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Awesome macOS Open Source Applications
A curated list of open source applications for macOS
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List of awesome open source applications for macOS. This list contains a lot of native, and cross-platform apps. The main goal of this repository is to find free open source apps and start contributing. Feel free to contribute to the list, any suggestions are welcome!
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📊 Statistics
| Metric | Count | |--------|-------| | 📱 Total Applications | 689 | | 📂 Categories | 49 | | 🔝 Top Languages | Swift: 305 • Objective-C: 137 • 113 • C++: 59 • Typescript: 41 |
Languages
You can see in which language an app is written. Currently there are following languages:
| Language | Icon | |----------|------| | C | 
| | C++ | 
| | C# | 
| | Clojure | 
| | CoffeeScript | 
| | CSS | 
| | Elm | 
| | Go | 
| | Haskell | 
| | Java | 
| | JavaScript | 
| | Lua | 
| | Objective-C | 
| | Python | 
| | Ruby | 
| | Rust | 
| | Shell | 
| | Swift | 
| | TypeScript | 
| | Metal | 
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Contents
- Audio
- Backup
- Browser
- Chat
- Cryptocurrency
- Database
- Development
- Git
- iOS / macOS
- JSON Parsing
- Web development
- Other development
- Downloader
- Editors
- CSV
- JSON
- Markdown
- TeX
- Text
- Extensions
- Finder
- Games
- Graphics
- IDE
- Images
- Keyboard
- Menubar
- Music
- News
- Notes
- Other
- Podcast
- Productivity
- Screensaver
- Security
- Sharing Files
- Social Networking
- Streaming
- System
- Terminal
- Touch Bar
- Utilities
- VPN & Proxy
- Video
- Wallpaper
- Window Management
Applications
🎵 Audio (39)
- [[Un]MuteMic](https://github.com/CocoaHeadsBrasil/MuteUnmuteMic) - macOS app to mute & unmute the input volume of your microphone. Perfect for podcasters.
Objective-C C
Screenshots
- Audacity - Free, open source, cross-platform audio software
C
Website: https://www.audacityteam.org/
Screenshots
- AUHost - Application which hosts AudioUnits v3 using AVFoundation API.
Swift
Screenshots
- Aural Player - Aural Player is a audio player application for the macOS platform. Inspired by the classic Winamp player for Windows, it is designed to be to-the-point and easy to use.
Swift
(5 more screenshots available in the repository)Screenshots
- AutoMute - Automatically mute the sound when headphones disconnect / Mac awake from sleep.
Objective-C
Website: https://yoni.ninja/automute/
Screenshots
- Background Music - Background Music, a macOS audio utility: automatically pause your music, set individual apps' volumes and record system audio.
C++
Screenshots
- BlackHole - BlackHole is a modern macOS virtual audio driver that allows applications to pass audio to other applications with zero additional latency.
C
- CAM - macOS camera recording using ffmpeg
JavaScript
(1 more screenshots available in the repository)Screenshots
- Clementine - Clementine is a modern music player and library organizer for Windows, Linux and macOS.
C++
Website: https://www.clementine-player.org/
(1 more screenshots available in the repository)Screenshots
- Cog - Cog is an open source audio player for macOS. The basic layout is a single-paned playlist interface with two retractable drawers, one for navigating the user's music folders and another for viewing audio file properties, like bitrate.
Objective-C
Website: https://cogx.org/
- eqMac2 - System-Wide Equalizer for the Mac.
C++
Screenshots
- fre:ac - The fre:ac audio converter project.
C++
Screenshots
- iTunes-Volume-Control - This app allows you to control the iTunes volume using volume up and volume down hotkeys.
Objective-C
Screenshots
- jmc - jmc is new macOS media organizer.
Swift
(1 more screenshots available in the repository)Screenshots
- Karaoke Forever - Host awesome karaoke parties where everyone can queue songs from their phone's browser. Plays MP3+G and MP4 with WebGL visualizations.
JavaScript
Website: https://www.karaoke-eternal.com/
Screenshots
- LocalRadio - LocalRadio is software for listening to "Software-Defined Radio" on your Mac and mobile devices.
Objective-C
Screenshots
- LosslessCut - The swiss army knife of lossless video/audio editing without re-encoding.
JavaScript
Website: https://mifi.no/losslesscut/
Screenshots
- LyricGlow - macOS application displaying synchronized lyrics with animated word-by-word glow effects for Spotify, Apple Music, and YouTube Music.
JavaScript
Screenshots
- Lyricism - macOS app to show you lyric what currently iTunes or Spotify is playing.
Objective-C Swift
Screenshots
- LyricsX - Lyrics for iTunes, Spotify and Vox.
Swift
(1 more screenshots available in the repository)Screenshots
- MonitorControl - Control your external monitor brightness, contrast or volume directly from a menulet or with keyboard native keys.
Swift Objective-C
Screenshots
- Mous Player - Simple yet powerful audio player for BSD/Linux/macOS.
C++
(2 more screenshots available in the repository)Screenshots
- MPV - Lightweight, highly configurable media player.
C
Website: https://mpv.io
Screenshots
- NoiseBuddy - Control the listening mode on your AirPods Pro in the Touch Bar or Menu Bar.
Swift
- PlayStatus - PlayStatus is a macOS app that allows the control of Spotify and iTunes music playback from the menu bar.
Swift
Screenshots
- Plug - Discover and listen to music from Hype Machine.
Swift
Website: https://www.plugformac.com/
Screenshots
- Pulp - Audio Sample manager.
Rust TypeScript
Screenshots
- Scope - Audio Oscilloscope
Swift
Website: https://billthefarmer.github.io/audiotools/
Screenshots
- shairport-sync - macOS/Linux/FreeBSD/OpenBSD Airplay audio receiver.
C C++
- ShazamScrobbler - Scrobble vinyl, radios, movies to Last.fm.
Objective-C
Screenshots
- Sonora - Minimal, beautifully designed music player for macOS.
Objective-C
Screenshots
- Spotify4BigSur - Spotify widget for Notification Center.
Swift
Screenshots
- SpotMenu - Spotify and iTunes in your menu bar.
Objective-C Swift
Screenshots
- SpotSpot - Spotify mini-player for macOS.
JavaScript
- StargateDAW - An all-in-one digital audio workstation (DAW) and plugin suite
C Python
(3 more screenshots available in the repository)Screenshots
- Suohai - Audio input/output source lock for macOS.
Swift
Screenshots
- Tickeys - Instant audio feedback for typing. macOS version.
Rust
Screenshots
- Tuner - Musical Instrument Tuner
Swift
Website: https://billthefarmer.github.io/ctuner/
Screenshots
- waveSDR - macOS native desktop Software Defined Radio application using the RTL-SDR USB device.
Swift
Screenshots
💾 Backup (6)
- backy - Tiny multiprocessing utility for file backups.
Go
- BorgBase/Vorta - Simple and Secure Offsite Backups
Python
Website: https://www.borgbase.com/
- Mackup - Keep your application settings in sync (macOS/Linux).
Python
- shallow-backup - Easily create lightweight documentation of installed applications, dotfiles, and more.
Python
Screenshots
- Syncalicious - Keeping multiple macOS preferences in sync can be painful, but it shouldn't be.
Swift
- UrBackup - UrBackup is Client/Server network backup for Windows, macOS and Linux.
C++ C
🌐 Browser (13)
- Beaker Browser - Beaker is an experimental peer-to-peer Web browser.
JavaScript
Screenshots
- Brave Browser - Brave browser for Desktop and Laptop computers running Windows, macOS, and Linux.
JavaScript
- browserosaurus - macOS tool that prompts you to choose a browser when opening a link.
JavaScript
- Chromium - Chromium is an open-source browser project that aims to build a safer, faster, and more stable way for all users to experience the web.
JavaScript C++ C
Website: https://www.chromium.org/
- Finicky - Always opens the right browser.
Swift
- Firefox - Fast, privacy aware browser from a non-profit. Runs on Windows, macOS and Linux.
JavaScript Rust C++
Website: https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/browsers/
- Helium - Floating browser window for macOS.
Objective-C Swift
- Min Browser - A fast and efficient minimal web browser.
JavaScript
Website: https://minbrowser.org
- otter-browser - Otter Browser aims to recreate the best aspects of the classic Opera (12.x) UI using Qt5.
C++
Screenshots
- Pennywise - Pennywise opens any website or media in a small floating window that remains on top of all other applications. It's a great alternative to Helium.
JavaScript
(1 more screenshots available in the repository)Screenshots
- Plash - Make any website your desktop wallpaper.
Swift
Website: https://sindresorhus.com/plash
Screenshots
- Privacy Redirect for Safari - Redirect Twitter, YouTube, Reddit, Google Maps, Google Search, and Google Translate to privacy friendly alternatives.
Swift
- seb-mac - Safe Exam Browser for macOS and iOS.
C
💬 Chat (20)
- Adium - Instant messaging application that can connect to XMPP (Jabber), IRC and more.
C
Website: https://adium.im/
Screenshots
- Beagle IM - Powerful XMPP client with support for file transfer, VoIP and end-to-end encryption.
Swift
Website: https://beagle.im/
Screenshots
- ChitChat - Native Mac app wrapper for WhatsApp Web.
Objective-C
Screenshots
- Electronic WeChat - Better WeChat on macOS and Linux.
JavaScript
Screenshots
JavaScript
- Franz - Franz is messaging application for services like WhatsApp, Slack, Messenger and many more.
JavaScript
Screenshots
- Google Allo for Desktop - Native macOS & Windows desktop app for Google Allo.
JavaScript
Screenshots
- GroupMe - Unofficial GroupMe App.
JavaScript CSS
Screenshots
- MessagesHistoryBrowser - macOS application to comfortably browse and search through your Messages.app history.
Swift
- RocketChat - Free open source chat system for teams. An alternative to Slack that can also be self hosted.
JavaScript
Website: https://www.rocket.chat/
Languages: Swift
Screenshots
- Signal Desktop - Electron app that links with your Signal Android or Signal iOS app.
JavaScript
- Swiftcord - Native Discord client built in Swift & SwiftUI. Light on your RAM and CPU.
Swift
Screenshots
- Telegram - Source code of Telegram for macOS on Swift.
Swift
- Telegram Desktop - Telegram Desktop messaging app.
C++
Screenshots
- Textual - Textual is an IRC client for macOS.
Objective-C
(1 more screenshots available in the repository)Screenshots
- Thunderbird - Backed by Mozilla, Thunderbird is an extensible email, newsfeed, chat, and calendaring client.
C++ JavaScript Rust
Website: https://www.thunderbird.net/en-US/
Screenshots
- Torchat-Mac - TorChat for Mac is a macOS native and unofficial port of torchat.
Objective-C
- WhatsAppBar - Send WhatsApp message from menu bar.
Swift
Screenshots
- Wire Desktop - Standalone Electron app for the chatapp Wire.
JavaScript
💰 Cryptocurrency (5)
- Bitcoin Core - Official Bitcoin Core software for running a full Bitcoin node.
C++ Python Shell
Website: https://bitcoincore.org/
Screenshots
- CoinBar - macOS menu bar application for tracking crypto coin prices.
Swift
(1 more screenshots available in the repository)Screenshots
- Copay - A secure bitcoin wallet platform for both desktop and mobile devices.
TypeScript
- Crypto Bar - macOS menu bar application built with Electron.
JavaScript
- Float coin - Native menu bar app with floating window and support for many Exchanges.
Swift
Screenshots
🗄️ Database (18)
- Bdash - Simple SQL Client for lightweight data analysis.
JavaScript
Screenshots
- Beekeeper Studio - SQL editor and manager with support for SQLite, MySQL, MariaDB, Postgres, CockroachDB, SQL Server, and Amazon Redshift.
JavaScript
Website: https://www.beekeeperstudio.io
Screenshots
- DB Browser for SQLite - SQLite database management GUI.
C++
Screenshots
- DBeaver - Universal database tool and SQL client.
Java
(1 more screenshots available in the repository)Screenshots
- DbGate - Database manager for MySQL, PostgreSQL, SQL Server, MongoDB, SQLite and others. Runs under Windows, Linux, Mac or as web application.
JavaScript TypeScript
Website: https://dbgate.org
(6 more screenshots available in the repository)Screenshots
- Medis - 💻 Medis is a beautiful, easy-to-use Mac database management application for Redis.
JavaScript
Screenshots
- mongoDB.app - The easiest way to get started with mongoDB on the Mac.
Swift
Screenshots
- MongoHub - Add another lightweight Mac Native MongoDB client.
Objective-C C
- Postbird - PostgreSQL GUI client for macOS.
JavaScript
Screenshots
- Postgres.app - The easiest way to get started with PostgreSQL on the Mac.
Swift
- Redis Desktop Manager - Cross-platform open source database management tool for Redis ®
C++
Screenshots
- redis-pro - Redis management with SwiftUI.
Swift
Screenshots
- Redis.app - The easiest way to get started with Redis on the Mac.
Swift
Screenshots
- reventlou - Personal database as an information management system.
TypeScript Swift
Screenshots
- Robo 3T - Robo 3T (formerly Robomongo) is the free lightweight GUI for MongoDB enthusiasts.
C++
Screenshots
- Sequel Ace - Sequel Ace is a fast, easy-to-use Mac database management application for working with MySQL & MariaDB databases.
Objective-C
Website: https://sequel-ace.com/
- Sequel Pro - MySQL/MariaDB database management for macOS.
Objective-C
Screenshots
- sqlectron - A simple and lightweight SQL client desktop/terminal with cross database and platform support.
TypeScript
Website: https://sqlectron.github.io/
Screenshots
👨💻 Development (16)
- Apache Netbeans - Apache NetBeans is an IDE, Tooling Platform and Application Framework suitable for development in Java, JavaScript, PHP, HTML5, CSS, and more.
Java
Website: https://netbeans.apache.org/
Screenshots
- Brackets - Modern open-source code editor for HTML, CSS and JavaScript that's built in HTML, CSS and JavaScript.
JavaScript
Website: https://brackets.io/
Screenshots
- Clipboard - An easy-to-use clipboard manager with time saving features that work across all terminals.
C++
Website: https://GetClipboard.app
Screenshots
- ColorSet - ColorSet is a macOS utility and framework allowing developers to manage custom interface colors with ease.
Swift C# Objective-C
Website: https://imazing.com/colorset
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