Awesome Mac

Automated. Curated. Ranked.

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.

Daily process: Merge community PRs → Scan repos → Filter stale projects → Recalculate scores → Rebuild list

• 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 ☆41,681
• HandBrake/HandBrake — HandBrake's development repository ☆23,594
• mltframework/shotcut — cross-platform (Qt), open-source (GPLv3) video editor ☆14,410
• Aegisub/Aegisub — Cross-platform advanced subtitle editor ☆3,356
• cartesiancs/nugget-app — Video editor with motion effects and layered editing ☆579

Players

• jellyfin/jellyfin — The Free Software Media System - Server Backend & API ☆53,717
• iina/iina — The modern video player for macOS. ☆45,362
• mpv-player/mpv — Command line media player ☆35,764
• xbmc/xbmc — Kodi - open source home theater and media center software ☆20,894
• FreeTubeApp/FreeTube — An Open Source YouTube app for privacy ☆21,311
• videolan/vlc — VLC media player ☆18,816
• nukeop/nuclear — Streaming music player that finds free music for you ☆17,903
• ytmdesktop/ytmdesktop — A Desktop App for YouTube Music ☆6,196
• martpie/museeks — A simple, clean and cross-platform music player ☆2,121
• losnoco/Cog — Cog - A Free and Open Source Audio Player for macOS 10.15+ ☆985
• samzong/MacMusicPlayer — A clean, lightweight music player for macOS. ☆85

Production

• audacity/audacity — Audio Editor ☆17,257
• musescore/MuseScore — Open source music notation software ☆14,776
• mixxxdj/mixxx — Free DJ software for live mixes ☆6,862
• Ardour/ardour — Mirror of Ardour Source Code ☆5,081
• hydrogen-music/hydrogen — The advanced drum machine for Linux, macOS, and Windows ☆1,301
• stargatedaw/stargate — Digital audio workstation with plugins ☆853
• vincehi/pulp — Pulp is an open source sample manager ☆94

Utilities

• pear-devs/pear-desktop — Pear is extension for music player ☆32,373
• chidiwilliams/buzz — Offline audio transcription powered by Whisper ☆19,850
• ExistentialAudio/BlackHole — macOS audio loopback driver for apps ☆19,252
• popcorntime/popcorntime — All-in-one streaming media player ☆10,611
• sindresorhus/Gifski — Convert videos to high-quality GIFs on your Mac ☆8,474
• bitgapp/eqMac — System-wide audio equalizer and mixer ☆6,676
• metabrainz/picard — Cross-platform music tagger with MusicBrainz ☆4,977
• section83/MacYTDL — A macOS GUI front-end for the YT-DLP video downloader ☆951
• TheAcharya/MarkerData — Marker extraction tool for Final Cut Pro ☆65

Browsers

• ungoogled-software/ungoogled-chromium — Google Chromium, sans integration with Google ☆26,982
• brave/brave-browser — Brave browser for Android, iOS, Linux, macOS, Windows. ☆22,945
• qutebrowser/qutebrowser — A keyboard-driven, vim-like browser based on Python and Qt. ☆11,576
• minbrowser/min — A fast, minimal browser that protects your privacy ☆9,061
• getstation/desktop-app — One app to rule them all! ☆1,684

Communication

Collaboration

• mastodon/mastodon — Your self-hosted, globally interconnected microblogging community ☆50,057
• mattermost/mattermost — Open source platform for team collaboration ☆38,198
• signalapp/Signal-Desktop — A private messenger for Windows, macOS, and Linux. ☆16,382
• misskey-dev/misskey — Free and open microblogging platform ☆11,212
• sindresorhus/caprine — Elegant Facebook Messenger desktop app ☆7,370
• overtake/TelegramSwift — Source code of Telegram for macos on Swift 5.0 ☆5,714
• ferdium/ferdium-app — All your services in one place, built by the community ☆4,381

Email Clients

• Foundry376/Mailspring — Beautiful open source mail client ☆17,646
• tutao/tutanota — Encrypted email service with strong privacy focus ☆7,720
• vladimiry/ElectronMail — Unofficial ProtonMail Desktop App ☆1,665
• skiff-org/skiff-apps — End-to-end encrypted Mail, Pages, and Drive ☆980

Design & Graphics

Design Tools

• jgraph/drawio-desktop — Official electron build of draw.io ☆61,816
• darktable-org/darktable — Open source photography workflow app ☆12,684
• KDE/krita — Free cross-platform digital art application ☆9,938
• RawTherapee/RawTherapee — A powerful cross-platform raw photo processing program ☆4,018
• synfig/synfig — Synfig Studio animation software ☆2,239
• Toinane/colorpicker — Your powerful toolkit for mastering colors. ☆1,880
• pencil2d/pencil — Easy tool for 2D hand-drawn animations ☆1,760
• sindresorhus/System-Color-Picker — The macOS color picker as an app with more features ☆1,405

Image Tools

• upscayl/upscayl — Free and Open Source AI Image Upscaler for Linux, MacOS and Windows ☆46,428
• Molunerfinn/PicGo — Image uploader for 60+ hosting services ☆26,849
• divamgupta/diffusionbee-stable-diffusion-ui — Run Stable Diffusion on M1 Mac ☆13,578
• ImageOptim/ImageOptim — GUI image optimizer for Mac ☆9,877
• MochiDiffusion/MochiDiffusion — Run Stable Diffusion natively on Mac ☆7,899
• kyleduo/TinyPNG4Mac — Native client of TinyPNG on macOS ☆3,998
• jurplel/qView — Practical and minimal image viewer ☆3,355
• netdcy/FlowVision — Waterfall-style image viewer for macOS ☆1,279

Screen Capture

• obsproject/obs-studio — Free software for streaming and recording ☆73,475
• flameshot-org/flameshot — Powerful yet simple to use screenshot software ☆30,247
• keycastr/keycastr — KeyCastr, an open-source keystroke visualizer ☆14,916
• lihaoyun6/QuickRecorder — Lightweight macOS screen recorder ☆8,444

Developer Tools

API Tools

• hoppscotch/hoppscotch — Open source API development ecosystem ☆79,650
• Kong/insomnia — Cross-platform API client for REST, GraphQL, gRPC ☆39,799
• mountain-loop/yaak — Intuitive API client for REST and GraphQL ☆18,792

App Frameworks

• electron/electron — Build cross-platform desktop apps with JavaScript, HTML, and CSS ☆121,786
• tauri-apps/tauri — Build fast desktop apps with web frontend ☆108,382
• ionic-team/ionic-framework — Cross-platform UI toolkit for apps ☆52,546
• nwjs/nw.js — Write apps with Node.js modules and web technologies ☆41,189
• illacloud/illa-builder — Low-code platform for internal tools ☆12,281
• react-page/react-page — Customizable WYSIWYG content editor ☆9,552
• sindresorhus/create-dmg — Create a good-looking DMG for your macOS app in seconds ☆5,309

Code Editors

• microsoft/vscode — Visual Studio Code ☆186,823
• neovim/neovim — Vim-fork focused on extensibility and usability ☆100,715
• zed-industries/zed — High-performance multiplayer code editor ☆86,018
• helix-editor/helix — A post-modern modal text editor. ☆44,991
• vim/vim — The official Vim repository ☆40,579
• lapce/lapce — Lightning-fast and Powerful Code Editor written in Rust ☆38,585
• CodeEditApp/CodeEdit — Native macOS code editor, free and open ☆22,921
• dail8859/NotepadNext — Notepad++ for macOS ☆14,305
• coteditor/CotEditor — Lightweight Plain Text Editor for macOS ☆8,214
• macvim-dev/macvim — Vim - the text editor - for macOS ☆7,859
• qvacua/vimr — VimR — Neovim GUI for macOS in Swift ☆6,970
• apache/netbeans — Apache NetBeans ☆3,073
• haystackeditor/haystack-editor — Canvas-based code editor for visual navigation ☆1,280

Databases

• surrealdb/surrealdb — Distributed document-graph database ☆32,474
• sqlitebrowser/sqlitebrowser — DB Browser for SQLite ☆24,223
• beekeeper-studio/beekeeper-studio — SQL client for MySQL, Postgres, SQLite ☆23,110
• PostgresApp/PostgresApp — The easiest way to get started with PostgreSQL on the Mac ☆7,742
• Sequel-Ace/Sequel-Ace — MySQL/MariaDB database management for macOS ☆7,444
• trailbaseio/trailbase — Fast app server with SQLite and auth ☆5,358
• nullptrlabs/pgmodeler — Data modeling tool for PostgreSQL ☆3,569
• antonycourtney/tad — A desktop application for viewing and analyzing tabular data ☆3,467
• bdash-app/bdash — Simple SQL Client for lightweight data analysis. ☆1,517
• cmushroom/redis-pro — Redis management app in SwiftUI ☆680
• gcollazo/mongodbapp — The easiest way to get started with MongoDB on the Mac ☆535

Developer Utilities

• WerWolv/ImHex — Hex editor for reverse engineers and programmers ☆54,012
• oldj/SwitchHosts — Switch hosts quickly! ☆26,871
• responsively-org/responsively-app — Browser for responsive web development ☆25,002
• mjmlio/mjml — MJML: the only framework that makes responsive-email easy ☆18,121
• insidegui/WWDC — The unofficial WWDC app for macOS ☆8,748
• XcodesOrg/XcodesApp — Install and switch Xcode versions easily ☆8,442
• intitni/CopilotForXcode — GitHub Copilot and ChatGPT for Xcode ☆8,240
• massCodeIO/massCode — A free, open-source developer workspace. Snippets, notes, HTTP requests, calculations, and dev tools in one local-first app. ☆6,867
• twostraws/ControlRoom — Control Xcode Simulator from macOS app ☆6,086
• HexFiend/HexFiend — A fast and clever hex editor for macOS ☆5,863
• okwasniewski/MiniSim — Menu bar app for iOS and Android simulators ☆2,880
• sindresorhus/Pasteboard-Viewer — Inspect the system pasteboards on macOS ☆838

Version Control

• desktop/desktop — Focus on what matters instead of fighting with Git. ☆21,632
• git-up/GitUp — The Git interface you have been missing ☆12,023
• scmbreeze/scm_breeze — Adds numbered shortcuts to the output git status, and much more ☆2,908
• relagit/relagit — The elegant solution to graphical version control. ☆1,077
• maoyama/Changes — An Open Source GUI Git Client for macOS ☆260
• jamieweavis/streaker — GitHub contribution streak tracker for menu bar ☆195

Virtualization

• utmapp/UTM — Virtual machines for iOS and macOS ☆34,524
• hashicorp/vagrant — Tool for building development environments ☆27,167
• lima-vm/lima — Linux virtual machines, with a focus on running containers ☆21,337
• qemu/qemu — generic and open source machine & userspace emulator and virtualizer ☆13,341
• canonical/multipass — Multipass orchestrates virtual Ubuntu instances ☆9,156
• insidegui/VirtualBuddy — macOS VM GUI for Apple Silicon ☆8,251

File Management

File Managers

• mucommander/mucommander — Cross-platform dual-pane file manager ☆1,235
• raguay/ModalFileManager — Vim-style modal file manager for macOS ☆168

File Sharing

• localsend/localsend — An open-source cross-platform alternative to AirDrop ☆84,210
• viarotel-org/escrcpy — Control Android devices with scrcpy GUI ☆10,322
• grishka/NearDrop — An unofficial Google Nearby Share/Quick Share app for macOS ☆6,163

File Utilities

• tfeldmann/organize — The file management automation tool. ☆3,080
• nohajc/anylinuxfs — Mount Linux filesystems on macOS via NFS ☆1,354
• PDF-Archiver/PDF-Archiver — A tool for tagging files and archiving tasks. ☆336
• RobinNaumann/disko — a minimalist disk usage analyzer for macOS ☆114

Gaming

• RPCS3/rpcs3 — PlayStation 3 emulator and debugger ☆19,014
• OpenEmu/OpenEmu — Retro video game emulation for macOS ☆17,616
• hrydgard/ppsspp — A PSP emulator for Android, Windows, Mac and Linux, written in C++ ☆14,024
• PlayCover/PlayCover — Community fork of PlayCover ☆11,447

Networking

Download Tools

• soimort/you-get — Dumb downloader that scrapes the web ☆56,845
• qbittorrent/qBittorrent — qBittorrent BitTorrent client ☆38,466
• transmission/transmission — Official Transmission BitTorrent client repository ☆14,879

Network Analysis

• GyulyVGC/sniffnet — Comfortably monitor your Internet traffic ☆39,626
• wireshark/wireshark — Wireshark is a network traffic analyzer, or "sniffer" ☆9,526

Proxy & VPN

• shadowsocks/ShadowsocksX-NG — Next Generation of ShadowsocksX ☆32,888
• hiddify/hiddify-app — Multi-platform auto-proxy client ☆31,030
• getlantern/lantern — Censorship circumvention tool ☆15,743
• mullvad/mullvadvpn-app — The Mullvad VPN client app for desktop and mobile ☆7,251

Remote Access

• rustdesk/rustdesk — Self-hosted remote desktop alternative ☆117,062
• LizardByte/Sunshine — Self-hosted game stream host for Moonlight. ☆38,682
• moonlight-stream/moonlight-qt — GameStream client for desktop ☆17,660
• electerm/electerm — Terminal with SSH, SFTP, and RDP support ☆14,372

Productivity

• ONLYOFFICE/DesktopEditors — Open source office suite for documents ☆5,012

Automation

• Caldis/Mos — Smooth scrolling and scroll direction for mouse ☆20,700
• ActivityWatch/activitywatch — Free automated time tracker ☆18,031
• Hammerspoon/hammerspoon — Staggeringly powerful macOS desktop automation with Lua ☆15,637
• noah-nuebling/mac-mouse-fix — Make any mouse better on macOS ☆10,301
• asmvik/skhd — Simple hotkey daemon for macOS ☆8,027
• linearmouse/linearmouse — The mouse and trackpad utility for Mac. ☆6,389
• zenangst/KeyboardCowboy — The missing keyboard shortcut utility for macOS ☆2,197
• niw/HapticKey — Haptic feedback when tapping Touch Bar ☆1,671
• FreeterApp/Freeter — Freeter – a smarter way to work on your computer ☆1,006
• WINBIGFOX/TimeScribe — Flexible time tracking for work hours ☆853
• rewhex/better-launchpad — Smarter, customizable Launchpad for macOS ☆17

Clipboard

• p0deje/Maccy — Lightweight clipboard manager for macOS ☆20,467
• hluk/CopyQ — Clipboard manager with advanced features ☆11,904
• Clipy/Clipy — Clipboard extension app for macOS. ☆8,721
• Slackadays/Clipboard — Fast and feature-packed clipboard tool ☆5,818
• PasteBar/PasteBarApp — Free clipboard manager for Mac and Windows ☆2,095

Task Management

• mattermost-community/focalboard — Self-hosted Trello alternative ☆26,260
• super-productivity/super-productivity — Todo list with time tracking ☆20,317

Translation

• nextai-translator/nextai-translator — ChatGPT-powered translation app ☆24,932
• tisfeng/Easydict — Dictionary and translator for macOS ☆13,665

Reading & Writing

Ebooks

• koodo-reader/koodo-reader — Cross-platform ebook manager and reader ☆27,302
• kovidgoyal/calibre — The calibre ebook manager ☆25,168
• readest/readest — Modern cross-platform ebook reader ☆21,813
• Sigil-Ebook/Sigil — Sigil is a multi-platform EPUB ebook editor ☆6,857
• MaddTheSane/Simple-Comic — macOS comic viewer ☆327

Note-taking

• AppFlowy-IO/AppFlowy — AI collaborative workspace, Notion alt ☆72,989
• toeverything/AFFiNE — Next-gen knowledge base for planning ☆69,813
• laurent22/joplin — Privacy-focused note taking with sync ☆55,355
• logseq/logseq — Privacy-first knowledge management platform ☆43,566
• Zettlr/Zettlr — Your One-Stop Publication Workbench ☆13,207
• vnotex/vnote — A pleasant note-taking platform in native C++. ☆12,841
• tw93/MiaoYan — Lightweight Markdown editor ☆8,398
• glushchenko/fsnotes — Notes manager for macOS/iOS ☆7,409
• standardnotes/app — Think fearlessly with end-to-end encrypted notes and files ☆6,525
• pbek/QOwnNotes — Markdown notepad with Nextcloud integration ☆5,799
• saber-notes/saber — The cross-platform open-source app built for handwriting ☆4,558
• nuttyartist/notes — Fast note-taking app written in C++ ☆4,250
• vkbo/novelWriter — Plain text editor for writing novels ☆2,988

Research

• zotero/zotero — Tool to collect, organize, and cite research ☆14,564
• tropy/tropy — Research photo management ☆1,122

RSS

• RSSNext/Folo — Folo is the AI RSS Reader ☆38,557
• Ranchero-Software/NetNewsWire — RSS reader for macOS and iOS. ☆10,165
• ViennaRSS/vienna-rss — Free open-source RSS/Atom/JSON feed newsreader for macOS ☆1,968
• sopaco/saga-reader — AI-powered lightweight internet reader ☆532

Security

Encryption

• cryptomator/cryptomator — Secure encryption for cloud storage ☆15,522
• alichtman/deadbolt — Dead-simple file encryption for any OS ☆417

Password Managers

• keepassxreboot/keepassxc — Cross-platform KeePass password manager ☆27,769
• strongbox-password-safe/Strongbox — A KeePass/Password Safe Client for iOS and OS X ☆1,442

System Security

• seemoo-lab/openhaystack — Build your own AirTags via Find My network ☆13,074
• objective-see/LuLu — LuLu is the free open-source macOS firewall ☆12,856
• objective-see/BlockBlock — Monitor persistence locations on macOS ☆820
• objective-see/KnockKnock — Like AutoRuns ...but for macOS! ☆759
• objective-see/OverSight — Monitor mic and webcam access on Mac ☆670
• ParetoSecurity/pareto-mac — Automatically audit your Mac for basic security hygiene. ☆445
• Lennolium/swiftGuard — Anti-forensic app monitoring USB ports ☆463
• objective-see/WhatsYourSign — View file signing info in Finder ☆361
• objective-see/RansomWhere — Generic ransomware detector ☆126
• objective-see/TaskExplorer — Explore running processes on macOS ☆141
• objective-see/DylibHijackScanner — Scan for dylib hijacking vulnerabilities ☆125

System Tools

Desktop & System

• alin23/Lunar — Intelligent adaptive brightness for your external monitors ☆5,624
• johnste/finicky — A macOS app for customizing which browser to start ☆4,930
• mangerlahn/Latest — App update checker for macOS ☆4,667
• sindresorhus/Plash — Make any website your Mac desktop wallpaper ☆3,986
• sindresorhus/Actions — Supercharge your shortcuts ☆3,027
• rlxone/Equinox — Create dynamic wallpapers for macOS. ☆1,998
• wflixu/RClick — macos finder contextmenu ☆798
• glinford/dns-easy-switcher — DNS Easy Switcher (for MacOS) ☆349

Menu Bar

• jordanbaird/Ice — Powerful menu bar manager for macOS ☆28,618
• dwarvesf/hidden — Ultra-light utility to hide menu bar icons ☆14,266
• FelixKratz/SketchyBar — A highly customizable macOS status bar replacement ☆11,957
• jacklandrin/OnlySwitch — All-in-one menu bar utility for Mac ☆5,738
• leits/MeetingBar — Your meetings at your fingertips in the macOS menu bar ☆5,256
• swiftbar/SwiftBar — Powerful macOS menu bar customization tool ☆4,217
• sfsam/Itsycal — Itsycal is a tiny calendar for menu bar ☆3,944
• DamascenoRafael/reminders-menubar — View Apple Reminders in menu bar ☆3,802
• ivoronin/TomatoBar — World's neatest Pomodoro timer for macOS menu bar ☆3,393
• kmikiy/SpotMenu — Spotify & Apple Music in your macOS menu bar ☆3,113
• macmade/Hot — CPU thermal throttling monitor in menu bar ☆2,999
• lihaoyun6/AirBattery — Show battery of all devices in Dock ☆2,851
• pakerwreah/Calendr — Menu bar calendar for macOS - MVVM | RxSwift | AppKit | SwiftUI ☆2,272
• lihaoyun6/Logoer — Change the style of the Apple logo in macOS menu bar ☆713
• celve/Peninsula — Dynamic Peninsula for window switching ☆455

Package Managers

• Homebrew/brew — The Package Manager for Everywhere ☆48,666
• mas-cli/mas — Mac App Store command-line interface ☆12,236
• milanvarady/Applite — User-friendly GUI macOS application for Homebrew Casks ☆6,819
• buresdv/Cork — A fast GUI for Homebrew written in SwiftUI, AI-free ☆4,521

QuickLook Plugins

• sindresorhus/quick-look-plugins — List of useful Quick Look plugins for developers ☆18,670
• sbarex/SourceCodeSyntaxHighlight — Quick Look syntax highlighting ☆4,147
• sbarex/QLMarkdown — macOS Quick Look extension for Markdown files. ☆3,073

System Utilities

• exelban/stats — macOS system monitor in your menu bar ☆40,002
• balena-io/etcher — Flash OS images to SD cards & USB drives, safely and easily. ☆33,908
• MonitorControl/MonitorControl — Control external display brightness ☆33,563
• waydabber/BetterDisplay — HiDPI scaling and display control ☆32,382
• pqrs-org/Karabiner-Elements — Keyboard customization for macOS ☆22,386
• kyleneideck/BackgroundMusic — Per-app volume and auto-pause music ☆19,077
• alienator88/Pearcleaner — Free and fair-code mac app cleaner ☆13,753
• AppHouseKitchen/AlDente-Battery_Care_and_Monitoring — Battery charge limiter ☆9,088
• sveinbjornt/Sloth — View open files and connections on Mac ☆8,914
• newmarcel/KeepingYouAwake — Prevents your Mac from going to sleep. ☆6,691
• ThatGuySam/doesitarm — Apple Silicon app compatibility list ☆3,790
• runjuu/InputSourcePro — Switch and track your input sources with ease ☆3,327
• BigBerny/magicquit — Auto-quit unused apps for focus ☆342
• probablykasper/time-machine-inspector — Time Machine backup size inspector app ☆196
• appledragon/everythingByMdfind — python script to search everything by mdfind on MacOS ☆141
• sanketk2020/MacSpaceCleaner — Clean disk space by removing junk ☆135
• Serpentiel/betterglobekey — Make macOS Globe key great again! ☆82
• yagcioglutoprak/dusty — Free, open-source macOS menu bar cleaner. ☆51

Terminal

Emulators

• Eugeny/tabby — A terminal for a more modern age ☆72,403
• alacritty/alacritty — A cross-platform, OpenGL terminal emulator. ☆64,686
• ghostty-org/ghostty — Fast GPU-accelerated terminal emulator ☆57,174
• kovidgoyal/kitty — Cross-platform GPU-based terminal emulator ☆33,629
• wezterm/wezterm — GPU-accelerated terminal multiplexer ☆26,946
• wavetermdev/waveterm — An open-source, AI-integrated, cross-platform terminal for seamless workflows ☆21,451
• gnachman/iTerm2 — Terminal emulator for macOS with many features ☆17,751

Shell Utilities

• withfig/autocomplete — IDE-style autocomplete for your existing terminal & shell ☆25,191
• dnote/dnote — A simple command line notebook ☆3,043
• lihaoyun6/xHistory — A powerful command line history manager ☆204

Window Management

• rxhanson/Rectangle — Window management with shortcuts and snap ☆29,316
• asmvik/yabai — A tiling window manager for macOS based on binary space partitioning ☆29,200
• nikitabobko/AeroSpace — AeroSpace is an i3-like tiling window manager for macOS ☆21,399
• ianyh/Amethyst — Automatic tiling window manager for macOS à la xmonad. ☆16,174
• lwouis/alt-tab-macos — Windows alt-tab on macOS ☆15,962
• mrkai77/Loop — Window management made elegant. ☆11,037
• ejbills/DockDoor — Window peeking, alt-tab and other enhancements for macOS ☆5,422
• FelixKratz/JankyBorders — A lightweight window border system for macOS ☆3,641
• lihaoyun6/Topit — Pin any window to the top of your screen ☆1,446
• pablopunk/SwiftShift — Sweet window management for macOS ☆612
• XiCheng148/Dockit — An application that can dock any window to the edge of the screen. ☆277
• Geckos-Ink/MakeItHome — UI extender for macOS ☆37

---

🏆 Top 50 by Stars

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

1. microsoft/vscode — Visual Studio Code ☆186,823
2. electron/electron — Build cross-platform desktop apps with JavaScript, HTML, and CSS ☆121,786
3. rustdesk/rustdesk — Self-hosted remote desktop alternative ☆117,062
4. tauri-apps/tauri — Build fast desktop apps with web frontend ☆108,382
5. neovim/neovim — Vim-fork focused on extensibility and usability ☆100,715
6. zed-industries/zed — High-performance multiplayer code editor ☆86,018
7. localsend/localsend — An open-source cross-platform alternative to AirDrop ☆84,210
8. hoppscotch/hoppscotch — Open source API development ecosystem ☆79,650
9. obsproject/obs-studio — Free software for streaming and recording ☆73,475
10. AppFlowy-IO/AppFlowy — AI collaborative workspace, Notion alt ☆72,989
11. Eugeny/tabby — A terminal for a more modern age ☆72,403
12. toeverything/AFFiNE — Next-gen knowledge base for planning ☆69,813
13. alacritty/alacritty — A cross-platform, OpenGL terminal emulator. ☆64,686
14. jgraph/drawio-desktop — Official electron build of draw.io ☆61,816
15. ghostty-org/ghostty — Fast GPU-accelerated terminal emulator ☆57,174
16. soimort/you-get — Dumb downloader that scrapes the web ☆56,845
17. laurent22/joplin — Privacy-focused note taking with sync ☆55,355
18. WerWolv/ImHex — Hex editor for reverse engineers and programmers ☆54,012
19. jellyfin/jellyfin — The Free Software Media System - Server Backend & API ☆53,717
20. ionic-team/ionic-framework — Cross-platform UI toolkit for apps ☆52,546
21. mastodon/mastodon — Your self-hosted, globally interconnected microblogging community ☆50,057
22. Homebrew/brew — The Package Manager for Everywhere ☆48,666
23. upscayl/upscayl — Free and Open Source AI Image Upscaler for Linux, MacOS and Windows ☆46,428
24. iina/iina — The modern video player for macOS. ☆45,362
25. helix-editor/helix — A post-modern modal text editor. ☆44,991
26. logseq/logseq — Privacy-first knowledge management platform ☆43,566
27. mifi/lossless-cut — The swiss army knife of lossless video/audio editing ☆41,681
28. nwjs/nw.js — Write apps with Node.js modules and web technologies ☆41,189
29. vim/vim — The official Vim repository ☆40,579
30. exelban/stats — macOS system monitor in your menu bar ☆40,002
31. Kong/insomnia — Cross-platform API client for REST, GraphQL, gRPC ☆39,799
32. GyulyVGC/sniffnet — Comfortably monitor your Internet traffic ☆39,626
33. LizardByte/Sunshine — Self-hosted game stream host for Moonlight. ☆38,682
34. lapce/lapce — Lightning-fast and Powerful Code Editor written in Rust ☆38,585
35. RSSNext/Folo — Folo is the AI RSS Reader ☆38,557
36. qbittorrent/qBittorrent — qBittorrent BitTorrent client ☆38,466
37. mattermost/mattermost — Open source platform for team collaboration ☆38,198
38. mpv-player/mpv — Command line media player ☆35,764
39. utmapp/UTM — Virtual machines for iOS and macOS ☆34,524
40. balena-io/etcher — Flash OS images to SD cards & USB drives, safely and easily. ☆33,908
41. kovidgoyal/kitty — Cross-platform GPU-based terminal emulator ☆33,629
42. MonitorControl/MonitorControl — Control external display brightness ☆33,563
43. shadowsocks/ShadowsocksX-NG — Next Generation of ShadowsocksX ☆32,888
44. surrealdb/surrealdb — Distributed document-graph database ☆32,474
45. waydabber/BetterDisplay — HiDPI scaling and display control ☆32,382
46. pear-devs/pear-desktop — Pear is extension for music player ☆32,373
47. hiddify/hiddify-app — Multi-platform auto-proxy client ☆31,030
48. flameshot-org/flameshot — Powerful yet simple to use screenshot software ☆30,247
49. rxhanson/Rectangle — Window management with shortcuts and snap ☆29,316
50. asmvik/yabai — A tiling window manager for macOS based on binary space partitioning ☆29,200

Contributing

Please see CONTRIBUTING for details.

Feedback

Found something wrong? Open an issue or submit a pull request — contributions are welcome!

Credits

• jaywcjlove/awesome-mac
• All Contributors

License

The MIT License (MIT). Please see License File for more information.