macOS

A curated list of awesome applications, software, tools and shiny things for macOS.

Items marked with are open-source software and link to the source code. Items marked with are free (as in free beer).

Applications¶

Audio¶

Audio Hijack - Record audio from any application like iTunes, Skype or Safari, or from hardware devices like microphones and mixers.
Audio Profile Manager - 允许您为每个特定的连接设备组合固定输入/输出设备. 可能会阻止选择 HDMI 显示器.
BackgroundMusic - Record system audio, control audio levels for individual apps, and automatically pauses your music player when other audio starts playing and unpauses it afterwards.
krisp - 人工智能驱动的应用程序，可消除会议的背景噪音和回声，只留下人声.
Plug - Discover and listen to music from Hype Machine.
Recordia - Record audio directly from the menu bar or with a global keyboard shortcut.
VOX Player - Play numerous lossy and lossless audio formats.
XLD - Rip/Decode/convert/play various "lossless" audio files.

Backup¶

Arq - Encrypted backups to Amazon, Dropbox, Google, OneDrive, etc.
Carbon Copy Cloner - Create incremental and fully bootable backups of your Mac to external storage.

Chat Clients¶

ChitChat - A native Mac app wrapper for WhatsApp Web.
Telegram - A messaging app with a focus on speed and security, it’s super fast, simple and free.
Textual - An Internet Relay Chat (IRC) client.

Data Recovery¶

Data Rescue - 适用于多种场景的全面和专业的数据恢复.
DiskWarrior - Recover from filesystem corruptions when Disk Utility is out of options.

Developers¶

Anvil - Serve up static sites and Rack apps with simple URLs and zero configuration.
Base 2 - A GUI for managing SQLite databases.
Cakebrew - The Homebrew GUI App.
CocoaRestClient - 用于测试 REST 端点的应用程序. ![开源软件][OSS图标] ![免费软件][免费软件图标]
Dash - An API Documentation Browser and Code Snippet Manager.
Decode - Converts Xcode Interface Builder files (Xib and Storyboard files) to Swift source code.
Gas Mask - A simple hosts file manager which allows editing of host files and switching between them.
gitbar - 菜单栏上的开源 github 贡献统计. ![开源软件][OSS图标] ![免费软件][免费软件图标]
GitUp - A simple but powerful Git macOS app.
GitX-dev - A fork (variant) of GitX, maintained and enhanced with productivity oriented changes.
Hopper Dissassembler - A Dissassembler for MacOS and Linux. Has a Demo option for 30 minutes of productivity.
Hosts - 编辑主机文件. ![开源软件][OSS图标] ![免费软件][免费软件图标]
Iconology - Edit Icons and then Export to Xcode, Icns, Ico, Favicon, Mac Iconset, or a Custom List of Sizes.
ImageAlpha - Apply lossy compression on PNG files with or without transparency for more efficient files.
ImageOptim - Makes images take up less disk space and load faster.
Integrity - Easily find your website's broken links.
Kaleidoscope - Powerful diff and merge application supporting text, images, and folders.
Knuff - The debug application for Apple Push Notification Service (APNs).
Pasteboard Viewer - Inspect the system pasteboards.
Paw - The ultimate REST client.
Pods Updater - A macOS app which helps you manage dependency releases in your Podfile.
Postico - 现代 PostgreSQL 客户端.
Postgres.app - The easiest way to get started with PostgreSQL.
Proxyman - High-performance man-in-the-middle proxy to observe and manipulate HTTP/HTTPS requests.
Pusher - A free tool to do sandbox push notifications.
PSequel - 一个 PostgreSQL GUI 工具. ![免费软件][免费软件图标]
QorumLogs - 适用于 Xcode 和 Google Docs 的 Swift 日志记录实用程序. ![开源软件][OSS图标] ![免费软件][免费软件图标]
Quiver - A delightful notebook for programmers that allows mixing rich text, code, markdown, LaTeX, and graphs.
Sequel Ace - A MySQL & MariaDB database manager.
Sequel Pro - A MySQL database manager.
SnippetsLab - Manage and organise snippets of code.
SourceTree - 免费的 Git 和 Mercurial 客户端. ![免费软件][免费软件图标]
Swiftify - Objective-C to Swift code converter and Xcode & Finder extensions.
TablePlus - A modern, native GUI for multiple databases.
Touch Bar Simulator - The macOS Touch Bar Simulator as a standalone app.
Tower - The most powerful Git client.
Trailer - 可配置的菜单栏 Git 通知以及随附的本机 iOS 应用程序. ![开源软件][OSS图标]
Unused - An app for checking Xcode projects for unused resources.
Vagrant Manager - Manage your vagrant machines in one place with Vagrant Manager for macOS.
Versions - SVN GUI client for Mac.
WWDC - The WWDC app.
Xcodes - Install and switch between multiple versions of Xcode.

E-Book Utilities¶

Kindle App - Amazon Kindle App for macOS.

Editors¶

CotEditor - Lightweight plain-text editor for macOS.
Emacs - Port of Emacs to work as an macOS app.
MacVim - Vim, the text editor.
Nova - The beautiful, fast, flexible, native Mac code editor from Panic.
Sublime Text 3 - The sophisticated text editor.
TextMate - A graphical text editor.
VimR - Vim, refined.

Email Utilities¶

Airmail - Lightning fast email client designed for El Capitan.
MailMate - Advanced IMAP email client, featuring extensive keyboard control and Markdown support.
Mailplane - A tightly integreted client for Google Mail, Inbox, Calender, and Contacts.

Finder¶

ForkLift - 文件管理器和 FTP/SFTP/WebDAV/Amazon S3 客户端.
Path Finder - A powerful dual-pane browser alternative to Finder.
Quicklook-Plugins - List of extra quicklook plugins to enable previewing more filetypes in the Finder.
TotalFinder - A powerful alternative to Finder.
XtraFinder - Adds useful features to Finder.

Games¶

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.
Dolphin - A powerful, Open Source emulator for Nintendo GameCube and Wii games.
OpenEmu - Multiple Video Game System.
Screentendo - Turn your screen into a playable level of Mario.
Stockfish - Beautiful, powerful chess application.

Graphics¶

Acorn - 一个非常像 Mac 的图像编辑器，具有全面的功能集.
Affinity Designer - Vector image design tool, possible Adobe Illustrator alternative.
Affinity Photo - 光栅图像设计工具，可能是 Adobe Photoshop 的替代品.
GifCapture - Record GIF screencasts.
GIPHY Capture - Capture and share GIFs on the desktop.
Image2icon - Create and personalize icons from your pictures.
macSVG - 为 Web、移动和动画设计和编辑 SVG 内容. ![开源软件][OSS图标] ![免费软件][免费软件图标]
OmniGraffle - 用于创建精确、精美图形的应用程序。
Pixea - An image viewer for macOS with a nice minimal modern user interface.
Pixelmator - 强大的图像编辑器，可能的 Photoshop 替代品.
Sketch - 混合矢量/位图布局应用程序，特别适用于 UI、Web 和移动设计.
Sketch Toolbox - A super simple plugin manager for Sketch.
xScope - 用于测量、检查和测试屏幕图形和布局的工具.

News Readers¶

hacker-menu - Hacker News Delivered to Desktop.
NetNewsWire - 一个经典的 RSS 阅读器，由其原作者重新获得并为现代 macOS 重写. ![开源软件][OSS 图标] ![免费软件][免费软件图标]
ReadKit - Have all your Instapaper, Pocket, etc. feeds in one place even when you're offline.
Reeder - News reader that integrates with with Feedbin, Feedly, and other popular services.
Vienna - RSS/Atom newsreader.

Productivity¶

Alfred - 提高您的效率和生产力.
BetterTouchTool - Configure gestures for mouse and actions for keyboard shortcuts.
ClipMenu - ClipBoard History Manager.
CloudClip - Sync your clipboard between your Mac and your iOS devices.
Dropzone - Create a popup grid of customizable actions that enhance productivity on your Mac.
f.lux - Automatically adjust your computer screen to match lighting.
Fantastical 2 - Complete Calendar app replacement which uses natural language for creating events.
Hazel - 创建规则以自动保持文件井井有条.
HazeOver - Turn distractions down and focus on your current task.
HyperDock - Select individual application window.
iCMD - 模糊菜单栏搜索和 vim 仿真.
Instant Translate - Translate speech and text between 100+ languages from the menu bar.
ItsyCal - 一个小菜单栏日历，用于显示您的 Mac 日历应用程序事件. ![开源软件][OSS图标] ![免费软件][免费软件图标]
Karabiner - A powerful keyboard customizer.
Keyboard Maestro - Automate routine actions based on triggers from keyboard, menu, location, added devices, and more.
Keytty - Enables you to control your mouse with a few key strokes. Mouse Keys Alternative.
LaunchBar - Start applications, navigate folders, manipulate files, control your Mac and much more just by using the keyboard.
MeetingBar - Your meetings in MacOS status bar
OmniFocus - 适用于 Mac、iPad 和 iPhone 的令人难以置信的任务管理平台。
OmniOutliner - 非常适合收集信息、概述想法、为任何类型的写作添加结构等等.
Pandan - Time awareness in your menu bar.
Paste - The new way to copy & paste for Mac.
PDF Archiver - A nice tool for tagging and archiving tasks.
PopClip - 即时复制和粘贴，访问搜索、拼写、字典等操作.
Presentify - Annotate anything on screen, be it, images, pdfs, videos, code, etc.
Qbserve - Automatic time and project tracking, timesheets, invoicing, and real-time productivity feedback.
Quicksilver - Control your Mac quickly and elegantly.
Rocket - Makes typing emoji faster and easier using Slack-style shortcuts.
SelfControl - Block access to distracting websites.
Simplenote - Simple cross-platform note taking app with cloud-based syncing.
Taskade - Real-time organization and task management tool.
TaskPaper - Plain text to-do lists.
Telephone - SIP 软电话. 通过 Internet 或您公司的网络拨打电话. ![开源软件][OSS图标] ![免费软件][免费软件图标]
TextExpander - Create custom keyboard shortcuts for frequently-used text and pictures.
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.

CloudApp - Capture and share files and screenshots instantly.
Jumpshare - Real-time file sharing app with support for instantly sharing code / Markdown, annotating screenshots, screen recording, and voice recording.
mac2imgur - 将图像和屏幕截图上传到 Imgur. ![开源软件][OSS图标] ![免费软件][免费软件图标]
Monosnap - Annotate and upload images and screenshots, supports many backends like S3, SFTP, WebDAV, Dropbox, etc.
Transmission - Simple, lightweight, multi-platform torrent client.

Terminal¶

iTerm 2 - 终端模拟器. ![开源软件][OSS图标] ![免费软件][免费软件图标]

Utilities¶

1Password - 密码管理器和安全钱包。
AnyBar - A menubar status indicator.
APNGb - .apng image assembler/disassembler app.
AppCleaner - 轻松卸载您的应用程序. ![免费软件][免费软件图标]
Artify - A macOS X application for bringing dedicatedly 18^th century Arts to everyone.
Bartender - Organize your menu bar apps.
Batch Image Resizer - Resize a large number of images quickly on your computer.
BeardedSpice - Control web based media players with the media keys found on Mac keyboards.
BetterZip - A very capable and full-featured archive manager.
BitBar - Display output of any script to the menu bar.
Burn - No-nonsense burning of Data/Audio/Video CDs and DVDs, including copying.
CheatSheet - Know your short cuts.
ClipboardCleaner - 自动从剪贴板中删除文本格式. ![开源软件][OSS图标] ![免费软件][免费软件图标]
CommandQ - Never accidentally quit an app again.
ControlPlane - Automate running tasks based on where you are or what you do.
DaisyDisk - 分析磁盘使用情况并释放磁盘空间.
Deliveries - Beautiful and simple package tracking.
DisableMonitor - Easily disable or enable a monitor on your Mac.
Dozer - Hide MacOS menubar items.
EtreCheck - Output system information and configuration to get more informed help from Apple support professionals.
Equinox - Create macOS dynamic wallpapers.
Fanny - Notification Center widget and menu bar application to monitor your Mac's fans and CPU temperature.
Finicky - App that allows you to set rules that decide which browser is opened for every link.
Flotato - Use any web site as a beautiful Mac app.
Fluid - Turn web applications into Mac applications.
gfxCardStatus - Menu bar app to monitor and switch between integrated and discrete GPUs on MacBook Pro.
Gray - Pick between the light appearance and the dark appearance on a per-app basis with the click of a button.
Helium - 一个浮动浏览器窗口，可让您在工作时观看媒体. ![开源软件][OSS图标] ![免费软件][免费软件图标]
Irvue - Thousands of stunning photos and wallpapers from Unsplash on your Mac.
iStat Menus - An advanced system monitor for your menubar.
Jiffy - Discover and share the best GIFs on GIPHY.
Kawa - A better input source switcher with shortcuts.
KeepingYouAwake - 防止 Mac 进入睡眠状态的菜单栏实用程序. ![开源软件][OSS图标] ![免费软件][免费软件图标]
Keka - Compress to and extract from many archive file formats.
Knock - Unlock your Mac quickly and securely.
LaunchControl - Create, manage and debug launchd services.
Loading - See when apps are using your network in your Mac menubar.
Little Snitch - Protect your privacy.
MacDown - Markdown editor.
Mackup - Keep your application settings in sync.
MacPass - Password Manager.
Media Converter - 简单（拖放）但高级的媒体转换. ![开源软件][OSS 图标] ![免费软件][免费软件图标]
Menubar Colors - Convenient access to the system color panel.
MenuMeters - 一套适用于 macOS 的 CPU、内存、磁盘和网络监控工具. ![开源软件][OSS图标]
Monodraw - A powerful ASCII art editor.
Mounty - A tiny tool to re-mount write-protected NTFS volumes under macOS 10.9+ in read-write mode.
Noizio - Ambient sound equalizer for relaxation or productivity.
Notational Velocity - Store, retrieve and sync notes within a minimal GUI.
Noti - Receive Android notifications on your mac (with PushBullet).
Numi - Beautiful calculator app.
OnyX - Multifunction utility to verify disks and files, run cleaning and system maintenance tasks, configure hidden options and more.
Paparazzi - A small utility that makes screenshots of webpages.
Paragon NTFS - World fastest NTFS driver.
Radio Silence - Simple to use firewall and network monitor.
Microsoft Remote Desktop Connection Client - Remote Desktop Connection Client lets you connect from your Macintosh computer to a Windows-based computer.
RDM - Easily set Mac Retina display to higher unsupported resolutions.
Site Sucker - Automatically download websites from the Internet.
ShiftIt - 管理窗口大小和位置. ![开源软件][OSS 图标] ![免费软件][免费软件图标]
SlowQuitApps - 防止意外的 Cmd-Q. ![开源软件][OSS图标] ![免费软件][免费软件图标]
SmartCapsLock - Makes the Caps Lock key smarter, so that when the key accidentally gets activated and you START YELLING even though you don't want to, you can just select the yelling-text and press the key again to instantly fix its case instead of typing everything all over again.
Soulver - Beautiful expressive calculator.
SSH Tunnel - Manage your SSH tunnels, tightly integrated with macOS Keychain, secure and intuitive.
Strongbox - Secure Password Management for iOS and MacOS. Open Source. Compatible with KeePass and Password Safe.
TeamViewer - Remotely control another computer.
TextBar - TextBar is a tiny but powerful app that lets you add any text to your MenuBar.
Typeeto - Lets you use your Mac's keyboard as a bluetooth keyboard to type on another devices.
Typora - Another minimal Markdown editor.
Ukelele - Unicode 键盘布局编辑器. ![免费软件][免费软件图标]
Übersicht - Run system commands and display their output on your desktop as widgets.
The Unarchiver - Unarchive many different kinds of archive files.
Wineskin - Run Windows applications and games on your Mac.

Video¶

HandBrake - High performance video encoding and conversion tools with a nice GUI.
IINA - Media player with a minimalist design.
mpv - Media player.
ScreenFlow - 截屏和视频编辑软件.
Subler - Mux and tag MP4 files.
Subtitlr - Drag and drop subititle download utility.

Window Management¶

Amethyst - Window manager (automatically keep windows sized in grids).
Divvy Window Manager - Window management for tiling your windows.
Hammerspoon - Extremely powerful scripting engine for macOS.
Hummingbird - Easily move and resize windows without mouse clicks, from anywhere within a window.
Moom - Move and zoom windows, super light weight and customizable.
Phoenix - A lightweight window and app manager scriptable with JavaScript.
Rectangle - Easily organize windows without using a mouse.
Stay - Resize/position windows when displays change.
Swish - Control windows and applications with trackpad gestures.
yabai - Tiling window manager with focus follows mouse.

Others¶

Aerial - Apple TV Aerial Screensaver for Mac.
Catch - 使用 ShowRSS 的最简单方法. ![开源软件][OSS图标] ![免费软件][免费软件图标]
Clocker - Check time in multiple timezones from your Mac menubar.
Juice - Make your battery information a bit more interesting.
Sonora - A minimal, beautifully designed music player.
SoundCleod - A browser for SoundCloud.
Spillo - Powerful, beautiful and fast Pinboard client.
Transmit - A FTP client.

Command Line Utilities¶

Awesome macOS Command Line - Use your macOS terminal shell to do awesome things.
m-cli -  适用于 macOS 的瑞士军刀.
Mac-CLI -  macOS command line tools for developers.
mas - A CLI for the Mac App Store.

macOS Utilities¶

Bluetooth Debug Menu - 恢复出厂设置设备等等.
Command Line Utilities Part 1
Command Line Utilities Part 2
EnvPane - An preference pane for environment variables.
Glances - System monitoring tool that runs in terminal.
Thread on StackExchange

Setup¶

macbook-playbook¶

Ansible playbook 从干净的 macOS 安装中配置开发和桌面环境.

https://github.com/mpereira/macbook-playbook

macOS 10.9 Mavericks Setup¶

macOS 10.10 Yosemite Setup¶

https://gist.github.com/kevinelliott/0726211d17020a6abc1f

macOS 10.11 El Capitan Setup¶

https://gist.github.com/saetia/1623487

macOS 10.12 Sierra Setup¶

https://gist.github.com/kevinelliott/7a152c556a83b322e0a8cd2df128235c/

macOS 10.13 High Sierra Setup¶

https://gist.github.com/jimmynotjim/7617722

macOS 10.14 Mojave Setup¶

https://gist.github.com/kevinelliott/ab14cfb080cc85e0f8a415b147a0d895

macOS 10.15 Catalina Setup¶

https://gist.github.com/kevinelliott/7152e00d6567e223902a4775b5a0a0be

Security¶

GPG Suite - Full GPG toolkit with easy to understand GUI applications and Mail.app plugin.
LinkLiar - Menu application written in Swift to help you spoof the MAC addresses of your Wi-Fi and Ethernet interfaces. - 用 Swift 编写的菜单应用程序，可帮助您欺骗 Wi-Fi 和以太网接口的 MAC 地址。 ![开源软件][OSS图标] ![免费软件][免费软件图标]
macchanger by acrogenesis - Easily change your MAC Address
macchanger by shilch - 更改/欺骗 MAC 地址（随机、自定义和恢复）. ![开源软件][OSS图标]
MIDAS - Intrusion Detection Analysis System.
OS-X-Security-and-Privacy-Guide
OSXCollector - Forensic evidence collection & analysis toolkit.
Pareto Security - A MenuBar app to automatically audit your Mac for basic security hygiene.
santa - 二进制白名单/黑名单系统. ![开源软件][OSS图标] ![免费软件][免费软件图标]
Shimo - Fully-featured VPN client for Mac.
SimpleumSafe - Encrypt, organize and sync files with macOS or iOS.
tinc - Secure mesh VPN software.
Tunnelblick - Easy to use OpenVPN client and GUI.
VeraCrypt - Free and open source disk encryption software.
Viscosity - Fully-featured OpenVPN client, ready for enterprise deployment.

Miscellaneous¶

Discussion Forums¶

IRC channels¶

MacRumors¶

Reddit¶

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