JavaScript MacOS

Open-source JavaScript projects categorized as MacOS

Top 23 JavaScript MacOS Projects

  1. node

    Node.js JavaScript runtime ✨🐢🚀✨

    Project mention: How to Build a simple REST API with Node, Express and MongoDB | dev.to | 2025-05-09

    Node.js Installed: Make sure Node.js is installed on your computer. You can download it from nodejs.org.

  2. Civic Auth

    Auth in Less Than 5 Minutes. Civic Auth comes with multiple SSO options, optional embedded wallets, and user management — all implemented with just a few lines of code. Start building today.

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  3. awesome-mac

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

  4. marktext

    📝A simple and elegant markdown editor, available for Linux, macOS and Windows.

    Project mention: App Should Have Been a Website (and Probably Your Game Too) | news.ycombinator.com | 2024-12-31
  5. Motrix

    A full-featured download manager.

  6. N1

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

  7. cli

    Command-line tool to customize Spotify client. Supports Windows, MacOS, and Linux. (by spicetify)

    Project mention: List of awesome CSS frameworks, libraries and software | dev.to | 2024-05-28

    spicetify/spicetify-themes - A community-driven collection of themes for customizing Spotify through Spicetify - https://github.com/spicetify/cli

  8. appium

    Cross-platform automation framework for all kinds of apps, built on top of the W3C WebDriver protocol

    Project mention: Software Testing Tasks with Challenges, Tools, and Best Practices | dev.to | 2025-01-09

    Appium: For mobile app automation testing.

  9. SurveyJS

    JavaScript Form Builder with No-Code UI & Built-In JSON Schema Editor. Add the SurveyJS white-label form builder to your JavaScript app (React/Angular/Vue3). Build complex JSON forms without coding. Fully customizable, works with any backend, perfect for data-heavy apps. Learn more.

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  10. brave-browser

    Brave browser for Android, iOS, Linux, macOS, Windows.

    Project mention: Useful Sites for Privacy and Security | dev.to | 2025-03-22

    Brave - Privacy-focused browser with ad-blocking.

  11. Boostnote

    This repository is outdated and new Boost Note app is available! We've launched a new Boost Note app which supports real-time collaborative writing. https://github.com/BoostIO/BoostNote-App

  12. ChatALL

    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

  13. diffusionbee-stable-diffusion-ui

    Diffusion Bee is the easiest way to run Stable Diffusion locally on your M1 Mac. Comes with a one-click installer. No dependencies or technical knowledge needed.

    Project mention: FLUX1.1 [pro] – New SotA text-to-image model from Black Forest Labs | news.ycombinator.com | 2024-10-03

    I usually don't want to comment on these, but: DiffusionBee's repo https://github.com/divamgupta/diffusionbee-stable-diffusion-... don't have any updates for 9 months except regular binary releases. There is no source code available for their recent builds. I think it is a bit unfair to say it is open-source app at this point given you are using a binary probably far different from the repo.

  14. pot-desktop

    🌈一个跨平台的划词翻译和OCR软件 | A cross-platform software for text translation and recognition.

  15. webtorrent-desktop

    ❤️ Streaming torrent app for Mac, Windows, and Linux

  16. BingGPT

    Desktop application of new Bing's AI-powered chat (Windows, macOS and Linux)

  17. WebKit

    Home of the WebKit project, the browser engine used by Safari, Mail, App Store and many other applications on macOS, iOS and Linux.

    Project mention: Postel's Law and the Three Ring Circus | news.ycombinator.com | 2025-03-27

    whatever this is: https://github.com/WebKit/WebKit/blob/main/Source/WebCore/pa...

  18. Noi

    🚀 Power Your World with AI - Explore, Extend, Empower.

    Project mention: Noi: an AI-enhanced, customizable browser | news.ycombinator.com | 2024-05-18
  19. youtube-dl-gui

    A cross-platform GUI for youtube-dl made in Electron and node.js (by jely2002)

  20. chatgpt-mac

    ChatGPT for Mac, living in your menubar.

  21. numi

    Beautiful calculator app for macOS, Linux & Windows

    Project mention: numi VS jupad - a user suggested alternative | libhunt.com/r/numi | 2025-02-25
  22. nodegit

    Native Node bindings to Git.

  23. stretchly

    The break time reminder app

    Project mention: Show HN: App that asks 'why?' every time you unlock your phone | news.ycombinator.com | 2024-11-27

    I need this !

    I can also recommend Stretchly for the computer https://github.com/hovancik/stretchly.

    Forces me to stand up and look further / go grab some chicory.

  24. notion-enhancer

    An enhancer/customiser for the all-in-one productivity workspace Notion

  25. create-dmg

    Create a good-looking DMG for your macOS app in seconds (by sindresorhus)

  26. InfluxDB

    InfluxDB – Built for High-Performance Time Series Workloads. InfluxDB 3 OSS is now GA. Transform, enrich, and act on time series data directly in the database. Automate critical tasks and eliminate the need to move data externally. Download now.

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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 in JavaScript? This list will help you:

# Project Stars
1 node 111,173
2 awesome-mac 82,786
3 marktext 49,610
4 Motrix 47,468
5 N1 24,814
6 cli 20,122
7 appium 19,749
8 brave-browser 19,217
9 Boostnote 17,042
10 ChatALL 15,790
11 diffusionbee-stable-diffusion-ui 13,211
12 pot-desktop 12,218
13 webtorrent-desktop 9,847
14 BingGPT 9,177
15 WebKit 8,595
16 Noi 7,487
17 youtube-dl-gui 6,915
18 chatgpt-mac 6,368
19 numi 6,001
20 nodegit 5,699
21 stretchly 5,142
22 notion-enhancer 4,906
23 create-dmg 4,833

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