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1-60 of 1,412 projects
177,840 stars

flutter/flutter

Flutter makes it easy and fast to build beautiful apps for mobile and beyond

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Stars177,840
90,244 stars

PanJiaChen/vue-element-admin

:tada: A magical vue admin https://panjiachen.github.io/vue-element-admin

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Stars90,244
62,193 stars

jgraph/drawio-desktop

Official electron build of draw.io

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Stars62,193
44,989 stars

GitSquared/edex-ui

A cross-platform, customizable science fiction terminal emulator with advanced monitoring & touchscreen support.

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Stars44,989
41,000 stars

Bin-Huang/chatbox

Chatbox is a desktop client for ChatGPT, Claude and other LLMs, available on Windows, Mac, Linux

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Stars41,000
37,249 stars

DioxusLabs/dioxus

Fullstack app framework for web, desktop, and mobile.

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Stars37,249
36,935 stars

zadam/trilium

Build your personal knowledge base with Trilium Notes

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Stars36,935
35,264 stars

wailsapp/wails

Create beautiful applications using Go

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Stars35,264
33,639 stars

SerenityOS/serenity

The Serenity Operating System 🐞

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Stars33,639
32,360 stars

telegramdesktop/tdesktop

Telegram Desktop messaging app

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Stars32,360
31,171 stars

AvaloniaUI/Avalonia

Develop Desktop, Embedded, Mobile and WebAssembly apps with C# and XAML. The future of .NET UI

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Stars31,171
28,306 stars

Anuken/Mindustry

The automation tower defense RTS

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Stars28,306
23,260 stars

slint-ui/slint

Slint is an open-source declarative GUI toolkit to build native user interfaces for Rust, C++, JavaScript, or Python apps.

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Stars23,260
21,690 stars

desktop/desktop

Focus on what matters instead of fighting with Git.

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Stars21,690
21,603 stars

eclipse-theia/theia

Eclipse Theia is a cloud & desktop IDE framework implemented in TypeScript.

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Stars21,603
19,222 stars

JetBrains/compose-multiplatform

Compose Multiplatform, a modern UI framework for Kotlin that makes building performant and beautiful user interfaces easy and enjoyable.

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Stars19,222
19,219 stars

rocksdanister/lively

Free and open-source software that allows users to set animated desktop wallpapers and screensavers powered by WinUI 3.

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Stars19,219
18,320 stars

ruffle-rs/ruffle

A Flash Player emulator written in Rust

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Stars18,320
16,709 stars

stascorp/rdpwrap

RDP Wrapper Library

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Stars16,709
16,424 stars

signalapp/Signal-Desktop

A private messenger for Windows, macOS, and Linux.

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Stars16,424
15,576 stars

infinitered/reactotron

A desktop app for inspecting your React JS and React Native projects. macOS, Linux, and Windows.

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Stars15,576
15,214 stars

Flow-Launcher/Flow.Launcher

:mag: Quick file search & app launcher for Windows with community-made plugins

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Stars15,214
14,629 stars

konvajs/konva

Konva.js is an HTML5 Canvas JavaScript framework that extends the 2d context by enabling canvas interactivity for desktop and mobile applications.

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Stars14,629
14,371 stars

dail8859/NotepadNext

A cross-platform, reimplementation of Notepad++

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Stars14,371
13,467 stars

facebook/flipper

A desktop debugging platform for mobile developers.

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Stars13,467
13,461 stars

FreeRDP/FreeRDP

FreeRDP is a free remote desktop protocol library and clients

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Stars13,461
13,336 stars

bitwarden/clients

Bitwarden client apps (web, browser extension, desktop, and cli).

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Stars13,336
13,277 stars

Zettlr/Zettlr

Your One-Stop Publication Workbench

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Stars13,277
12,965 stars

keeweb/keeweb

Free cross-platform password manager compatible with KeePass

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Stars12,965
12,549 stars

elkowar/eww

ElKowars wacky widgets

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Stars12,549
12,198 stars

Manisso/fsociety

fsociety Hacking Tools Pack – A Penetration Testing Framework

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Stars12,198
11,690 stars

leanote/leanote

Not Just A Notepad! (golang + mongodb) http://leanote.org

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Stars11,690
11,359 stars

listen1/listen1_desktop

one for all free music in china (Windows, Mac, Linux desktop)

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Stars11,359
11,200 stars

Shabinder/SpotiFlyer

Kotlin Multiplatform Music Downloader, Supports Spotify / Gaana / Youtube Music / Jio Saavn / SoundCloud.

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Stars11,200
10,985 stars

yairm210/Unciv

Open-source Android/Desktop remake of Civ V

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Stars10,985
10,893 stars

kusti8/proton-native

A React environment for cross platform desktop apps

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Stars10,893
10,620 stars

popcorn-official/popcorn-desktop

Popcorn Time is a multi-platform, free software BitTorrent client that includes an integrated media player ( Windows / Mac / Linux ) A Butter-Project Fork

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Stars10,620
10,115 stars

devhubapp/devhub

TweetDeck for GitHub - Filter Issues, Activities & Notifications - Web, Mobile & Desktop with 99% code sharing between them

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Stars10,115
9,536 stars

yang991178/fluent-reader

Modern desktop RSS reader built with Electron, React, and Fluent UI

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Stars9,536
9,225 stars

nodegui/nodegui

A library for building cross-platform native desktop applications with Node.js and CSS 🚀. React NodeGui : https://react.nodegui.org and Vue NodeGui: https://vue.nodegui.org

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Stars9,225
8,797 stars

ublue-os/bazzite

Bazzite makes gaming and everyday use smoother and simpler across desktop PCs, handhelds, tablets, and home theater PCs.

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Stars8,797
8,663 stars

Nickersoft/push.js

The world's most versatile desktop notifications framework :earth_americas:

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Stars8,663
8,338 stars

mockoon/mockoon

Mockoon is the easiest and quickest way to run mock APIs locally. No remote deployment, no account required, open source.

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Stars8,338
8,199 stars

MarshallOfSound/Google-Play-Music-Desktop-Player-UNOFFICIAL-

A beautiful cross platform Desktop Player for Google Play Music

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Stars8,199
8,172 stars

TheAssassin/AppImageLauncher

Helper application for Linux distributions serving as a kind of "entry point" for running and integrating AppImages

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Stars8,172
8,044 stars

revery-ui/revery

:zap: Native, high-performance, cross-platform desktop apps - built with Reason!

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Stars8,044
7,983 stars

Squirrel/Squirrel.Windows

An installation and update framework for Windows desktop apps

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Stars7,983
7,839 stars

containers/podman-desktop

Podman Desktop - A graphical tool for developing on containers and Kubernetes

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Stars7,839
7,765 stars

microsoft/microsoft-ui-xaml

WinUI: a modern UI framework with a rich set of controls and styles to build dynamic and high-performing Windows applications.

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Stars7,765
7,741 stars

electron/fiddle

:electron: 🚀 The easiest way to get started with Electron

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Stars7,741
7,661 stars

hrvach/deskhop

Fast Desktop Switching Device

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Stars7,661
7,604 stars

ElectronNET/Electron.NET

:electron: Build cross platform desktop apps with ASP.NET Core (Razor Pages, MVC, Blazor).

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Stars7,604
7,538 stars

netblue30/firejail

Linux namespaces and seccomp-bpf sandbox

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Stars7,538
7,388 stars

mullvad/mullvadvpn-app

The Mullvad VPN client app for desktop and mobile

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Stars7,388
7,313 stars

TigerVNC/tigervnc

High performance, multi-platform VNC client and server

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Stars7,313
7,302 stars

Suwayomi/Suwayomi-Server

A rewrite of Tachiyomi for the Desktop

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Stars7,302
7,260 stars

GetPublii/Publii

The most intuitive Static Site CMS designed for SEO-optimized and privacy-focused websites.

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Stars7,260
7,205 stars

wxWidgets/wxWidgets

Cross-Platform C++ GUI Library

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Stars7,205
7,073 stars

os-js/OS.js

OS.js - JavaScript Web Desktop Platform

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Stars7,073
7,052 stars

google/flutter-desktop-embedding

Experimental plugins for Flutter for Desktop

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Stars7,052
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