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Top DESKTOP-APPS GitHub Repositories & Tools (2026)

Discover the most starred and trending open source tools tagged with #desktop-apps.

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#1 TRENDING jaywcjlove/awesome-mac Swift 2016

 This project is dedicated to collecting high-quality macOS software and organizing them systematically by different categories for easy search and use.

◇ app ◇ apple ◇ application ◇ apps

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