Awesome Mac

A curated collection of resources and projects focused on Mac.

Contents

• Awesome Mac
• Contents
• Reading and Writing Tools
  • Text Editors
  • Office
  • Markdown Tools
  • Note-taking
  • Journaling
  • Writing
  • Ebooks
  • RSS
  • Others
• Developer Tools
  • IDEs
  • Developer Utilities
  • Regular Expression Editors
  • API Development and Analysis
  • Network Analysis
  • Frameworks For Hybrid Applications
  • Version Control
  • Virtualization
  • Databases
  • Terminal Apps
• Design and Product
  • Design Tools
  • Prototyping and Mind-Mapping Tools
  • Screenshot Tools
  • Screen Recording
  • Other Tools
• AI Tools
• Communication
  • Collaboration and Team Tools
  • Email Clients
  • File Sharing
• Data Recovery Tools
• Audio and Video Tools
  • Audio Record and Process
• Download Management Tools
• Cloud Storage
• Input Methods
• Voice-to-Text
• Browsers
• Translation Tools
• Education
• Finance
• Encryption
• Security Tools
• Proxy and VPN Tools
• Utilities
  • Clipboard Tools
  • Menu Bar Tools
  • Cleanup and Uninstall
  • File Organization Tools
  • General Tools
  • To-Do Lists
  • Productivity
  • Window Management
  • Password Management
  • Finder Tools
  • Quality of Life Improvements
  • System Related Tools
• Gaming Software
• Remote Login Software
• QuickLook Plugins
• Third Party App Markets
  • Package Managers
• Mac App Download Sites
  • Genuine Sites
  • Pirated software download site blocklist
• Contributors
• License

Reading and Writing Tools

Applications to edit text, I suggest the open-source editors

Text Editors

• Aurora Editor - Lightweight Code Editor (IDE) for macOS.
• Bootstrap Studio - A powerful desktop app for creating responsive websites using the Bootstrap framework.
• Brackets - A modern, open source text editor that understands web design.
• CodeEdit - A lightweight, natively-built editor. Open source. Free forever.
• CotEditor - Lightweight plain-text editor for macOS.
• Cursor - AI code editor with autocomplete, chat, and coding agent features.
• Emacs - Popular Unix-based text editor for programmers and system administrators.
• Haystack Editor - Code editor with a canvas UI for better code understanding.
• Helix - A post-modern modal text editor.
• Itsypad - A tiny, fast scratchpad and clipboard manager for macOS.
• Lapce - Lightning-fast and powerful code editor.
• LightTable - The next generation code editor.
• LiteEdit - Fast, native macOS code editor under 1 MB — Swift and AppKit, no Electron.
• MacVim - the text editor Vim - for macOS.
• micro - Modern and intuitive terminal-based text editor.
• Neovim - Vim-fork focused on extensibility and usability.
• Nova - The beautiful, fast, flexible, native Mac code editor from Panic.
• Plain Text Editor - Simple distraction-free notepad.
• Sublime Text - Text editor with a fast interface and plugin ecosystem. For more plugins, check Sublime Text Plugins.
• SubEthaEdit - Powerful editor for writing, coding, and collaboration anytime, anywhere!
• TextMate - Editor that brings Apple’s approach to operating systems into the world of text editors.
• Tot - Tot is an elegant, simple way to collect & edit text. It’s your tiny text companion!
• Vim - An old terminal-based editor. For common plugins, check Vim Common Plugins.
• Vimr - Refined Vim Experience for OS X.
• Windsurf - AI code editor with agentic coding, autocomplete, and MCP support.
• Zed - A high-performance, multiplayer code editor from the creators of Atom and Tree-sitter.

Office

• Keynote - Build stunning presentations.
• LibreOffice - Free, open-source office software used and tested daily by a large community.
• Microsoft Office - Unmistakably Office, designed for Mac.
• Numbers - Create impressive spreadsheets.
• OnlyOffice - Office suite with document, spreadsheet, and presentation editors.
• Pages - Documents that stand apart.
• SoftMaker Office - A complete office suite that aims for full compatibility with Microsoft Office documents.
• WPS - Is a cross-platform office software suite.

Markdown Tools

• Archimedes - Native macOS Markdown editor geared toward mathematical writing with inline LaTeX support.
• Edmund - Minimal, native macOS Markdown editor with live preview; works with your existing files, no vault.
• EME - Open-source Markdown editor with an interface like Chrome.
• iA Writer - Writing app with an emphasis on simplicity and design.
• Imark - Open-source Markdown reader that stores your comments inside the document itself as HTML comments.
• LightPaper - Simple, beautiful, yet powerful text editor for your Mac.
• MacDown - Open source Markdown editor for macOS with live preview and HTML/PDF export.
• Marked 2 - This is the Markdown preview with an elegant and powerful set of tools for all writers.
• MarkText - Next generation markdown editor, running on platforms of MacOS Windows and Linux.
• MarkViewer - Markdown viewer and editor for macOS with AI-assisted editing.
• Marp - Markdown presentation writer with cross-platform support.
• Marxico - Delicate Markdown editor for Evernote. Reliable storage and sync.
• MWeb - Pro Markdown writing, and static blog generator App.
• Obsidian - A second brain, for you, forever.
• Pixley Reader - Reader for Markdown specs, docs, and changelogs generated by AI tools.
• Scratch - Lightweight, offline-first markdown notes app with WYSIWYG editing and local AI agent support.
• Typora - Truly minimal Markdown editor featuring seamless live preview.
• Ulysses - The Ultimate Writing App for Mac, iPad and iPhone.
• Zettlr - A markdown editor for the 21st century.

Note-taking

• Affine - Affine is the next-generation collaborative knowledge base for professionals.
• Agenda - Date-focused note taking app for both planning and documenting your projects.
• Anytype - Local-first note-taking and knowledge management app.
• AppFlowy - Open-source alternative to Notion.
• Bear Writer - Beautiful, flexible writing app for crafting notes and prose.
• Boostnote - Note-taking app made for programmers.
• Craft - Notetaking and writing made beautiful.
• Dnote - A simple command line notebook with multi-device sync and a web interface.
• Email Me - Email yourself and much more with just one tap, native on macOS, iOS and WatchOS.
• Evernote - Infamous note-taking app, available on many platforms.
• FSNotes - File System Notes is a modern notes manager, native on macOS and iOS.
• Gooba - Writing app and task manager with a simple and interactive design.
• Inkdrop - Notebook app for Markdown lovers built on top of Electron.
• Joplin - Cross-platform open-source notepad with markdown support and to-do list management.
• Knopo - Native macOS outliner for local-first notes stored as plain Markdown files.
• Logseq - Privacy-first, open-source knowledge base.
• MarginNote 4 - In-depth PDF and EPUB reading, learning, managing and note taking app.
• massCode - Cross-platform open-source code snippets manager with markdown and mermaid support.
• MiaoYan - Lightweight Markdown app to help you write great sentences.
• Notable - The markdown-based note-taking app that doesn’t suck.
• Notebook - Note-taking app.
• NoteGen - Open-source, local-first Markdown note-taking app that turns scattered records into structured notes with AI.
• Notes - Clean, simple note-taking app.
• NotePlan 3 - Your tasks, notes, and calendar, plain-text markdown files.
• NotePlus - True Native Note and LLM Client
• Noteship - Local-first note-taking app for turning notes into structured knowledge.
• Notion - All-in-one workspace for notes, tasks, wikis, and databases.
• OATS - Open-source local-first meeting-notes app for macOS with live transcription, speaker labels, AI summaries, and a fully offline on-device mode.
• OneNote - Note-taking app by Microsoft.
• OutlineEdit 3 - Fully-featured outline editor, for everyone who loves great structured notes.
• Revu - Local-first spaced repetition app with FSRS scheduling and Anki import.
• Saber - Cross platform stylus and text notetaking app. Supports image and pdf imports, can sync.
• SideNotes - Quick notes on the screen side with Markdown support.
• Standard Notes - An end-to-end encrypted notes app for digitalists and professionals.
• Stik - Quick-capture markdown notes app with hotkeys and AI semantic search.
• QOwnNotes - Open-source notepad with markdown support and todo list manager.
• Quick Note - Colorful sticky notes in the Menu bar.
• Quiver - Mix text, code, Markdown, and LaTeX in one note with live preview.
• VNote - Open-source Markdown note-taking app with a polished editor.
• Zettel - Minimal, distraction-free note-taking app with Markdown and hashtag-based organization.

Journaling

• Day One - Excellent journaling app using text, photos, video, audio, location data, and more.
• Journey - Journaling app with many features and with apps for every platform available.
• Life Note - Journal with the greatest minds in human history.
• linked - Link your thoughts to days, distraction free.

Writing

• Retrotype - A fun and minimalist writing app that feels like a real typewriter.
• novelWriter - Open-source plain text editor for writing novels with minimal markdown-like syntax.
• Scrivener - The quintessential word processor for writers.
• THORN - All you need to power personal writing and website building.

Ebooks

• Calibre - Free, open-source e-book manager and reader.
• BookShelves - Ebook reader and library manager with public-domain books and sync.
• Clearview - Tabbed style e-book reader for PDF, EPUB (DRM free), CHM, and MOBI.
• iChm - Ebook reader for CHM (Microsoft Compiled HTML help) files.
• Kindle App - Amazon official reading app of kindle.
• Klib - New way to manage highlights for Kindle and iBooks.
• Koodo Reader - All-in-one eBook reader supporting over 15 formats.
• Readest - Open-source ebook reader with a clean interface and powerful reading tools.
• ReadAny - AI-powered e-book reader with semantic search, chat, and note management.
• Scribus - Professional layout and publishing software.
• Sigil - Multi-platform EPUB ebook Editor.
• Simple Comic - EBook reader for PDF, CBZ, and CBR formats with Live Text search.

RSS

• Elytra - A Simple & Private RSS Feed Reader with native rendering for macOS & iOS.
• Feedy - An elegant and lightweight RSS client and news reader for your Mac.
• Folo 🧡 Next generation information browser.
• Leaf - A news reader for managing subscriptions and enjoying daily news.
• NetNewsWire - It’s a free and open source feed reader for macOS.
• Doughnut - Beautiful, open-source podcast catcher for Mac.
• Papr - RSS reader with adjustable typography, keyboard-driven navigation, and highlight export to Readwise, Notion and Obsidian.
• ReadKit - Bookmark and RSS management client.
• Reeder 5 - News reader for Feedbin, Feedly, Feed Wrangler and so on.
• Saga Reader - AI-powered web and RSS reader.
• Unread - RSS reader with beautiful typography that supports Feedbin, Feedly and so on.
• Vienna - RSS/Atom reader for Mac OS X.

Others

• SwifDoo PDF - PDF editor/converter for editing, compressing, and password-protecting PDFs.
• bindPDF - Combine multiple PDF files into a single PDF file using a friendly UI.
• Capd - Open-source capture and bookmarking app for saving links, text, notes, and images with full-text search.
• CHM Reader - Read Compiled HTML (.chm) documents on your Mac.
• Chmox - Read CHM documents on your Mac.
• Highlights - The PDF Reader for Research on Mac, iPad & iPhone.
• OffPDF - Open-source offline PDF toolbox for Apple silicon Macs that merges, splits, converts, compresses, and OCRs files locally.
• PDF Auditor - PDF inspection tool for analyzing metadata, structure, and security risks.
• PDF Expert - Read, annotate and edit PDFs, change text and images.
• PDF Pals - Chat with PDF app for Mac. No file size limits!
• PDFgear - AI-integrated PDF editor.
• PDF Reader Pro - You Can view, create, sign, convert and compress any PDF documents.
• Skim - PDF reader and note-taker for OS X.
• SkyFonts - The simplest way to try, install, and manage fonts.
• SmoothCSV - Fast, full-featured CSV editor with SQL queries.
• Spillo - Powerful, beautiful and amazingly fast Pinboard client for OS X.
• TabType - Free, open-source AI autocomplete for every Mac app — on-device ghost-text suggestions powered by a local LLM (MLX); nothing leaves your Mac.
• Tad - Application for viewing and analyzing tabular data such as CSV files.
• texifier - Great LaTeX editor for Mac with auto-update PDF and autocomplete LaTeX commands.
• UPDF - Free PDF editor for reading, annotating, and editing PDFs.
• Zotero - Free tool to collect, organize, annotate, cite, and share research.
• Collate - Free tool to collect, summarize and query PDFs with AI. All offline and free.
• PDFsail - All-in-one PDF tool for editing, converting, merging, compressing, and OCR.
• TableTool - Effortless CSV Browser!
• Heynote - A dedicated scratchpad for developers.

Developer Tools

IDEs

• Android Studio - The official IDE for Android, based on Intellij IDEA.
• Cate - Open-source IDE on an infinite zoomable canvas, with editor, terminal, browser, and AI agent panels arranged in a spatial workspace.
• CodeRunner - Lightweight, multi-language programming text editor and IDE.
• Deco IDE - The best IDE for building React Native apps.
• Eclipse - Popular open-source IDE for Java with plugin support for many languages.
• Espresso - The web editor for Mac is back. For people who make delightful, innovative and fast websites.
• Fletch - Native IDE for AI coding agents, giving each agent a sandboxed clone of your repository plus a shared symbol and call-graph index, with diff review before merge.
• BeagleEditor - A “beagleful” editor with features like syntax highlighting, plugins and… - A bit ugly, but it works
• JetBrains Toolbox App - Manage installed JetBrains tools, download new ones and open recent projects.
  • AppCode - Smart IDE for iOS/macOS development
  • RustRover - A brand new JetBrains IDE for Rust Developers.
  • CLion - Powerful C and C++ IDE. (Free for Students)
  • DataGrip - Cross-Plaform IDE for Databases and SQL. FREE for Students, check here for more info.
  • DataSpell - The IDE for Professional Data Scientists
  • GoLand - Provides ergonomic environment for Go development.
  • IntelliJ IDEA - Powerful IDE for JVM languages. (Free for Students)
  • PHPStorm - The Lightning-Smart PHP IDE.
  • PyCharm - Powerful Python IDE, which has professional version and community version.
  • Rider - Cross-platform C# IDE with Resharper features.
  • WebStorm - The smartest JavaScript IDE by JetBrains. FREE for Students, check here for more info.
• Haskell for Mac - A Modern Development Environment for Haskell.
• NetBeans IDE - Free, open-source IDE for Java and other languages.
• Nimbalyst - A visual workspace for managing AI coding sessions, tasks, and project files.
• Nova - Beautiful, fast, flexible Mac code editor from Panic.
• Orca - An open-source IDE for running parallel AI coding agents (Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, Gemini, OpenCode), each in its own isolated git worktree.
• Trae - AI-powered IDE for coding and software development.
• Visual Studio Code - Microsoft’s free & open-source editor, TypeScript friendly, VSCode Plugins.
• VSCodium - Community-driven libre binaries of VS Code.
• Windsurf - The first agentic IDE where developers and AI flow together for a magical coding experience.
• Xcode - Essential IDE for iOS/macOS development.
• Zed - A high-performance, multiplayer code editor from the creators of Atom and Tree-sitter.
• Spyder - Powerful scientific environment written in Python, for Python.

Developer Utilities

• AXe - CLI tool for controlling iOS Simulators through Accessibility APIs and HID automation.
• BetterRename - The most powerful and complete Mac file renaming application on the market.
• Beyond Compare - Compare files and folders with powerful commands.
• Bidbar - Manage bash commands from the menu bar and run them with keyboard shortcuts.
• Cacher - Cloud-based code snippet manager with Gist sync and multi-platform support.
• CodeKit - Web development tool for compiling and auto-refreshing.
• CodeMenu - Advanced snippets manager with IDE integration, natural language search, and more.
• CoilPad - Native macOS Python scratchpad designed for instant prototyping and interactive learning.
• Conduktor - Kafka desktop client.
• Swifka - Read-only Kafka monitor for safely inspecting topics, messages, and consumer state.
• Configs - Configuration file manager for quickly viewing, editing and managing config files.
• CubicBezier - CubicBezier Generator for macOS.
• Cutter - Powerful multi-platform reverse engineering tool.
• DevHub - Feature-rich offline app for developers.
• Dash - Awesome API documentation browser and code snippet manager.
• Deeplink Buddy - Deeplink managers, made by developer for developers.
• DiffMerge - Application to visually compare and merge files.
• EnvPane - OS X preference pane for environment variables.
• FinderGo - Open terminal quickly from Finder.
• Tintpad - Menu bar launcher that opens your terminal at the right repo with a coding agent (Claude Code, Codex) already running.
• FlyEnv - Local development environment manager for languages, databases, and services.
• Finicky - Set rules to decide which browser opens each link.
• Gas Mask - Simple hosts file manager for Mac OS X.
• Gemini - Intelligent duplicate file finder.
• GraphCode - Runs coding-agent sessions as a graph, where each node is a live terminal you can attach to mid-run and each edge a hand-off that fires unattended. Claude Code, Copilot CLI, Codex.
• Hex Fiend - Fast and clever open source hex editor.
• Hosts.prefpane - System preference pane to manage your hosts file.
• Icon Preview - Preview your app icon and menu bar icon.
• iHosts - The only /etc/hosts editor on Mac App Store.
• Itsyconnect - App Store Connect client for metadata, TestFlight, reviews, analytics, and localization.
• SaneHosts - Hosts-based ad and tracker blocker.
• ILLA Cloud - Low-code internal tool builder.
• ImHex - Hex Editor for reverse engineers and programmers.
• Integrity - Free website link checker for Mac.
• JsonStudio - Local-first JSON workspace for formatting, editing, diffing, converting, validating, and extracting JSON from logs.
• Kaleidoscope - Compare text, images, and folders.
• Koala - GUI application for Less, Sass, Compass and CoffeeScript compilation.
• Loca Studio - Analyze, review, and edit app translations.
• LINQPad - .NET scratchpad for running code, queries, and database exploration.
• Loupe - Accessibility inspector that generates AI-agent-ready output.
• MacSystemColors - Mac app that shows all system colors in light and dark mode for Cocoa developers.
• Medio - A native, lightweight text diff tool with a clean UI and real-time highlighting.
• MJML - Create responsive emails with a semantic syntax and rich components.
• NameQuick - AI-powered file renaming tool for macOS
• PaintCode - Vector drawing app that generates Objective-C or Swift code in real time.
• Pasteboard Viewer - Inspect the system pasteboards.
• Poirot - Companion app for browsing Claude Code sessions, reviewing diffs, and rerunning commands.
• Muxy - AI-native GUI for managing AI coding sessions, projects, with split panes, Git integration, and AI usage tracking.
• PortKiller - Tool for inspecting ports, managing forwards and tunnels, and stopping bound processes.
• PPRows - Application to calculate how many lines of code you write.
• ProcessSpy - A clean and powerful process monitor.
• PushMate - Solves common push notification problems on macOS.
• Responsively - A must-have devtool for web developers for quicker responsive web development.
• SCM Breeze - Set of shell scripts (for bash and zsh) that enhance your interaction with git.
• SecureCRT - Terminal emulation which supports SSH, Telnet or other protocols.
• Site Sucker - Automatically downloads websites.
• SnippetsLab - Easy-to-use code snippets manager.
• Solarized - Clean and beautiful color theme. Works well with iTerm, JetBrains products, Vim etc.
• SSH Keys Manager - Native macOS app for managing local SSH keys and Git identities.
• StarUML - Powerful UML app.
• Swiftify - Objective-C to Swift code converter and Xcode & Finder extensions.
• SwiftPlantUML - Generate and view class diagrams from Xcode for Swift code.
• SwitchHosts - Free and open-source app for hosts management & switching.
• Switzy - Open-source tool for switching Git identities and managing SSH keys.
• SYM - GUI Application to symbolicate iOS crash log.
• Testpiler - Tool for converting XCTest test suites to Swift Testing.
• TeXstudio - Integrated writing environment for creating LaTeX documents.
• Touch Bar Simulator - Use the Touch Bar on any Mac.
• Visual Paradigm - All-in-one UML, SysML, BPMN modeling platform.
• Woodpecker - View iOS app’s Sandbox files, UserDefaults, Keychain items on a Mac.
• WWDC - The Mac OS unofficial WWDC app.
• Xcodes - Install and switch between multiple versions of Xcode.
• XCSnippetsApp - Explore, view, and edit Swift and iOS code snippets for Xcode.
• zeplin - Collaboration tool for work between designers and developers.
• ZOC Terminal - Terminal emulator which supports SSH, telnet, connections and other protocols.
• Nib Unlocker - .nib to .xib converter

Regular Expression Editors

• Patterns - Regular expression editor.
• Regex - Regular expression testing tool with an emphasis on simplicity.
• RegExRX - Development tool for regular expressions.
• RegexMate - A regular expression testing tool with a built-in quick reference guide.

API Development and Analysis

• bruno - Bruno is a offline-only, fast and git-friendly opensource API client.
• Cocoa Rest Client - Free, open-source, native Apple OS X app for testing HTTP/REST endpoints.
• Echolon - Open-source API client and Postman alternative.
• HTTPie - HTTPie is making APIs simple and intuitive for those building the tools of our time.
• Hoppscotch - A lightweight, fast, and full-featured API debugging tool.
• Insomnia - The most intuitive cross-platform REST API Client.
• Katalon Studio - Simplify API, Web, and Mobile Automation Tests.
• Maestro - End-to-end testing framework for mobile and web apps.
• Mockoon - Create mock APIs in seconds.
• Paw - Advanced HTTP client.
• Postman - GUI platform for API development.
• Reqable - Next-Gen API Development Tool, Advanced API Debugging Proxy and REST Client.
• ReqRes - Native macOS app to monitor, debug, and mock HTTP(S) requests and responses.
• Requestly - Open-source, lightweight Git-Friendly API Client built for modern developers.
• Trayce - Lightweight tool to monitor Docker container traffic with a built-in .bru HTTP client.
• Yaak - A modern API client supporting multiple protocols, offline usage, and Git integration.

Network Analysis

• Charles - HTTP proxy/monitor to view HTTP and HTTPS traffic.
• James - Open-source proxy tool for checking and mapping requests with http as well as https.
• Little Snitch - Network monitor with a world map for visualizing network connections.
• mitmproxy - Interactive intercepting HTTP proxy for penetration testers and software developers.
• Proxie - HTTP debugging proxy.
• Proxyman - Modern and intuitive HTTP debugging proxy for macOS.
• Rockxy - Open-source HTTP(S) debugging proxy for intercepting, inspecting, modifying, and replaying requests.
• Sniffnet - Application to comfortably monitor your network traffic.
• WiFi Lens - Native open-source Wi-Fi analyzer and network diagnostics app with real-time spectrum scanning, channel congestion visualization, and BLE device tracking.
• Wireshark - The world’s foremost and widely-used network protocol analyzer.
• Apidog - All-in-One workspace for API Design, Documentation, Debug, Mock, Test.

Frameworks For Hybrid Applications

• AppJS - Lightweight JavaScript UI library for creating mobile webapps that behave like native apps.
• DMG Maker - DMG creation tool with polished visuals and CLI support.
• create-dmg - Create a good-looking DMG for your macOS app in seconds.
• Rilmazafone - Design DMG installers on a WYSIWYG canvas and build exactly what you drew, no scripts.
• Electrino - Desktop runtime for web apps using the system’s browser engine.
• Electron - Build cross platform desktop application with JavaScript, HTML and CSS.
• ionic - Build native and web apps with Angular and open web technologies.
• MacGap - Lightweight JavaScript API for OS X integration.
• nw.js - Build desktop apps with HTML and JavaScript.
• Qt - Cross-platform application framework.
• React Native for Ubuntu - Build Ubuntu desktop apps using React Native.
• React Native macOS - Build OS X desktop apps using React Native and Cocoa.
• react-desktop - React UI Components for macOS Sierra.
• ReactXP - Microsoft platform for Web, iOS, Android, and Windows UWP.
• Tauri - Create small, fast, secure, cross-platform applications

Version Control

• Cornerstone - Powerful version control with a gorgeous interface.
• Fork - Fast and friendly Git client for Mac.
• Git Cola - Powerful, Fast, Lightweight and Friendly Git GUI. For those caffeine adicting users.
• Gitbar - Open-source，display GitHub contribution statistics on your menu bar.
• GitButler - Change management with parallel and stacked branches, unlimited undo, agent integrations.
• GitFinder - Fast and lightweight Git client for Mac with Finder integration.
• Gitfox - Commit faster, improve your code quality with superior diffs - and look good doing it.
• GitHub Desktop - The official GitHub GUI.
• GitKraken - The most popular Git GUI for Windows, Mac and Linux.
• GitUp - A simple & powerful Git client。
• GitX-dev - Fork of Pieter’s nice git GUI for OS X. Includes branch/tag sidebar and various fixes.
• Hub - Command-line wrapper for Git that makes you better at GitHub.
• RelaGit - The elegant solution to graphical version control. Built by developers, for developers.
• SmartGit - Git client with support.
• SourceTree - Free Git & Mercurial client for Windows or Mac.
• Sublime Merge - Git client, from the makers of Sublime Text.
• Changes - GUI Git client. Replace the Git CLI with a clear UI and AI assist.
• Tower2 - The most powerful Git client for Mac and Windows.
• Vershd - The free for personal use effortless Git GUI, for Windows, Mac, & Linux.
• Versions - Mac Subversion (SVN) Client.

Virtualization

• Docker - Powerful, performs operating-system-level virtualization.
• Berthly - Native GUI for Apple’s container tool, with menu bar monitoring and drag-and-drop image builds.
• Gantry - Docker management client for local and SSH remote hosts with built-in MCP server support for agent workflows.
• Cocoa-Way - Wayland compositor for running Linux GUI apps without a virtual machine.
• GhostVM - Virtualization tool for creating and managing isolated macOS virtual machine workspaces.
• MacVirtue - Run free and unlimited Virtual Machines on your Mac.
• Mocker - Container manager built on Apple’s Containerization framework.
• Multipass - Ubuntu VMs on demand for any workstation.
• OrbStack - Fast, light, and simple way to run Docker containers and Linux machines on macOS.
• Parallels - Powerful, easy-to-use VM. No free upgrade for each new Mac OS.
• Podman Desktop - Open-source graphical tool for managing containers and Kubernetes.
• Rancher Desktop - Container management and Kubernetes on the desktop.
• Lima - Lima launches Linux virtual machines with automatic file sharing and port forwarding.
• QEMU - A free and open-source emulator and virtualizer that can perform hardware virtualization.
• UTM - UTM is an easy-to-use GUI for QEMU and can run ARM64, x64 and other VMs on M1 Macs.
• Vagrant - Tool for building and distributing development environments.
• Veertu - The lightest VM on Mac. Responsive, sandboxed & native way to run VM on your Mac.
• Virtual Box - Powerful x86 and AMD64/Intel64 virtualization product.
• VMware Fusion - Powerful, commercial VM developed by VMware.

Databases

• Apache Directory Studio - LDAP browser and Active Directory client.
• Another Redis Desktop Manager - A faster, better and more stable redis desktop manager.
• Base 2 - Application for creating, designing, editing and browsing SQLite 3 database files.
• Beekeeper Studio - Smooth SQL editor and database manager
• Bdash - Modern SQL client application, supports MySQL, PostgreSQL (Redshift) and BigQuery.
• Chrome MySQL Admin - Powerful Chrome app to manage your MySQL.
• Core Data Editor - Core Data Editor lets you easily view, edit and analyze applications‘ data.
• Dataflare - Simple database client supporting Postgres, MySQL, DuckDB, libSQL, Cloudflare D1, and more.
• DB Browser for SQLite - Official home of the DB Browser for SQLite.
• DBeaver - Universal SQL Client.
• DB Pro - Database client for querying and managing SQL databases.
• ElectroCRUD - Modern MySQL CRUD application.
• FastoNoSQL - Cross-platform GUI client for various key-value databases.
• FastoRedis - Cross-platform professional GUI management tool for Redis.
• JackDB - Secure, collaborative environment for your queries and data-driven insights.
• MDB Explorer - MDB tool to open, read, export your MDB files to other formats and databases.
• Medis - GUI Manager for Redis.
• Mingo - Easy to use MongoDB GUI with mind-blowing features.
• mongoDB.app - The easiest way to get started with mongoDB on the Mac.
• MongoDB - Scalable, flexible document database with querying and indexing.
• MySQL Workbench - The official MySQL GUI.
• Navicat Data Modeler - Cost-effective database design tool for high-quality data models.
• neo4j - The leading graph database!
• Paul - AI-first PostgreSQL client for getting fast answers from your database with read-only access by default.
• pgMagic🪄 - Chat to Postgres in natural language or SQL.
• pgModeler - pgModeler is an open source data modeling tool designed for PostgreSQL.
• Postgres.app - The easiest way to get started with PostgreSQL on the Mac.
• Postico - Modern PostgreSQL client for Mac.
• PSequel - PostgreSQL GUI tool for Mac OS X.
• Redis Insight - Official Redis tool for browsing, debugging, and visualizing data.
• RedisClient - Redis client application on mac, windows and linux.
• RedisDesktopManager - Cross-platform GUI management tool for Redis.
• Sequel Pro - MySQL database management for Mac OS X.
• Sequel Ace - The maintained “sequel” to the longtime macOS tool Sequel Pro.
• SQLight - SQLite database manager tool.
• SQLPro Studio - Simple, powerful database manager for macOS.
• Studio 3T - the Ultimate GUI for MongoDB.
• SurrealDB - A scalable, distributed, collaborative, document-graph database, for the realtime web.
• TablePlus - Supports: PostgreSQL, MySQL, RedShift, MariaDB… High-end security ensured.
• TablePro - Fast database client with AI-assisted SQL editing and support for major SQL/NoSQL engines.
• TrailBase - Open-source backend platform with type-safe APIs, auth, and admin tools built on SQLite.
• redis-pro - Small, easy to use Redis management, written with SwiftUI, support Dark mode.

Terminal Apps

• alacritty - A cross-platform, GPU-accelerated terminal emulator.
• Awal Terminal - AI-native terminal emulator with multi-provider profiles and voice input.
• Command Book - A terminal companion for long-running terminal commands (freemium)
• electerm - Terminal, SSH, and SFTP client.
• Ghostty - Fast GPU-accelerated terminal emulator.
• hyper - A terminal built on web technologies.
• iTerm2 - iTerm2 is an amazing terminal emulator for OS X.
• kitty - A cross-platform, fast, feature full, GPU based terminal emulator.
• KubeSwitch - The fastest way to switch between Kubernetes contexts and namespaces on macOS.
• Tabby (formerly Terminus) - Free terminal tool, built with TypeScript, heavily inspired by Hyper.
• Termius - A beautiful SSH and SFTP client for Mac. It is also available for mobile.
• tty7 - A GPU-rendered, daemon-backed terminal in pure Rust with sessions that stay alive without tmux.
• Vesta - Native macOS terminal built on libghostty for running coding agents in parallel.
• Warp - Warp is a blazingly fast, rust-based terminal reimagined from the ground up to work like a modern app.
• Wave - Open-source terminal with built-in file previews, web browsing, and AI tools.
• WezTerm - A GPU-accelerated cross-platform terminal emulator and multiplexer implemented in Rust.

Design and Product

Design Tools

• Acorn - Great Mac OS X picture and photo editor, built for humans.
• Affinity Designer - Professional graphic design software for Mac.
• Affinity Photo - Professional image editing software for Mac.
• Alchemy - Experimental, open-source drawing application with an emphasis on creating conceptual art.
• Amadine - Vector drawing app with an intuitive interface for graphic designers.
• Art Text 3 - Graphic design software for lettering, typography, and text effects.
• Blender - Free and open 3D creation software.
• Colorpicker - Colorpicker is a complete open-source colors manipulation tool with picking!
• darktable - darktable is an open source photography workflow application and raw developer.
• Droply - Offline batch background remover for images.
• Draw.io Drawio is a diagramming and whiteboarding desktop app
• Figma - The collaborative interface design tool, for vector graphics and UI prototyping.
• FontForge - Free, open-source font editor.
• GIMP - The GNU Image Manipulation Program.
• inklet - Turn your Mac trackpad into drawing board.
• Inkscape - Professional vector graphics editor.
• ItsPaint - Native paint and screenshot markup: step badges, pixelate redaction, Instant Alpha. No account or telemetry.
• Krita - Open-source digital painting software for concept artists, digital painters, and illustrators.
• macSVG - Designing HTML5 SVG art and animation.
• MagicaVoxel - Free, lightweight 8-bit voxel editor and interactive path tracing renderer.
• MakeHuman - Powerful and free 3D human modeler.
• Monodraw - Powerful ASCII art editor designed for the Mac.
• Nik Collection - Nik Collection by DxO.
• Paintbrush - Bitmap image editor.
• Pencil2D - A easy, intuitive tool to make 2D hand-drawn animations.
• Pixelmator - Full-featured image editor for Mac.
• Pixen - Native pixel art and animation editor for Mac.
• Principle - Application for designing animated and interactive user interfaces.
• Pika - An open-source color picker app.
• RawTherapee - A powerful cross-platform raw photo processing program!
• ScreenToLayers - Easily export your screen into a layered PSD file.
• Sketch - Professional digital design for mac.
  • Sketch Cache Cleaner - Deletes hidden Sketch history files.
  • Measure Plugin - Make it a fun to create spec for developers and teammates.
  • Sketch Toolbox Plugin Manager - Simple plugin manager for Sketch.
  • User Flows Plugin - Generating flow diagrams from Artboards.
• SketchBook - Drawing software for concept design, comic art, and digital sketching.
• Sparkle - Pro visual web design.
• System Color Picker - The macOS color picker as an app with more features.
• Tayasui Sketches - Professional drawing software.
• Vectornator: Design Software - The Most Intuitive and Precise Illustration Software in the Galaxy.
• Vectr - Free graphics editor used to create vector graphics easily and intuitively.
• Nugget - Video editing software designed for motion effects and versatility.
• Lunacy - Vector design tool with built-in assets and real-time collaboration.

Prototyping and Mind-Mapping Tools

• Adobe XD - Tool for designing and prototyping websites and mobile apps.
• Axure RP 8 - Prototypes, specifications and diagrams in one tool.
• Balsamiq Mockups - Wire-framing tool that helps you work faster and smarter.
• Flinto - Quickly create interactive prototypes of mobile, desktop, or web apps.
• Framer - Tool for interactive prototyping.
• Justinmind - Prototyping platform for web and mobile apps.
• Kite - Powerful animation and prototyping application for Mac & iOS.
• Lighten - The best way to clarify thinking, boost productivity, brainstorm, and visualize concepts.
• Marvel - Simple design, prototyping and collaboration.
• MindNode - Mind-mapping software with an emphasis on simplicity and ease-of-use.
• MockFlow - Online prototyping suite for web-design and usability testing.
• Mockplus - Prototype faster, smarter and easier.
• OmniGraffle - Diagramming and graphic design for Mac, iPhone, and iPad.
• Origami Studio - Tool for designing modern interfaces, built and used by designers at Facebook.
• pencil - Free, open-source tool for making diagrams and GUI prototyping.
• ProtoPie - Create the most advanced prototypes as easy as Pie.
• QuikFlow - Create flowcharts with a mind-mapping workflow.
• Scapple - Practical mind-mapping software with free whiteboard-like layout.
• SimpleMind - The world leader in cross platform Mind Mapping tools.
• WriteMapper - Get from idea to final draft in no time.
• XMind - The most popular mind-mapping tool on the planet.
• Simple Diagrams - Diagramming tool for quick hand-drawn-style sketches.
• yGraph Editor - High quality diagrams made easy.

Screenshot Tools

• capcap - Native menu bar screenshot tool with double-tap Command capture, annotation, scrolling capture, beautify, pinning, and image-host upload.
• CleanShot X - Discover a superior way to capture your Mac’s screen.
• CloudApp - Work at the speed of sight.
• Dropbox - Dropbox app offers easy screenshot capturing and sharing
• Flameshot - Powerful yet simple to use screenshot software.
• Lightshot - The fastest way to take a customizable screenshot.
• macshot - Screenshot and annotation tool with screen recording, scrolling capture, and OCR.
• Scap - Screenshot annotation and canvas tool with blur, mosaic, and watermark features.
• Shottr - Screen capture application with features like Scrolling capture, OCR and markup.
• Skitch - Screen capture application with a powerful annotation capabilities.
• Snip - Application for sharing captured images on QQ Mail.
• Snipaste - Simple but powerful snipping tool.
• Teampaper Snap - Let your screenshots speak up.
• Tuji - Take a screenshot, annotate it, and beautify it.
• Xnip - Handy Screenshot App.

Screen Recording

• BetterCapture - Free and open source screen recorder with professional encoding support.
• Capty - Screen capture and recording tool with built-in editing and annotations.
• Capso - Open-source screenshot and screen recording tool with annotations, OCR, and webcam overlays.
• Gifox - Gif Recording and Sharing.
• Kap - Open-source screen-recorder built with web technology.
• KeyCastr - KeyCastr, an open-source keystroke visualizer.
• Kyapchar - Simple screen and microphone audio recorder for Mac.
• Licecap - Screen recorder that exports directly to GIF.
• Monosnap - Make screenshots. Draw on it. Shoot video and share your files. It’s fast, easy and free.
• OBS Studio - A free and open source software for live streaming and screen recording.
• OpenScreen - Open-source tool for creating polished screen demos and walkthrough videos.
• Quick Recorder - A lightweight and high-performance screen recorder for macOS
• Recordly - Open-source screen recorder and editor for polished demos, tutorials, and product videos.
• Reframed - Screen recorder with a built-in editor.
• Screen Studio - Screen recorder for polished videos with automatic motion effects.
• ScreenKite - Native screen recorder and editor with auto-zoom, AI enhancements, device mockups, and teleprompter.
• ScreenSage Pro - A screen recording tool for creating polished videos in minutes.
• Screenize - Open-source screen recorder with auto-zoom, cursor effects, and timeline editing.
• Screenpipe - Local screen and microphone recorder with AI search.
• Snagit - Screen Capture and Recording Software. Simple and Powerful.
• Tight Studio - Screen recorder with smart zoom, captions, and AI voiceovers.
• Zappy - Zappy is a screenshot and screen recording app all in one. Has some simple editing tools built in.

Other Tools

• Amazing AI - Generate images from text using Stable Diffusion.
• APNGb - PNG image assembler/disassembler app.
• Aspect - Photo organization app with peer-to-peer sync.
• Assetizr - Resizing images and optimising them for web and mobile applications.
• Lap - Local photo manager for browsing and organizing personal media libraries offline.
• Couleurs - Simple app for grabbing and tweaking the colors you see on your screen.
• CompressO - Open-source tool for compressing videos and images to smaller sizes.
• Diffusion Bee - The easiest way to generate AI art on your computer with Stable Diffusion.
• Eagle App - Asset manager for images, videos, audio, fonts, and design files.
• ExifCleaner - Remove exif metadata from images and videos with drag and drop.
• HEIC Converter - Convert HEIC images to JPEG or PNG.
• Iconset - Free, cross-platform and fast SVG icon organizer and manager for Mac and Windows.
• Iconjar - Icon management tool to organize or search your icons.
• IconKit - App icon generator.
• Image2icon - Create and personalize icons from your pictures.
• ImageAlpha - Compress images with PNG format and remove transparency.
• ImageOptim - Compress images and remove EXIF information.
• iPic - Easily upload images with Markdown supported.
• JPEGmini - Reduce image size by up to 80%, without compromising quality.
• Mark Man - Measure & Spec Fast.
• Mottie - A native Lottie animation player with Quick Look extension for dotLottie files.
• Nucleo - Icon manager. Import, export, customize and convert icon libraries.
• Preset Brewery - Tool to convert Lightroom presets to Adobe Camera Raw.
• qView - qView is an image viewer designed with minimalism and usability in mind.
• Resize Master - Batch resize and watermark your images fast and easy.
• RightFont - Preview, sync, install and manage fonts on Mac, Dropbox or Google Drive.
• Snagit - Simple, Powerful Screen Capture Software and Screen Recorder.
• svgus - Organize, clean and transform your SVGs.
• TinyPNG4Mac - Open-source tool to compress images.
• Tropy - Research Photo Management.
• PicGo - Support for common cdn image hosting tool.
• AppIconBuilder - Export icons for multi-platform
• uPic - macOS native app, powerful terse image hosting client.
• Zipic - Batch image compression tool with presets and automation.

AI Tools

• Agent Teams AI - Open-source desktop app for coordinating autonomous AI coding agents through team messaging, task boards, and code review.
• Agenttrace - Local-first TUI for inspecting AI coding agent sessions, costs, tokens, latency, tool failures, health, and diffs.
• AppleAi - Access multiple AI assistants from your menu bar with one shortcut.
• Apple On-Device OpenAI - Runs Apple on-device models behind an OpenAI-compatible API.
• AQBot - Open-source desktop AI workspace for multi-provider chat, agent workflows, knowledge bases, MCP tools, and an OpenAI-compatible API gateway.
• Atomic Agent - Local-first CLI and TUI coding agent that runs open-weight models entirely on your machine, with MCP support and 56 built-in tools.
• Atomic Chat - Open-source AI chat client for local and cloud models with MCP support.
• BitFun - Open-source AI agent that gives each task its own interactive workspace with chat linked to live state.
• BoltAI - A beautiful & powerful ChatGPT app for Mac. Stay ahead by integrating AI into your workflow today.
• ChatGPT - A conversational AI system that listens, learns, and challenges
• Claude - Your AI partner on desktop. Fast, focused, and designed for deep work.
• Claude God - Monitor Claude usage, costs, and session stats.
• Claude Usage - Menu bar app for Claude Code that keeps per-pane context (in the status line) and session/weekly usage always visible — no usage or context command to run.
• Claude Usage Monitor - Track Claude usage with a live counter.
• Claudoscope - Tool for browsing and analyzing Claude Code sessions.
• ClawdHome - Manage multiple isolated OpenClaw gateway instances from one control panel.
• clawpypaste - Menu bar block picker and session browser for Claude Code.
• Cherry Studio - A desktop client that supports multiple large language model (LLM) providers.
• Chatbox - User-friendly Desktop Client App for AI Models/LLMs (GPT, Claude, Gemini, Ollama…).
• CodexBar - Show usage stats for OpenAI Codex and Claude Code, without having to login.
• Cursor Voice - Voice assistant that lives by your cursor, sees your screen, and can control apps via the OpenAI Realtime API.
• Desktop Control - GPU-accelerated CLI for AI agents to control any macOS app via screen, mouse, and keyboard.
• Fazm - Open-source voice-controlled AI agent for apps, files, and workflows.
• Flock - Terminal multiplexer for running multiple Claude Code and shell sessions in one workspace.
• Fluent - AI assistant that works across apps with model and context integration.
• Gemini Collector - Back up Google Gemini conversations, attachments, and AI-generated media locally as JSON.
• GroAsk - Menu bar launcher that sends selected text to AI assistants and CLI agents.
• RecurseChat - Local-first AI chat app with customizable workflows.
• Runtime - AI taskmate and take control of the web & your office tools
• TokenMeter - Track Claude Code usage, rate limits, costs, and activity heatmaps.
• TokenTracker - Local-first menu bar app and CLI that tracks token usage and cost across 20+ AI coding tools.
• Tura - Tura is a local, open-source coding agent for developers who are tired of vague skill claims, token-saving extensions with no evidence, and agents that change a repository before understanding it.
• Usage4Claude - Real-time monitoring of Claude usage quotas across time windows and plans.
• Jan - An open-source alternative to ChatGPT that runs entirely offline on your computer.
• LingShu - Open-source, model-agnostic macOS agent for verified code, documents, slides, and computer actions.
• LokalBot - On-device meeting notes, dictation, inline autocomplete, and searchable work memory for macOS.
• Loadout - See and manage what coding assistants load — Claude Code skills, subagents, slash commands, plugins, and MCP servers, with real usage counts.
• Maestro - Multi-agent AI coding tool with spec-driven workflows.
• MiniClaw - Local-first personal AI agent with memory and automation tools.
• Off Grid AI Desktop - Private, local-first AI for your Mac: local LLM chat, image generation, voice dictation, and memory search, all on-device.
• Orchard - MCP server that connects AI assistants to Apple apps.
• Prevail - Local-first AI life OS: any model per life-domain over a plain-markdown vault on your Mac. Signed and notarized.
• Witsy - desktop AI assistant / universal MCP client.
• remio - Local-first AI chat client that answers from your knowledge base.
• Warden - A Native Swift macOS app that lets you run multiple LLM models using your own API keys.

Communication

Collaboration and Team Tools

• Adium - Free instant messaging application for Mac OS X. Connect to AIM, MSN, SMPP, Yahoo and more.
• BlurScreen App - Instantly blur sensitive on-screen content for recording or screen sharing.
• Caprine - Third-party privacy-focused Facebook Messenger app.
• DingTalk - Team communication and collaboration platform.
• Discord - Voice, text, and community chat platform.
• Element - Create, share communicate. Chat and call securely.
• Ferdium - Messaging workspace that combines multiple web apps in one place.
• Franz - Messaging app that combines multiple chat services in one place.
• Gitter - Chat platform for developers and GitHub communities.
• Keybase - Secure groups, files, and chat for everyone!
• Krisp - An AI-powered noise cancelling app that mutes background noise during calls.
• Lark - The Next-Gen Collaboration Suite. All your chats, meetings, calendars, docs, and emails in one place.
• LimeChat - Open-source IRC client for Mac OS X.
• Mastodon - Your self-hosted, globally interconnected microblogging community
• Matrix - An open network for secure, decentralised communication!
• Mattermost - Open-source team collaboration platform.
• Misskey - 🌎 A completely free and open interplanetary microblogging platform 🚀
• Muzzle - A simple mac app to silence embarrassing notifications while screensharing.
• Presentify - A mac app to draw on your screen while on calls, highlight your cursor, and more.
• Rambox - Messaging and emailing app that combines common web applications into one.
• Signal Desktop - Fast, simple, secure. Privacy that fits in your pocket.
• Slack - Awesome tool for team collaboration and communication.
• Stack - Workspace browser for organizing multiple web apps on one screen.
• Teams - Free online meetings and video calls
• Teambition - Team collaboration tool for tasks, schedules, files, and discussions.
• Telegram - Messaging app with a focus on speed and security.
• Textual - Internet Relay Chat (IRC) client.
• Unite - The only native GroupMe app for Mac.
• Wavebox - Browser workspace for organizing web apps and team tools.
• WeChat - Official WeChat app for Mac.
• WeeChat - The extensible command-line chat client.
• WhatsApp Desktop - Available in the Mac App Store, Whatsapp for Desktop.
• Mezon - A new way to communicate with your team. It’s free, faster, better organized, better for WFH.

Email Clients

• Airmail - Fast email client. For both Mac OS and iOS.
• CanaryMail - Secure email app for Mac and iPhone with built-in PGP Support and AI assistance.
• ElectronMail - An Electron-based unofficial desktop client for ProtonMail.
• Foxmail - Fast email client.
• MailTags - Use tags to organize email and schedule.
• Mailspring - A beautiful, fast, and fully open source mail client.
• N1 - Extensible, open-source mail app, free for developers and $7/month for Pro.
• Nylas Mail - Extensible desktop mail app built on the modern web.
• Polymail - Simple, beautiful and powerful email client.
• Postbox - Powerful, simple and beautiful email client, need to pay for a license.
• Spark - Fast email client. For both Mac OS and iOS.
• ThunderBird - Software that makes email easier.
• Tutanota - Encrypted email focused on security and privacy.
• Edison Mail - A customisable, simple, and beautiful email client.
• Skiff Mail - Encrypted & Decentralized Email — available on web, iOS/Android, and macOS.

File Sharing

• Cyberduck - Free FTP, SFTP, WebDAV, S3, Backblaze B2, Azure and OpenStack Swift browser.
• Dropshare - File sharing tool for screenshots, screen recordings, and other files.
• Flow - Award-winning, beautiful, fast, and reliable FTP + SFTP client.
• LocalSend - An open-source cross-platform alternative to AirDrop.
• NearDrop - An unofficial Google Nearby Share/Quick Share app for macOS.
• Rclone UI - The GUI for Rclone & S3.
• Transmit - Highly flexible and intuitive FTP client, supports SFTP, S3 and iDisk/WebDAV.

Data Recovery Tools

• Data Rescue - Comprehensive and professional data recovery tool for most cases.
• DiskWarrior - The world’s most advanced repair and recovery tool for Mac.
• R-Studio for Mac - Data recovery tool for damaged, deleted, or formatted disks.
• SuperDuper! - Painless fully bootable disk backups.
• Disk Drill - Free data recovery tool. Also has a PRO version.

Audio and Video Tools

• Adapter - Free audio, video and image conversion software.
• Aegisub - Open-source subtitle editor with timing and styling tools.
• Audio Profile Manager - Audio device manager for saving input and output setups.
• Ardour - Cross-platform audio software for multi-track recording and editing.
• Audacity - Free, open-source, cross-platform audio software for multi-track recording and editing.
• Audio Hijack - Record any application’s audio, including VoIP calls from Skype, web streams from Safari, and much more.
• BeMyEars - Live captioning tool with on-device transcription and multilingual support.
• BlackHole - Freemium, open-source virtual output/input audio driver for recording/routing internal audio.
• Camera Preview - Preview your webcam, take photos, and use it as a mirror.
• Carol - A minimal and beautiful lyrics app for macOS.
• Cog - Free, open-source audio player.
• DaVinci Resolve - Free, cross-platform video editing, color grading, video effects and audio editing software.
• Elmedia Player - Media player with broad audio and video format support.
• Fader - Menu bar volume mixer with per-app volume, one-click output switching, and Bluetooth headphone control.
• FineTune - Per-app volume controller with multi-device output and 10-band EQ.
• FreeTube - Open source desktop YouTube client built with privacy in mind.
• Gifski - Convert videos to high-quality GIFs.
• HandBrake - Video transcoder for converting media to modern formats.
• Hydrogen - Professional yet simple and intuitive pattern-based drum programming for GNU/Linux.
• ffWorks - Comprehensive Media Tool for macOS. Making High Quality Video Encoding Accessible for Everyone.
• IINA - The modern video player for macOS. Based on mpv, the powerful media player project.
• Jellyfin - The Free Software Media System.
• Kaset - Native YouTube Music client for macOS.
• Kodi - Open-source media center for video, music, pictures, and more.
• LMMS - Open-source digital audio workstation for music production.
• LosslessCut - Cross platform tool for quick and lossless video and audio trimming using ffmpeg.
• LyricGlow - Synced lyrics player with word-by-word glow effects.
• LyricsX - Lyrics for iTunes, Spotify and Vox.
• MacMusicPlayer - A clean, lightweight music player for macOS users.
• MacYTDL - A macOS GUI front-end for the youtube-dl video downloader.
• Marker Data - The avant-garde Marker extraction application crafted for Final Cut Pro.
• Metadatics - Advanced Audio Metadata Editor.
• Mp3tag - A powerful and easy-to-use tool to edit metadata of audio files.
• Mixxx - The most advanced free DJ software.
• Movie Catcher - Tool for finding, streaming, and offline downloading movies.
• mpv - Free, open-source, and cross-platform media player.
• MuseScore - Free, open-source music notation software.
• Museeks - A simple, clean and cross-platform music player.
• Muxie - Last.fm scrobbler for Apple Music, Spotify Desktop, iPod Classic, Rockbox devices and some others.
• Natron - Open-source node-based compositing software.
• Nuclear - Streaming music player that finds free music for you.
• Perian - (No longer under active development) Let QuickTime play all the common formats of free plug-ins.
• MusicBrainz Picard - Cross-platform music tagger written in Python.
• MyMedia - Display and watch your local movie and TV show library.
• Playback - Experimental video player.
• Plug - Discover and listen to music from Hype Machine.
• Petrichor - Offline music player with broad format support, lyrics, playlists, and queue management.
• Popcorn Time - Streaming app for browsing and watching torrent-based movies.
• Potplayer X- a Video Audio Player.
• Pulp - Audio sample manager.
• Sangeet - A beautiful audiophile music player with 10-band EQ, karaoke mode, and time-synced lyrics.
• ScreenFlow - Screencasting and video editing software.
• Shotcut - Free open-source video editor.
• Sonora - Minimal, beautifully designed music player.
• Spotifly - Lightweight Spotify player focused on fast playback control.
• SpotMenu - Spotify and iTunes in your menu bar.
• Stremio - Media center for movies, TV, live channels, and streaming sources.
• Stringed 2 - Music practice software designed to help users learn how to play their favorite songs.
• Synfig Studio - Synfig Studio is free, open-source 2D animation software.
• trax - Music library manager with audio conversion and tag editing.
• Tiny Player - As the name suggests, a tiny player.
• Tuneful - Controller for Spotify and Apple Music from the menu bar or mini player.
• VLC - Open-source multimedia player for most audio, video, and streaming formats.
• VOX Player - High-definition audio player for Mac and iPhone. Music just sounds better!
• VidCrop - A simple video cropping tool that supports multiple formats and precise trimming.
• XLD - Tool to decode, convert and play various ‘lossless’ audio files.
• Recordia - Record audio directly from the menu bar or with a global keyboard shortcut.
• Omniplayer - Best media player on Mac, support almost all format.
• Kaset - Open-source YouTube Music client with library, lyrics, podcasts, and playback controls.
• YouTube Music - Desktop player for YouTube Music with plugin support.
• YouTube Music Desktop - Free cross platform Desktop Player for YouTube Music.
• YPlayer - A multifunctional app for live captions, audio/video transcription, and subtitle translation.
• Musicer - A lightweight local music player that supports multiple formats for enjoying music anytime.
• Fmusic - A fmusic is a open source music player on SwiftUI.

Audio Record and Process

• CapSoftware - An open-source alternative to Loom. Beautiful, shareable screen recording tool.
• GarageBand - Digital audio workstation for recording and music production.
• Logic Pro X - Professional digital audio workstation for music and audio production.
• Segue - Broadcast audio playout with crossfade, trim, ramp timers, and pause beds for live radio and podcasts.
• Stargate DAW - An all-in-one digital audio workstation (DAW) and plugin suite.
• SystemEQ for Mac - Free, open-source system-wide parametric equalizer with AutoEQ presets, hearing calibration, and real-time visualization.

Download Management Tools

• aria2 - Lightweight multi-protocol & multi-source command-line download utility.
• Downie - Video downloader for macOS with support for YouTube and other 1200 sites.
• Deluge - Deluge is a lightweight, Free Software, cross-platform BitTorrent client.
• FOLX - Free download manager for Mac OS X with a true Mac-style interface.
• Free Download Manager - A powerful, easy-to-use, and completely free download accelerator and manager.
• Harbor - Open-source download manager for HTTP(S), magnet links, and .torrent files.
• JDownloader - Open-source download manager for links, files, and hosted content.
• Motrix - Download manager for HTTP, FTP, BitTorrent, magnet links, and more.
• Neat Download Manager - Lightweight download manager with an optimized transfer engine.
• qBittorrent - A project aims to provide an open-source software alternative to µTorrent.
• Shuttle - Easy Download Manager for any links.
• Swads - Synology Download Station Client, modern, native, and intuitively redesign.
• Transmission - Fast, easy, free BitTorrent Client.
• XGetter - Media downloader for video and audio from major websites.
• You-Get - Tiny command-line utility to download media contents (videos, audios, images) from the web.
• youtube-dl - Command-line program to download videos from YouTube.com and other video sites

Cloud Storage

I recommend using online storage with Mac clients

• Arq - Cloud storage backup client that supports AWS, GCP, DropBox, and more.
• Carbonite - Carbonite can protect your Mac from all of the most common forms of data loss.
• Dropbox - Cloud storage and file synchronization service.
• Mega - Free cloud service, offers 50GB free storage.
• NextCloud - Actively maintained fork of ownCloud, faster and completely open-source
• ownCloud - Cloud storage.
• Seafile - Reliable and High Speed File Sync and Share.

Input Methods

• Kawa - Better input source switcher for OS X.
• LangSwitcher - Keyboard layout converter for mistyped text.
• Rocket - Makes typing emoji faster and easier using Slack-style shortcuts.
• Touch Emoji - Emoji picker for MacBook Pro Touch Bar.
• Type2Phone - Use Your Mac as Keyboard for iPhone, iPad & Apple TV.
• betterglobekey - Make macOS Globe key great again!
• InputSourcePro - Tool for automatically switching input sources by app or website.

Voice-to-Text

• Aiko - High-quality on-device transcription.
• Azex Speech - Voice input tuned for mixed Chinese-English dictation in AI and crypto work.
• buzz - Transcribes and translates audio offline on your personal computer. Powered by OpenAI’s Whisper.
• EnviousWispr - Sub-second dictation running Whisper/Parakeet locally with privacy-first AI text polish.
• FnKey - Push-to-talk voice input tool that pastes transcribed text instantly.
• OpenDictation - Open-source dictation utility with local and cloud speech-to-text.
• OpenQuack - Privacy-first voice dictation tool that transcribes locally with WhisperKit and inserts text at the cursor with a hotkey.
• OpenTypeless - Open-source AI voice input that types polished text into any app.
• Ottex - AI dictation tool that formats text for the app or site you are using.
• Presspeech - Native push-to-talk local dictation app for Apple Silicon Macs using Parakeet TDT v3 (CoreML/ANE).
• ShengJi - Open-source local transcription and subtitle editor for microphones, media files, and Mac audio.
• Spokenly - Voice-to-text with 100+ languages, offline mode, and AI-powered formatting.
• Tambourine - Open-source, customizable AI voice dictation that works in any app.
• TypeWhisper - Local Whisper-based speech-to-text with a global hotkey.
• VoiceInk - Real-time speech-to-text app.
• VoxFlow - Open-source voice input workspace with local and cloud ASR, OCR, history, and coding-agent workflows.
• Voxt - Hold-to-talk voice input tool with AI transcription rules per app and URL, and built-in translation.
• Whispering - Multi-provider speech-to-text with AI transformations and keyboard shortcuts.
• Willow Voice - AI dictation with automatic editing, style-matching, and noise optimization.

Browsers

• Arc - Browser with a distinctive workspace-style interface.
• Brave - Web browser with an emphasis on privacy and speed.
• ChatGPT Atlas - Browser with ChatGPT built in.
• Chrome - Chrome, developed by Google
• Chromium - Open-source browser project behind Google Chrome.
  • ungoogled-chromium - A lightweight approach to removing Google web service dependency.
• Firefox - A free and open-source web browser developed by Mozilla.
  • LibreWolf - A fork of Firefox, focused on privacy, security and freedom.
• Helium - Privacy-focused Chromium browser with built-in ad blocking.
• Microsoft Edge - Microsoft Edge, based on Chromium, but built by MS
• Min - Fast, minimal browser that protects your privacy.
• Opera - Experience faster, distraction-free browsing with Ad blocking, and browse privately.
• Ora - Open-source browser with spaces, tab management, and a vertical sidebar.
• Orion - Lightweight WebKit-based browser with support for Chrome and Firefox extensions.
• qutebrowser - A keyboard-driven, vim-like browser based on Python and Qt.
• Safari - Native browser for Macs.
• Tabbit - An AI-native browser that understands your context, chats with webpages, and automates tasks.
• Tor Browser - Privacy browser designed for anonymous web browsing.
• Mullvad Browser - Privacy browser focused on anti-fingerprinting protection.
• Web - Minimal AI browser for macOS, built with SwiftUI.
• Vivaldi - The browser that puts you in control.
• Yandex - The quick and secure browser from Yandex for computers.
• Zen - A beautifully designed, privacy-focused, and feature-rich browser

Translation Tools

(Or you could just use the Mac OS built-in dictionary)

• DeepL - Best quality translations
• Easydict - A concise dictionary and translator for looking up words and translating text.
• Grammarly - Refine your english
• iTranslate - Translation app for text and web pages in multiple languages.
• Live Translator - Real-time on-screen translation of any system audio (YouTube, podcasts, meetings) using OpenAI or Gemini.
• Ludwig - Linguistic search engine that helps you to write better in English.
• Mate Translate - Translate in Safari and any app on macOS between 103 languages.
• MoePeek - Translation tool with text selection, OCR, clipboard, and manual input support.
• Nani - Fast AI translation with explanations.
• OpenAI Translator - Translation app and browser extension powered by AI models.
• ScreenTranslate - Capture any area or select text to translate instantly, fully on-device.
• Translatium - Translation app for words, phrases, and images in 100+ languages.

Education

• Leafy - Look up any word on screen with ⌥A, including in PDFs and images, and save it to a searchable local library.
• Wokabulary - Collect, practice, and organize your individual foreign language vocabulary.

Finance

• Pulse - Native menu bar market tracker for US, Hong Kong and China stocks, crypto, indices, ETFs and portfolio P&L.
• SubManager - Subscription tracker with renewal reminders.
• SubList - Track subscriptions, renewals, and spending in one place with reminders, analytics, and iCloud sync.
• StockDock - Menu bar app for real-time stocks, ETFs, crypto and portfolio P&L. Privacy-first, no account, multi-currency.

Encryption

• Cryptomator - Multi-platform transparent client-side encryption of your files in the cloud.
• Deadbolt - Open-source file encryption tool.

Security Tools

• Antivirus One - Security scanner for malware, adware, and web threats.
• BlockBlock - Me: “Please alert me whenever anything is persistently installed.” BlockBlock: “You got it”
• ClearanceKit - Policy-based file access control tool for protected paths.
• Dylib Hijack Scanner - Utility for scanning apps vulnerable to dylib hijacking.
• fob - Menu bar SSH agent that keeps keys in the Secure Enclave and gates every use behind Touch ID.
• KextViewer - View all modules on that are loaded in the OS kernel.
• KnockKnock - See what’s persistently installed on your Mac.
• LinkLiar - Link-Layer MAC spoofing GUI for macOS.
• LockDown - Open-source tool for El Capitan that audits and remediates security configuration settings.
• Lockpaw - Menu bar screen guard for macOS — lock and unlock your screen with a hotkey.
• MakLock - Lock any macOS app with Touch ID, Apple Watch proximity, or password. Full-screen blur overlay on all monitors.
• LuLu - LuLu is the free macOS firewall that aims to block unauthorized (outgoing) network traffic.
• MalwareBytes - Malware scanner and removal tool.
• Mana Security - vulnerability management app for individuals.
• Vulert - Dependency vulnerability monitoring service for open-source packages.
• NoxKey - Keychain-based secret manager for API keys and tokens with Touch ID.
• OverSight - Tool for monitoring microphone and webcam access.
• ParetoSecurity - A MenuBar app to automatically audit your Mac for basic security hygiene.
• PureSnitch - Open-source application firewall with a Little Snitch-style world map, rule manager, DNS over HTTPS, and pf-based blocking, with no telemetry.
• RansomWhere? - Generic Ransomware Detection.
• Santa - Binary and file access authorization system.
• stronghold - Easily configure MacOS security settings from the terminal.
• Suspicious Package - An application for inspecting macOS installer packages.
• swiftGuard - Tool for protecting USB ports from unauthorized access.
• TaskExplorer - Explore all processes running on your Mac with TaskExplorer.
• TouchBridge - Authenticate with your phone’s fingerprint as a free Touch ID keyboard alternative.
• What’s Your Sign? - Finder extension for viewing a file’s code-signing information.

Proxy and VPN Tools

• Algo - Personal IPSEC VPN in the cloud.
• ClashBar - mihomo-powered menu bar proxy client.
• ClashX Guide - Guides and troubleshooting tools for ClashX.
• Cloudflare WARP - Secure network service that routes traffic through Cloudflare.
• DashVPN - Smart-routing proxy client with support for VLESS, Shadowsocks, and HTTPS subscriptions.
• Hiddify - Multi-platform proxy client for managing subscriptions and multiple proxy protocols.
• Jumper VPN - VPN Client for Mac and other platforms, secure, fast VPN proxy.
• Lantern - Free application that delivers fast, reliable and secure access to the open internet.
• Mullvad VPN - Privacy-focused VPN service with anonymous accounts and flat-rate access.
• Outline - Outline makes it easy to create a VPN server, giving anyone access to the free and open internet.
• RerouteMe - An easy one-click macOS Proxy Configuration app.
• ShadowsocksX-NG - Next generation of ShadowsocksX.
• ShadowsocksX - Secure socks5 proxy, designed to protect your internet traffic.
• Shimo - VPN Client for Mac.
• SpechtLite - Rule-based proxy app for macOS.
• Surge - Web developer tool and proxy utility for iOS 9.
• tinc - Secure mesh VPN software.
• TrustTunnel - A modern, open-source VPN protocol originally developed by AdGuard VPN.
• Tunnelbear - Simple VPN service for secure browsing and location switching.
• Tunnelblick - Free, open-source graphic user interface for OpenVPN on OS X.
• VPN Bypass - Menu bar app to route specific domains and services around your VPN.
• Windscribe - VPN and proxy service with ad blocking and flexible server switching.
• Tailscale - Mesh VPN for securely connecting devices, services, and users.

Utilities

• DNS Easy Switcher - Menu bar tool for switching DNS providers or custom resolvers.
• Dropshelf - A drag and drop helper app for macOS.
• Dropover - Temporary shelf for collecting and moving dragged files, text, and links.
• cmd+x - Launch Activity Monitor with Ctrl+Opt+Delete, cut and move files in Finder with Cmd+X.

Clipboard Tools

• Buffer - Lightweight native clipboard manager with bookmarks and OCR for images.
• CleanClip - The cleanest Clipboard Manager on macOS, ever!
• Clipboard - Easy-to-use terminal clipboard manager for all platforms.
• ClipMenu - Clipboard manager for Mac OS X.
• Clippy - Smart clipboard manager with content-aware previews, AI transformations, a built-in screenshot editor, and file converter.
• ClipHistory - Lightweight native clipboard manager with instant hotkey popup, search, pinning, and text/image history.
• ClipTools - Clipboard utility set for quick copy, paste, and text cleanup tasks.
• Clipy - Clipy is a Clipboard extension app for macOS. Based on ClipMenu.
• CopyQ - Clipboard Manager with Advanced Features.
• iCopy - Clipboard management, quick reply, efficiency multiplier artifact
• iPaste - Lightweight and efficient clipboard tool.
• Paste Quick - A simple, privacy-first clipboard manager.
• Paste - Smart clipboard history & snippets manager.
• PasteBar - Limitless, Free Clipboard Manager for Mac and Windows.
• PasteClip - Free Paste-like clipboard manager with pinboards, Quick Look previews, and one-click copying.
• PasteBot - Powerful clipboard manager.
• Pure Paste - Paste as plain text by default.
• SaneClip - Clipboard manager with history, privacy protections, and sensitive data detection.
• SnippetCraft - System-wide text expansion, snippet management, and clipboard history for macOS.
• Flycut - Clean and simple clipboard manager for developers.
• Maccy - Lightweight clipboard manager for macOS.
• Nimclip - Local-first clipboard history manager with search, tags, and image support.
• OneClip - A simple and professional macOS clipboard manager.
• uPaste - Clipboard history and snippets manager for organizing reusable copied content.
• Yippy - Clipboard manager with user-friendly UI.
• ClipFlow - Free clipboard history manager with terminal-style navigation.
• Pesty - Free and open-source clipboard manager inspired by Paste, with a slide-up color-coded strip, pinboards, and search.

Menu Bar Tools

• Agent Island - MacBook notch companion for Claude Code and Codex sessions, showing live status and auto-resuming selected long-running tasks.
• Anvil - Tool for serving local static sites and Rack apps with simple URLs.
• Atoll - Turns the notch into a Dynamic Island-style hub for media controls, live activities, and quick utilities.
• Bartender - Organize or hide menu bar icons on your Mac.
• cctop - Open-source menu bar monitor that shows live status for AI coding sessions (Claude Code, Codex, opencode, pi) and jumps to the right terminal pane or editor window.
• ChargeMonitor - Menu bar battery monitor with real-time charging stats and energy impact insights.
• CodexIsland - Turns the MacBook notch into a Dynamic Island-style live activity for Claude Code and Codex CLI rate limits and spend, computed locally with no telemetry.
• SaneBar - Privacy-first menu bar manager with hidden zones and automation rules.
• Sharptooth - Menu bar tool for managing Bluetooth devices with hotkeys and automation.
• BeardedSpice - Control web players and supported apps with your keyboard media keys.
• Boring Notch - Turn your MacBook notch into a music and file control center.
• Bye AppQuit - A minimal menu bar app to quickly view and kill running processes.
• DayBar - An application that can display the local date and reminder events in the menu bar.
• Droppy - Turns your screen’s notch (or Dynamic Island) into a multifunctional tool.
• Dato - A better menu bar clock with calendar, events, and time zones.
• Dozer - Hide MacOS menubar items.
• DynamicHorizon - Adds media controls, notifications, and system indicators to the notch area.
• Eye Timer - Take Breaks to prevent Eye Strain timer for Mac.
• Repose - Menu bar break timer that dims your screen and pauses during calls.
• Fishing Funds - Display real-time trends of Chinese funds in the menubar.
• GoogleDriveSync - A menu bar app for seamless Google Drive syncing.
• Folder Peek - Quickly access documents, files, folders, and apps from the menu bar.
• Hidden - A ultra-light MacOS utility that helps hide menu bar icons.
• Hue in the Menu - Philips Hue light management in the menu bar with multi-room support.
• Ice - Menu bar manager for hiding icons and organizing layouts.
• Itsycal - Tiny calendar for your Mac’s menu bar.
• Itsyhome - Control your HomeKit and Home Assistant smart home from the menu bar.
• Itsytv - Control your Apple TV from the menu bar.
• KeyStats - Menu bar tracker for daily keystrokes, clicks, movement, and scrolling.
• Later - Save all your Mac apps for later with one click.
• LuxShot - Native and privacy-first menu bar OCR tool.
• MacTools - Open-source menu bar toolkit with plugins for display controls, system toggles, cleanup, device status, and everyday utilities.
• Mask This - Menu bar app that masks sensitive information in the clipboard.
• MeetingBar - Menu bar app for your calendar meetings
• Menu Bar Calendar - A monthly calendar right in your menu bar.
• MenubarCC - Menu bar crab that shows your Claude Code sessions at a glance: walking while Claude works, bouncing when it needs you.
• MenubarX - A powerful Mac menu bar browser, pin webpage like an App.
• MenuScores - A menu bar app that delivers real-time sports news and scores.
• Mole Widget - Lightweight system monitor with live CPU, memory, disk, network, battery, and process stats in a resizable desktop widget managed from the menu bar.
• MonitorControl - Control external display brightness and volume directly.
• muxbar - Menu bar app for tmux session management — list, attach, kill sessions, live preview, and a closed-lid mode for in-bag work.
• mysa - A macOS menu bar app for quick breathing breaks, with a frosted screen overlay and handwritten quotes.
• NetFluss - Native menu bar app for real-time upload/download speeds and top bandwidth-using apps.
• NotchNook - Customizes your Mac’s menu bar to seamlessly integrate with the notch design.
• Notchly - Lightweight Dynamic Island for macOS with AI coding agent notifications.
• One Thing - Put a single task or goal in your menu bar.
• One Switch - Mac menu bar app that adds various switches to the Mac’s menu bar.
• OnlySwitch - ⚙️ All-in-One menu bar app, hide 💻MacBook Pro’s notch, dark mode, AirPods, Shortcuts
• Pandan - Time awareness in your menu bar.
• Peninsula - Dynamic Peninsula for macOS, focusing on window switching, notifications, and file storage.
• PowerMeister - Conserve energy and improve Battery-Life on your MacBook.
• Profisor - Switch Xcode provisioning profiles for the current project from the menu bar.
• Quickgif - Quickly Find and Share GIFs.
• Reminders MenuBar - Simple macOS menu bar app to view and interact with reminders.
• RewriteBar - A macOS menu bar app that helps you write your text with the assistance of AI.
• Second Clock - Show a second clock for a different time zone in your menu bar.
• Thaw - A powerful menu bar management tool for hiding and showing menu bar items.
• SketchyBar - A highly customizable macOS status bar replacement.
• Spaced - Organize your menu bar items into groups.
• Streaker - GitHub contribution streak tracking menubar app.
• SwiftBar - Powerful macOS menu bar customization tool.
• Tactile - Adds subtle trackpad haptic taps over clickable elements, with optional visual cues for accessibility.
• TextSniper - Simple yet powerful OCR app in your Menu Bar. Instantly copy and paste text from anywhere.
• Today - View today’s schedule and calendar events from the menu bar.
• TomatoBar - World’s neatest Pomodoro timer for macOS menu bar.
• TypeCue - Types a prepared script into any app, one hotkey press per line, as real keystrokes at a human pace, for demo recordings and live presentations.
• UTC Time - Show the time in UTC in the menu bar or a widget.
• Vanilla - Hide menu bar icons on your Mac.
• Vorssaint - Open-source menu bar toolkit for per-app volume, system monitoring, window control, clipboard history, keeping awake, and app cleanup.
• Week Number - The current week number in your menu bar.
• Work Hours - Simple app that tracks your work hours from the menu bar.
• Xbar - Put the output from any script or program into your macOS Menu Bar (the BitBar reboot).
• FunKey - Keyboard sound tool that adds mechanical-style typing audio.

Cleanup and Uninstall

• AppCleaner - Thoroughly uninstall apps.
• App Uninstaller - Lightweight app uninstaller with drag-and-drop support. Built with Swift and SwiftUI.
• CleanMyMac - Delete megatons of junk, malware, and make your Mac faster & more organized
• Mac Clean - Free, open-source cleaner, optimizer, and malware scanner.
• Cleaner One - Disk cleaning and Mac optimization.
• Cleaner for Xcode - Remove unwanted Xcode files.
• ClearDisk - Visualize and clean developer caches to quickly reclaim disk space.
• DaisyDisk - Disk usage analyzer and cleaner.
• Harbofly - Menu bar app that auto-discovers and frees the disk space dev build artifacts and caches hog (DerivedData, node_modules, SPM/Homebrew caches). Zero telemetry, notarized.
• Mac Cache Cleaner - Cache cleaner for Mac
• MacOSCleaner - Free, open-source macOS cleaner with disk analyzer, app uninstaller, and smart cleanup.
• MacSift - Open-source disk cleaner that groups files by app and moves them to the Trash.
• OmniDiskSweeper - Scans files by size so you can quickly find space hogs.
• Pearcleaner - A free, source-available and fair-code licensed mac app cleaner.
• PureMac - Free, open-source macOS cleaner with no telemetry. Cleans system and user caches, Xcode junk, Homebrew cache, mail attachments, and finds large or old files. Supports scheduled auto-cleaning.

File Organization Tools

• AppPorts - Move apps to external storage while keeping working launch links in /Applications.
• BetterZip - Archive tool supports ZIP, TAR, TGZ, TBZ, TXZ (new), 7-ZIP, RAR.
• eZip - Lightweight archive tool for ZIP, RAR, 7Z, and other common formats.
• Fileside - A modern, tiling file manager with unlimited panes.
• Folders File Manager - A file manager with an expandable folder tree, similar to that of Windows Explorer.
• Hazel - Automated file organization for your Mac. Responsibly and beautifully designed.
• Keka - Open-source compression and extraction tool with broad format support.
• muCommander - Lightweight file manager with a dual-pane interface.
• Modal File Manager - Dual-pane file manager with Vim-style hotkeys and customizable extensions.
• Oka Unarchiver - Archive utility with RAR support, batch extraction, and password-protected archives.
• PDF Archiver - Nice tool for tagging and archiving tasks.
• Rapidmg 1-Click extracting apps from DMG images to the “Applications” folder.
• Shuffle - Fast, GPU-rendered file manager and Finder alternative built in Rust.
• The Unarchiver - Unarchive many different kinds of archive files.
• Unarchive One - Archive utility for extracting and compressing many common formats.
• Marta - File Manager for macOS written entirely in Swift

General Tools

• AirServer - Most advanced screen mirroring software receiver for Mac, PC and Xbox One.
• Cadran - Renders 22 customizable clock faces on your Mac desktop wallpaper and screensaver.
• DNS Optimizer - A DNS changer and performance‑benchmarking tool for Apple devices (macOS & iOS).
• DevKnife - A native Mac app for dozens of daily dev tasks, from network scans to JSON formatting.
• DevToysMac - Offline toolbox that helps developers in daily tasks.
• DevUtils.app - Developer toolbox for formatting, converting, and debugging everyday data.
• Deskmark - Add watermarks to the desktop, ideal for recording videos.
• Etcher - Flash OS images to SD cards & USB drives, safely and easily.
• Equinox - Create dynamic wallpapers for macOS.
• HTTrack - Useful tool for downloading a whole website and offline browsing.
• Latest - A tiny app that checks if all your apps from any source are up to date.
• Lungo - Prevent your Mac from going to sleep.
• LaunchNext - Classic Launchpad experience, relive old macOS.
• lo-rain - Create a customizable rain over your desktop and apps, with splash over the dock.
• Memo - Simple and elegant app. Unlock memos even more quickly using Touch ID.
• Numi - Beautiful calculator app for Mac.
• NextDNS - The new firewall for the modern Internet.
• OpenDisplay - Use a spare iPhone or iPad as a second display for your Mac, wired (USB) or over WiFi, with touch input.
• Phosphene - Use any video as your macOS wallpaper on the desktop and the lock screen, picked directly from System Settings.
• Plash - Make any website your desktop wallpaper.
• rem - An open source approach to locally record and enable searching everything you view on your Mac.
• Rewind - Searchable history of your screen and audio activity.
• SlowQuitApps - An OS X app that adds a global delay of 1 second to the Cmd-Q shortcut.
• Speediness - Check your internet speed.
• Ultra TabSaver - The Open Source Tab Manager for Safari
• Upscayl - Free and open-source AI image upscaling tool.
• Vidwall - Easily import MP4/MOV videos as system wallpapers and lock screen animations.
• WaifuX - Open-source ACG app for wallpapers, animated backgrounds, and anime videos.
• CapsLockNoDelay - Removes caps-lock key activation delay for fast typers.
• Seodisias - SEO crawler that audits sites for technical issues and optimization opportunities.

To-Do Lists

• 2Do - Nice todo app.
• Day-O 2 - Menu bar clock replacement with built-in calendar.
• Fantastical - The calendar app you won’t be able to live without.
• Focus - Beautiful pomodoro-based time manager.
• Focused Work: Focus Timer - A simple, flexible Focus Timer.
• Lunatask - An all-in-one encrypted to-do list, habit and mood tracker, journaling and notes app.
• Microsoft To-Do - Microsoft’s successor to Wunderlist.
• Nozbe - GTD task manager for individuals and teams.
• OmniFocus - Nice GTD app, made by OmniGroups.
• One Task - Conquer one task at a time.
• Super Productivity - Task manager with timeboxing and time tracking.
• Taskade - Real-time collaborative editor for teams.
• TaskPaper - Plain text to-do lists.
• Things - Delightful and easy to use task manager. (Award-winning App)
• Todoist - Cross-platform todo list app.
• Tomato 2 - Beautiful and simple Pomodoro timer.
• TickTick - Simple and effective to-do list and task manager that helps you organize all aspects of life.

Productivity

• 1440 Minutes Left Today - Show how many minutes are left in the day from your menu bar.
• ActivityWatch - Cross-platform, extensible, and privacy-focused time-tracker.
• Alfred - Launcher and automation tool with hotkeys, snippets, and search.
• Atomic - A habit tracker app to build good habits, break bad ones, and stay on top of your daily routines.
• Better Launchpad - Customizable app launcher with fast search.
• BetterMouse - Customize scrolling, acceleration, buttons, and gestures for third-party mice.
• BetterTouchTool - Customize gestures, shortcuts, and input actions across trackpads, mice, and keyboards.
• Cerebro - Open-source productivity booster with a brain.
• Choosy - UI, URL API and a browser extension set for managing rules where and how to open links.
• CurrentKey - Add custom names and icons to Spaces and track app usage time.
• CursorSense - Mouse & trackpad driver that lets you tweak the acceleration curve and more.
• Day Progress - Time remaining today in your menu bar.
• Dropzone - Create a popup grid of customizable actions. Scriptable in Ruby & Python.
• escrcpy -📱 Graphical Scrcpy to display and control Android devices, powered by Electron.
• Focalboard - Open source, self-hosted alternative to Trello, Notion, and Asana.
• Focus Firewall - A minimalist focus app to block social media and other distractions during work.
• FnKeyboard - Quick access to function keys from the menu bar.
• Freeter - Organize apps, links, and files by project in one workspace.
• Hammerspoon - Tool for powerful OSX automation with the Lua scripting engine.
• HapticKey - Add haptic feedback when using the Touch Bar.
• HazeOver - App that dims your background app windows so you can focus more on your main task!
• Hook for Mac - Link related files, emails, and notes for quick navigation.
• Hungrymark - Bookmark files, folders, and links for quick menu bar access.
• Hyperkey - Turn Caps Lock or another modifier into a Hyper key.
• iCMD - Global fuzzy menu search with Vim-style navigation.
• Journey Navigation - Route planner with weather, traffic, and turn-by-turn guidance.
• Karabiner - Powerful and stable keyboard customizer for OS X.
• Keyboard Cowboy - The missing keyboard shortcut utility for macOS.
• Keyboard Maestro - Automate repetitive tasks with triggers and macros.
• Keytty - App to keep your hands on the keyboard. Move, click, scroll, drag and more with a few strokes.
• Launchy - An app launcher and switcher that utilizes a radial menu.
• Lazy - Keyboard-driven commands to manage your surroundings directly from your mac.
• Linear Mouse - Full control of mouse. Change the speed, scrolling direction, pointer type and much more.
• Macaify - Fast use of ChatGPT, lightweight, clean, keyboard-first.
• Mac Mouse Fix - A simple way to make your mouse better.
• Memo Widget - Sticky notes on your desktop.
• MindMac - AI chat client for multiple providers in one place.
• Mos - Simple tool can offer the smooth scrolling and reverse the mouse scrolling direction on your Mac.
• MacPacker - Archive manager that supports previewing and extracting archive files
• Magic Switch - Switch Magic Keyboard, Mouse, and Trackpad between multiple Macs.
• nnScreenshots - Capture periodic screenshots to review your day and fill timesheets.
• OmniPlan - The best way to visualize, maintain, and simplify your projects. Project Management made easy.
• OpenIn - Take control of installed apps on your Mac
• PaletteBrain - Access the power of ChatGPT across all your Mac applications with the press of a shortcut.
• Pie Menu – Control your tools with a radial menu customized for your active app.
• Perplexity - Search and discovery with AI.
• Pomodoro Cycle - Pomodoro tracker
• ProBoard - Use one board to manage all your project information efficiently.
• Qbserve - Automatic time tracking with projects, timesheets, and productivity insights.
• Raycast - Launcher and command palette with extensions, snippets, notes, and AI.
• SuperCmd - Open-source launcher with Raycast-compatible extensions, voice workflows, text-to-speech, memory, and AI actions.
• Rustcast - Workflow launcher for modes, quick app access, file search, clipboard history, and more.
• RescueTime - Track time usage and get productivity reports.
• SuperCorners - Turn Hot Corners into custom workflow triggers.
• Rize - AI time tracker that helps you focus and build better work habits.
• RightMenu Master - Add more useful actions to the Finder right-click menu.
• Selectric - Private search across email, documents, and chat apps.
• SensibleSideButtons - Make mouse side buttons work for back and forward in more apps.
• skhd - Simple hotkey daemon for macOS.
• Strategr - Time-boxing planner for structuring your day.
• StrokeMouse - Custom mouse gestures that can trigger keyboard shortcuts, open apps, perform window actions, run shell commands, or execute AppleScript after drawing a stroke.
• SwiftBiu - Text productivity tool with a customizable action bar and AI extensions.
• Table Habit – Habit tracker with growth charts and offline-first sync.
• Time Out - Easy break reminders, with micro-break and flexible customization if you want it.
• TimeScribe - Simple and free working time recording.
• Timing - Automatic time tracking with productivity insights and billing-friendly records.
• Textream - Free teleprompter with real-time word tracking and voice-activated scrolling.
• Trace - Open-source spotlight alternative and shortcut toolkit.
• Trello - A collaboration tool that organizes your projects into Kanban boards.
• Ukelele - Unicode Keyboard Layout Editor.
• Velja - Browser picker that lets you open links in a specific browser or a desktop app.
• Wox - Open-source cross-platform launcher with fast local search and plugin extensibility.
• xScope - Toolset for measuring, inspecting, and testing on-screen layouts and graphics.
• Z - Jump to frequently used directories by typing part of the path.

Window Management

• AeroSpace - i3-like tiling window manager for macOS.
• AltTab - Open source window switcher with window previews.
• Amethyst - Tiling window manager.
• Assignee - Simple, instant app switcher.
• Convoker - Type an app name, press Enter, all its windows come to you.
• contexts - App switcher for faster window and app switching across multiple screens.
• Dimsum - Minimalist menu bar app that dims inactive windows to highlight the focused one.
• DockDoor - Free and open source window peeking & alt-tab for macOS.
• Dockit - An application that can dock any window to the edge of the screen.
• Dissolv - Hide and close inactive apps.
• Divvy - Window management at its finest with its amazing Divvy Grid system.
• Hummingbird - Easily move and resize windows without mouse clicks, from anywhere within a window.
• IntelliDock - Hides the Dock, Automatically.
• JankyBorders - A lightweight window border system for macOS.
• Loop - Window management made elegant. Freeware
• MacsyZones - Organize your windows with ease and boost your productivity.
• Lasso - Intuitive and easy to use grid-based window manager.
• Magnet - Window manager that keeps your workspace organized.
• MakeItHome - Pointer-driven launcher for screen-edge quick actions and app switching.
• Moom - Window management tool for moving, resizing, and saving layouts.
• Nudge - Window manager with keyboard shortcuts and drag-to-edge snapping.
• Omni - Notorized Niri and Hyprland inspired tiling window manager with animations.
• Plonk - Menu bar window manager with snap zones, hotkeys, and saved workspaces that relaunch your apps and put every window back on its monitor; an AI agent can drive it over MCP.
• rcmd - Use the ⌘ Right Command key to switch applications based on their name.
• Rectangle-app - Rectangle is a window management app based on Spectacle, written in Swift.
• ShiftIt - Managing window size and position in OSX.
• ShortcutCycle - Switch between context-based app groups with a single hotkey.
• Sidebar - The modern Dock replacement for your Mac.
• SizeUp - Powerful, keyboard-centric window management.
• Slate - Scriptable window manager configured with JavaScript.
• Snapback - Save and restore entire window layouts with one keystroke.
• Swift Shift - Move and resize windows with keyboard shortcuts and mouse gestures.
• StreamWindow - 3D window manager with intuitive views and fluid transitions.
• Tiles - Snap and rearrange windows with screen edges, shortcuts, or the menu bar.
• Topit - Pin any window to the top of your screen
• Total Spaces - Workspace manager with hotkeys and spatial overview.
• yabai - Keyboard-driven tiling window manager.

Password Management

• 1Password - Cross-platform password management tool.
• Bitwarden - Open source password management tool for Mac OS, iOS and browsers.
• Buttercup - The Password Manager You Deserve
• Dashlane - Cloud-based password manager with award-winning design.
• Enpass - Cross-platform password management tool with cloud integration.
• Keyzer - Simple password manager that supports saving portable password files.
• Keeweb - Free, cross-platform password manager compatible with KeePass.
• KeepassXC - Free, open source, cross-platform password manager.
• MacPass - Open-source KeePass Mac OS client.
• SafeInCloud - Cross Platform password management, low cost app!
• Strongbox - KeePass-compatible password manager with Password Safe support.
• Swifty - Free Offline-first Password Manager for MacOS, Windows and Linux.

Finder Tools

• Command X - Cut and paste files in Finder.
• Default Folder X - Quick access to your files and folders in every app.
• FileMinutes - Find files and take actions, all in one.
• FinderFix - Finally, a lasting solution for Finder windows size and position. .
• SaneClick - Finder extension that adds right-click actions for file tasks, conversion, and developer tools.
• FlowVision - RWaterfall-style Image Viewer for macOS.
• fman - The first dual-pane file manager to integrate features from Sublime Text.
• ForkLift - The most advanced dual pane file manager and file transfer client for macOS.
• Path Finder - File management app.
• QSpace - A clean and efficient Multi-view File Manager.
• RClick - Add new functionality to the macOS Finder context menu.
• SwiftyMenu - Finder extension for opening selected files or folders with custom app shortcuts.
• TotalFinder - Chrome-styled Finder substitute.
• XtraFinder - Adds tabs and cut to Mac Finder.

Quality of Life Improvements

• Actions - Provides many useful actions for the Shortcuts app.
• AI Actions - AI actions for the Shortcuts app.
• Crisp - Manage external displays from the menu bar: HiDPI scaling, DDC brightness, color, and presets.
• DisplayBuddy - Control external display brightness, contrast, and input source.
• Dimly - Control brightness across mixed monitor setups from one menu bar app.
• f.lux - Makes the color of your computer’s display adapt to the time of day.
• Grayscale Mode - Toggle a grayscale screen filter from the menu bar or a shortcut.
• Hyperduck - Receive links from your iOS & visionOS devices.
• KeyCastr - Open-source keystroke visualizer.
• Luminescent - Bring back Keyboard Backlight Shortcuts for the MacBook.
• MaCursor - Custom cursor themes for macOS.
• Lunar - Help you adujst brightness, contrast and volumn of your external display.
• Shifty - A macOS menu bar app that gives you more control over Night Shift.
• Snap - Launch an app in a snap. Ridiculously easy shortcut management.
• Shareful - Supercharge the system share menu with copy, save, and open actions.
• Mouse Jiggler for Mac - Prevent Mac from sleep with Mac Mouse Mover.

System Related Tools

• Adrafinil - Keep your Mac awake only while AI agents are still working, then let it sleep normally.
• AlDente - Battery charge limiter for MacBooks.
• Amphetamine - Keep your Mac awake.
• AdBlock One - Free ad blocker for Safari.
• Apple Silicon App Test - Check Apple Silicon app compatibility.
• AirBattery - View all device batteries in the Dock, menu bar, or widgets.
• Background Music - Control app volumes and record system audio.
• Battery Hog - Shows what is draining the battery: live watts, per-app energy, charge history, and drain insights. 100% local.
• coconutBattery - Mac battery information and statistics.
• Dayflow - Screen activity timeline with AI support.
• DockAnchor - Lock the macOS Dock to a single screen in a multi-monitor setup.
• everythingByMdfind - Fast file search using Spotlight.
• ExtendFS - Read-only access to Linux ext2/3/4 in macOS Sequoia and later without a kernel extension.
• gfxCardStatus - Monitor graphics card usage and battery impact.
• GrandPerspective - Visualize disk usage with tree maps.
• Gray - Per-app light/dark mode switcher.
• HandShaker - Manage Android phone content on Mac.
• iStat Menus - Advanced system monitor for menubar.
• iStats - Command-line system information tool.
• Juice - Enhanced battery information display.
• KeepingYouAwake - Caffeine alternative with dark mode support.
• macUSB - A bootable macOS / OS X installer creator for Apple Silicon Macs.
• MagicQuit - Automatically quit inactive apps to reduce clutter and free resources.
• MiddleDrag - Three-finger trackpad gestures for middle-click and middle-drag on macOS.
• Monity - System monitoring widget for OS X.
• Mounty - Tiny tool to re-mount write-protected NTFS volumes under Mac OS X 10.9+ in read-write mode.
• NitroShare - Cross-platform network file transfer utility.
• OnyX - System maintenance utility for cleanup, verification, and hidden settings.
• Paragon NTFS - Read/write access to NTFS in macOS Sierra.
• stats - free Mac system monitor for the menubar.
• Sensei - Performance toolkit for monitoring, cleanup, and hardware diagnostics.
• SiliconScope - Sudoless Apple Silicon system monitor (menu bar + dashboard) with first-class ANE, Media Engine and memory-bandwidth tracking plus an E/P-core breakdown — the chip-level signals Activity Monitor doesn’t show.
• Sleepless - Keeps your laptop awake with lid-closed support, auto-off timer, and battery-floor cutoff.
• Sleepr - Sleepr brings back sleep timer on macOS.
• Sloth - Shows all open files, directories, sockets, pipes and devices in use by all running processes.
• SteerMouse - Customize mouse buttons, wheel behavior, and cursor speed.
• SwiftQuit - Enables automatic quitting of macOS apps when closing their windows.
• SwiftMTP - Open-source MTP device manager for browsing and transferring files between Mac and Android devices.
• Core Tunnel - Application for managing SSH connections.
• TG Pro - Temperature monitoring, fan control & hardware diagnostics to help keep your Mac cool and healthy.
• Time Machine Inspector - Find out what’s hogging up your Time Machine backups.
• Tuxera NTFS - Full read-write compatibility with NTFS-formatted drives on a Mac.
• Overkill - Stop iTunes from opening when you connect your iPhone.

Gaming Software

• OpenEmu - Retro game emulator frontend for multiple console systems.
• PlayCover - Run iOS apps and games on Apple Silicon Macs with mouse, keyboard and controller support.
• Porting Kit - Install Windows® Games inside your Mac.
• PPSSPP - A awesome PSP emulator for any OS you can dream of!
• RPCS3 - The Open-source PlayStation 3 Emulator
• Ryubing - A fork of the discontinued Switch emulator, Ryujinx.
• Suyu - A familiar, open source, and powerful Nintendo Switch emulator.
• Whisky - A tool for running Windows apps on macOS, built with SwiftUI and supporting D3DMetal and DXVK backends.
• ConsoleMini - Controller-first big-picture launcher that turns a Mac mini into a PS1-PS4 + retro console (wraps DuckStation, PCSX2, RPCS3, shadPS4, PPSSPP, RetroArch, mGBA, Flycast).

Remote Login Software

• AnyDesk - Provides remote access across multiple machines.
• MoonProxy - GUI desktop client for FRP that puts local services on the internet with one click.
• Moonlight - GameStream client for PCs (Windows, Mac, Linux, and Steam Link).
• Parsec - Low-latency remote desktop and game streaming tool.
• RealVNC - The original and best software for remote access across desktop and mobile.
• RoyalTSX - Remote connection manager for multiple protocols.
• RustDesk - Yet another remote desktop software.
• Steam Link - The Steam Link app allows you to play your Steam games across all your computers.
• Sunshine - Self-hosted game stream host for Moonlight.
• TeamViewer - Remote support and screen sharing tool.
• Windows App - Connect to a remote PC or virtual apps and desktops made available by your admin.

QuickLook Plugins

• CSV Quick Look - Quick Look extension for CSV and TSV files with virtual scrolling, sorting, filtering, and dark mode.
• QLMarkdown - Quick Look extension for Markdown files. -
• FluxMarkdown - Quick Look extension for Markdown previews with Mermaid, KaTeX, GFM, TOC, and charts.
• markdown-quicklook - Quick Look plugin for rendered Markdown previews with syntax highlighting.
• Torrent Preview - Quick Look extension for previewing .torrent files, trackers, and metadata.
• quick-look-plugins - List of useful Quick Look plugins for developers
• Syntax Highlight - Quick Look extension for highlight source code files. -

Third Party App Markets

If you come across websites offering pirated software or cracks, please post HERE. We love apps, but only authentic ones. :)

Package Managers

Here are some of the major software download sites, there are a number of OSX Mac software sites

• Applite - User-friendly GUI app for Homebrew Casks. Install, update, and uninstall apps with a single click.
• Cork - An intuitive and complete Homebrew GUI written in SwiftUI that supports all Homebrew features.
• Homebrew - The missing package manager for macOS.
• MacPorts - Package manager for installing and maintaining open-source software.
• MacUpdate Desktop - Simplifies finding, buying and installing apps for your Mac.

Mac App Download Sites

Here are some of the major software download sites, there are a number of OSX Mac software sites

Genuine Sites

• alternativeTo - Also a very nice community. If you are looking for some alternative apps FOR Windows or another platform, check this site.
• Slant - Platform for comparing software and browsing community recommendations.
• Also, Quora, Reddit, you know the drill.
• App Shopper：https://appshopper.com/
• Buy software, once - The place to find all the software you can buy one time, and own for a lifetime.
• Open Alternative - Discover Open Source Alternatives to Popular Software. A curated collection of the best open source alternatives to everyday SaaS products. Save money with reliable tools hand-picked for you.
• MacUpdate：https://www.macupdate.com/
• Other sites like MacStories, LifeHacker, ProductHunt are great resources.

Pirated software download site blocklist

Refuse piracy from me. Software vendors can go to these places rights.

• AppKed：https://www.macbed.com
• Softasm：https://softasm.com/
• Appstorrent：https://appstorrent.ru/

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