Open Source Apps
unsupported free apps, libraries & projects
MailboxAlert
MailboxAlert is an application that regularly checks whether your email accounts are filled up to their storage limit, which prevents you from receiving mails.
More Info: MailboxAlert Homepage
SMARTReporter Lite
This is the old, unsupported version of SMARTReporter that is still available for free and with source code.
More Info: SMARTReporter Lite Homepage
DesktopLyrics Lite
This is the old, unsupported version of DesktopLyrics that is still available for free and with source code.
More Info: DesktopLyrics Lite Homepage
MovieDB
MovieDB is an application that lets you easily manage your digital movie collection. By focusing exclusively on digital movies they can be added comfortably by using drag&drop. Information about the file is automatically extracted, information about the movie is automatically fetched over the internet. MovieDB supports DVDs, (S)VCDs and nearly all common video files like AVIs or MOVs. MovieDB can easily search for your movies or sort and filter them.
More Info: MovieDB Homepage
InstaCode
An application for developers that allows to quickly try out pieces of source code (C/ObjC/C++/ObjC++).
More Info: InstaCode Homepage
MusicWatch
An application for discovering new and old music of your favorite artists. It scans your music collection and extracts information about the albums you own. You can then discover other albums by those artists and get informed about new releases by those artists automatically. MusicWatch works like a RSS reader, with the artists being the „feeds“ and the albums being the „articles“.
Download: MusicWatch Binary & Source Code (Intel, 10.6+) [5.4 MB]
MountMenu
An application displayed in the global menu-bar that allows you to mount and also unmount your disks.
Download: MountMenu Binary & Source Code (Intel 64-Bit, 10.6+) [600 KB]
MovieCutter
An application for cutting/splitting any movie file types like MKV/MP4/etc.
Download: MovieCutter Binary & Source Code (Intel 64-Bit, 10.7+) [17.5 MB]
FilenameList
An application for renaming all files in a directory based on new filenames stored in a text file.
Download: FilenameList Binary & Source Code (Intel 64-Bit, 10.7+) [227 KB]
CoreLib
CoreLib is a reusable Objective-C library to make developing Mac and iOS applications easier.
GitHub: CoreLib Source Code
QTPresenter
An application that tells „QuickTime Player“ to present a movie on the second monitor while it displays playback progress on the first monitor.
Download: QTPresenter Binary & Source Code (Universal, 10.5+) [86 KB]
SecondRow
An application that redirects the „Front Row“ presentation mode to your second display (e.g.: big TV).
Download: SecondRow Binary & Source Code (Universal, 10.5+) [92 KB]
WindowMover
An application that moves the frontmost window to the mouse cursor position when a hotkey is pressed.
Download: WindowMover Binary & Source Code (Universal, 10.5+) [143 KB]
Phorgiveness
An application for editing/cheating Marathon Infinity & Aleph One saved games.
Download: Phorgiveness Binary & Source Code (PowerPC, 10.2+) [76 KB]
MenuSwitch
An application for switching between running applications – like the „Dock“, but located in the menubar.
Download: MenuSwitch Binary & Source Code (Universal, 10.4+) [75 KB]
VolumeCore
An application for realtime visualization of volumetric data.
Download: VolumeCore Binary & Source Code (Intel, NVIDIA GPU, 10.5+) [19.1 MB]
FlowCore
An application for realtime visualization of flow data.
Download: FlowCore Binary & Source Code (Intel, NVIDIA GPU, 10.5+) [6 MB]
TerraCore
An application for realtime generation and visualization of fractal terrain.
Download: TerraCore Binary (Intel, NVIDIA GPU, 10.5+) [11.8 MB]
CoreLS
An application for realtime generation and visualization of 3D L-Systems.
Download: CoreLS Binary (Intel, NVIDIA or ATI GPU, 10.5+) [445 KB]
CHMExtractor
An application for converting/extracting Compiled HTML Help (.chm) files so you can view them in any browser.
Download: CHMExtractor Binary & Source Code (PowerPC, 10.2+) [212 KB]Alternatives: Tubby, Chmox, xCHM, Chamonix…
PDFullscreen
An application for fullscreen PDF viewing – helpful for eBook reading.
Download: PDFullscreen Binary & Source Code (Universal, 10.4+) [110 KB]Alternatives: Preview.app since v3.0 (Tiger), Adobe Reader since v7.0, Skim…
TunesController
An application for remotely controlling iTunes from any Java capable device.
Download: TunesControllerServer Binary & Source Code (Universal, 10.5+) [75 KB]Download: TunesControllerClient Binary & Source Code (Java, J2SE1.4+) [123 KB]
iRipCD
An application for converting Audio-CDs to high-quality MP3 audio files.
Download: iRipCD Binary & Source Code (Universal, 10.4+) [818 KB]Alternatives: Max, iTunes-LAME…
KeyPresser
An application that sends simulated repeated keypresses to an arbitrary application.
Download: KeyPresser Binary & Source Code (Universal, 10.4+) [197 KB]
TimerMenu
An application that provides a switchable timer in the menubar, e.g. for counting work-time.
Download: TimerMenu Binary & Source Code (Universal, 10.4+) [44 KB]
SelectionFlasher
An application that lets the current foreground text selection flash in different colors when a hotkey is pressed.
Download: SelectionFlasher Binary & Source Code (Universal, 10.4+) [174 KB]Alternatives: None, but now Safari 3 has usable search-text highlighting built-in…
OmniExpose
An application that extends the Exposé feature to include applications that are currently hidden.
Download: OmniExpose Binary & Source Code (Universal, 10.4+) [212 KB]
Leaker
An application for showing the number and size of the memory leaks in all running processes.
Download: Leaker Binary & Source Code (Universal, 10.4+) [134 KB]
LayoutTest
Source code for verifying whether a large number of dynamic strings in numerous translations fit their text fields.
Download: LayoutTest Binary & Source Code (Universal, 10.6+) [63 KB]
Updater
An application for developers that does incremental application-patching.
Download: Updater Binary & Source Code (Universal, 10.4+) [156 KB]
Translator
An application for developers that can create localization string files for MainMenu.xib.
Download: Translator Binary & Source Code (10.7+) [1.5 MB]
iRipDVD
An application for converting Video-DVDs to high-quality MPEG4 video files.
Download: iRipDVD Source Code (No executable binary for legal reasons) [144 KB]Alternatives: HandBrake…
STOCKings
An application to observe european stock markets right from the menubar.
Download: STOCKings Source Code(No executable binary since you can only use it legally if you have written permission from the data provider finanzen.net)
