MacOS

Top 23 MacOS Open-Source Projects

  • Flutter

    Flutter makes it easy and fast to build beautiful apps for mobile and beyond

  • Project mention: Show HN: Shorebird 1.0, Flutter Code Push | news.ycombinator.com | 2024-04-08

    [3]: https://github.com/flutter/flutter/tree/master/packages/flut...

  • the-art-of-command-line

    Master the command line, in one page

  • Project mention: The-art-of-command-line: Master the command line, in one page | news.ycombinator.com | 2024-02-19
  • SurveyJS

    Open-Source JSON Form Builder to Create Dynamic Forms Right in Your App. With SurveyJS form UI libraries, you can build and style forms in a fully-integrated drag & drop form builder, render them in your JS app, and store form submission data in any backend, inc. PHP, ASP.NET Core, and Node.js.

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  • node

    Node.js JavaScript runtime โœจ๐Ÿข๐Ÿš€โœจ

  • Project mention: Day 2: Setting Up Angular Development Environment | dev.to | 2024-05-02

    Visit the Node.js website and download the latest version of Node.js for your operating system.

  • awesome-mac

    ๏ฃฟ Now we have become very big, Different from the original idea. Collect premium software in various categories.

  • Project mention: The awesome-mac repo | /r/MacOS | 2023-09-23
  • Netdata

    The open-source observability platform everyone needs

  • Project mention: A list of SaaS, PaaS and IaaS offerings that have free tiers of interest to devops and infradev | dev.to | 2024-02-05

    netdata.cloud โ€” Netdata is an open-source tool to collect real-time metrics. It's a growing product and can also be found on GitHub!

  • alacritty

    A cross-platform, OpenGL terminal emulator.

  • Project mention: Terminal Latency | news.ycombinator.com | 2024-03-19

    It's opinionated, which comes with upsides and downsides. I won't blame the maintainer to keep things focused, feature creep (even for worthy features) can kill a FOSS project.

    Another example is sixel support, there's a fork where it all works but is not sufficiently "proven" (code quality just as well as sixel being the best fit for the problem)

    https://github.com/alacritty/alacritty/pull/4763#issuecommen...

    It may be annoying but I get the reasoning, and there are other terminals.

  • sherlock

    ๐Ÿ”Ž Hunt down social media accounts by username across social networks

  • Project mention: Checking all accounts associated with my email address? | /r/PrivacySecurityOSINT | 2023-11-12

    In the interest of cleaning my digital life a bit I really want to delete all of my old accounts that I no longer use. The terminal application "Sherlock" on github can search for instances of a username you input and find associated websites. Sherlock

  • InfluxDB

    Power Real-Time Data Analytics at Scale. Get real-time insights from all types of time series data with InfluxDB. Ingest, query, and analyze billions of data points in real-time with unbounded cardinality.

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  • ChatGPT

    ๐Ÿ”ฎ ChatGPT Desktop Application (Mac, Windows and Linux)

  • Project mention: What AI assistants are already bundled for Linux? | news.ycombinator.com | 2024-03-01

    > I wouldn't hold my breath waiting for a native Linux AI-assisted assistant.

    On Mac when I press Command + Space, it brings up Spotlight search

    That can't easily be added to be the equivalent of some kind of LLM prompt on GNOME/KDE/XFCE?

    I don't quite know what you'd ask it/do with it that would be of much value? Seems like a quicker way/a wrapper around either asking an LLM questions via CLI or basically Electron wrapping HTML (like this https://github.com/lencx/ChatGPT)?

  • mkcert

    A simple zero-config tool to make locally trusted development certificates with any names you'd like.

  • Project mention: HTTPS on Localhost with Next.js | dev.to | 2024-04-29

    The experimental HTTPS flag relies on mkcert, designed for a single development system. If you run a Docker container, the flag wonโ€™t configure your local browser to trust its certificate.

  • marktext

    ๐Ÿ“A simple and elegant markdown editor, available for Linux, macOS and Windows.

  • Project mention: UX Case Study: Markdown Heading | dev.to | 2024-04-27

    Marktext editor:

  • Motrix

    A full-featured download manager.

  • Project mention: Motrix: A full-featured download manager | news.ycombinator.com | 2024-02-24
  • PowerShell

    PowerShell for every system!

  • Project mention: PowerBI: dรฉployer une passerelle sur AWS pour $0.12/j | dev.to | 2024-03-14

    msiexec.exe /package https://github.com/PowerShell/PowerShell/releases/download/v7.2.6/PowerShell-7.2.6-win-x64.msi /quiet ADD_EXPLORER_CONTEXT_MENU_OPENPOWERSHELL=1 ADD_FILE_CONTEXT_MENU_RUNPOWERSHELL=1 ENABLE_PSREMOTING=1 REGISTER_MANIFEST=1 USE_MU=1 ENABLE_MU=1 ADD_PATH=1

  • hyperterm

    A terminal built on web technologies

  • Project mention: Terminal commands I use as a frontend developer | dev.to | 2024-03-09

    I am using iTerm2 on my macOS. Other available options are Hyper and VS Codeโ€™s inbuilt terminal, which I sometimes use for quick tests. You can open a terminal in VS Code by using the keyboard shortcut CMD + J or CTRL + J on Windows, or View โ†’ Terminal.

  • open-source-mac-os-apps

    ๐Ÿš€ Awesome list of open source applications for macOS. https://t.me/s/opensourcemacosapps

  • Project mention: Favourite open-source apps? | /r/macapps | 2023-06-04

    There is a github repo with a list of Open source mac os apps

  • HomeBrew

    ๐Ÿบ The missing package manager for macOS (or Linux)

  • Project mention: Top Homebrew Alternative: ServBay Becomes the Go-To for Developers | dev.to | 2024-04-18

    Homebrew is a highly popular package manager on macOS and Linux systems, enabling users to easily install, update, and uninstall command-line tools and applications. Its design philosophy focuses on simplifying the software installation process on macOS, eliminating the need for manual downloads and compilations of software packages.

  • iina

    The modern video player for macOS.

  • Project mention: ReAMP, a Winamp Remake in Swift | news.ycombinator.com | 2024-04-07
  • Docker-OSX

    Run macOS VM in a Docker! Run near native OSX-KVM in Docker! X11 Forwarding! CI/CD for OS X Security Research! Docker mac Containers.

  • Project mention: GitHub Actions as a time-sharing supercomputer | news.ycombinator.com | 2024-01-10

    Running macOS legally requires real mac servers and a bespoke storage solution: https://www.datacenterdynamics.com/en/analysis/not-just-stac...

    A self-hosted macOS runner will be more economical in the long-run, if you have a spot you can hook it up at, or if you're fine doing things less than legally, you can use https://github.com/sickcodes/Docker-OSX.

  • ShadowsocksX-NG

    Next Generation of ShadowsocksX

  • Project mention: Unable to install client from Mac App Store - Direct connect or mirror download? | /r/outlinevpn | 2023-06-22
  • dotfiles

    :wrench: .files, including ~/.macos โ€” sensible hacker defaults for macOS

  • Project mention: The first conformant M1 GPU driver | news.ycombinator.com | 2023-08-22

    You might be interested in this: https://github.com/mathiasbynens/dotfiles/blob/main/.macos

    I don't advise just running Mathias' config as is, but read through it and see if anything seems to be something you want in yours, make the changes, and save it somewhere for the next time you're setting up a Mac.

    There's some stuff in there about speeding up certain animations (look for `# Speed up Mission Control animations`), and about not reordering "spaces" (desktops, full-screen apps, search for `# Donโ€™t automatically rearrange Spaces based on most recent use`) based on use which I think may also affect cmd+tab ordering? Not sure, but it's a setting I always change anyway because the default doesn't make sense for power users.

    About the trolling thing, sorry, I was genuinely not sure if you were arguing in good faith or just making stuff up, as most of the things you were saying were just plain incorrect or dishonest, from comparing desktop computer performance to low-powered laptops, to incorrect statements about features macOS truly excels at.

  • MonitorControl

    ๐Ÿ–ฅ Control your display's brightness & volume on your Mac as if it was a native Apple Display. Use Apple Keyboard keys or custom shortcuts. Shows the native macOS OSDs.

  • Project mention: 18-year-old built a better computer monitor that doesn't strain your eyes | news.ycombinator.com | 2023-10-27

    I use "Monitor Control" on my Mac Studio to control the brightness of my Dell monitor:

    https://github.com/MonitorControl/MonitorControl

  • SDWebImage

    Asynchronous image downloader with cache support as a UIImageView category

  • Project mention: Is there anything inherently wrong with the way I am updating this array of custom objects? | /r/swift | 2023-08-24

    Add the SDWebImage package: https://github.com/SDWebImage/SDWebImage.git

  • N1

    :love_letter: An extensible desktop mail app built on the modern web. Forks welcome!

  • spotube

    ๐ŸŽง Open source Spotify client that doesn't require Premium nor uses Electron! Available for both desktop & mobile!

  • Project mention: Joe Rogan's new 'multiyear' Spotify deal worth as much as $250M: report | news.ycombinator.com | 2024-02-02

    https://github.com/KRTirtho/spotube

    Spotube might be the answer if you donโ€™t have an iPhone.

    Using it on Windows and the client is good enough.

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NOTE: The open source projects on this list are ordered by number of github stars. The number of mentions indicates repo mentiontions in the last 12 Months or since we started tracking (Dec 2020).

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Index

What are some of the best open-source MacOS projects? This list will help you:

Project Stars
1 Flutter 161,934
2 the-art-of-command-line 148,750
3 node 103,970
4 awesome-mac 71,406
5 Netdata 68,252
6 alacritty 52,924
7 sherlock 51,406
8 ChatGPT 46,989
9 mkcert 45,821
10 marktext 44,768
11 Motrix 43,354
12 PowerShell 43,352
13 hyperterm 42,656
14 open-source-mac-os-apps 39,530
15 HomeBrew 39,456
16 iina 36,357
17 Docker-OSX 35,358
18 ShadowsocksX-NG 32,126
19 dotfiles 29,804
20 MonitorControl 26,171
21 SDWebImage 24,918
22 N1 24,788
23 spotube 24,492

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