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 • Sun, 30 Aug 2026 UTC
Tracked Repos
3,077
>100 stars verified
Avg Merge Rate
93%
90-day external PRs
Open GFIs
92
Beginner friendly issues
Welcoming Tier
34
S & A Tier maintainers
Ranked Swift Repositories
Showing top 50 of 3,077 ranked repositories
| Rank | Repository | Tier | Score | Merge Rate | Good First Issues |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Mlem for Lemmy | S•Elite | 78.3 | 99.2% | 13 |
| #2 | ClashFX — macOS proxy tool with Enhanced Mode (TUN) | B•Solid | 78.2 | 95.8% | 1 |
| #3 | A general purpose text editor, small and light. | B•Solid | 77.9 | 100.0% | - |
| #4 | iliyami/MacSai1,475 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 | 77.6 | 87.5% | 4 |
| #5 | swiftlang/swift-java1,240 Java interopability support for Swift | S•Elite | 77.2 | 91.7% | 2 |
| #6 | A genuinely good terminal | S•Elite | 77.0 | 92.8% | - |
| #7 | A macOS terminal with session persistence, smart multiplexing, and native UI | S•Elite | 76.3 | 92.7% | - |
| #8 | A modern driver for the Griffin PowerMate | S•Elite | 75.1 | 95.5% | - |
| #9 | A next-generation reactive media playback ecosystem for Apple platforms. | S•Elite | 74.1 | 98.1% | - |
| #10 | didriksg/Crisp1,059 Free, open-source external monitor control for macOS: a lightweight menu bar app with sharp HiDPI/Retina scaling (no more blurry or tiny text), DDC brightness, presets, and virtual displays. A free alternative to BetterDisplay and Lunar, including features they charge for. | S•Elite | 73.5 | 87.5% | - |
| #11 | Blaizzy/nativ1,271 Local AI, native to your Mac. Chat, serve, monitor, and connect MLX models from one macOS app. | S•Elite | 73.3 | 81.7% | - |
| #12 | S•Elite | 73.3 | 96.6% | - | |
| #13 | Modern, extremely fast macOS disk space analyzer. | B•Solid | 73.2 | 93.3% | - |
| #14 | 使用Swift实现的Macos五笔输入法 | S•Elite | 73.2 | 94.1% | - |
| #15 | macOS menu-bar app for fine-grained VPN routing: bypass the VPN for chosen domains/services, force others through it, or (Custom mode) route each domain/subnet out a specific egress — direct, a specific VPN, an HTTP/SOCKS5 proxy, or a Tailscale peer. Includes a vpnb CLI. | B•Solid | 73.1 | 96.4% | - |
| #16 | Enhancing your Spotify experience on iOS | S•Elite | 73.1 | 93.3% | - |
| #17 | Archive manager and 7zip replacement for macOS. Preview (nested) archives without extracting them. Extract single files. | S•Elite | 72.9 | 93.4% | - |
| #18 | 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! | S•Elite | 72.7 | 85.5% | 4 |
| #19 | 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 | 72.7 | 96.3% | - |
| #20 | Native iOS app for interacting with a Paperless-ngx installation to manage documents | S•Elite | 72.6 | 86.2% | - |
| #21 | Generated Swift code for the App Store Connect API based on the official OpenAPI spec. | S•Elite | 72.5 | 94.6% | - |
| #22 | A Swift wrapper around libVLC for iOS, macOS, tvOS, visionOS, and Mac Catalyst | B•Solid | 72.5 | 95.4% | - |
| #23 | Swift implementation of AWS Lambda Runtime | B•Solid | 72.4 | 92.3% | 1 |
| #24 | A configurable command line tool to easily create and format version changelogs | B•Solid | 72.4 | 100.0% | - |
| #25 | Enhancing your Spotify experience on iOS | S•Elite | 72.3 | 90.3% | - |
| #26 | Master your Mac’s ⌘Tab | S•Elite | 72.2 | 94.0% | - |
| #27 | apple/swift-protobuf4,961 Plugin and runtime library for using protobuf with Swift | S•Elite | 72.1 | 92.0% | - |
| #28 | openclaw/Peekaboo5,023 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. | S•Elite | 71.9 | 86.0% | - |
| #29 | Swift Regex is an online tool to learn, build and test Swift Regex Regex and Regex Builder. | B•Solid | 71.8 | 100.0% | - |
| #30 | A straightforward solution for using the AT Protocol and Bluesky, written in Swift. | S•Elite | 71.5 | 93.8% | - |
| #31 | Objective-C & Swift Runtime Viewer for macOS and iOS | S•Elite | 71.4 | 90.4% | - |
| #32 | Modifier+drag to move any window smoothly on macOS, exactly like native speed | B•Solid | 71.3 | 100.0% | - |
| #33 | A native macOS menu-bar app that keeps your keyboard input source locked — global, per-app, and per-URL. | B•Solid | 71.3 | 97.7% | - |
| #34 | BasedHardware/omi13,229 AI that sees your screen, listens to your conversations and tells you what to do | S•Elite | 71.2 | 79.2% | 40 |
| #35 | Native macOS GUI for ArcBox — containers, VMs, and sandboxes at your fingertips. Open Source alternative to OrbStack. | S•Elite | 71.1 | 90.5% | - |
| #36 | 帧澈 ZENCHE — 跨平台相机控制与影像传输工具 · Capture · Connect · Flow | B•Solid | 71.1 | 91.7% | - |
| #37 | An extensive Swift framework providing simple and customizable markdown parsing. | B•Solid | 71.0 | 100.0% | - |
| #38 | The mouse and trackpad utility for Mac. | S•Elite | 70.8 | 82.5% | - |
| #39 | munki/munki3,454 Managed software installation for macOS — | S•Elite | 70.7 | 88.4% | - |
| #40 | Firefox for iOS | S•Elite | 70.7 | 85.1% | 15 |
| #41 | TableProApp/TablePro5,525 Free and open source database client built natively for developers | S•Elite | 70.5 | 90.9% | - |
| #42 | Brewy: A Homebrew GUI | B•Solid | 70.5 | 97.8% | - |
| #43 | Shopify/tophat1,064 Easily install and test mobile applications with a single click. | B•Solid | 70.4 | 100.0% | - |
| #44 | Ultralytics YOLO iOS app and Swift package for real-time Core ML inference across major computer vision tasks. | S•Elite | 70.4 | 97.6% | - |
| #45 | Active community fork of the archived whisky-app/whisky — a modern Wine wrapper for macOS built with SwiftUI | S•Elite | 70.4 | 94.7% | - |
| #46 | Version-independent HTTP currency types for Swift | S•Elite | 70.3 | 100.0% | - |
| #47 | swiftlang/swift70,315 The Swift Programming Language | S•Elite | 70.3 | 77.4% | 12 |
| #48 | kickstarter/ios-oss8,667 Kickstarter for iOS. Bring new ideas to life, anywhere. | S•Elite | 70.2 | 88.0% | - |
| #49 | A collection of tools for debugging, diffing, and testing your application's data structures. | B•Solid | 70.2 | 91.7% | - |
| #50 | A fresh take on a low-level build system API. | B•Solid | 70.1 | 95.5% | - |
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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 mlemgroup/mlem, with a C-Rank score of 78.3/100 and a 99.2% 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.