macOS App GitHub Repositories (2026) · Open Source Tools

Fast and lightweight DB Client made in Rust and GPUI.

Mac.apk: Run Android apps natively on Apple Silicon Macs

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

Wallpaper Engine wallpapers on your Mac. A free, open-source app that plays scene, video and web wallpapers from the Steam Workshop. Apple silicon, macOS 15+.

Powerful menu bar manager for macOS

A calm menu bar, done the native way. Hides the icons you don't need until you do.

🖥 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.

Window management made elegant.

Every display control macOS hides, in one menu bar app: sharp HiDPI/Retina scaling (no more blurry or tiny text), DDC brightness and volume, Extra Brightness past 100%, presets, virtual displays. Free and open source, a no-cost alternative to BetterDisplay and Lunar.

A Mac uninstaller that shows its work

🚀 A real-time monitoring dashboard for Claude Code & Codex, built with SQLite3, Node.js, Express, React, Vite, TailwindCSS, & WebSockets. It tracks sessions, agent activity, tool usage, and subagent orchestration, providing live analytics, a Kanban status board, status notifications, a cute buddy, & an interactive web UI/MacOS/Windows native app.

📻Free and open-sourced terminal/ssh/sftp/ftp/telnet/serialport/RDP/VNC/Spice client(Linux, Mac, Windows, Android, HarmonyOS, iOS)

An offline-first photo manager for large local libraries

Free, open-source macOS cleaner. CleanMyMac alternative with zero telemetry. Native SwiftUI, scheduled auto-cleaning, Xcode/Homebrew/system cache cleanup. MIT licensed.

Native, local-first network intelligence for macOS—capture live traffic, inspect PCAP/PCAPNG files, and investigate sessions, protocols, processes, flows, and packet evidence.

macos finder contextmenu

A tiny friend in your Mac's notch and on your iPhone that keeps an eye on your AI coding agents: Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, Gemini CLI, Antigravity and more. Approve from the notch or your Lock Screen.

Free, open-source application firewall for macOS. Little Snitch alternative with zero telemetry. Native SwiftUI world map, rules manager, DNS over HTTPS, pf-based blocking. Signed, notarized, MIT licensed.

A native macOS side-panel Markdown notes app. Always one edge away.

Strata Files: a fast, native, keyboard-first file manager and Finder alternative for macOS. Instant search, live folder sizes, disk usage map, dual pane.