Updated Nov 7, 2026, from what MacPip lists today.
MacPip lists 19 open source Mac apps for Mac, and a person has checked 4 of them.All of them have a free version.2 of them sell a one-time license.2 of them are paid by subscription.There is no single best open source app for everyone, so MacPip does not rank them.If you want it free, start with UsageBeacon.
Apps a person checked come first, newest check first. Never ordered by payment.
MacPip lists 19 open source Mac apps. Open source means you can read the code, build it yourself, and see what it does with your data. It does not automatically mean free of charge or well maintained, so each profile says what its listing says.
| App | What it does | Price | Free or paid | Apple silicon | Open source | Made by | Checked |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UsageBeacon | See your remaining Cursor, Claude, and Codex usage budgets right in the Mac menu bar. | Free and open source | Free version | Not stated | Yes | David Cohen | Nov 3 |
| Oh My Android | Free ADB GUI and Android Emulator control panel for macOS. | Free and open source | Free version | Not stated | Yes | AmirHossein Teymoori | Nov 3 |
| Tidymint | Free, open-source Mac cleaner with no tracking. | Free and open source | Free version | Yes, and Intel, its maker says | Yes | Not stated | Nov 3 |
| Pixtamer | Batch-convert, compress, resize and rename images into web-ready files, all on your Mac. | Free and open source | Free version | Not stated | Yes | Sidhant Sinha | Oct 31 |
| octoscope | A cross-platform terminal dashboard for your GitHub account | Free and open source | Free version | Yes, and Intel, its maker says | Yes | Undolog | Pending |
| Unearth | The free Mac app that shows what's filling your disk and helps you clear it. | 0 | Free version | Yes, and Intel, its maker says | Yes | Not stated | Pending |
| PeerBrush | Free, open-source painting and layered PSD editing, with optional MCP collaboration. | Free and open source | Free version | Yes, Apple silicon only, its maker says | Yes | Not stated | Pending |
| Phosphene AI | Free, open-source AI video with sound, images and songs on Apple Silicon Macs. | Free and open source | Free versionOne-timeSubscription | Yes, Apple silicon only, its maker says | Yes | Mr Bizarro | Pending |
| yovoice | Open-source, local-first AI voice cloning, speech, and music creation studio for Mac | Free and open source | Free version | Yes, Apple silicon only, its maker says | Yes | leemysw | Pending |
| Orkas | Turn goals and project files into reports, slides, videos and code with a desktop AI team. | Free core; model/service costs extra | Free versionSubscription | Yes, and Intel, its maker says | Yes | Orkas | Pending |
| Nudge | A free macOS desktop companion with five expressive pixel pets | Free and open source | Free version | Yes, and Intel, its maker says | Yes | Not stated | Pending |
| Featherview | Free, open-source, keyboard-driven image viewer for macOS with batch conversion. | Free | Free version | Yes, and Intel, its maker says | Yes | Joachim Rütter | Pending |
| LokalBot | Your personal context engine. | Free and open source | Free version | Yes, Apple silicon only, its maker says | Yes | Not stated | Pending |
| Super High Fives | An open-source colour picker app for macOS | Free and open source | Free versionOne-time | Not stated | Yes | Not stated | Pending |
| Sonder | Sonder is a free, open-source markdown editor for Mac. | Free and open source | Free version | Yes, and Intel, its maker says | Yes | Not stated | Pending |
| MacOS Cleaner | Free native Mac cleaner and uninstaller | Free and source-available | Free version | Yes, Apple silicon only, its maker says | Yes | Aleksandr Tk (AlexTkDev) | Pending |
| OpenNavo | Free, open-source Homebrew GUI for Mac with built-in malware scanning. | Free and open source | Free version | Yes, and Intel, its maker says | Yes | Not stated | Pending |
| NotchMuse | Synced lyrics in your Mac menu bar and beside the notch | Free and open source | Free version | Yes, Apple silicon only, its maker says | Yes | Not stated | Pending |
| Pulse | Floating usage rings Claude Code, Codex, Antigravity, and Grok. | Free | Free version | Yes, Apple silicon only, its maker says | Yes | Not stated | Pending |
The 12 below come first in the table: apps a person checked, newest check first. The other 7 are in the table above.
See your remaining Cursor, Claude, and Codex usage budgets right in the Mac menu bar.
UsageBeacon turns your Cursor, Claude and Codex usage into remaining percentages, budgets and reset windows in the menu bar, so you know before you hit a limit. It is free and open source, and needs macOS 14 Sonoma or later.
Free ADB GUI and Android Emulator control panel for macOS.
From its maker: Free ADB GUI and Android Emulator control panel for macOS. One click for dark mode, font scale, RTL and pseudo-locales, TalkBack, layout bounds, network speed and GPS: no adb commands.
Free, open-source Mac cleaner with no tracking.
From its maker: Tidymint is a free, open-source Mac cleaner with no tracking. It shows what fills your disk space, explains each item, and moves only what you pick to the Trash, so the last cleanup can be undone.
Batch-convert, compress, resize and rename images into web-ready files, all on your Mac.
Made by Sidhant SinhaGitHub repoOn XFrom its maker: Pixtamer is a native Mac app that turns batches of images into web-ready assets. Drop in a folder, pick a format, and export JPEG, PNG, WebP or AVIF with real before/after sizes for every file.
A cross-platform terminal dashboard for your GitHub account
From its maker: A cross-platform terminal dashboard for your GitHub account, profile, social, activity, languages, repo health and network at a glance, auto-refreshed. Written in Go with BubbleTea.
The free Mac app that shows what's filling your disk and helps you clear it.
From its maker: Find anything. Free up the rest.
Free, open-source painting and layered PSD editing, with optional MCP collaboration.
From its maker: A free, open-source image editor where you and connected AI agents work on the same editable document.
Free, open-source AI video with sound, images and songs on Apple Silicon Macs.
Made by Mr BizarroGitHub repoOn XFrom its maker: Free, open-source AI video generator for Mac. Run LTX-2.5 and MiniMax H3 (Hailuo) locally on Apple Silicon: text-to-video and image-to-video with sound, lip-sync, character LoRA training, songs fro...
Open-source, local-first AI voice cloning, speech, and music creation studio for Mac
From its maker: yovoice is an open-source, local-first audio and music creation studio for macOS, Windows and Linux. Turn text into expressive speech, natural cloned voices, complete vocal songs, and multi-track scores right on your machine.
Turn goals and project files into reports, slides, videos and code with a desktop AI team.
From its maker: Give Orkas a goal and your project files to receive research reports, presentations, videos or code in one desktop workspace. Commander coordinates specialist agents so solo founders and small teams can carry findings into usable deliverables with fewer handoffs.
A free macOS desktop companion with five expressive pixel pets
From its maker: A free macOS desktop companion with five expressive pixel pets, gentle break reminders, and local activity summaries.
Free, open-source, keyboard-driven image viewer for macOS with batch conversion.
From its maker: Free, open-source, keyboard-driven image viewer for macOS with batch conversion. The next photo is ready before you ask for it.
There is no single best one for everyone. MacPip lists 19: UsageBeacon, Oh My Android, Tidymint, Pixtamer, octoscope, Unearth, PeerBrush, Phosphene AI, yovoice, Orkas, Nudge, Featherview and 7 more. If you want it free, look at UsageBeacon. If you want it to run natively on Apple silicon, look at Tidymint. If you need it to work offline, as its maker says it does, look at Tidymint. If you want open source code, look at Oh My Android.
Yes. With a free version on MacPip: UsageBeacon, Oh My Android, Tidymint, Pixtamer, octoscope, Unearth, PeerBrush, Phosphene AI, yovoice, Orkas, Nudge, Featherview and 7 more.
With a one-time option, so you can avoid a subscription: Phosphene AI, Super High Fives.
By their makers' word or by our check: Tidymint, octoscope, Unearth, PeerBrush, Phosphene AI, yovoice, Orkas, Nudge, Featherview, LokalBot, Sonder, MacOS Cleaner and 3 more.
Each has a dated report on its page: UsageBeacon, Oh My Android, Tidymint, Pixtamer.
Apps a person has checked come first, newest check first, then the rest by when they were added. Payment never changes the order, and sponsored rows are labeled and kept apart.
