Rankings
Top 20 repos in each star tier, ranked by AI quality score.
TCA brings Redux-style unidirectional state management to Swift and Apple platforms
PromiseKit: Mature Swift/ObjC promise library facing existential pressure from Swift's native async/await
Signal's iOS app: open-source, end-to-end encrypted messaging with a massive real-world user base
AudioKit: The mature Swift-native audio engine for Apple platform developers
ReactiveCocoa: Mature reactive Cocoa bindings project entering legacy phase as Apple's Combine takes hold
SwiftLint: The de facto standard linter for Swift codebases, now 11 years in
OpenEmu brings polished, native multi-system retro emulation to macOS with a library-style UI
macOS menu bar app tracking AI coding provider limits across 57 services without re-login
IQKeyboardManager: The de facto iOS library for zero-code keyboard avoidance, still actively maintained after 12 years
AltTab brings Windows-style window switching to macOS with 7.4M downloads
Moya: Swift network abstraction layer built on Alamofire for testable, type-safe iOS API clients
SwifterSwift: 500+ Swift extensions library maintained for nearly a decade with active Swift 6 support
Hidden Bar: a free macOS menu bar icon hider with 14K stars and App Store presence
AltStore lets non-jailbroken iPhone users sideload apps using their Apple ID via a companion desktop app
Easydict: A free, actively maintained macOS dictionary and translation app supporting 20+ services including LLMs
Mozilla's official Firefox browser for iOS, open source and actively maintained since 2014
Supertone's on-device TTS runs across 12 runtimes in 31 languages with a compact 99M-parameter ONNX model
SkeletonView brings Facebook-style loading placeholders to iOS apps with minimal setup
mas brings Mac App Store management to the command line for macOS automation workflows
Loop brings a radial menu to macOS window management, targeting users who prefer gesture-driven layouts over pure keyboard shortcuts