Open-Source Mac Apps

List of open-source Mac apps. Managed by Jeffrey Jackson

Feel free to contribute: issues or pull requests.

🔶 Swift projects

OS X Frameworks

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OS X Apps

Communication

• Adium: Instant Messaging Client
  • https://github.com/adium/adium
• Bitpost: OSX app for Bitmessage
  • https://github.com/Voluntarynet/Bitpost
• fb-mac-messenger: Mac wrapper for Facebook messenger
  • https://github.com/rsms/fb-mac-messenger
• Goofy: OS X client for Facebook Messenger
  • https://github.com/danielbuechele/goofy
• WhatsMac: A native Mac app wrapper for WhatsApp Web
  • https://github.com/stonesam92/ChitChat
• M: Email client with device-to-device encryption for messages sent between M users
  • https://github.com/Mynigma/M

Editors

• Atom: The hackable text editor
  • https://github.com/atom/atom
• CotEditor: Lightweight Plain-Text Editor for macOS 🔶
  • https://github.com/coteditor/CotEditor
• macdown: Markdown editor
  • https://github.com/uranusjr/macdown
• TipTyper: Simple plain-text editor for OS X with multiple useful features
  • https://github.com/brunophilipe/TipTyper
• MultiMarkdown version (with HTML source tab) of Notational Velocity
  • https://github.com/ttscoff/nv

Games

• Freecell: Solitaire type card game for OS X
  • https://github.com/alisdair/freecell
• Screentendo: Turn your screen into a playable level of Mario
  • https://github.com/AaronRandall/Screentendo
• stockfish-mac: Beautiful, powerful chess app for the Mac
  • https://github.com/daylen/stockfish-mac

Mac Exclusives

• AnyBar: OS X menubar status indicator
  • https://github.com/tonsky/AnyBar
• Awake: An app for mac osx to prevent sleeping; inspired by Caffeine.
  • https://github.com/xiaozi/Awake.app
• Clock-Saver: Simple clock screensaver 🔶
  • https://github.com/soffes/clock-saver
• dshb: OS X system monitor in Swift 🔶
  • https://github.com/beltex/dshb
• Helium: A floating browser window for OS X
  • https://github.com/JadenGeller/Helium
• MenuMeters: A is a set of CPU, memory, disk, and network monitoring tools for Mac OS X sitting in the menubar.
  • https://www.ragingmenace.com/software/menumeters/
• mirrorapp: Mirror Enterprise iOS and OSX App
  • https://github.com/psutlt/mirrorapp
• Octosaver: A Mac OS X Screensaver showing Octocats
  • https://github.com/kimar/Octosaver
• Quicksilver: fast and free Mac OS X productivity application
  • https://github.com/quicksilver/Quicksilver
• Spectacle: Organize your windows without using a mouse
  • https://github.com/eczarny/spectacle
• SelfControl: A free Mac application to help you avoid distracting websites.
  • https://github.com/SelfControlApp/selfcontrol

For Developers

• App Reviews: App Reviews help you keep track of user reviews for your iPhone Apps. 🔶
  • https://github.com/knutigro/AppReviews
• Cakebrew: Manage your Homebrew formulas with style
  • https://github.com/brunophilipe/Cakebrew
• CCMenu: CCMenu is a Mac application to monitor continuous integration servers.
  • https://github.com/erikdoe/ccmenu
• Cocoapods App: A full-featured and standalone installation of CocoaPods
  • https://github.com/CocoaPods/CocoaPods-app
• CocoaRestClient: A free, native Apple OS X app for testing HTTP/REST endpoints
  • https://github.com/mmattozzi/cocoa-rest-client
• GitUp: A simple but powerful Git OS X app.
  • https://github.com/git-up/GitUp
• Realm Browser: An utility to open and modify realm database files.
  • https://github.com/realm/realm-browser-osx
• Rem: Command-line tool to access OSX Reminders.app database
  • https://github.com/kykim/rem
• Resign: OSX utility to resign the IPA files
  • https://github.com/LigeiaRowena/Resign
• Unused - A Mac app for checking Xcode projects for unused resources
  • https://github.com/jeffhodnett/Unused
• VisualJSON: JSON pretty-viewer for OS X.
  • https://github.com/youknowone/VisualJSON

Tools

• Color Picker Pro: Color Detection Tool for Designers and Developers
  • https://github.com/oscardelben/Color-Picker-Pro
• Gifs: A Mac App for finding GIFs
  • https://github.com/orta/gifs
• Handbrake: Video/Audio encoder / decoder
  • https://github.com/HandBrake/HandBrake
• ImageAlpha: Mac GUI for pngquant, pngnq and posterizer
  • https://github.com/pornel/ImageAlpha
• iro: Color picker menu bar app for Mac OSX 10.9+
  • https://github.com/ripeworks/iro
• mac2imgur: Upload screenshots to imgur 🔶
  • https://github.com/mileswd/mac2imgur
• MactsAsBeacon: A tiny app to turn a Bluetooth LE-equipped Mac into an iBeacon
  • https://github.com/timd/MactsAsBeacon
• my41cx: Microcode emulator for HP-41 C/CV/CX (OS X & iOS)
  • https://github.com/mperovic/my41
• PNGSquash: A PNG compressor app for Mac OS X
  • https://github.com/msanders/PNGSquash
• VideoMessageExporter: OSX app to export Skype video messages
  • https://github.com/alvarop/VideoMessageExporter

OS X versions, GUIs and other Wrappers

• Cloudy: mac app wrapper for overcast 🔶
  • https://github.com/calebd/cloudy
• CoinManager: OS X app for Coinbase
  • https://github.com/D-32/CoinManager
• GoogleMusicMac: Wrapper for Google Music that is compatible with the Mac's media keys.
  • https://github.com/JamesFator/GoogleMusicMac
• Soundcleod: Standalone Mac OS X browser for SoundCloud
  • https://github.com/salomvary/soundcleod
• WWDC: WWDC app for OS X 🔶
  • https://github.com/insidegui/WWDC
• tunnelblick: Graphic user interface for OpenVPN
  • https://code.google.com/p/tunnelblick/

Productivity and Others

• Catch: Broadcasting made easy.
  • https://github.com/mipstian/catch
• Jekyll Blog-aware, static site generator in Ruby
  • https://github.com/jekyll/jekyll
• MacGesture Global mouse gesture for Mac OS X
  • https://github.com/CodeFalling/MacGesture
• Simple Comic Comic Viewer
  • https://github.com/arauchfuss/Simple-Comic
• ToDoOSX: OS X app using Parse and managing Todos
  • https://github.com/ParsePlatform/TodoOSX
• Vienna: RSS/Atom Reader
  • https://github.com/ViennaRSS/vienna-rss
• Wallpapers: A Mac App for Downloading Wallpapers.
  • https://github.com/orta/Wallpapers
• Markoff：A light-weight Markdown (CommonMark) previewer for OSX.
  • https://github.com/thoughtbot/Markoff

Apple Sample Projects

Apple Sample Projects

Apple Open Source

Apple Open Source

Contact

• github.com/jeffreyjackson