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drduh/macOS-Security-and-Privacy-Guide

Rank not captured·Top 100·All-time stars·◐Cached ranking snapshot·Updated Sep 13, 2026

Community guide to securing and improving privacy on macOS.

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First read

Visible and active, but adoption proof is still thinner

drduh/macOS-Security-and-Privacy-Guide has enough public attention and recent movement to stay on the shortlist, but package usage is still partial, so the next step should be source and ecosystem validation rather than a quick yes.

Visible

22.5K public stars in the current GitStar snapshot.

Recognizable in the ecosystem

Active

Last commit Sep 13, 2026.

Fresh activity

Adopted

Treat stars as discovery context until a linked package appears.

No linked package mapping

Confidence

One or more key signals are partial, so GitStar keeps the interpretation conservative.

Partial snapshot

Snapshot facts

  • 22.5K stars
  • 1.5K forks
  • Last commit Sep 13, 2026
  • Package usage not mapped yet

Compare lens

lissy93/web-check and keepassxreboot/keepassxc are the closest comparison targets GitStar found. A side-by-side comparison usually tells you more than a single raw rank.

Signal trail

Trajectory

Read the recent motion first. This block is for deciding whether the repository still looks alive, compounding, or flattening before you trust stars alone.

Daily momentum
Recent momentum is not captured
Weekly momentum
Recent momentum is not captured
Monthly momentum
Recent momentum is not captured
Last commit
Sep 13, 2026

Package reality

No linked npm or PyPI package is mapped for this repository yet, so the page leans more heavily on GitHub-visible popularity and should be read more conservatively.

No linked package signal is expected for this project type, so the read leans more heavily on repository-level public signals.

Hype vs Reality
Insufficient Package Data
Package mapping
No linked package yet
Cross-links
Standalone repo read

Validation note

GitStar can summarize public signals for drduh/macOS-Security-and-Privacy-Guide, but the GitHub repository is still the primary place to confirm release cadence, issue activity, and maintainer intent.

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Why this rank

This repository stands out because it combines fresh update and stable visibility.

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Approximate star trajectory

Reconstructed from current stars and cached daily/weekly/monthly deltas.

Now: 22.5K
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Daily momentum
No signal
Weekly momentum
No signal
Monthly momentum
No signal
Signal mix (log-scaled for readability)
Current stars22.5K
🧭 Hype vs Reality
Insufficient Package Data

GitStar can see repository momentum, but it does not have a reliable linked package signal yet.

Treat stars and recent movement as discovery context only until npm or PyPI usage is available.

Status
Insufficient Package Data
Package footprint
No linked npm or PyPI usage signal
Method note
This label appears when GitStar cannot find strong enough package telemetry to compare attention against adoption. Compare it against other Shell repos before treating stars as a moat.
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Related alternative

lissy93/web-check

Shares the security category footprint with drduh/macOS-Security-and-Privacy-Guide, so the comparison is closer to a same-problem decision than a same-language coincidence.

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Shares the security category footprint with drduh/macOS-Security-and-Privacy-Guide, so the comparison is closer to a same-problem decision than a same-language coincidence.

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lissy93/personal-security-checklist

Shares the security category footprint with drduh/macOS-Security-and-Privacy-Guide, so the comparison is closer to a same-problem decision than a same-language coincidence.

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Shares the security category footprint with drduh/macOS-Security-and-Privacy-Guide, so the comparison is closer to a same-problem decision than a same-language coincidence.

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GitStar picked web-check + keepassxc as the closest next comparison from the related repository set.

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This page provides a quick overview of drduh/macOS-Security-and-Privacy-Guide based on GitStar's cached data. The signal chart reconstructs approximate checkpoints from current stars plus cached daily, weekly, and monthly star deltas, so it is best read as directional context rather than as a precise historical audit log.

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