Best open-source desktop apps for personal use

Open-source desktop applications for Windows, macOS and Linux.

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AI & LLM tooling 42Chat UIs 9Agents & frameworks 9Local inference 6RAG & vector DBs 2Coding assistants 15Agent skills 1MCP servers 2Developer tools 53Web frameworks 1Databases & backends 3Editors & IDEs 6API tools 3Self-hosted apps 25Notes & docs 15Automation 4Data & analytics 2Infra & DevOps 3Security & identity 13Communication 7Media & photos 42Design & creative 17

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Web 131Docker / self-host 220Desktop 173Mobile 45CLI 259Library / SDK 338Extension / plugin 66

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Leptonhackjutsu/Lepton

Snippet managerPersonalDeveloper toolsDesktop★ 10kMITcommit 3 weeks ago

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Mochi DiffusionMochiDiffusion/MochiDiffusion

Stable Diffusion on MacPersonalLocal inferenceMedia & photosDesktop★ 8kGPL-3.0commit 6 days ago

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Hypervercel/hyper

Terminal built on web technologiesPersonalDeveloper toolsDesktop★ 45kMITcommit 2 months ago

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GraphiteGraphiteEditor/Graphite

2D graphics editor with node-based workflowsPersonalDesign & creativeWebDesktop★ 27kApache-2.0commit 7 hours ago

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MacPassMacPass/MacPass

Native KeePass client for macOSPersonalSecurity & identityDesktop★ 6.9kcommit 2 days ago

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TrafficMonitorzhongyang219/TrafficMonitor

Network speed and CPU monitor for WindowsPersonalDeveloper toolsDesktop★ 46kcommit last week

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DuckStationstenzek/duckstation

Fast PlayStation 1 emulatorPersonalMedia & photosDesktop★ 11kcommit 4 days ago

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ProtonValveSoftware/Proton

Play Windows games on LinuxPersonalMedia & photosDesktop★ 33kcommit last month

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ZeroTierzerotier/ZeroTierOne

Virtual networks across the internetPersonalEnterpriseInfra & DevOpsDesktopCLI★ 17kcommit 3 months ago

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Blenderblender/blender

Free 3D creation suitePersonalMedia & photosDesign & creativeDesktop★ 21kcommit 2 hours ago

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Dolphindolphin-emu/dolphin

GameCube and Wii emulatorPersonalMedia & photosDesktopMobile★ 16kcommit 7 hours ago

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ExplorerPatchervalinet/ExplorerPatcher

Customize the Windows taskbar and Start menuPersonalDeveloper toolsDesktop★ 34kGPL-2.0commit 3 months ago

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StreamLensgetaxtools/StreamLens

Native desktop client for Apache KafkaPersonalEnterpriseDeveloper toolsDesktop★ 3commit 3 weeks ago

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AI & LLM tooling · 42Chat UIs · 9Agents & frameworks · 9Local inference · 6RAG & vector DBs · 2Coding assistants · 15Agent skills · 1MCP servers · 2Developer tools · 53Web frameworks · 1Databases & backends · 3Editors & IDEs · 6API tools · 3Self-hosted apps · 25Notes & docs · 15Automation · 4Data & analytics · 2Infra & DevOps · 3Security & identity · 13Communication · 7Media & photos · 42Design & creative · 17