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Community-maintained package manager for macOS and Linux that installs command-line tools (formulae) and desktop apps (casks) from the terminal

macOS's built-in service manager that starts, supervises and schedules daemons and per-user agents from property-list job definitions

Apple's open-source array framework for machine learning on Apple Silicon, with NumPy-like Python, C++ and Swift APIs and unified CPU/GPU memory

Python package and CLI for running, serving, quantizing and fine-tuning large language models on Apple Silicon with MLX

Local-first Markdown note-taking app with bidirectional links, graph view and a large community plugin ecosystem; optional paid Sync and Publish

Open-source runtime and model manager for running open-weight LLMs locally on macOS, Windows and Linux, with a REST API, OpenAI- and Anthropic-compatible endpoints and optional cloud models

Production process manager for Node.js and other long-running programs with cluster mode, log handling, restart policies and boot-time startup scripts

Encrypted, deduplicating backup program written in Go that stores snapshots in local, SFTP, S3-compatible and many cloud backends

Public-domain embedded SQL database engine that stores a whole database in one file and ships inside most operating systems and browsers

Apple's compiled, memory-safe, multi-paradigm language for Apple platforms, Linux, Windows and embedded targets, developed in the open at swift.org

The comprehensive free TeX distribution for Linux, macOS and Windows, released yearly with the tlmgr package manager and all major engines, packages and fonts

Free, extensible code editor from Microsoft with a large extension marketplace, integrated terminal, debugging, remote development and built-in AI assistance

Minimal, high-speed VPN protocol and implementation built on modern cryptography, included in the Linux kernel and available on macOS, iOS, Windows, Android and BSD

Apple's integrated development environment and toolchain for building, debugging, testing and submitting apps for iOS, macOS and other Apple platforms

Free, open-source reference manager with browser connectors, word-processor plugins, a PDF reader, group libraries and optional paid file storage