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🚀 Awesome list of open source applications for macOS. https://t.me/s/opensourcemacosapps

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List of native and cross-platform macOS applications that can be contributed to or suggested for use.

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Applications / Audio

  • AUHost

    Application which hosts AudioUnits v3 using AVFoundation API

  • Audacity

    Free, open source, cross-platform audio software

  • Aural Player

    Aural Player is a audio player application for the macOS platform. Inspired by the classic Winamp player for Windows, it is designed to be to-the-point and easy to use

  • AutoMute

    Automatically mute the sound when headphones disconnect / Mac awake from sleep

  • Background Music

    Background Music, a macOS audio utility: automatically pause your music, set individual apps' volumes and record system audio

  • BlackHole

    BlackHole is a modern macOS virtual audio driver that allows applications to pass audio to other applications with zero additional latency

  • CAM

    macOS camera recording using ffmpeg

  • Clementine

    Clementine is a modern music player and library organizer for Windows, Linux and macOS

  • Cog

    Cog is an open source audio player for macOS. The basic layout is a single-paned playlist interface with two retractable drawers, one for navigating the user's music folders and another for viewing audio file properties, like bitrate

  • Karaoke Forever

    Host awesome karaoke parties where everyone can queue songs from their phone's browser. Plays MP3+G and MP4 with WebGL visualizations

  • LocalRadio

    LocalRadio is software for listening to "Software-Defined Radio" on your Mac and mobile devices

  • LosslessCut

    The swiss army knife of lossless video/audio editing without re-encoding

  • Lyricism

    macOS app to show you lyric what currently iTunes or Spotify is playing

  • LyricsX

    Lyrics for iTunes, Spotify and Vox

  • MPV

    Lightweight, highly configurable media player

  • MonitorControl

    Control your external monitor brightness, contrast or volume directly from a menulet or with keyboard native keys

  • Mous Player

    Simple yet powerful audio player for BSD/Linux/macOS

  • NoiseBuddy

    Control the listening mode on your AirPods Pro in the Touch Bar or Menu Bar

  • PlayStatus

    PlayStatus is a macOS app that allows the control of Spotify and iTunes music playback from the menu bar

  • Plug

    Discover and listen to music from Hype Machine

  • Scope

    Audio Oscilloscope

  • ShazamScrobbler

    Scrobble vinyl, radios, movies to Last.fm

  • Sonora

    Minimal, beautifully designed music player for macOS

  • SpotMenu

    Spotify and iTunes in your menu bar

  • SpotSpot

    Spotify mini-player for macOS

  • Spotify4BigSur

    Spotify widget for Notification Center

  • Suohai

    Audio input/output source lock for macOS

  • Tickeys

    Instant audio feedback for typing. macOS version

  • Tuner

    Musical Instrument Tuner

  • [Un]MuteMic

    macOS app to mute & unmute the input volume of your microphone. Perfect for podcasters

  • eqMac2

    System-Wide Equalizer for the Mac

  • fre:ac

    The fre:ac audio converter project

  • iTunes-Volume-Control

    This app allows you to control the iTunes volume using volume up and volume down hotkeys

  • jmc

    jmc is new macOS media organizer

  • shairport-sync

    macOS/Linux/FreeBSD/OpenBSD Airplay audio receiver

  • waveSDR

    macOS native desktop Software Defined Radio application using the RTL-SDR USB device

Applications / Backup

  • BorgBase/Vorta

    Simple and Secure Offsite Backups

  • Mackup

    Keep your application settings in sync (macOS/Linux)

  • Syncalicious

    Keeping multiple macOS preferences in sync can be painful, but it shouldn't be

  • UrBackup

    UrBackup is Client/Server network backup for Windows, macOS and Linux

  • shallow-backup

    Easily create lightweight documentation of installed applications, dotfiles, and more

Applications / Browser

  • Beaker Browser

    Beaker is an experimental peer-to-peer Web browser

  • Brave Browser

    Brave browser for Desktop and Laptop computers running Windows, macOS, and Linux

  • Chromium

    Chromium is an open-source browser project that aims to build a safer, faster, and more stable way for all users to experience the web

  • Finicky

    Always opens the right browser

  • Firefox

    Fast, privacy aware browser from a non-profit. Runs on Windows, macOS and Linux

  • Helium

    Floating browser window for macOS

  • Min Browser

    A fast and efficient minimal web browser

  • Pennywise

    Pennywise opens any website or media in a small floating window that remains on top of all other applications. It's a great alternative to Helium

  • Plash

    Make any website your desktop wallpaper

  • Privacy Redirect for Safari

    Redirect Twitter, YouTube, Reddit, Google Maps, Google Search, and Google Translate to privacy friendly alternatives

  • browserosaurus

    macOS tool that prompts you to choose a browser when opening a link

  • otter-browser

    Otter Browser aims to recreate the best aspects of the classic Opera (12.x) UI using Qt5

  • seb-mac

    Safe Exam Browser for macOS and iOS

Applications / Chat

  • Adium

    Instant messaging application that can connect to XMPP (Jabber), IRC and more

  • Beagle IM

    Powerful XMPP client with support for file transfer, VoIP and end-to-end encryption

  • ChitChat

    Native Mac app wrapper for WhatsApp Web

  • Electronic WeChat

    Better WeChat on macOS and Linux

  • Element

    Element is a collaboration app (currently Electron) for the protocol

  • Franz

    Franz is messaging application for services like WhatsApp, Slack, Messenger and many more

  • Google Allo for Desktop

    Native macOS & Windows desktop app for Google Allo

  • GroupMe

    Unofficial GroupMe App

  • MessagesHistoryBrowser

    macOS application to comfortably browse and search through your Messages.app history

  • RocketChat

    Free open source chat system for teams. An alternative to Slack that can also be self hosted

  • Seaglass

    A truly native client for macOS

  • Signal Desktop

    Electron app that links with your Signal Android or Signal iOS app

  • Telegram

    Source code of Telegram for macOS on Swift

  • Telegram Desktop

    Telegram Desktop messaging app

  • Textual

    Textual is an IRC client for macOS

  • Thunderbird

    Backed by Mozilla, Thunderbird is an extensible email, newsfeed, chat, and calendaring client

  • Torchat-Mac

    TorChat for Mac is a macOS native and unofficial port of torchat

  • WhatsAppBar

    Send WhatsApp message from menu bar

  • Wire Desktop

    Standalone Electron app for the chatapp Wire

Applications / Cryptocurrency

  • Balance Open

    App for all the world’s currencies

  • CoinBar

    macOS menu bar application for tracking crypto coin prices

  • Copay

    A secure bitcoin wallet platform for both desktop and mobile devices

  • Crypto Bar

    macOS menu bar application built with Electron

  • Float coin

    Native menu bar app with floating window and support for many Exchanges

Applications / Database

  • Bdash

    Simple SQL Client for lightweight data analysis

  • Beekeeper Studio

    SQL editor and manager with support for SQLite, MySQL, MariaDB, Postgres, CockroachDB, SQL Server, and Amazon Redshift

  • DB Browser for SQLite

    SQLite database management GUI

  • DBeaver

    Universal database tool and SQL client

  • DbGate

    Database manager for MySQL, PostgreSQL, SQL Server, MongoDB, SQLite and others. Runs under Windows, Linux, Mac or as web application

  • Medis

    💻 Medis is a beautiful, easy-to-use Mac database management application for Redis

  • MongoHub

    Add another lightweight Mac Native MongoDB client

  • Postbird

    PostgreSQL GUI client for macOS

  • Postgres.app

    The easiest way to get started with PostgreSQL on the Mac

  • Redis Desktop Manager

    Cross-platform open source database management tool for Redis ®

  • Redis.app

    The easiest way to get started with Redis on the Mac

  • Robo 3T

    Robo 3T (formerly Robomongo) is the free lightweight GUI for MongoDB enthusiasts

  • Sequel Ace

    Sequel Ace is a fast, easy-to-use Mac database management application for working with MySQL & MariaDB databases

  • Sequel Pro

    MySQL/MariaDB database management for macOS

  • mongoDB.app

    The easiest way to get started with mongoDB on the Mac

  • redis-pro

    Redis management with SwiftUI

  • reventlou

    Personal database as an information management system

  • sqlectron

    A simple and lightweight SQL client desktop/terminal with cross database and platform support

Applications / Development

  • Apache Netbeans

    Apache NetBeans is an IDE, Tooling Platform and Application Framework suitable for development in Java, JavaScript, PHP, HTML5, CSS, and more

  • Brackets

    Modern open-source code editor for HTML, CSS and JavaScript that's built in HTML, CSS and JavaScript

  • ColorSet

    ColorSet is a macOS utility and framework allowing developers to manage custom interface colors with ease

  • GitAhead

    A graphical Git client designed to help you understand and manage your source code history

  • KiCad

    A software suite for electronic design automation

  • Layout Designer for UICollectionView

    A simple but powerful tool that helps you make complex layouts for UICollectionView

  • Pasteboard Viewer

    Inspect the system pasteboards

  • Stringz

    A lightweight and powerful editor for localizing iOS, macOS, tvOS, and watchOS applications

  • utmapp

    Virtualization for other operating systems

  • Cashew

    Cashew macOS Github Issue Tracker

  • GPM

    macOS application for easily operating GitHub Projects

  • Git Interactive Rebase Tool

    Full feature terminal based sequence editor for interactive rebase

  • GitAhead

    A graphical Git client designed to help you understand and manage your source code history

  • GitBlamePR

    Mac app that shows pull request last modified each line of a file

  • GitHub Desktop

    Simple collaboration from your desktop

  • GitSync

    Minimalistic Git client for Mac

  • GitUp

    The Git interface you've been missing all your life has finally arrived

  • GitX

    Graphical client for the git version control system

  • Gitee

    Gitee, macOS status bar application for Github

  • Github contributions

    GitHub contributions app, for iOS, WatchOS, and macOS

  • GithubListener

    Simple app that will notify about new commits to watched repositories

  • GithubNotify

    Simple macOS app to alert you when you have unread GitHub notifications

  • Gitify

    Your GitHub notifications on your menu bar

  • Streaker

    GitHub contribution streak tracking menubar app

  • TeamStatus-for-GitHub

    macOS status bar application for tracking code review process within the team

  • Trailer

    Managing Pull Requests and Issues For GitHub & GitHub Enterprise

  • Xit

    Xit is a graphical tool for working with git repositories

  • osagitfilter

    Filter to put OSA languages (AppleScript, JavaScript) into git, as if they where plain text-files. ![applescript_icon]

  • JSON Mapper

    Simple macOS app to generate Swift Object Mapper classes from JSON

  • JSON to Model class

    Template based highly customizable macOS app to generate classes from JSON string, supports many languages

  • JSONExport

    Desktop application for macOS which enables you to export JSON objects as model classes with their associated constructors, utility methods, setters and getters in your favorite language

  • j2s

    macOS app to convert JSON objects into Swift structs (currently targets Swift 4 and Codable)

  • Boop

    A scriptable scratchpad for developers

  • ChefInspector

    Node and Attribute viewer for Chef

  • MQTTX

    An elegant Cross-platform MQTT 5.0 desktop client

  • macho-browser

    Browser for macOS Mach-O binaries

  • vegvisir

    Browser based GUI for Debugger

  • CoreOS VM

    CoreOS VM is macOS status bar app which allows in an easy way to control CoreOS VM on your Mac

  • Corectl App for macOS

    Corectl App is a macOS Status bar App which works like a wrapper around the corectl command line tool corectld to control the server runtime process

  • HTTP Toolkit

    HTTP Toolkit is a cross-platform tool to intercept, debug & mock HTTP

  • Insomnia

    Insomnia is a cross-platform REST client, built on top of Electron

  • KubeMonitor

    KubeMonitor is a macOS app that displays information about your active Kubernetes cluster in your menu bar

  • KubeSwitch

    KubeSwitch lists the available kubernetes cluster contexts on the mac, in Mac's Menu bar

  • Lantern

    Dedicated Mac app for website auditing and crawling

  • LocalSites

    Simple Menu Bar (Status Bar) App for macOS listing local Bonjour websites (as Safari 11 no longer has Bonjour Bookmarks)

  • SimpleLocalize CLI

    Open source tool for managing i18n keys in software projects

  • aws-s3-uploader

    Simple macOS app for uploading files to Amazon Web Services

  • iTunesConnect

    macOS app to let you access iTunesConnect

  • ndm

    Npm desktop GUI

  • nodeScratchpad

    Evaluate Nodejs/JS code snippets from Menubar

  • stts

    macOS app for monitoring the status of cloud services

  • AVXCAssets Generator

    Takes path for your assets images and creates appiconset and imageset for you in just one click

  • AppBox

    Tool for iOS developers to build and deploy Development, Ad-Hoc and In-house (Enterprise) applications directly to the devices from your Dropbox account

  • AppIcons

    Tool for generating icons in all sizes as required by macOS and iOS apps

  • AppStoreReviewTimes

    Gives you indication about the average iOS / macOS app stores review times

  • AppleTrace

    Trace tool for iOS/macOS

  • Asset Catalog Tinkerer

    App that lets you open .car files and browse/extract their images

  • Assets

    Assets is a macOS app that manages assets for your development projects (Xcode, web, etc)

  • Attabench

    Attabench is a microbenchmarking app for macOS, designed to measure and visualize the performance of Swift code

  • Board For GitHub

    Small application to monitor your GitHub project web page in a native macOS app !

  • Brisk

    macOS app for submitting radars

  • Cleaner for Xcode

    Cleaner for Xcode.app built with react-native-macOS

  • CocoaRestClient

    Native Apple macOS app for testing HTTP/REST endpoints

  • Corona Tracker

    Coronavirus tracker app for iOS & macOS with maps & charts

  • FilterShop

    macOS App to explore CoreImage Filters

  • IconGenerator

    macOS app to generate app icons

  • Iconizer

    Create Xcode image catalogs (xcassets) on the fly

  • Iconology

    Edit icons and then export to Xcode, icns, ico, favicon, macOS iconset, or a custom collection

  • Icons.app

    App for macOS which is designed to generate consistent sized icons of an existing application in various states, jiggling (shaking) etc

  • InjectionIII

    overdue Swift rewrite of Injection

  • Knuff

    The debug application for Apple Push Notification Service (APNs)

  • LayerX

    Intuitive app to display transparent images on screen

  • Localizable.strings

    Mac app to localize your iOS and macOS projects

  • Localization Editor

    Simple macOS editor app to help you manage iOS app localizations by allowing you to edit all the translations side by side

  • Localizations

    Localizations is an macOS app that manages your Xcode project localization files (.strings)

  • Menubar Colors

    macOS app for convenient access to the system color panel

  • Notarize

    Notarization status monitoring tool for macOS, supporting multiple developer accounts

  • PodsUpdater

    macOS app which helps you manage dependency releases in your Podfile

  • ProfilesManager

    Apple iOS/macOS Provisioning Profiles management,.provisionprofile, .mobileprovision files manager tool for mac

  • PushNotifications

    macOS app to test push notifications on iOS and Android

  • ResignTool

    This is an app for macOS that can (re)sign apps and bundle them into ipa files that are ready to be installed on an iOS device

  • Resizr

    MacOS application for creating AppIcon for iOS and Android apps

  • SmartPush

    iOS Push Notification Debug App

  • Stringz

    A lightweight and powerful editor for localizing iOS, macOS, tvOS, and watchOS applications

  • TransporterPad

    iOS/Android app deployment tool for macOS

  • WWDC

    Unofficial WWDC app for macOS

  • WWDC.srt

    Powerful app for downloading subtitle for each WWDC session video since 2013 in (srt) format

  • Xcodes.app

    The easiest way to install and switch between multiple versions of Xcode

  • calabash-launcher

    iOS Calabash Launcher is a macOS app that helps you run and manage Calabash tests on your Mac

  • iOS Images Extractor

    iOS Images Extractor is a Mac app to normalize, decode, and extract images from iOS apps

  • iSimulator

    iSimulator is a GUI utility to control the Simulator and manage the app installed on the simulator

  • xib2Storyboard

    Tool to convert Xcode .xib to .storyboard files

Applications / Downloader

  • App Downloader

    Easily search and download macOS apps from the huge app catalog

  • Extream Download Manager

    a powerful tool to increase download speeds up to 500%

  • Get It

    Native macOS video/audio downloader. Think of it as a youtube downloader that works on many sites

  • Motrix

    A full-featured download manager

  • Pillager

    macOS Video Downloader written in Swift and Objective-C

  • YouTube Downloader for macOS

    Simple menu bar app to download YouTube movies on your Mac. I wrote this as a test project to learn more about app development on macOS

  • udemy-downloader-gui

    desktop application for downloading Udemy Courses

Applications / Editors

  • AuroraEditor

    Lightweight Code Editor (IDE) for macOS

  • Chime

    An editor for macOS

  • CodeEdit

    CodeEdit App for macOS – Elevate your code editing experience. Open source, free forever

  • Geany

    Geany is a powerful, stable and lightweight programmer's text editor that provides tons of useful features without bogging down your workflow. ![c++_icon]

  • TableTool

    simple CSV editor for the macOS

  • JSON Editor

    Dead simple JSON editor using josdejong/jsoneditor

  • JSON-Splora

    GUI for editing, visualizing, and manipulating JSON data

  • Gingko

    Tree-structured markdown editor for macOS, Windows, and Linux

  • MacDown

    Markdown editor for macOS

  • Mark Text

    Realtime preview markdown editor for macOS Windows and Linux

  • MarkEdit

    MarkEdit is a free and open-source Markdown editor, for macOS. It's just like TextEdit on Mac but dedicated to Markdown

  • Notenik

    Note-taking app with many organizational options

  • Obsidian plugins & themes

    Community plugins list, theme list, and releases of Obsidian

  • Pine

    A modern MacOS markdown editor

  • QOwnNotes

    Plain-text file notepad and todo-list manager with markdown support and ownCloud / Nextcloud integration

  • Zettlr

    A Markdown Editor for the 21st century

  • linked

    🧾 Your daily journal app, diary or anything else to unclutter your mind. Let linked help you get focused by writing down what is in your mind on a daily basis. ![vue_icon]

  • Qilin Editor

    Text editor for exact sciences with built-in KaTeX/AsciiMath support

  • AuroraEditor

    Lightweight Code Editor (IDE) for macOS

  • CotEditor

    Lightweight Plain-Text Editor for macOS

  • Geany

    Geany is a powerful, stable and lightweight programmer's text editor that provides tons of useful features without bogging down your workflow. ![c++_icon]

  • MacVim

    Text editor for macOS

  • Noto

    Plain text editor for macOS with customizable themes

  • SubEthaEdit

    General purpose plain text editor for macOS. Widely known for its live collaboration feature

  • TextMate

    TextMate is a graphical text editor for macOS

  • Tincta

    One-window text editor with syntax highlighting

  • VimR

    Refined Neovim experience for macOS

  • micro

    A terminal-based text editor that aims to be easy to use and intuitive, while also taking advantage of the capabilities of modern terminals

  • reventlou

    Personal database as an information management system

Applications / Extensions

  • AdGuard for Safari

    The most advanced ad blocking extension for Safari

  • BetterPiP

    Use native picture-in-picture with browsers such as Google Chrome for HTML5 videos

  • Is It Private?

    A Safari Extension providing a toolbar icon that changes its visual appearance if Private Browsing is enabled

  • Middleclick

    Emulate a scroll wheel click with three finger Click or Tap on MacBook trackpad and Magic Mouse

  • PageExtender

    Extend pages with your own CSS and JS files

  • PiPTool

    Add the Picture-in-Picture Functionality to YouTube, Netflix, Plex and other video broadcasting services in macOS

  • PiPifier

    PiPifier is a native macOS 10.12 Safari extension that lets you use every HTML5 video in Picture in Picture mode

  • Privacy Redirect for Safari

    Redirect Twitter, YouTube, Reddit, Google Maps, Google Search, and Google Translate to privacy friendly alternatives

  • Sessions

    Safari extension to save your working sessions

  • Swimat

    Swimat is an Xcode plug-in to format your Swift code

  • ThenGenerator

    Xcode Source Editor Extension for 'Then'

  • Ultra TabSaver

    Ultra TabSaver is an open-source Tab Manager for Safari

  • nef

    This Xcode extension enables you to make a code selection and export it to a snippets. Available on Mac AppStore

Applications / Finder

  • Clipy

    Clipy is a Clipboard extension app for macOS

  • CopyQ

    Clipboard manager with advanced features

  • Duplicate Finder

    It's a useful tool that would help you to find all duplicate files which have the same names in the specific folder

  • FiScript

    Execute custom scripts from the MacOS context menu (CTRL+click) in Finder

  • Finder Go

    macOS app and Finder Sync Extension to open Terminal, iTerm, Hyper from Finder

  • OpenInCode

    Finder toolbar app to open current folder in Visual Studio Code

  • OpenInTerminal

    Finder Toolbar app for macOS to open the current directory in Terminal, iTerm, Hyper or Alacritty

  • Quick Look plugins

    List of useful Quick Look plugins for developers

  • cd to...

    Finder Toolbar app to open the current directory in the Terminal

  • dupeGuru

    dupeGuru is a tool to find duplicate files on your computer. It can scan using file names and file contents

  • zoxide

    zoxide is a smarter cd command for your terminal

Applications / Games

  • 0 A.D.

    Real-time strategy game of ancient warfare

  • Battle for Wesnoth

    Turn-based tactical strategy game, featuring both single-player and online multiplayer combat

  • Boxer

    The DOS game emulator that’s fit for your Mac

  • Chess

    The chess app that comes with macOS. ![objective-c_icon]

  • Dolphin

    Powerful emulator for Nintendo GameCube and Wii games

  • Dynamic Dark Mode

    Dynamic Dark Mode is the app you are looking for to power up Dark Mode on macOS Mojave and beyond

  • OpenEmu

    Retro video game emulation for macOS

  • OpenRCT2

    Re-implementation of RollerCoaster Tycoon 2

  • Screentendo

    Turn your screen into a playable level of Mario

  • Stockfish

    Beautiful, powerful chess application

  • Widelands

    Widelands is a free, open source real-time strategy game with singleplayer campaigns and a multiplayer mode. The game was inspired by Settlers II™ (© Bluebyte) but has significantly more variety and depth to it. ![c++_icon]

Applications / Graphics

  • Aseprite

    Animated sprite editor & pixel art tool (Windows, macOS, Linux)

  • Blender

    Blender is the free and open source 3D creation suite. It supports the entirety of the 3D pipeline: modeling, rigging, animation, simulation, rendering, compositing, motion tracking, and video editing

  • CaptuocrToy

    Tool to capture screenshot and recognize text by online ocr apis

  • ColorSet

    ColorSet is a macOS utility and framework allowing developers to manage custom interface colors with ease

  • FreeCAD

    FreeCAD is an open-source 3D parametric modeler ![c++_icon]

  • Gaphor

    Gaphor is the simple modeling tool for UML and SysML

  • GifCapture

    Gif capture app for macOS

  • Gifcurry

    Video to GIF maker with a graphical interface capable of cropping, adding text, seeking, and trimming

  • Gifski

    Convert videos to high-quality GIFs

  • InfiniteCanvas

    Proof of concept Mac drawing application

  • Krita

    Krita is a cross-platform application for creating digital art files from scratch like illustrations, concept art, matte painting, textures, comics and animations

  • Material Colors Native

    Choose your Material colours and copy the hex code

  • Pencil2D Animation

    Pencil2D is an animation/drawing software for macOS, Windows, and Linux. It lets you create traditional hand-drawn animation (cartoon) using both bitmap and vector graphics

  • ScreenToLayers for macOS

    ScreenToLayers is a macOS application to easily capture your screen as a layered PSD file

  • macSVG

    macOS application for designing HTML5 SVG (Scalable Vector Graphics) art and animation with a WebKit web view

Applications / IDE

  • Apache Netbeans

    Apache NetBeans is an IDE, Tooling Platform and Application Framework suitable for development in Java, JavaScript, PHP, HTML5, CSS, and more

  • Atom

    The hackable text editor

  • AuroraEditor

    Lightweight Code Editor (IDE) for macOS

  • Brackets

    Modern open-source code editor for HTML, CSS and JavaScript that's built in HTML, CSS and JavaScript

  • CodeEdit

    CodeEdit App for macOS – Elevate your code editing experience. Open source, free forever

  • Geany

    Geany is a powerful, stable and lightweight programmer's text editor that provides tons of useful features without bogging down your workflow. ![c++_icon]

  • IntelliJ IDEA Community Edition

    IntelliJ IDEA is an integrated development environment written in Java for developing computer software

  • LiveCode

    Cross-platform development IDE

  • Oni

    Oni is a modern take on modal editing code editor focused on developer productivity

  • Vim

    ubiquitous text editor ![Vim script_icon]

  • Visual Studio Code

    Code editor developed by Microsoft

  • ZeroBraneStudio

    ZeroBrane Studio is a lightweight cross-platform Lua IDE with code completion, syntax highlighting, remote debugger, code analyzer, live coding, and debugging support for various Lua engines

Applications / Images

  • APNGb

    macOS app which assembles and disassembles animated png files

  • Crunch

    Insane(ly slow but wicked good) PNG image optimization

  • ExifCleaner

    Remove image metadata with drag and drop, multi-core batch processing, and dark mode

  • Flameshot

    Powerful yet simple to use screenshot software

  • Freehand

    macOS Status Bar App for quick sketch

  • Gimp

    Gimp is GNU Image Manipulation Program

  • Iconology

    Edit icons and then export to Xcode, icns, ico, favicon, macOS iconset, or a custom collection

  • ImageAlpha

    Mac GUI for pngquant, pngnq and posterizer

  • Imagine

    Imagine is a desktop app for compression of PNG and JPEG, with a modern and friendly UI

  • InVesalius

    3D medical imaging reconstruction software

  • Inkscape

    Inkscape is a Free and open source vector graphics editor. ![c++_icon]

  • Katana

    Katana is a simple screenshot utility for macOS that lives in your menubar

  • Krita

    Krita is a cross-platform application for creating digital art files from scratch like illustrations, concept art, matte painting, textures, comics and animations

  • PhotoMiner

    macOS app for finding and lost forgotten photos on your disks

  • Screenbar

    macOS menubar app for automating screenshots

  • Seashore

    Easy to use macOS image editing application for the rest of us

  • WebPonize

    WebPonize is a macOS App for converting PNG, JPEG, animated (or not) GIF images into WebP

Applications / Keyboard

  • AnnePro-mac

    macOS application for controlling AnnePro keyboard over bluetooth

  • Fluor

    Handy tool for macOS allowing you to switch Fn keys' mode based on active application

  • GokuRakuJoudo

    Karabiner-Elements configuration manager, rescue to bloated karabiner.json

  • Karabiner

    Karabiner (KeyRemap4MacBook) is a powerful utility for keyboard customization

  • Karabiner-Elements

    Karabiner-Elements is a powerful utility for keyboard customization on macOS Sierra (10.12) or later

  • Kawa

    Better input source switcher for macOS

  • Keycastr

    Keystroke visualizer. ![Objective-C_icon]

  • Thor

    Switch the right application ASAP

  • Unshaky

    A software attempt to address the "double key press" issue on Apple's butterfly keyboard

Applications / Mail

  • Correo

    Menubar/taskbar Gmail App for Windows and macOS

  • ElectronMail

    Unofficial desktop app for ProtonMail and Tutanota end-to-end encrypted email providers

  • Mailspring

    💌 A beautiful, fast and maintained fork of @nylas Mail by one of the original authors

  • Rambox

    Cross Platform messaging and emailing app that combines common web applications into one

  • SimpleLogin

    Email Alias solution: protect your real email address

  • Thunderbird

    Backed by Mozilla, Thunderbird is an extensible email, newsfeed, chat, and calendaring client

  • dejalu

    Fast and Simple Email Client

Applications / Medical

  • InVesalius

    3D medical imaging reconstruction software

Applications / Menubar

  • Airpass

    Status bar Mac application to overcome time constrained WiFi networks

  • Akku

    The missing macOS bluetooth headset battery indicator app

  • AnyBar

    macOS menubar status indicator

  • BarTranslate

    A handy menu bar translator app that supports DeepL and Google Translate

  • CloudyTabs

    Simple menu bar macOS application for displaying lists of your iCloud Tabs and Reading List

  • DatWeatherDoe

    Simple menu bar weather app for macOS written in Swift

  • DisplayMenu

    Simple (bare-bones) macOS menubar extra to apply display presets

  • Dozer

    Hide MacOS menubar items

  • Grayscale Mode

    Manage grayscale mode from menu bar

  • Hidden Bar

    An ultra-light MacOS utility that helps hide menu bar icons

  • Itsycal

    A tiny calendar for that lives in the Mac menu bar

  • KubeContext

    import, manage and switch between your Kubernetes contexts on Mac

  • LinkLiar

    Keep your MAC address random for privacy (intuitive GUI for ifconfig)

  • Market Bar

    Tiny stocks watcher for the menu bar

  • MeetingBar

    Menu bar app for your calendar meetings

  • MenuMeters

    CPU, memory, disk, and network monitoring tools for macOS

  • Menubar Brightness

    macOS app to change the screen brightness on the menubar

  • MiniSim

    MacOS menu bar app for launching iOS  and Android 🤖 emulators

  • Monitor Bar

    Monitor Bar app supports three modes, compact, normal, extra. It monitors battery, Disk, Memory, CPU, Network bandwidth, Wi-Fi

  • Night Shift Control

    Night Shift Control is a simple macOS menubar app for controlling Night Shift. It's aim is to bring features from f.lux which are missing from Night Shift such as disabling Night Shift for certain apps

  • Nocturnal

    Menu bar app featuring darker than dark dimming, Night Shift fine tuning, and the ability to turn off TouchBar on MacBook Pro

  • NoiseBuddy

    Control the listening mode on your AirPods Pro in the Touch Bar or Menu Bar

  • PSIBar

    Quickly hacked up PSI macOS status bar app

  • Pareto Security

    A MenuBar app to automatically audit your Mac for basic security hygiene

  • Pi Stats

    macOS app to visualize Pi-hole information

  • Pika

    Is an easy to use, open-source, native colour picker for macOS. ![metal_icon]

  • PlayStatus

    PlayStatus is a macOS app that allows the control of Spotify and iTunes music playback from the menu bar

  • Quickeys

    A mac menu bar app that provides note taking functionality though a quick dropdown menu

  • SensibleSideButtons

    Small menu bar utility that lets you use your third-party mouse's side buttons for navigation across a variety of apps

  • Shifty

    macOS menu bar app that gives you more control over Night Shift

  • SlimHUD - Cyanocitta

    Replacement for MacOS' volume, brightness and keyboard backlight HUDs

  • Stats

    macOS system monitor in your menu bar

  • SwiftBar

    Powerful macOS menu bar customization tool

  • baRSS – Menu Bar RSS Reader

    RSS & Atom feed reader that lives in the system status bar

  • eul

    macOS status monitoring app written in SwiftUI

  • gSwitch

    macOS status bar app that allows control over the gpu on dual gpu macbooks

  • iGlance

    macOS System Monitor (cpu, memory, network, fan and battery) for the Status Bar

  • xbar

    Put the output from any script or program into your macOS Menu Bar

Applications / Music

  • Carol

    A minimal and beautiful lyrics app that stays in the menu bar of macOS

  • ChordDetector

    Tiny menu bar app that listens iTunes and Spotify to detect chords of songs!

  • DeezPlayer

    Deezer Desktop app for Windows, Linux and macOS

  • Karaoke Forever

    Host awesome karaoke parties where everyone can queue songs from their phone's browser. Plays MP3+G and MP4 with WebGL visualizations

  • Lilypond UI

    Create beautiful musical scores with LilyPond

  • MPV

    Lightweight, highly configurable media player

  • NoiseBuddy

    Control the listening mode on your AirPods Pro in the Touch Bar or Menu Bar

  • PlayStatus

    PlayStatus is a macOS app that allows the control of Spotify and iTunes music playback from the menu bar

  • Plug

    Discover and listen to music from Hype Machine

  • SoundCleod

    SoundCloud for macOS and Windows

  • Spotify-Cli-Mac

    Control Spotify without leaving your terminal

  • YouTube-Music

    macOS wrapper for music.youtube.com

  • iTunes Graphs

    macOS app to visualise your iTunes library as graphs

  • lyricsify

    Simple Spotify lyrics viewer menu bar app for macOS in Swift

  • spicetify-cli

    Command-line tool to customize the official Spotify client. Supports Windows, MacOS and Linux

Applications / News

  • Diurna

    Basic/Classic Hacker News app, used as a Cocoa & Swift learning platform

  • NetNewsWire

    Feed reader for macOS

  • Vienna

    Vienna is a RSS/Atom newsreader for macOS

  • Winds

    A Beautiful Open Source RSS & Podcast App Powered by Getstream.io

  • baRSS – Menu Bar RSS Reader

    RSS & Atom feed reader that lives in the system status bar

  • hacker-menu

    Hacker News Delivered to Desktop

Applications / Notes

  • Boostnote

    Note-taking application made for programmers just like you

  • Dnote

    A simple command line notebook with multi-device sync and web interface

  • FSNotes

    Notes manager for macOS/iOS: modern notational velocity (nvALT) on steroids

  • FromScratch

    Little app that you can use as a quick note taking or todo app

  • Jupyter Notebook Viewer

    Notebook viewer for macOS

  • NoteTaker

    Simple note taking app for macOS and iOS which uses Realm and CloudKit for syncing

  • Notenik

    Note-taking app with many organizational options

  • Notes

    Notes is a macOS application built to create notes, using text amongst other formats: images, videos, contacts, and etc

  • QOwnNotes

    Plain-text file notepad and todo-list manager with markdown support and ownCloud / Nextcloud integration

  • Simplenote

    Simplest way to keep notes

  • Standard Notes

    Safe place for your notes, thoughts, and life's work

  • Tusk

    Unofficial, third-party, community driven Evernote app with a handful of useful features

  • joplin

    Note taking and to-do application with synchronization capabilities for Windows, macOS, Linux, Android and iOS

  • linked

    🧾 Your daily journal app, diary or anything else to unclutter your mind. Let linked help you get focused by writing down what is in your mind on a daily basis. ![vue_icon]

  • notable

    Simple note taking application

  • tmpNote

    Very simple macOS app to make temporary notes

Applications / Other

  • Betaflight Configurator

    Cross platform configuration tool for the Betaflight firmware

  • Cakebrew

    Manage your Homebrew formulas with style using Cakebrew

  • ChipMunk

    Log analysis tool

  • DevDocs for macOS

    An unofficial DevDocs API documentation viewer

  • Gas Mask

    Hosts file manager for macOS

  • Hosts

    Cocoa GUI for /etc/hosts

  • ImageOptim

    GUI image optimizer for Mac

  • Keyframes Player

    Simple macOS app to preview animations created with Facebook's keyframes framework

  • Lepton

    Democratizing Code Snippets Management (macOS/Win/Linux)

  • Letters

    Teach your kids the alphabet and how to type

  • Platypus

    Mac developer tool that creates application bundles from command line scripts

  • QorumLogs

    Swift Logging Utility for Xcode & Google Docs

  • React Native Debugger

    Desktop app for inspecting your React Native projects. macOS, Linux, and Windows

  • Reactotron

    Desktop app for inspecting your React JS and React Native projects. macOS, Linux, and Windows

  • RktMachine

    Menu bar macOS app for running rkt in a macOS hypervisor CoreOS VM

  • Ruby.app

    macOS app that contains a full Ruby installation (for use with Ruby/Gosu)

  • Shuttle

    Simple SSH shortcut menu for macOS

  • SwiftyBeaver

    Convenient logging during development & release in Swift

  • Unused

    Mac app for checking Xcode projects for unused resources

  • Vagrant Manager

    Manage your vagrant machines in one place with Vagrant Manager for macOS

  • macGist

    Simple app to send pasteboard items to GitHub's Gist

  • syncthing-macosx

    Frugal nativemacOS macOS Syncthing application bundle

Applications / Player

  • IINA

    The modern video player for macOS

  • MPV

    Lightweight, highly configurable media player

  • MPlayerX

    Media player on macOS

  • MacMorpheus

    3D 180/360 video player for macOS for PSVR with head tracking

  • Movie Monad

    Desktop video player built with Haskell that uses GStreamer and GTK+

  • Plug

    Discover and listen to music from Hype Machine

Applications / Podcast

  • Cumulonimbus

    Simple, beautiful podcast app

  • Doughnut

    Podcast player and library for mac

  • PodcastMenu

    PodcastMenu is a simple app which puts on your Mac's menu bar so you can listen to your favorite podcasts while you work

  • Podlive for macOS

    macOS client to listen to live streaming podcasts (only). It currently supports all livestreams broadcasting via Ultraschall with

  • Winds

    A Beautiful Open Source RSS & Podcast App Powered by Getstream.io

  • gPodder

    gPodder is a simple, open source podcast client

  • mkchromecast

    Cast macOS and Linux Audio/Video to your Google Cast and Sonos Devices

Applications / Productivity

  • Ao

    Elegant Microsoft To-Do desktop app

  • Calculeta

    Calculator for macOS which working on statusbar

  • Cerebro

    Cross-platform launcher app

  • ClipMenu

    Clipboard manager for macOS

  • Clocker

    macOS app to plan and organize through timezones

  • Condution

    Create tasks, manage due dates, and filter with powerful perspectives

  • ControlPlane

    Automate running tasks based on where you are or what you do

  • DevUtils.app

    Developer Utilities for macOS, helps you with your tiny daily tasks with just a single click! i.e., JSON Formatter, UUID Generator

  • DropPoint

    Make drag-and-drop easier using DropPoint. Helps to drag content without having to open side-by-side windows

  • Flycut

    Clean and simple clipboard manager for developers

  • Itsycal

    A tiny calendar for that lives in the Mac menu bar

  • KeyHolder

    Record shortcuts in macOS, like Alfred.app

  • Kiwix

    Kiwix for iOS and macOS, build on Swift

  • Layout Designer for UICollectionView

    A simple but powerful tool that helps you make complex layouts for UICollectionView

  • Linked Ideas

    macOS application to write down and connect ideas

  • Mac Screenshot Tracker

    An open source, free and hackable screenshot tracker. Re-watch what you've been working on!

  • Maccy

    Lightweight search-as-you-type clipboard manager

  • Manta

    Flexible invoicing desktop app with beautiful & customizable templates

  • MeetingBar

    Menu bar app for your calendar meetings

  • Middleclick

    Emulate a scroll wheel click with three finger Click or Tap on MacBook trackpad and Magic Mouse

  • PDF Archiver

    Nice tool for tagging and archiving tasks

  • Paperless Desktop

    Desktop app that uses the paperless API to manage your document scans

  • Pennywise

    Pennywise opens any website or media in a small floating window that remains on top of all other applications. It's a great alternative to Helium

  • Pomodoro Cycle

    Pomodoro Cycle for macOS

  • QOwnNotes

    Plain-text file notepad and todo-list manager with markdown support and ownCloud / Nextcloud integration

  • Quicksilver

    Quicksilver is a fast macOS productivity application that gives you the power to control your Mac quickly and elegantly

  • Quickwords

    Write anything in a matter of seconds. Create snippets that can substitute text, execute tedious tasks and more

  • SelfControl

    macOS app to block your own access to distracting websites etc for a predetermined period of time. It can not be undone by the app or by a restart – you must wait for the timer to run out

  • Sessions

    Safari extension to save your working sessions

  • Speed Reader

    Read faster with the power of silencing vocalization with SpeedReader

  • Spotter

    Productivity tool, the main function is to search and launch external application actions and applications themselves, so you can stay focused on your current task. Kind of spotlight or alfred alternative

  • StickyNotes

    A Windows 10-esque Sticky Notes app implemented in AppKit

  • Strategr

    No-fuss time management

  • Super Productivity

    Free to do list & time tracker for programmers & designers with Jira integration

  • ThenGenerator

    Xcode Source Editor Extension for 'Then'

  • Thyme

    The task timer for OS X

  • Time to Leave

    Log work hours and get notified when it's time to leave the office and start to live. ![html_icon]

  • Timer

    Simple Timer app for Mac

  • Toggl Desktop

    Toggl Desktop app for Windows, Mac and Linux

  • TomatoBar

    Pomodoro Technique Timer for macOS with Touch Bar support

  • TrelloApp

    Unofficial wrapper application for Trello.com written in Swift. This is almost a "Hello World" for a site specific browser

  • Ueli

    A keystroke launcher for macOS (and Windows) like Spotlight or Alfred

  • Ultra TabSaver

    Ultra TabSaver is an open-source Tab Manager for Safari

  • Watson

    A CLI application for time tracking

  • Whale

    Unofficial Trello app

  • Yomu

    Manga reader app for macOS

  • espanso

    Cross-platform Text Expander, a powerful replacement for Alfred Snippets

  • far2l

    Linux/Mac fork of FAR Manager v2

  • linked

    🧾 Your daily journal app, diary or anything else to unclutter your mind. Let linked help you get focused by writing down what is in your mind on a daily basis. ![vue_icon]

  • macOrganizer

    macOS app for organizing files or removing unnecessary files

  • reventlou

    Personal database as an information management system

  • sqlectron

    A simple and lightweight SQL client desktop/terminal with cross database and platform support

  • status-bar-todo

    Simple macOS app to keep TODO-list in status bar

  • stretchly

    Cross-platform electron app that reminds you to take breaks when working with computer

Applications / Screensaver

  • Aerial

    Apple TV Aerial Screensaver for macOS

  • Brooklyn

    Screensaver inspired by Apple's Event on October 30, 2018

  • Epoch Flip Clock Screensaver

    Unix epoch timestamp flip clock screensaver

  • Image-As-Wallpaper

    Utility application helps with selection of images for using as desktop wallpaper or in screensaver on Mac computers

  • Irvue

    Screensaver for macOS

  • Life Saver

    An abstract screensaver based on Conway's Game of Life implemented with SpriteKit

  • MinimalClock

    Simple and elegant screensaver that displays the time

  • MusaicFM

    iTunes Screensaver Clone for Spotify and Last.fm

  • Predator

    A predator-inspired clock screensaver for macOS

  • The GitHub Matrix Screensaver

    The GitHub Matrix Screensaver for macOS

Applications / Security

  • Cloaker

    simple drag-and-drop, password-based file encryption

  • Cryptomator

    Multi-platform transparent client-side encryption of your files in the cloud

  • LuLu

    LuLu is macOS firewall application that aims to block unauthorized (outgoing) network traffic

  • Pareto Security

    A MenuBar app to automatically audit your Mac for basic security hygiene

  • Privacy Redirect for Safari

    Redirect Twitter, YouTube, Reddit, Google Maps, Google Search, and Google Translate to privacy friendly alternatives

  • Swifty

    Free and offline password manager

  • VeraCrypt

    Disk encryption with strong security based on TrueCrypt

  • macOS GateKeeper Helper

    Simple macOS GateKeeper script. It helps you to control your GateKeeper

  • stronghold

    Easily configure macOS security settings from the terminal

Applications / Sharing Files

  • Cyberduck

    Cyberduck is a libre server and cloud storage browser for Mac and Windows with support for FTP, SFTP, WebDAV, Amazon S3, OpenStack Swift, Backblaze B2, Microsoft Azure & OneDrive, Google Drive and Dropbox

  • Deluge

    Lightweight cross-platform BitTorrent client

  • NitroShare

    Transferring files from one device to another

  • Rhea

    macOS status bar app for quickly sharing files and URLs

  • Soduto

    Soduto is a KDEConnect compatible application for macOS. It gives AirDrop like integration and allows file and clipboard sharing between your phones, desktops and tablets

  • Transmission

    Official Transmission BitTorrent client repository

  • Tribler

    Privacy enhanced BitTorrent client with P2P content discovery

  • mac2imgur

    Simple Mac app designed to make uploading images and screenshots to Imgur quick and effortless

  • qBittorrent

    BitTorrent client in Qt

Applications / Social Networking

  • Caprine

    Elegant Facebook Messenger desktop app

  • Goofy

    Unofficial Facebook Messenger client

  • Leviathan

    Leviathan is a iOS and macOS client application for the Mastodon social network

  • Messenger

    macOS app wrapping Facebook's Messenger for desktop

  • Product Hunt

    share and discover your favorite new products and applications

  • Quail

    Unofficial app

  • Ramme

    Unofficial Instagram Desktop App

  • RedditOS

    A SwiftUI Reddit client for macOS

  • Simpo

    macOS menubar app to post status quickly

Applications / Streaming

  • Galeri

    Perpetual artwork streaming app

  • OBS Studio

    Free and open source software for live streaming and screen recording

  • Plug

    Discover and listen to music from Hype Machine

Applications / System

  • AppPolice

    App for macOS with a minimalistic UI which lets you quickly throttle down the CPU usage of any running process

  • Apple Juice

    Advanced battery gauge for macOS

  • Clean-Me

    Small macOS app that acts as a system cleaner (logs, cache, ...)

  • Diagnostics

    Diagnostics is an application displaying the diagnostic reports from applications on macOS

  • DisableMonitor

    Easily disable or enable a monitor on your Mac

  • Fanny

    Monitor your Mac's fan speed and CPU temperature from your Notification Center

  • HoRNDIS

    Android USB tethering driver for macOS

  • Juice

    Make your battery information a bit more interesting

  • KeepingYouAwake

    Prevents your Mac from going to sleep

  • Latest

    Small utility app for macOS that makes sure you know about all the latest updates to the apps you use

  • Loading

    Simple network activity monitor for macOS

  • Overkill

    Stop iTunes from opening when you connect your iPhone

  • ProfileCreator

    macOS Application to create standard or customized configuration profiles

  • SlimHUD - Cyanocitta

    Replacement for MacOS' volume, brightness and keyboard backlight HUDs

  • Sloth

    Sloth is an macOS application that displays a list of all open files and sockets in use by all running applications on your system

  • Spotter

    Productivity tool, the main function is to search and launch external application actions and applications themselves, so you can stay focused on your current task. Kind of spotlight or alfred alternative

  • Stats

    macOS system monitor in your menu bar

  • Turbo Boost Switcher

    Turbo Boost Switcher is a little application for Mac computers that allows to enable and/or disable the Turbo Boost feature

  • VerticalBar

    macOS application to add a vertical bar to Dock

  • Wireshark

    Wireshark is the world’s foremost and widely-used network protocol analyzer. It lets you see what’s happening on your network at a microscopic level and is the de facto (and often de jure) standard across many commercial and non-profit enterprises, government agencies, and educational institutions. ![c++_icon]

  • eul

    macOS status monitoring app written in SwiftUI

  • macOS GateKeeper Helper

    Simple macOS GateKeeper script. It helps you to control your GateKeeper

  • macOSLucidaGrande

    A small utility to set Lucida Grande as your Mac's system UI font

Applications / Terminal

  • Alacritty

    Cross-platform, GPU-accelerated terminal emulator

  • Bifrost

    A tiny terminal emulator for serial port communication (macOS/Linux)

  • Console

    macOS console application

  • Finder Go

    macOS app and Finder Sync Extension to open Terminal, iTerm, Hyper from Finder

  • Hyper

    Terminal built on web technologies

  • Kitty

    Cross-platform, fast, feature full, GPU based terminal emulator

  • OpenInTerminal

    Finder Toolbar app for macOS to open the current directory in Terminal, iTerm, Hyper or Alacritty

  • OpenTerminal

    App for macOS that opens a new Finder window and changes the current directory to the folder launched by the app

  • cd to...

    Finder Toolbar app to open the current directory in the Terminal

  • iTerm 2

    Terminal emulator for macOS that does amazing things

  • macOS GateKeeper Helper

    Simple macOS GateKeeper script. It helps you to control your GateKeeper

  • wallpapper

    wallpapper is a console application for creating dynamic wallpapers for Mojave

  • zoxide

    zoxide is a smarter cd command for your terminal

Applications / Touch Bar

  • Muse

    Spotify controller with TouchBar support

  • MyTouchbarMyRules

    App to customize your Touch Bar as you want

  • Pock

    Display macOS Dock in Touch Bar

  • Touch Bar Preview

    Small application to display your designs on the Touch Bar of the new MacBook Pro

  • Touch Bar Simulator

    Use the Touch Bar on any Mac

  • Touch Emoji

    Emoji picker for MacBook Pro Touch Bar

Applications / Utilities

  • Android tool for Mac

    One-click screenshots, video recordings, app installation for iOS and Android

  • ArchiveMounter

    Mounts archives like disk images

  • Balena Etcher

    Flash OS images to SD cards & USB drives, safely and easily

  • BeardedSpice

    Control web based media players with the media keys found on Mac keyboards

  • Betaflight Configurator

    Cross platform configuration tool for the Betaflight firmware

  • Bitwarden

    Cross-platform password management solutions for individuals, teams, and business organizations

  • Bitwarden Menu

    Bitwarden Password Manager in your menu bar

  • Boop

    A scriptable scratchpad for developers

  • Buttercup Desktop

    Secure password manager for mac and other platforms

  • Calculeta

    Calculator for macOS which working on statusbar

  • Catch

    Catch: Broadcatching made easy

  • Clear Clipboard Text Format

    Easily clear the format of your clipboard text with Clear Clipboard Text Format

  • CoreLocationCLI

    Get the physical location of your device and prints it to standard output

  • CornerCal

    Simple, clean calendar and clock app for macOS

  • Crypter

    Crypter is an innovative, convenient and secure cross-platform crypto app that simplifies secure password generation and management by requiring you to only remember one bit, the MasterPass

  • DevUtils.app

    Developer Utilities for macOS, helps you with your tiny daily tasks with just a single click! i.e., JSON Formatter, UUID Generator

  • Duplicate Finder

    It's a useful tool that would help you to find all duplicate files which have the same names in the specific folder

  • ECheck

    Small tool to validate epub files for macOS

  • Flying Carpet

    cross-platform file transfer over ad-hoc wifi, like AirDrop but for Mac/Windows/Linux

  • Funky

    Easily toggle the function key on your Mac on a per app basis

  • Gray

    Pick between the light appearance and the dark appearance on a per-app basis with the click of a button

  • Grayscale Mode

    Manage grayscale mode from menu bar

  • Kap

    Screen recorder application built with web technology

  • KeePassXC

    Cross-platform community-driven port of the Windows application "Keepass Password Safe"

  • KeeWeb

    Cross-platform password manager compatible with KeePass

  • Keka

    Keka is a full featured file archiver, as easy as it can be

  • Kyapchar

    Simple screen and microphone audio recorder for macOS

  • Layout Designer for UICollectionView

    A simple but powerful tool that helps you make complex layouts for UICollectionView

  • Lunar

    Intelligent adaptive brightness for your external displays

  • MQTTX

    An elegant Cross-platform MQTT 5.0 desktop client

  • MacPass

    Native macOS KeePass client

  • Maria

    macOS native app/widget for aria2 download tool

  • MeetingBar

    Menu bar app for your calendar meetings

  • Meme Maker

    Meme Maker macOS application for meme creation

  • Middleclick

    Emulate a scroll wheel click with three finger Click or Tap on MacBook trackpad and Magic Mouse

  • MonitorControl

    Control your external monitor brightness, contrast or volume directly from a menulet or with keyboard native keys

  • Monolingual

    Remove unnecessary language resources from macOS

  • Mos

    Smooth your mouse's scrolling and reverse the mouse scroll direction

  • NVM

    Node Version Manager

  • Nmap

    Nmap - the Network Mapper

  • Nocturnal

    Menu bar app featuring darker than dark dimming, Night Shift fine tuning, and the ability to turn off TouchBar on MacBook Pro

  • NoiseBuddy

    Control the listening mode on your AirPods Pro in the Touch Bar or Menu Bar

  • Noti

    Receive Android notifications on your mac (with PushBullet)

  • OpenRocket

    OpenRocket is a cross-platform utility tool to model and simulate model rockets and their flight characteristics

  • PB for Desktop

    Receive native push notifications on macOS, Windows and Linux

  • Padlock

    A minimal, open source password manager for macOS

  • PercentCalculator

    A menu bar application that calculates percents

  • Pika

    Is an easy to use, open-source, native colour picker for macOS. ![metal_icon]

  • Plain Pasta

    Plaintextify your clipboard

  • PlayStatus

    PlayStatus is a macOS app that allows the control of Spotify and iTunes music playback from the menu bar

  • PowerShell

    PowerShell is a cross-platform automation and configuration tool/framework that works well with your existing tools

  • Rugby

    🏈 Cache CocoaPods for faster rebuild and indexing Xcode project

  • ScreenCat

    ScreenCat is a screen sharing + remote collaboration application

  • SlimHUD - Cyanocitta

    Replacement for MacOS' volume, brightness and keyboard backlight HUDs

  • SlowQuitApps

    Add a global delay to Command-Q to stop accidental app quits

  • Spotter

    Productivity tool, the main function is to search and launch external application actions and applications themselves, so you can stay focused on your current task. Kind of spotlight or alfred alternative

  • Stats

    macOS system monitor in your menu bar

  • Stringz

    A lightweight and powerful editor for localizing iOS, macOS, tvOS, and watchOS applications

  • Super Productivity

    Free to do list & time tracker for programmers & designers with Jira integration

  • Telephone

    SIP softphone for macOS

  • The Blockstack Browser

    Blockstack is an internet for decentralized apps where users own their data. The Blockstack Browser allows you to explore the Blockstack internet

  • ThenGenerator

    Xcode Source Editor Extension for 'Then'

  • ToTheTop

    Small macOS application to help you scroll to the top

  • Ultra TabSaver

    Ultra TabSaver is an open-source Tab Manager for Safari

  • Wireshark

    Wireshark is the world’s foremost and widely-used network protocol analyzer. It lets you see what’s happening on your network at a microscopic level and is the de facto (and often de jure) standard across many commercial and non-profit enterprises, government agencies, and educational institutions

  • baRSS – Menu Bar RSS Reader

    RSS & Atom feed reader that lives in the system status bar

  • calibre

    cross platform e-book manager

  • dupeGuru

    dupeGuru is a tool to find duplicate files on your computer. It can scan using file names and file contents

  • eul

    macOS status monitoring app written in SwiftUI

  • far2l

    Linux/Mac fork of FAR Manager v2

  • fselect

    Command-line tool to search files with SQL syntax

  • homebrew-cask

    A CLI workflow for the administration of macOS applications distributed as binaries

  • iOScanX

    Cocoa application for semi-automated iOS app analysis and evaluation

  • mac-sound-fix

    Mac Sound Re-Enabler

  • macOS GateKeeper Helper

    Simple macOS GateKeeper script. It helps you to control your GateKeeper

  • nix-package-manager

    Nix is a reproducible package manager alternative to Homebrew, with over 80,000 packages. ![c++_icon] ![nix_icon]

  • wechsel

    manage bluetooth connections with your keyboard

  • zoxide

    zoxide is a smarter cd command for your terminal

  • Übersicht

    Keep an eye on what's happening on your machine and in the world

Applications / VPN & Proxy

  • ShadowsocksX-NG

    Next Generation of ShadowsocksX

  • Specht

    Rule-based proxy app built with Network Extension for macOS

  • SpechtLite

    Rule-based proxy app for macOS

  • Tunnelblick

    Tunnelblick is a graphic user interface for OpenVPN on macOS

  • clashX

    A rule based custom proxy with GUI for Mac base on clash

  • rvc-mac

    Ribose VPN Client macOS Menu App

Applications / Video

  • Acid.Cam.v2.OSX

    Acid Cam v2 for macOS distorts video to create art

  • AppleEvents

    Unofficial Apple Events app for macOS

  • Conferences.digital

    Best way to watch the latest and greatest videos from your favourite developer conferences for free on your Mac

  • Datamosh

    Datamosh your videos on macOS

  • Face Data

    macOS application used to auto-annotate landmarks from a video

  • GNU Gatekeeper

    Video conferencing server for H.323 terminals

  • Gifted

    Turn any short video into an animated GIF quickly and easily

  • HandBrake

    HandBrake is a video transcoder available for Linux, Mac, and Windows

  • LosslessCut

    The swiss army knife of lossless video/audio editing without re-encoding

  • MPV

    Lightweight, highly configurable media player

  • MenuTube

    Catch YouTube into your macOS menu bar!

  • OpenShot

    Easy to use, quick to learn, and surprisingly powerful video editor

  • Quick Caption

    Transcribe and generate caption files (SRT, ASS and FCPXML) without manually entering time codes

  • QuickLook Video

    This package allows macOS Finder to display thumbnails, static QuickLook previews, cover art and metadata for most types of video files

  • Subler

    Subler is an macOS app created to mux and tag mp4 files

  • VLC

    VLC is a free and open source cross-platform multimedia player

  • Vid Quiz Creator

    macOS application to insert quizzes within video playback and play those videos to receiving devices using the LISNR API

  • WebTorrent Desktop

    Streaming torrent app. For Mac, Windows, and Linux

  • Yoda

    Nifty macOS application which enables you to browse and download videos from YouTube

Applications / Wallpaper

  • 500-mac-wallpaper

    Simple macOS app for the status bar to automatically download photos from 500px.com to a local folder that can be set as a source of wallpapers

  • ArtWall

    ArtStation set as wallpapers from artwork.rss

  • Artify

    A macOS application for bringing dedicatedly 18th century Arts to everyone

  • BingPaper

    Use Bing daily photo as your wallpaper on macOS

  • Desktop Wallpaper Switcher

    Win / Linux / macOS tool for managing and cycling desktop wallpapers

  • Muzei

    Muzei wallpaper app for macOS

  • Plash

    Make any website your desktop wallpaper

  • Satellite Eyes

    macOS app to automatically set your desktop wallpaper to the satellite view overhead

  • Sunscreen

    Sunscreen is a fun, lightweight application that changes your desktop wallpaper based on sunrise and sunset

  • WallpaperMenu

    macOS menubar application for navigation through beautiful pictures on the web and set them up as your desktop image

  • pyDailyChanger

    pyDailyChanger is a program that changes your wallpaper daily

Applications / Window Management

  • AltTab

    AltTab brings the power of Windows alt-tab to macOS

  • Amethyst

    Automatic tiling window manager for macOS

  • AppGrid

    Grid-based keyboard window manager for macOS

  • Desktop Profiles

    An innovative desktop/window manager for macOS

  • Hammerspoon

    Staggeringly powerful macOS desktop automation with Lua

  • Phoenix

    Lightweight macOS window and app manager scriptable with JavaScript

  • Rectangle

    Rectangle is a window manager heavily based on Spectacle, written in Swift

  • ShiftIt

    Managing windows size and position

  • Slate

    Slate is a window management application similar to Divvy and SizeUp

  • Spectacle

    Spectacle allows you to organize your windows without using a mouse

  • Yabai

    A tiling window manager for macOS based on binary space partitioning

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