Awesome-Apple
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A list of awesome 3rd party libraries and tools for Apple platform development, iOS and Mac. This is not an exhaustive list, just an opinionated set of resources. I highly recommend you check Github's 
Objective-C (https://github.com/trending?l=objective-c) and Swift (https://github.com/trending?l=swift) Trending Page often.

Libraries & Frameworks

iOS UI
⟡ DZNEmptyDataSet (https://github.com/dzenbot/DZNEmptyDataSet) Show an special image when no data is available
⟡ JVFloatLabeledTextField (https://github.com/jverdi/JVFloatLabeledTextField) Give context to iOS users' text fields
⟡ ClusterPrePermissions (https://github.com/clusterinc/ClusterPrePermissions) Ask for iOS permissions twice
⟡ Tweaks (https://github.com/facebook/Tweaks) Tweak parameters at runtime in app on iOS
⟡ M13ProgressSuite (https://github.com/Marxon13/M13ProgressSuite) A wide range of progress indicators for iOS
⟡ SpinKit (https://github.com/raymondjavaxx/SpinKit-ObjC) Several indeterminate loading spinners
⟡ MBProgressHUD (https://github.com/jdg/MBProgressHUD) For overlaying progress on top of a view controller
⟡ TTTAttributedLabel (https://github.com/TTTAttributedLabel/TTTAttributedLabel) Better attributed strings in UILabels
⟡ AsyncDisplayKit (https://github.com/facebook/AsyncDisplayKit) Asynchronous user interfaces built over UIKit

Mac UI
⟡ MASPreferences (https://github.com/shpakovski/MASPreferences) Preferences window for Mac Apps

Images
⟡ FLAnimatedImage (https://github.com/Flipboard/FLAnimatedImage) Performant GIFs for iOS
⟡ GPUImage (https://github.com/BradLarson/GPUImage) GPU based image and video processing for iOS
⟡ FastImageCache (https://github.com/path/FastImageCache) iOS library for quickly displaying images while scrolling
⟡ SDWebImage (https://github.com/rs/SDWebImage) Asynchronous image downloader with cache support for iOS 

Animation
⟡ Pop (https://github.com/facebook/pop) Extensible animation library for iOS and Mac
⟡ JazzHands (https://github.com/IFTTT/JazzHands) Key-frame based animation for iOS

Logging
⟡ CocoaLumberjack (https://github.com/CocoaLumberjack/CocoaLumberjack) Better logging for iOS and Mac

Model Programming
⟡ Mantle (https://github.com/Mantle/Mantle) Simple model layer library for Mac and iOS
⟡ Realm (https://github.com/realm/realm-cocoa) A new mobile-first database

Network Programming
⟡ GCDWebServer (https://github.com/swisspol/GCDWebServer) HTTP server for iOS and Mac
⟡ CocoaAsyncSocket (https://github.com/robbiehanson/CocoaAsyncSocket) TCP/IP socket server and consumer for iOS and Mac
⟡ Restkit (https://github.com/RestKit/RestKit) Transform REST API calls into models (including Core Data) for iOS and OSX
⟡ AFNetworking (https://github.com/AFNetworking/AFNetworking) "The" networking framework for iOS and OSX
⟡ AlamoFire (https://github.com/Alamofire/Alamofire) A networking framework for Swift, written by the creator of AFNetworking
⟡ Reachability (https://github.com/tonymillion/Reachability) Reachability class for iOS and OSX

Audio
⟡ AFSoundManager (https://github.com/AlvaroFranco/AFSoundManager) Easier local and streaming audio playback for iOS

Localization
⟡ TTTLocalizedPluralString (https://github.com/mattt/TTTLocalizedPluralString) Much easier pluralization for NSLocalizedString
⟡ InflectorKit (https://github.com/mattt/InflectorKit) Built in pluralization rules for a bunch of languages
⟡ FormatterKit (https://github.com/mattt/FormatterKit) stringWithFormat that localizes different types of data

Programming Helpers
⟡ Dollar.Swift (https://github.com/ankurp/Dollar.swift) Functional programming helpers for Swift
⟡ ObjectiveSugar (https://github.com/supermarin/ObjectiveSugar) Functional programming helpers for iOS
⟡ Reactive Cocoa (https://github.com/ReactiveCocoa/ReactiveCocoa) Functional Reactive Programming for iOS and Mac
⟡ libextobjc (https://github.com/jspahrsummers/libextobjc) Cocoa library to extend Objective-C
⟡ PromiseKit (https://github.com/mxcl/PromiseKit) Better asynchronousa programming with Promises for iOS (Obj-C and Swift)
⟡ DateTools (https://github.com/MatthewYork/DateTools) Helping out with date and times
⟡ KVOController (https://github.com/facebook/KVOController) Block based, easier, safer, KVO
⟡ PureLayout (https://github.com/smileyborg/PureLayout) Better programmatic Auto-Layout for iOS and Mac
⟡ SwiftyJSON (https://github.com/SwiftyJSON/SwiftyJSON) Handle JSON in Swift with ease

Testing
⟡ Quick (https://github.com/Quick/Quick) Behavior-Driven Development testing framework for Obj-C and Swift
⟡ Specta (https://github.com/specta/specta) Light weight TDD/BDD framework for Obj-C, built on top of XCTest
⟡ Expecta (https://github.com/specta/expecta/) A nice matching framework to make your tests more readable
⟡ OHHTTPStubs (https://github.com/AliSoftware/OHHTTPStubs) Stubs for web request unit testing
⟡ OCMock (https://github.com/erikdoe/ocmock) Mock objects for Objective-C unit testing

Misc
⟡ Sparkle (https://github.com/sparkle-project/Sparkle) An updating framework for Mac

Xcode Plugins
All plugins should be installed with Alcatraz (https://github.com/supermarin/Alcatraz), the package manager for Xcode.

⟡ FuzzyAutocomplete (https://github.com/FuzzyAutocomplete/FuzzyAutocompletePlugin) Fuzzy pattern matching for Xcode's autocomplete
⟡ Lin-Xcode5 (https://github.com/questbeat/Lin-Xcode5) Localization Manager for Xcode
⟡ LLDB-Quicklook (https://github.com/ryanolsonk/LLDB-QuickLook) Quicklook for a variety of additional types
⟡ KFCocoaPodsPlugin (https://github.com/ricobeck/KFCocoaPodsPlugin) Xcode Plugin for CocoaPods with pod commands/console output, user notifications & code completion
⟡ KSImageNamed (https://github.com/ksuther/KSImageNamed-Xcode) Xcode Plugin to autocomplete imageNamed: method calls
⟡ VVDocumentor (https://github.com/onevcat/VVDocumenter-Xcode) Get help writing documentation in Xcode

Tools & Developer Apps
⟡ Synx (https://github.com/venmo/synx) Sync project folders to Xcode groups
⟡ Dash (https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/dash-docs-snippets/id458034879?mt=12) A wonderful documentation app for the Mac with integration everywhere
⟡ CoocaPods (http://cocoapods.org/) A fantastic dependancy management system for iOS and Mac
⟡ Crashlytics (https://fabric.io/kits/ios/crashlytics) Crash reporting for iOS and Mac (and others)
⟡ Answers (https://answers.io/) Analytics for iOS (and others)

Websites and Resources
⟡ NSHipster (http://nshipster.com/) NSHipster is a journal of the overlooked bits in Objective-C, Swift, and Cocoa Updated weekly.
⟡ ObjC.io (http://www.objc.io/) A periodical about best practices and advanced techniques in Objective-C
⟡ Ray Wenderlich (http://www.raywenderlich.com/) Programming Tutorials focused on iOS
⟡ inessential (http://inessential.com/) Brent Simmons' blog (Programmer for Q Branch (http://vesperapp.co/))
⟡ mjtsai (http://mjtsai.com/blog/) Michael Tsai's blog
⟡ NSBlog (https://www.mikeash.com/pyblog/) Mike Ash's blog
⟡ Tumblr Developer Blog (http://cocoa.tumblr.com/) Blog brought to you by the iOS developers at Tumblr
⟡ Cocoa Controls (https://www.cocoacontrols.com/) iOS UI controls
⟡ Pttrns (http://www.pttrns.com/) iOS design inspiration

For more awesome lists, check out awesome-awesomeness (https://github.com/bayandin/awesome-awesomeness).

If you think anything essential is missing (should be relevant for most or all Apple platform developers) leave me an issue, and I'll take a look.