mustbeperfect/definitive-opensource

The definitive list of the best of (consumer facing) open source.

🌍 v0.8.5-beta

[ definitive-opensource ]

The definitive list of the best of everything open source

Status: Active - Projects: 774

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This list is EXCLUSIVELY for apps that you use directly such as desktop apps, selfhosted apps, and command line utilities. Developer facing tools like languages, frameworks, and libraries are excluded.

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Please visit the portal for quick access to the foundations of this project. Please read contributing documents before submitting a PR as this list is edited from a JSON file, not the README!

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Our Goal - There's plenty of awesome lists on GitHub, many focusing on open source specifically. However I've found them including many long-deprecated apps, cluttered with smaller projects on the verge of extinction, or missing a lot of modern open source projects.

This list aims to serve as a single centralized location for the best of open source, characterized by a solid user base, solid set of contributors, visible long term growth, and overall product quality.

More Information
Definitive-opensource aims to consolidate only the best open source projects. Our guidelines include strict minimum requirements and additional research for vetting. For a project to pass it's likely popular enough to survive far into the future, however we continously monitor projects on the list and remove anything that no longer fits the criteria.

It is a fundamental goal for this list to be as neutral as possible and simply present options, not persuade or redact, regardless of the maintainer's opinion. Projects that fit the criteria, which by passing will inherently be used by thousands to millions, are put on the list. This list is "curated" - not relative to opinion but statistics and facts.

Although the list is called definitive, in this context it doesn't quite mean the implied dictionary definition of finality. This project can only survive and thrive through continuous contributions by the community, as this list is, in itself, open source. How The List Works

Definitive-opensource was initially a single markdown file that was edited directly. However, as the list scaled, this manual approach proved cumbersome and limited. Additionally, as popularity increased, we recieved many requests for README's of individual platforms - something that would be not be realistic to do manually.

As of v0.6.2-beta, the project was fundamentally re-made. Categories and applications were put in categories.json and applications.json, respectively. Python scripts were made to generate one main list and more platform-specific lists. This was paired with GitHub actions to run the scripts when any changes were made. This opened up a world of possibilies, making refactoring the list format far easier whilst eliminating typos.

This list aims to stand in the middle ground between human input and automation. Mostly automated websites exist for finding open source projects, but statistics alone fails to encompass the complete picture. This list has scripts to automate markdown formatting, updating stats, and finding potentially abandoned projects. However, the actual processes of choosing which projects make it onto the list, which ones should be removed, and what tags to assign are controlled entirely by humans.

Project Status

Active - Active Development

Incremental - Minor Updates

Maintenance - Critical Fixes

Idle - Temporarily Paused

Abandoned - Development Halted

Artificial Intelligence (AI) - Go to top

Agent

Name	Description	Platform(s)	Stars
AgentGPT	🤖 Assemble, configure, and deploy autonomous AI Agents in your browser.	`SelfHost`	35.9k
AgenticSeek `Manual`	Fully Local Manus AI. No APIs, No $200 monthly bills. Enjoy an autonomous agent that thinks, browses the web, and code for the sole cost of electricity. 🔔 Official updates only via twitter @Martin993886460 (Beware of fake account)	`Cross`	25.6k
AutoGPT	AutoGPT is the vision of accessible AI for everyone, to use and to build on. Our mission is to provide the tools, so that you can focus on what matters.	`SelfHost`	182.6k
Browser Use `Manual`	🌐 Make websites accessible for AI agents. Automate tasks online with ease.	`Cross`	81.4k
c/ua `Manual`	Open-source infrastructure for Computer-Use Agents. Sandboxes, SDKs, and benchmarks to train and evaluate AI agents that can control full desktops (macOS, Linux, Windows).	`Cross`	13.2k
Claudia	A powerful GUI app and Toolkit for Claude Code - Create custom agents, manage interactive Claude Code sessions, run secure background agents, and more.	`Cross`	21k
Crush `TUI`	Glamourous agentic coding for all 💘	`Cross`	21.7k
Gemini CLI `TUI` `Manual`	An open-source AI agent that brings the power of Gemini directly into your terminal.	`Cross`	98.5k
gptme `CLI` `Manual`	Your agent in your terminal, equipped with local tools: writes code, uses the terminal, browses the web. Make your own persistent autonomous agent on top!	`Cross`	4.2k
Huginn	Create agents that monitor and act on your behalf. Your agents are standing by!	`SelfHost`	48.9k
Nanobrowser	Open-Source Chrome extension for AI-powered web automation. Run multi-agent workflows using your own LLM API key. Alternative to OpenAI Operator.	`Chromium`	12.5k
Open Intepreter `Manual`	A natural language interface for computers	`Cross`	62.8k
opencode `TUI`	The open source coding agent.	`Cross`	126.5k
Refact	AI Agent that handles engineering tasks end-to-end: integrates with developers’ tools, plans, executes, and iterates until it achieves a successful result.	`VSCode`	3.5k
Telegraf `CLI+`	Agent for collecting, processing, aggregating, and writing metrics, logs, and other arbitrary data.	`Cross` `SelfHost`	16.8k
TEN Agent	Open-source framework for conversational voice AI agents	`SelfHost`	10.3k
UI-TARS	The Open-Source Multimodal AI Agent Stack: Connecting Cutting-Edge AI Models and Agent Infra	`Cross`	28.9k
WrenAI	⚡️ GenBI (Generative BI) queries any database in natural language, generates accurate SQL (Text-to-SQL), charts (Text-to-Chart), and AI-powered business intelligence in seconds.	`Web (Cloud)` `SelfHost`	14.7k

AI Image GUI

Name	Description	Platform(s)	Stars
Auto1111	Stable Diffusion web UI	`SelfHost`	161.9k
ComfyUI	The most powerful and modular diffusion model GUI, api and backend with a graph/nodes interface.	`SelfHost`	106.5k
Fooocus	Focus on prompting and generating	`SelfHost`	47.9k
InvokeAI	Invoke is a leading creative engine for Stable Diffusion models, empowering professionals, artists, and enthusiasts to generate and create visual media using the latest AI-driven technologies. The solution offers an industry leading WebUI, and serves as the foundation for multiple commercial products.	`Cross` `SelfHost`	26.9k
SD.Next	SD.Next: All-in-one WebUI for AI generative image and video creation, captioning and processing	`SelfHost`	7k
SwarmUI `Manual`	SwarmUI (formerly StableSwarmUI), A Modular Stable Diffusion Web-User-Interface, with an emphasis on making powertools easily accessible, high performance, and extensibility.	`Cross`	3.9k
WebUI Forge	Stable Diffusion WebUI Forge is a platform on top of Stable Diffusion WebUI (based on Gradio ) to make development easier, optimize resource management, speed up inference, and study experimental features.	`SelfHost`	12.3k

AI Utilities

Name	Description	Platform(s)	Stars
Airweave `Manual` `Web UI`	Open-source context retrieval layer for AI agents	`Cross`	6k
mem0 `Manual`	Universal memory layer for AI Agents	`SelfHost`	50.5k
Netron	Visualizer for neural network, deep learning and machine learning models	`Cross`	32.6k

All In One

Name	Description	Platform(s)	Stars
AIChat `CLI`	All-in-one LLM CLI tool featuring Shell Assistant, Chat-REPL, RAG, AI Tools & Agents, with access to OpenAI, Claude, Gemini, Ollama, Groq, and more.	`Cross`	9.6k
ClaraVerse	Claraverse is a opesource privacy focused ecosystem to replace ChatGPT, Claude, N8N, ImageGen with your own hosted llm, keys and compute. With desktop, IOS, Android Apps.	`Cross` `SelfHost`	3.7k
Khoj AI	Your AI second brain. Self-hostable. Get answers from the web or your docs. Build custom agents, schedule automations, do deep research. Turn any online or local LLM into your personal, autonomous AI (gpt, claude, gemini, llama, qwen, mistral). Get started - free.	`Web (Cloud)` `SelfHost`	33.5k
LobeHub	The ultimate space for work and life — to find, build, and collaborate with agent teammates that grow with you. We are taking agent harness to the next level — enabling multi-agent collaboration, effortless agent team design, and introducing agents as the unit of work interaction.	`Web (Cloud)` `SelfHost`	74k

Assistant

Name	Description	Platform(s)	Stars
Glass	Digital Mind Extension	`MacOS` `Windows`	7.4k
Leon	🧠 Leon is your open-source personal assistant.	`SelfHost`	17.1k
Meetily	Privacy first, AI meeting assistant with 4x faster Parakeet/Whisper live transcription, speaker diarization, and Ollama summarization built on Rust. 100% local processing. no cloud required. Meetily (Meetly Ai - https://meetily.ai) is the #1 Self-hosted, Open-source Ai meeting note taker for macOS & Windows.	`Windows` `MacOS`	10.5k
OpenClaw	Your own personal AI assistant. Any OS. Any Platform. The lobster way. 🦞	`Cross`	327.2k

Context

Name	Description	Platform(s)	Stars
Everywhere	Context-aware AI assistant for your desktop. Ready to respond intelligently, seamlessly integrating multiple LLMs and MCP tools.	`Windows`	5.7k
omi	AI wearables. Put it on, speak, transcribe, automatically	`Mobile`	7.8k
screenpipe 💰 💥	screenpipe turns your computer into a personal AI that knows everything you've done. record. search. automate. all local, all private, all yours.	`MacOS` `Windows`	17.3k

Information Processing

Name	Description	Platform(s)	Stars
Code2prompt `CLI`	A CLI tool to convert your codebase into a single LLM prompt with source tree, prompt templating, and token counting.	`Cross`	7.2k
Docling `CLI` `Manual`	Get your documents ready for gen AI	`Cross`	56.2k
Firecrawl	🔥 The Web Data API for AI - Turn entire websites into LLM-ready markdown or structured data	`Web (Cloud)` `SelfHost`	95.7k
Gitingest `Manual`	Replace 'hub' with 'ingest' in any GitHub URL to get a prompt-friendly extract of a codebase	`Web (Cloud)` `Chromium` `Firefox`	14.2k
GPT crawler	Crawl a site to generate knowledge files to create your own custom GPT from a URL	`SelfHost`	22.2k
olmOCR `Manual`	Toolkit for linearizing PDFs for LLM datasets/training	`Cross`	17k
Repomix `CLI` `Manual`	📦 Repomix is a powerful tool that packs your entire repository into a single, AI-friendly file. Perfect for when you need to feed your codebase to Large Language Models (LLMs) or other AI tools like Claude, ChatGPT, DeepSeek, Perplexity, Gemini, Gemma, Llama, Grok, and more.	`Web (Cloud)`	22.6k
Unstract	LLM-Driven Extraction of Unstructured Data — Built for API Deployments & ETL Pipeline Workflows	`MacOS` `Linux` `SelfHost`	6.5k

LLM GUI

Name	Description	Platform(s)	Stars
5ire	5ire is a cross-platform desktop AI assistant, MCP client. It compatible with major service providers, supports local knowledge base and tools via model context protocol servers .	`Cross`	5.1k
Chatbox	Powerful AI Client	`Cross`	39.1k
Cherry Studio	AI productivity studio with smart chat, autonomous agents, and 300+ assistants. Unified access to frontier LLMs	`Cross`	41.9k
DeepChat	🐬DeepChat - A smart assistant that connects powerful AI to your personal world	`Cross`	5.6k
fullmoon	chat with private and local large language models	`IOS`	2.2k
GPT4ALL	GPT4All: Run Local LLMs on Any Device. Open-source and available for commercial use.	`Cross`	77.2k
h2oGPT	Private chat with local GPT with document, images, video, etc. 100% private, Apache 2.0. Supports oLLaMa, Mixtral, llama.cpp, and more. Demo: https://gpt.h2o.ai/ https://gpt-docs.h2o.ai/	`SelfHost`	12k
Jan	Jan is an open source alternative to ChatGPT that runs 100% offline on your computer.	`Cross`	41.2k
LibreChat	Enhanced ChatGPT Clone: Features Agents, MCP, DeepSeek, Anthropic, AWS, OpenAI, Responses API, Azure, Groq, o1, GPT-5, Mistral, OpenRouter, Vertex AI, Gemini, Artifacts, AI model switching, message search, Code Interpreter, langchain, DALL-E-3, OpenAPI Actions, Functions, Secure Multi-User Auth, Presets, open-source for self-hosting. Active.	`SelfHost`	34.8k
NextChat `CLI+`	✨ Light and Fast AI Assistant. Support: Web - iOS - MacOS - Android - Linux - Windows	`Cross` `Web (Cloud)`	87.6k
Onyx	Open Source AI Platform - AI Chat with advanced features that works with every LLM	`SelfHost`	18k
Open WebUI	User-friendly AI Interface (Supports Ollama, OpenAI API, ...)	`SelfHost`	128k
SillyTavern	LLM Frontend for Power Users.	`SelfHost`	24.6k
SurfSense	Open source alternative to NotebookLM for teams. Join our Discord: https://discord.gg/ejRNvftDp9	`SelfHost`	13.4k
Text generation webUI	The original local LLM interface. Text, vision, tool-calling, training, and more. 100% offline.	`SelfHost`	46.3k
tgpt `CLI`	AI Chatbots in terminal for free	`Cross`	3.1k

Manager

Name	Description	Platform(s)	Stars
KoboldCpp	Run GGUF models easily with a KoboldAI UI. One File. Zero Install.	`Cross` `SelfHost`	9.8k
Ollama 🌍`CLI`	Get up and running with Kimi-K2.5, GLM-5, MiniMax, DeepSeek, gpt-oss, Qwen, Gemma and other models.	`Cross` `SelfHost`	165.7k
Osaurus	Own your AI. The native macOS harness for AI agents -- any model, persistent memory, autonomous execution, cryptographic identity. Built in Swift. Fully offline. Open source.	`MacOS`	4.4k
StabilityMatrix	Multi-Platform Package Manager for Stable Diffusion	`Cross`	7.7k

Model Tools

Name	Description	Platform(s)	Stars
Agno `CLI` `Manual`	Build, run, manage agentic software at scale.	`Cross`	38.8k
GPT-SoVITS-WebUI `Manual`	1 min voice data can also be used to train a good TTS model! (few shot voice cloning)	`Cross` `SelfHost`	56k
Kiln	Build, Evaluate, and Optimize AI Systems. Includes evals, RAG, agents, fine-tuning, synthetic data generation, dataset management, MCP, and more.	`Cross`	4.7k
LLaMa-Factory `CLI+` `Manual`	Unified Efficient Fine-Tuning of 100+ LLMs & VLMs (ACL 2024)	`SelfHost`	68.8k
Ludwig `Manual`	Low-code framework for building custom LLMs, neural networks, and other AI models	`Cross`	11.7k
Opik	Debug, evaluate, and monitor your LLM applications, RAG systems, and agentic workflows with comprehensive tracing, automated evaluations, and production-ready dashboards.	`SelfHost` `Web (Cloud)`	18.4k
PyTorch Lightning `CLI` `Manual`	Pretrain, finetune ANY AI model of ANY size on 1 or 10,000+ GPUs with zero code changes.	`Cross`	30.9k
Second Me	Train your AI self, amplify you, bridge the world	`SelfHost` `Web (Cloud)`	15.4k

RAG

Name	Description	Platform(s)	Stars
AnythingLLM	The all-in-one AI productivity accelerator. On device and privacy first with no annoying setup or configuration.	`Cross`	56.5k
AutoFlow	pingcap/autoflow is a Graph RAG based and conversational knowledge base tool built with TiDB Serverless Vector Storage. Demo: https://tidb.ai	`SelfHost`	2.8k
DocsGPT	Private AI platform for agents, assistants and enterprise search. Built-in Agent Builder, Deep research, Document analysis, Multi-model support, and API connectivity for agents.	`Cross` `SelfHost`	17.8k
kotaemon	An open-source RAG-based tool for chatting with your documents.	`SelfHost`	25.2k
PaperQA2 `CLI` `Manual`	High accuracy RAG for answering questions from scientific documents with citations	`Cross`	8.3k
R2R `CLI`	SoTA production-ready AI retrieval system. Agentic Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) with a RESTful API.	`Web (Cloud)` `SelfHost`	7.7k
RAGFlow	RAGFlow is a leading open-source Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) engine that fuses cutting-edge RAG with Agent capabilities to create a superior context layer for LLMs	`SelfHost`	75.6k
Verba	Retrieval Augmented Generation (RAG) chatbot powered by Weaviate	`SelfHost`	7.6k

Research

Name	Description	Platform(s)	Stars
DeepSearcher `CLI`	Open Source Deep Research Alternative to Reason and Search on Private Data. Written in Python.	`Cross`	7.7k
GPT Researcher `CLI+`	An autonomous agent that conducts deep research on any data using any LLM providers	`Cross` `SelfHost`	25.9k
STORM `Manual`	An LLM-powered knowledge curation system that researches a topic and generates a full-length report with citations.	`Cross`	28k

Communication - Go to top

Chat

Name	Description	Platform(s)	Stars
bitchat	bluetooth mesh chat, IRC vibes	`Mobile`	25.5k
Legcord	Legcord is a custom client designed to enhance your Discord experience while keeping everything lightweight.	`Cross`	3k
Signal	A private messenger for Android.	`Cross`	28.5k
SimpleX `CLI+`	SimpleX - the first messaging network operating without user identifiers of any kind - 100% private by design! iOS, Android and desktop apps 📱!	`Cross`	10.7k
Telegram Desktop	Telegram Desktop messaging app	`Cross`	30.3k

Collaboration

Name	Description	Platform(s)	Stars
Mattermost	Mattermost is an open source platform for secure collaboration across the entire software development lifecycle..	`SelfHost`	35.9k
Rocket.Chat	The Secure CommsOS™ for mission-critical operations	`SelfHost` `Web (Cloud)`	45k
Zulip	Zulip server and web application. Open-source team chat that helps teams stay productive and focused.	`SelfHost` `Web (Cloud)`	24.9k

Mail

Name	Description	Platform(s)	Stars
Himalaya `TUI`	CLI to manage emails	`Cross`	5.8k
Inbox Zero	The world's best AI personal assistant for email. Open source app to help you reach inbox zero fast.	`Web (Cloud)` `SelfHost`	10.3k
Mailspring	:love_letter: A beautiful, fast and fully open source mail client for Mac, Windows and Linux.	`Cross`	17.3k
ProtonMail	Monorepo hosting the proton web clients	`Cross` `Mobile`	5.3k
Thunderbird	Meet Thunderbird, the email and productivity app that maximizes your freedoms.	`Cross`	13.2k
Tuta Mail	Tuta is an email service with a strong focus on security and privacy that lets you encrypt emails, contacts and calendar entries on all your devices.	`Android`	7.4k

Video Conference

Name	Description	Platform(s)	Stars
Element `CLI+`	A glossy Matrix collaboration client for the web.	`Web (Cloud)`	12.9k
Jitsi Meet `CLI+`	Jitsi Meet - Secure, Simple and Scalable Video Conferences that you use as a standalone app or embed in your web application.	`Web (Cloud)`	28.8k
Mumble	Mumble is an open-source, low-latency, high quality voice chat software.	`Cross`	7.8k

Data - Go to top

Backup

Name	Description	Platform(s)	Stars
Backrest	Backrest is a web UI and orchestrator for restic backup.	`Cross` `SelfHost`	5.8k
Borg `CLI`	Deduplicating archiver with compression and authenticated encryption.	`Cross`	13.1k
Cryptomator	Cryptomator for Windows, macOS, and Linux: Secure client-side encryption for your cloud storage, ensuring privacy and control over your data.	`Cross` `Mobile`	14.8k
Duplicacy `CLI`	A new generation cloud backup tool	`Cross`	5.6k
Duplicati	Store securely encrypted backups in the cloud!	`Cross`	14.4k
Kopia	Cross-platform backup tool for Windows, macOS & Linux with fast, incremental backups, client-side end-to-end encryption, compression and data deduplication. CLI and GUI included.	`Cross`	12.8k
Rclone `CLI`	"rsync for cloud storage" - Google Drive, S3, Dropbox, Backblaze B2, One Drive, Swift, Hubic, Wasabi, Google Cloud Storage, Azure Blob, Azure Files, Yandex Files	`Cross`	56.1k
Rclone UI	The cross-platform GUI for rclone & S3.	`Cross`	1.8k
Restic `CLI`	Fast, secure, efficient backup program	`Cross`	32.8k
rustic `CLI`	rustic - fast, encrypted, and deduplicated backups powered by Rust	`Cross`	2.9k
Timeshift	System restore tool for Linux. Creates filesystem snapshots using rsync+hardlinks, or BTRFS snapshots. Supports scheduled snapshots, multiple backup levels, and exclude filters. Snapshots can be restored while system is running or from Live CD/USB.	`Linux`	3.9k
Vorta	Desktop Backup Client for Borg Backup	`Cross`	2.4k

Storage

Name	Description	Platform(s)	Stars
Ceph	Ceph is a distributed object, block, and file storage platform	`SelfHost`	16.4k
Maestral	Open-source Dropbox client for macOS and Linux	`MacOS` `Linux`	3.3k
myDrive	Node.js and mongoDB Google Drive Clone	`SelfHost`	4.2k
Nextcloud	☁️ Nextcloud server, a safe home for all your data	`Cross` `Mobile` `SelfHost`	34.4k
OpenCloud	🌤️ OpenCloud is the open source platform for file management, sharing and collaboration. Simple and sovereign.	`Cross` `Mobile` `SelfHost`	5k
ownCloud	:cloud: ownCloud web server core (Files, DAV, etc.)	`Cross` `Mobile` `SelfHost`	8.7k
Seafile `CLI+`	Beyond file syncing and sharing, a new way to organize your files with extensible file properties and flexible views	`Cross` `Mobile` `SelfHost`	14.5k

Sync

Name	Description	Platform(s)	Stars
Rsync `CLI`	An open source utility that provides fast incremental file transfer. It also has useful features for backup and restore operations among many other use cases.	`Cross`	4.3k
Syncthing `CLI+`	Open Source Continuous File Synchronization	`Cross`	81k
Syncthing Tray	Tray application and Dolphin/Plasma integration for Syncthing	`Windows` `Linux`	2.8k
syncthing-macos `CLI+`	Official frugal and native macOS Syncthing application bundle	`MacOS`	3.5k

Development - Go to top

API Client

Name	Description	Platform(s)	Stars
Hoppscotch `CLI+`	Open-Source API Development Ecosystem • https://hoppscotch.io • Offline, On-Prem & Cloud • Web, Desktop & CLI • Open-Source Alternative to Postman, Insomnia	`Cross` `Web (Cloud)`	78.5k
HTTPie CLI `CLI`	🥧 HTTPie CLI — modern, user-friendly command-line HTTP client for the API era. JSON support, colors, sessions, downloads, plugins & more.	`Cross`	37.7k
HTTPie Desktop	🚀 HTTPie Desktop — cross-platform API testing client for humans. Painlessly test REST, GraphQL, and HTTP APIs.	`Cross`	3.9k
Insomnia	The open-source, cross-platform API client for GraphQL, REST, WebSockets, SSE and gRPC. With Cloud, Local and Git storage.	`Cross`	38.1k
Requestly	Free and open-source API Client & Interceptor.	`Cross`	6.6k
Restfox	Offline-First Minimalistic HTTP & Socket Testing Client for the Web & Desktop	`Cross`	2.7k
Yaak	The most intuitive desktop API client. Organize and execute REST, GraphQL, WebSockets, Server Sent Events, and gRPC 🦬	`Cross`	18.2k

Code Assistant

Name	Description	Platform(s)	Stars
Aider `CLI`	aider is AI pair programming in your terminal	`Cross`	42.2k
Cline	Autonomous coding agent right in your IDE, capable of creating/editing files, executing commands, using the browser, and more with your permission every step of the way.	`VSCode`	59.2k
Codex `CLI` `Manual`	Lightweight coding agent that runs in your terminal	`Cross`	66.6k
Continue	⏩ Source-controlled AI checks, enforceable in CI. Powered by the open-source Continue CLI	`VSCode` `JetBrains`	32k
Goose `CLI+`	an open source, extensible AI agent that goes beyond code suggestions - install, execute, edit, and test with any LLM	`Cross`	33.3k
GPT Pilot `CLI`	The first real AI developer	`Cross`	33.8k
MetaGPT	🌟 The Multi-Agent Framework: First AI Software Company, Towards Natural Language Programming	`SelfHost` `Web (Cloud)`	65.7k
OpenHands	🙌 OpenHands: AI-Driven Development	`Cross` `SelfHost`	69.5k
Plandex `CLI`	Open source AI coding agent. Designed for large projects and real world tasks.	`Cross`	15.1k
Roo Code	Roo Code gives you a whole dev team of AI agents in your code editor.	`VSCode`	22.8k
Tabby	Self-hosted AI coding assistant	`SelfHost` `VSCode` `JetBrains`	33k
windsurf.vim	Free, ultrafast Copilot alternative for Vim and Neovim	`N/A`	5.1k

Code Editor

Name	Description	Platform(s)	Stars
code-server	VS Code in the browser	`SelfHost`	76.8k
CodeEdit	📝 CodeEdit App for macOS – Elevate your code editing experience. Open source, free forever.	`MacOS`	22.7k
Helix `CLI`	A post-modern modal text editor.	`Cross`	43.6k
Lapce	Lightning-fast and Powerful Code Editor written in Rust	`Cross`	38.2k
LazyVim `CLI`	Neovim config for the lazy	`Cross`	25.5k
neovim `CLI`	Vim-fork focused on extensibility and usability	`Cross`	97.4k
NvChad `CLI`	Blazing fast Neovim framework providing solid defaults and a beautiful UI, enhancing your neovim experience.	`Cross`	28k
Onlook	The Cursor for Designers • An Open-Source AI-First Design tool • Visually build, style, and edit your React App with AI	`Cross`	24.9k
Vim 🌍`CLI`	The official Vim repository	`Cross`	40k
Void	Void is the open-source Cursor alternative.	`Windows` `MacOS`	28.5k
VS Code	Visual Studio Code	`Cross`	182.9k
VSCodium	binary releases of VS Code without MS branding/telemetry/licensing	`Cross`	30.6k
Zed 🏦	Code at the speed of thought – Zed is a high-performance, multiplayer code editor from the creators of Atom and Tree-sitter.	`MacOS` `Linux`	77.6k

Dev Tools

Name	Description	Platform(s)	Stars
act	Run your GitHub Actions locally 🚀	`SelfHost`	69.5k
Backlog.md	Backlog.md - A tool for managing project collaboration between humans and AI Agents in a git ecosystem	`Cross`	5.2k
bat `CLI`	A cat(1) clone with wings.	`Cross`	57.8k
ByteStash	A code snippet storage solution written in React & node.js	`SelfHost`	2.3k
DB Browser for SQLite	Official home of the DB Browser for SQLite (DB4S) project. Previously known as "SQLite Database Browser" and "Database Browser for SQLite". Website at:	`Cross`	23.8k
DevHub	A feature-rich offline application, is meticulously crafted to support developers in their daily tasks while ensuring the utmost security of their data	`MacOS`	2k
DevToys	A Swiss Army knife for developers.	`Cross`	31.1k
JSON Crack `Manual`	✨ Innovative and open-source visualization application that transforms various data formats, such as JSON, YAML, XML and CSV into interactive graphs.	`Cross` `Web (Cloud)`	43.7k
Jujutsu `CLI`	A Git-compatible VCS that is both simple and powerful	`Cross`	27.1k
massCode	A free and open source code snippet manager for developers	`Cross`	6.7k
Onefetch `TUI`	Command-line Git information tool	`Cross`	11.7k
PHP Monitor	Lightweight, native Mac menu bar app that helps you manage multiple PHP installations, locate config files and more. Also interacts with Laravel Valet.	`MacOS`	3.2k
Postgres.app	The easiest way to get started with PostgreSQL on the Mac	`MacOS`	7.7k
typos `CLI`	Source code spell checker	`Cross`	3.9k
Watchexec `CLI`	Executes commands in response to file modifications	`Cross`	6.9k

Game Engine

Name	Description	Platform(s)	Stars
GDevelop	🎮 Open-source, cross-platform 2D/3D/multiplayer game engine designed for everyone.	`Cross`	21.4k
Godot	Godot Engine – Multi-platform 2D and 3D game engine	`Cross`	108.2k
s&box	s&box is a modern game engine, built on Valve's Source 2 and the latest .NET technology, it provides a modern intuitive editor for creating games	`Cross`	3.9k

Git Client

Name	Description	Platform(s)	Stars
gh-dash `TUI` `Manual`	A rich terminal UI for GitHub that doesn't break your flow.	`Cross`	11.1k
GitBucket `Manual`	A Git platform powered by Scala with easy installation, high extensibility & GitHub API compatibility	`Cross`	9.4k
GitButler	The GitButler version control client, backed by Git, powered by Tauri/Rust/Svelte	`Cross`	19.9k
GitHub Desktop	Focus on what matters instead of fighting with Git.	`Cross`	21.3k
GitHub Desktop - The Linux Fork	Fork of GitHub Desktop to support various Linux distributions	`Linux`	7.8k
GitUI `TUI`	Blazing 💥 fast terminal-ui for git written in rust 🦀	`Cross`	21.6k
Lazygit `TUI`	simple terminal UI for git commands	`Cross`	74.8k

Git Hosting

Name	Description	Platform(s)	Stars
Gitea	Git with a cup of tea! Painless self-hosted all-in-one software development service, including Git hosting, code review, team collaboration, package registry and CI/CD	`SelfHost`	54.4k
GitLab	GitLab CE Mirror - Please open new issues in our issue tracker on GitLab.com	`SelfHost` `Web (Cloud)`	24.3k
Gogs	Gogs is a painless self-hosted Git service	`SelfHost`	47.6k
Soft Serve `TUI`	The mighty, self-hostable Git server for the command line🍦	`Cross`	6.7k

IDE

Name	Description	Platform(s)	Stars
Arduino IDE	Arduino IDE 2.x	`Cross`	3k
Bruno	Opensource IDE For Exploring and Testing API's (lightweight alternative to Postman/Insomnia)	`Cross`	42k
IntelliJ IDEA	IntelliJ IDEA & IntelliJ Platform	`Cross`	19.8k
Neovide	No Nonsense Neovim Client in Rust	`Cross`	14.8k
Qt Creator	A cross-platform Qt IDE	`Cross`	3k
SharpIDE	A modern, cross platform IDE for .NET, built with .NET & Godot	`Cross`	3.5k

Language Package Manager

Name	Description	Platform(s)	Stars
Bun `CLI`	Incredibly fast JavaScript runtime, bundler, test runner, and package manager – all in one	`Cross`	88.3k
PNPM `CLI`	Fast, disk space efficient package manager	`Cross`	34.4k
uv `CLI`	An extremely fast Python package and project manager, written in Rust.	`Cross`	81.6k
Yarn `CLI`	📦🐈 Active development trunk for Yarn ⚒	`Cross`	8.1k

Entertainment - Go to top

Game Launcher

Name	Description	Platform(s)	Stars
Heroic Games Launcher	A games launcher for GOG, Amazon and Epic Games for Linux, Windows and macOS.	`Cross`	11k
Hydra	Hydra Launcher is an open-source gaming platform created to be the single tool that you need	`Cross`	15.4k
Lutris	Lutris desktop client	`Linux`	9.8k
Moonlight	GameStream client for PCs (Windows, Mac, Linux, and Steam Link)	`Cross`	16.6k
Pelican Panel	Pelican Panel is an open-source, web-based application designed for easy management of game servers.	`SelfHost`	2k
Playnite	Video game library manager with support for wide range of 3rd party libraries and game emulation support, providing one unified interface for your games.	`Windows`	12.7k
RomM	A beautiful, powerful, self-hosted rom manager and player.	`SelfHost`	8.3k

Games

Name	Description	Platform(s)	Stars
Cataclysm DDA	Cataclysm - Dark Days Ahead. A turn-based survival game set in a post-apocalyptic world.	`Cross`	12.2k
Cubyz	Voxel sandbox game with a large render distance, procedurally generated content and some cool graphical effects.	`Linux` `Windows`	3.4k
Endless Sky	Space exploration, trading, and combat game.	`Cross`	7.2k
lichess	♞ lichess.org: the forever free, adless and open source chess server ♞	`Web (Cloud)`	17.9k
Mindustry	The automation tower defense RTS	`Cross` `Mobile`	27k
OpenRA	Open Source real-time strategy game engine for early Westwood games such as Command & Conquer: Red Alert written in C# using SDL and OpenGL. Runs on Windows, Linux, *BSD and Mac OS X.	`Cross`	16.5k
Thrive	The main repository for the development of the evolution game Thrive.	`Cross`	3.5k
Unciv	Open-source Android/Desktop remake of Civ V	`Cross` `Android`	10.2k
Veloren	[mirror of https://gitlab.com/veloren/veloren] An open world, open source voxel RPG inspired by Dwarf Fortress and Cube World. This repository is a mirror. Please submit all PRs and issues on our GitLab page.	`Cross`	7.1k
Wesnoth	An open source, turn-based strategy game with a high fantasy theme.	`Cross`	6.5k

Extensions - Go to top

Browser Extensions

Name	Description	Platform(s)	Stars
Dark Reader	Dark Reader Chrome and Firefox extension	`Chromium` `Firefox`	21.8k
DeArrow	Crowdsourcing better titles and thumbnails on YouTube	`Chromium` `Firefox`	2.1k
Page Assist	Use your locally running AI models to assist you in your web browsing	`Chromium` `Firefox`	7.7k
Refined GitHub	:octocat: Browser extension that simplifies the GitHub interface and adds useful features	`Chromium` `Firefox`	30.8k
Return Youtube Dislike	Chrome extension to return youtube dislikes	`Chromium` `Firefox`	13.5k
SponsorBlock	Skip YouTube video sponsors (browser extension)	`Chromium` `Firefox`	12.9k
uBlock Origin	uBlock Origin - An efficient blocker for Chromium and Firefox. Fast and lean.	`Chromium` `Firefox`	62.2k
Web Clipper	For Notion,OneNote,Bear,Yuque,Joplin。Clip anything to anywhere	`Chromium` `Firefox`	6.7k

EMACS Packages

Name	Description	Platform(s)	Stars

Neovim Extensions

Name	Description	Platform(s)	Stars
Coq	Fast as FUCK nvim completion. SQLite, concurrent scheduler, hundreds of hours of optimization.	`N/A`	3.8k
lazy.nvim	💤 A modern plugin manager for Neovim	`N/A`	20.5k
mason.nvim `TUI`	Portable package manager for Neovim that runs everywhere Neovim runs. Easily install and manage LSP servers, DAP servers, linters, and formatters.	`N/A`	10.1k
Neorg	Modernity meets insane extensibility. The future of organizing your life in Neovim.	`N/A`	7.3k
nvim-dap	Debug Adapter Protocol client implementation for Neovim	`N/A`	7k
VimWiki	Personal Wiki for Vim	`N/A`	9.4k

Internet - Go to top

Browser

Name	Description	Platform(s)	Stars
Brave	Brave browser for Android, iOS, Linux, macOS, Windows.	`Cross`	22k
Firefox	Fast, reliable and private — for peace of mind online.	`Cross` `Mobile`	11.6k
Floorp	All of source code of Floorp 12, the most Advanced and Fastest Firefox derivative 🦊	`Cross`	8.1k
Helium	Private, fast, and honest web browser	`Cross`	12.5k
Min	A fast, minimal browser that protects your privacy	`Cross`	8.9k
Neko	A self hosted virtual browser that runs in docker and uses WebRTC.	`SelfHost`	20.1k
Noi	🚀 Less chaos. More flow.	`Cross`	8.8k
Zen	Welcome to a calmer internet	`Cross`	40.8k

Download Manager

Name	Description	Platform(s)	Stars
AB	A Download Manager that speeds up your downloads	`Cross`	14.1k
Deluge	Deluge BitTorrent client - Git mirror, PRs only	`Cross`	1.7k
File Centipede	Cross-platform internet upload/download manager for HTTP(S), FTP(S), SSH, magnet-link, BitTorrent, m3u8, ed2k, and online videos. WebDAV client, FTP client, SSH client.	`SelfHost`	10.8k
GoPeed	A fast, modern download manager for HTTP, BitTorrent, Magnet, and ED2K. Cross-platform, built with Golang and Flutter.	`Cross`	23.4k
Persepolis	Persepolis is a download manager written in Python.	`Cross`	7.3k
qBittorrent	qBittorrent BitTorrent client	`Cross`	36.1k
Transmission	Official Transmission BitTorrent client repository	`Cross`	14.5k

Network

Name	Description	Platform(s)	Stars
Scanopy	Network documentation that updates itself	`SelfHost` `Web (Cloud)` `Cross`	4.3k
Sniffnet	Comfortably monitor your Internet traffic 🕵️‍♂️	`Cross`	33k
trippy `TUI`	A network diagnostic tool	`Cross`	6.7k
Wireshark	Wireshark lets you dive deep into your network traffic - free and open source.	`Cross`	9.1k

Search Engine

Name	Description	Platform(s)	Stars
Morphic	An AI-powered search engine with a generative UI	`SelfHost` `Web (Cloud)`	8.7k
Perplexica	Vane is an AI-powered answering engine.	`SelfHost`	33.2k
Scira	Scira (Formerly MiniPerplx) is a minimalistic AI-powered search engine that helps you find information on the internet and cites it too. Powered by Vercel AI SDK!	`SelfHost` `Web (Cloud)`	11.5k
SearXNG	SearXNG is a free internet metasearch engine which aggregates results from various search services and databases. Users are neither tracked nor profiled.	`SelfHost`	26.9k
YaCy	Distributed Peer-to-Peer Web Search Engine and Intranet Search Appliance	`SelfHost`	3.8k

Social Network

Name	Description	Platform(s)	Stars
Folo	🧡 Folo is the AI RSS Reader	`Cross` `Mobile` `Web (Cloud)`	37.7k
IceCubesApp	A SwiftUI Mastodon client	`MacOS` `IOS`	7k
Mastodon	Your self-hosted, globally interconnected microblogging community	`Web (Cloud)` `Mobile`	49.8k
Pixelfed	Photo Sharing. For Everyone.	`Mobile`	6.9k
Toot `TUI`	toot - Mastodon CLI & TUI	`Cross`	1.3k

Media - Go to top

Audio Editor

Name	Description	Platform(s)	Stars
Audacity	Audio Editor	`Cross`	16.7k
MuseScore	MuseScore is an open source and free music notation software. For support, contribution, bug reports, visit MuseScore.org. Fork and make pull requests!	`Cross`	14.4k
OpenUtau	Open singing synthesis platform / Open source UTAU successor	`Cross`	3.7k

Audio Player

Name	Description	Platform(s)	Stars
Feishin	A modern self-hosted music player.	`Cross` `SelfHost`	7.6k
Harmonoid	🎵 Plays & manages your music library. Looks beautiful & juicy. Available for Windows, GNU/Linux, macOS & Android.	`Cross` `Android`	4.5k
kew `CLI`	Music for the Shell.	`Cross`	2.6k
librespot `CLI`	Open Source Spotify client library	`Cross`	6.7k
Navidrome	🎧 Your Personal Streaming Service	`Cross` `SelfHost`	20k
Pear Desktop	Pear 🍐 is extension for music player	`Cross`	31.1k
PixelPlayer	privacy-first Android music player built with Material 3 Expressive. Play offline, sync lyrics, fine-tune with equalizer presets, and cast to your devices.	`Android`	3.5k
SimpMusic	A cross-platform music app using YouTube Music for backend	`Android`	8.4k
spotify_player `TUI`	A Spotify player in the terminal with full feature parity	`Cross`	6.4k
Spotube	🎧 Open source music streaming app! Available for both desktop & mobile!	`Cross`	45.1k
Supersonic	A lightweight and full-featured cross-platform desktop client for self-hosted music servers	`Cross`	2.1k
Swing Music	Swing Music is a beautiful, self-hosted music player for your local audio files. Like a cooler Spotify ... but bring your own music.	`Cross` `SelfHost`	1.8k

CAD

Name	Description	Platform(s)	Stars
CAD Sketcher	Constraint-based geometry sketcher for blender	`N/A`	3.2k
CadQuery `Manual`	A python parametric CAD scripting framework based on OCCT	`Cross`	4.7k
Chili3D	A browser-based 3D CAD application for online model design and editing	`Web (Cloud)`	4.4k
CQ-editor	CadQuery GUI editor based on PyQT	`Cross`	1.1k
FreeCAD	Official source code of FreeCAD, a free and opensource multiplatform 3D parametric modeler.	`Cross`	29.1k
LeoCAD	A CAD application for creating virtual LEGO models	`Cross`	2.8k
OpenSCAD	OpenSCAD - The Programmers Solid 3D CAD Modeller	`Cross`	9k
QCAD	QCAD - The Open Source 2D CAD. QCAD is a cross-platform CAD solution for Windows, macOS and Linux. It supports the DXF format and optionally the DWG format (through a proprietary plugin).	`Cross`	1.8k

Canvas

Name	Description	Platform(s)	Stars
Agora Flat	Project flat is the Web, Windows and macOS client of Agora Flat open source classroom.	`Windows` `MacOS` `SelfHost`	6.4k
Excalidraw	Virtual whiteboard for sketching hand-drawn like diagrams	`SelfHost` `VSCode`	119.2k

Diagrams

Name	Description	Platform(s)	Stars
drawDB `Manual`	Free, simple, and intuitive online database diagram editor and SQL generator.	`Cross` `SelfHost` `Web (Cloud)`	36.9k
drawio-desktop	Official electron build of draw.io	`Cross`	59.9k
Liam ERD `Manual`	Automatically generates beautiful and easy-to-read ER diagrams from your database.	`Web (Cloud)` `SelfHost`	4.7k

Graphics

Name	Description	Platform(s)	Stars
Blender	Official mirror of Blender	`Cross`	17.8k
Gaphor	Gaphor is the simple modeling tool	`Cross`	2.2k
Graphite	Open source comprehensive 2D content creation tool suite for graphic design, digital art, and interactive real-time motion graphics — featuring node-based procedural editing	`Web (Cloud)`	24.7k
Krita	Krita is a free and open source cross-platform application that offers an end-to-end solution for creating digital art files from scratch built on the KDE and Qt frameworks.	`Cross`	9.5k
LibreCAD	LibreCAD is a cross-platform 2D CAD program written in C++17. It can read DXF/DWG files and can write DXF/PDF/SVG files. It supports point/line/circle/ellipse/parabola/spline primitives. The user interface is highly customizable, and has dozens of translations.	`Cross`	5.7k
PAINT BOARD	🎨 A powerful multi-end drawing board that brings together a lot of creative brushes to experience a whole new range of drawing effects!	`SelfHost`	2.6k
Pencil2D	Pencil2D is an easy, intuitive tool to make 2D hand-drawn animations. Pencil2D is open source and cross-platform. This project is developed by Chia-wen Chang	`Cross`	1.7k
Penpot	Penpot: The open-source design tool for design and code collaboration	`Web (Cloud)`	44.9k
PixiEditor	PixiEditor is a Universal Editor for all your 2D needs	`Cross`	7.2k

Image Editing

Name	Description	Platform(s)	Stars
darktable	darktable is an open source photography workflow application and raw developer	`Cross`	12.2k
ImageMagick	ImageMagick is a free, open-source software suite for creating, editing, converting, and displaying images. It supports 200+ formats and offers powerful command-line tools and APIs for automation, scripting, and integration across platforms.	`Cross`	16k
PhotoDemon	A free portable photo editor focused on pro-grade features, high performance, and maximum usability.	`Windows`	2.1k
RapidRAW	A beautiful, non-destructive, and GPU-accelerated RAW image editor built with performance in mind.	`Cross`	6k
RawTherapee	A powerful cross-platform raw photo processing program	`Cross`	3.8k

Image Processing

Name	Description	Platform(s)	Stars
chaiNNer	A node-based image processing GUI aimed at making chaining image processing tasks easy and customizable. Born as an AI upscaling application, chaiNNer has grown into an extremely flexible and powerful programmatic image processing application.	`Cross`	5.7k
Upscayl	🆙 Upscayl - #1 Free and Open Source AI Image Upscaler for Linux, MacOS and Windows.	`Cross`	44.1k

Media Downloader

Name	Description	Platform(s)	Stars
Cobalt	best way to save what you love	`Web (Cloud)`	39.2k
MeTube	Self-hosted video downloader for YouTube and other sites (web UI for youtube-dl / yt-dlp)	`SelfHost`	13k
Parabolic	Download web video and audio	`Windows` `Linux`	5.3k
Pinchflat	Your next YouTube media manager	`SelfHost`	4.7k
Seal	🦭 Video/Audio Downloader for Android, based on yt-dlp	`Android`	25.2k
YoutubeDownloader	Downloads videos and playlists from YouTube	`Cross`	14.5k
yt-dlp `CLI`	A feature-rich command-line audio/video downloader	`Cross`	152.3k
YTDLnis	Full-featured audio/video downloader for Android using yt-dlp	`Android`	8.1k
ytDownloader	Desktop App for downloading Videos and Audios from hundreds of sites	`Cross`	8.9k

Screen Recording

Name	Description	Platform(s)	Stars
Cap	Open source Loom alternative. Beautiful, shareable screen recordings.	`Cross`	17.5k
Flameshot	Powerful yet simple to use screenshot software :desktop_computer: :camera_flash:	`Cross`	29.5k
ksnip	ksnip the cross-platform screenshot and annotation tool	`Cross`	3.2k
OBS Studio	OBS Studio - Free and open source software for live streaming and screen recording	`Cross`	71.1k
ShareX	ShareX is a free and open-source application that enables users to capture or record any area of their screen with a single keystroke. It also supports uploading images, text, and various file types to a wide range of destinations.	`Windows`	35.9k

Video Editing

Name	Description	Platform(s)	Stars
Gyroflow	Video stabilization using gyroscope data	`Cross`	8.3k
Kdenlive	Free and open source video editor, based on MLT Framework and KDE Frameworks	`Cross`	4.8k
LossletCut	The swiss army knife of lossless video/audio editing	`Cross`	39.2k
Natron	Open-source video compositing software. Node-graph based. Similar in functionalities to Adobe After Effects and Nuke by The Foundry.	`Cross`	5.3k
Olive	Free open-source non-linear video editor	`Cross`	9k
OpenCut	The open-source CapCut alternative	`Web (Cloud)`	47.2k
Shotcut	cross-platform (Qt), open-source (GPLv3) video editor	`Cross`	13.6k

Video Player

Name	Description	Platform(s)	Stars
IINA	The modern video player for macOS.	`MacOS`	44.1k
Jellyfin Media Player	Jellyfin Desktop Client	`Cross`	5.5k
mpv	🎥 Command line media player	`Cross`	34.5k
VLC	VLC media player - All pull requests are ignored, please use MRs on https://code.videolan.org/videolan/vlc	`Cross`	17.9k
Yattee	Privacy oriented video player for iOS, tvOS and macOS	`MacOS`	3.4k

Video Transcoder

Name	Description	Platform(s)	Stars
HandBrake	HandBrake's development repository	`Cross`	22.7k

Operating System - Go to top

Linux

Name	Description	Platform(s)	Stars
Extension Manager	A utility for browsing and installing GNOME Shell Extensions.	`Linux`	1.3k
Flatseal	Manage Flatpak permissions	`Linux`	1.6k
WinBoat	Run Windows apps on 🐧 Linux with ✨ seamless integration	`Linux`	19.6k

MacOS

Name	Description	Platform(s)	Stars
AltTab	Windows alt-tab on macOS	`MacOS`	15.2k
AppLite	User-friendly GUI macOS application for Homebrew Casks	`Cross`	6.5k
battery `CLI+`	CLI/GUI for managing the battery charging status for Apple silicon (M1, M2, M3) Macs	`MacOS`	6.9k
Battery Toolkit	Control the platform power state of your Apple Silicon Mac.	`MacOS`	2.4k
Calendr	Menu bar calendar for macOS - MVVM - RxSwift - AppKit - SwiftUI	`MacOS`	2.2k
Cork	A fast GUI for Homebrew written in SwiftUI	`MacOS`	4.2k
DockDoor	Window peeking, alt-tab and other enhancements for macOS	`MacOS`	4.1k
Ice ⏳	Powerful menu bar manager for macOS	`MacOS`	26.7k
Itsycal	Itsycal is a tiny calendar for your Mac's menu bar. http://www.mowglii.com/itsycal	`MacOS`	3.8k
KeepingYouAwake	Prevents your Mac from going to sleep.	`MacOS`	6.4k
LinearMouse	The mouse and trackpad utility for Mac.	`MacOS`	5.7k
Lunar	Intelligent adaptive brightness for your external monitors	`MacOS`	5.5k
MeetingBar	🇺🇦 Your meetings at your fingertips in the macOS menu bar	`MacOS`	5.2k
OnlySwitch	⚙️ All-in-One menu bar app, hide 💻MacBook Pro's notch, dark mode, AirPods, Shortcuts	`MacOS`	5.6k
Pika	An open-source colour picker app for macOS	`MacOS`	2.4k
Plash	💦 Make any website your Mac desktop wallpaper	`MacOS`	3.9k
Reminders MenuBar	Simple macOS menu bar application to view and interact with reminders. Developed with SwiftUI and using Apple Reminders as a source.	`MacOS`	3.7k
SketchyBar	A highly customizable macOS status bar replacement	`MacOS`	11.4k
Sloth	Mac app that shows all open files, directories, sockets, pipes and devices in use by all running processes. Nice GUI for lsof.	`MacOS`	8.8k
SpotMenu	Spotify & Apple Music in your macOS menu bar	`MacOS`	3.1k
SwiftBar	Powerful macOS menu bar customization tool	`MacOS`	3.8k
TheBoringNotch	TheBoringNotch: Not so boring notch That Rocks 🎸🎶	`MacOS`	7.7k
TRex	Copy any text on your screen, stop retyping.	`MacOS`	1.8k
WWDC	The unofficial WWDC app for macOS	`MacOS`	8.7k

Operating System

Name	Description	Platform(s)	Stars
Omarchy	Beautiful, Modern & Opinionated Linux	`N/A`	21.3k
openmediavault	openmediavault is the next generation network attached storage (NAS) solution based on Debian Linux. Thanks to the modular design of the framework it can be enhanced via plugins. openmediavault is primarily designed to be used in home environments or small home offices.	`N/A`	6.6k
Puter	🌐 The Internet Computer! Free, Open-Source, and Self-Hostable.	`N/A`	40k
SerenityOS	The Serenity Operating System 🐞	`N/A`	33k
umbrelOS	An elegant home server OS. Run OpenClaw, store your files and photos, run a Bitcoin node, and do more with over 300 apps in the Umbrel App Store.	`N/A`	10.8k
YunoHost	YunoHost is an operating system aiming to simplify as much as possible the administration of a server. This repository corresponds to the core code, written mostly in Python and Bash.	`N/A`	2.8k

Windows

Name	Description	Platform(s)	Stars
Cairo	Cairo is a customizable, intuitive desktop environment for Windows.	`Windows`	3.3k
PowerToys	Microsoft PowerToys is a collection of utilities that supercharge productivity and customization on Windows	`Windows`	130.8k
Rainmeter	Desktop customization tool for Windows	`Windows`	5.7k
UniGetUI	UniGetUI: The Graphical Interface for your package managers. Could be terribly described as a package manager manager to manage your package managers	`Windows`	22k
Virtual Display Driver	Add virtual monitors to your windows 10/11 device! Works with VR, OBS, Sunshine, and/or any desktop sharing software.	`Windows`	8.7k
Win11Debloat `CLI`	A simple, lightweight PowerShell script that allows you to remove pre-installed apps, disable telemetry, as well as perform various other changes to declutter and customize your Windows experience. Win11Debloat works for both Windows 10 and Windows 11.	`Windows`	42.3k
WinUtil	Chris Titus Tech's Windows Utility - Install Programs, Tweaks, Fixes, and Updates	`Windows`	49.6k

Organization - Go to top

Bookmark Manager

Name	Description	Platform(s)	Stars
buku `CLI+`	:bookmark: Personal mini-web in text	`Cross`	7.1k
Karakeep	A self-hostable bookmark-everything app (links, notes and images) with AI-based automatic tagging and full text search	`SelfHost`	24.2k
LinkAce	LinkAce is a self-hosted archive to collect links of your favorite websites.	`SelfHost`	3.3k
linkding	Self-hosted bookmark manager that is designed be to be minimal, fast, and easy to set up using Docker.	`SelfHost`	10.3k
Linkwarden	⚡️⚡️⚡️ Self-hosted collaborative bookmark manager to collect, read, annotate, and fully preserve what matters, all in one place.	`SelfHost`	17.6k
Shiori	Simple bookmark manager built with Go	`SelfHost`	11.4k
wallabag	wallabag is a self hostable application for saving web pages: Save and classify articles. Read them later. Freely.	`SelfHost`	12.6k

Document Management

Name	Description	Platform(s)	Stars
Docspell `CLI+`	Assist in organizing your piles of documents, resulting from scanners, e-mails and other sources with miminal effort.	`SelfHost` `Android`	2.2k
Paperless-ngx	A community-supported supercharged document management system: scan, index and archive all your documents	`SelfHost`	37.5k
Papermerge DMS	Open Source Document Management System for Digital Archives (Scanned Documents)	`SelfHost`	2.9k
Papra	The minimalistic document archiving platform.	`SelfHost`	4k
TagSpaces	TagSpaces is an offline, open source, document manager with tagging support	`SelfHost`	5k

Productivity - Go to top

Calendar

Name	Description	Platform(s)	Stars
Cal	Scheduling infrastructure for absolutely everyone.	`SelfHost`	40.6k

Document Modifier

Name	Description	Platform(s)	Stars
Documenso	The Open Source DocuSign Alternative.	`SelfHost` `Web (Cloud)`	12.5k
DocuSeal	Open source DocuSign alternative. Create, fill, and sign digital documents ✍️	`SelfHost`	11.6k
OCRmyPDF `CLI`	OCRmyPDF adds an OCR text layer to scanned PDF files, allowing them to be searched	`Cross`	33k
OpenSign	🔥 The free & Open Source DocuSign alternative	`SelfHost` `Web (Cloud)`	6.1k
Stirling PDF	#1 PDF Application on GitHub that lets you edit PDFs on any device anywhere	`MacOS` `Windows` `SelfHost`	75.6k

Finance

Name	Description	Platform(s)	Stars
Actual	A local-first personal finance app	`SelfHost` `Cross`	25.6k
ezBookkeeping	A lightweight, self-hosted personal finance app with a user-friendly interface and powerful bookkeeping features.	`SelfHost`	4.5k
Firefly III	Firefly III: a personal finances manager	`SelfHost`	22.7k
Ghostfolio	Open Source Wealth Management Software. Angular + NestJS + Prisma + Nx + TypeScript 🤍	`SelfHost`	8k
GnuCash	GnuCash Double-Entry Accounting Program.	`Cross`	4.1k
Midday	Invoicing, Time tracking, File reconciliation, Storage, Financial Overview & your own Assistant made for Freelancers	`Web (Cloud)`	14.1k
Sure	The personal finance app for everyone. NOT affiliated with or endorsed by Maybe Finance Inc.	`selfhosted`	7.4k
Ticker `TUI`	Track stocks, crypto, and derivatives prices and positions in real time from your terminal	`Cross`	6k
Wallos	Wallos: Open-source, self-hostable personal subscription tracker. Visualize your recurring expenses, manage your budget, and save money.	`SelfHost`	7.6k
Wealthfolio	A Beautiful Private and Secure Desktop Investment Tracking Application	`Cross`	7.2k

Knowledge Base

Name	Description	Platform(s)	Stars
Affine	There can be more than Notion and Miro. AFFiNE(pronounced [ə‘fain]) is a next-gen knowledge base that brings planning, sorting and creating all together. Privacy first, open-source, customizable and ready to use.	`Cross`	66.3k
Anytype	Official Anytype client for MacOS, Linux, and Windows	`Cross`	7.3k
AppFlowy 💰	Bring projects, wikis, and teams together with AI. AppFlowy is the AI collaborative workspace where you achieve more without losing control of your data. The leading open source Notion alternative.	`Cross`	68.7k
FastGPT	FastGPT is a knowledge-based platform built on the LLMs, offers a comprehensive suite of out-of-the-box capabilities such as data processing, RAG retrieval, and visual AI workflow orchestration, letting you easily develop and deploy complex question-answering systems without the need for extensive setup or configuration.	`Cross`	27.4k
Foam	A personal knowledge management and sharing system for VSCode	`VSCode`	17k
Freeplane	Application for Mind Mapping, Knowledge Management, Project Management. Develop, organize and communicate your ideas and knowledge in the most effective way.	`Cross`	4k
Logseq	A privacy-first, open-source platform for knowledge management and collaboration. Download link: http://github.com/logseq/logseq/releases. roadmap: https://discuss.logseq.com/t/logseq-product-roadmap/34267	`Cross`	41.6k
MindForger	Thinking notebook and Markdown editor.	`Cross`	2.7k
Outline	The fastest knowledge base for growing teams. Beautiful, realtime collaborative, feature packed, and markdown compatible.	`Cross`	37.7k
Siyuan	A privacy-first, self-hosted, fully open source personal knowledge management software, written in typescript and golang.	`Cross`	42k

Project Management

Name	Description	Platform(s)	Stars
Focalboard	Focalboard is an open source, self-hosted alternative to Trello, Notion, and Asana.	`Cross` `SelfHost`	26k
Huly	Huly — All-in-One Project Management Platform (alternative to Linear, Jira, Slack, Notion, Motion)	`SelfHost` `Web (Cloud)`	25.1k
Leantime	Leantime is a goals focused project management system for non-project managers. Building with ADHD, Autism, and dyslexia in mind.	`SelfHost`	9.4k
OpenProject	OpenProject is the leading open source project management software.	`SelfHost`	14.6k
Plane	🔥🔥🔥 Open-source Jira, Linear, Monday, and ClickUp alternative. Plane is a modern project management platform to manage tasks, sprints, docs, and triage.	`SelfHost` `Web (Cloud)`	46.8k
Worklenz	All in one project management tool for efficient teams	`Web (Cloud)` `SelfHost`	3k

Task Management

Name	Description	Platform(s)	Stars
Planify	Task manager with Todoist, Nextcloud & CalDAV support designed for GNOME	`Linux`	5.1k
Planka `CLI+`	PLANKA is the Kanban-style project mastering tool for everyone	`SelfHost`	11.7k
Super Productivity	Super Productivity is an advanced todo list app with integrated Timeboxing and time tracking capabilities. It also comes with integrations for Jira, GitLab, GitHub and Open Project.	`Cross`	18.1k
Taskwarrior `CLI`	Taskwarrior - Command line Task Management	`Cross`	5.7k
Vikunja	The to-do app to organize your life.	`Cross` `Mobile` `SelfHost` `Web (Cloud)`	3.7k

Time Management

Name	Description	Platform(s)	Stars
ActivityWatch	The best free and open-source automated time tracker. Cross-platform, extensible, privacy-focused.	`Cross` `Android`	17k
solidtime	Modern open-source time-tracking app	`SelfHost` `Web (Cloud)`	8.3k

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AD Blocker

Name	Description	Platform(s)	Stars
AdGuard `CLI+`	Network-wide ads & trackers blocking DNS server	`SelfHost` `Chromium` `Firefox`	33.1k
Blocky	Fast and lightweight DNS proxy as ad-blocker for local network with many features	`SelfHost`	6.2k
hBlock `CLI`	Improve your security and privacy by blocking ads, tracking and malware domains.	`Cross`	1.9k
Pi-hole	A black hole for Internet advertisements	`SelfHost`	56.2k
wBlock	The next-generation ad blocker for Safari.	`MacOS`	2.3k
Zen	Simple, free and efficient ad-blocker and privacy guard for Windows, macOS and Linux.	`Cross`	3.9k

Antivirus

Name	Description	Platform(s)	Stars
ClamAV	ClamAV - Documentation is here: https://docs.clamav.net	`Cross` `SelfHost`	6.4k

Authentication

Name	Description	Platform(s)	Stars
2FAS	Source code for 2FAS Auth Android app	`Mobile`	1.4k
2FAuth	A Web app to manage your Two-Factor Authentication (2FA) accounts and generate their security codes	`SelfHost`	3.8k
Aegis	A free, secure and open source app for Android to manage your 2-step verification tokens.	`Android`	12.2k
authelia	The Single Sign-On Multi-Factor portal for web apps, now OpenID Certified™	`SelfHost`	27.3k
Zitadel	ZITADEL - Identity infrastructure, simplified for you.	`SelfHost`	13.3k

Firewall

Name	Description	Platform(s)	Stars
BunkerWeb	🛡️ Open-source and next-generation Web Application Firewall (WAF)	`SelfHost`	10.2k
LuLu	LuLu is the free open-source macOS firewall	`MacOS`	12.2k
SafeLine	SafeLine is a self-hosted WAF(Web Application Firewall) / reverse proxy to protect your web apps from attacks and exploits.	`SelfHost`	20.9k

Password Manager

Name	Description	Platform(s)	Stars
AliasVault	Privacy-first password manager with built-in email aliasing. Fully encrypted and self-hostable.	`Mobile` `Chromium` `Firefox`	2.3k
Bitwarden `CLI+`	Open source security solutions for individuals, teams, and business organizations. Explore Password Manager, Secrets Manager, and passkey innovations.	`Cross` `Mobile` `Chromium` `Firefox`	18.3k
Infiscal `Manual` `Web UI`	Infisical is the open-source platform for secrets, certificates, and privileged access management.	`Cross` `Web (Cloud)` `SelfHost`	25.5k
KeePass	KeePassXC is a cross-platform community-driven port of the Windows application “KeePass Password Safe”.	`Cross`	26.3k
LessPass `CLI` `CLI+`	:key: stateless open source password manager	`Cross` `Chromium` `Firefox`	6k
Passbolt `CLI+`	Passbolt Community Edition (CE) API. The JSON API for the open source password manager for teams!	`Cross` `SelfHost` `Chromium` `Firefox`	5.8k
Vaultwarden	Unofficial Bitwarden compatible server written in Rust, formerly known as bitwarden_rs	`SelfHost`	57.1k

VPN

Name	Description	Platform(s)	Stars
Algo `Manual`	Set up a personal VPN in the cloud	`Cross`	30.3k
Amnezia `CLI+`	Amnezia VPN Client (Desktop+Mobile)	`Cross`	10.7k
EasyTier `CLI+`	A simple, decentralized mesh VPN with WireGuard support.	`Cross`	10.5k
Gluetun `CLI`	VPN client in a thin Docker container for multiple VPN providers, written in Go, and using OpenVPN or Wireguard, DNS over TLS, with a few proxy servers built-in.	`SelfHost`	13.5k
Headplane	A feature-complete Web UI for Headscale	`SelfHost`	2.1k
headscale `CLI+`	An open source, self-hosted implementation of the Tailscale control server	`SelfHost`	36.7k
NetBird	Connect your devices into a secure WireGuard®-based overlay network with SSO, MFA and granular access controls.	`Cross`	23.7k
Netmaker	Netmaker makes networks with WireGuard. Netmaker automates fast, secure, and distributed virtual networks.	`SelfHost` `Web (Cloud)`	11.5k
OpenVPN `CLI`	OpenVPN is an open source VPN daemon	`Cross`	13.4k
PiVPN `Manual` `CLI`	The Simplest VPN installer, designed for Raspberry Pi	`N/A`	8k
ProtonVPN `CLI+`	Official ProtonVPN Android app	`Cross`	3.4k
Tailscale	The easiest, most secure way to use WireGuard and 2FA.	`SelfHost`	29.6k
WireGuard Easy	The easiest way to run WireGuard VPN + Web-based Admin UI.	`SelfHost`	25k
ZeroTier	A Smart Ethernet Switch for Earth	`Cross` `Mobile`	16.6k

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Arr

Name	Description	Platform(s)	Stars
autobrr	Modern, easy to use download automation for torrents and usenet.	`Cross` `SelfHost`	2.6k
Bazarr	Bazarr is a companion application to Sonarr and Radarr. It manages and downloads subtitles based on your requirements. You define your preferences by TV show or movie and Bazarr takes care of everything for you.	`Cross` `SelfHost`	3.9k
Jellyseerr	Open-source media request and discovery manager for Jellyfin, Plex, and Emby.	`SelfHost`	10.4k
Lidarr	Looks and smells like Sonarr but made for music.	`Cross` `SelfHost`	5.1k
Overseerr	Request management and media discovery tool for the Plex ecosystem	`Windows` `Linux` `SelfHost`	5k
Prowlarr	Prowlarr is an indexer manager/proxy built on the popular *arr .net/reactjs base stack to integrate with your various PVR apps, supporting management of both Torrent Trackers and Usenet Indexers.	`Cross` `SelfHost`	6.2k
Radarr	Movie organizer/manager for usenet and torrent users.	`Cross` `SelfHost`	13.3k
Sonarr	Smart PVR for newsgroup and bittorrent users.	`Cross` `SelfHost`	13.5k

Dashboard

Name	Description	Platform(s)	Stars
Cockpit	Cockpit is a web-based graphical interface for servers.	`Linux`	13.7k
dashdot	A simple, modern server dashboard, primarily used by smaller private servers	`SelfHost`	3.4k
Dashy	🚀 A self-hostable personal dashboard built for you. Includes status-checking, widgets, themes, icon packs, a UI editor and tons more!	`SelfHost`	24.3k
Glance	A self-hosted dashboard that puts all your feeds in one place	`SelfHost`	32.7k
Heimdall	An Application dashboard and launcher	`SelfHost`	9.1k
homepage	A highly customizable homepage (or startpage / application dashboard) with Docker and service API integrations.	`SelfHost`	29k
Homer	A very simple static homepage for your server.	`SelfHost`	11.2k

Home Automation

Name	Description	Platform(s)	Stars
Domoticz	Free open source home automation system for Linux, Windows, Raspberry Pi. Supports Z-Wave, Zigbee, MQTT, and 150+ devices.	`SelfHost`	3.7k
ESPHome	ESPHome is a system to control your ESP32, ESP8266, BK72xx, RP2040 by simple yet powerful configuration files and control them remotely through Home Automation systems.	`SelfHost`	10.7k
evcc	solar charging ☀️🚘	`Cross` `SelfHost`	6.3k
Gladys	A privacy-first, open-source home assistant	`SelfHost`	3k
Home Assistant	:house_with_garden: Open source home automation that puts local control and privacy first.	`Cross` `SelfHost`	85.5k

Home Server

Name	Description	Platform(s)	Stars
CapRover	Scalable PaaS (automated Docker+nginx) - aka Heroku on Steroids	`Linux`	14.9k
CasaOS	CasaOS - A simple, easy-to-use, elegant open-source Personal Cloud system.	`Linux`	33.4k
Cosmos	☁️ The Most Secure and Easy Selfhosted Home Server. Take control of your data and privacy without sacrificing security and stability (Authentication, anti-DDOS, anti-bot)	`SelfHost`	5.8k
Runtipi	Runtipi is a homeserver for everyone! One command setup, one click installs for your favorites self-hosted apps. ✨	`SelfHost`	9.3k
Sandstorm	Sandstorm is a self-hostable web productivity suite. It's implemented as a security-hardened web app package manager. - Actively sponsored by our friends at TestMu AI	`SelfHost`	7k

Media Management

Name	Description	Platform(s)	Stars
AntennaPod	A podcast manager for Android	`Android`	7.7k
audiobookshelf	Self-hosted audiobook and podcast server	`IOS` `Android` `SelfHost`	12.1k
beets `CLI` `Manual`	music library manager and MusicBrainz tagger	`Cross`	14.9k
BookLore	BookLore: A self-hosted, multi-user digital library with smart shelves, auto metadata, Kobo & KOReader sync, BookDrop imports, OPDS support, and a built-in reader for EPUB, PDF, and comics.	`SelfHost`	11.3k
Calibre-Web	:books: Web app for browsing, reading and downloading eBooks stored in a Calibre database	`SelfHost`	16.8k
Ente	💚 End-to-end encrypted cloud for everything.	`Web (Cloud)`	25.3k
Immich	High performance self-hosted photo and video management solution.	`SelfHost`	95.3k
Jellyfin	The Free Software Media System - Server Backend & API	`SelfHost`	49.5k
Kavita	Kavita is a fast, feature rich, cross platform reading server. Built with the goal of being a full solution for all your reading needs. Setup your own server and share your reading collection with your friends and family.	`SelfHost`	10.1k
Kodi	Kodi is an award-winning free and open source home theater/media center software and entertainment hub for digital media. With its beautiful interface and powerful skinning engine, it's available for Android, BSD, Linux, macOS, iOS, tvOS and Windows.	`Cross` `SelfHost`	20.6k
LibrePhotos	A self-hosted open source photo management service. This is the repository of the backend.	`SelfHost`	8k
Librum	The Librum client application	`SelfHost`	5.3k
Lychee	A great looking and easy-to-use photo-management-system you can run on your server, to manage and share photos.	`SelfHost`	4.1k
Manyfold	A self-hosted digital asset manager for 3d print files.	`SelfHost`	1.9k
Memories	Fast, modern and advanced photo management suite. Runs as a Nextcloud app.	`SelfHost`	3.7k
PhotoPrism	AI-Powered Photos App for the Decentralized Web 🌈💎✨	`SelfHost`	39.5k
Piwigo	Manage your photos with Piwigo, a full featured open source photo gallery application for the web. Star us on Github! More than 200 plugins and themes available. Join us and contribute!	`SelfHost`	3.8k
Tautulli	A Python based monitoring and tracking tool for Plex Media Server.	`Cross` `SelfHost`	6.4k
Tube Archivist	Your self hosted YouTube media server	`SelfHost`	7.7k

Server Management

Name	Description	Platform(s)	Stars
1Panel	🔥 Take full control of your VPS with 1Panel. Deploy OpenClaw in one click.	`SelfHost`	34.5k

Surveillance

Name	Description	Platform(s)	Stars
Frigate	NVR with realtime local object detection for IP cameras	`SelfHost`	31k
Scrypted	Scrypted is a high performance video integration and automation platform	`SelfHost`	5.6k
Viseron	Self-hosted, local only NVR and AI Computer Vision software. With features such as object detection, motion detection, face recognition and more, it gives you the power to keep an eye on your home, office or any other place you want to monitor.	`SelfHost`	2.5k
ZoneMinder	ZoneMinder is a free, open source Closed-circuit television software application developed for Linux which supports IP, USB and Analog cameras.	`SelfHost`	5.8k

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Autonomy

Name	Description	Platform(s)	Stars
Apollo	An open autonomous driving platform	`SelfHost`	26.5k
ArduPilot `Manual`	ArduPlane, ArduCopter, ArduRover, ArduSub source	`N/A`	14.7k
Autoware	Autoware - the world's leading open-source software project for autonomous driving	`SelfHost`	11.3k
CARLA	Open-source simulator for autonomous driving research.	`Windows` `Linux`	13.7k
openpilot	openpilot is an operating system for robotics. Currently, it upgrades the driver assistance system on 300+ supported cars.	`Linux`	60.4k
PX4 Drone Autopilot	PX4 Autopilot Software	`Cross`	11.3k

Control

Name	Description	Platform(s)	Stars
MissionPlanner	Mission Planner Ground Control Station for ArduPilot (c# .net)	`Windows`	2.2k
QGroundControl	Cross-platform ground control station for drones (Android, iOS, Mac OS, Linux, Windows)	`Cross` `Mobile`	4.4k
WebODM	User-friendly, commercial-grade software for processing aerial imagery. ✈️	`SelfHost`	3.8k

Engineering

Name	Description	Platform(s)	Stars
KiCad	A Cross Platform and Open Source PCB Design Suite	`Cross`	2.6k
LibrePCB	A powerful, innovative and intuitive EDA suite for everyone!	`Cross`	2.8k
Serial Studio	Open-source telemetry dashboard. Supports UART, BLE, MQTT, Modbus, CAN Bus and more.	`Cross`	6.7k

Firmware

Name	Description	Platform(s)	Stars
EdgeTX	EdgeTX is the cutting edge open source firmware for your R/C radio	`N/A`	2.2k
INAV	INAV: Navigation-enabled flight control software	`N/A`	4k
Meshtastic	The official firmware for Meshtastic, an open-source, off-grid mesh communication system.	`N/A`	7.1k

Robotics

Name	Description	Platform(s)	Stars
OpenArm	A fully open-source humanoid arm for physical AI research and deployment in contact-rich environments.	`Cross`	1.9k
Webots	Webots Robot Simulator	`Cross`	4.2k
XLeRobot	XLeRobot: Practical Dual-Arm Mobile Home Robot for $660	`N/A`	4.8k

Rocketry

Name	Description	Platform(s)	Stars
OpenRocket	Model-rocketry aerodynamics and trajectory simulation software	`Cross`	2.2k

Simulation

Name	Description	Platform(s)	Stars
A/B Street	Transportation planning and traffic simulation software for creating cities friendlier to walking, biking, and public transit	`Cross`	8.1k
SUMO `Manual`	Eclipse SUMO is an open source, highly portable, microscopic and continuous traffic simulation package designed to handle large networks. It allows for intermodal simulation including pedestrians and comes with a large set of tools for scenario creation.	`Cross`	3.9k

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Prompt

Name	Description	Platform(s)	Stars
Liquid Prompt `CLI`	A full-featured & carefully designed adaptive prompt for Bash & Zsh	`Cross`	4.6k
Oh My Posh `CLI`	The most customisable and low-latency cross platform/shell prompt renderer	`Cross`	21.9k
Pure `CLI`	Pretty, minimal and fast ZSH prompt	`Cross`	14.2k
Spaceship Prompt `CLI`	🚀✨ Minimalistic, powerful and extremely customizable Zsh prompt	`Cross`	20.4k
starship `CLI`	☄🌌️ The minimal, blazing-fast, and infinitely customizable prompt for any shell!	`Cross`	55k

Shell

Name	Description	Platform(s)	Stars
fish `CLI`	The user-friendly command line shell.	`Cross`	32.9k
Nushell `CLI`	A new type of shell	`Cross`	38.8k
xonsh `CLI`	🐚 Python-powered shell. Full-featured, cross-platform and AI-friendly.	`Cross`	9.3k

Terminal Emulator

Name	Description	Platform(s)	Stars
Alacritty	A cross-platform, OpenGL terminal emulator.	`Cross`	63.1k
Ghostty	👻 Ghostty is a fast, feature-rich, and cross-platform terminal emulator that uses platform-native UI and GPU acceleration.	`Cross`	47.9k
kitty	If you live in the terminal, kitty is made for you! Cross-platform, fast, feature-rich, GPU based.	`Cross`	31.9k
Rio	A hardware-accelerated GPU terminal emulator focusing to run in desktops and browsers.	`Cross`	6.6k
Tabby	A terminal for a more modern age	`Cross`	69.7k
Terminal	The new Windows Terminal and the original Windows console host, all in the same place!	`Windows`	102.3k
Waveterm	An open-source, AI-integrated, cross-platform terminal for seamless workflows	`Cross`	18.4k
WezTerm	A GPU-accelerated cross-platform terminal emulator and multiplexer written by @wez and implemented in Rust	`Cross`	25k

Terminal Multiplexer

Name	Description	Platform(s)	Stars
tmux `CLI`	tmux source code	`Cross`	43.3k
Zellij `CLI`	A terminal workspace with batteries included	`Cross`	30.2k

Terminal Utilities

Name	Description	Platform(s)	Stars
Atuin `CLI`	✨ Making your shell magical	`Cross`	28.8k
Atuin Desktop	📖 Runbooks that run	`Cross`	2.4k
delta `CLI`	A syntax-highlighting pager for git, diff, grep, and blame output	`Cross`	29.6k
eza `CLI`	A modern alternative to ls	`Cross`	20.7k
fzf `CLI`	:cherry_blossom: A command-line fuzzy finder	`Cross`	78.8k
hiSHtory	Your shell history: synced, queryable, and in context	`Cross`	3.1k
McFly `CLI`	Fly through your shell history. Great Scott!	`Cross`	7.6k
Oh My Zsh `CLI`	🙃 A delightful community-driven (with 2,400+ contributors) framework for managing your zsh configuration. Includes 300+ optional plugins (rails, git, macOS, hub, docker, homebrew, node, php, python, etc), 140+ themes to spice up your morning, and an auto-update tool that makes it easy to keep up with the latest updates from the community.	`Cross`	185.5k
ripgrep `CLI`	ripgrep recursively searches directories for a regex pattern while respecting your gitignore	`Cross`	61.2k
ShellGPT `CLI`	A command-line productivity tool powered by AI large language models like GPT-5, will help you accomplish your tasks faster and more efficiently.	`Cross`	11.9k
sshx	Fast, collaborative live terminal sharing over the web	`Cross` `Web (Cloud)`	7.4k
television `TUI`	A very fast, portable and hackable fuzzy finder.	`Cross`	4.7k
Term.Everything `CLI`	Run any GUI app in the terminal❗	`Linux`	7.8k
zoxide `CLI`	A smarter cd command. Supports all major shells.	`Cross`	34.7k
zsh-autosuggestions `CLI`	Fish-like autosuggestions for zsh	`Cross`	35.1k

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Document Editor

Name	Description	Platform(s)	Stars
Etherpad	Etherpad: A modern really-real-time collaborative document editor.	`SelfHost` `Web (Cloud)`	18.2k

Markdown Editor

Name	Description	Platform(s)	Stars
CodiMD	CodiMD - Realtime collaborative markdown notes on all platforms.	`SelfHost`	10k
HedgeDoc	HedgeDoc - Ideas grow better together	`SelfHost`	7k
MarkEdit	Just like TextEdit on Mac but dedicated to Markdown.	`MacOS`	3.9k
Zettlr	Your One-Stop Publication Workbench	`Cross`	12.7k

Note Taking

Name	Description	Platform(s)	Stars
Better Notes `Plugin`	Everything about note management. All in Zotero.	`N/A`	7.4k
Blinko	An open-source, self-hosted personal AI note tool prioritizing privacy, built using TypeScript .	`SelfHost`	9.7k
flatnotes	A self-hosted, database-less note taking web app that utilises a flat folder of markdown files for storage.	`SelfHost`	2.8k
FSNotes	Notes manager for macOS/iOS	`MacOS` `IOS`	7.3k
Joplin	Joplin - the privacy-focused note taking app with sync capabilities for Windows, macOS, Linux, Android and iOS.	`Cross`	54k
jrnl `CLI`	Collect your thoughts and notes without leaving the command line.	`Cross`	7.2k
Memos	Open-source, self-hosted note-taking tool built for quick capture. Markdown-native, lightweight, and fully yours.	`SelfHost`	58.1k
nb `CLI`	CLI and local web plain text note‑taking, bookmarking, and archiving with linking, tagging, filtering, search, Git versioning & syncing, Pandoc conversion, + more, in a single portable script.	`Cross`	8.1k
Notes	Fast and beautiful note-taking app written in C++. Write down your thoughts.	`Cross`	4.2k
Notesnook	A fully open source & end-to-end encrypted note taking alternative to Evernote.	`Cross`	13.8k
Reor	Private & local AI personal knowledge management app for high entropy people.	`Cross`	8.5k
Rnote	Sketch and take handwritten notes.	`Cross`	11k
Saber	The cross-platform open-source app built for handwriting	`Windows` `Linux` `Android`	4.3k
SilverBullet	An open source personal productivity platform built on Markdown, turbo charged with the scripting power of Lua	`Cross`	4.9k
Simplenote	Simplenote for Web, Windows, and Linux	`Cross` `IOS` `Android`	5.2k
Standard Notes	Think fearlessly with end-to-end encrypted notes and files. For issues, visit https://standardnotes.com/forum or https://standardnotes.com/help.	`Cross` `IOS` `Android`	6.4k
Trilium Notes	Build your personal knowledge base with Trilium Notes	`Cross`	35.1k
VNote	A pleasant note-taking platform in native C++.	`Cross`	12.7k
Zotero	Zotero is a free, easy-to-use tool to help you collect, organize, annotate, cite, and share your research sources.	`Cross` `IOS` `Chromium` `Firefox`	13.7k

Office Suite

Name	Description	Platform(s)	Stars
CryptPad	Collaborative office suite, end-to-end encrypted and open-source.	`SelfHost`	7.4k
LibreOffice	Read-only LibreOffice core repo - no pull request (use gerrit instead https://gerrit.libreoffice.org/) - don't download zip, use https://dev-www.libreoffice.org/bundles/ instead	`Cross`	3.8k
OnlyOffice	Open-source office suite pack that comprises all the tools you need to work with documents, spreadsheets, presentations, PDFs, and PDF forms on Windows, Linux, and macOS	`Cross`	4.6k

Proofreading

Name	Description	Platform(s)	Stars
Harper	Offline, privacy-first grammar checker. Fast, open-source, Rust-powered	`VSCode`	10.1k
LanguageTool	Style and Grammar Checker for 25+ Languages	`SelfHost` `Web (Cloud)`	14.2k
WritingTools	The world's smartest system-wide grammar assistant; a better version of the Apple Intelligence Writing Tools. Works on Windows, Linux, & macOS, with the free Gemini API, local LLMs, & more.	`Cross`	2.2k

Reading

Name	Description	Platform(s)	Stars
Anx Reader	Featuring powerful AI capabilities and supporting various e-book formats, it makes reading smarter and more focused.	`Windows` `MacOS` `Mobile`	7.9k
Foliate	Read e-books in style	`Linux`	8.1k
Koodo Reader	A modern ebook manager and reader with sync and backup capacities for Windows, macOS, Linux, Android, iOS and Web	`Cross` `Mobile` `SelfHost` `Web (Cloud)`	26.3k
KOReader	An ebook reader application supporting PDF, DjVu, EPUB, FB2 and many more formats, running on Cervantes, Kindle, Kobo, PocketBook and Android devices	`Android`	25.9k
Readest	Readest is a modern, feature-rich ebook reader designed for avid readers offering seamless cross-platform access, powerful tools, and an intuitive interface to elevate your reading experience.	`Cross` `Mobile` `Web (Cloud)`	18.9k

Spreadsheet

Name	Description	Platform(s)	Stars
Grist	Grist is the evolution of spreadsheets.	`SelfHost` `Web (Cloud)`	10.8k

Text Editor

Name	Description	Platform(s)	Stars
Amp `TUI`	A complete text editor for your terminal.	`MacOS` `Linux`	4k
CotEditor	Lightweight Plain-Text Editor for macOS	`MacOS`	7.7k
CudaText	Cross-platform text editor, written in Free Pascal	`Linux`	3k
Emacs	Mirror of GNU Emacs	`Cross`	5k
Fresh `TUI`	Terminal based IDE & text editor: easy, powerful and fast	`Cross`	6.5k
Kakoune `CLI`	mawww's experiment for a better code editor	`Cross`	10.8k
Lite XL	A lightweight text editor written in Lua	`Cross`	6k
Markor	Text editor - Notes & ToDo (for Android) - Markdown, todo.txt, plaintext, math, ..	`Android`	5.3k
Micro `CLI`	A modern and intuitive terminal-based text editor	`Cross`	28.2k
NotepadNext	A cross-platform, reimplementation of Notepad++	`Cross`	13.7k
Notepads	A modern, lightweight text editor with a minimalist design.	`Windows`	10k
novelWriter	novelWriter is an open source plain text editor designed for writing novels.	`Cross`	2.8k
Overleaf	A web-based collaborative LaTeX editor	`SelfHost`	17.5k
Quill	Quill is a modern WYSIWYG editor built for compatibility and extensibility	`Web (Cloud)`	47k
TeXstudio	TeXstudio is a fully featured LaTeX editor. Our goal is to make writing LaTeX documents as easy and comfortable as possible.	`Cross`	3.4k

Wiki

Name	Description	Platform(s)	Stars
BookStack	A platform to create documentation/wiki content built with PHP & Laravel	`SelfHost`	18.5k
DevDocs	API Documentation Browser	`SelfHost`	38.6k
Docmost 💰	Docmost is an open-source collaborative wiki and documentation software. It is an open-source alternative to Confluence and Notion.	`SelfHost` `Web (Cloud)`	19.5k
MediaWiki	🌻 The collaborative editing software that runs Wikipedia. Mirror from https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/g/mediawiki/core. See https://mediawiki.org/wiki/Developer_access for contributing.	`SelfHost`	5k
Wiki.js	Wiki.js - A modern and powerful wiki app built on Node.js	`SelfHost`	28.1k

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Automation

Name	Description	Platform(s)	Stars
Ansible `CLI+`	Ansible is a radically simple IT automation platform that makes your applications and systems easier to deploy and maintain. Automate everything from code deployment to network configuration to cloud management, in a language that approaches plain English, using SSH, with no agents to install on remote systems. https://docs.ansible.com.	`Cross`	68.3k
Cronicle `CLI+`	A simple, distributed task scheduler and runner with a web based UI.	`Cross` `SelfHost`	5.6k
Hammerspoon	Staggeringly powerful macOS desktop automation with Lua	`MacOS`	15k
Healthchecks	Open-source cron job and background task monitoring service, written in Python & Django	`SelfHost` `Web (Cloud)`	9.9k
Keyboard Cowboy 3	:keyboard: The missing keyboard shortcut utility for macOS	`MacOS`	2.1k
n8n	Fair-code workflow automation platform with native AI capabilities. Combine visual building with custom code, self-host or cloud, 400+ integrations.	`Web (Cloud)` `SelfHost`	180.2k
Node-RED `Manual`	Low-code programming for event-driven applications	`SelfHost`	22.9k
Script Kit	Script Kit. Automate Anything.	`Cross`	4.2k
Semaphore	Modern UI and powerful API for Ansible, Terraform/OpenTofu/Terragrunt, PowerShell and other DevOps tools.	`Cross`	13.4k

Cleaner

Name	Description	Platform(s)	Stars
BleachBit	BleachBit system cleaner for Windows and Linux	`Windows` `Linux`	4.5k
Bulk Crap Uninstaller	Remove large amounts of unwanted applications quickly.	`Windows`	18k
Canta	Uninstall any Android app without root (with power of Shizuku). Debloat your device as you wish, no PC required.	`Android`	4.4k
Mole	🐹 Deep clean and optimize your Mac.	`MacOS`	42.7k
Pearcleaner	A free, source-available and fair-code licensed mac app cleaner	`MacOS`	11.9k
SD Maid SE	SD Maid 2/SE is Android's most thorough cleaning tool.	`Android`	6.4k
TuxMate	THE MISSING BULK APP INSTALLER FOR LINUX	`MacOS` `Linux`	1.8k

Clipboard Manager

Name	Description	Platform(s)	Stars
Clipboard	😎🏖️🐬 Your new, 𝙧𝙞𝙙𝙤𝙣𝙠𝙪𝙡𝙞𝙘𝙞𝙤𝙪𝙨𝙡𝙮 smart clipboard manager	`Cross`	5.7k
CopyQ	Clipboard manager with advanced features	`Cross`	11.4k
Ditto	Ditto is an extension to the Windows Clipboard. You copy something to the Clipboard and Ditto takes what you copied and stores it in a database to retrieve at a later time.	`Windows`	6.1k
Maccy	Lightweight clipboard manager for macOS	`MacOS`	19k

Container Management

Name	Description	Platform(s)	Stars
KDash `TUI`	A simple and fast dashboard for Kubernetes	`Cross`	2.4k
KubeSphere	The container platform tailored for Kubernetes multi-cloud, datacenter, and edge management ⎈ 🖥 ☁️	`SelfHost`	16.9k
lazydocker `TUI`	The lazier way to manage everything docker	`Cross`	50.3k
Podman Desktop	Podman Desktop is the best free and open source tool to work with Containers and Kubernetes for developers. Get an intuitive and user-friendly interface to effortlessly build, manage, and deploy containers and Kubernetes — all from your desktop.	`Cross`	7.4k
Portainer	Making Docker and Kubernetes management easy.	`SelfHost`	36.9k
Rancher Desktop	Container Management and Kubernetes on the Desktop	`Cross`	7k
WSL Manager	A GUI to quickly manage your WSL2 instances	`Windows`	3.7k

Containers

Name	Description	Platform(s)	Stars
Argo CD	Declarative Continuous Deployment for Kubernetes	`SelfHost`	22.4k
Colima `CLI`	Container runtimes on macOS (and Linux) with minimal setup	`Cross`	27.7k
container	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.	`MacOS`	25.4k
Dockge	A fancy, easy-to-use and reactive self-hosted docker compose.yaml stack-oriented manager	`Cross`	22.5k
Finch `CLI`	The Finch CLI is an open source client for container development	`Cross`	4k
WSL	Windows Subsystem for Linux	`Windows`	31.5k

Dotfiles Manager

Name	Description	Platform(s)	Stars
chezmoi	Manage your dotfiles across multiple diverse machines, securely.	`Cross`	18.6k
yadm `CLI`	Yet Another Dotfiles Manager	`Cross`	6.2k

File Manager

Name	Description	Platform(s)	Stars
Broot `TUI`	A new way to see and navigate directory trees : https://dystroy.org/broot	`Cross`	12.5k
Electerm	📻Terminal/ssh/sftp/ftp/telnet/serialport/RDP/VNC/Spice client(linux, mac, win)	`Cross`	13.7k
File Browser	📂 Web File Browser	`SelfHost`	33.9k
FileGator	Powerful Multi-User File Manager	`SelfHost`	2.9k
Files	A modern file manager that helps users organize their files and folders.	`Windows`	42.5k
Filestash	:file_folder: File Management Platform / Universal Data Access Layer (without FUSE)	`SelfHost`	13.9k
If `CLI`	Terminal file manager	`Cross`	9.1k
joshuto `TUI`	ranger-like terminal file manager written in Rust	`Cross`	3.7k
nnn `CLI`	n³ The unorthodox terminal file manager	`Linux`	21.4k
Ranger `CLI`	A VIM-inspired filemanager for the console	`Cross`	17.1k
Spacedrive 🛑	Spacedrive is an open source cross-platform file explorer, powered by a virtual distributed filesystem written in Rust.	`Cross`	37.4k
Superfile	Pretty fancy and modern terminal file manager	`Cross`	17k
xplr `TUI`	A hackable, minimal, fast TUI file explorer	`Cross`	4.7k
Yazi `TUI`	💥 Blazing fast terminal file manager written in Rust, based on async I/O.	`Cross`	34.9k

File Sharing

Name	Description	Platform(s)	Stars
Flying Carpet	Cross-platform AirDrop. File transfer between Android, iOS, Linux, macOS, and Windows over ad hoc WiFi. No network infrastructure required, just two devices with WiFi chips (and optionally Bluetooth) in close range.	`Cross` `Mobile`	5k
IPFS Desktop	An unobtrusive and user-friendly desktop application for IPFS on Windows, Mac and Linux.	`Cross`	6.5k
LocalSend `CLI+`	An open-source cross-platform alternative to AirDrop	`Cross`	76.8k
OnionShare	Securely and anonymously share files, host websites, and chat with friends using the Tor network	`Cross`	6.9k
PairDrop	PairDrop: Transfer Files Cross-Platform. No Setup, No Signup.	`Web (Cloud)`	10k
rquickshare	Rust implementation of NearbyShare/QuickShare from Android for Linux and macOS.	`Cross` `Android`	3.4k
zipline	A ShareX/file upload server that is easy to use, packed with features, and with an easy setup!	`SelfHost`	3k

Keyboard Manager

Name	Description	Platform(s)	Stars
Kanata	Improve keyboard comfort and usability with advanced customization	`Cross`	7k
Karabiner-Elements	Karabiner-Elements is a powerful tool for customizing keyboards on macOS	`MacOS`	21.7k
Kmonad	An advanced keyboard manager	`Cross`	4.9k

Launcher

Name	Description	Platform(s)	Stars
Albert	A fast and flexible keyboard launcher	`Cross`	7.9k
Flow Launcher	:mag: Quick file search & app launcher for Windows with community-made plugins	`Windows`	14.2k
Kando	🌸 Do things with utmost efficiency.	`Cross`	5.7k
kunkun	An open source, cross-platform, extensible app launcher.	`Cross`	1.2k
Leader Key	The faster than your launcher launcher	`MacOS`	2.2k
Olauncher	Minimal AF Launcher for Android. Reduce your screen time. Daily wallpapers.	`Android`	3.4k
Rofi `Manual`	Rofi: A window switcher, application launcher and dmenu replacement	`Cross`	15.8k
Sol	MacOS launcher & command palette	`MacOS`	2.8k
Ueli	Cross-Platform Keystroke Launcher	`Cross`	4.5k
Ulauncher	Feature rich application Launcher for Linux	`Linux`	4.4k
Vicinae	A focused launcher for your desktop — native, fast, extensible	`Linux`	6.9k
Wox	A cross-platform launcher that simply works	`Cross`	26.6k

Package Manager

Name	Description	Platform(s)	Stars
Choco	Chocolatey - the package manager for Windows	`Windows`	11.3k
Homebrew `CLI`	🍺 The missing package manager for macOS (or Linux)	`MacOS` `Linux`	47.1k
Nix	Nix, the purely functional package manager	`Cross`	16.4k
Scoop `CLI` `Manual`	A command-line installer for Windows.	`Windows`	23.8k
Spack	A flexible package manager that supports multiple versions, configurations, platforms, and compilers.	`Cross`	5k
WinGet `CLI`	WinGet is the Windows Package Manager. This project includes a CLI (Command Line Interface), PowerShell modules, and a COM (Component Object Model) API (Application Programming Interface).	`Windows`	25.6k

Remote Desktop

Name	Description	Platform(s)	Stars
RustDesk	An open-source remote desktop application designed for self-hosting, as an alternative to TeamViewer.	`Cross`	109.7k

System

Name	Description	Platform(s)	Stars
auto-cpufreq	Automatic CPU speed & power optimizer for Linux	`Linux`	7.4k
Background Music	Background Music, a macOS audio utility: automatically pause your music, set individual apps' volumes and record system audio.	`MacOS`	18.8k

System Monitoring

Name	Description	Platform(s)	Stars
bottom `CLI`	Yet another cross-platform graphical process/system monitor.	`Cross`	13.1k
Btop `TUI`	A monitor of resources	`Cross`	31.1k
Glances `TUI` `Manual`	Glances an Eye on your system. A top/htop alternative for GNU/Linux, BSD, Mac OS and Windows operating systems.	`Cross` `SelfHost`	32.1k
htop	htop - an interactive process viewer	`MacOS` `Linux`	7.9k
LibreHardwareMonitor	Libre Hardware Monitor is free software that can monitor the temperature sensors, fan speeds, voltages, load and clock speeds of your computer.	`Windows`	8k
NeoHtop	💪🏻 Blazing-fast system monitoring for your desktop (built with Rust, Tauri & Svelte)	`Cross`	8.9k
nvitop `Manual`	An interactive NVIDIA-GPU process viewer and beyond, the one-stop solution for GPU process management.	`Cross`	6.7k
NVTOP `TUI` `Manual`	GPU & Accelerator process monitoring for AMD, Apple, Huawei, Intel, NVIDIA and Qualcomm	`Cross`	10.3k
Stats	macOS system monitor in your menu bar	`MacOS`	37.2k
System Informer	A free, powerful, multi-purpose tool that helps you monitor system resources, debug software and detect malware. Brought to you by Winsider Seminars & Solutions, Inc. @ http://www.windows-internals.com	`Windows`	13.8k
Vitals	A glimpse into your computer's temperature, voltage, fan speed, memory usage and CPU load.	`Linux`	2k
Zenith `TUI`	Zenith - sort of like top or htop but with zoom-able charts, CPU, GPU, network, and disk usage	`MacOS` `Linux`	3k

Tools

Name	Description	Platform(s)	Stars
balenaEtcher	Flash OS images to SD cards & USB drives, safely and easily.	`Cross`	33.3k
ConvertX	💾 Self-hosted online file converter. Supports 1000+ formats ⚙️	`SelfHost`	16.2k
Czkawka	Multi functional app to find duplicates, empty folders, similar images etc.	`Windows` `Linux`	30.1k
espanso	A Privacy-first, Cross-platform Text Expander written in Rust	`Cross`	13.4k
fd `CLI`	A simple, fast and user-friendly alternative to 'find'	`Cross`	42.1k
File Converter	File Converter is a very simple tool which allows you to convert and compress files using the context menu in windows explorer.	`Windows`	14k
fswatch `CLI`	A cross-platform file change monitor with multiple backends: Apple macOS File System Events, *BSD kqueue, Solaris/Illumos File Events Notification, Linux inotify, Microsoft Windows and a stat()-based backend.	`Cross`	5.5k
inshellisense `CLI`	IDE style command line auto complete	`Cross`	9.8k
Lenovo Legion Linux	Driver and tools for controlling Lenovo Legion laptops in Linux including fan control and power mode.	`Linux`	2.9k
MonitorControl	🖥 Control your display's brightness & volume on your Mac as if it was a native Apple Display. Use Apple Keyboard keys or custom shortcuts. Shows the native macOS OSDs.	`MacOS`	32.8k
OpenRGB	Open source RGB lighting control that doesn't depend on manufacturer software. Supports Windows, Linux, MacOS. Mirror of https://gitlab.com/CalcProgrammer1/OpenRGB. Releases can be found on GitLab.	`Cross`	3.9k
Pandoc	Universal markup converter	`Cross`	42.7k
rga `CLI`	rga: ripgrep, but also search in PDFs, E-Books, Office documents, zip, tar.gz, etc.	`Cross`	9.5k
skim `TUI`	Fuzzy Finder in rust!	`Cross`	6.7k
topgrade `CLI`	Upgrade all the things	`Cross`	3.6k

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Name	Description	Platform(s)	Stars
Handy	A free, open source, and extensible speech-to-text application that works completely offline.	`MacOS`	18.1k
Hyprnote	AI notepad for meetings	`Cross`	8k
VoiceInk	Voice-to-text app for macOS to transcribe what you say to text almost instantly	`MacOS`	4.3k
WhisperLiveKit `Manual`	Simultaneous speech-to-text models	`SelfHost`	10k

Version Manager

Name	Description	Platform(s)	Stars
asdf `CLI`	Extendable version manager with support for Ruby, Node.js, Elixir, Erlang & more	`Cross`	25.2k
mise `CLI`	dev tools, env vars, task runner	`Cross`	25.9k
nvm `CLI`	Node Version Manager - POSIX-compliant bash script to manage multiple active node.js versions	`Cross`	92.4k
pyenv `CLI`	Simple Python version management	`Cross`	44.5k
rbenv `CLI`	Manage your app's Ruby environment	`Cross`	16.7k
vfox `CLI`	A cross-platform and extendable version manager with support for Java, Node.js, Golang, Python, Flutter, .NET & more	`Cross`	3.8k
XcodesApp	The easiest way to install and switch between multiple versions of Xcode - with a mouse click.	`MacOS`	8.3k

Virtual Machine

Name	Description	Platform(s)	Stars
Dolphin	Dolphin is a GameCube / Wii emulator, allowing you to play games for these two platforms on PC with improvements.	`Cross` `Android`	14.8k
Lima	Linux virtual machines, with a focus on running containers	`MacOS` `Linux`	20.5k
Quickemu	Quickly create and run optimised Windows, macOS and Linux virtual machines	`MacOS` `Linux`	14.8k
UTM	Virtual machines for iOS and macOS	`MacOS`	33.3k
VirtualBuddy	Virtualize macOS 12 and later on Apple Silicon, VirtualBuddy is a virtual machine GUI for macOS M1, M2, M3, M4	`MacOS`	7.8k

Window Management

Name	Description	Platform(s)	Stars
AeroSpace `CLI`	AeroSpace is an i3-like tiling window manager for macOS	`MacOS`	19.7k
Amethyst	Automatic tiling window manager for macOS à la xmonad.	`MacOS`	16k
FlashSpace	FlashSpace is a blazingly fast virtual workspace manager for macOS ⚡	`MacOS`	3.1k
GlazeWM	GlazeWM is a tiling window manager for Windows inspired by i3wm.	`Windows`	11.7k
i3	A tiling window manager for X11	`Linux`	10.4k
komorebi	A tiling window manager for Windows 🍉	`Windows`	14.3k
LeftWM	A tiling window manager for Adventurers	`Linux`	3k
Loop	Window management made elegant.	`MacOS`	10.3k
niri	A scrollable-tiling Wayland compositor.	`Linux`	21.6k
PaperWM	Tiled scrollable window management for GNOME Shell	`Linux`	4k
PaperWM.spoon `Manual`	Tiled scrollable window manager for MacOS	`MacOS`	1.5k
Phoenix	A lightweight macOS window and app manager scriptable with JavaScript	`MacOS`	4.5k
Rectangle	Move and resize windows on macOS with keyboard shortcuts and snap areas	`MacOS`	28.6k
yabai	A tiling window manager for macOS based on binary space partitioning	`MacOS`	28.4k

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Other

Name	Description	Platform(s)	Stars
EOS `Manual`	This repository features an Energy Optimization System (EOS) that optimizes energy distribution, usage for batteries, heat pumps& household devices. It includes predictive models for electricity prices (planned), load forecasting& dynamic optimization to maximize energy efficiency & minimize costs. Founder Dr. Andreas Schmitz (YouTube @akkudoktor)	`Cross` `SelfHost`	1.6k
GoldenCheetah	Performance Software for Cyclists, Runners, Triathletes and Coaches	`Cross`	2.1k
Grocy	ERP beyond your fridge - Grocy is a web-based self-hosted groceries & household management solution for your home	`Windows` `SelfHost`	8.9k
ImHex	🔍 A Hex Editor for Reverse Engineers, Programmers and people who value their retinas when working at 3 AM.	`Cross`	52.9k
Klipper	Klipper is a 3d-printer firmware	`N/A`	11.4k
Mealie	Mealie is a self hosted recipe manager and meal planner with a RestAPI backend and a reactive frontend application built in Vue for a pleasant user experience for the whole family. Easily add recipes into your database by providing the url and mealie will automatically import the relevant data or add a family recipe with the UI editor	`SelfHost`	11.8k
Ryot	Roll your own tracker!	`Web (Cloud)` `SelfHost` `Chromium` `Firefox`	3.2k
Stellarium	Stellarium is a free GPL software which renders realistic skies in real time with OpenGL. It is available for Linux/Unix, Windows and macOS. With Stellarium, you really see what you can see with your eyes, binoculars or a small telescope.	`Cross`	9.5k
TeslaMate	A self-hosted data logger for your Tesla 🚘 [main maintainer=@JakobLichterfeld]	`SelfHost`	7.8k

Uncategorized

Name	Description	Platform(s)	Stars
Anki	Anki is a smart spaced repetition flashcard program	`Windows` `MacOS`	27k
ArchiveBox	🗃 Open source self-hosted web archiving. Takes URLs/browser history/bookmarks/Pocket/Pinboard/etc., saves HTML, JS, PDFs, media, and more...	`SelfHost`	27.1k
Dawarich	Your favorite self-hostable alternative to Google Timeline (Google Location History)	`SelfHost`	8.4k
HomeBox	A continuation of HomeBox the inventory and organization system built for the Home User	`SelfHost`	5.5k
KitchenOwl	KitchenOwl is a self-hosted grocery list and recipe manager. The backend is made with Flask and the frontend with Flutter. Easily add items to your shopping list before you go shopping. You can also create recipes and add items based on what you want to cook.	`Cross` `Mobile`	3.2k
Label Studio	Label Studio is a multi-type data labeling and annotation tool with standardized output format	`SelfHost`	26.8k
Pangolin	Identity-aware VPN and proxy for remote access to anything, anywhere.	`SelfHost`	19.6k
ProtonUp-Qt	Install and manage GE-Proton, Luxtorpeda & more for Steam and Wine-GE & more for Lutris with this graphical user interface.	`Linux`	1.8k
scrcpy	Display and control your Android device	`Cross`	137.3k
Seelen UI	The Fully Customizable Desktop Environment for Windows 10/11.	`Windows`	16.2k
Spicetify `CLI`	Command-line tool to customize Spotify client. Supports Windows, macOS, and Linux.	`Cross`	22.5k
Vibe	Transcribe on your own!	`Cross`	5.6k
vim-plug	:hibiscus: Minimalist Vim Plugin Manager	`N/A`	35.6k
XPipe	Access your entire server infrastructure from your local desktop	`Cross`	13.9k

Honorable Mentions of Closed-Source Software

Some proprietary software just deserve recognition.

Davinci Resolve - Professional Editing, Color, Effects and Audio Post!
Obsidian - The free and flexible app for your private thoughts.
LM Studio - Discover, download, and run local LLMs
JetBrains - A rich suite of tools that provide an exceptional developer experience
Raycast - A collection of powerful productivity tools all within an extendable launcher.

Removed Projects

Projects that were once on this list but removed - usually due to abandonement or going closed source.

Archive

eqMac - Closed source
Hyper - Abandoned
DiffusionBee - Closed source
Lunarvim - Abandoned
Motrix - Abandoned
StableSwarmUI - Abandoned
Trilium - Abandoned
Whisky - Abandoned
SpaceVim - Abandoned
Readarr - Abandoned
Lenovo Legion Toolkit - Abandoned
Cody - Closed Source
Maybe - Closed Source
Spyglass - Abandoned

FAQ

Stars aren't a good metric to guage popularity/quality.
The minimum star count of 1k has been a major point of contention. Admittedly, star counts don't always reflect project popularity and quality. Stars are biased towards developers because they are the ones with a GitHub account, thus leaving out the input of the end users. But no solution is going to be a one size fits all solution. It's critically important that as the list scales it doesn't devolve into a clutter trap, even if the price is some projects getting left out.

Stars tend to be synonomous with community recognition, making it a good starting point for further vetting to check for contributors, future plans, and popularity. Most compotent software will have no trouble reaching the 1k star count. This requirement is also just the first step for further vetting.

Artificial star counts (EX: buying stars) has also been brought up. This isn't that big of a problem, again, stars are just to quality a project for further vetting. We check community engagement, developer responsiveness and the project's statistics over time. A popular project should have lots of community activity, GitHub issues, pr's, etc. Evidence of foul play will disquality a project.

License

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