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Awesome open-source Swift macOS Apps

This list curates open-source macOS applications built with Swift, spanning a wide range of categories from productivity to utilities. For macOS developers, these projects showcase practical Swift implementations and offer high-quality code samples and best practices to help you master core macOS skills such as UI design, performance optimization, and menu bar integration.

Contributions are welcome via PR, and I will feature your app on my social media account (𝕏).

Contents

• Audio
• Backup
• Browser
• Chat
• Local LLM
• AI
  • AI Usage/Status
• Cryptocurrency
• Database
• Development
  • Git
  • JSON Parsing
  • Other Development
  • Web Development
  • iOS / macOS
• Downloader
• Editors
  • Markdown
  • Text
• Extensions
• Finder
• Games
• Virtual Machines
• Graphics
• Screenshot / Screen Recording
• IDE
• Images
• Keyboard
• Mail
• Menubar
• Notch App
• Compression tool
• Color Picker
• Music
• News
• Notes
• Other
• Player
• Podcast
• Launchpad
• Productivity
• Screensaver
• Security
• Sharing Files
• Social Networking
• Streaming
• Cleanup & Uninstall
• System
• Clipboard
• Terminal
• Touch Bar
• Utilities
• VPN & Proxy
• Video
• Wallpaper
• Window Management

Audio

• AUHost - Host AudioUnits v3 plugins.
• AudioMator - Audio metadata editor for inspecting tags, batch editing, managing artwork, and tagging releases with MusicBrainz.
• Aural Player - Winamp-style audio player.
• Blurt - Hold-a-hotkey dictation that pastes cleaned-up text into any app, powered by AssemblyAI cloud speech-to-text.
• CanYouHearMe - Lightweight tool for monitoring your own microphone input in real time.
• Fader - One-click audio output switching with Bluetooth connect and per-app volume control.
• Fabar - Lightweight menu bar app for adjusting individual app volumes independently.
• FreeMic - One-click microphone input switching with Bluetooth headset and built-in mic support.
• Fmusic - macOS music player with multi-format playback and lyrics display.
• FluidVoice - Voice-to-text app with AI enhancement.
• FreeFlow - Push-to-talk speech-to-text tool that inserts polished transcripts into any app.
• HiFidelity - An offline audiophile music player built with the BASS audio library and TagLib.
• LyricsX - Display lyrics for iTunes/Spotify.
• Mesmer - Dictation and text-rewriting tool with a floating toolbar.
• MonitorControl - Adjust external monitor settings.
• NoiseBuddy - Quickly toggle AirPods modes.
• Petal - Fast, local-first audio transcription app with a clean, minimal interface.
• PairPods - Share audio across multiple Bluetooth devices with one click.
• Tutti - Streams the same audio to multiple output devices at once.
• Parakey - Push-to-talk dictation tool with fast on-device speech recognition and no cloud processing.
• parrot - A minimal push-to-talk dictation daemon with on-device transcription that inserts text at the cursor.
• Purr - 100% local, on-device voice-to-text dictation — hold a key, speak, and your words type into any text field.
• PlayStatus - Menu bar controller for Spotify and iTunes.
• Plug - Hype Machine music player.
• R128x - EBUR128 loudness measurement toolkit for batch processing of audio files.
• Radiola - Lightweight internet radio player.
• Scope - Audio oscilloscope tool.
• Spotify4BigSur - Spotify widget for Notification Center.
• Lurar - Menu bar 10-band parametric EQ for headphone listening, capturing system audio via Core Audio Process Tap without any virtual loopback driver.
• SystemEQ - System-wide parametric equalizer with 10/31-band EQ, AutoEQ headphone presets, hearing calibration, and a real-time visualizer.
• Suohai - Audio device lock for macOS.
• Tuner - Instrument tuner.
• OwlWhisper - Fully offline voice input tool with hotkey-to-speak workflow and local transcription.
• Codex Voice - Hold Control-M to speak and insert the transcript into the focused app.
• Cursor Voice - Push-to-talk voice assistant that can see your screen, control apps, and respond in real time.
• SpeakType - Offline voice-to-text tool that lets you speak and paste text anywhere with a hotkey.
• Typester - Enables speech-to-text dictation using Soniox or Deepgram.
• TypeNo - Local voice input tool that transcribes speech and pastes the result into your current app.
• jmc - macOS media organizer.
• waveSDR - Software-defined radio app.
• VoiceInput - Real-time speech-to-text tool that types transcribed text into the focused app.
• VoiceInk - Real-time speech-to-text app.
• VoxFlow - Voice input workbench with local and cloud speech recognition, OCR, history, and coding-agent workflows.
• OpenQuack - Transcribes a 5-minute clip in 2.8 s — local WhisperKit dictation, noise-robust, lives in your menu bar.

Backup

• Arco - An incremental backup tool designed with simplicity in mind.
• Syncalicious - Sync macOS preferences.
• TimeMachineTrimmer - Lightweight utility to trim old Time Machine backups and reclaim disk space.

Browser

• BrowSync - Multi-browser traffic splitting and synchronization hub.
• Finicky - Always opens the right browser.
• Ora Browser - Less noise, more browsing.
• Plash - Make any website your desktop wallpaper.
• Privacy Redirect for Safari - Redirect to privacy-friendly alternatives.
• QuickBrowser - A lightweight link router that lets you pick a browser or auto-route URLs by pattern.
• Web - A tiny AI-powered browser built with SwiftUI, fast, private, and Apple Silicon only.

Chat

• Beagle IM - Powerful XMPP client with support for file transfer, VoIP and end-to-end encryption.
• CopilotForXcode - Xcode extension for GitHub Copilot
• MessagesHistoryBrowser - Browse and search Messages.app history.
• HuggingChat - Native chat interface for open-source language models.
• LlamaChat - Chat with your favourite LLaMA models
• Mocolamma - A cross-platform app for managing Ollama servers and models.
• Onit - An AI chat sidebar that can dock to any app on your Mac!
• Seaglass - A truly native Matrix client for macOS.
• Swiftcord - A fully native Discord client for macOS built 100% in Swift!
• Telegram - Source code of Telegram for macOS on Swift.
• WardenApp - A Fully Native AI Chat App For macOS
• WhatsAppBar - Send WhatsApp message from menu bar.

Local LLM

• apfel - CLI and OpenAI-compatible local server for Apple's on-device foundation model.
• LlamaBarn - A menu bar app to easily install, run, and access local LLMs on your Mac.
• ModelStatus - Monitor local AI model servers across Ollama, LM Studio, vLLM, llama.cpp, MLX, and other OpenAI-compatible APIs.
• Osaurus - Local LLM server and AI infrastructure with menu bar, CLI, and shared tools.
• Sero - Private local AI workspace for chatting with documents, research files, developer knowledge, and structured data using local models.
• Sidekick - Chat with a local LLM on macOS using your files — no extra setup.

AI

• Agent Island - Auto-resume long AI agent runs and show live session state in the notch.
• AccountyCat - AI focus companion that detects attention drift from your active context and gives brief nudges to get you back on task.
• ADHD Focus Mate - AI focus companion that gently nudges you back on task when distracted.
• AI Memory Reader - Browser and editor for AI agent memory files, with beautiful rendering and support for Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, Gemini, and more.
• Ayna - Multi-provider AI chat client with multi-model comparison, MCP support, and local model access.
• AppleAi - Access multiple AI assistants from your menu bar with one shortcut.
• Aiassistant - Lightweight one-click AI quick processing tool.
• Claude-Usage - A tiny floating widget that shows your Claude.ai usage at a glance without opening the browser.
• ClaudeCodeNotify - Desktop notifications when Claude Code needs attention, with one keystroke to jump back to the terminal.
• ClawdHome - Tool for securely isolating and managing multiple OpenClaw gateway instances.
• ClipAi - Send copied content to AI with one click and get tasks done efficiently.
• Clicky - AI teaching assistant that lives next to your cursor and can see your screen.
• Codex Runway - Menu bar tool for tracking Codex usage quotas, costs, reset times, and local session status.
• Codex Skill Manager - Manage local Codex and Claude Code skills, render SKILL.md, and browse remote skills from Clawdhub.
• DS4 Control - Control panel for local ds4 servers that launches and monitors DeepSeek V4 (Pro/Flash, 1M context) and switches coding CLIs like Pi, Claude Code, or BYOC.
• Poli - On-device AI writing assistant for proofreading, rewriting, summarizing, and translating in any app.
• Prism - SwiftUI menu bar app for switching Claude Code API providers with one click.
• Quotio - AI subscription manager with quota tracking and automatic failover.
• Ironsmith - Generate native SwiftUI mini-apps in one click by describing requirements via AI.
• KeyType - Open-source, local LLM-powered tab autocomplete that offers inline ghost-text suggestions in any focused text field.
• Shortcast - Turns long videos into ready-to-post TikTok, Instagram Reels, and YouTube Shorts with automatic finding, cutting, captions, reframing, and scheduling.
• Skills Manager - Discover, browse, install, and tag skills for AI coding assistants from GitHub repositories or local folders.
• Skilly - An AI learning companion for creative software that watches your screen, talks you through tasks, and points at UI elements.
• HideMyData - Local AI-powered redaction tool for sensitive data in PDFs and images.
• Engram - A shared memory layer (MCP) that gives all your AI assistants one persistent, local-first memory.
• lil agents - Tiny AI companions on your dock that open themed chat terminals for coding assistants.
• Mac Vision Tools - A macOS menu bar app for real-time machine learning detection.
• Meeting Transcriber - Local-first meeting transcriber for Teams, Zoom, and Webex with on-device transcription, speaker separation, and Markdown protocol generation via your own LLM.
• Mask This - Real-time clipboard privacy tool that uses on-device AI to detect and mask sensitive text.
• Remodex - Local-first remote control tool for using Codex from your iPhone.
• Scarf - Native client for the Hermes AI agent, with multi-window, multi-server, session management, and MCP support.
• Fazm - Voice-controlled AI agent built with accessibility and screen capture tools.
• Prowl - A command center for running AI coding agents in parallel.
• SuperIsland - Interactive notch island with live widgets for media, battery, weather, calendar, and notifications.
• VibeProxy - Menu bar app to use existing Claude, ChatGPT, and other subscriptions with AI coding tools without API keys.
• Warden - Multi-provider AI chat client with local model support and built-in web search.

…view the full README on GitHub.