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Top Swift repositories on GitHub

Apple's primary language for iOS, macOS, and server-side applications.

Ranked by stars across 8,011 Swift repositories on GitHub. Refreshed daily.

  1. 1
    jaywcjlove/awesome-mac★ 103,445 · ⑂ 7,711

     This project is dedicated to collecting high-quality macOS software and organizing them systematically by different categories for easy search and use.

    • macos
    • software
    • mac
    • mac-osx
    • awesome
    • macosx
  2. 2
    swiftlang/swift★ 69,965 · ⑂ 10,712

    The Swift Programming Language

  3. 3
    vsouza/awesome-ios★ 52,093 · ⑂ 6,954

    A curated list of awesome iOS ecosystem, including Objective-C and Swift Projects

    • awesome
    • swift-library
    • swift-extensions
    • swift-framework
    • ios-animation
    • ios
  4. 4
    iina/iina★ 44,754 · ⑂ 2,811

    The modern video player for macOS.

    • macos
    • video-player
    • swift
    • video
    • mpv
    • hacktoberfest
  5. 5
    Alamofire/Alamofire★ 42,372 · ⑂ 7,653

    Elegant HTTP Networking in Swift

    • networking
    • urlsession
    • urlrequest
    • httpurlresponse
    • request
    • response
  6. 6
    exelban/stats★ 38,575 · ⑂ 1,298

    macOS system monitor in your menu bar

    • macos
    • monitor
    • cpu
    • gpu
    • disk
    • network
  7. 7
    utmapp/UTM★ 33,964 · ⑂ 1,703

    Virtual machines for iOS and macOS

    • utm
    • qemu
    • jailbreak
    • virtual-machines
    • apple
    • vm
  8. 8
    MonitorControl/MonitorControl★ 33,111 · ⑂ 960

    🖥 Control your display's brightness & volume on your Mac as if it was a native Apple Display. Use Apple Keyboard keys or custom shortcuts. Shows the native macOS OSDs.

    • macos
    • keyboard
    • brightness
    • volume
    • external-monitor
    • m1
  9. 9
    shadowsocks/ShadowsocksX-NG★ 32,884 · ⑂ 7,814

    Next Generation of ShadowsocksX

    • shadowsocks
    • swift
    • macos
    • shadowsocksx-ng
    • v2ray-plugin
    • kcptun
  10. 10
    kodecocodes/swift-algorithm-club★ 29,104 · ⑂ 4,968

    Algorithms and data structures in Swift, with explanations!

    • swift
    • data-structures
    • algorithms
  11. 11
    rxhanson/Rectangle★ 29,001 · ⑂ 922

    Move and resize windows on macOS with keyboard shortcuts and snap areas

  12. 12
    ChartsOrg/Charts★ 28,002 · ⑂ 6,009

    Beautiful charts for iOS/tvOS/OSX! The Apple side of the crossplatform MPAndroidChart.

  13. 13
    jordanbaird/Ice★ 27,794 · ⑂ 700

    Powerful menu bar manager for macOS

    • macos
    • menubar
    • statusbar
    • swift
    • swiftui
    • utility
  14. 14
    airbnb/lottie-ios★ 26,737 · ⑂ 3,830

    An iOS library to natively render After Effects vector animations

    • animation
    • bodymovin
    • ios-animation
    • ios
    • transition-animation
    • keyframes
  15. 15
    apple/container★ 26,373 · ⑂ 745

    A tool for creating and running Linux containers using lightweight virtual machines on a Mac. It is written in Swift, and optimized for Apple silicon.

  16. 16
    vapor/vapor★ 26,055 · ⑂ 1,513

    💧 A server-side Swift HTTP web framework.

    • vapor
    • swift
    • server-side-swift
    • web-framework
    • server
    • framework
  17. 17
    permissionlesstech/bitchat★ 25,805 · ⑂ 2,436

    bluetooth mesh chat, IRC vibes

  18. 18
    ReactiveX/RxSwift★ 24,647 · ⑂ 4,165

    Reactive Programming in Swift

    • swift
    • reactivex
    • reactive
    • ios
    • unidirectional
    • observer
  19. 19
    onevcat/Kingfisher★ 24,320 · ⑂ 2,755

    A lightweight, pure-Swift library for downloading and caching images from the web.

    • swift
    • kingfisher
    • image
    • cache
    • filters
    • image-processor
  20. 20
    SwiftyJSON/SwiftyJSON★ 22,954 · ⑂ 3,431

    The better way to deal with JSON data in Swift.

    • swiftyjson
    • json
    • swift
    • response
    • request
    • carthage
  21. 21
    CodeEditApp/CodeEdit★ 22,834 · ⑂ 1,161

    📝 CodeEdit App for macOS – Elevate your code editing experience. Open source, free forever.

    • macos
    • apple
    • code-edit
    • swift
    • swiftui
    • ios
  22. 22
    HeroTransitions/Hero★ 22,451 · ⑂ 1,735

    Elegant transition library for iOS & tvOS

    • animation
    • custom-transitions
    • swift
    • ios
    • ios-animation
    • ios-transition
  23. 23
    JohnCoates/Aerial★ 20,971 · ⑂ 1,045

    Apple TV Aerial Screensaver for Mac

  24. 24
    nikitabobko/AeroSpace★ 20,639 · ⑂ 512

    AeroSpace is an i3-like tiling window manager for macOS

    • i3wm
    • macos
    • tiling-window-manager
    • window-manager
    • i3
    • mac
  25. 25
    SnapKit/SnapKit★ 20,334 · ⑂ 2,043

    A Swift Autolayout DSL for iOS & OS X

    • auto
    • autolayout
    • snapkit
    • swift
    • xcode
    • dsl

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The list above ranks the most-starred public Swift repositories, drawn from the public GitHub graph. Across 8,011 Swift repositories in the public graph, the maintainers, top contributors, and recurring committers are a powerful signal for where Swift expertise lives.

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