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klotzbrocken/RetroMac

Turn your Mac into a retro computer: real-time CRT/retro shaders and classic desktop themes (Mac OS 9, Windows XP, BeOS and more), as a macOS menu-bar app.

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How fast klotzbrocken/RetroMac is gaining stars, and where it lands on Trendshift and GitHub Trending

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

Aug 29 – Oct 26, 2026

Stars +60 in 59 days

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Forks +4 in 59 days

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Merged PRs 0 in 59 days

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Social mentions

Recent discussions about this repository across the web
  1. Sep 261 post

    • RetroMac 2.8: every Mac app now gets a themed title bar, from Snow Leopard traffic lights to Windows XP

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      r/MacOS

  2. Sep 231 post

    • [OS] RetroMac 2.8: a real Mac OS 9 Control Strip, Aqua traffic lights on your apps, and a fake Blue Screen of Death

      Read full on Reddit

      r/macapps

  3. 8 days earlier
  4. Sep 151 post

    • Built a Snow Leopard (and more) theme for modern macOS

      Read full on Reddit

      r/Skeuomorphism

  5. 10 days earlier
  6. Sep 51 post

    • RetroMac 2.8: Rebuilt Snow Leopard Theme with Exposé, Stacks, Dashboard on top of modern macOS

      Read full on Reddit

      r/MacOSApps

  7. 2 months earlier
  8. Jul 201 post

    • [Update] RetroMac 2.1: Turn your Mac into Snow Leopard, Mac OS 9, System 6, Win98, BeOS & more. Themes are more authentic now, with per-theme cursors & more

      Read full on Reddit

      r/macapps

  9. Jul 181 post

    • RetroMac 2.1: More authentic themes (new monochrome System 6, a truer Snow Leopard), living wallpaper, and per-theme cursors

      Read full on Reddit

      r/MacOS

  10. 20 days earlier
  11. Jun 281 post

    • A Doom desktop with an animated Doom Slayer Dock

      Read full on Reddit

      r/macgaming

  12. Jun 271 post

    • RetroMac, second release: turn your modern Mac into a CRT-era machine (Mac OS 9, Win98, BeOS… with real scanlines)

      Read full on Reddit

      r/MacOS

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