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Bruno

Bruno Software · API development & tooling

Open-source, offline-first API client that stores collections as plain-text .bru files in a Git repository, with a CLI for running requests in CI

MITOpen sourceFreeLocalNov 2, 2026

Docker

Docker, Inc. · Containers & virtualization

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Container platform combining the Docker Engine runtime, the Compose and Build tooling, Docker Desktop for macOS and Windows, and the Docker Hub registry

Apache-2.0Open sourceFreemiumLocalSelf-hostedNov 2, 2026

exo

Exo Labs · Distributed & parallel computing

Open-source software that pools several Apple Silicon Macs (and Linux hosts) into one local inference cluster, sharding large models across devices with MLX

Apache-2.0Open sourceFreeLocalSelf-hostedNov 2, 2026

Ghostty

Ghostty project (Mitchell Hashimoto) · Terminals & shells

Native, GPU-accelerated terminal emulator for macOS and Linux written in Zig, with platform-native UI and a cross-platform core library

MITOpen sourceFreeLocalNov 2, 2026

gretl

gretl developers (Allin Cottrell, Riccardo Lucchetti) · Econometrics & causal inference

Free, GPL-licensed cross-platform econometrics program with a GUI, the hansl scripting language and estimators for time series, panels and limited dependent variables

GPL-3.0-onlyFreeOpen sourceLocalNov 2, 2026

Hammerspoon

Hammerspoon contributors · macOS automation

Open-source macOS automation app that exposes system APIs to a Lua configuration file for hotkeys, window management and event-driven scripts

MITOpen sourceFreeLocalNov 2, 2026

iTerm2

George Nachman (iTerm2 project) · Terminals & shells

Feature-rich terminal emulator for macOS with split panes, profiles, triggers, search, tmux integration and a Python scripting API

GPL-2.0-onlyOpen sourceFreeLocalNov 2, 2026

JabRef

JabRef e.V. and contributors · Citation management

Open-source, BibTeX/biblatex-native reference manager for LaTeX users with online fetchers, groups, file linking and editor integration

MITFreeOpen sourceLocalNov 2, 2026

Karabiner-Elements

pqrs.org (Takayama Fumihiko) · macOS system utilities

Free, public-domain keyboard customizer for macOS that remaps keys and defines complex modifications through JSON rules at the driver level

UnlicenseOpen sourceFreeLocalNov 2, 2026

Ollama

Ollama · Local LLM inference & serving

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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

MITOpen sourceFreeLocalSelf-hostedNov 2, 2026

RStudio IDE

Posit Software, PBC · Mathematical & statistical computing

Posit's open-source integrated development environment for R, with console, editor, plots, environment panes, Quarto/R Markdown authoring and Python via reticulate

AGPL-3.0-onlyFreeOpen sourceLocalSelf-hostedNov 2, 2026

TeXstudio

TeXstudio contributors · LaTeX & typesetting

Open-source desktop LaTeX editor with integrated PDF viewer, autocompletion, wizards, spell checking and a structure view for Windows, macOS and Linux

GPL-3.0-onlyFreeOpen sourceLocalNov 2, 2026

WireGuard

WireGuard project (Jason A. Donenfeld) · Tunneling & remote access

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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

GPL-2.0-onlyOpen sourceFreeLocalSelf-hostedNov 2, 2026

Zed

Zed Industries · IDEs & editors

Native, GPU-rendered code editor written in Rust by Zed Industries, with built-in collaboration, language servers and optional AI assistance

GPL-3.0-or-laterOpen sourceFreeLocalNov 2, 2026

Zotero

Corporation for Digital Scholarship · Citation management

In-depth entry

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

AGPL-3.0-onlyFreeOpen sourceLocalNov 2, 2026

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