Braus is an Apache-2.0 open-source desktop agent for macOS 15+: a virtual-display workstation plus MCP lets Claude Code and Codex operate local apps that have no API. About 21 stars, latest v1.0-4.
House Control controls lights and AC through a live 3D model of your home, with Smart Life, Home Assistant, Hue and Apple Home support, in the Mac menu bar and on iPhone. About 520 stars, MIT, v1.0.0.
Magpie is an MIT-licensed local model gateway for coding agents: switch models from the menu bar while 127.0.0.1:3425 translates between OpenAI, Anthropic and Gemini APIs, with multi-account routing. About 13k stars.
Coucou is an MIT-licensed Mac notch companion that watches Claude Code, Codex, Cursor and more, and lets you approve requests from the notch or your iPhone or Android phone. Mac 0.4 adds dictation and meeting notes.
Strata is an MIT-licensed local inference engine that runs Qwen3.8-Flash-Next on consumer GPUs and serves a localhost API for coding agents. About 25k stars, but it needs 12 GB+ of VRAM and lots of RAM. Here’s the real cost.