Apps: what’s taking off on GitHub
The fastest-growing repositories in “Apps”: plain-language summaries, use cases and a check on star quality. Updated every 30 minutes.
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7.4
tonhowtf/omniget
Free desktop app for Windows, macOS and Linux that downloads Udemy and Hotmart courses, YouTube videos and 1,800+ other sites via yt-dlp, no terminal needed. Includes a course player, PDF/EPUB reader and music library,…
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6.8
jiji262/douyin-downloader
A Python tool for downloading videos, galleries, collections, and music from Douyin, including batch profile downloads, with SQLite deduplication and browser-based CAPTCHA fallback.
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5.7
yuliskov/SmartTube
Free open-source media client for Android TVs and TV boxes with a remote-friendly UI: SponsorBlock, playback speed, 8K/HDR/60fps, no Google Services required.
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5.6
nab138/iloader
Desktop app (Tauri, TypeScript) for sideloading apps onto iPhone/iPad from a computer: installs SideStore, imports IPAs and pairing files, manages Apple ID certificates.
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4.7
sumimakito/Mac-Duo
A macOS app that recreates the iPhone Duo effect on MacBook: when the lid closes, screen content tilts, blurs and fades. Controls live in the menu bar.
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4.4
jcx396905-gif/DuoFold-Android
An Android app that creates a system-wide iPhone Duo-style folding illusion on regular phones: the screen is reprojected in real time from device motion sensors via OpenGL ES and Shizuku, with no root or foldable…
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4.2
tqmane/gunshot
An iOS tweak that uploads photos and videos to Google Photos outside the stock client, supporting jailbreak, sideloading and LiveContainer. It uses the Go core from xob0t/gotohp and private Google Photos APIs.
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3.5
itzender5820/mousiki
A C++ terminal music player controlled entirely by keyboard: local playback, online search and streaming, synced lyrics, and spectrum visualizers.
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3.5
HakanSeven12/OpenCADStudio
Cross-platform CAD application built in Rust for 2D drafting and 3D modeling with native DWG/DXF support and GPU rendering via wgpu. Runs as a desktop app and a WebAssembly web app.
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3.4
ViceVerse-cz/Serein
Native Discord desktop client written in Rust using egui and wgpu, with no Electron or Node.js. Supports voice calls, video, screen sharing, forums, server administration, and plugins.
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3.4
gazijarin/itsgiving
A Python app that detects facial expressions via webcam and overlays a matching meme over your head, publishing the result to a virtual camera for Zoom, Meet, Teams, and OBS.
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3.2
jlxc2001/MacBook-Duo
An experimental macOS utility that reads the MacBook lid angle via the HID sensor and renders an unfolding effect with perspective and frosted glass using Metal.
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3.2
MoshiurRahmanAdib/Conflux-Icon-Theme
A neutral, modern Linux icon theme designed to keep themed and unthemed app icons looking consistent without changing app identity. The author built it after failing to find a suitable icon theme for his own desktop.
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3.2
GrapheneOS/Messaging
Messaging (SMS/MMS) app from the GrapheneOS project, written in Kotlin. Exact purpose and features are not described in the README.
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3.1
CATCHINGL/O.status
A clean and minimal Android status indicator that shows cellular signal, Wi-Fi strength and battery level as a customizable overlay on screen.
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3.1
anywhere-labs/dsh-desktop
Open-source desktop client for DeepSeek Harness on Windows and macOS that packages its local Web UI, host service and plugin system into a native app requiring no Node.js setup.
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3.0
jh3y/lid-plane
A macOS menu bar app that holds your desktop at a fixed apparent angle and progressively blurs it as you close the MacBook lid below 110°.
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2.9
jakesgoodapps/DuoLauncher
An experimental Android launcher for foldables with a right-side dock, native widgets, and overlapping unfolded Home pages.
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2.8
yappologistic/Spun
A Linux music player with spinning CD, vinyl, cassette and recorder views; plays local files and connects to Cider, Jellyfin, Navidrome and Subsonic.
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2.8
pascalorg/editor
Open-source local-first 3D building editor built with React Three Fiber and WebGPU: runs in the browser or via CLI, with AI agents connecting over MCP to work with the scene.
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2.8
AprilNEA/OpenLogi
A native, local-first alternative to Logitech Options+ written in Rust: remap buttons, DPI, SmartShift and configure Logitech cameras over HID++ and UVC, with no account or telemetry.
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2.7
teamclouday/AndroidMic
Cross-platform app that turns an Android phone into a microphone for a PC: audio is streamed over WiFi (TCP/UDP), USB ADB or USB Serial into a virtual audio cable.
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2.6
DhananjayBhosale/MacDuo
A native Swift + Metal macOS app that animates your desktop to follow the MacBook lid's movement, with six closing effects and fully local processing without recording the screen.
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2.6
genspark-ai/genoffice
Open-source office suite with a built-in AI agent: edits real .docx/.xlsx/.pptx, PDF, Markdown and HTML files, converts PDF to Word on-device, runs on macOS, Windows and Linux.
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2.6
cjpais/Handy
Cross-platform desktop app for offline speech-to-text: press a hotkey, speak, and the transcription is pasted into the active text field. Runs locally with Whisper or Parakeet, no cloud.
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2.4
browser-use/life-recorder
A native iPhone recorder that captures audio in roughly one-minute AAC chunks, paired with a Mac receiver that transcribes them locally via Whisper into a single continuous Markdown transcript with hourly markers.…
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2.4
Stremio/stremio-core
The Rust core of Stremio: types, addon protocol, state models, library, player and deep links shared across all Stremio apps. UI layers plug in on top by implementing the Env trait.
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2.4
lqSky7/iphone-duo-macos-animation
A native macOS app that animates the entire MacBook display in 3D as the lid closes, driven by the physical lid angle sensor. It applies a progressive blur and folds the screen down toward the hinge.
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2.4
Popukok/smg_live
A userscript that improves watching SMG (五星体育) live TV in the browser: it refreshes expired stream URLs, recovers interrupted playback, and adds compatibility for mobile browsers and Safari.
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2.4
LaoFeng-mouse/flyingmouse-format
Offline Electron file converter for Windows and macOS covering images, documents, spreadsheets, PDF, audio and video with OCR, batch mode and a CLI. Bundles FFmpeg, LibreOffice, Poppler and Tesseract, no network needed.
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2.3
pdone/lx-music-source
A collection of music source scripts for LX Music Desktop and LX Music Mobile that plug third-party APIs into the app for track search and playback. The script URLs are imported into the app manually.
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2.2
EchoMusicApp/Echo-Music
An ad-free Android client for YouTube Music with offline downloads, synced lyrics, song recognition, and podcast support.
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2.2
truanayangi-com/truanayangi
A TypeScript web app that helps decide what to have for lunch: spins a wheel to pick a random dish, lets you filter and add your own dishes. Runs locally with no login or backend, storing data in browser cookies.
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2.1
g8row/PhotosBackup
An experimental SwiftUI iOS app that backs up selected photos, videos, and albums from the local library to Google Photos entirely on-device, without a desktop companion or hosted service.
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2.1
IuCC123/BendMac
A macOS menu bar utility that bends and blurs the desktop image as you close your MacBook lid, driven by the lid-angle sensor. Free and open source.
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2.1
vianziro/Whatsapp-Dekstop
A lightweight WhatsApp desktop client for macOS, Windows, and Linux written in Go, using the OS-provided web engine (WebKit, WebView2, WebKitGTK) to load the official WhatsApp Web.
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1.9
crmne/fastpotify
A native Spotify client written in Rust with an egui interface and librespot playback; runs on Linux, macOS and Windows using far less memory than the official app.
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1.8
MakrSas/Inferno-iOS
Unofficial SwiftUI iOS app that runs an emulated iPhone 11 with iOS 14 on a real iPhone via the Inferno QEMU fork. Lets you interact with the guest: screen, network, files, .ipa installs and Cydia.
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1.8
XxHuberrr/Mineradio
Windows desktop music player built on Electron with cinematic visuals, particle scenes and a lyrics stage, plus search and playlist integration with NetEase Cloud Music and QQ Music.
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1.6
soirihiroka/shrimply
Cross-platform video editor written in Rust with a GTK 4 interface, rendering via Skia/wgpu/CUDA and media handling through FFmpeg. It is pre-alpha and requires an Nvidia or Apple Silicon GPU plus Wayland or macOS 15+.
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1.4
ops120/wechat-local-viewer
A local viewer for WeChat chat history: session list, message browsing, FTS5 full-text search, multi-format export and optional LLM summarization. Runs entirely locally; users supply their own data and no decryption…
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1.4
Fei-Away/Codex-Dream-Skin
A theming tool for the Codex desktop app that applies background images and skins via local CDP injection without modifying the official installation. It offers a theme gallery, an online studio, and ZIP theme import.
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1.3
gry67673905/-AI-
A full-stack demo of a smart government service assistant simulating applications, eligibility checks, materials, review, payment and delivery. All data is synthetic; no real government services are connected.
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1.3
jaskirat1616/mactap-app
MacTap is a macOS menu bar app that detects knocks on the MacBook chassis or the desk beneath it and turns them into keyboard shortcuts and actions. It only works on MacBooks with an exposed accelerometer (M2 and…
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1.3
baairon/torlink
A zero-setup terminal torrent finder and downloader: searches a curated list of sources, downloads to your downloads folder, and keeps seeding. Includes a headless mode for servers and seedboxes.
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1.3
VaderChen/YourDesk
Cross-platform remote desktop for macOS and Windows written in Go, with hardware video encoding, multi-monitor support, clipboard transfer, and MCP integration so AI agents can control remote machines.
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1.3
skydoves/nowinandroid-kmp
A full Kotlin Multiplatform port of Google's Now in Android sample: the same screens, ViewModels, navigation, and data layer run on Android, iOS, desktop, and the browser from one shared codebase.
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1.1
opensourcevillain/Bendable
macOS menu bar app that turns MacBook lid movement into an animation on the built-in display, tracking the hinge angle in real time and folding the desktop with it.
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1.0
aizhimou/javranking-extension
Browser extension that, on clicking its toolbar icon, detects movie IDs on the current page and shows matching JavRanking ranking data.
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1.0
Noveum/hinge
A macOS utility that tracks the MacBook lid angle in real time and animates the desktop: as the lid closes the screen softly folds and blurs, and it returns when opened. Runs locally via ScreenCaptureKit and Metal.
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1.0
eperez28/sonar.cool
Experimental macOS app that controls gestures via built-in speakers and microphone: the Doppler effect turns hand motion into scroll, swipe, and zoom without a camera.
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0.9
wieslawsoltes/Gridline
An independent Excel-inspired spreadsheet application built with plain HTML, CSS, and JavaScript, featuring a WebGPU rendering backend and a real formula interpreter. Runs without frameworks, CDN, or server, storing…
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0.9
bryllim/workout-guide
An open library of 302 exercise illustrations (three frames each) with a typed npm package and a searchable static gallery.
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0.8
missuo/kumone
Native NetEase Cloud Music client for macOS and iOS built with SwiftUI, talking directly to the service API. Offers QR login, playback, lyrics, library and unblocking of unavailable tracks.
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0.3
Faizpi/bank-sampah
Laravel web app for managing a digital waste bank: residents deposit recyclables, track balances, request pickups and cash out, while staff record transactions and reports.
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0.2
MetaMask-AI/metamask-desktop
Cross-platform desktop application for managing an Ethereum wallet and interacting with Web3 apps (DeFi, NFTs) without a browser extension.
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0.0
emillycunha/reel-maker
A local-first editor for reels, memes, and social carousels that assembles clips, voiceovers, music, and captions and exports via native FFmpeg without uploading media.