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
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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
Carsten Blüm (BlueM) · macOS automation
Small open-source macOS command-line tool that emulates mouse clicks, drags, movements, key presses and typing for scripted GUI control
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
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
GNU Project (Ole Tange) · Distributed & parallel computing
Shell tool that runs commands in parallel over input lines on one or several machines, as a drop-in alternative to xargs and shell loops
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
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
Homebrew maintainers · macOS system utilities
Community-maintained package manager for macOS and Linux that installs command-line tools (formulae) and desktop apps (casks) from the terminal
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
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
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
Apple Inc. · Apple Silicon ML & MLX
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
Apple Inc. · Apple Silicon ML & MLX
Python package and CLI for running, serving, quantizing and fine-tuning large language models on Apple Silicon with MLX
Apple Inc. · Apple Silicon ML & MLX
Port of OpenAI's Whisper speech-recognition models to MLX, offering a CLI and Python API for local transcription on Apple Silicon
Ollama · Local LLM inference & serving
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
OpenBSD Project · Tunneling & remote access
Reference implementation of the SSH protocol from the OpenBSD project: remote shell, file transfer, port forwarding, key agent and certificate authority tooling
Keymetrics (Unitech) · Infrastructure & provisioning
Production process manager for Node.js and other long-running programs with cluster mode, log handling, restart policies and boot-time startup scripts
restic project (Alexander Neumann and contributors) · Backup & recovery
Encrypted, deduplicating backup program written in Go that stores snapshots in local, SFTP, S3-compatible and many cloud backends
SQLite Consortium / Hipp, Wyrick & Company · Relational databases
Public-domain embedded SQL database engine that stores a whole database in one file and ships inside most operating systems and browsers
Apple Inc. · Swift & SwiftUI development
Apple's compiled, memory-safe, multi-paradigm language for Apple platforms, Linux, Windows and embedded targets, developed in the open at swift.org
TeX Users Group (TUG) · LaTeX & typesetting
The comprehensive free TeX distribution for Linux, macOS and Windows, released yearly with the tlmgr package manager and all major engines, packages and fonts
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
WireGuard project (Jason A. Donenfeld) · Tunneling & remote access
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
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
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