jaywcjlove/awesome-mac
This project is dedicated to collecting high-quality macOS software and organizing them systematically by different categories for easy search and use.
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Where it stands
Rank, growth pace and release cadence relative to everything GStars tracks.
No releases in the last 90 days; the most recent was 221 days ago, with 462 contributors on GitHub.
Peaked at #6 in the weekly ranking the week of Oct 19, its best in the past year.
Use Cases & Benefits
- Collects and systematically organizes high-quality macOS software across various categories for easy discovery and use.
- Provides a comprehensive, curated, and regularly updated list of macOS applications, saving users time searching for reliable software.
- Use for discovering specialized macOS apps tailored to specific tasks like development, design, or productivity enhancement.
- Use for developers seeking open-source or free macOS tools to integrate into their workflows or projects.
- Use for macOS users wanting to explore new software options categorized by function, such as note-taking, office, or security.
Should you depend on it?
License terms, project hygiene and risks, from GitHub metadata and GStars' snapshots.
License
CC0 1.0
Public-domain style: no conditions on use.
Community files
- README: present
- Contributing guide: present
- Code of conduct: present
Watch-outs
No watch-outs from GStars' checks.
General guidance from repository metadata, not legal advice. How we score
From the README
This project is now very large, and is very different from the original idea. Here, we collect awesome macOS software and arrange them into various categories. Feel free to star and fork.
Any comments, suggestions? Let us know! We love PRs :) Please take a look at the contributing guidelines before opening one. Follow the awesome list.
means open source. click the icon to see the item's repository;
means free to use, or free personal license;
means App store hyperlink;
means hyperlink to a corresponding Awesome list for the item;Applications to edit text, I suggest the open-source editors
Daily snapshots
Stars gained per day, and how forks and open issues moved, from GStars' daily snapshots
+7,499 stars over 88 days across 8 snapshot days; best day +253 on Aug 12.
Forks
10.1K+1.7K
Open issues
1.9K+1.3K
Compared with peers in iOS
Fastest-growing repositories GStars tracks in this cohort for the week of Nov 8, by 7-day star growth
| Repository | Stars | +7d | Health | Last release |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| vercel-labs/agent-desktop | 21.4K | +8.7K | 75 | 5 days ago |
| anomalyco/hex | 6.2K | +1.9K | 75 | 8 days ago |
| nightly-labs/openbot | 6.9K | +1.6K | 75 | today |
| rustdesk/rustdesk | 128.9K | +859 | 75 | 1 day ago |
| crmne/spotifast | 10.2K | +524 | 75 | 7 days ago |
| jaywcjlove/awesome-mac | 117.9K | — | 53 | 221 days ago |
| Category median | 10.2K | +1.6K | 75 | — |
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