macOS
1,106 projects shared since May 2026 were built for macOS.
How these numbers are counted and compared: the method.
Summary
1,106 projects shared since May 2026 were built for macOS: add-ons, companions and plugins. 665 of them came in the last 12 weeks. shrike was the most-discussed project of the last 4 weeks, with 43 comments. It traces a clicked UI error through the request path in code and database, stops on the failing line, and lets a coding agent apply a fix on approval. The kinds of projects built for it most are Desktop window and dock utilities, Local voice dictation apps and Screen recording and screenshot tools.
Projects built with it
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Share of stated stacks, last 4 weeks
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Adjusted trend, last 4 weeks vs previous 8 weeks
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Add-ons built for it
1,106
Share of stated stacks, each week
Share rather than counts, so changes in how many posts a subreddit lets through don't show up as trends.
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What's built with it
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Latest add-ons built for macOS
- Weaver — Provides a native desktop interface for running Git operations and organizing repositories into groups.“Weaver: a fast, native Git desktop client for Windows, macOS and Linux”
- Focale — Edits images on the desktop with layers, masks, blend modes, filters, RAW support and PSD/PSB compatibility.“I'm building Focale, a desktop image editor for Linux, Windows and macOS”
- KezboardSwitcher — Automatically switches the macOS keyboard layout based on which physical keyboard is in use.“KezboardSwitcher - Automatic keyboard layout switching for macOS”
- Sealwire — Coordinates multiple coding agents like Claude Code, Codex and Cursor so they can work together and keep running long tasks without manual nudges.“Sealwire: let Claude Code, Codex and Cursor work together while you chill on the beach like a seal 🦭”
- TCLimate — Controls TCL air conditioners from a macOS menu bar app, replacing the TCL Home phone app.“I reverse engineered TCL Home into a native macOS menu bar app for controlling my ACs”
- LoadLab — Runs load tests against HTTP endpoints on the user's machine and streams live RPS and latency charts.“I built LoadLab, a free local-first load testing desktop app with Rust, Go and Node.js engines”
- Initial Cut Pro — Plans an open-source, cross-platform, timeline-first video editor written in Rust, with color and audio tools; nothing is built yet.“Starting an open-source Final Cut Pro alternative in Rust, looking for people to build it with”
- My heart rate now changes my… — Streams live heart rate from a Mi Band 5 to a Mac and maps BPM to the color of a Philips Wiz smart bulb.“My heart rate now changes my room light's color, via a reverse-engineered Mi Band 5”
- Brume — Provides a macOS terminal emulator with vertical tabs, per-tab styling, and command completion and suggestions.“I built Brume, an open-source macOS terminal with vertical tabs”
- Beeline — Provides a backspace-free typewriter-style writing app where drafts are typed straight through, marked up, and rewritten beside the previous version.“Small project to help me work on my writing”
- Phosphor — Dims the screen before switching from a dark window to a bright one, then eases brightness back up, and bundles several macOS display utilities in one menu bar app.“I built a mac app that catches the flash when you switch from a dark to a light window, plus more features.”
- GetKeys — Creates, rotates, copies, and revokes API keys across services from a local CLI and agent integration instead of web dashboards.“I built GetKeys so that you can create, rotate, copy, and revoke keys without visiting a single dashboard. Looking for blunt feedback.”
- shrike — Traces a clicked UI error through the request path in code and database, stops on the failing line, and lets a coding agent apply a fix on approval.“built a debugger for people who vibe code and have no idea why their app broke”
- Mochi — Organises files in a folder into subfolders using user-defined rules, with preview, history and undo.“I built a free, open source Mac app to organise my Downloads folder”
- Widgetscape — Puts live desktop widgets such as clocks, calendar, weather, system stats and a git repo monitor onto the macOS desktop.“Widgetscape - Rainmeter-style desktop widgets for the Mac, no skins to write. Most of this year's work, finally out”
Pitched as alternatives to macOS
- I’m building an open-source… — Builds an open-source Linux distribution written in Rust with a macOS-inspired look and feel.“I’m building an open-source macOS-inspired distro in Rust — looking for feedback”
- Fable — Provides a macOS-style dashboard for a Linux distribution, built with Claude Design and Claude Code.“Fable created a macOS style dashboard for my Linux distro”
- Dockable — Mirrors the Windows taskbar as a macOS-style dock with hover magnification, genie minimize animations, file stacks, and a Liquid Glass bar.“I vibe coded a macOS Dock simulator w/ Liquid Glass for Windows 11”
- SmileyOS — Boots directly into a desktop with a terminal, custom programming language, UI builder, and 2D game engine for teaching kids to code.“I got tired of how hard it is for kids to start coding, so I built a whole operating system for it”
- AngryMouse — Enlarges the mouse cursor briefly when the mouse is shaken so it can be found on Windows.“AngryMouse - Shake to find your mouse cursor on Windows”
- ThanasOS — Recreates a macOS-style desktop with windows, dock, menus and shortcuts inside a web browser.“ThanasOS - Web recreation of MacOS”