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artembobkin
ImmersiveMap
artembobkin/ImmersiveMap
B•Solid
80·Swift

Native Swift 6 + Metal map rendering engine for SwiftUI. Globe and flat vector-tile maps with labels, SwiftUI markers and avatars, on iOS and macOS.

#geospatial#globe#ios
97%
Merge Rate
<1h
Review Time
100%
1st-Timers
2 GFI
Scorecard
mlemgroup
mlem
mlemgroup/mlem
S•Elite
247·Swift

Mlem for Lemmy

#activitypub#ios#lemmy
99%
Merge Rate
10h
Review Time
100%
1st-Timers
13 GFI
Scorecard
Clash-FX
ClashFX
Clash-FX/ClashFX
B•Solid
249·Swift

ClashFX — macOS proxy tool with Enhanced Mode (TUN)

#clash#macos#mihomo
96%
Merge Rate
4h
Review Time
100%
1st-Timers
1 GFI
Scorecard
iliyami
MacSai
iliyami/MacSai
S•Elite
1.5k·Swift

Mac Sai: the open-source Mac cleaner, optimizer, and malware scanner. A free, Apple-notarized alternative to CleanMyMac, built with Swift 6 and SwiftUI.

#appkit#cleanmymac#cleanmymac-alternative
88%
Merge Rate
7h
Review Time
100%
1st-Timers
4 GFI
Scorecard
swiftlang
swift-java
swiftlang/swift-java
S•Elite
1.2k·Swift

Java interopability support for Swift

92%
Merge Rate
7h
Review Time
93%
1st-Timers
2 GFI
Scorecard
awaseem
foqos
awaseem/foqos
S•Elite
694·Swift

Foqos allows you to lock apps behind the tap of a NFC tag or scan of a QR code. Free and open source alternative to Brick, Opal, ScreenZen, Unpluq, Scrolly, Blok and more!

#ios-app#productivity#swiftui
85%
Merge Rate
11h
Review Time
50%
1st-Timers
4 GFI
Scorecard
awslabs
swift-aws-lambda-runtime
awslabs/swift-aws-lambda-runtime
B•Solid
1.2k·Swift

Swift implementation of AWS Lambda Runtime

92%
Merge Rate
5h
Review Time
100%
1st-Timers
1 GFI
Scorecard
BasedHardware
omi
BasedHardware/omi
S•Elite
13.2k·Swift

AI that sees your screen, listens to your conversations and tells you what to do

#ai#app#flutter
79%
Merge Rate
21h
Review Time
54%
1st-Timers
40 GFI
Scorecard
mozilla-mobile
firefox-ios
mozilla-mobile/firefox-ios
S•Elite
13.0k·Swift

Firefox for iOS

#browser#firefox#ios-app
85%
Merge Rate
3d
Review Time
77%
1st-Timers
15 GFI
Scorecard
swiftlang
swift
swiftlang/swift
S•Elite
70.3k·Swift

The Swift Programming Language

77%
Merge Rate
10h
Review Time
57%
1st-Timers
12 GFI
Scorecard
TypeWhisper
typewhisper-mac
TypeWhisper/typewhisper-mac
A•Welcoming
1.7k·Swift

Local speech-to-text for macOS on-device AI, fully private, optional cloud

#apple-silicon#dictation#macos
93%
Merge Rate
3d
Review Time
60%
1st-Timers
1 GFI
Scorecard
PowerBeef
Vocello
PowerBeef/Vocello
B•Solid
357·Swift

Vocello: a local, private voice studio for Apple Silicon. Write a script, pick or describe a voice, and generate speech on-device, faster than realtime on an 8 GB M2 Mac mini. Native Swift + MLX, no Python. Mac app out now, iPhone beta on TestFlight. (Formerly QwenVoice.)

#apple-silicon#macos#mlx
93%
Merge Rate
4d
Review Time
100%
1st-Timers
2 GFI
Scorecard
rayl15
OpenVision
rayl15/OpenVision
A•Welcoming
121·Swift

Open-source iOS app connecting Meta Ray-Ban smart glasses to AI — 5 backends (on-device MLX models, Apple Intelligence, OpenAI, Gemini Live, OpenClaw), on-device neural voice, face recognition & live web search. Private and offline-capable.

#ai-assistant#apple-intelligence#face-recognition
95%
Merge Rate
6d
Review Time
100%
1st-Timers
5 GFI
Scorecard
chattymin
PokeTokenBar
chattymin/PokeTokenBar
A•Welcoming
337·Swift

Use your tokens to raise, evolve, and collect Pokémon! 🥚

#ai-coding#claude-code#codex
77%
Merge Rate
10h
Review Time
67%
1st-Timers
2 GFI
Scorecard
PostHog
posthog-ios
PostHog/posthog-ios
A•Welcoming
108·Swift

PostHog iOS SDK

#ios#posthog#sdk
86%
Merge Rate
2d
Review Time
79%
1st-Timers
1 GFI
Scorecard
Tahul
space-rabbit
Tahul/space-rabbit
A•Welcoming
401·Swift

Space Rabbit removes animations when switching macOS Spaces. Reclaim hours of your time every month!

78%
Merge Rate
1h
Review Time
100%
1st-Timers
3 GFI
Scorecard
nikships
droidproxy
nikships/droidproxy
A•Welcoming
120·Swift

A native macOS menu bar app that proxies Claude/Codex/Gemini subscriptions for use with Factory Droid CLI. Always updated with new model releases!

#anthropic#claude#droid
58%
Merge Rate
2d
Review Time
83%
1st-Timers
6 GFI
Scorecard
darrylmorley
whatcable
darrylmorley/whatcable
A•Welcoming
8.5k·Swift

macOS menu bar app that tells you, in plain English, what each USB-C cable plugged into your Mac can actually do

#apple-silicon#hardware-info#iokit
80%
Merge Rate
1d
Review Time
56%
1st-Timers
1 GFI
Scorecard
apple
swift-metrics
apple/swift-metrics
B•Solid
793·Swift

Metrics API for Swift

#metrics#swift-server
89%
Merge Rate
14h
Review Time
100%
1st-Timers
1 GFI
Scorecard
osaurus-ai
osaurus
osaurus-ai/osaurus
A•Welcoming
7.7k·Swift

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.

#anthropic#apple-foundation-models#apple-intelligence
83%
Merge Rate
3d
Review Time
53%
1st-Timers
1 GFI
Scorecard

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