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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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

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

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

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

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

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

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/

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