Welcoming Repositories Index Swift Ecosystem
Top Welcoming Open-Source Swift Repositories
Top welcoming Swift repositories. Scored by real 90-day external PR merge rates, maintainer review turnaround speed, and first-time contributor success.
Updated daily • Thu, 15 Oct 2026 UTC
Tracked Repos
5,502
>100 stars verified
Avg Merge Rate
83%
90-day external PRs
Open GFIs
27
Beginner friendly issues
Welcoming Tier
50
S & A Tier maintainers
Ranked Swift Repositories
Showing top 50 of 5,502 ranked repositories
| Rank | Repository | Tier | Score | Merge Rate | Good First Issues |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | A tiny macOS app that turns Caps Lock into a physical keep-awake switch for closed-lid MacBook work. | S•Elite | 73.5 | 88.4% | - |
| #2 | Firefox for iOS | S•Elite | 73.3 | 82.2% | 6 |
| #3 | iliyami/MacSai1,856 Mac Sai: the open-source Mac cleaner, optimizer, and malware scanner. A free, Apple-notarized alternative to CleanMyMac, built with Swift 6 and SwiftUI. | S•Elite | 72.0 | 84.2% | 3 |
| #4 | AI token usage & quota monitor for the macOS menu bar — native Swift, Liquid Glass, 3D contribution graph. Tracks Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, OpenCode & 25+ agents locally. | S•Elite | 71.9 | 91.9% | - |
| #5 | microsoft/Zoomit-Mac1,069 Sysinternals ZoomIt for MacOS | S•Elite | 71.8 | 90.0% | - |
| #6 | swiftlang/swift70,501 The Swift Programming Language | S•Elite | 71.3 | 72.7% | 12 |
| #7 | A genuinely good terminal | S•Elite | 71.1 | 87.2% | - |
| #8 | Local speech-to-text for macOS on-device AI, fully private, optional cloud | S•Elite | 71.1 | 88.2% | 1 |
| #9 | A feature-rich macOS terminal built to be pleasant, native, and lightweight | S•Elite | 70.9 | 83.8% | - |
| #10 | Version-independent HTTP currency types for Swift | S•Elite | 70.8 | 88.9% | - |
| #11 | Next generation Matrix client for iOS built with SwiftUI on top of matrix-rust-sdk. | S•Elite | 70.0 | 81.3% | 1 |
| #12 | lzhgus/Capso1,400 Open-source screenshot and screen recording for macOS. The free, native alternative to CleanShot X. Built with Swift 6.0 and SwiftUI. | A•Welcoming | 69.9 | 93.1% | - |
| #13 | TableProApp/TablePro6,247 Free and open source database client built natively for developers | S•Elite | 69.9 | 82.3% | - |
| #14 | Fast, private, local-first voice app for Apple Silicon Macs — dictation, file/media transcription, meeting recording, Transforms, and a public automation CLI. Free and open-source. | S•Elite | 69.7 | 88.9% | - |
| #15 | Native macOS console for herdr — all your coding agents and their live terminals, across devices | A•Welcoming | 69.6 | 81.1% | - |
| #16 | iOS port of meow — VPN/proxy client for iOS 26, powered by meow-rs | A•Welcoming | 69.5 | 95.0% | - |
| #17 | Mila — native macOS local transcription app (whisper.cpp) with optional speaker diarization. Apache-2.0. | A•Welcoming | 69.5 | 81.5% | - |
| #18 | A performant markdown library for iOS & macOS that supports streaming | A•Welcoming | 69.5 | 81.0% | - |
| #19 | Minimal type-safe context propagation container | S•Elite | 69.4 | 92.9% | - |
| #20 | QuranEngine is the engine powering the Quran.com iOS app. | A•Welcoming | 69.4 | 82.4% | - |
| #21 | sebsto/wispr158 Privacy-first voice dictation for macOS — powered by on-device Whisper AI. No cloud, no tracking. | A•Welcoming | 69.2 | 54.8% | - |
| #22 | Kiwix for iOS, iPadOS & macOS | A•Welcoming | 69.1 | 80.5% | - |
| #23 | Media player engine for iOS, tvOS, macOS and visionOS. FFmpeg demux, VideoToolbox / dav1d / libavcodec decode (HEVC, H.264, AV1, VP9, MPEG-2, VC-1), live TV with DVR timeshift and hardware deinterlace, Dolby Atmos passthrough, HDR10 / HDR10+ / Dolby Vision / HLG, text + bitmap + teletext subtitles, plus a lean audio-only path. You ship the UI. | S•Elite | 69.1 | 80.7% | - |
| #24 | Keyty - modern open-source keyboard and mouse visualizer for macOS | A•Welcoming | 69.1 | 91.8% | - |
| #25 | A simple Markdown viewer for reading .md files | S•Elite | 69.1 | 83.9% | 1 |
| #26 | DuckDuckGo iOS & macOS browsers | S•Elite | 69.0 | 82.0% | - |
| #27 | 📱 Wire for iOS (iPhone and iPad) | A•Welcoming | 68.9 | 84.6% | - |
| #28 | Use your tokens to raise, evolve, and collect Pokémon! 🥚 | A•Welcoming | 68.9 | 63.7% | 2 |
| #29 | Open-source iOS and Android field monitor for DJI Osmo Pocket cameras. | S•Elite | 68.6 | 86.7% | - |
| #30 | Just like TextEdit on Mac but dedicated to Markdown. | S•Elite | 68.6 | 88.6% | - |
| #31 | openclaw/Peekaboo5,312 Peekaboo is a macOS CLI & optional MCP server that enables AI agents to capture screenshots of applications, or the entire system, with optional visual question answering through local or remote AI models. | A•Welcoming | 68.6 | 76.9% | - |
| #32 | Lakr233/vphone-cli15,307 Run a virtual iPhone on an Apple Silicon Mac. | S•Elite | 68.6 | 75.3% | - |
| #33 | Enhancing your Spotify experience on iOS | A•Welcoming | 68.5 | 87.5% | - |
| #34 | FuJacob/cotabby1,078 Cotabby is local AI autocomplete for your entire Mac. Open source. On device. Everywhere you type. | A•Welcoming | 68.4 | 90.0% | - |
| #35 | Docker-compatible REST API on top of Apple container | A•Welcoming | 68.2 | 83.5% | - |
| #36 | nextcloud/ios2,520 📱 Nextcloud iOS App | A•Welcoming | 67.9 | 84.8% | - |
| #37 | home-assistant/iOS2,382 :iphone: Home Assistant for Apple platforms | A•Welcoming | 67.9 | 82.4% | - |
| #38 | SwiftUI Chat SDK ➜ Stream Chat 💬 | A•Welcoming | 67.9 | 91.4% | - |
| #39 | WooCommerce iOS app | A•Welcoming | 67.9 | 78.2% | - |
| #40 | maxgoedjen/secretive8,981 Protect your SSH keys with your Mac's Secure Enclave | A•Welcoming | 67.9 | 67.9% | - |
| #41 | Clipy/Clipy8,915 Clipboard extension app for macOS. | A•Welcoming | 67.8 | 84.0% | - |
| #42 | A general purpose text editor, small and light. | A•Welcoming | 67.8 | 100.0% | - |
| #43 | Swift implementation of TLS 1.3 for QUIC. | A•Welcoming | 67.8 | 92.9% | - |
| #44 | osaurus-ai/osaurus8,045 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. | A•Welcoming | 67.7 | 78.8% | - |
| #45 | Kotlin Multiplatfom development documentation | A•Welcoming | 67.7 | 83.9% | - |
| #46 | Apple iOS, iPadOS, macOS, watchOS and visionOS Clients For Meshtastic | A•Welcoming | 67.6 | 81.3% | 1 |
| #47 | supabitapp/supacode2,393 worktree coding agents command center. | A•Welcoming | 67.5 | 78.7% | - |
| #48 | Active community fork of the archived whisky-app/whisky — a modern Wine wrapper for macOS built with SwiftUI | A•Welcoming | 67.5 | 92.0% | - |
| #49 | The mouse and trackpad utility for Mac. | A•Welcoming | 67.4 | 73.5% | - |
| #50 | Community edition of RepoPrompt: a native macOS context engineering app for AI coding agents, with an MCP CLI. | A•Welcoming | 67.3 | 68.0% | - |
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Frequently Asked Questions: Swift Open Source
What is the most welcoming Swift open-source repository?
The highest-ranked Swift repository on GetMerged is currently fuji-mak/Capsomnia, with a C-Rank score of 73.5/100 and a 88.4% PR merge rate.
How can I find good first issues in Swift?
You can browse verified beginner-friendly issues in Swift by visiting our curated Good First Issues directory at getmerged.abhishekco.de/good-first-issue/swift.
What makes a Swift repository ‘Super Welcoming’ on GetMerged?
A ‘Super Welcoming’ (S-Tier) Swift repository demonstrates an external PR merge rate above 80%, a median first response time within 24 to 48 hours, active review feedback, and clear onboarding documentation.