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Top 23 MacOS Open-Source Projects
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1️⃣7️⃣ The Art of Command Line 🖥️ 📌 https://github.com/jlevy/the-art-of-command-line Master the Linux command line with this detailed guide.
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Explore Node.js: https://nodejs.org/
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awesome-mac
Now we have become very big, Different from the original idea. Collect premium software in various categories.
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Project mention: Netdata: 20% discount on all annual plans Promo code BF20241Y | news.ycombinator.com | 2024-12-04
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Rust is one of the most appreciated programming languages, as highlighted in the GitHub Octoverse Survey. It offers memory safety, high performance, and strong tooling, making it a solid choice for both small utilities and large-scale applications. Many of the tools I use daily, like Alacritty and 1Password, benefit from Rust's speed and reliability.
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Project mention: fd: A simple, fast and user-friendly alternative to 'find' | news.ycombinator.com | 2025-03-19
I just use at the command line:
? toolname
Eg
? git branch
which gives me common examples of git branch
For anything I can't remember. It aliases to tldr which is normally up to date with new tools.
See also cheat.sh etc.
https://tldr.sh/
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mkcert
A simple zero-config tool to make locally trusted development certificates with any names you'd like.
Project mention: Setting up a trusted, self-signed SSL/TLS certificate authority in Linux | news.ycombinator.com | 2025-02-17Interesting, just checked out if mkcert (the popular way of doing this) supports it and found two issues:
https://github.com/FiloSottile/mkcert/issues/131
https://github.com/FiloSottile/mkcert/pull/113
Hopefully Filippo revisits this now that it's broadly supported.
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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: Instant macOS install on Proxmox including AMD patches | news.ycombinator.com | 2024-12-11 -
Project mention: App Should Have Been a Website (and Probably Your Game Too) | news.ycombinator.com | 2024-12-31
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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: 5 Local Environment Mistakes I See Everywhere, and How to Fix Them Properly | dev.to | 2025-03-21
# ./launch.sh: #!/bin/bash if ! command -v brew &> /dev/null; then echo "❌ Homebrew is not installed. Install it from https://brew.sh/" exit 1 fi if ! command -v docker &> /dev/null; then echo "⚙️ Installing Docker..." brew install --cask docker fi if ! command -v php &> /dev/null; then echo "🐘 Installing PHP..." brew install [email protected] fi
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2. Video Player: IINA
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spotube
🎧 Open source Spotify client that doesn't require Premium nor uses Electron! Available for both desktop & mobile!
In my journey of trying to expand to different programming niches/languages and my love for listening to music as I do whatever task I'm currently doing, I discovered a trending repository called: Spotube which is an Open Source, Cross-Platform Client for both Spotify and YouTube that removes the need to subscribe to Spotify/YouTube Premium to listen to music without the interruption of ads and allows for downloading music for offline listening.
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Project mention: Apple announces new accessibility features, including Eye Tracking | news.ycombinator.com | 2024-05-15
https://github.com/mathiasbynens/dotfiles/blob/main/.macos
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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.
MonitorControl
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Project mention: Conducting forensics of mobile devices to find signs of a potential compromise | news.ycombinator.com | 2025-03-16
> I wonder if there's a Termux equivalent for iPhone.
https://getutm.app
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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 |
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| 1 | Flutter | 169,280 |
| 2 | the-art-of-command-line | 155,245 |
| 3 | node | 110,224 |
| 4 | awesome-mac | 81,187 |
| 5 | Netdata | 73,862 |
| 6 | alacritty | 58,107 |
| 7 | tldr | 54,313 |
| 8 | ChatGPT | 53,651 |
| 9 | mkcert | 52,698 |
| 10 | Docker-OSX | 49,978 |
| 11 | marktext | 48,991 |
| 12 | Motrix | 46,949 |
| 13 | PowerShell | 46,817 |
| 14 | hyperterm | 43,814 |
| 15 | open-source-mac-os-apps | 43,279 |
| 16 | HomeBrew | 42,935 |
| 17 | iina | 39,764 |
| 18 | spotube | 38,476 |
| 19 | ShadowsocksX-NG | 32,672 |
| 20 | dotfiles | 30,650 |
| 21 | stats | 30,021 |
| 22 | MonitorControl | 29,341 |
| 23 | UTM | 28,615 |
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