Open-Source Mac Apps

List of open-source Mac apps. Managed by Jeffrey Jackson

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OS X Apps

Communication

• Adium: Instant Messaging Client
  • https://github.com/adium/adium
• Bitpost: OS X app for Bitmessage
  • https://github.com/Voluntarynet/Bitpost
• Colloquy: An IRC client for Mac OS X and iOS
  • https://github.com/colloquy/colloquy
• 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
• M: Email client with device-to-device encryption for messages sent between M users
  • https://github.com/Mynigma/M
• WhatsMac: A native Mac app wrapper for WhatsApp Web
  • https://github.com/stonesam92/ChitChat
• Caprine: Elegant Facebook Messenger desktop app
  • https://github.com/sindresorhus/caprine
• LimeChat: LimeChat is an IRC client for Mac OS X.
  • https://github.com/psychs/limechat
• Dejalu: Fast and Simple Email Client.
  • https://github.com/dinhviethoa/dejalu

Text Editors

• Atom: Cross-platform hackable text editor built in GitHub's Electron framework
  • https://github.com/atom/atom
• Brackets: Cross-platform code editor for the web, written in JavaScript, HTML and CSS
  • https://github.com/adobe/brackets
• CotEditor: Lightweight plain-text editor for macOS 🔶
  • https://github.com/coteditor/CotEditor
• FocusWriter: Cross-platform simple fullscreen word processor written in C++, Qt
  • https://github.com/gottcode/focuswriter
• LibreOffice: Cross-platform office suite written in C++, Java, and Python
  • https://cgit.freedesktop.org/libreoffice
• macdown: Markdown editor
  • https://github.com/uranusjr/macdown
• Marp: Markdown-based presentation creator built in GitHub's Electron framework
  • https://github.com/yhatt/marp
• nvALT: MultiMarkdown version (with HTML source tab) of Notational Velocity, mouseless Mac OS X note-taking app
  • https://github.com/ttscoff/nv
• TextMate: A graphical text editor for OS X 10.9+
  • https://github.com/textmate/textmate
• TipTyper: Simple plain-text editor for OS X with multiple useful features
  • https://github.com/brunophilipe/TipTyper
• Visual Studio Code: Cross-platform code editor built in GitHub's Electron framework
  • https://github.com/Microsoft/vscode

Web Browsers

• Firefox: Cross-platform web browser
  • https://hg.mozilla.org/mozilla-central/
• TenFourFox: A fork of Firefox to maintain support for the Power Mac, supporting Mac OS X 10.4 and 10.5
  • https://github.com/classilla/tenfourfox

Games

• Freecell: Solitaire type card game for OS X
  • https://github.com/alisdair/freecell
• Open Emu: Multiple video game system
  • http://openemu.org/
• 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
• GreenMahjong: Solitaire mahjong game with several themes and layouts
  • https://github.com/danbeck/green-mahjong

Mac Interface Exclusives

• 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
• KeepingYouAwake: Prevents your Mac from going to sleep
  • https://github.com/newmarcel/KeepingYouAwake
• MenuMeters: A is a set of CPU, memory, disk, and network monitoring tools for Mac OS X sitting in the menubar
  • https://github.com/yujitach/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
• SomaFM miniplayer: Unofficial player that gives you minimal, background playback of SomaFM channels 🔶
  • https://github.com/ealeksandrov/SomaFM-miniplayer
• 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
• Shady: Menu bar app to dim Mac's screen
  • https://github.com/mattgemmell/Shady
• tag: A command line tool to manipulate tags on Mac OS X files, and to query for files with those tags
  • https://github.com/jdberry/tag

For Developers

• 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
• Pods Updater: A macOS app which helps you manage dependency releases in your Podfile
  • https://github.com/kizitonwose/PodsUpdater
• Realm Browser: A 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
• Touch Bar Simulator: Use the Touch Bar on any Mac 🔶
  • https://github.com/sindresorhus/touch-bar-simulator
• 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

Darwin Package Managers

• Fink: The fink package manager for macOS (in Perl)
  • https://github.com/fink
• Homebrew: The missing package manager for macOS (in Ruby)
  • https://github.com/Homebrew
• MacPorts: Ports system for macOS (in Tcl)
  • https://github.com/macports

Tools

• Burn: Burn data, audio, video, and disk images to various disc formats
  • https://sourceforge.net/projects/burn-osx/
• Calibre: Cross-platform e-book manager and converter written in Python, C, C++, Qt
  • https://github.com/kovidgoyal/calibre
• Color Picker Pro: Color Detection Tool for Designers and Developers
  • https://github.com/oscardelben/Color-Picker-Pro
• Cyberduck: Cross-platform browser for FTP/SFTP, WebDAV, and cloud storage written in Java and C#
  • https://svn.cyberduck.io/trunk/
• FileZilla: Cross-platform FTP/SFTP file management tool written in C++, wxWidgets
  • https://sourceforge.net/projects/filezilla/
• Gifs: A Mac App for finding GIFs
  • https://github.com/orta/gifs
• Grand Perspective: Disk usage visualisation app for macOS
  • https://sourceforge.net/projects/grandperspectiv/
• HandBrake: Cross-platform video/audio encoder/decoder
  • https://github.com/HandBrake/HandBrake
• Hex Fiend: A fast and clever hex editor for Mac OS X
  • https://github.com/ridiculousfish/HexFiend
• 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
• Monolingual: Remove extra language localization files to free up hard disk space 🔶
  • https://github.com/IngmarStein/Monolingual
• my41cx: Microcode emulator for HP-41 C/CV/CX (OS X & iOS) 🔶
  • https://github.com/mperovic/my41
• Sigil: Cross-platform editing software for EPUB files (e-books) written in C++, Qt
  • https://github.com/Sigil-Ebook/Sigil
• VideoMessageExporter: OSX app to export Skype video messages
  • https://github.com/alvarop/VideoMessageExporter
• VLC: Cross-platform media player and streaming media server written in C, C++, Qt, Objective-C
  • https://wiki.videolan.org/OSXCompile/
• Miro: Miro can play any video format (much more than quicktime), download torrents, permanently save videos from YouTube, and watch video podcasts.
  • https://github.com/pculture/mirocommunity
• Kap: An open-source screen recorder built with web technology
  • https://github.com/wulkano/kap

OS X Versions, GUIs and Other Wrappers

• 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
• tunnelblick: Graphic user interface for OpenVPN
  • https://code.google.com/p/tunnelblick/
• WWDC: WWDC app for OS X 🔶
  • https://github.com/insidegui/WWDC

Productivity and Others

• Audacity: Cross-platform multi-track audio editor and recorder written in C, C++
  • https://sourceforge.net/projects/audacity/
• BibDesk: Bibliographic reference management software for macOS
  • https://sourceforge.net/projects/bibdesk/
• Cactus: Static site generator for designers in Python and Django templates, with lightweight GUI app for macOS
  • https://github.com/eudicots/Cactus
• Carol: A minimal and beautiful lyrics app that stays in the menu bar of macOS, written in C#
  • https://github.com/AnaghSharma/Carol
• Catch: Broadcasting made easy 🔶
  • https://github.com/mipstian/catch
• Clementine: Cross-platorm music player and library organizer written in C++, Qt
  • https://github.com/clementine-player/Clementine
• GraphSketcher: A fast, simple graph drawing and data plotting app for OS X and iPad from the Omni Group
  • https://github.com/graphsketcher/GraphSketcher
• 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
• Markoff：A light-weight Markdown (CommonMark) previewer for OS X 🔶
  • https://github.com/thoughtbot/Markoff
• PDF Archiver: A nice tool for tagging and archiving tasks 🔶
  • https://github.com/JulianKahnert/PDF-Archiver
• QGIS: Cross-platform geographic information system (GIS) written in C++, Python, Qt
  • https://github.com/qgis/QGIS
• Quickwords: Write anything in a matter of seconds. Create snippets that can substitute text, execute tedious tasks and more. ✏️
  • https://quickwords.co
• Seashore: Image editor based on parts of GIMP but built entirely in Cocoa
  • https://sourceforge.net/projects/seashore/
• Simple Comic: Comic viewer
  • https://github.com/arauchfuss/Simple-Comic
• Skim: PDFKit-based PDF reader and annotation for macOS
  • https://sourceforge.net/projects/skim-app/
• SlowQuitApps: Add a global delay to Command-Q to stop accidental app quits
  • https://github.com/dteoh/SlowQuitApps
• Stash: Personal finance application for Mac OS X
  • http://github.com/ppearson/Stash
• ToDoOSX: OS X app using Parse and managing to-dos
  • 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

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Contact

• github.com/jeffreyjackson