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Top 23 Swift MacOS 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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AppSignal
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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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Project mention: Qwen 3.6 27B is the sweet spot for local development | news.ycombinator.com | 2026-06-29
- Mac Studio M4 Max 48GB
and I have not heard the fans on any of them with normal use. The only time I've ever heard automatic fans was when I was using a local 12B model on the M3 MacBook Pro, and when running 70B models on the Studio.
You should consider checking Activity Monitor and making sure that the usual suspects are not causing issues with sustained high CPU. And you can use an app like [Stats](https://mac-stats.com) if you want to see stats while using the computer.
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UTM is another great example of this, which is basically a GUI for QEMU. They have a Mac App store $9.99 version and the free open source version:
https://github.com/utmapp/UTM
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MonitorControl
🖥 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: Ask HN: New clean macOS install. Must-have apps? Best browser? | news.ycombinator.com | 2026-06-23 -
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SaaSHub
SaaSHub - Software Alternatives and Reviews. SaaSHub helps you find the best software and product alternatives
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Project mention: Ask HN: New clean macOS install. Must-have apps? Best browser? | news.ycombinator.com | 2026-06-23
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Project mention: AeroSpace VS rift - a user suggested alternative | libhunt.com/r/AeroSpace | 2026-10-04
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CodeEdit
📝 CodeEdit App for macOS – Elevate your code editing experience. Open source, free forever.
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Project mention: Maccy VS ClipShelf - a user suggested alternative | libhunt.com/r/Maccy | 2026-09-23
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Mos
一个用于在 macOS 上平滑你的鼠标滚动效果或单独设置滚动方向的小工具, 让你的滚轮爽如触控板 | A lightweight tool used to smooth scrolling and set scroll direction independently for your mouse on macOS
You could use Mos, which also has the advantage that smooth scrolling works the same in every app (speed, acceleration etc)
https://mos.caldis.me/
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Project mention: Alt-Tab Creates Background Service After Uninstall | news.ycombinator.com | 2026-06-15
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SwifterSwift
A handy collection of more than 500 native Swift extensions to boost your productivity.
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Easydict
一个简洁优雅的词典翻译 macOS App。开箱即用，支持离线 OCR 识别，支持有道词典，🍎 苹果系统词典，🍎 苹果系统翻译，OpenAI，Gemini，DeepL，Google，Bing，腾讯，百度，阿里，小牛，彩云和火山翻译。A concise and elegant Dictionary and Translator macOS App for looking up words and translating text.
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Project mention: Show HN: Palmier Pro – open-source macOS video editor built for AI | news.ycombinator.com | 2026-07-23
Hi HN, we are Marcos and Harrison, cofounders of Palmier (https://palmier.io). We are building Palmier Pro, an open source macOS video editor, with built-in AI generation and a local MCP server that connects to your agent.
Demo:
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openhaystack
Build your own 'AirTags' 🏷 today! Framework for tracking personal Bluetooth devices via Apple's massive Find My network.
Project mention: OpenHaystack is a framework for tracking personal Bluetooth devices | news.ycombinator.com | 2026-09-13 -
I always thought Mac App Store apps couldn't be automated. Turns out, there's a tool called mas (Mac App Store CLI) that allows you to automate installation of Mac App Store apps.
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I have been using Loop(https://github.com/MrKai77/Loop) after trying some of the alternatives listed here and wanted to post that as it was not mentioned. It is something that solves what I was looking for in window management on macos and just putting it out here :).
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SaaSHub
SaaSHub - Software Alternatives and Reviews. SaaSHub helps you find the best software and product alternatives
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 MacOS discussion
Swift MacOS related posts
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Tell HN: Apple not letting removal of AI models on macOS 27 is outrageous
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Pared – remove unwanted Apple Intelligence models without disabling SIP
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RemoveMacAI strips Apple Intelligence models from macOS 27
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Show HN: Leftovers – FOSS macOS app to cleanup after AI agents
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Show HN: Muro 6.0 – Native Live Wallpapers for macOS, now bigger
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AeroSpace VS rift - a user suggested alternative
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Remove and Disable Apple Macos27 AI Models Tool
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A note from our sponsor - AppSignal
www.appsignal.com | 8 Oct 2026
Index
What are some of the best open-source MacOS projects in Swift? This list will help you:
| # | Project | Stars |
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| 1 | awesome-mac | 115,237 |
| 2 | open-source-mac-os-apps | 50,634 |
| 3 | iina | 46,688 |
| 4 | stats | 42,298 |
| 5 | UTM | 35,714 |
| 6 | MonitorControl | 34,386 |
| 7 | ShadowsocksX-NG | 32,901 |
| 8 | Ice | 29,670 |
| 9 | Kingfisher | 24,404 |
| 10 | AeroSpace | 23,355 |
| 11 | CodeEdit | 23,053 |
| 12 | Maccy | 21,830 |
| 13 | Mos | 21,568 |
| 14 | OpenEmu | 17,805 |
| 15 | alt-tab-macos | 16,355 |
| 16 | Amethyst | 16,276 |
| 17 | SwifterSwift | 15,222 |
| 18 | hidden | 15,118 |
| 19 | Easydict | 14,832 |
| 20 | palmier-pro | 14,515 |
| 21 | openhaystack | 13,753 |
| 22 | mas | 12,369 |
| 23 | Loop | 11,707 |
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