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Top 23 Swift Mac Projects
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awesome-mac
This project is dedicated to collecting high-quality macOS software and organizing them systematically by different categories for easy search and use.
Project mention: Awesome-mac: The GitHub Repo I Bookmark for Every Mac Setup (99.8K Stars) | dev.to | 2026-03-10Then you find awesome-mac — a GitHub repository with 99,800 stars, maintained by 460 developers, updated constantly, and every single app cross-checked by the community via pull requests.
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open-source-mac-os-apps
🚀 Awesome list of open source applications for macOS. https://t.me/s/opensourcemacosapps
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CodeEdit
📝 CodeEdit App for macOS – Elevate your code editing experience. Open source, free forever.
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Project mention: Supercharge your macOS workspace management with Aerospace - A guide for busy people | dev.to | 2026-06-06
You can view the default config to get a general idea and to also learn what other shortcuts are available to you. If you want to dig deeper, have a look at the official documentation, or this excellent YouTube Guide by Josean Martinez. You can also have a look at my config for a minimal example.
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Project mention: From M1 MacBook to Arch Linux: A month-long experiment that became permanenent | news.ycombinator.com | 2025-08-19
https://github.com/ianyh/Amethyst
But I get basically everything I need with Magnet.
So TLDR I used to be a huge Linux head (I still am…) but I’m practical now and tired and macOS is a small price to pay for such amazing hardware.
More on why I left Linux as my main platform: https://gigatexal.blog/pages/no-perfect-workstation/no-perfe...
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Project mention: Building and Shipping Mac and iOS Apps Without Ever Opening Xcode | news.ycombinator.com | 2026-07-13
An alternative is to use ssh keys stored in the Secure Enclave with tools like https://secretive.dev/
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Project mention: Show HN: Write.md, a free, open-source, themeable Markdown editor for macOS | news.ycombinator.com | 2026-08-11
There's also MarkEdit[0], which is essentially "TextEdit for Markdown" and is definitely _not_ Electron-based:
> For perspective: at just 4 MB, MarkEdit is much smaller than Electron apps. Handling a 10 MB file with ease puts it ahead of TextKit-based editors. Performance-first editors built with Rust lack native features, while correctness alone rules out editors that rely on regex-based Markdown parsing.
[0]: https://github.com/MarkEdit-app/MarkEdit
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Project mention: Building a macOS app to know when my Mac is thermal throttling | news.ycombinator.com | 2025-12-28
Found https://github.com/macmade/Hot which works for my intel mac :)
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iGlance
Free system monitor for OSX and macOS. See all system information at a glance in the menu bar.
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OmniWM
MacOS Niri and Hyprland inspired tiling window manager that's developer signed and notorized (safe for managed enterprise environments). Aiming for parity and extra innovation.
Project mention: A quick note on OmniWM, open source, and why giving credit matters | news.ycombinator.com | 2026-07-20 -
Apple-Silicon-Guide
Apple Silicon Guide. Learn all about the A17 Pro, A16 Bionic, R1, M1-series, M2-series, and M3-series chips. Along with all the Devices, Operating Systems, Tools, Gaming, and Software that Apple Silicon powers.
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Stillcolor
Disable temporal dithering on your Mac with this lightweight menu bar app. Designed for Apple silicon Macs.
Project mention: Ask HN: New clean macOS install. Must-have apps? Best browser? | news.ycombinator.com | 2026-06-23 -
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appdecrypt
appdecrypt is a tool to make decrypt application encrypted binaries on macOS when SIP-enabled (macOS 11.3 or below)
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MacsyZones
Make your workflow more efficient with MacsyZones. Organize your windows with ease. https://macsyzones.com
Project mention: Open Source Mac WM app MacsyZones 1.9.3 is released | news.ycombinator.com | 2025-10-17 -
Project mention: Show HN: Cling 2.0 – fuzzy find any file in less than 50ms on macOS | news.ycombinator.com | 2026-04-01
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SwCrypt
RSA public/private key generation, RSA, AES encryption/decryption, RSA sign/verify in Swift with CommonCrypto in iOS and OS X
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Project mention: Building a macOS app to know when my Mac is thermal throttling | news.ycombinator.com | 2025-12-28
I merged https://github.com/angristan/MacThrottle/pull/2 to make it work on macOS 15. macOS 14 probably works, feel free to try it out and open a PR to lower the required version if it's the case
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).
Swift Mac discussion
Swift Mac related posts
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Show HN: Cling 2.0 – fuzzy find any file in less than 50ms on macOS
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Resizing windows on macOS Tahoe – the saga continues
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I spent a year on Linux and forgot to miss Windows
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Building a macOS app to know when my Mac is thermal throttling
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Leaked Apple M5 9 core Geekbench scores
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From M1 MacBook to Arch Linux: A month-long experiment that became permanenent
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Hardware protection for your private keys
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Index
What are some of the best open-source Mac projects in Swift? This list will help you:
| # | Project | Stars |
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| 1 | awesome-mac | 110,896 |
| 2 | open-source-mac-os-apps | 50,043 |
| 3 | CodeEdit | 22,982 |
| 4 | AeroSpace | 22,423 |
| 5 | Amethyst | 16,214 |
| 6 | secretive | 8,756 |
| 7 | linearmouse | 6,660 |
| 8 | MarkEdit | 5,434 |
| 9 | Hot | 3,016 |
| 10 | timer-app | 2,707 |
| 11 | iGlance | 2,491 |
| 12 | OmniWM | 2,476 |
| 13 | Apple-Silicon-Guide | 1,878 |
| 14 | LinkLiar | 1,484 |
| 15 | Thor | 1,316 |
| 16 | Stillcolor | 1,156 |
| 17 | SwiftCSV | 1,092 |
| 18 | appdecrypt | 1,044 |
| 19 | CapsLockNoDelay | 1,006 |
| 20 | MacsyZones | 885 |
| 21 | Cling | 833 |
| 22 | SwCrypt | 732 |
| 23 | MacThrottle | 703 |
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