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Open-source Mac apps
Applications and command-line tools with a public source repository, ranked by install count. Open source is not a quality guarantee, but it does mean the code can be audited and the app cannot be taken away from you.
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cpp-httplibC++ header-only HTTP/HTTPS server and client libraryman2htmlConvert nroff man pages to HTMLtektoncd-cliCLI for interacting with TektonCDtmuxpTmux session manager. Built on libtmuxBLEUnlockLock/unlock Apple computers using the proximity of a bluetooth low energy devicexmakeCross-platform build utility based on Luagcc@15GNU compiler collectionHTTP ToolkitHTTP(S) debugging proxy, analyzer, and clientincusCLI client for interacting with IncuspecoSimplistic interactive filtering toolrancher-cliUnified tool to manage your Rancher servervoltaJavaScript toolchain manager for reproducible environmentslibb2Secure hashing functiongovcCommand-line tool for VMware vSphereOpenClipInstant actions for selected textprotoPluggable multi-language version managersvt-av1AV1 encoderbitriseCommand-line automation toolfileiconmacOS CLI for managing custom icons for files and foldersHotMenu bar application that displays the CPU speed limit due to thermal issueszolaFast static site generator in a single binary with everything built-inzookeeperCentralized server for distributed coordination of servicesgoaccessLog analyzer and interactive viewer for the Apache WebserverjanssonC library for encoding, decoding, and manipulating JSONminizipC library for zip/unzip via zLibpnpm@10Fast, disk space efficient package managerReminders MenuBarSimple menu bar app to view and interact with remindersAtollDynamic Island for the MacBook notchwxpythonPython bindings for wxWidgetsClawd on DeskDesktop pet that reacts to AI coding agentsDOSBox StagingDOS game emulatorchoose-rustHuman-friendly and fast alternative to cut and (sometimes) awkMacParakeetLocal speech-to-text, transcription, and meeting recordingopensearchOpen source distributed and RESTful search engineOpenSCSmart card libraries and utilitiesqtshadertoolsProvides tools for the cross-platform Qt shader pipelinePintaSimple Gtk# Paint ProgramvirtctlAllows for using more advanced kubevirt featuresbmonInterface bandwidth monitorgperftoolsMulti-threaded malloc() and performance analysis toolsmdbookCreate modern online books from Markdown filestaglibAudio metadata librarytupFile-based build systemGyroflowVideo stabilization using gyroscope datausbutilsList detailed info about USB devicesfastmcpFast, Pythonic way to build MCP servers and clientsimapsyncMigrate or backup IMAP mail accountsdnscrypt-proxySecure communications between a client and a DNS resolverMac Performance MonitorMenu bar performance monitor with recorded history and analyticslsusbList USB devices, just like the Linux lsusb commandmariadb@11.8Drop-in replacement for MySQLMDHeroMarkdown viewer and editormecabYet another part-of-speech and morphological analyzerx264H.264/AVC encoderrabbitmq-cC AMQP client library for RabbitMQcargo-auditAudit Cargo.lock files for crates with security vulnerabilitiescsvkitSuite of command-line tools for converting to and working with CSVfernflowerAdvanced decompiler for Java bytecodelibvorbisVorbis general audio compression codecPikaColour picker for colours onscreen