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Top 23 Swift Privacy Projects
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RemoveMacAI
Debloat macOS: turn off Apple Intelligence, analytics, ads and pop-ups. A native app and CLI, and every change can be undone.
Project mention: Show HN: RemoveMacAI 1.0, a Mac app to turn off Apple Intelligence on macOS 27 | news.ycombinator.com | 2026-10-11 -
AppSignal
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OnionBrowser
An open-source, privacy-enhancing web browser for iOS, utilizing the Tor anonymity network
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Project mention: TypeWhisper – open-source dictation and workflows for macOS and Windows | news.ycombinator.com | 2026-07-14
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macparakeet
Fast, private, local-first voice app for Apple Silicon Macs — dictation, file/media transcription, meeting recording, Transforms, and a public automation CLI. Free and open-source.
Project mention: Show HN: MacParakeet – Local voice dictation and transcription for Mac (GPL-3.0) | news.ycombinator.com | 2026-03-25 -
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Project mention: Coding agents for production iOS: a senior engineer's setup for 2x the output | dev.to | 2026-02-18
I'm a senior iOS engineer at Anytype, fully responsible for the open-source iOS app. I've been using a coding agent daily for about 8 months now, and I recently pulled my Task tracker data to see what happened to my productivity. I was expecting maybe a 30-50% bump. It was over 100%. Without compromises for the quality, or overtime work. I stared at the chart for a while.
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Detto
On-device meeting capture, dictation, and vault-native knowledge layer for macOS. Nothing leaves your Mac.
Project mention: Tome: Local meeting transcription that writes straight to your Obsidian vault | news.ycombinator.com | 2026-03-30 -
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yap
Free, open source voice dictation for macOS. On-device transcription with Apple's Speech framework. No cloud/no API keys/no account. (by FrigadeHQ)
Project mention: Show HN: An on-device OSS alternative to Wispr Flow | news.ycombinator.com | 2026-09-23 -
privacy-manifest
A simple tool that parses your Xcode project/workspace or Swift Package, detects required reason APIs and generates a Privacy Manifest if needed.
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SaneBar
The privacy-first menu bar manager for macOS. Now 100% free and open source (MIT) — every feature unlocked. Native, lightweight, and scriptable.
Project mention: SaneBar – Privacy-first menu bar manager for macOS (open source) | news.ycombinator.com | 2026-01-30https://github.com/sane-apps/SaneBar
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EnviousWispr
Free, sub-second on-device AI dictation for macOS. Dual engines (Whisper + Parakeet) on Apple Silicon. Optional AI polish on your Mac with EG-1 or S1-mini by Superwhisper, Apple Intelligence (macOS 26), Ollama, or your own OpenAI/Gemini/Claude key. Snippets, custom words, no account, no subscription, audio never leaves your Mac.
Project mention: EnviousWispr, open-source WisprFlow alternative | news.ycombinator.com | 2026-07-18 -
Logue
A local-first workspace for documents, tasks and meetings on macOS — nested spaces, typed properties, relations and saved views, with transcription, Smart Minutes and an agent running entirely on-device via MLX on Apple Silicon
Project mention: A local-first workspace for documents, tasks and meetings on macOS | news.ycombinator.com | 2026-08-29 -
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lockpaw
Cover your Mac's screen with a hotkey while AI agents keep running, even with the lid closed. The covered screen glows when Claude Code, Codex or Gemini needs you. Touch ID unlock.
Project mention: Show HN: Lockpaw One hotkey to cover your Mac screen without putting it to sleep | news.ycombinator.com | 2026-03-23 -
MakLock
Free, open-source macOS app that locks applications with Touch ID, Apple Watch, and trusted Wi-Fi. The only open-source app locker for macOS.
Project mention: Show HN: I built a free Mac app locker because AppLocker ($18) freezes Macs | news.ycombinator.com | 2026-04-16 -
HideMyData
Native macOS PII removal software with on device Vision OCR and OpenAI privacy filter model
Project mention: Show HN: HideMyData – macOS PII Removal with Local AI and OCR | news.ycombinator.com | 2026-05-06 -
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betterwispr
Free, open-source, local-first dictation app for macOS. Hold a shortcut, speak, and text is typed into any app. On-device speech-to-text with Whisper, Parakeet and Apple speech. Private, offline, open-source Wispr Flow alternative.
Project mention: Show HN: BetterWispr – Free, open-source dictation for Mac | news.ycombinator.com | 2026-10-11 -
Eris.
Eris is a private AI chat application that runs entirely on your device using Apple's MLX framework. Named after the dwarf planet that challenged our understanding of the solar system, Eris challenges the notion that AI must live in the cloud.
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capd
Private, native macOS app to capture pages, text, notes, links, and images—and find them instantly with full-text search and OCR. Open source; no account or telemetry.
Project mention: Show HN: Capd – A local-first searchable library for macOS | news.ycombinator.com | 2026-08-04 -
Kryptos
Encrypt right inside any messenger: the keyboard encrypts, the screen decrypts, no jumping between apps. iOS and Android, Signal Protocol, fully offline. (by swisslite)
Project mention: Kryptos: Encrypt messages right inside any messenging app | news.ycombinator.com | 2026-08-12 -
cai
Press ⌥C on anything. Transform with AI, scripts, and shortcuts on any selection. 100% local and private. (by cai-layer)
Project mention: Show HN: Cai – Local AI Action Layer for macOS (Free, MIT, MLX) | news.ycombinator.com | 2026-04-22 -
LokalBot
A local LLM workhorse that keeps a memory of your workday. On-device meeting notes, dictation, autocomplete, and recall for macOS. GPLv3.
Project mention: Ask HN: What are you working on? (September 2026) | news.ycombinator.com | 2026-09-13I’m building [LokalBot](https://github.com/stevyhacker/lokalbot) because I keep forgetting where I heard something or what we agreed on in a call.
It’s an open-source Mac app that transcribes meetings and can save screen context, so I can search through it later. It runs locally by default with Qwen LLMs as the main engine.
I’m paying even less attention in meetings now, though. “I’ll check the summary later” has become a little too convenient.
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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 Privacy projects in Swift? This list will help you:
| # | Project | Stars |
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| 1 | RemoveMacAI | 4,085 |
| 2 | OnionBrowser | 2,691 |
| 3 | typewhisper-mac | 1,830 |
| 4 | macparakeet | 698 |
| 5 | ios-app | 573 |
| 6 | anytype-swift | 523 |
| 7 | Detto | 519 |
| 8 | yap | 453 |
| 9 | privacy-manifest | 376 |
| 10 | SaneBar | 323 |
| 11 | EnviousWispr | 178 |
| 12 | Logue | 170 |
| 13 | wire-ios | 167 |
| 14 | lockpaw | 155 |
| 15 | MakLock | 145 |
| 16 | HideMyData | 143 |
| 17 | clean-links | 138 |
| 18 | betterwispr | 134 |
| 19 | Eris. | 99 |
| 20 | capd | 82 |
| 21 | Kryptos | 73 |
| 22 | cai | 57 |
| 23 | LokalBot | 55 |
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