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Top 23 macos-app Open-Source 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
AppSignal knows why the f*#k it crashed. Stop vibe-debugging. Every exception, every backtrace, grouped so you see patterns, not noise.
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Mole
🐹 Keep your Mac and PC clean, light, and running like new. Fast open-source CLI, plus native Mac and Windows apps.
Project mention: Show HN: Mole – Deep research agent for your terminal | news.ycombinator.com | 2026-08-14 -
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: Show HN: Content-adaptive display brightness for macOS with DDC/CI support | news.ycombinator.com | 2026-10-15I was always annoyed that I had to adjust brightness when switching from an IDE in dark mode to a bright web page. I was aware of Lumen https://github.com/anishathalye/lumen but didn't use it since it does not support external monitors.
Therefore, I built Lumos, which is heavily inspired by Lumen but adds support for external monitors. The DDC/CI part of the code is vendored from https://github.com/MonitorControl/MonitorControl. It really improved my experience and I almost never have to manually adjust brightness anymore. And it is open source so I wanted to share it here.
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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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electerm
📻Free and open-sourced terminal/ssh/sftp/ftp/telnet/serialport/RDP/VNC/Spice client(Linux, Mac, Windows, Android, HarmonyOS, iOS)
electerm is an open-source, cross-platform (Electron) client covering SSH, SFTP, RDP and VNC. Noden covers SSH/SFTP/RDP natively on macOS only (SwiftUI, Metal-rendered RDP) — pick electerm for cross-platform or VNC, Noden for a native Mac experience. (Disclosure: I develop Noden.)
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FineTune
FineTune, a macOS menu bar app for per-app volume control, multi-device output, audio routing, and 10-band EQ. Free and open-source alternative to SoundSource.
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wealthfolio
A beautiful, private, local-first personal finance tracker. Investments, net worth, spending, and simulations.
Project mention: Any Open Source projects in need of documentation writer? | news.ycombinator.com | 2026-04-09If you’re interested in finance and investment tracking https://github.com/afadil/wealthfolio
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Sloth
Mac app that shows all open files, directories, sockets, pipes and devices in use by all running processes. Nice GUI for lsof.
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Maybe misspelled Applite[1] which is famous open source macOS GUI app for homebrew as well.
[1] https://github.com/milanvarady/Applite
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VoiceInk
The best open-source alternative to Superwhisper & Wispr Flow. Voice-to-text app for macOS with no subscription
Project mention: Anyone using a Wispr Flow alternative that is non-cloud? | news.ycombinator.com | 2026-09-22I've used a few and got so invested that I built my own. If I had to suggest some:
Handy - It's great, supports Mac, Win and Linux. It's very focused on dictation, but it doesn't go too far outside of that. It's also completely free https://handy.computer/
VoiceInk - Mac only, open source, and pretty good if you're on a Mac. It starts at $25 for one device. https://tryvoiceink.com/
Glimpse - the one I built. Mac and Windows, free local dictation. Some other features are paid, w/ a 2 week free trial. https://tryglimpse.cc
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Project mention: TablePro: A native, open-source database client for macOS | news.ycombinator.com | 2026-09-11
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port-killer
A powerful cross-platform port management tool for developers. Monitor ports, manage Kubernetes port forwards, integrate Cloudflare Tunnels, and kill processes with one click.
Project mention: Native macOS menu bar app for finding and killing processes on open ports | news.ycombinator.com | 2025-12-16 -
WinDiskWriter
🖥 Windows Bootable USB creator for macOS. 🛠 Patches Windows 11 to bypass TPM and Secure Boot requirements. 👾 UEFI & Legacy Support
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The app is Cork: https://github.com/buresdv/Cork/network/dependencies
It depends on Factory: https://github.com/hmlongco/Factory/blob/main/CLAUDE.md
Sticking to a strident "No AI" policy developing software is going to become increasingly difficult.
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Project mention: Show HN: Lofi Cities – Pixel-art city nights with browser-generated lofi | news.ycombinator.com | 2026-09-27
I was also able to omit ?obs and use the website interface controls to configure it via Plash browsing mode and then the interface went away after a moment of inactivity.
[1]: https://sindresorhus.com/plash
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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).
macos-app discussion
macos-app related posts
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Show HN: Winamp-style native audio player for macOS
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Show HN: Lofi Cities – Pixel-art city nights with browser-generated lofi
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Scripta 3.4.7: schedule local meeting recordings without sending anything to the cloud
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Show HN: An on-device OSS alternative to Wispr Flow
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Anyone using a Wispr Flow alternative that is non-cloud?
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Show HN: Petrichor – Native offline music player for macOS
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FnScribe – Open-source, offline dictation for macOS
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Index
What are some of the best open-source macos-app projects? This list will help you:
| # | Project | Stars |
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| 1 | awesome-mac | 116,231 |
| 2 | Mole | 70,505 |
| 3 | MonitorControl | 34,428 |
| 4 | Ice | 29,670 |
| 5 | SteamTools | 27,088 |
| 6 | moonlight-qt | 19,041 |
| 7 | electerm | 15,367 |
| 8 | Loop | 11,735 |
| 9 | FineTune | 9,654 |
| 10 | wealthfolio | 9,164 |
| 11 | Sloth | 8,969 |
| 12 | Gifski | 8,577 |
| 13 | CotEditor | 8,576 |
| 14 | caprine | 7,394 |
| 15 | Applite | 7,083 |
| 16 | VoiceInk | 6,711 |
| 17 | TablePro | 6,224 |
| 18 | LyricsX | 5,234 |
| 19 | port-killer | 5,099 |
| 20 | WinDiskWriter | 4,844 |
| 21 | Cork | 4,703 |
| 22 | Plash | 4,024 |
| 23 | uPic | 3,714 |
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