A GPU-accelerated code editor from the team behind Atom — it opens instantly, stays at your display's refresh rate, and has collaboration built in.
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it turns the terminal into a fast, GPU-accelerated app with native macOS windows, tabs and shortcuts, and it's free, open-source software.
The modern video player for macOS — a free, open-source player built on mpv with a native interface, Force Touch, and full Touch Bar support.
A lightweight, open-source clipboard manager for macOS — search your clipboard history from a keystroke, with no account and no background bloat.
A free, open-source second brain — notes live as local Markdown files with native Git history and built-in AI agents, no proprietary database.
An AI-native macOS video editor that hands your timeline to Claude, Codex, or Cursor — generate, edit, and automate video production end to end.
An open-source menu bar manager for macOS 26 — hide, arrange, and search your menu bar items with a floating bar and full glass styling.
The reference example of a truly native Mac app — a fast, free, open-source RSS reader with no account, no tracking, and no clutter between you and your feeds.
A native C++ command palette — app launcher, clipboard history, calculator, emoji picker, and window management — that runs Raycast extensions without Electron.
A tiny, fully native macOS launcher — fuzzy app search, clipboard history, an inline calculator, snippets, and window management, with no Electron and no telemetry.
Converts video to high-quality GIF on the Mac using a per-frame palette encoder that keeps gradients smooth at surprisingly small file sizes.
A native Swift harness for AI agents that keeps your context, memory, tools, and identity on your Mac — run local MLX models or bring your own cloud keys, fully offline-capable.
The free AI already on your Mac. A CLI, an OpenAI-compatible server, and an interactive chat — all on-device via Apple Intelligence. No API keys, no cloud, no downloads.
A native, CodeMirror-powered Markdown editor for macOS — as simple as TextEdit, purpose-built for Markdown, and genuinely fast.
A powerful, cross-platform port manager for developers — monitor every open port, kill processes, and manage Kubernetes forwards and Cloudflare Tunnels.
A fast, native Markdown viewer that opens .md files instantly without launching an editor.
An open-source colour picker for macOS — pick any on-screen colour in Hex, RGB, HSB, HSL, LAB, or OKLCH, with full keyboard control.
A self-hostable Loom + CleanShot X alternative for macOS — screenshots, screen recording, and shareable clips, on your own infrastructure.
GitHub repo status right in your menu bar and terminal — CI runs, issues, pull requests, and releases, without opening a browser tab.
Turn your own photos into native macOS dynamic wallpapers that shift with the time of day, the sun's position, or light/dark mode.
An open-source Mac cleaner that finds app caches, dev-tool junk, and space-hogging large files, labels each one Safe to Clean or Check First, and moves everything to the Trash instead of deleting it outright.
Native macOS proxy for modern API debugging
A native GUI for browsing, installing, and managing Homebrew Casks.
A polished Dock replacement for macOS — configurable layout, live window previews, widgets, and a fullscreen Launchpad, entirely native.
A free, open-source collection of native macOS menu bar tools — unified under one searchable command palette.
Brings iPhone-style Continuity features — clipboard sync, notification mirroring, file transfer — to Android and Mac.
A native SwiftUI dashboard for Apple's container CLI — Docker Desktop, without Docker.
A beautiful native download manager for direct links, magnet links, and torrents.
Word-synced lyrics for whatever's playing on your Mac: on the desktop, in the menu bar, by the notch or in a full window.
Native macOS network investigation, from packets to explainable sessions
An open-source Mac menu bar app that lets AI agents work with native apps, files, terminal and browsers.
See which Claude Code or Codex session needs you from your Mac menu bar.
A Mac browser with built-in Claude Code, Codex and Gemini: fix page errors, request design changes, and verify results in your tabs.
Lives in your Mac's notch and shows when Claude Code, Codex, OpenCode or pi finish or need you, so you can answer or jump back.
Free, open-source notch app for MacBook: now playing, a focus timer, your next meeting, weather, notes and Keep Awake.
On-device speech to text for your Mac
A Claude Code terminal in the menu bar
Free, open-source Mac cleaner that only moves files to the Trash, with Undo, and checks your scripts before deleting duplicates.
A free, open-source Finder alternative for Mac with instant plain-English search, real-time folder sizes, and a visual disk usage map.
Android emulators, Android phones and iOS simulators side by side in one native Mac window.
A node-based image editor for macOS
A tiny, free, open-source menu-bar calendar that shows and creates events from your existing macOS Calendar — with Vim-style keyboard navigation.
A visual workspace that gives your AI agent a GUI — a persistent space to create, arrange, and update artifacts like dashboards, charts, and live web pages.