awesome-mac
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A curated collection of macOS software, categorized and organized for easy discovery and sharing among developers.
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Reading and Writing Tools / 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
- 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
- Lapce
Lightning-fast and powerful code editor
- LightTable
The next generation code editor
- 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
A popular, clean, and sleek editor with a plugin management system. For more plugins, check
- 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
- Vimr
Refined Vim Experience for OS X
- Zed
A high-performance, multiplayer code editor from the creators of Atom and Tree-sitter
Reading and Writing Tools / 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
An office suite that combines text, spreadsheet and presentation editors allowing to create, view and edit local documents
- 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
Reading and Writing Tools / Markdown Tools
- Archimedes
Native macOS Markdown editor geared toward mathematical writing with inline LaTeX support
EME
Open-source Markdown editor with an interface like Chrome
- iA Writer
Writing app with an emphasis on simplicity and design
- LightPaper
Simple, beautiful, yet powerful text editor for your Mac
- MacDown
Open-source Markdown editor for OS X
- 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
- 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
- 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
Reading and Writing Tools / 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
- 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
- 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
- Notes
Clean, simple note-taking app
- NotePlan 3
Your tasks, notes, and calendar, plain-text markdown files
- Noteship
Turn notes into knowledge (spreadsheet view, heading summaries, etc.). Works offline, everything is saved locally
- Notion
All-in-one workspace for notes, tasks, wikis, and databases
- OneNote
Note-taking app by Microsoft
- OutlineEdit 3
Fully-featured outline editor, for everyone who loves great structured notes
- 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
- 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
A Qt-based application designed to provide a pleasant note-taking platform with excellent editing experience
Reading and Writing Tools / Journaling
Reading and Writing Tools / Writing
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
Reading and Writing Tools / Ebooks
- Calibre
Free, open-source e-book manager and reader
- 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
Readest is an ebook reader with cross-platform access, powerful tools, and an intuitive interface
- 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
Reading and Writing Tools / 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
Follow
🧡 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
- ReadKit
Bookmark and RSS management client
- Reeder 5
News reader for Feedbin, Feedly, Feed Wrangler and so on
- Vienna
RSS/Atom reader for Mac OS X
Reading and Writing Tools / 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
- 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
- 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
- Spillo
Powerful, beautiful and amazingly fast Pinboard client for OS X
- 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
Developer Tools / IDEs
- Android Studio
The official IDE for Android, based on Intellij IDEA
- 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
- JetBrains Toolbox App
Manage installed JetBrains tools, download new ones and open recent projects
Developer Tools / IDEs / JetBrains Toolbox App
- AppCode
Smart IDE for iOS/macOS development
- RustRover
A brand new JetBrains IDE for Rust Developers
- CLion
Powerful C and C++ IDE. ( for Students)
- DataGrip
Cross-Plaform IDE for Databases and SQL. for Students, check for more info
- DataSpell
The IDE for Professional Data Scientists
- GoLand
Provides ergonomic environment for Go development
- IntelliJ IDEA
Powerful IDE for JVM languages. ( 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. for Students, check for more info
Developer Tools / IDEs
- Haskell for Mac
A Modern Development Environment for Haskell
- NetBeans IDE
Free, open-source IDE for Java and other languages
- Nova
Beautiful, fast, flexible Mac code editor from
- Visual Studio Code
Microsoft's free & open-source editor, TypeScript friendly,
- Xamarin Studio
Free cross-platform C# IDE for iOS, Android, and .Net
- 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 Tools / Developer Utilities
- 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
- Conduktor
Kafka desktop client
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
- 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
- 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 editor on Mac App Store
- ILLA Cloud
Low-code internal tool builder
- ImHex
Hex Editor for reverse engineers and programmers
- Integrity
Free website link checker for Mac
- Kaleidoscope
Compare text, images, and folders
- Koala
GUI application for Less, Sass, Compass and CoffeeScript compilation
- Loca Studio
Analyze, review, and edit app translations
MacSystemColors
Mac app that shows all system colors in light and dark mode for Cocoa developers
- MJML
Create responsive emails with a semantic syntax and rich components
- PaintCode
Vector drawing app that generates Objective-C or Swift code in real time
Pasteboard Viewer
Inspect the system pasteboards
PPRows
Application to calculate how many lines of code you write
- 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
- 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
SYM
GUI Application to symbolicate iOS crash log
- TeXstudio
Integrated writing environment for creating LaTeX documents
- Timelane
Visually profile your asynchronous code
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
- He3
Free and Modern Developer Utilities Toolbox
Developer Tools / Regular Expression Editors
Developer Tools / API Development and Analysis
- Cocoa Rest Client
Free, open-source, native Apple OS X app for testing HTTP/REST endpoints
- Insomnia
The most intuitive cross-platform REST API Client
- Paw
Advanced HTTP client
- Postman
GUI platform for API development
- Katalon Studio
Simplify API, Web, and Mobile Automation Tests
- HTTPie
HTTPie is making APIs simple and intuitive for those building the tools of our time
- bruno
Bruno is a offline-only, fast and git-friendly opensource API client
Developer Tools / 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
Sniffnet
Application to comfortably monitor your network traffic
- Wireshark
The world’s foremost and widely-used network protocol analyzer
- Apidog
All-in-One workspace for API Design, Documentation, Debug, Mock, Test
Developer Tools / Command Line Tools
- ack
A tool like grep, optimized for programmers
Airlift
Upload & Merge Data with Attachments to Airtable
alacritty
A cross-platform, GPU-accelerated terminal emulator
- archey-osx
An archey script for OS X
asciinema
Easily record terminal sessions and replay them in a terminal as well as in a web browser
autojump
Replace with intelligent autojump
bash-it
Shameless ripoff of oh-my-zsh for bash
bclm
macOS command-line utility to limit max battery charge
ccat
The colorizing cat which works similar to cat but displays content with syntax highlighting
- ClamAV
Cross-platform, open-source antivirus engine
cmatrix
Terminal screensaver inspired by "The Matrix" movie
- cmus
Small, fast and powerful console music player for Unix-like operating systems
cool-retro-term
Good looking terminal emulator which mimics the old cathode display
CSV2Notion Neo
Upload & Merge CSV or JSON Data with Images to Notion Database
dark-mode
Control dark mode from the command-line
eureka
CLI tool to input and store your ideas without leaving the terminal
- Fish
Smart and user-friendly shell, which is similar with zsh
fselect
Find files with SQL-like queries
GitHub CLI
gh is GitHub on the command line. It brings pull requests, issues, and other GitHub concepts to the terminal next to where you are already working with git and your code
Glances
Glances is a cross-platform curses-based system monitoring tool
- Go2Shell
Go2Shell opens a terminal window to the current directory in Finder
htop
htop is an interactive text-mode process viewer for Unix systems. It aims to be a better 'top'
- httpie
Modern command line HTTP client
- hyper
A terminal built on web technologies
- iTerm2
iTerm2 is an amazing terminal emulator for OS X
job
JOB, make your short-term command as a long-term job
kitty
A cross-platform, fast, feature full, GPU based terminal emulator
- lnav
A log file navigator
m-cli
Swiss Army Knife for macOS
Mac-CLI
The ultimate tool to manage your Mac. Automatize the usage of your OS X system
- Magic Wormhole
Get Things From One Computer To Another, Safely
MarkersExtractor
Marker metadata extraction and conversion tool and library for Final Cut Pro
mas
Simple command line interface for the Mac App Store
- Miller
Like awk, sed, cut, join, and sort for name-indexed data such as CSV, TSV, and tabular JSON
mycli
CLI for MySQL that can do auto-completion and syntax highlighting
- ndm
Manage straight from the couch
nushell
nushell is a modern, GitHub-era shell written in Rust
nvm
POSIX-compliant bash script to manage multiple active node.js versions
- pgcli
Pgcli is a command line interface for Postgres with auto-completion and syntax
OpenRecall
Access your digital history, enhance memory and productivity, while maintaining privacy. highlighting
Rebound
Instantly browse Stack Overflow results in your terminal when you get a compiler error
ripgrep (rg)
Very fast text searching tool similar to (but faster than) ack, ag or grep
- Serial
Full-featured serial terminal for the Mac
shallow-backup
Easily create text documentation of installed applications, dotfiles, and more
- ShellHistory
Backup, sync and organize your shell history
silver searcher (ag)
A code searching tool similar to ack, with a focus on speed
spaceship
A Zsh prompt for Astronauts
Tabby (formerly Terminus)
Free terminal tool, built with TypeScript, heavily inspired by Hyper
Taskbook
Tasks, boards & notes for the command-line habitat
- Termius
A beautiful SSH and SFTP client for Mac. It is also available for mobile
TextQL
Execute SQL against structured text like CSV or TSV
thefuck
A interesting software that corrects errors in previous console commands
- tldr
Collaborative cheatsheets for console commands
tmux
Terminal multiplexer to manage multiple terminals from a single terminal
tmuxinator
Manage complex tmux sessions easily
trash
Move files and directories to the trash
- VisiData
Terminal spreadsheet multitool for discovering and arranging data
- Warp
Warp is a blazingly fast, rust-based terminal reimagined from the ground up to work like a modern app
- WezTerm
A GPU-accelerated cross-platform terminal emulator and multiplexer implemented in Rust
- xonsh
Python-powered, cross-platform, Unix-gazing shell language and command prompt
- Zsh
Zsh is a shell designed for interactive use, although it is also a powerful scripting language
ohmyzsh
A delightful community-driven framework for managing your zsh configuration
xcodes
A command-line tool to install and switch between multiple versions of Xcode
xxh
Bring your favorite shell wherever you go through the SSH
x-cmd
x-cmd is a vast and interesting collection of tools guided by the Unix philosophy
- zellij
A terminal workspace with batteries included (modern replacement for tmux and more)
Developer Tools / Frameworks For Hybrid Applications
- AppJS
Lightweight JavaScript UI library for creating mobile webapps that behave like native apps
create-dmg
Create a good-looking DMG for your macOS app in seconds
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
Developer Tools / 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
- 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 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
- 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
Developer Tools / Virtualization
- Docker
Powerful, performs operating-system-level virtualization
- MacVirtue
Run free and unlimited Virtual Machines on your Mac
- 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
- 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
Developer Tools / Databases
- Apache Directory Studio
LDAP browser and Active Directory client
- Azure Data Studio
Cross-platform database tool for Microsoft data platforms
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
- 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
- Keylord
Desktop GUI client for Redis, Bolt, LevelDB and Memcached key-value databases
- 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!
- 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
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
- Tableau Public
Free data-visualization software
- TablePlus
Supports: PostgreSQL, MySQL, RedShift, MariaDB... High-end security ensured
redis-pro
Small, easy to use Redis management, written with SwiftUI, support Dark mode
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!
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
- 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
- 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
Design and Product / Design Tools / Sketch
- 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
Design and Product / Design Tools
- 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
Design and Product / 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
A desktop app for creating hand-drawn-like, fast, clear sketches of problems, processes, workflows, ideas and more!
- yGraph Editor
High quality diagrams made easy
Design and Product / Screencapturing Software
- CleanShot X
Discover a superior way to capture your Mac's screen
- CloudApp
Work at the speed of sight
Flameshot
Powerful yet simple to use screenshot software
- 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
Record your screen and export to GIF. You can change the recording area anytime during recording
- Lightshot
The fastest way to take a customizable screenshot
- 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
- 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
- Dropbox
Dropbox app offers easy screenshot capturing and sharing
- Snagit
Screen Capture and Recording Software. Simple and Powerful
- Screen Studio
Record beautiful screens in minutes, with built-in exquisite frame animations, no need for editing
- Zappy
Zappy is a screenshot and screen recording app all in one. Has some simple editing tools built in
Design and Product / 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
- Couleurs
Simple app for grabbing and tweaking the colors you see on your screen
- Diffusion Bee
The easiest way to generate AI art on your computer with Stable Diffusion
- Eagle App
Simple and intuitive file manager with tag and annotaion for all your design files. Supports all major source, image, RAW, video, 3D, audio, font, and office files
- ExifCleaner
Remove exif metadata from images and videos with drag and drop
FlowVision
RWaterfall-style Image Viewer for macOS
- 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
- 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
- Sip
The best way to collect, organize & share your colors
- 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
Communication / Collaboration and Team Tools
- Adium
Free instant messaging application for Mac OS X. Connect to AIM, MSN, SMPP, Yahoo and more
- BlurScreen App
Blur sensitive data instantly anywhere on screen, while recording or screen sharing. No post editing required
Caprine
Third-party privacy-focused Facebook Messenger app
- DingTalk
Free, powerful and professional office tool used by over 5 million enterprises and organizations globally
- Discord
All-in-one voice and text chat for gamers that's free, secure, and works on both your desktop and phone
- Element
Create, share communicate. Chat and call securely
- Ferdium
Desktop app that helps you organize how you use your favourite apps by combining them into one application. It is based on Franz with the difference that Ferdium gives you many additional features and doesn't restrict its usage
- Franz
based, multi-protocol wrapper for web-based chat. One application, 23 messenger services
- Gitter
Instant messaging and chat room system for developers as well as GitHub users. Developer friendly with Markdown syntax support
- 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
Mattermost is an open source platform for secure collaboration across the entire software development lifecycle
- 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
- Skype
Cross-platform application that provides video chat and voice call services. Users can exchange images, text, video and any other digital documents
- Slack
Awesome tool for team collaboration and communication
- Stack
Open, organize and use multiple web apps on a single screen. Stack your apps by categories or projects
- Teambition
Team collaboration tool, including many features like task plan, schedule, file sharing, instant discussion and everything you need when collaborating with other team members
- 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
A revolutionary and feature-rich Chromium browser that's built for productive working across Google Workspaces, Microsoft Teams, ClickUp, Monday, Atlassian, Asana, AirTable, Slack, and every other web app you use to get work done
- WeChat
Official WeChat app for Mac
- WeeChat
The extensible command-line chat client
- WhatsApp Desktop
Available in the Mac App Store, Whatsapp for Desktop
Communication / 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
Communication / File Sharing
- Cyberduck
Free FTP, SFTP, WebDAV, S3, Backblaze B2, Azure and OpenStack Swift browser
- Dropshare
Powerful menu bar application for sharing screen shots, screen recordings and all other files with over 27 storage providers
- 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
- 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
Powerful tool for recovering data on disks, even if their partitions are formatted, damaged or deleted
- 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
Free, cross-platform open source tool for creating and modifying subtitles. Aegisub makes it quick and easy to time subtitles to audio, and features many powerful tools for styling them, including a built-in real-time video preview
- Audio Profile Manager
Allows you to pin input/output devices for each particular combination of connected devices. May suppress HDMI displays from being chosen
- Aiko
High-quality on-device transcription
- 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
Free for hearing impaired, System wide on-device live caption, multi language support, just like you have YouTube subtitles everywhere
BlackHole
Freemium, open-source virtual output/input audio driver for recording/routing internal audio
buzz
Transcribes and translates audio offline on your personal computer. Powered by OpenAI's Whisper
- 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
This media player is a super versatile app for any file format you probably may think of: FLV, MP4, AVI, MOV, DAT, MKV, MP3, FLAC, M4V are all supported as well as many others
- FreeTube
Open source desktop YouTube client built with privacy in mind
Gifski
Convert videos to high-quality GIFs
- HandBrake
Tool for converting video from nearly any format to a selection of modern, widely supported codecs
- 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
- Kodi
Award-winning free and open-source (GPL) software media center for playing videos, music, pictures, games, and more
- LMMS
Formerly "Linux MultiMedia Studio", LMMS is a powerful Digital Audio Workstation designed like FL Studio (formerly Fruity Loops)
LosslessCut
Cross platform tool for quick and lossless video and audio trimming using ffmpeg
LyricsX
Lyrics for iTunes, Spotify and Vox
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
Movie movie and online viewing offline download software, with Baidu cloud to make offline download and online playback
- 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
- Natron
Open-source compositing software. Node-graph based. Similar in functionality to Adobe After Effects and Nuke by The Foundry
- Nuclear
Streaming music player that finds free music for you
- Perian
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- MusicBrainz Picard
Cross-platform music tagger written in Python
- Playback
Experimental video player
- Plug
Discover and listen to music from Hype Machine
- Popcorn Time
Watch torrent movies instantly, This Popcorn Time service will never be taken down. Download and enjoy
- Potplayer X
a Video Audio Player
Pulp
Audio sample manager
- ScreenFlow
Screencasting and video editing software
- Shotcut
Free open-source video editor
Sonora
Minimal, beautifully designed music player
SpotMenu
Spotify and iTunes in your menu bar
- Stremio
Movies, TV shows, series, live television or web channels like YouTube and Twitch.tv - you can find all this on Stremio
- 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
Free, open-source music library management tool with audio conversion and tag management functionalities
- Tiny Player
As the name suggests, a tiny player
- VLC
Free, open-source, cross-platform multimedia player and framework that plays most multimedia files, DVDs, Audio CDs, VCDs, and various streaming protocols
- VOX Player
High-definition audio player for Mac and iPhone. Music just sounds better!
- 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
- YouTube Music
YouTube Music Desktop App bundled with custom plugins (and built-in ad blocker / downloader)
- YouTube Music Desktop
Free cross platform Desktop Player for YouTube Music
- YPlayer
A multifunctional app capable of live caption on-device, converting audio and video files into text and subtitle, transforming recordings into text, and translating subtitles
Audio and Video Tools / Audio Record and Process
- GarageBand
A free Digital Audio Workstation (DAW) from Apple,providing a simple interface and professional level audio production functions
- Logic Pro X
A professional Digital Audio Workstation (DAW) from Apple,providing complete audio production functions along with high quality native plugins and soundtracks. With native Apple Silicon support
Stargate DAW
An all-in-one digital audio workstation (DAW) and plugin suite
- Quick Recorder
A lightweight and high-performance screen recorder for macOS
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
- JDownloader
Free, open-source download management tool with a huge community of developers that makes downloading as easy and fast as it should be
- Motrix
Motrix is a full-featured download manager that supports downloading HTTP, FTP, BitTorrent, Magnet, Baidu Net Disk, etc
- Neat Download Manager
Neat Download Manager is a simple and lightweight GUI wrapped around a powerful and optimized Download-Engine
- qBittorrent
A project aims to provide an open-source software alternative to µTorrent
- Shuttle
Easy Download Manager for any links
- Transmission
Fast, easy, free BitTorrent Client
- 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
- 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
File hosting service that offers cloud storage and file synchronization with collaborative edit features
- 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
- 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
A tool for multi-language users. Automatically switch input language for different applications
Browsers
- Arc
Arc is your space to breathe on the internet. A browser equipped for the way we use the internet in 2024, and foundational for how we hope to use it in the future
- Brave
Web browser with an emphasis on privacy and speed
- Chrome
Chrome, developed by Google
- Chromium
Open-source, free web browser project by Google, to provide the source code for Google Chrome
Browsers / Chromium
ungoogled-chromium
A lightweight approach to removing Google web service dependency
Browsers
- Firefox
A free and open-source web browser developed by Mozilla
Browsers / Firefox
- LibreWolf
A fork of Firefox, focused on privacy, security and freedom
Browsers
- 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
- 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
- Station
An open-source browser providing a single place for all of your web applications
- Tor Browser
Anonymity Online. Protect your privacy. Defend against network surveillance and traffic analysis
Browsers / Tor Browser
- Mullvad Browser
Tor Browser without the network integrations, aimed at providing anti-fingerprinting browser technologies to VPN users, though it does not require Mullvad VPN
Browsers
Translation Tools
- DeepL
Best quality translations
Easydict
Easy to look up words or translate text
- Grammarly
Refine your english
- iTranslate
Translate entire website instantly with its built-in browser or with iTranslate Safari extension into over 40 languages
- 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
OpenAI Translator
Browser extension and cross-platform desktop application for translation based on ChatGPT API
- Translatium
Translate words, phrases and images between over 100 languages with dictionary, transliteration and voice output support
Education
- Wokabulary
Collect, practice, and organize your individual foreign language vocabulary
Finance
- SubManager
Track your subscriptions in one place and get notified when a subscription is due for renewal. Available for macOS, iOS and visionOS and syncs across all your devices
Encryption
- Cryptomator
Multi-platform transparent client-side encryption of your files in the cloud
Deadbolt
The easiest file encryption tool you'll ever use. macOS-compatible, and open-source so you can trust it
Security Tools
- Antivirus One
Trusted Mac Security Protection: Protect your Mac from viruses, malware and adware. Block potential web threats and protect your Mac against vulnerabilities
- BlockBlock
Me: "Please alert me whenever anything is persistently installed." BlockBlock: "You got it"
- Dylib Hijack Scanner
Simple utility that will scan your computer for applications that are either susceptible to dylib hijacking or have been hijacked
- 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
- LuLu
LuLu is the free macOS firewall that aims to block unauthorized (outgoing) network traffic
- MalwareBytes
Malwarebytes crushes the growing threat of Mac malware, so you are protected and your machine keeps running silky smooth. Cybersecurity smart enough for the Mac
- Mana Security
vulnerability management app for individuals
- OverSight
Monitor mic and webcam, alerting you when the internal mic is activated, or whenever a process accesses the webcam
- ParetoSecurity
A MenuBar app to automatically audit your Mac for basic security hygiene
- RansomWhere?
Generic Ransomware Detection
stronghold
Easily configure MacOS security settings from the terminal
- Suspicious Package
An application for inspecting macOS installer packages
swiftGuard
Lightweight App that safeguards your System's USB Ports from any Unauthorized Access and performs various Counter-Measures
- TaskExplorer
Explore all processes running on your Mac with TaskExplorer
- What's Your Sign?
Adds menu item to Finder.app to display the cryptographic signing information for any file
Proxy and VPN Tools
Algo
Personal IPSEC VPN in the cloud
- Cloudflare WARP
Replaces the connection between your device and the Internet with a modern, optimized, protocol
Hiddify
Multi-platform auto-proxy client, supporting Sing-box, X-ray, TUIC, Hysteria, Reality, Trojan, SSH etc
- Lantern
Free application that delivers fast, reliable and secure access to the open internet
- Mullvad VPN
Privacy focused VPN that requires no personal information for use, keeps no logs, and allows payments with Bitcoin Cash, Monero and more
- 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
- Tunnelbear
Really simple VPN to browse the web privately & securely. Unblock websites around the world with applications for Mac, PC, iOS, Android & Chrome
- Tunnelblick
Free, open-source graphic user interface for OpenVPN on OS X
- Windscribe
Gives 10GB free bandwidth monthly on the spot and gives limited server location options (for users on free plan). Connection also takes very less time
Utilities
Utilities / Clipboard Tools
- Boop
Snippet tool that provides various functionalities like JSON formatting, MD5 Checksum, reverse string, encode, and much more
- 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
- ClipTools
ClipTools is a status menu application that gives you access to a variety of simple clipboard utilities
- Clipy
Clipy is a Clipboard extension app for macOS. Based on ClipMenu
- CopyQ
Clipboard Manager with Advanced Features
- iPaste
Lightweight and efficient clipboard tool
- Paste
Smart clipboard history & snippets manager
PasteBar
Limitless, Free Clipboard Manager for Mac and Windows
- PasteBot
Powerful clipboard manager
- Pure Paste
Paste as plain text by default
Flycut
Clean and simple clipboard manager for developers
- Maccy
Lightweight clipboard manager for macOS
Yippy
Clipboard manager with user-friendly UI
Utilities / Menu Bar Tools
- Anvil
Anvil is a beautiful menubar app for managing local websites. Serve up static sites and Rack apps with simple URLs and zero configuration
- Bartender
Organize or hide menu bar icons on your Mac
BeardedSpice
Allows you to control web based media players (SoundCloud, YouTube, etc) and some native apps with the media keys on Mac keyboards
- Dato
A better menu bar clock with calendar, events, and time zones
Dozer
Hide MacOS menubar items
- Eye Timer
Take Breaks to prevent Eye Strain timer for Mac
- Fishing Funds
Display real-time trends of Chinese funds in the menubar
- Folder Peek
Quickly access documents, files, folders, and apps from the menu bar
- Hue in the Menu
Philips Hue light management in the menu bar with multi-room support
Ice
A free, open source, alternative to Bartender. Helps to hide menu items and gives options for different layouts
iGlance
macOS System Monitor for the Status Bar
- Itsycal
Tiny calendar for your Mac's menu bar
- Jiffy
Discover and share the best GIFs on GIPHY
- Later
Save all your Mac apps for later with one click
- MeetingBar
Menu bar app for your calendar meetings
- Menu Bar Calendar
A monthly calendar right in your menu bar
- MenubarX
A powerful Mac menu bar browser, pin webpage like an App
MonitorControl
Control your display's brightness & volume on your Mac as if it was a native Apple Display
- 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
- 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
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
- TextSniper
Simple yet powerful OCR app in your Menu Bar. Instantly copy and paste text from anywhere
- Today
View today’s schedule right from the menu bar. The perfect companion to the built-in Calendar app
TomatoBar
World's neatest Pomodoro timer for macOS menu bar
- UTC Time
Show the time in UTC in the menu bar or a widget
- Vanilla
Hide menu bar icons on your Mac
- 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-Mechanical Keyboard App
FunKey is a Mac app that offers the ability to add artificial mechanical keyboard sounds to your MacBook
Utilities / File Organization Tools
- BetterZip
Archive tool supports ZIP, TAR, TGZ, TBZ, TXZ (new), 7-ZIP, RAR
- eZip
An easy to use, feature-rich archiver for macOS. Supports popular formats such as RAR, ZIP, 7Z, BZ2, GZ etc. Works great with Mojave dark-mode and QuickLook
- 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
File archiver for macOS. Compression: 7Z, ZIP, TAR, GZIP, BZIP2, XZ LZIP, DMG, ISO. Extraction: 7Z, ZIP, RAR, TAR, GZIP, BZIP2, XZ, LZIP, DMG, ISO, LZMA, EXE, CAB, WIM, PAX, JAR, APK, APPX, CPGZ, CPIO
- muCommander
Lightweight file manager with a dual-pane interface
Modal File Manager
A lightweight, minimal dual-pane file manager with Vim style hotkeys. It can be customized with themes and extensions that are downloaded from GitHub using a built in interface
PDF Archiver
Nice tool for tagging and archiving tasks
- Rapidmg
1-Click extracting apps from DMG images to the "Applications" folder
- The Unarchiver
Unarchive many different kinds of archive files
- Unarchive One
Quickly decompress multiple different types of compressed files/compressed files to various scene compression formats
- Marta
File Manager for macOS written entirely in Swift
Utilities / General Tools
- AirServer
Most advanced screen mirroring software receiver for Mac, PC and Xbox One
- ChatGPT
ChatGPT on your desktop. Chat about email, screenshots, files, and anything on your screen. Download. Available now on macOS
- Claude
Your AI partner on desktop. Fast, focused, and designed for deep work
- Clean-Me
A macOS system analyser and cleaner [ ]
- CleanMyMac
Delete megatons of junk, malware, and make your Mac faster & more organized
DNS Heaven
Unifies macOS DNS so applications using glibc can resolve DNS with the native stack. Mainly for use with VPNs
DevToysMac
Offline toolbox that helps developers in daily tasks
- DevUtils.app
All-in-one Toolbox for Developers. Format/Validate JSON, encode/decode Base64, convert timestamps, debug JWT… with just one click! Native macOS app and works offline
- 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
- lo-rain
Create a customizable rain over your desktop and apps, with splash over the dock
Mac Cache Cleaner
Cache cleaner for Mac
- 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
- 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
Rewind is an application designed for macOS that records and indexes all user activities on the Mac, including screen content and audio. Users can rewind and search past activities, essentially adding a "rewind button" to the Mac
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
CapsLockNoDelay
Removes caps-lock key activation delay for fast typers
Utilities / 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
Powerful GTD app for individuals and teams, with support for every Apple device (Mac, iPhone, iPad, Watch)
- OmniFocus
Nice GTD app, made by OmniGroups
- One Task
Conquer one task at a time
- Super Productivity
Cross-platform todo list app with integrated Timeboxing and time tracking capabilities
- Taskade
Real-time collaborative editor for teams
- TaskPaper
Plain text to-do lists
- Things
Delightful and easy to use task manager. ( )
- 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
Utilities / Productivity
- 1440 Minutes Left Today
Keep a track of how many minutes you have left until the day is over, right in your menu bar
- ActivityWatch
Cross-platform, extensible, and privacy-focused time-tracker
- Alfred
Award-winning app which boosts efficiency with hotkeys, keywords, text expansion and more. Search your Mac and the web, and be more productive with custom actions to control your Mac
- Atomic
A habit tracker app to build good habits, break bad ones, and stay on top of your daily routines
- BetterMouse
Smooth scroll, cursor acceleration prohibition, and powerful button/gesture remapping in one utility for 3rd-party mice. Aims for replacing those bulky and intrusive official drivers
- BetterTouchTool
Great, feature-packed app that allows you to configure many gestures for your Magic Mouse, Macbook Trackpad, Magic Trackpad and also Mouse Gestures for normal mice
- BoltAI
A beautiful & powerful ChatGPT app for Mac. Stay ahead by integrating AI into your workflow today
- 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
- 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
- Freeter
Open-source app that allows you to gather everything you need for work in one place, organized by projects and workflows, and have a quick access to them
- Hammerspoon
Tool for powerful OSX automation with the Lua scripting engine
HapticKey
A simple utility application for MacBook with Touch Bar that triggers a haptic feedback when tapping Touch Bar
- HazeOver
App that dims your background app windows so you can focus more on your main task!
- Hook for Mac
Hook files together fast and easily, enabling you to find anything related with a simple keyboard shortcut
- Hungrymark
Useful app to bookmark your files, folders, and webs, quick access your bookmarks through menu bar
- Hyperkey
Lets you convert the caps lock key or any modifier key to the hyper key, all four modifiers combined: ⌃⌥⌘⇧
- iCMD
Fuzzy menubar search and vim/easymotion emulation which works globally for every native MacOS app
- Journey Navigation
A powerful route planning app with weather along your route, traffic alerts, turn by turn directions, and more
- Karabiner
Powerful and stable keyboard customizer for OS X
Keyboard Cowboy
The missing keyboard shortcut utility for macOS
- Keyboard Maestro
Automate routine actions based on triggers from keyboard, menu, location, added devices, and more
- Keytty
App to keep your hands on the keyboard. Move, click, scroll, drag and more with a few strokes
- 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
- Memo Widget
Sticky notes on your desktop
- MindMac
Feature-rich & privacy-first native ChatGPT app to use OpenAI, Azure OpenAI, Anthropic Claude, OpenRouter all in one place
- Mos
Simple tool can offer the smooth scrolling and reverse the mouse scrolling direction on your Mac
- nnScreenshots
A super easy way to keep a visual record of your productivity to make it easier to fill out timesheets or just to help you review the day. Built in timesheet editor
- 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
- Parrotflow
Copilot for your Mac
- Pie Menu
– Control your tools with a radial menu customized for your active app
- Perplexity
Search and discovery with AI
Pomodoro Cycle
Pomodoro tracker
- Qbserve
Time tracking automation: freelance project tracking, timesheets, invoicing & real-time productivity feedback
- Raycast
Raycast lets you control your tools with a few keystrokes. It’s designed to keep you focused
- RecurseChat
RecurseChat is a personal, local-first and private AI Chat App. Features a simple interface, powerful customizations and blazingly-fast speed
- RescueTime
Personal analytics service that shows you how you spend your time and provides tools to help you be more productive
- Rize
A.I. powered time tracker that automatically improves your focus and helps you build better work habits
- Selectric
Private personal search engine for your emails, documents and messages. Search across Gmail, Outlook, Drive, Dropbox, Teams, Slack and more applications right from your computer
- SensibleSideButtons
Use the side buttons on your mouse to move forward and backward in many apps, like in Windows
- nnScreenshots
A super easy way to keep a visual record of your productivity to make it easier to fill out timesheets or just to help you review the day. Built in timesheet editor
skhd
Simple hotkey daemon for macOS
- Strategr
No-fuss time management app. Stategr helps you maximize your productivity, giving you the quickest and most effective way to time-box your day
- Time Out
Easy break reminders, with micro-break and flexible customization if you want it
- Timing
Automatic time and productivity tracking for Mac. Helps you stay on track with your work and ensures no billable hours get lost if you are billing hourly
- 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
- xScope
Powerful set of tools that are ideal for measuring, inspecting & testing on-screen graphics and layouts
Z
Powerful way to navigate easily by typing only a string of directory name in terminal instead of typing exact location of director
Utilities / Window Management
- AltTab
Open source window switcher with window previews
- Amethyst
Tiling window manager
- Assignee
Simple, instant app switcher
- contexts
Provides more power than the native Mac Dock. Especially when you have multiple screens, it can help you switch more quickly
- 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
- Lasso
Intuitive and easy to use grid-based window manager
- Magnet
Window manager that keeps your workspace organized
MakeItHome
Extends your macOS' UI allowing you to access with the pointer in the "over screen", an extension of the interface for accessing quick actions, mainly fast switch of the most used running applications
- Moom
Allows you to easily move and zoom windows, or to another display—using either the mouse or the keyboard
- rcmd
Use the key to switch applications based on their name
Rectangle-app
Rectangle is a window management app based on Spectacle, written in Swift: Move and resize windows on macOS with keyboard shortcuts and snap areas
ShiftIt
Managing window size and position in OSX
- Sidebar
The modern Dock replacement for your Mac
- SizeUp
Powerful, keyboard-centric window management
Slate
Window management application similar to Divvy and SizeUp (except better and free!). ( )
- Swift Shift
Use your mouse with a keyboard shortcut to move and resize your windows quickly. It offers options to customize the draggable areas and mouse behavior
- Tiles
Easily reorganize windows by either dragging them to the edges of the screen, using keyboard shortcuts, or the menu bar
Topit
Pin any window to the top of your screen ( )
- Total Spaces
Provides window management much like ubuntu. Creates hotkeys for workspaces which allows you to easily move around
yabai
Tiling window manager for macOS. A rewrite of chunkwm, it provides a more seamless integration with the operating system
Utilities / 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
- 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
Secure Password Management for iOS and MacOS. Open Source. Compatible with KeePass and Password Safe
- Swifty
Free Offline-first Password Manager for MacOS, Windows and Linux
Utilities / Finder Tools
- Command X
Cut and paste files in Finder
- Default Folder X
Quick access to your files and folders in every app
- FinderFix
Finally, a lasting solution for Finder windows size and position
- 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
- TotalFinder
Chrome-styled Finder substitute
- XtraFinder
Adds tabs and cut to Mac Finder
Utilities / Quality of Life Improvements
Actions
Provides many useful actions for the Shortcuts app
- AI Actions
AI actions for the Shortcuts app
- DisplayBuddy
Control the brightness, contrast, input source and more of your external display directly from your Mac
- f.lux
Makes the color of your computer's display adapt to the time of day
Grayscale Mode
An open source macOS app that lets you quickly toggle grayscale filter right from your menu bar or using a keyboard shortcut (⌥⌘G)
- Hyperduck
Receive links from your iOS & visionOS devices
KeyCastr
Open-source keystroke visualizer
- Luminescent
Bring back Keyboard Backlight Shortcuts for the MacBook
- 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
Utilities / System Related Tools
- AlDente
Charge limiter app for MacBooks to keep your battery healthy even longer
- Amphetamine
Override your energy saver settings and keep your Mac awake
- AdBlock One
Your New Favorite Free Ad Blocker for macOS and iOS: Stop seeing annoying ads in Safari. Open websites faster. Browse the web more safely
- AppCleaner
Small application which allows you to thoroughly uninstall unwanted apps
- Apple Silicon App Test
Browser-based tool for checking Apple Silicon app compatibility before you buy an M1 Mac
Background Music
Automatically pause your music, set individual apps' volumes and record system audio
- Cleaner One
All-in-one Disk Cleaning Manager: Clean up your Mac and optimize its performance. Run a quick scan now to verify what's taking up your storage
Cleaner for Xcode
Helps make your Xcode faster by removing unwanted and deprecated files
- coconutBattery
Shows live information about the battery in your Mac. Includes: manufacture date, capacity, cycle count, battery status, temperature, discharging power
- DaisyDisk
Gives a great overview of disk usage. Can also make more disk-space available by cleaning up your disk
- gfxCardStatus
Unobtrusive menu bar app for OS X that allows MacBook Pro users to see which apps are affecting their battery life by using the more power-hungry graphics
- GrandPerspective
A small utility that visualizes disk usage by way of tree maps. It lets you quickly spot which files and folders take up the most space
Gray
Pick between the light appearance and the dark appearance on a per-app basis with the click of a button
- HandShaker
Mac on the management of Android mobile phone content
- iStat Menus
Advanced Mac system monitor on the menubar
iStats
Command-line tool that allows you to easily grab the CPU temperature, fan speeds and battery information on OSX
Juice
Make your battery information a bit more interesting
KeepingYouAwake
Alternative to Caffeine with better support for dark mode in Mac
- MagicQuit
Automatically closes unused apps on macOS to free memory, declutter the desktop, and improve battery life
- 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
- Noti
Receive Android notifications on your Mac (with Pushbullet)
- OmniDiskSweeper
Shows you the files on your drive, ordered by size. It can be used to find and remove unused files
- OnyX
Multifunction utility to verify disks and files, run cleaning and system maintenance tasks, configure hidden options and more
- Pearcleaner
A free, source-available and fair-code licensed mac app cleaner
- Paragon NTFS
Read/write access to NTFS in macOS Sierra
stats
free Mac system monitor for the menubar
- Sensei
Sensei is a multi-tool for Mac performance, with features spanning across both hardware and software
- Sleepr
Sleepr brings back sleep timer on macOS
- Sloth
Shows all open files, directories, sockets, pipes and devices in use by all running processes
SwiftQuit
Enables automatic quitting of macOS apps when closing their windows
- 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
A great video game console emulator, supports many different emulators in a single application. (e.g. Sony PSP, GameBoy, NDS and so on)
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
- Suyu
A familiar, open source, and powerful Nintendo Switch emulator
- Whisky
Wine wrapper that supports GPTK (Game Porting Toolkit)
Remote Login Software
- AnyDesk
Provides remote access across multiple machines
Moonlight
GameStream client for PCs (Windows, Mac, Linux, and Steam Link)
- Parsec
Parsec offers a seamless 4k experience at up to 60 frames per second with near-zero latency. Secure, flexible, effortless access to whatever you do, at any time, from wherever you go
- RealVNC
The original and best software for remote access across desktop and mobile
- RoyalTSX
Royal TSX is an ideal tool for system engineers and other IT professionals who need remote access to systems with different 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
Proprietary computer software package for remote control, desktop sharing, online meetings, web conferencing, and file transfer between computers
- Windows App
Connect to a remote PC or virtual apps and desktops made available by your admin
QuickLook Plugins
QLMarkdown
Quick Look extension for Markdown files. -
quick-look-plugins
List of useful plugins for developers
Syntax Highlight
Quick Look extension for highlight source code files. -
Third Party App Markets
- Setapp
The best apps for Mac in one suite
Third Party App Markets / Package Managers
- 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
Open-source community initiative to design an easy-to-use system for compiling, installing, and upgrading either command-line, X11 or Aqua based open-source software on the Mac OS X operating system
- MacUpdate Desktop
Simplifies finding, buying and installing apps for your Mac
Mac App Download Sites / Genuine Sites
- alternativeTo
Also a very nice community. If you are looking for some alternative apps Windows or another platform, check this site
- Slant
I personally recommend this. This is a platform where you can compare apps side-by-side, you might get an idea by seeing other users recommendations. Please contribute if you find an application from this list!
- Quora
Also, , , you know the drill
- http://appshopper.com/
App Shopper:
- 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
- https://www.macupdate.com/
MacUpdate:
- MacStories
Other sites like , , are great resources
Podcasts
- Mac Power Users
Learn about getting the most from your Apple technology with focused topics and workflow guests
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