Top 23 Objective-C Open-Source Projects

1. awesome-ios

   1 9 52,707 6.9 Swift

   A curated list of awesome iOS ecosystem, including Objective-C and Swift Projects

   

2. SaaSHub

   www.saashub.com featured

   SaaSHub - Software Alternatives and Reviews. SaaSHub helps you find the best software and product alternatives

   

3. open-source-ios-apps

   2 28 51,055 9.8 Swift

   :iphone: Collaborative List of Open-Source iOS Apps

   

4. open-source-mac-os-apps

   3 38 49,438 9.5 Swift

   🚀 Awesome list of open source applications for macOS. https://t.me/s/opensourcemacosapps

   

5. SDWebImage

   4 8 25,639 7.3 Objective-C

   Asynchronous image downloader with cache support as a UIImageView category

   

6. NativeScript

   5 33 25,550 9.5 TypeScript

   ⚡ Write Native with TypeScript ✨ Best of all worlds (TypeScript, Swift, Objective C, Kotlin, Java, Dart). Use what you love ❤️ Angular, React, Solid, Svelte, Vue with: iOS (UIKit, SwiftUI), Android (View, Jetpack Compose), Flutter and you name it compatible.

   

   Project mention: Top 10 Frameworks for Hybrid Mobile Apps in 2026 | dev.to | 2025-12-19

   NativeScript is a hybrid mobile app framework that allows developers to build truly native iOS and Android apps using JavaScript, TypeScript, or Angular. Unlike frameworks that rely on WebViews, NativeScript provides direct access to native APIs, ensuring apps perform like native applications. It is ideal for developers who want the convenience of JavaScript while leveraging full native functionality.

7. BackgroundMusic

   6 86 19,100 7.6 C++

   Background Music, a macOS audio utility: automatically pause your music, set individual apps' volumes and record system audio.

   

8. OpenEmu

   7 226 17,631 3.6 Swift

   🕹 Retro video game emulation for macOS

   

9. IQKeyboardManager

   8 1 16,626 6.1 Swift

   Codeless drop-in universal library allows to prevent issues of keyboard sliding up and cover UITextField/UITextView. Neither need to write any code nor any setup required and much more.

   

10. Realm

    9 50 16,611 7.4 Objective-C

    Realm is a mobile database: a replacement for Core Data & SQLite

    

11. hammerspoon

    10 132 15,677 7.0 Objective-C

    Staggeringly powerful macOS desktop automation with Lua

    

    Project mention: Key, in sight [Creative uses of keyboard shortcuts and macros] | news.ycombinator.com | 2026-05-24

    Two notes:

    For buying new keys, there are many inexpensive (non-mechanical) USB number pads you can get for $10 or less. It's a good way to get started before committing to something more expensive.

    For software, Hammerspoon [0] is a free option that can handle arbitrary key mappings/macros; however, you'll have to program it yourself, it's more of a hacker's tool than something with a friendly UI.

    0: https://www.hammerspoon.org/

12. infer

    11 44 15,661 9.9 OCaml

    A static analyzer for Java, C, C++, and Objective-C

    

    Project mention: A rogue AI led to a serious security incident at Meta | news.ycombinator.com | 2026-03-20

13. CocoaPods

    12 59 14,823 2.2 Ruby

    The Cocoa Dependency Manager.

    

    Project mention: The CocoaPods Sunset: What Dec 2, 2026 Means for Your React Native App | dev.to | 2026-05-02

    Governance: While it is an open-source project hosted on GitHub, it operates through a centralized registry called the CocoaPods Trunk.

14. MJRefresh

    13 0 13,813 0.9 Objective-C

    An easy way to use pull-to-refresh.

    

15. quicktype

    14 98 13,779 0.0 TypeScript

    Generate types and converters from JSON, Schema, and GraphQL

    

16. CocoaLumberjack

    15 3 13,327 7.5 Objective-C

    A fast & simple, yet powerful & flexible logging framework for macOS, iOS, tvOS, watchOS and visionOS

    

17. IGListKit

    16 1 13,070 7.7 Objective-C

    A data-driven UICollectionView framework for building fast and flexible lists.

    

18. SVProgressHUD

    17 0 12,455 5.9 Objective-C

    A clean and lightweight progress HUD for your iOS and tvOS app.

    

19. xmake

    18 175 12,089 9.9 Lua

    🔥 A cross-platform build utility based on Lua

    

    Project mention: I built a Cargo-like build tool for C/C++ | news.ycombinator.com | 2026-04-09

    The least painful C/C++ build tool I've used is xmake

    https://github.com/xmake-io/xmake

    The reason why I like it (beyond ease-of-use) is that it can spit out CMakeLists.txt and compile_commands.json for IDE/LSP integration and also supports installing Conan/vcpkg libraries or even Git repos.

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20. Mantle

    19 1 11,263 0.0 Objective-C

    Model framework for Cocoa and Cocoa Touch

    

21. FSCalendar

    20 5 10,659 2.1 Objective-C

    A fully customizable iOS calendar library, compatible with Objective-C and Swift

    

22. Quick

    21 4 9,830 4.3 Swift

    The Swift (and Objective-C) testing framework.

    

23. macdown

    22 2 9,787 0.0 Rich Text Format

    Open source Markdown editor for macOS.

    

24. sequelpro

    23 7 9,194 0.0 Objective-C

    MySQL/MariaDB database management for macOS

    

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