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swellweb/targetBridge

Use your Intel iMac as an external display for Apple Silicon Macs — free, open source, via Thunderbolt Bridge

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How fast swellweb/targetBridge is gaining stars, and where it lands on Trendshift and GitHub Trending

Activity and trending

Stars, forks and merged pull requests each day or month, lined up with the repository's rank on Trendshift Trending

Aug 20 – Oct 19, 2026

Stars +106 in 61 days

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5

Forks +15 in 61 days

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2

Merged PRs 18 in 61 days

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Trendshift Trendingwhere the repository ranked each day it made the top 25

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Stars, forks, merged pull requests and Trendshift Trending rank, by day
DayStars gainedForks gainedMerged PRs
Thu, Aug 20, 2026+1+00
Fri, Aug 21, 2026+3+00
Sat, Aug 22, 2026+4+10
Sun, Aug 23, 2026+1+00
Mon, Aug 24, 2026+1+00
Tue, Aug 25, 2026+1+00
Wed, Aug 26, 2026+1+00
Thu, Aug 27, 2026+1+10
Fri, Aug 28, 2026+4+20
Sat, Aug 29, 2026+3+21
Sun, Aug 30, 2026+3+00
Mon, Aug 31, 2026+0+00
Tue, Sep 1, 2026+0+00
Wed, Sep 2, 2026+0+00
Thu, Sep 3, 2026+1+00
Fri, Sep 4, 2026+0+00
Sat, Sep 5, 2026+1+01
Sun, Sep 6, 2026+0+00
Mon, Sep 7, 2026+3+00
Tue, Sep 8, 2026+3+00
Wed, Sep 9, 2026+3+00
Thu, Sep 10, 2026+1+00
Fri, Sep 11, 2026+5+00
Sat, Sep 12, 2026+2+00
Sun, Sep 13, 2026+2+00
Mon, Sep 14, 2026+2+04
Tue, Sep 15, 2026+2+00
Wed, Sep 16, 2026+1+00
Thu, Sep 17, 2026+3+00
Fri, Sep 18, 2026+3+00
Sat, Sep 19, 2026+0+00
Sun, Sep 20, 2026+4+00
Mon, Sep 21, 2026+2+00
Tue, Sep 22, 2026+2+00
Wed, Sep 23, 2026+5+10
Thu, Sep 24, 2026+0+00
Fri, Sep 25, 2026+0+00
Sat, Sep 26, 2026+1+20
Sun, Sep 27, 2026+1+00
Mon, Sep 28, 2026+2+00
Tue, Sep 29, 2026+0+00
Wed, Sep 30, 2026+1+00
Thu, Oct 1, 2026+2+23
Fri, Oct 2, 2026+2+10
Sat, Oct 3, 2026+0+10
Sun, Oct 4, 2026+3+00
Mon, Oct 5, 2026+0+00
Tue, Oct 6, 2026+0+00
Wed, Oct 7, 2026+0+00
Thu, Oct 8, 2026+2+00
Fri, Oct 9, 2026+2+00
Sat, Oct 10, 2026+1+00
Sun, Oct 11, 2026+2+00
Mon, Oct 12, 2026+3+11
Tue, Oct 13, 2026+2+00
Wed, Oct 14, 2026+3+12
Thu, Oct 15, 2026+2+00
Fri, Oct 16, 2026+2+06
Sat, Oct 17, 2026+3+00
Sun, Oct 18, 2026+0+00
Mon, Oct 19, 2026+4+00
Total+106+1518
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    • GitHub trending history

    Where the repository ranked on GitHub Trending, one dot for each day it was on a list

    Swift

    Aug 30, 2026Best #17

    #1#5#10#15#20#25
    Top 10
    Aug 30, 2026
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    Mentions and achievements

    Where people are talking about swellweb/targetBridge, and every badge it has earned
    1. Jul 211 post

      • [OS] TargetBridge 3.2.0 — use a supported Intel iMac as a display for another Mac

        Read full on Reddit

        r/iMac

    2. Jul 201 post

      • TargetBridge – use a compatible Intel iMac as a display for a Mac

        Read full on Hacker News

        Hacker News

    3. 9 days earlier
    4. Jul 111 post

      • Show HN: TargetBridge – Use an Intel iMac as a Thunderbolt Display Apple Macs

        Read full on Hacker News

        Hacker News

    5. Jul 91 post

      • Using my 27" 5K iMac as an external monitor

        Read full on Reddit

        r/MacOS

    6. 2 months earlier
    7. May 201 post

      • TargetBridge - Use an Intel iMac as an external display for an Apple Silicon Mac. Free, no dongle, via Thunderbolt Bridge

        Read full on X, posted by @hexawow

        @hexawow · x.com

    8. May 191 post

      • I built a free open-source tool that turns an Intel iMac into a 5K Thunderbolt display for Apple Silicon Macs

        Read full on Reddit

        r/Thunderbolt

    9. May 162 posts

      • swellweb/targetBridge: Use your Intel iMac as an external display for Apple Silicon Macs — free, open source, via Thunderbolt Bridge

        Read full on X, posted by @osagasikun3

        @osagasikun3 · x.com

      • Free and open source replacement for Target Display Mode — use your Intel iMac as an external display for Apple Silicon Macs

        Read full on Reddit

        r/MacOS

    10. May 141 post

      • Free software replacement for Target Display Mode – Intel iMac + Apple Silicon MacBook

        Read full on Reddit

        r/iMac

    11. 19 days earlier
    12. Apr 251 post

      • Is there an explainer somewhere about why @Apple no longer @AppleSupport s perfectly functional #imac s with new #OSX, & won't even allow you to use them for monitors for new mac minis? Are they…

        Read full on X, posted by @j2bryson

        @j2bryson · x.com

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