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Warp, the intelligent terminal for developers!
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ZenQuery
Instant Q/A on your data files (CSV, JSON, Excel, Parquet)

Awesome Mac¶

This project is now very large, and is very different from the original idea. Here, we collect awesome macOS software and arrange them into various categories. Feel free to star and fork.

Any comments, suggestions? Let us know! We love PRs :) Please take a look at the contributing guidelines before opening one. Follow the awesome list.

Explanation

中文 | Awesome Command Line Apps

Open-Source Software means open source. click the icon to see the item's repository;\ Freeware means free to use, or free personal license;\ means App store hyperlink;\ means hyperlink to a corresponding Awesome list for the item;

✦ My macOS application:

Reading and Writing Tools¶

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

Text Editors¶

Aurora Editor - Lightweight Code Editor (IDE) for macOS.
Bootstrap Studio - A powerful desktop app for creating responsive websites using the Bootstrap framework.
Brackets - A modern, open source text editor that understands web design.
CodeEdit - A lightweight, natively-built editor. Open source. Free forever.
CotEditor - Lightweight plain-text editor for macOS.
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.
MacVim - the text editor Vim - for macOS.
micro - Modern and intuitive terminal-based text editor.
Neovim - Vim-fork focused on extensibility and usability.
Nova - The beautiful, fast, flexible, native Mac code editor from Panic.
Plain Text Editor - Simple distraction-free notepad.
Sublime Text - A popular, clean, and sleek editor with a plugin management system. For more plugins, check Sublime Text Plugins.
SubEthaEdit - Powerful editor for writing, coding, and collaboration anytime, anywhere!
TextMate - Editor that brings Apple's approach to operating systems into the world of text editors.
Tot - Tot is an elegant, simple way to collect & edit text. It’s your tiny text companion!
Vim - An old terminal-based editor. For common plugins, check Vim Common Plugins.
Vimr - Refined Vim Experience for OS X.
Zed - A high-performance, multiplayer code editor from the creators of Atom and Tree-sitter.

Office¶

Keynote - Build stunning presentations.
LibreOffice - Free, open-source office software used and tested daily by a large community.
Microsoft Office - Unmistakably Office, designed for Mac.
Numbers - Create impressive spreadsheets.
OnlyOffice - 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.

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 21^st century.

Note-taking¶

Affine - Affine is the next-generation collaborative knowledge base for professionals.
Agenda - Date-focused note taking app for both planning and documenting your projects.
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.

Journaling¶

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

Writing¶

novelWriter - Open-source plain text editor for writing novels with minimal markdown-like syntax.
Scrivener - The quintessential word processor for writers.
THORN - All you need to power personal writing and website building.

Ebooks¶

Calibre - Free, open-source e-book manager and reader.
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.

RSS¶

Elytra - A Simple & Private RSS Feed Reader with native rendering for macOS & iOS.
Feedy - An elegant and lightweight RSS client and news reader for your Mac.
Folo 🧡 Next generation information browser.
Leaf - A news reader for managing subscriptions and enjoying daily news.
NetNewsWire - It’s a free and open source feed reader for macOS.
Doughnut - Beautiful, open-source podcast catcher for Mac.
ReadKit - Bookmark and RSS management client.
Reeder 5 - News reader for Feedbin, Feedly, Feed Wrangler and so on.
Saga Reader - Blazing-Fast and Extremely-Lightweight Internet Reader driven by AI.Supports fetching of search engine information and RSS.
Unread - RSS reader with beautiful typography that supports Feedbin, Feedly and so on.
Vienna - RSS/Atom reader for Mac OS X.

Others¶

SwifDoo PDF - PDF editor/converter for editing, compressing, and password-protecting PDFs.
bindPDF - Combine multiple PDF files into a single PDF file using a friendly UI.
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.
Collate - Free tool to collect, summarize and query PDFs with AI. All offline and free.
PDFsail - PDFsail offers free online PDF tools for editing, converting, merging, compressing, and OCR. No download required. Try this AI-powered all-in-one PDF solution now!.

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.
BeagleEditor - A "beagleful" editor with features like syntax highlighting, plugins and... - A bit ugly, but it works
JetBrains Toolbox App - Manage installed JetBrains tools, download new ones and open recent projects.
AppCode - Smart IDE for iOS/macOS development
RustRover - A brand new JetBrains IDE for Rust Developers.
CLion - Powerful C and C++ IDE. (Free for Students)
DataGrip - Cross-Plaform IDE for Databases and SQL. FREE for Students, check here for more info.
DataSpell - The IDE for Professional Data Scientists
GoLand - Provides ergonomic environment for Go development.
IntelliJ IDEA - Powerful IDE for JVM languages. (Free for Students)
PHPStorm - The Lightning-Smart PHP IDE.
PyCharm - Powerful Python IDE, which has professional version and community version.
Rider - Cross-platform C# IDE with Resharper features.
WebStorm - The smartest JavaScript IDE by JetBrains. FREE for Students, check here for more info.
Haskell for Mac - A Modern Development Environment for Haskell.
NetBeans IDE - Free, open-source IDE for Java and other languages.
Nova - Beautiful, fast, flexible Mac code editor from Panic.
Visual Studio Code - Microsoft's free & open-source editor, TypeScript friendly, VSCode Plugins.
Windsurf - The first agentic IDE where developers and AI flow together for a magical coding experience.
Xcode - Essential IDE for iOS/macOS development.
Zed - A high-performance, multiplayer code editor from the creators of Atom and Tree-sitter.
Spyder - Powerful scientific environment written in Python, for Python.

Developer Utilities¶

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 /etc/hosts 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.
ProcessSpy - A clean and powerful process monitor.
PushMate - Solves common push notification problems on macOS.
Responsively - A must-have devtool for web developers for quicker responsive web development.
SCM Breeze - Set of shell scripts (for bash and zsh) that enhance your interaction with git.
SecureCRT - Terminal emulation which supports SSH, Telnet or other protocols.
Site Sucker - Automatically downloads websites.
SnippetsLab - Easy-to-use code snippets manager.
Solarized - Clean and beautiful color theme. Works well with iTerm, JetBrains products, Vim etc.
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.
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.

Regular Expression Editors¶

Patterns - Regular expression editor.
Regex - Regular expression testing tool with an emphasis on simplicity.
RegExRX - Development tool for regular expressions.

API Development and Analysis¶

bruno - Bruno is a offline-only, fast and git-friendly opensource API client.
Cocoa Rest Client - Free, open-source, native Apple OS X app for testing HTTP/REST endpoints.
HTTPie - HTTPie is making APIs simple and intuitive for those building the tools of our time.
Hoppscotch - A lightweight, fast, and full-featured API debugging tool.
Insomnia - The most intuitive cross-platform REST API Client.
Katalon Studio - Simplify API, Web, and Mobile Automation Tests.
Paw - Advanced HTTP client.
Postman - GUI platform for API development.
Reqable - Next-Gen API Development Tool, Advanced API Debugging Proxy and REST Client.
Yaak - A modern API client supporting multiple protocols, offline usage, and Git integration.

Network Analysis¶

Charles - HTTP proxy/monitor to view HTTP and HTTPS traffic.
James - Open-source proxy tool for checking and mapping requests with http as well as https.
Little Snitch - Network monitor with a world map for visualizing network connections.
mitmproxy - Interactive intercepting HTTP proxy for penetration testers and software developers.
Proxie - HTTP debugging proxy.
Proxyman - Modern and intuitive HTTP debugging proxy for macOS.
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.

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.
Tauri - Create small, fast, secure, cross-platform applications

Version Control¶

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

Virtualization¶

Docker - Powerful, performs operating-system-level virtualization.
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.

Databases¶

Apache Directory Studio - LDAP browser and Active Directory client.
Another Redis Desktop Manager - A faster, better and more stable redis desktop manager.
Base 2 - Application for creating, designing, editing and browsing SQLite 3 database files.
Beekeeper Studio - Smooth SQL editor and database manager
Bdash - Modern SQL client application, supports MySQL, PostgreSQL (Redshift) and BigQuery.
Chrome MySQL Admin - Powerful Chrome app to manage your MySQL.
Core Data Editor - Core Data Editor lets you easily view, edit and analyze applications‘ data.
Dataflare - Simple database client supporting Postgres, MySQL, DuckDB, libSQL, Cloudflare D1, and more.
DB Browser for SQLite - Official home of the DB Browser for SQLite.
DBeaver - Universal SQL Client.
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.
TrailBase - Open, sub-millisecond, single-executable FireBase alternative with type-safe APIs, notifications, builtin JS/TS runtime, auth & admin UI built on SQLite, Rust & V8.
redis-pro - Small, easy to use Redis management, written with SwiftUI, support Dark mode.

Terminal Apps¶

alacritty - A cross-platform, GPU-accelerated terminal emulator.
electerm - A free, multi-platform Terminal and SSH/SFTP tool with a beautiful interface that is the perfect alternative to XShell for Windows!
Ghostty - A fast, feature-rich, and cross-platform terminal emulator that uses platform-native UI and GPU acceleration.
hyper - A terminal built on web technologies.
iTerm2 - iTerm2 is an amazing terminal emulator for OS X.
kitty - A cross-platform, fast, feature full, GPU based terminal emulator.
Tabby (formerly Terminus) - Free terminal tool, built with TypeScript, heavily inspired by Hyper.
Termius - A beautiful SSH and SFTP client for Mac. It is also available for mobile.
Warp - Warp is a blazingly fast, rust-based terminal reimagined from the ground up to work like a modern app.
Wave - An open-source terminal that combines traditional terminal features with graphical capabilities like file previews, web browsing, and AI assistance.
WezTerm - A GPU-accelerated cross-platform terminal emulator and multiplexer implemented in Rust.

Design and Product¶

Design Tools¶

Acorn - Great Mac OS X picture and photo editor, built for humans.
Affinity Designer - Professional graphic design software for Mac.
Affinity Photo - Professional image editing software for Mac.
Alchemy - Experimental, open-source drawing application with an emphasis on creating conceptual art.
Amadine - Vector drawing app with an intuitive interface for graphic designers.
Art Text 3 - Graphic design software for lettering, typography, and text effects.
Blender - Free and open 3D creation software.
Colorpicker - Colorpicker is a complete open-source colors manipulation tool with picking!
darktable - darktable is an open source photography workflow application and raw developer.
Droply - A native macOS app for one-click offline batch image background removal with exceptional edge quality.
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.
- Sketch Cache Cleaner - Deletes hidden Sketch history files.
- Measure Plugin - Make it a fun to create spec for developers and teammates.
- Sketch Toolbox Plugin Manager - Simple plugin manager for Sketch.
- User Flows Plugin - Generating flow diagrams from Artboards.
SketchBook - Drawing software for concept design, comic art, and digital sketching.
Sparkle - Pro visual web design.
System Color Picker - The macOS color picker as an app with more features.
Tayasui Sketches - Professional drawing software.
Vectornator: Design Software - The Most Intuitive and Precise Illustration Software in the Galaxy.
Vectr - Free graphics editor used to create vector graphics easily and intuitively.
Nugget - Video editing software designed for motion effects and versatility.
Lunacy - A vector graphic design tool for UI/UX with offline support, built-in assets, and real-time collaboration.

Prototyping and Mind-Mapping Tools¶

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

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.

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.
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.

AI Client¶

ChatGPT - A conversational AI system that listens, learns, and challenges
Cherry Studio - A desktop client that supports multiple large language model (LLM) providers.
Chatbox - User-friendly Desktop Client App for AI Models/LLMs (GPT, Claude, Gemini, Ollama...).
Jan - An open-source alternative to ChatGPT that runs entirely offline on your computer.
Witsy - desktop AI assistant / universal MCP 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 - Electron 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.
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.
Teams - Free online meetings and video calls
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.

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.

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.
MacMusicPlayer - A clean, lightweight music player for macOS users.
MacYTDL - A macOS GUI front-end for the youtube-dl video downloader.
Marker Data - The avant-garde Marker extraction application crafted for Final Cut Pro.
Metadatics - Advanced Audio Metadata Editor.
Mp3tag - A powerful and easy-to-use tool to edit metadata of audio files.
Mixxx - The most advanced free DJ software.
Movie Catcher - 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 - (No longer under active development) ~~Let QuickTime play all the common formats of free plug-ins~~.
MusicBrainz Picard - Cross-platform music tagger written in Python.
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.
Tuneful - Control your Spotify and Apple Music from the notch, menu bar or mini player. Efortlessly and natively.
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 Record and Process¶

CapSoftware - An open-source alternative to Loom. Beautiful, shareable screen recording tool.
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.
Free Download Manager - A powerful, easy-to-use, and completely free download accelerator and manager.
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.
Swads - Synology Download Station Client, modern, native, and intuitively redesign.
Transmission - Fast, easy, free BitTorrent Client.
youtube-dl - Command-line program to download videos from YouTube.com and other video sites

Cloud Storage¶

I recommend using online storage with Mac clients

Arq - Cloud storage backup client that supports AWS, GCP, DropBox, and more.
Carbonite - Carbonite can protect your Mac from all of the most common forms of data loss.
Dropbox - 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.
ungoogled-chromium - A lightweight approach to removing Google web service dependency.
Firefox - A free and open-source web browser developed by Mozilla.
LibreWolf - A fork of Firefox, focused on privacy, security and freedom.
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.
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.
Vivaldi - The browser that puts you in control.
Yandex - The quick and secure browser from Yandex for computers.
Zen - A beautifully designed, privacy-focused, and feature-rich browser

Translation Tools¶

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

DeepL - Best quality translations
Easydict - 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.
Lingvanex
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.
Tailscale - Tailscale makes creating software-defined networks easy: securely connecting users, services, and devices.

Utilities¶

DNS Easy Switcher - A simple macOS menu bar app that allows you to quickly switch between different DNS providers (or add custom ones).
Dropshelf - A drag and drop helper app for macOS.

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.
iCopy - Clipboard management, quick reply, efficiency multiplier artifact
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.

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.
DayBar - An application that can display the local date and reminder events in the menu bar.
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.
Hidden - A ultra-light MacOS utility that helps hide menu bar icons.
Hue in the Menu - Philips Hue light management in the menu bar with multi-room support.
Ice - 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.
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.
NotchNook - Customizes your Mac's menu bar to seamlessly integrate with the notch design.
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.
Quickgif - Quickly Find and Share GIFs.
Reminders MenuBar - Simple macOS menu bar app to view and interact with reminders.
RewriteBar - A macOS menu bar app that helps you write your text with the assistance of AI.
Second Clock - Show a second clock for a different time zone in your menu bar.
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.

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.
Oka Unarchiver - Support RAR format, batch decompression of archives, password-protected archives, click one button to extract & archive..
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

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.
DNS Optimizer - A DNS changer and performance‑benchmarking tool for Apple devices (macOS & iOS).
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.
SlowQuitApps - An OS X app that adds a global delay of 1 second to the Cmd-Q shortcut.
Speediness - Check your internet speed.
Ultra TabSaver - The Open Source Tab Manager for Safari
Upscayl - Free and open-source AI image upscaling tool.
Vidwall - Supports setting 4K videos (MP4, MOV formats) as dynamic wallpapers.
CapsLockNoDelay - Removes caps-lock key activation delay for fast typers.

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. (Award-winning App)
Todoist - Cross-platform todo list app.
Tomato 2 - Beautiful and simple Pomodoro timer.
TickTick - Simple and effective to-do list and task manager that helps you organize all aspects of life.

Productivity¶

1440 Minutes Left Today - 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 3^rd-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.
Focus Firewall - A minimalist focus app to block social media and other distractions during work.
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.
Launchy - An app launcher and switcher that utilizes a radial menu.
Lazy - Keyboard-driven commands to manage your surroundings directly from your mac.
Linear Mouse - Full control of mouse. Change the speed, scrolling direction, pointer type and much more.
Macaify - Fast use of ChatGPT, lightweight, clean, keyboard-first.
Mac Mouse Fix - A simple way to make your mouse better. ]
Memo Widget - Sticky notes on your desktop.
MindMac - 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.
Magic Switch - Switch your Magic Keyboard, Magic Mouse and Magic Trackpad between multiple Macs with different Apple IDs.
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.
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 and apps with shortcuts, download extensions from the store, and use AI models like ChatGPT, DeepSeek, Gemini, Claude, etc. You can also create snippets and use Raycast Notes to maximize your productivity.
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.
RightMenu Master - An excellent Finder right-click menu enhancement tool to make your right-click menu more powerful.
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.
TimeScribe - Simple and free working time recording.
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.

Window Management¶

AeroSpace - i3-like tiling window manager for macOS.
AltTab - Open source window switcher with window previews.
Amethyst - Tiling window manager.
Assignee - Simple, instant app switcher.
contexts - Provides more power than the native Mac Dock. Especially when you have multiple screens, it can help you switch more quickly.
Dockit - An application that can dock any window to the edge of the screen.
Dissolv - Hide and close inactive apps.
Divvy - Window management at its finest with its amazing Divvy Grid system.
Hummingbird - Easily move and resize windows without mouse clicks, from anywhere within a window.
IntelliDock - Hides the Dock, Automatically.
JankyBorders - A lightweight window border system for macOS.
Loop - Window management made elegant. Freeware
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 ⌘ Right Command 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!). (Needs config file)
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.

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.

Finder Tools¶

Command X - Cut and paste files in Finder.
Default Folder X - Quick access to your files and folders in every app.
FileMinutes - Find files and take actions, all in one.
FinderFix - Finally, a lasting solution for Finder windows size and position.
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.

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.

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.
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.
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.
SteerMouse - SteerMouse is a utility that lets you freely customize buttons, wheels and cursor speed. Both USB and Bluetooth mice are supported.
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
Ryubing - A fork of the discontinued Switch emulator, Ryujinx.
Suyu - A familiar, open source, and powerful Nintendo Switch emulator.
Whisky - Wine wrapper that supports GPTK (Game Porting Toolkit)

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 Quick Look plugins for developers
Syntax Highlight - Quick Look extension for highlight source code files. -

Third Party App Markets¶

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Package Managers¶

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

Applite - User-friendly GUI app for Homebrew Casks. Install, update, and uninstall apps with a single click.
Cork - An intuitive and complete Homebrew GUI written in SwiftUI that supports all Homebrew features.
Homebrew - The missing package manager for macOS.
MacPorts - 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¶