.3K

Money Manager Ex is an easy to use, money management application built with wxWidgets

last push30 hours ago languageC++ licenseGPL-2.0
56 sonobus ★ 2.2K

Source code for SonoBus, a real-time network audio streaming collaboration tool.

last push2 months ago languageC++ licenseGPL-3.0
57 squirreldisk ★ 2.1K

Free, open-source disk usage analyzer for macOS, Windows and Linux. See what fills your disk, servers (SSH) and cloud storage in an animated sunburst or treemap

last push15 days ago languageRust licenseAGPL-3.0
58 TidGi-Desktop ★ 2.0K

TidGi is an privacy-in-mind, automated, auto-git-backup, freely-deployed knowledge management Desktop note app, based on Tiddlywiki, with REST API for web-clipp

last push17 hours ago languageTypeScript licenseMPL-2.0
59 vidcutter ★ 2.0K

A modern yet simple multi-platform video cutter and joiner.

last push11 days ago languagePython licenseGPL-3.0
60 rnx-kit ★ 1.7K

Modern, scalable tools. Exceptional developer experience.

last push16 hours ago languageTypeScript licenseMIT

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Frequently asked questions

How many open source macos projects are there?

This registry tracks 91 projects tagged macos, with 949,455 GitHub stars between them. The most-adopted is RustDesk at 127,826 stars.

Are these macos projects free to use?

Yes — 87 of the 91 carry an explicit open-source licence across 9 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 macos 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 macos projects still maintained?

84 of the 91 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.