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Linux-app projects on GitHub

Desktop applications distributed for Linux

As of , the most-starred Linux-app projects on GitHub are clash-verge-rev (152.3K stars), ghostty (62.4K stars) and etcher (34.6K stars). GitHub.Locker tracks 41 Linux-app repositories with 566.5K stars combined. The fastest-growing on October 18 was clash-verge-rev, with +256 stars in a day.

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clash-verge-rev

clash-verge-rev/clash-verge-rev · ★ 152.3K

Clash Verge Rev is a modern desktop GUI client for the Clash Meta (mihomo) proxy core, letting you manage proxy configurations visually on Windows, macOS, and Linux.

+201

gow3_pc

FelipePrado0/gow3_pc · ★ 3.4K

A Windows (and experimental Linux) port of God of War III Remastered, a PlayStation 4 game, that lets you run your own legally-owned copy of the game on a PC with a launcher, in-game menu, cheats and performance patches.

+151

airgorah

martin-olivier/airgorah · ★ 4.4K

Airgorah is a WiFi security auditing tool written in Rust that captures nearby WiFi traffic, discovers clients connected to access points, performs deauthentication attacks, captures handshakes and PMKIDs, and cracks access point passwords.

+93

bloodborne_pc

deadinside28/bloodborne_pc · ★ 3.3K

bbport is a native Linux port of Bloodborne (CUSA03173, v1.09) that runs the original PS4 executable directly on an x86-64 Linux PC. It isn't a general emulator — the game's own code executes natively, a small custom runtime replaces the PS4 system libraries, and a Vulkan renderer derived from shadPS4 handles the GPU side, including temporal upscaling with FSR 3.1/4/4.1.1.

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41 projects · by stars

  1. #1 · clash-verge-rev/clash-verge-rev

    clash-verge-rev

    Clash Verge Rev is a modern desktop GUI client for the Clash Meta (mihomo) proxy core, letting you manage proxy configurations visually on Windows, macOS, and Linux.

    152.3K
  2. #2 · ghostty-org/ghostty

    ghostty

    Ghostty is a terminal emulator built around ending the usual trade-off: the README says other emulators force you to choose between speed, features, or native UIs, and Ghostty provides all three.

    62.4K
  3. #3 · balena-io/etcher

    etcher

    Etcher is an open-source OS image flasher: it safely writes OS images to SD cards and USB drives, turning them into bootable media in a couple of clicks.

    34.6K
  1. 4

    librepods

    30.4Klibrepods-org/librepods · Kotlin

    LibrePods is an app that unlocks AirPods features normally exclusive to Apple devices on Linux and Android — noise control modes, ear detection, battery status, head gestures, conversational awareness and more.

  2. 5

    SteamTools

    27.2KBeyondDimension/SteamTools · C#

    Watt Toolkit (formerly Steam++) is an open-source, cross-platform multi-functional Steam and gaming toolbox. Version 3.0 ships its features as default plugins — network acceleration, account switching, inventory management, local authenticator tokens and game tools — which you can remove or disable.

  3. 6

    Awesome-Linux-Software

    25.6Kluong-komorebi/Awesome-Linux-Software · HTML

    A curated community list of Linux applications and tools for everyday users and developers — a catalog you browse to discover software, not a program you install.

  4. 7

    superfile

    23.9Kyorukot/superfile · Go

    A pretty and modern terminal file manager — a keyboard-driven TUI app written in Go for browsing and managing files right from your shell.

  5. 8

    beekeeper-studio

    23.8Kbeekeeper-studio/beekeeper-studio · TypeScript

    Beekeeper Studio is a cross-platform SQL editor and database manager for MySQL, Postgres, SQLite, SQL Server, and many other databases, built to feel fast and uncluttered compared to other GUI DB tools.

  6. 9

    winboat

    23.2Kwinboat-org/winboat · TypeScript

    WinBoat is a free, open-source Linux app that runs Windows applications with seamless desktop integration — each Windows app appears as a native OS-level window next to your Linux apps.

  7. 10

    moonlight-qt

    19.1Kmoonlight-stream/moonlight-qt · C++

    An open source client that streams games from your own PC to another screen using NVIDIA GameStream or Sunshine, with hardware-accelerated video and gamepad support.

  8. 11

    winapps

    16.1Kwinapps-org/winapps · Shell

    WinApps runs Windows applications like Microsoft 365 and Adobe Creative Cloud on GNU/Linux with GNOME, KDE Plasma or XFCE, presenting them as if they were native apps, complete with shortcuts in your application menu.

  9. 12

    electerm

    15.4Kelecterm/electerm · JavaScript

    Electerm is a free, open-source desktop app that bundles a terminal with SSH, SFTP, FTP, Telnet, serial port, RDP, VNC, and Spice clients into one window.

  10. 13

    ImageGlass

    14.7Kd2phap/ImageGlass · C#

    ImageGlass is a fast, open-source, cross-platform image viewer that supports 90+ formats, including WEBP, GIF, SVG, AVIF, JXL, and HEIC, for smooth browsing on Windows, macOS, and Linux.

  11. 14

    opensnitch

    14.2Kevilsocket/opensnitch · Python

    OpenSnitch is an interactive application firewall for GNU/Linux, inspired by macOS's 'Little Snitch', that lets you see and approve or block each app's outgoing connections in real time.

  12. 15

    tg-ws-proxy

    10.6KFlowseal/tg-ws-proxy · Python

    TG WS Proxy is a local MTProto proxy for Telegram Desktop that speeds up or partially bypasses Telegram's blocking by routing traffic through WebSocket (TLS) connections, without relying on any third-party servers.

  13. 16

    ytDownloader

    10.5Kaandrew-me/ytDownloader · JavaScript

    ytDownloader is a desktop app with a graphical interface for downloading video and audio from the web — no command line needed.

  14. 17

    easyeffects

    10.4Kwwmm/easyeffects · HTML

    Easy Effects is a Linux audio app that applies studio-style effects — equalizer, compressor, limiter, autogain and 30+ more — to your applications' sound via PipeWire. It was formerly known as PulseEffects.

  15. 18

    OrcaSlicer-bambulab

    7.2KFULU-Foundation/OrcaSlicer-bambulab · C++

    This is a fork of OrcaSlicer, the 3D-printing slicer, that restores full BambuNetwork support for Bambu Lab printers so you can print over the internet instead of being stuck with LAN-only mode.

  16. 19

    ProxyBridge

    6.8KInterceptSuite/ProxyBridge · C

    ProxyBridge is a cross-platform proxy client that transparently redirects TCP and UDP traffic from specific Windows/macOS/Linux applications through SOCKS5 or HTTP proxies, acting as an open-source alternative to Proxifier.

  17. 20

    Mouser

    5.3KTomBadash/Mouser · Python

    Mouser is a lightweight, open-source, fully local app for remapping Logitech HID++ mice (like the MX Master and MX Anywhere series), built as a free alternative to Logitech Options+.

  18. 21

    airgorah

    4.4Kmartin-olivier/airgorah · Rust

    Airgorah is a WiFi security auditing tool written in Rust that captures nearby WiFi traffic, discovers clients connected to access points, performs deauthentication attacks, captures handshakes and PMKIDs, and cracks access point passwords.

  19. 22

    lap

    4Kjulyx10/lap · Vue

    Lap is an open-source, local-first photo manager for macOS, Windows, and Linux that lets you browse family albums, find old photos quickly, and organize large personal media libraries entirely offline.

  20. 23

    gow3_pc

    3.4KFelipePrado0/gow3_pc · C++

    A Windows (and experimental Linux) port of God of War III Remastered, a PlayStation 4 game, that lets you run your own legally-owned copy of the game on a PC with a launcher, in-game menu, cheats and performance patches.

  21. 24

    bloodborne_pc

    3.3Kdeadinside28/bloodborne_pc · C++

    bbport is a native Linux port of Bloodborne (CUSA03173, v1.09) that runs the original PS4 executable directly on an x86-64 Linux PC. It isn't a general emulator — the game's own code executes natively, a small custom runtime replaces the PS4 system libraries, and a Vulkan renderer derived from shadPS4 handles the GPU side, including temporal upscaling with FSR 3.1/4/4.1.1.

  22. 25

    deepseek-harness-desktop

    3.2Kdsh-tauri/deepseek-harness-desktop · TypeScript

    DeepSeek Harness Desktop is a native desktop wrapper for the DeepSeek Harness (dsh) AI agent CLI, built with Tauri so it ships as an 8MB installer with zero manual environment setup on Windows, macOS, and Linux.

  23. 26

    disktree

    3.1Ktobi/disktree · Rust

    disktree is a treemap visualizer for finding what is filling up your disk: it draws every directory as a nested mosaic sized by how much space it actually uses, lets you mark files or folders for removal, and keeps the free space of the whole volume in view the whole time.

  24. 27

    pt-pc

    2KLoreanXavier/pt-pc · C++

    A native PC port of P.T., the 2014 PS4 teaser by Kojima Productions. It is not an emulator: the game logic was rebuilt in C++ and the renderer is written in Vulkan, while every asset (levels, models, textures, sounds, scripts, cutscenes) is read at runtime from your own copy of the PS4 game.

  25. 28

    ISpotify

    1.9KRubinLabs26/ISpotify · Python

    iSpotify is a local-first desktop app for Windows and Linux that lets you search for songs and playlists, download them as MP3s, and play your library back offline.

  26. 29

    OpenCE

    1.7KOpenCommunityEdition/OpenCE · C

    OpenCE is a port of the Halo: Combat Evolved decompilation (originally for the original Xbox) to Linux, Windows and Android, letting the game run natively on those platforms.

  27. 30

    WindInput

    1.2Khuanfeng/WindInput · Rust

    WindInput (清风输入法) is a lightweight, open-source Chinese input method engine written in Rust, built specifically for Wubi and other table-based input schemes while also supporting full pinyin and double pinyin, running on Windows, macOS and Linux.

  28. 31

    stemkit

    1.1Kdanielravina/stemkit · TypeScript

    StemKit splits any YouTube song into isolated stems — vocals, drums, bass, guitar, piano and more — running entirely on your own machine, with a mini DAW-style player to mix/mute/solo each stem.

  29. 32

    flea

    821thisisgm/flea · QML

    Flea is a fast, keyboard-first GUI file manager built specifically for Omarchy, pairing a Rust backend with a Quickshell (QML) interface that follows your Omarchy theme.

  30. 33

    AppMarket

    458YXBwbWFya2V0/AppMarket · Kotlin

    AppMarket is a cross-platform app store client built with Kotlin Multiplatform that aggregates several Chinese Android app stores (Xiaomi, vivo, OPPO, Huawei, Honor, Samsung, TapTap, Wandoujia) so you can search, download and update apps from one place on Android or desktop.

  31. 34

    Spun

    446yappologistic/Spun · C++

    Spun is a desktop music player for Linux that shows your album art spinning on a CD, vinyl record, or cassette, and can either play local music files or control Apple Music playback through the Cider client.

  32. 35

    course2md

    439mizorewww/course2md · Rust

    course2md turns YouTube, Bilibili, or local course and meeting video recordings into slide-illustrated Markdown and HTML lecture notes, capturing a screenshot whenever the slide changes and placing the transcript underneath it.

  33. 36

    omarchy-meeting-recorder

    389jankeesvw/omarchy-meeting-recorder · Rust

    Meeting Recorder is a desktop app for Omarchy that records your microphone and computer audio as two separate tracks, then produces a transcript with speaker labels, chapters and a built-in player.

  34. 37

    mocktail

    342komaruworld/mocktail · C++

    Mocktail is an experimental compatibility runtime that runs the Android x86-64 Roblox client on Linux, and even on FreeBSD via its Linuxulator. It implements the Android ABI/JNI pieces the client needs and hooks them up to SDL3 and Vulkan or OpenGL on the host side.

  35. 38

    exodium

    336tvollstaedt/exodium · Rust

    Exodium is a cross-platform native frontend for the eXoDOS DOS game collection, letting you browse and stream over 9,000 preserved DOS games without downloading the full ~500GB torrent upfront.

  36. 39

    GoLiveBypass

    274bezumiya/GoLiveBypass · TypeScript

    GoLiveBypass is a tool that restores Discord's Go Live screen share and camera for users connecting from Brazil, by routing the Discord process through a non-Brazilian exit (Tor, a tested free proxy, or a private WireGuard/ProtonVPN tunnel) so Discord's servers no longer see a Brazilian IP.

  37. 40

    hearthstone-linux-gui

    217DawnMagnet/hearthstone-linux-gui · Rust

    It is a native GTK4 desktop manager for installing, updating, logging into, and launching Hearthstone on Linux, written in Rust.

  38. 41

    omastorm

    168wesleygrimes/omastorm · Rust

    Omastorm is a live weather radar for the Omarchy desktop: a radar popover next to the clock in your bar that expands into a full window, built with Rust and Quickshell.

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