Fast, local voice app for Mac — system-wide dictation, file & YouTube transcription, and meeting recording. Powered by Parakeet TDT on Apple Silicon. Free and open-source.
GitHub repository with 305 stars and 29 forks.
Language: Swift
Topics: apple-silicon, dictation, local-first, macos, neural-engine, privacy, speech-to-text, swift, transcription, meeting-recording
2026-06-05: 305 stars and 29 forks.
macOS menu bar app that tells you, in plain English, what each USB-C cable plugged into your Mac can actually do
GitHub repository with 5,446 stars and 169 forks.
Trending score: 4.04; stars gained: +203; forks gained: +3.
Language: Swift
Topics: apple-silicon, hardware-info, iokit, mac-app, macos, menubar
拍一下 Mac，自动按回车。专为 Claude Code、Cursor、Windsurf 等 AI 编程助手打造。Slap your Mac to press Enter — built for AI coding assistants.
GitHub repository with 29 stars and 4 forks.
Trending score: 1.32; stars gained: +18; forks gained: +3.
Language: Swift
Topics: accelerometer, ai-coding, apple-silicon, claude-code, cursor, macos
Use your Intel iMac as an external display for Apple Silicon Macs — free, open source, via Thunderbolt Bridge
GitHub repository with 125 stars and 15 forks.
Trending score: 1.32; stars gained: +4; forks gained: +0.
Language: Swift
Topics: apple-silicon, imac, macos, open-source, screen-sharing, swift
Native macOS app: drop a long video → auto-cut viral shorts, captioned for TikTok/Reels/YouTube, reframed to vertical, and scheduled. 100% on-device (Gemma 4 12B + WhisperKit + MLX).
GitHub repository with 61 stars and 10 forks.
Trending score: 1.30; stars gained: +18; forks gained: +2.
Language: Swift
Topics: apple-silicon, gemma, instagram-reels, macos, mlx, on-device-ai
AI speech toolkit for Apple Silicon — ASR, TTS, speech-to-speech, VAD, and diarization powered by MLX and CoreML
GitHub repository with 784 stars and 101 forks.
Trending score: 1.25; stars gained: +2; forks gained: +0.
Language: Swift
Topics: apple-silicon, asr, coreml, ios, macos, mlx
The free AI already on your Mac. CLI tool, OpenAI-compatible server, and interactive chat — all on-device via Apple Intelligence. No API keys, no cloud, no downloads.
GitHub repository with 5,538 stars and 212 forks.
Trending score: 1.09; stars gained: +13; forks gained: +1.
Language: Swift
Topics: apple-intelligence, apple-silicon, cli, foundationmodels, llm, macos
macOS menu bar app that tells you, in plain English, what each USB-C cable plugged into your Mac can actually do
GitHub repository with 5,446 stars and 169 forks.
Trending score: 4.04; stars gained: +203; forks gained: +3.
Language: Swift
Topics: apple-silicon, hardware-info, iokit, mac-app, macos, menubar
Ghostty-based macOS terminal with vertical tabs and notifications for AI coding agents
GitHub repository with 21,060 stars and 1,592 forks.
Trending score: 3.56; stars gained: +97; forks gained: +10.
Language: Swift
Topics: amp, claude-code, codex, gemini, ghostty, opencode
This project is dedicated to collecting high-quality macOS software and organizing them systematically by different categories for easy search and use.
GitHub repository with 105,239 stars and 7,860 forks.
Trending score: 3.50; stars gained: +134; forks gained: +13.
Language: Swift
Topics: app, apple, application, apps, awesome, awesome-list
Lightning-Fast, On-Device, Multilingual TTS — running natively via ONNX.
GitHub repository with 11,107 stars and 1,155 forks.
Trending score: 3.21; stars gained: +49; forks gained: +5.
Language: Swift
Topics: cpp, csharp, go, ios, java, lightweight
A tool for creating and running Linux containers using lightweight virtual machines on a Mac. It is written in Swift, and optimized for Apple silicon.
GitHub repository with 26,794 stars and 774 forks.
Trending score: 2.69; stars gained: +39; forks gained: +3.
Language: Swift
Cotabby is local AI autocomplete for your entire Mac. Open source. On device. Everywhere you type.
GitHub repository with 707 stars and 36 forks.
Trending score: 2.63; stars gained: +27; forks gained: +5.
Language: Swift
Topics: accessibility, ai, autocomplete, cotabby, cotypist, llama
macOS menu bar app that tells you, in plain English, what each USB-C cable plugged into your Mac can actually do
GitHub repository with 5,446 stars and 169 forks.
Trending score: 4.04; stars gained: +203; forks gained: +3.
Language: Swift
Topics: apple-silicon, hardware-info, iokit, mac-app, macos, menubar
LLM inference server with continuous batching & SSD caching for Apple Silicon — managed from the macOS menu bar
GitHub repository with 15,958 stars and 1,368 forks.
Trending score: 2.50; stars gained: +213; forks gained: +23.
Language: Python
Topics: apple-silicon, inference-server, llm, macos, mlx, openai-api
Find the local LLM that actually runs and performs best on your hardware. Ranked by real, recency-aware benchmarks, not parameter count. One command, run it instantly.
GitHub repository with 2,773 stars and 159 forks.
Trending score: 1.88; stars gained: +95; forks gained: +7.
Language: Python
Topics: ai, cli, llm, local-llm, command-line-tool, gguf
拍一下 Mac，自动按回车。专为 Claude Code、Cursor、Windsurf 等 AI 编程助手打造。Slap your Mac to press Enter — built for AI coding assistants.
GitHub repository with 29 stars and 4 forks.
Trending score: 1.32; stars gained: +18; forks gained: +3.
Language: Swift
Topics: accelerometer, ai-coding, apple-silicon, claude-code, cursor, macos
Use your Intel iMac as an external display for Apple Silicon Macs — free, open source, via Thunderbolt Bridge
GitHub repository with 125 stars and 15 forks.
Trending score: 1.32; stars gained: +4; forks gained: +0.
Language: Swift
Topics: apple-silicon, imac, macos, open-source, screen-sharing, swift
Native macOS app: drop a long video → auto-cut viral shorts, captioned for TikTok/Reels/YouTube, reframed to vertical, and scheduled. 100% on-device (Gemma 4 12B + WhisperKit + MLX).
GitHub repository with 61 stars and 10 forks.
Trending score: 1.30; stars gained: +18; forks gained: +2.
Language: Swift
Topics: apple-silicon, gemma, instagram-reels, macos, mlx, on-device-ai