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Native apps, utilities and tools for macOS, Windows, Linux and phones.
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- Gathin23/cleanyourtv
Debloats Android TV and Google TV sets over ADB by disabling preinstalled packages, reversibly, and provides a native tvOS-style home launcher with a dock, app grid and D-pad navigation. Includes ADB
- simbasjungles/free-my-tv
An open source home screen replacement for Google TV and Android TV that shows trending picks from the user's installed apps, weather, sunrise and sunset, and optional crypto prices. It can be reverte
- kksimp/Mac.apk
Alpha-stage macOS app that runs Android APKs natively on Apple Silicon Macs without an emulator or virtual machine. Apps run as macOS processes with GPU drawing, Dock icons and resizable windows. Requ
- KnifeLemon/Filee
Desktop file converter used by dragging files onto a format wheel that appears at the cursor. Converts images, PDF, Word, Excel, PowerPoint, HWP, video, audio, e-books, archives and more offline, with
- ELY-Open-Source/ElyOffice
Offline-first desktop office suite written in Rust with the GPUI framework. Includes apps for documents, spreadsheets, presentations, PDF editing with OCR and signatures, a Git client, and Markdown. D
- pengchujin/aerial-tv
给国产电视的一块干净桌面：参照 tvOS 设计的开源 Android TV 桌面，没有广告，开机自动接管。A tvOS-style launcher for Xiaomi, TCL and other China-market TVs.
- Saffsanity/sill
Shows a window or the whole desktop of a Mac live on an iPhone or iPad, and sends touch, trackpad, keyboard and Apple Pencil input back to the Mac. The Mac encodes the picture as HEVC and streams it o
- Ansub/tv-detox
A minimal, ad-free Android TV home screen with the apps, HDMI inputs and a clock, plus a prompt for Claude Code or Codex that guides cleaning up bloatware on an old TV. Apps are turned off rather than
- humblemuzzu/dumbtv
Shell scripts that configure an Amazon Fire TV over ADB without root: they disable about 65 telemetry, ACR and ad-related packages, uninstall ad-funded streaming apps on request, limit ad tracking, ru
- typecraft-dev/oma-cast
A Raycast-style launcher for the Omarchy Linux desktop. It searches installed apps, Omarchy menu actions and web-search fallbacks in one ranked list, learns from usage, and follows the Omarchy theme.
- harkhowalia-1/MacSubsystemForAndroid
A free, open-source macOS app for Apple silicon Macs that runs Android (LineageOS, no Google services) in a background virtual machine on Apple's Hypervisor framework. Each Android app opens in its ow
- ToomRamcharan/tv-vibehack
An Android TV and Google TV launcher replacement that runs without root. It offers a custom home screen with direct HDMI input switching via Realtek passthrough URIs, remote hotkey remapping through a
- YOURSJEYO/claude-switcher
Shell and SwiftUI tool for macOS that runs a set of environment checks before launching the Claude desktop app, reports failing items, and can switch between local account data snapshots. It includes
- domsvoboda/xodus-nexus
Linux launcher for Microsoft Store PC games with a store browser, unified library, install queue and per-game settings. Uses a patched Xodus backend for sign-in and license checks, plus a shared Proto
- bitwarden-app312/.gitp3d
Presents a download page for a Bitwarden desktop app for Mac and Windows, with a comparison table against 1Password and KeePassXC and a setup outline. The README links to an external download site rat
- EpicRealmTitle/call-of-duty-modern-warfare-4-fps-optimizer
Desktop tool for Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4 that claims to improve frame rates through process management, graphics adjustments, real-time FPS monitoring and per-session performance reports. The R
- markklab1903d9/CS2-FPS-Optimizer-Performance-Boost-Lag-Fix-Tool-2026
Optimizer for Counter-Strike 2 offering performance profiles, system and GPU tweaks, network settings, launch options and config backup. The README directs users to an external executable download and
- seedds/nxnative
Packs a user's own Nintendo Switch game files (NSP) and prod.keys into an unsigned iOS/iPadOS IPA that runs the game's native code on Apple chips, with Switch graphics translated to Metal. Requires a
- PC2005-cloud/dsh-pet
A transparent desktop pet plugin for DeepSeek Harness with idle and random animations, roaming, drag-and-throw physics, balance and work-status reactions, chat, and system notifications. Supports mult
- aicodeking/pandacode
A native desktop app that runs multiple coding agent CLIs side by side (Claude Code, Codex, OpenCode and others) with projects, Git, worktrees, a terminal and a browser in one window. Tasks are organi
- MyLuxy/overdrive
A homebrew game store for jailbroken PS5 consoles, listing over 1,800 games with search, filters, favorites and direct downloads to internal or USB storage. Includes in-app updates. Source was recover
- mihirgupta0900/tv-home
Debloats an Android TV or Google TV over ADB on Wi-Fi by disabling manufacturer bloat apps (reversibly, never uninstalling) and installs a minimal Apple TV-style home screen launcher with a dock and r
- Kruk2/jasna
Restores mosaics in videos and images using a BasicVSR++ model or a slower LTX model. Runs on NVIDIA or AMD GPUs and lets users restore only selected segments, with preview and live playback.
- TobiasVeiga00/soloist-mpris
Bridge that publishes Spotify's official Soloist headless player as an MPRIS player, so status bars, media keys and playerctl can read metadata and control playback. Includes an installer and systemd
- fyzugx/DEsk
A Wayland desktop environment for Linux with a realistic skeuomorphic style: windows are drawn as paper sheets on a desk, the dock is a drawer, apps are filed in bookshelf binders, and notifications a
- Apolinario-coder/SkyRecomp
Native Windows x86-64 port of The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword HD, built by statically recompiling AArch64 game code to C. Requires the user's own legally obtained game files. Uses Vulkan for graphi
- d2r-mythos/MythosLoader
A Windows launcher for running several Diablo II: Resurrected clients on one PC at the same time. It stores Battle.net logins on the site's own page, names each game window, and offers Find, Identify,
- fzn0x/mixmusic
MixMusic: Spotify and YouTube Music in one player. Open-source desktop music player for macOS, Windows & Linux: one search, one queue, mixed playlists, synced lyrics, and equalizer with community them
- mclhm8182/tvhome-zh
A launcher replacement for Android TV and Google TV with an Apple tvOS-style home screen: black background, bottom dock, focused app name at the top, and an app grid. Editable dock and wallpaper setti
- wieslawsoltes/FerroUI
A cross-platform retained-mode UI framework for Rust with a styled property system, data binding, XAML markup, control themes and a composition-based renderer. It is a port of Avalonia UI that keeps i
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