I built a catalog of 1,800+ open-source Mac apps where every license comes from the actual LICENSE file

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https://openmacapps.com I wanted one place to find open-source Mac apps I could trust. The existing lists are a good start, but entries go stale, and "open source" sometimes means a license that forbids selling or commercial use. So I pulled 2,842 repositories from 11 lists and Homebrew's install data, and took each license from the LICENSE file instead of GitHub's license field. GitHub says NOASSERTION for Rectangle, Sequel Ace, CotEditor and HandBrake; the files say MIT, MIT, Apache-2.0 and GPL-2.0. What's there now: 1,869 apps; 32 use terms like Commons Clause, FSL or CC BY-NC, so they're labelled Source available and never counted as open source 571 install with one Homebrew command Downloads only from the developer's own release page or site Unmaintained apps are labelled instead of hidden Every app is a Markdown folder in a public repo (https://github.com/koative/openmacapps), so a wrong listing is one pull request away. Which app would you add first?   submitted by   /u/raelsei [link]   [comments]