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Awesome open-source Swift macOS Apps

This list curates open-source macOS applications built with Swift, spanning a wide range of categories from productivity to utilities. For macOS developers, these projects showcase practical Swift implementations and offer high-quality code samples and best practices to help you master core macOS skills such as UI design, performance optimization, and menu bar integration.

Contributions are welcome via PR, and I will feature your app on my social media account (𝕏).

Contents

• Audio
• Backup
• Browser
• Chat
• Local LLM
• AI
  • AI Usage/Status
• Cryptocurrency
• Database
• Development
  • Git
  • JSON Parsing
  • Other Development
  • Web Development
  • iOS / macOS
• Downloader
• Editors
  • Markdown
  • Text
• Extensions
• Finder
• Games
• Virtual Machines
• Graphics
• Screenshot / Screen Recording
• IDE
• Images
• Keyboard
• Mail
• Menubar
• Notch App
• Compression tool
• Color Picker
• Music
• News
• Notes
• Other
• Player
• Podcast
• Launchpad
• Productivity
• Screensaver
• Security
• Sharing Files
• Social Networking
• Streaming
• Cleanup & Uninstall
• System
• Clipboard
• Terminal
• Touch Bar
• Utilities
• VPN & Proxy
• Video
• Wallpaper
• Window Management

Audio

• AI Dictation - Voice-to-text tool with offline recognition on supported devices and optional cloud transcription and text cleanup.
• AUHost - Host AudioUnits v3 plugins.
• AudioMator - Audio metadata editor for inspecting tags, batch editing, managing artwork, and tagging releases with MusicBrainz.
• Aural Player - Winamp-style audio player.
• Blurt - Hold-a-hotkey dictation that pastes cleaned-up text into any app, powered by AssemblyAI cloud speech-to-text.
• CanYouHearMe - Lightweight tool for monitoring your own microphone input in real time.
• Fader - One-click audio output switching with Bluetooth connect and per-app volume control.
• FreeMic - One-click microphone input switching with Bluetooth headset and built-in mic support.
• Golosok - Local speech recognition powered by Sber GigaAM v3, with hotkey dictation and offline media file transcription.
• Fmusic - macOS music player with multi-format playback and lyrics display.
• FluidVoice - Voice-to-text app with AI enhancement.
• FreeFlow - Push-to-talk speech-to-text tool that inserts polished transcripts into any app.
• HiFidelity - An offline audiophile music player built with the BASS audio library and TagLib.
• LyricsX - Display lyrics for iTunes/Spotify.
• Mesmer - Dictation and text-rewriting tool with a floating toolbar.
• MonitorControl - Adjust external monitor settings.
• NoiseBuddy - Quickly toggle AirPods modes.
• OpenVoiceFlow - On-device voice dictation with local transcription and optional text cleanup.
• Orbly - Hold a key, speak, let go, and the transcript lands at the cursor. Whisper runs on device, with no account and no cloud.
• Petal - Fast, local-first audio transcription app with a clean, minimal interface.
• PairPods - Share audio across multiple Bluetooth devices with one click.
• Tutti - Streams the same audio to multiple output devices at once.
• Presspeech - Push-to-talk dictation tool with fast on-device speech recognition and no cloud processing.
• parrot - A minimal push-to-talk dictation daemon with on-device transcription that inserts text at the cursor.
• Purr - 100% local, on-device voice-to-text dictation — hold a key, speak, and your words type into any text field.
• Plainsay - Local voice dictation that turns a held keypress into text at your cursor or safely onto the clipboard.
• PlayStatus - Menu bar controller for Spotify and iTunes.
• Plug - Hype Machine music player.
• Quant Voice - Fully offline, on-device voice dictation — press a hotkey, speak, and text appears under the cursor with no audio leaving the device.
• R128x - EBUR128 loudness measurement toolkit for batch processing of audio files.
• Radiola - Lightweight internet radio player.
• Scope - Audio oscilloscope tool.
• ShengJi - Local transcription and subtitle editor for microphone, media files, and system audio.
• Spotify4BigSur - Spotify widget for Notification Center.
• EqLume - System-wide equalizer that listens to current playback and automatically applies the best-matching EQ curve.
• Lurar - Menu bar 10-band parametric EQ for headphone listening, capturing system audio via Core Audio Process Tap without any virtual loopback driver.
• SystemEQ - System-wide parametric equalizer with 10/31-band EQ, AutoEQ headphone presets, hearing calibration, and a real-time visualizer.
• Suohai - Audio device lock for macOS.
• Tuner - Instrument tuner.
• OwlWhisper - Fully offline voice input tool with hotkey-to-speak workflow and local transcription.
• Codex Voice - Hold Control-M to speak and insert the transcript into the focused app.
• Cursor Voice - Push-to-talk voice assistant that can see your screen, control apps, and respond in real time.
• EnviousWispr - Sub-second on-device AI dictation with dual speech engines and optional AI polish via local or cloud models.
• SpeakType - Offline voice-to-text tool that lets you speak and paste text anywhere with a hotkey.
• Spit - Free, open-source, fully on-device voice dictation.
• Sonor - Privacy-first, on-device voice-to-text transcription with whisper.cpp and local LLM processing.
• Typester - Enables speech-to-text dictation using Soniox or Deepgram.
• TypeNo - Local voice input tool that transcribes speech and pastes the result into your current app.
• jmc - macOS media organizer.
• waveSDR - Software-defined radio app.
• VoiceInput - Real-time speech-to-text tool that types transcribed text into the focused app.
• VoiceInk - Real-time speech-to-text app.
• VoxFlow - Voice input workbench with local and cloud speech recognition, OCR, history, and coding-agent workflows.
• OpenQuack - Transcribes a 5-minute clip in 2.8 s — local WhisperKit dictation, noise-robust, lives in your menu bar.
• Yap - Fast, private voice dictation that works in any text field, entirely on-device.
• yap - On-device push-to-talk dictation and meeting transcription that inserts text at the cursor.

Backup

• Arco - An incremental backup tool designed with simplicity in mind.
• Syncalicious - Sync macOS preferences.
• TimeMachineTrimmer - Lightweight utility to trim old Time Machine backups and reclaim disk space.

Browser

• Browserly - Routes URLs to the right browser based on custom rules.
• BrowSync - Multi-browser traffic splitting and synchronization hub.
• Finicky - Always opens the right browser.
• Ora Browser - Less noise, more browsing.
• Plash - Make any website your desktop wallpaper.
• Privacy Redirect for Safari - Redirect to privacy-friendly alternatives.
• QuickBrowser - A lightweight link router that lets you pick a browser or auto-route URLs by pattern.
• TabFlick - Adds recently-used tab switching with a switcher overlay to Google Chrome.
• Web - A tiny AI-powered browser built with SwiftUI, fast, private, and Apple Silicon only.

Chat

• Beagle IM - Powerful XMPP client with support for file transfer, VoIP and end-to-end encryption.
• CopilotForXcode - Xcode extension for GitHub Copilot
• MessagesHistoryBrowser - Browse and search Messages.app history.
• HuggingChat - Native chat interface for open-source language models.
• LlamaChat - Chat with your favourite LLaMA models
• Mocolamma - A cross-platform app for managing Ollama servers and models.
• Onit - An AI chat sidebar that can dock to any app on your Mac!
• Seaglass - A truly native Matrix client for macOS.
• Swiftcord - A fully native Discord client for macOS built 100% in Swift!
• Telegram - Source code of Telegram for macOS on Swift.
• WardenApp - A Fully Native AI Chat App For macOS
• WhatsAppBar - Send WhatsApp message from menu bar.

Local LLM

• apfel - CLI and OpenAI-compatible local server for Apple's on-device foundation model.
• LlamaBarn - A menu bar app to easily install, run, and access local LLMs on your Mac.
• LokalBot - Local LLM workhorse that records meetings, turns conversations into searchable memory, and helps recall, dictate, write, and automate.
• ModelStatus - Monitor local AI model servers across Ollama, LM Studio, vLLM, llama.cpp, MLX, and other OpenAI-compatible APIs.
• Osaurus - Local LLM server and AI infrastructure with menu bar, CLI, and shared tools.
• Nativ - Local AI workspace for running MLX models — chat, serve, monitor, and connect all from one polished interface.
• Sero - Private local AI workspace for chatting with documents, research files, developer knowledge, and structured data using local models.
• Sidekick - Chat with a local LLM on macOS using your files — no extra setup.
• TurboFieldfare - Run Gemma 4 26B inference in ~2 GB of RAM via a custom Swift + Metal runtime.

AI

• Agent Island - Local status companion for Claude, Codex, Antigravity, and Grok sessions, with provider usage tracking that also supports Cursor.
• AgentBar - Monitor all your AI coding sessions from a single menu bar item — Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, and more.
• AccountyCat - AI focus companion that detects attention drift from your active context and gives brief nudges to get you back on task.
• ADHD Focus Mate - AI focus companion that gently nudges you back on task when distracted.
• AI Memory Reader - Browser and editor for AI agent memory files, with beautiful rendering and support for Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, Gemini, and more.
• Ayna - Multi-provider AI chat client with multi-model comparison, MCP support, and local model access.
• AppleAi - Access multiple AI assistants from your menu bar with one shortcut.
• Aiassistant - Lightweight one-click AI quick processing tool.
• Chat Session Managers - Browse, search, archive, and delete local Codex, Claude Code, and Grok conversation history.
• Claude-Usage - A tiny floating widget that shows your Claude.ai usage at a glance without opening the browser.
• ClaudeCodeNotify - Desktop notifications when Claude Code needs attention, with one keystroke to jump back to the terminal.
• ClawdHome - Tool for securely isolating and managing multiple OpenClaw gateway instances.
• Calyx - Run and supervise Claude Code, Codex, OpenCode, and Hermes agents in parallel with a shared approval inbox, persistent sessions, command history, and inline diff review.
• ClipAi - Send copied content to AI with one click and get tasks done efficiently.
• Clicky - AI teaching assistant that lives next to your cursor and can see your screen.
• Codex Runway - Menu bar tool for tracking Codex usage quotas, costs, reset times, and local session status.
• Codex Skill Manager - Manage local Codex and Claude Code skills, render SKILL.md, and browse remote skills from Clawdhub.
• DS4 Control - Control panel for local ds4 servers that launches and monitors DeepSeek V4 (Pro/Flash, 1M context) and switches coding CLIs like Pi, Claude Code, or BYOC.
• DeepSeek Harness - An independent, unofficial native client for DSH (DeepSeek Harness).
• Poli - On-device AI writing assistant for proofreading, rewriting, summarizing, and translating in any app.
• Prism - SwiftUI menu bar app for switching Claude Code API providers with one click.
• Quotio - AI subscription manager with quota tracking and automatic failover.
• Ironsmith - Generate native SwiftUI mini-apps in one click by describing requirements via AI.
• KeyType - Open-source, local LLM-powered tab autocomplete that offers inline ghost-text suggestions in any focused text field.
• Kujto Studio - Local memory layer that teaches AI coding agents codebase rules once and enforces them before touching any file.
• Shortcast - Turns long videos into ready-to-post TikTok, Instagram Reels, and YouTube Shorts with automatic finding, cutting, captions, reframing, and scheduling.
• Skills Manager - Discover, browse, install, and tag skills for AI coding assistants from GitHub repositories or local folders.
• Skilly - An AI learning companion for creative software that watches your screen, talks you through tasks, and points at UI elements.
• SpotAsk - A menu-bar AI assistant summoned by hotkey to ask anything from anywhere, or translate, explain, summarize, and polish selected text with your own AI service (BYOK).
• HideMyData - Local AI-powered redaction tool for sensitive data in PDFs and images.
• Engram - A shared memory layer (MCP) that gives all your AI assistants one persistent, local-first memory.
• GrokBuild Desktop - Desktop AI development environment for the grok CLI with project-focused chat, persistent workspaces, and diff review.
• lil agents - Tiny AI companions on your dock that open themed chat terminals for coding assistants.
• Logue - Privacy-first AI meeting notes and writing assistant with on-device transcription and 60+ writing modes.
• LingShu - Fully open-source, model-agnostic coding agent that ships verified software, presentations, documents, and workflows, with runtime and tools kept local.
• Loadout - Shows and manages the skills, slash commands, subagents, plugins, and MCP servers that coding assistants load, with usage counts read from session logs.
• Mac Vision Tools - A macOS menu bar app for real-time machine learning detection.
• Meeting Transcriber - Local-first meeting transcriber for Teams, Zoom, and Webex with on-device transcription, speaker separation, and Markdown protocol generation via your own LLM.
• Mask This - Real-time clipboard privacy tool that uses on-device AI to detect and mask sensitive text.
• Remodex - Local-first remote control tool for using Codex from your iPhone.
• Scarf - Native client for the Hermes AI agent, with multi-window, multi-server, session management, and MCP support.
• Fazm - Voice-controlled AI agent built with accessibility and screen capture tools.
• flowcode - Give Claude Code a voice — hear replies spoken aloud and talk back, with on-device TTS and STT.
• Prowl - A command center for running AI coding agents in parallel.
• SuperIsland - Interactive notch island with live widgets for media, battery, weather, calendar, and notifications.
• TabType - On-device AI autocomplete that predicts your next words as you type in any app, no cloud required.
• VibeProxy - Menu bar app to use existing Claude, ChatGPT, and other subscriptions with AI coding tools without API keys.
• Warden - Multi-provider AI chat client with local model support and built-in web search.
• Writing Tools - System-wide AI writing assistant for grammar and style improvements.
• OnePagent - A browser-native AI agent workbench that lives in a single HTML file.
• Grux - Menu bar assistant that reads your active window and reaches local mail, calendar, notes, and files, using your own API key or a local model.

AI Usage/Status

• amtrino - Breathing menu bar dots that show Claude Code and Codex CLI session status at a glance.
• adrafinil - Menu bar tool that prevents sleep only while AI coding agents have an active session.
• AIUsage - Dashboard for tracking AI subscriptions, quotas, costs, and accounts.
• AgentPet - Tracks multiple coding agents in one glance by showing who is working, done, or waiting for your input, with a reactive desktop pet.
• Agent Beacon - Tiny status lights for coding agents that show done, waiting, failed, or running tasks, with click-to-jump back to the source app.
• AgentConfig - Centralized config and API key manager for AI coding tools like Codex and Claude Code, with quick multi-profile switching.
• Claude Codex Battery - Show Claude Code and Codex usage limits as battery icons — green for plenty, red for almost out.
• Claude Usage - Real-time view of all Claude Code usage without consuming SDK credits or launching the program.
• CodexBar - Show usage stats for OpenAI Codex and Claude Code, without having to login.
• CodexDog - Auto-switch Codex accounts when quota runs out and resume unfinished tasks in the same session.
• Codex Login Manager - Diagnose Codex CLI authentication and restart the OAuth flow in one click.
• Codex Quota - Floating edge panel for Codex quota, with a live current-account view and a second account's last-confirmed snapshot.
• Codex Runway - Menu bar monitor for Codex quotas, reset credits, API-equivalent costs, and local session status.
• Claudoscope - Claude Code session browser with usage insights and security checks.
• Chat Session Managers - Native macOS apps to browse, search, archive, and delete local Codex, Claude Code, and Grok conversation history (local-only, bilingual).
• CCBar - At a Glance: Usage & Costs of Codex vs. Claude Code.
• ccglance - Always-on-top floating panel showing Claude Code sessions that are working, awaiting permission, or finished.
• CC Lights - Traffic lights in the menu bar for Claude Code sessions — see if they're working, waiting, or errored at a glance.
• cctop - Keyboard-first menubar app to monitor AI coding sessions and jump between them with a keystroke.
• ClaudeBar - Real-time monitoring of usage quotas for various AI coding assistants.
• Claude Usage Tracker - Track the usage of Claude Code.
• Claude Usage Monitor - Live Claude.ai usage monitor with a counter and color-coded status.
• Claude God - Claude usage monitor with quota tracking, cost analytics, and burn rate predictions.
• CodeBurn - Tracks token usage, cost, and performance across 25 AI agents with per-task breakdowns.
• CodeIsland - Real-time status panel for AI coding agents with session tracking and permission controls.
• CodexIsland - Dynamic Island-style usage monitor for Claude Code and Codex limits.
• Claude Analyst - Menu bar monitor for Claude Code token consumption, costs, and usage patterns in real-time.
• Claude Code Stats - Menu bar usage tracker that shows Claude Code limits in real-time.
• Claude Island - Dynamic Island-style status panel for Claude Code sessions with approvals and chat history.
• Claude Notch - Dynamic Island in the notch showing live Claude usage with 5-hour, 7-day, and credit counts plus reset timers.
• Claude Peak - Claude Max usage monitor with flame animation that intensifies as token consumption grows.
• ClaudeUsage - Lightweight menu bar tool that shows Claude Code API usage as a battery indicator.
• ClaudeUsageBar - Lightweight menu bar tracker for Claude.ai session and weekly usage limits with real-time updates.
• FinishInbox - Menu bar inbox for completed coding-agent tasks with persistent unread counters per project.
• Headroom - Live menu bar monitor for Claude usage with session and weekly quota progress plus reset countdowns.
• MenubarCC - Menu bar crab that shows Claude Code session status: walking when working, bouncing when waiting for input.
• Mimir - Menu bar AI usage tracker — shows real-time limits and reset countdowns for Claude, Codex, and Antigravity at a glance.
• MyUsage - Unified usage monitor for Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, and Antigravity across devices.
• MiniMaxBar - MiniMax usage monitor with quota tracking in the menu bar.
• Modafinil - Menu bar tool to keep your device awake while AI agents run, with toggle and config.
• Notchy - Notch-based Claude Code terminal companion with project-aware sessions and live status.
• OpenPets - Shared desktop pet for showing progress and status from AI coding agents.
• Pookify - Dynamic Island-style notch status indicator for Claude Code.
• PokeTokenBar - Turn AI coding tokens into a Pokémon companion in the menu bar — hatch, evolve, and collect while tracking Claude Code, Codex & Gemini CLI usage.
• Notch - Shows live Codex CLI and Claude Code activity in the MacBook notch with a hover-revealed session list.
• QuotaBar - View and compare API usage across MiniMax, GLM, DeepSeek, and Kimi.
• QuotaBar - Menu bar Codex usage monitor — refreshes remaining quota, 5-hour and weekly limits, and reset times every 60 seconds, no ads or analytics.
• Tally - Menu bar AI subscription overview with a smart launcher that routes each session to the account with the most remaining quota.
• TokenTracker - Local-first token usage and cost dashboard for 27 AI coding tools, with native macOS widgets, achievements, and an optional desktop pet.
• UsageBoard - Plugin-based dashboard that aggregates usage quotas across APIs, model services, search services, and proxy services.
• Usage4Claude - Real-time monitor for Claude AI usage limits and quota windows.
• UsageBar - Live bar that shows Claude usage and remaining quota at a glance.

Cryptocurrency

• Balance Open - App for all the world's currencies.
• Currency Converter - Live currency converter with instant calculations, offline cache fallback, and favorite pairs.
• Float coin - Native menu bar app with floating window and support for many Exchanges.
• NowCoiner - Lightweight menu bar tool for real-time cryptocurrency price tracking.

Database

• Gridex - AI-native database IDE for PostgreSQL, MySQL, SQLite, Redis, MongoDB, SQL Server, and ClickHouse with built-in MCP server and AI chat.
• PostgresGUI - A native PostgreSQL client.
• Postgres.app - The easiest way to get started with PostgreSQL on the Mac.
• Redis.app - The easiest way to get started with Redis on the Mac.
• mongoDB.app - The easiest way to get started with mongoDB on the Mac.
• redis-pro - Redis management with SwiftUI.
• Swifka - Lightweight, read-only Kafka monitor for safely checking clusters, topics, and consumer lag.
• TablePro - Multi-database client with SQL autocomplete, inline editing, and built-in AI assistance.

Development

• Stringz - Localization editor for app string files.

Git

• GPM - macOS application for easily operating GitHub Projects.
• GitBlamePR - Mac app that shows pull request last modified each line of a file
• GitSync - Minimalistic Git client for Mac.
• Github contributions - GitHub contributions app, for iOS, WatchOS, and macOS.
• GithubListener - Simple app that will notify about new commits to watched repositories.
• GithubNotify - Simple macOS app to alert you when you have unread GitHub notifications.
• GitFlow - Professional-grade Git GUI application.
• Octowatch - Real-time GitHub Actions workflow monitor that lives in the menu bar.
• TeamStatus-for-GitHub - Team code review status tracker for GitHub.
• Changes - GUI Git client. Replace the Git CLI with a clear UI and AI assist.
• RepoBar - Menu bar dashboard for GitHub repo status, CI, issues, and pull requests.
• Trailer - Managing Pull Requests and Issues For GitHub & GitHub Enterprise.
• PullMark - Rendered-Markdown reader for reading local docs and reviewing documentation-heavy pull requests.
• Xit - Xit is a graphical tool for working with git repositories.

JSON Parsing

• JSON Mapper - Simple macOS app to generate Swift Object Mapper classes from JSON.
• JSON to Model class - Code generator that turns JSON into model classes in multiple languages.
• JSONExport - JSON-to-model-class generator with constructors and utility methods.
• j2s - macOS app to convert JSON objects into Swift structs (currently targets Swift 4 and Codable).

Other Development

• CCSwitcher - Manage and switch between multiple Claude Code accounts with one-click credential swapping.
• CaskHub - A native app store for Homebrew casks to browse, search, install, update, and uninstall apps with original icons.
• ChefInspector - Node and Attribute viewer for Chef
• DMG Maker - Tool for creating polished DMG installers.
• CodeBurn - Dashboard for tracking AI coding token usage and costs across multiple AI code assistants.
• Pi Stats - Local dashboard for Pi agent usage, including spend, model costs, projects, token usage, and coding language breakdown from session logs.
• Davit - Native container management UI for Apple's Linux-container platform with lifecycle, stats, and log streaming.
• Loupe - An accessibility inspector that generates AI-agent-ready output for app development.
• Poirot - Claude Code session browser for diffs and command reruns.
• Remarc - Feedback layer for coding agents — point at any text, screenshot, or web element and attach review comments with context.
• QuotaDot - Menu bar quota companion for Codex and Claude — view remaining quota, reset times, and current activity at a glance.
• OpenBox - OCI sandbox manager for images, workloads, and interactive terminals.
• PathDeck Studio - Visual shell environment config manager for prioritizing, auditing, and backing up .zshrc and .bash_profile.
• RegExPlus - Lightweight regex testing tool built with SwiftUI.
• ReqRes - Native macOS app to monitor, debug, and mock HTTP(S) requests and responses.
• Rilmazafone - WYSIWYG DMG builder — design the installer canvas visually and build what you see, no scripts needed.
• Supacode - Native command center for terminal coding agents.
• Claudexor - Local-first control plane for AI coders with multi-model review, best-of-N runs, and per-profile quota routing.
• GraphCode - Graph workspace for coding agents, where each node is a live terminal and each edge a hand-off, message, or spawn that fires unattended.
• nCompHunt - Finds and tracks coding competitions, AI challenges, CTFs, hackathons, and design contests, with filters, notifications, and Apple Calendar sync.
• Switzy - Git identity manager for switching profiles, emails, and SSH keys.
• SSH Keys Manager - Browse, copy, generate, and organize SSH keys and SSH config entries in one place.
• SSH Tunnel Manager - Menu bar app for managing SSH port forwards (local, remote, SOCKS, jump host) that auto-reconnects when the connection drops.

Web Development

• iTunesConnect - macOS app to let you access iTunesConnect.
• KubeMonitor - Menu bar monitor for the active Kubernetes cluster.
• KubeSwitch - Menu bar Kubernetes context switcher.
• Lantern - Dedicated Mac app for website auditing and crawling.
• LocalSites - Bonjour site browser for local websites.
• DockAMP - Docker-based local web stack manager for Apache or Nginx, PHP, and databases.
• Gantry - Docker manager for local and remote hosts over SSH with built-in MCP support.
• nodeScratchpad - Evaluate Nodejs/JS code snippets from Menubar.
• SimpleLocalize CLI - Open source tool for managing i18n keys in software projects.
• stts - macOS app for monitoring the status of cloud services.

iOS / macOS

• AVXCAssets Generator - Asset catalog generator for app icons and image sets.
• AppIcons - Tool for generating icons in all sizes as required by macOS and iOS apps.
• AppStoreReviewTimes - Review time tracker for App Store submissions.
• Assets - Asset manager for development projects and Xcode resources.
• AXe - CLI tool for driving iOS Simulators through Accessibility APIs and HID actions.
• Attabench - Attabench is a microbenchmarking app for macOS, designed to measure and visualize the performance of Swift code.
• Baguette - Headless iOS Simulator manager with screen streaming and input injection.
• Blitz - AI-powered iOS delivery tool for building, testing, and shipping apps.
• Brisk - macOS app for submitting radars.
• CoreDataBrowser - Inspect Core Data, SwiftData, and UserDefaults for any iOS Simulator device.
• Corona Tracker - Coronavirus tracker app for iOS & macOS with maps & charts.
• FilterShop - macOS App to explore CoreImage Filters.
• Harness - AI agent tool for goal-driven user simulation across iOS simulators, apps, and web apps.
• Iconizer - Create Xcode image catalogs (xcassets) on the fly.
• Iconology - Icon editor and exporter for Xcode and common icon formats.
• LayerX - Intuitive app to display transparent images on screen.
• Localizable.strings - Mac app to localize your iOS and macOS projects.
• Localization Editor - Side-by-side editor for app localizations.
• Localizations - Localization file manager for Xcode .strings files.
• Notarize - Notarization status monitoring tool for macOS, supporting multiple developer accounts
• PodsUpdater - macOS app which helps you manage dependency releases in your Podfile.
• QuickTranslateMac - Provides quick language translation, directly from the menu bar.
• Resizr - MacOS application for creating AppIcon for iOS and Android apps.
• Stringz - Localization editor for app string files.
• TransporterPad - iOS/Android app deployment tool for macOS.
• WWDC - Unofficial WWDC app for macOS.
• WWDC.srt - Subtitle downloader for WWDC session videos.
• Xcodes.app - The easiest way to install and switch between multiple versions of Xcode.
• calabash-launcher - Launcher for running and managing Calabash tests.

Downloader

• Applite - User-friendly GUI macOS application for Homebrew Casks.
• App Downloader - Search and download apps from the Homebrew Cask catalog.
• AutoBrew - Menu bar app that silently auto-updates Homebrew and all installed packages in the background.
• Cork - A fast GUI for Homebrew written in SwiftUI.
• DownloadShortcut - Press a global shortcut to download any link instantly to ~/Downloads — no browser needed.
• Get It - Video and audio downloader for many websites.
• Harbor - Download manager for direct downloads, magnet links, and .torrent files.
• ipaverse - Used for downloading and managing iOS apps from the App Store.
• latte - Modern audio and video downloading based on yt-dlp.
• Macabolic - Modern video and audio downloader powered by yt-dlp.
• Media Downloader - Video downloader for thousands of sites powered by yt-dlp.
• schlonk-pad - Video grabber for social media posts with drag-and-drop export to chats, folders, and other apps.
• Maltex - Download manager powered by aria2.
• Pastel - A tool for installing historical versions of IPAs, designed to retrieve older app releases and automatically capture data packets.
• TBD - Paste a link, get the file — a yt-dlp-based downloader that can also be driven from your phone over Wi-Fi.
• TopOff - Menu bar Homebrew updater that checks outdated packages in the background and upgrades with one click.
• Transmission Remote GUI - Native remote GUI for the Transmission BitTorrent daemon over the RPC protocol.
• YouTube Downloader for macOS - YouTube video downloader from the menu bar.

Editors

• AuroraEditor - Lightweight Code Editor (IDE) for macOS.
• Chime - An editor for macOS
• CodeEdit - Open-source code editor.
• CommitEdit - A native macOS commit message editor
• CopilotForXcode - The first GitHub Copilot, Codeium and ChatGPT Xcode Source Editor Extension
• CSVEditor - Used to open and edit CSV files.
• FINAL|FINAL - Long-form writing editor with outlining, citations, versioning, and focus tools.
• Nimble - Lightweight local code editor.

Markdown

• MarkEdit - A simple and efficient Markdown editor focused on pure writing experience.
• Clearly Markdown - Markdown editor with instant preview, syntax highlighting, and PDF export.
• Downright - Native Markdown editor and reader with Quick Look, exact source editing, themes, math, and Mermaid.
• Edmund - Lightweight Markdown editor with live preview.
• Imark - Native Markdown reader with live reload, Quick Look preview, and inline comments saved to the file.
• Markout - Modern Markdown editor with offline syntax, math, and diagram engines — spiritual successor to MacDown.
• Notenik - Note-taking app with many organizational options.
• Pixley Reader - Dedicated reader for Markdown files generated by AI tools in project folders.
• Pine - A modern MacOS markdown editor.

Text

• AuroraEditor - Lightweight Code Editor (IDE) for macOS.
• CotEditor - Lightweight Plain-Text Editor for macOS.
• LiteEdit - Lightweight code editor for opening, browsing, and quick editing.
• MrEditor - Ultra-fast viewer and editor for 10 GB+ text files with instant open, full-text search, and atomic saves.
• Neon Vision Editor - Lightweight text editor with automatic syntax highlighting.
• Noto - Plain text editor for macOS with customizable themes.
• VimR - Refined Neovim experience for macOS.
• Mojito - Type emoji shortcodes like :tada: to insert 🎉 in any text field.

Extensions

• BetterPiP - Use native picture-in-picture with browsers such as Google Chrome for HTML5 videos.
• Is It Private? - Safari extension that shows whether Private Browsing is enabled.
• PiPifier - Safari extension that enables Picture in Picture for HTML5 videos.
• Privacy Redirect for Safari - Redirect to privacy-friendly alternatives.
• Sessions - Safari extension to save your working sessions
• Swimat - Swimat is an Xcode plug-in to format your Swift code.
• SzContext - Add context menu to macOS Finder
• ThenGenerator - Xcode Source Editor Extension for 'Then'
• Ultra TabSaver - Ultra TabSaver is an open-source Tab Manager for Safari
• nef - Xcode extension for exporting selected code as snippets.

Finder

• FileFluss - Dual-panel file manager with cloud storage support for seamless file operations.
• RightMenu Master - Finder right-click menu enhancer.
• Duplicate Finder - Finder for duplicate files with matching names.
• FiScript - Execute custom scripts from the MacOS context menu (CTRL+click) in Finder.
• Finder Go - macOS app and Finder Sync Extension to open Terminal, iTerm, Hyper from Finder.
• FlowVision - A smooth waterfall-style viewer for images and videos on macOS.
• MenuHelper - A Finder Extension to boost your productivity.
• mie-iconner - Set a custom image as a folder icon, with one-click revert.
• FolderForge - Customize folder icons with colors, images, symbols, text, emoji, or ICNS files.
• OpenInTerminal - Finder toolbar tool for opening the current folder in a terminal.
• OpenInHelix - Opens files in the Helix editor via Terminal when double-clicked in Finder.
• ClickMate - Add a configurable action submenu to the Finder right-click context menu.
• CSV Quick Look - Quick Look extension that previews CSV files as a spreadsheet.
• PeekX - Quick Look Extension for Folder Preview on macOS
• Quick Symlink - Finder extension for creating symbolic links.
• Forel - Open-source file automation tool that watches folders and applies rules, an alternative to Hazel.
• Rascal - Keyboard-first Finder replacement with dual panes, command palette, vim keys, and inline terminal.
• RClick - Config you MacOS ContextMenu items, useing Latest Swift and SwiftUI.
• SaneClick - Finder context menu automation — 50+ ready-to-use actions for your right-click menu.
• Spyglass - Quick Look enhancer for Google Workspace stub files — shows real document previews instead of raw JSON for .gdoc, .gsheet, and more.
• SwiftyMenu - The missing Finder menu for your daily ease
• SidebarFavorites - Add custom folders to macOS Finder Favorites and set icons
• Torrent Preview - Quick Look extension for previewing .torrent contents.
• Window Glue - Tool for linking two windows to move and resize together.

Games

• AdaEngine - A cross-platform 2D and 3D game engine written in Swift.
• Dynamic Dark Mode - Dark mode automation tool.
• OpenEmu - Retro video game emulation for macOS
• PlayCover - Tool for running iOS apps and games on Apple Silicon with desktop controls.

Virtual Machines

• berth - Native GUI for Apple's container CLI with streaming logs, live stats, and typed data over XPC.
• Berthly - Native GUI for Apple's container tools with menu bar monitoring and drag-and-drop image building.
• GhostVM - Virtual machine manager for isolated workspaces, snapshots, and portable VM bundles.
• Contained - Native SwiftUI control surface for Apple's container CLI to run and manage Linux containers.
• iContainer - GUI application for Apple Containers.
• ContainerUtility - SwiftUI utility for working with container CLI to manage containers, images, networks, and volumes.
• Container Desktop - SwiftUI frontend for Apple's container CLI to manage containers, images, volumes, networks, and machines.
• MacBox - Manager for 86Box virtual machines.
• Tart - Virtualization toolset to build, run and manage VMs on Apple Silicon with near-native performance and OCI registry support.
• UTM - Virtual machines for iOS and macOS
• VirtualBuddy - Virtual machine manager for running recent macOS versions on Apple Silicon.
• vphone-cli - CLI to boot a virtual iPhone (iOS 26) with Apple Virtualization.framework and PCC research VM infrastructure.

Graphics

• CropBatch - A macOS application to crop images in batch.
• ExcalidrawZ - A virtual whiteboard for sketching hand-drawn-like diagrams with native file management and iCloud sync.
• ClipZilla - Quick screenshot annotation tool for macOS.
• GifCapture - Gif capture app for macOS.
• Gifski - Convert videos to high-quality GIFs.
• ImageCanvas - Visual reference board for arranging images on a canvas with grid layouts, annotations, and drawings.
• InfiniteCanvas - Proof of concept Mac drawing application.
• ItsPaint - Paint app with a blank canvas at the size you choose, shapes, and screenshot markup with numbered step badges and pixelate redaction.
• Pathstitch - CAD/CAM studio for leathercraft and pattern making, with DXF/SVG/PDF export and 3D model unfolding.
• Stitch - Open-source, community-driven prototyping environment for building interactive app ideas.
• ScrollSnap - A macOS app for capturing and stitching scrolling screenshots.
• ScreenCapture - For capturing and annotating screenshots

Screenshot / Screen Recording

• TetherShot - Captures the actual iPhone display over USB or Wi-Fi and saves pixel-perfect PNGs locally.
• Screenshot Home - Private local-first screenshot library for macOS with search, previews, import, and opt-in automatic archiving.
• BetterCapture - Free and open source screen recorder with professional encoding support.
• Capso - Screenshot and screen recording tool with annotation, OCR, and pin-to-screen support.
• capcap - Screenshot tool with snap-to-window capture, scroll stitching, annotation, and beautify in one floating editor.
• Pinpoint - Capture your screen, drop numbered markers, and copy a ready-to-paste prompt for your AI agent.
• Cluxo - Highlights your mouse cursor for screencasts, presentations, and demos, with spotlight, magnifier, and keystroke overlay.
• Chaos - Automatically organizes screenshots into a searchable archive using AI-generated labels and filenames.
• Screenshoss - Automatically moves new screenshots off your Desktop and keeps them in a fast shelf at the edge of your screen.
• Screendrop - Beautiful screenshot and screen recording tool — a native, self-hostable, and free Loom alternative.
• Himi Recorder - Stealth screen recorder with region capture and MP4 export.
• Kyapchar - Simple screen and microphone audio recorder for macOS.
• macosrec - Take screenshots/videos of macOS windows from the command line
• macshot - Screenshot and screen recording tool with annotation, OCR, and scroll capture.
• Quick Recorder - A lightweight and high-performance screen recorder for macOS
• Screenize - Screen recorder with auto-zoom, cursor effects, and timeline editing.
• ShotX - Keyboard-first capture tool for screenshots, recording, GIF export, annotation, and searchable history.
• Snapzy - Open-source tool for screenshots, screen recording, annotation, and editing.
• viewio - Cinematic screen recorder with auto zoom, cursor redesign, motion blur, camera PiP, and backgrounds.
• PinShell - Pins any local HTML file as a global always-on-top floating window with click-through support, ideal for screen-recording overlays and streaming badges.

IDE

• AuroraEditor - Lightweight Code Editor (IDE) for macOS.
• CodeEdit - Open-source code editor.

Images

• APNGb - macOS app which assembles and disassembles animated png files.
• Clicke - A tool for capturing and beautifying screenshots.
• Freehand - macOS Status Bar App for quick sketch.
• HiPixel - AI-powered image super-resolution app for macOS.
• WaifuX - Open-source ACG app for wallpapers, animated backgrounds, and anime videos.
• Iconology - Icon editor and exporter for Xcode and common icon formats.
• Imagin RAW - Lightweight RAW photo browser for culling and organizing photo libraries.
• iMonet - Image viewer optimized for mouse users.
• icns Creator - Create .icns files for macOS
• Icns Composer - Create retina icons for macOS.
• Photo Batch Importer - Batch-import photos from SD/CF cards with EXIF-based naming rules.
• PhotoMiner - macOS app for finding and lost forgotten photos on your disks.
• Quick Draw - Screen drawing tool for screenshots and presentations.
• Screenbar - macOS menubar app for automating screenshots.
• ScreenCut - Screenshot Functionality on Mac Platform.
• SakuraWallpaper - A native and lightweight macOS menu bar app for video wallpapers.

Keyboard

• AirKeyboard - Turn any mobile browser into a local Wi-Fi keyboard and trackpad for seamless remote input.
• AnnePro-mac - macOS application for controlling AnnePro keyboard over bluetooth.
• ControllerKeys - System-wide gamepad mapper that converts controller input into keyboard shortcuts, mouse actions, macros, scripts, and system commands.
• Fluor - Handy tool for macOS allowing you to switch Fn keys' mode based on active application.
• FnKeyboard - Menu-bar tool for quick F1–F12 access on Mac.
• HotkeyClash - Scan running apps and system shortcuts to detect keyboard shortcut conflicts.
• HotkeyLauncher - Assign global hotkeys to any app and launch them from anywhere.
• HyperCapslock - Remap Caps Lock into a system-wide vim-style navigation and editing layer while preserving the original Caps Lock function.
• iCanHazShortcut - Shortcut manager for running terminal commands with key combinations.
• Kawa - Better input source switcher for macOS.
• Keyboard Overlay - Transparent on-screen keyboard overlay for layouts and shortcuts.
• Keyty - Keyboard and mouse visualizer for screencasts, presentations, and demos.
• LockIME - Input source locker that keeps the active input method fixed globally, per app, or per browser URL.
• OpenSnek - Configure supported Razer mice over USB or Bluetooth without vendor software.
• RightLayout - Automatically fixes text typed with the wrong keyboard layout.
• RuSwitcher - Lightweight keyboard layout switcher — tap ⌥ Alt to convert the last word into the correct layout.
• swipeType - A swipe typing engine that uses dynamic time warping to recognize text input gestures.
• Thock - Adds satisfying keyboard sound effects right from the menu bar.
• Thor - Switch the right application ASAP.
• Unshaky - Tool for reducing double key presses on butterfly keyboards.

Mail

• SimpleLogin - Email Alias solution: protect your real email address.

Menubar

• app-menu - The missing Applications Menu for macOS
• App Monitor - Local-first utility for understanding app usage, storage, cleanup, updates, and uninstall impact in one dashboard.
• AirBattery - Show all your devices' battery levels in the Dock, menu bar, or widgets.
• Alertivity - Real-time system health status in the menu bar
• Aquarium - Menu bar utility that keeps your Mac awake with the lid closed.
• AutoDockDrive - Automatically adds external drive shortcuts to the Dock and removes them on eject.
• Awake - Keeps your laptop awake with the lid closed for long-running tasks.
• atst - Tiny menu bar translator: press a hotkey to translate selected text, with built-in Google/Microsoft adapters and optional AI dictionary explanations.
• Boring Notch - Turn your MacBook notch into a music and file control center.
• Barik - macOS menu bar replacement, with yabai and AeroSpace support
• BarTranslate - BarTranslate, a handy menu bar translator widget for macOS.
• Beacon - Menu bar system monitor for CPU, memory, disk, network, and battery.
• Blink - Menu bar robot that watches your running dev servers and iOS simulators.
• BlinkenDisk - Tiny menu bar disk activity light that flashes red on selected local drives.
• Bonk - Turn physical knocks on your laptop into commands — play/pause, lock screen, shortcuts, and more.
• BracePaste - Formats JSON and SQL from your clipboard with a double ⌘C gesture.
• CaffeinateCat - Menu bar tool to keep your computer awake, even with the lid closed and unplugged.
• ChargeWatching - Menu bar charging monitor with real-time wattage and a battery charge cap that keeps power direct once the limit is reached.
• Clip - Lightweight clipboard history manager that lives in your menu bar.
• Clamper - Customize menu bar icon spacing.
• Claudometer - Menu bar Claude usage monitor with live session/weekly/per-model limits and service status.
• Codex Reset Watcher - Read-only utility for checking Codex rate-limit windows and banked reset credits.
• codexU - View Codex, ChatGPT Codex, and Claude Code quota windows, token usage, and daily task status from the menu bar.
• Cotabby - Local-first AI autocomplete that adds ghost-text inline suggestions to any focused text field.
• Dash - Developer shortcuts menu bar app with quick actions, system info, and dev tools.
• DatWeatherDoe - Simple menu bar weather app for macOS written in Swift.
• DeciBar - Ambient sound level monitor for the menu bar, inspired by the Apple Watch Noise app.
• DevSwitcher2 - Efficient window and application switching tool for enhanced workflow.
• DisplayMenu - Simple (bare-bones) macOS menubar extra to apply display presets.
• Dozer - Hide MacOS menubar items.
• DNS Easy Switcher - Allows you to quickly switch between different DNS providers.
• DevKit - Menu bar developer toolkit with formatters, encoders, and generators.
• DevForge - Developer toolkit with essential utilities for streamlining everyday workflow.
• Ejectify - Menu bar utility that safely unmounts selected drives on sleep and remounts them after wake.
• eul - macOS status monitoring app written in SwiftUI.
• FineTune - Per-Application Audio Control for macOS
• FrogDrop - Menu bar productivity tool combining clipboard manager, file shelf, dropzone, and focus timer.
• GoogleDriveSync - A menu bar app for seamless Google Drive syncing.
• Grayscale Mode - Manage grayscale mode from menu bar.
• gSwitch - macOS status bar app that allows control over the gpu on dual gpu macbooks.
• Hidden Bar - An ultra-light MacOS utility that helps hide menu bar icons
• Holeberry - A native macOS menu bar app to monitor and control your Pi-hole instances.
• iGlance - macOS System Monitor (cpu, memory, network, fan and battery) for the Status Bar.
• Ice - Powerful menu bar manager for macOS
• Itsyhome - A menu bar app for controlling HomeKit smart home devices.
• Itsytv - A menu bar app for controlling Apple TV.
• KubeContext - import, manage and switch between your Kubernetes contexts on Mac.
• KeyStats - Keyboard and Mouse Statistics Menu Bar App.
• KeyLit - Toggle keyboard backlight brightness from the menu bar.
• KeyMinder - Instantly shows the keyboard shortcuts of whichever app you're currently using, grouped by menu.
• LanGuard - Automatically turns Wi-Fi off when a wired connection is active, and back on when unplugged.
• Lekh Flow - System-wide voice dictation with a global shortcut and on-device speech recognition.
• Lidless - Keeps your laptop awake with the lid closed, built for coding agents and long-running tasks.
• Later - Menu bar workspace switcher that hides and restores your apps in one click.
• LinkLiar - Keep your MAC address random for privacy (intuitive GUI for ifconfig)
• LuxShot - Menu bar OCR and screen capture tool with instant text recognition.
• MacCalendar - Menu bar calendar with lunar dates, holidays, and system events.
• MacNTop - macOS menu bar system monitor with retro CRT aesthetics.
• MacTools - Free, open-source native menu bar toolset that bundles high-frequency system utilities in a lightweight, low-distraction workflow.
• MenuBarUSB - A lightweight tool showing USB connections in the Menu Bar.
• WhatCable - Explains what each connected USB-C cable can actually do and why charging may be slow.
• Market Bar - Tiny stocks watcher for the menu bar.
• Pulse - Native menu bar market tracker for stocks, ETFs, crypto, and portfolio P&L.
• Stockbar - Menu bar stock tracker for A-share, Hong Kong, and US markets.
• MeetingBar - Menu bar app for your calendar meetings
• MiniSim - Menu bar utility for quickly launching iOS  and Android 🤖 emulators.
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