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Awesome MacOS Software v2.0.4 (Alpha Zero)

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A curated list of fantastically awesome software for Apple's macOS operating system. This list was inspired by Awesome Sysadmin. Legend: Open Source apps = Open Source. Paid apps = Dollar. Free apps have a Free icon. Any app with a yellow star (Star) is one of my favorites and something that I recommend you check out. Note: I wanted to have a little fun with the version numbers, so starting with v1.9.4, all versions will be named after sci-fi robots, androids, cyborgs, supercomputers, etc.

Academics

  • Geogebra - GeoGebra for Teaching and Learning Math. Free
  • Jamovi - free and open statistical software to bridge the gap between researcher and statistician. Open Source
  • MonsterWriter - The best way to writing a thesis or note. Free Dollar
  • Mochi - Take notes and make flashcards. Free
  • Numi - Beautiful calculator app for Mac. Dollar Star
  • Soulver 3 - Notepad, meet calculator. Dollar
  • SpeedCrunch - A powerful scientific multi-platform calculator with an easy to use interface Open Source
  • Studies - Master Your Studies. Dollar

Anti-Virus

Application Launchers

  • Alfred - Search your Mac and the web effortlessly, and control your Mac. Free & Dollar Star
  • Butler - The original Many Tricks pony. Dollar
  • LaunchBar - Powerful file/URL/email launcher utility. Dollar
  • Launchey 2 - Lightweight menu bar app launcher. Dollar
  • Overflow - The visual launcher for your Mac. Dollar
  • Recents for Mac - Find files faster. Free
  • Slik - Fast app launcher and web app organizer. Dollar
  • Sol - More than a launcher. Open Source
  • Start - A superior way to launch applications. Dollar
  • Quicksilver - Application launcher and much more. Open Source
  • Raycast - Raycast is a blazingly fast, totally extendable launcher. Open Source Star
  • Ueli - A keystroke launcher for Windows and macOS. Open Source
  • Workspaces - Project-Based Launcher for macOS. Dollar
  • Zazu - A fully extensible and open source launcher for hackers, creators and dabblers. Open Source

Audio Players

Audio and Music players, Trackers, Digital Audio Workstation software.

  • Auryo - A SoundCloud client for your desktop. Open Source
  • Aural - An audio player for macOS, inspired by Winamp. Open Source
  • BitPerfect - The Audiophile Choice. Dollar
  • Cider - OSS Apple Music client for Windows, Linux, macOS, and more. Open Source Star
  • Cog - Audio player similar to Foobar 2000. Open Source Star
  • Foobar2000 - Freeware audio player for macOS. Free
  • Idagio - Streaming, reinvented for classical music. Free
  • Mous - Powerful audio player & converter for FreeBSD/Linux/macOS. Open Source
  • Museeks - A simple, clean and cross-platform music player. Open Source
  • Nulloy - OSS Audiophile audio player. Open Source
  • Phonix - Free music player for macOS. Open Source
  • SIDPLAY - A Commodore 64 music player. Open Source
  • Sonos - Wireless Home Sound System. Free
  • Soundcleod - SoundCloud for macOS. Open Source
  • Swinsian - The Advanced Music Player for Mac. Dollar
  • Tidal - Music streaming service. Free
  • Tiny Player - Tiny FLAC/AAC/MP3/WAV Player. Free
  • Vox - Vox Music Player for macOS. Free
  • Winds - A Beautiful Open Source RSS & Podcast App. Open Source

Audio Utilities

  • AirFoil - Hear Your Audio Everywhere. Dollar
  • Audio Hijack - Record any audio. Dollar
  • Background Music - macOS Audio Utility. Open Source
  • Balance Lock - Prevents audio balance from drifting left or right. Free
  • BlackHole - Route Audio Between Apps. Open Source
  • Boom3D - Volume Booster & Equalizer. Dollar
  • eqMac2 - System-Wide Equalizer for the Mac. Open Source
  • Falcon - An open source audio file encoder. Open Source
  • Farrago - Robust, rapid-fire soundboards. Dollar
  • Kid3 - Audio Tagger. Open Source
  • Krisp - Sound Clear in Online Meetings. Dollar
  • Loopback - Cable-free audio routing for Mac. Dollar
  • Metadatics - Audio metadata editor. Dollar
  • Museeks - A simple, clean and cross-platform music player. Open Source
  • Mutify - Quickly mute your microphone. Dollar
  • ocenaudio - Easy, fast and powerful audio editor. Free
  • Piezo - Charmingly simple audio recording. Dollar
  • Roon - The Ultimate Music Player for Music Fanatics. Dollar
  • Samplr for Touchbar - Demo of Samplr for the MacBook Touch Bar. Free
  • ShazamScrobbler - Last.fm scrobbler for the Shazam Mac app. Open Source
  • SpotMenu - Spotify and iTunes in your macOS menu bar. Open Source
  • Sound Source - Superior Sound Control. Dollar Star
  • Tickeys - Audio feedback while typing. Open Source
  • TunesArt - Display a gorgeous album cover on your desktop. Dollar
  • X Lossless Decoder - Decode/Convert to and from dozens of audio file types. Free

Backups

  • Arq - Backup your files to Google Drive, Amazon Glacier, SFTP, and more. Dollar Star
  • Arq Cloud Backup - Backs up all your files automatically. Dollar
  • Carbon Copy Cloner - Create a bit-perfect clone of your Mac's hard drive. Dollar Star
  • Freeze - Amazon Glacier for your Mac. Dollar
  • GoodSync - File Synchronization and Backup Software. Dollar Free
  • Macrium Reflect 7 - Free back up, disk imaging, and cloning solution. Free
  • Rclone - Sync files and directories to and from multiple services. Open Source
  • Syncalicious - Backup and synchronize app settings. Open Source

Cleanup

Clipboard Managers

  • Copied - Clipboard manager for macOS, iOS and iPadOS. Dollar
  • Maccy - Keep your copy history at hand. Period. Open Source
  • Yippy - An open source clipboard manager for macOS. Open Source

Cloud Storage

  • Box Sync - Online synchronization tool. Free & Dollar
  • Dropbox - Cloud backup and synchronization tool. Free & Dollar
  • Google Drive - Easy and secure access to all of your content. Free & Dollar
  • Mega - Secure Cloud Storage and Communication. Dollar
  • OmniPresence - Document syncing for iOS & macOS. Free
  • Rsync Client - A simple GUI for managing your remote files. Dollar
  • Rsync Server - Enable the Rsync service on your Mac. Dollar
  • Syncthing - Replaces proprietary sync and cloud services. Open Source

Code Editors

  • AppCode - Smart IDE for iOS/macOS development. Dollar
  • Atom - A hackable text editor for the 21st Century. Open Source
  • Arduino IDE - Open-source Arduino Code Editor. Open Source
  • Aurora Editor - Open-source Code Editor. Open Source
  • BBedit - The text editor that doesn't suck. Dollar Star
  • Brackets - Open source text editor that understands web design. Open Source
  • CLion - A cross-platform IDE for C and C++. Dollar
  • Coda - One-window Web development suite. Dollar
  • CodeEdit - A lightweight, natively built editor. Open source. Free forever. Open Source Free
  • CodeRunner 2 - Easy-to-use programming editor for your Mac. Dollar
  • Cursor - The AI-first Code Editor. Dollar
  • Espresso - Powerful HTML, XML, CSS, and JavaScript development tool. Dollar
  • IntelliJ - Capable and Intelligent IDE. Dollar
  • RubyMine - Work Faster with a Smarter Editor. Dollar
  • SubEthaEdit 5 - Code, Write, Edit. Together. Open Source
  • Sublime Text - A sophisticated text editor for code, markup and prose. Dollar
  • Textmate - Powerful and customizable text editor. Open Source
  • VimR - Neovim GUI for macOS. Open Source
  • Visual Studio Code - Excellent cross-platform text editor from Microsoft. Open Source
  • Xcode - Apple's Swift/Objective-C development environment. Free
  • HMScriptEditor - Code editor for HomeMatic scripts. Dollar

Color Pickers

  • Couleurs - A simple but powerful color grabber. Free
  • Color Picker Plus - An Improved Color Picker for macOS. Open Source
  • ColorSlurp - The best Mac color picker in the universe! Dollar
  • ColorSnapper 2 - Organize, adjust & export colors with style. Dollar
  • Color-Studio - Build coherent themes. Open Source
  • ColorWell - macOS Color Theme generator. Dollar
  • Pastel - Beautiful color palettes. Dollar
  • Pika - An open-source colour picker app for macOS. Open Source
  • Sip - Collect, organize & share your colors. Dollar 5 Stars

Communication

  • Aether - Peer-to-peer ephemeral public communities. Open Source
  • Chime - Amazon Chime communications service. Dollar
  • Feishu - The Only All-in-One Platform You Will Ever Need. Free
  • Loom - Take back your time. Free
  • Teams - Connect and collaborate with anyone from anywhere. Dollar
  • Screen - Work together like you’re in the same room. Free
  • Skype - Your chats are about to get much better. Free
  • Slack - Team-based collaboration tool. Free
  • Workplace by Facebook - Change the way you work. Free
  • Zulip - Zulip for macOS. Open Source

Compression

  • BetterZip 5 - the next generation of archiving. Dollar
  • Bandizip - professional and fast archiver. Dollar
  • Keka - MacOS file archiver. Store more, share with privacy. Open Source
  • The Unarchiver - Capable replacement for MacOS' default compression app. Star
  • p7zip - Open Source port of 7-Zip for POSIX systems. Open Source
  • Zip Cleaner - Remove DS_Store, Icon^M and __MACOSX from archives. Open Source

Calendar

  • BusyCal - Powerful, Elegant, Customizable Calendar for macOS. Dollar
  • Calendars - Own your time. Dollar
  • Fantastical - The calendar app you won't be able to live without. Dollar
  • Informant - The best calendar app for macOS. Dollar
  • Itsycal - Itsycal is a tiny calendar for your Mac's menu bar. Open Source
  • Morgen - Make the most out of your time. Dollar

Contacts

  • BusyContacts - The most powerful contact manager for macOS. Dollar
  • CardHop - Contacts manager. One Cardhop, All Your Devices. Dollar Star

Databases

  • Arctype - The SQL client and database management tool that's fun to use. Dollar and Free
  • Azure Data Studio - SQL client based on Visual Studio Code. Free
  • Base - SQLite 3 database editor. Dollar
  • Bdash - Simple SQL Client for lightweight data analysis. Open Source
  • Beekeeper Studio - Open Source SQL Editor and Database Manager. Free
  • DBeaver - Free Universal SQL Client. Open Source
  • DB Browser for SQLite - SQLite Database Browser. Open Source Star
  • Franz - A macOS Client for Apache Kafka. Free
  • Medis - Modern GUI for Redis. Open Source
  • Medis 2 - Modern GUI for Redis. Dollar
  • ModernCSV - The Ultimate CSV Editor/Viewer for Windows, Mac, and Linux.
  • Mongotron - Cross platform MongoDB management. Open Source
  • Sequel Ace - A MySQL database manager. Open Source
  • pgweb - Cross-platform client for PostgreSQL databases. Open Source
  • Postbird - Open source PostgreSQL GUI client for macOs. Open Source
  • Postgres.app - PostgreSQL for MacOS. Open Source Star
  • Postico - A Modern PostgreSQL Client for the Mac. Free
  • PSequel - PostgreSQL GUI tool for macOS. Open Source Star
  • Querious - The best MySQL tool for macOS. Dollar
  • Robomongo - Cross-platform MongoDB client. Free
  • SQLectron - A simple and lightweight SQL client desktop/terminal. Open Source
  • TablePlus - Modern GUI for MySQL, PostgreSQL, and SQLite. Dollar

Design

  • Figma — Create, test, and ship better designs from start to finish. Free
  • LibrePCB - A new, powerful and intuitive EDA tool for everyone. Open Source
  • Framer - App prototyping tool. Dollar & sFree
  • Mockplus - Prototype faster. smarter. easier. Free
  • Origami Studio - Explore, iterate, and test your ideas. Free
  • Penpot - Open Source design and prototyping platform. Open Source
  • Sketch - Professional digital design for Mac. Dollar
  • Zeplin - Build pixel perfect apps in peace. Free

DevOps

  • Captain - Manage Docker containers. Free. Free
  • Container PS - Menu Bar app for Docker. Open Source
  • Docker Desktop - The world’s leading software containerization platform. Free
  • Kitematic - Run containers through a GUI. Open Source
  • Kubernetic - The Kubernetes Desktop Client. Dollar
  • Kui - Hybrid command-line/UI development experience for cloud. Open Source
  • Leapp - Manage your Cloud credentials locally. Open Source

Disk Utilities

  • DiskWave - Determine what files & folders are using your disk space. Open Source

Documents

Encryption

  • Cryptomator - Free client-side encryption for your cloud files. Open Source
  • GPG Tools - GPG Suite for macOS. Open Source Star
  • keys.pub - Manage cryptographic keys, sigchains and user identities. Open Source
  • Keybase - Keybase is a directory of public keys and the proofs of who owns them. Open Source
  • VeraCrypt - Open source disk encryption software for macOS. Open Source

Email

  • Canary - Secure Email App for Mac and iPhone. Dollar
  • eM Client - Boost your email. Skyrocket your productivity. Free & Dollar Star
  • FMail - The free native Mac application for Fastmail users. Free
  • imap-backup - Backup IMAP accounts to disk. Open Source
  • MailMate - IMAP email client for macOS. Dollar
  • Mailspring - Boost your productivity and send better emails. Free
  • Mimestream - A native macOS email client for Gmail. Dollar
  • Polymail - Simple, beautiful, powerful e-mail. Dollar
  • Postbox - Powerful and flexible email client. Dollar
  • Spark - Email client for Apple devices. Free
  • Thunderbird - Cross-platform e-mail and news (NNTP) client. Open Source

Electronic Books

  • Bookpedia - What's on your shelves? Dollar
  • Calibre - Complete e-book library management system. Open Source
  • Clearview - Tabbed style e-book reader for PDF, EPUB (DRM free), CHM, and MOBI. Free
  • comictagger - A multi-platform app for writing metadata to digital comics. Open Source
  • Delicious Library 3 - Book Manager. Dollar
  • Kavita - Self-hosted digital library. Open Source
  • Kindle - Read Kindle books on your Mac. Free
  • Kitabu - Kitabu is your EPUB reading application and cloud library. Free
  • Sigil — Sigil is a multi-platform EPUB ebook Editor Free

File Synchronization

  • Syncthing - Peer-to-peer file synchronization tool. Open Source
  • Box - Online synchronization tool for box.net. Dollar
  • Dropbox - Cloud backup and synchronization tool. Free & Dollar
  • Google Drive - File backup and sharing tool. Dollar
  • oDrive - Make Cloud Storage the way it should be. Free
  • OneDrive - Access your Microsoft OneDrive. Dollar

File Management

  • Commander One - Dual-pane file manager for macOS. Free
  • CRAX Commander - Dual-pane and multi-tabbed file manager. Dollar
  • Cryo - Visual peer-to-peer file manager. Free
  • DCloner - Reliable duplicate files finder. Dollar
  • DCommander - Advanced file manager for Mac. Dollar
  • Double Commander - Cross-platform dual-pane file manager. Free Open Source
  • Folders - A Windows Explorer-like file manager for macOS. Dollar
  • ForkLift 3 - Advanced dual-pane FTP/file manager. Dollar Star
  • Gemini - The intelligent duplicate file finder. Dollar
  • Hazel - Automated Organization for Your Mac. Dollar
  • HiFile - File manager for Windows, macOS and Linux. Dollar
  • Marta - File Manager for macOS. Free Star
  • Mountain Duck - Cyberduck for mounting volumes in the file explorer. Dollar
  • muCommander - The easy to use file manager. Open Source
  • NameChanger - Rename a list of files quickly and easily. Free
  • Nimble Commander - Dual-pane file manager. Free Dollar
  • Path Finder - Powerful, award-winning Finder alternative. Dollar
  • Spacedrive - A file explorer from the future. Open Source
  • TotalFinder - For Mac users who demand more from their Finder. Dollar
  • Trickster - Your recently used files, at your fingertips. Dollar
  • fman - Dual-pane file manager for Mac. Dollar

Fonts

  • FontForge - Free and open source font editor. Open Source

FTP Clients

  • Cyberduck - A libre server and cloud storage browser for Mac. Free
  • Fetch - Fetch is a reliable, full-featured file transfer client for the Mac, since 1989. Dollar
  • FileZilla - Open source FTP client. Open Source
  • Transmit - FTP client that supports SFTP, S3, WebDAV, and more. Dollar
  • Viper FTP - Simple, user-friendly yet powerful FTP client for Mac. Dollar

Games

  • Doom 64 EX - Faithful recreation of the Doom 64 engine. Free
  • Doomseeker - Cross-platform server browser for Doom. Free
  • DOSBox - DOS emulation for macOS. Free
  • Epic Games Launcher - Game client. Free
  • Flycast - Multiplatform Sega Dreamcast, Naomi and Atomiswave emulator. Open Source
  • Gearcoleco - Cross-platform ColecoVision emulator. Open Source
  • GOG Galaxy - All your games and friends in one place. Free
  • GZDoom - A Doom source port for the modern era. Open Source Star
  • HStracker - Find the best deck for your rank and region. Free
  • MetalNES - Transistor level NES simulation. Open Source
  • OpenEmu - Video game emulation. Open Source Star
  • ReDoomEd - Port of “DoomEd”, id Software’s Doom map editor for NeXTSTEP (1993).
  • Rolisteam - Manage tabletop role playing games with remote friends/players. Open Source
  • Slade - A modern editor for Doom. Star
  • Stockfish - Strong open source chess engine. Open Source
  • TIC-80 - A fantasy computer for making, playing and sharing tiny games. Dollar
  • xemu - Original Xbox Emulator. Open Source
  • Zandronum - Leading the way in newschool multiplayer Doom online. Free
  • ZDL - A cross-platform launcher. Free

Game Development

  • Blender - A new era for content creation. Open Source
  • Godot - Free and open source game engine. Loved by indie devs. Open Source
  • Unity - The platform of choice for multiplayer hits. Free
  • Unreal Engine - The world’s most open and advanced real-time 3D creation tool. Free

Graphics

  • Adapter - Adapter Converts Video, Audio and Images. Free
  • Amadine - The ultimate vector graphics software for macOS. Dollar
  • CleanShot - Capture your Mac’s screen like a pro. Dollar
  • DaVinci Resolve - Professional Editing, Color, Effects and Audio Post! Dollar
  • Gifox - Delightful GIF Recording and Sharing App. Free
  • Hologram - The Best Wallpaper App for macOS. Dollar
  • Icon Jar - Store all your icons in one place. Dollar
  • ImageOptim - Removes bloated metadata. Open Source
  • Image2icon - Create and personalize icons from your pictures. Free
  • Kap - Capture your screen. Open Source
  • Pensela - The Swiss Army Knife of Screen Annotation Tools. Open Source
  • Ruffle - A Flash Player emulator built with Rust. Open Source
  • Storyboarder - The best way to visualize your story. Free
  • xScope - Measure. Inspect. Test. Dollar

Image Editors

  • Acorn - Image editor for MacOS. Dollar
  • Aseprite - Animated sprite editor and pixel art tool. Dollar
  • Affinity Photo - The first choice for photography and creative professionals. Dollar
  • GIMP - GNU Image Manipulation Program. Open Source
  • Krita - Professional open source painting program. Open Source
  • Pixelmator - Full-featured image editor for Mac. Dollar
  • Pixelmator Pro - Professional image editor. Dollar Star
  • PikoPixel - Pixel-art editor. Open Source
  • PhotoMD - Image EXIF and metadata editor, viewer and sorter. Dollar
  • Seashore - Easy to use mac osx image editing application. Open Source

Image Viewers

  • Aspect - Photo organization and viewing application with support for peer-to-peer based synchronization across devices. Free
  • Eagle - Photo viewer, manager, and organizer. Dollar
  • Lyn - Organize, view, edit and share your photos. Dollar
  • Phew - An open-source FLIF image viewer and QuickLook plugin for macOS. Open Source
  • Phiewer - The easiest and fastest way to view your images. Free
  • PhotoMD-lite - View images and EXIF and metadata. Free
  • Pixave - The ultimate image viewer and organizer. Dollar
  • qView - Practical and minimal image viewer. Open Source
  • Spect - Fast image browser and organizer. Dollar
  • Xee - Super fast image viewer. Dollar

Internet

  • Castor - A Browser for the small internet (Gemini, Gopher, Finger). Open Source
  • Charles - HTTP proxy, HTTP monitor, Reverse Proxy. Free
  • DomainBrain - Track of server and login information for websites. Dollar
  • Freenet - Peer-to-peer platform for censorship-resistant communication and publishing. Open Source
  • Kristall - GUI client for MacOS for gemini, http, https, gopher, finger. Open Source
  • RerouteMe - One-click macOS Proxy Configuration app. Free

IRC Clients

  • Irssi - Your text mode chatting application since 1999. Open Source
  • KVIrc - QT IRC Client. Open Source
  • LimeChat - LimeChat is an IRC client for MacOS. Open Source
  • Textual - Lightweight IRC client. Open Source Dollar Star
  • Smuxi - GTK+ multi-service ITC client. Open Source

Journaling

  • Day One - A journal, diary, text-logging application. Dollar
  • Journey - Meet Journey, Your Self-Care Journal. Dollar
  • jrnl - Command-line journaling application. Open Source
  • Linked - Link your thoughts to days, distraction free. Open Source
  • MacJournal 7 - macOS journaling application. Free
  • Life Note - Journal with the greatest minds in human history, don't be alone on your self-discovery journey. Dollar

Machine Learning

Machine Learning, Artifical Intelligence, Neural Networks, etc.

  • MacGPT - ChatGPT on your mac and menubar. Free Dollar
  • Netron - Visualizer for neural network, deep learning, and machine learning models. Open Source

Markdown Editors

  • Byword - Excellent markdown editor. Dollar
  • Deepdwn - Explore, study, create. Dollar
  • Ghostwriter - No excuses. No distractions. Just write. Open Source
  • IA Writer - A focused environment. Dollar
  • JotterPad - The new age of writing is here. Dollar
  • Notable - Markdown-based note-taking app that doesn't suck. Open Source
  • MacDown - Open source Markdown editor for MacOS. Open Source
  • Marked 2 - Previewer for Markdown files. Dollar
  • Mark Text - Simple and Elegant cross platform Markdown Editor.
  • MWeb - Pro Markdown writing and note taking editor. Dollar
  • Notary - Fast, desktop-first & Vim-friendly markdown editor. Open Source
  • PanWriter - Markdown editor with pandoc integration. Open Source
  • RewriteBar - A menubar app that helps you rewrite text with the help of AI. Dollar
  • Pine - Native markdown editor for macOS. Open Source
  • Texts - Separate Content from Formatting. Store in Markdown. Free
  • Typora - Live markdown reader and a writer. Dollar
  • vnote - A Vim-inspired Markdown note-taking application. Open Source

Menubar Applications

  • Aldente - macOS tool to limit maximum charging percentage. Open Source
  • Amphetamine - The most awesome keep-awake app ever created for macOS.
  • Apple Juice - Advanced battery gauge for macOS. Open Source
  • Badgeify - Add App Icon & Notifications to Your macOS Menu Bar. Dollar
  • Bartender 4 - Take control of your menu bar. Dollar
  • BitBar - Run terminal commands from the menu bar. Open Source
  • Bunch - Your new favorite macOS automation tool. Free
  • cpuinfo - cpumeter menubar app for mac. Open Source
  • De-Notch-ifier - Dollar
  • Displays - Manage your monitors and more. Dollar
  • Dropzone - Simplifies file sharing, launching apps, and many other tasks. Dollar
  • Forehead - Hide the notch and round the corners. Free & Dollar
  • FuzzyClock - Displays the time in your menubar. Open Source
  • gSwitch - Control the GPU on dual-gpu MacBooks. Open Source
  • Hidden - Lets you hide menu bar items. Open Source - Editor's Choice.
  • HotSwitch - Fastest window switcher app. Open Source
  • HyperSwitch - Keyboard window switcher for macOS. Dollar
  • Input Source Pro - Switch and track your input sources with ease ✨.
  • KeyCue - Find, remember, and learn keyboard shortcuts. Dollar
  • NightOwl - Easily toggle dark mode on macOS. Open Source
  • MenuBar Stats 3 - Advanced macOS System Monitor. Dollar
  • Menuwhere - The menu, anywhere. Dollar
  • Meteorologist - Free weather program for macOS. Open Source
  • Notch Pro - It draws a notch over your menubar. Open Source
  • OneSwitch - All your powerful switches in one place. Dollar
  • OnlySwitch - All-in-One menu bar app, hide notch, dark mode, AirPods, Shortcuts. Free
  • PowerMeister - Conserve energy and improve Battery-Life on your MacBook. Dollar
  • Presentify - Annotate literally anything on screen. Dollar
  • Shifty - A menu bar app that gives you more control over Night Shift. Open Source
  • Spaceman - View Spaces and Virtual Desktops in the menu bar. Open Source
  • Stats - Simple macOS system monitor in your menu bar. Open Source
  • SwitchHosts - Hosts management & switching. Open Source
  • SwitchKey - Automatically use the correct input source. Open Source
  • TopNotch - Makes the notch disappear like a 🥷. Free
  • Tyke - A little bit of scratch paper. Free
  • Vanilla - Hide menu bar icons on your Mac. Free
  • WhichSpace - Active space menu bar icon for macOS. Open Source
  • xbar - Put anything in your macOS menu bar. Open Source
  • XMenu - Directly access all your apps from the manu bar. Free
  • NotchNook - Interactive use of notch area. Dollar
  • Alcove - Dynamic Island for your Mac. Dollar

Messenger Applications

  • Cabal - Experimental p2p community chat platform. Free
  • Caprine - Elegant Facebook-Messenger client. Open Source
  • Discord - Free Voice and Text Chat for Gamers. Open Source
  • Franz - Get back on top of your messaging. Free
  • Gitter - A chat and networking platform. Open Source
  • Keybase Chat - Crypto chat for everyone. Open Source
  • Patchwork - Decentralized messaging app built on top of Secure Scuttlebutt (SSB). Open Source
  • Pony - Pony is a messenger that delivers once a day. Free
  • Rambox - he only way to organize your workspace and boost your productivity. Free
  • Ripcord - Desktop chat client for Slack (and Discord). Dollar
  • Signal - Fast, simple, secure. Open Source
  • Shrugs - Desktop chat client for Slack. Dollar
  • Telegram - Secure messaging app. Open Source
  • Tox - A New Kind of Instant Messaging. Open Source
  • Wire - Secure communication. Full privacy. Open Source

Miscellaneous

  • Actual - Enjoy managing your finances. Dollar
  • AnyBar - macOS menubar status indicator. Open Source
  • AirParrot - Streaming and Mirroring for macOS. Dollar
  • BerryCast - A screen recording app. Dollar
  • Calcbot - An Intelligent Calculator and Unit Converter. Dollar
  • CodeCows - Inject hundreds of ASCII Cows in any app. Free
  • Console - Replacement macOS console application. Open Source
  • Contexts - Radically simpler & faster window switcher. Dollar
  • EasyEDA - An Easier and Powerful Online PCB Design Tool. Dollar
  • FS-UAE - Amiga Emulator. Open Source
  • Glance - All-in-one Quick Look plugin. Open Source
  • Hackintool - The Swiss army knife of vanilla Hackintoshing. Open Source
  • ha-menu - Perform common Home Assistant functions. Open Source
  • Hyperkey - The extra macOS modifier key. Free
  • iPulse - Monitor numerous macOS statistics. Dollar
  • Karabiner-Elements - Powerful utility for keyboard customization. Open Source
  • Kinto - Linux & Windows keyboard layout for macOS users. Open Source
  • LinearMouse - For macOS mouse users. Open Source
  • Mactracker - Detailed information on every Apple product. Free
  • Mela - A simple, elegant and modern recipe manager. Dollar
  • Micro.blog - The official macOS version of Micro.blog. Free
  • Middle - Add middle click to your Mac. Dollar
  • NetNewsWire - More news, less junk. Faster. Free
  • PiBakery - The easiest way to setup a Raspberry Pi. Free
  • QLMarkdown - Quick Look extension for Markdown files. Open Source
  • Reeder 5 - The best news reader for macOS. Dollar
  • ResXtreme - Provides access to all display modes. Dollar
  • RightFont 5 - Professional font manager app for Mac. Dollar
  • SaneSideButtons - Tool that makes normal mouses with back/forward buttons usable on Mac OS Free
  • Sugarmate - A new way to manage your diabetes. Free
  • SuperKey - Keyboard superpower on macOS. Dollar
  • Swish - The missing gesture layer for macOS. Dollar
  • Syntax Highlight - Quick Look extension for highlight source code files. Open Source
  • Tickeys - Instant audio feedback for typing. macOS version. Open Source
  • Touch Bar Simulator - The macOS Touch Bar as a standalone app. Open Source
  • Unison - Excellent MacOS app for accessing Usenet Newsgroups. Free
  • Unite 4 - Turn any website into a deeply customizable app. Dollar
  • Wintertime - Background App Freezer for macOS. Open Source
  • Yarr - Yet another RSS reader. Open Source

Music Production

  • Ableton Live - Digital Audio Workstation. Free Dollar
  • Apple Logic Pro X - Complete professional recording studio on the Mac. Dollar
  • Cubase - Create. Produce. Mix. Repeat. Dollar
  • Dexed - DX7 FM multi plaform/multi format plugin. Open Source
  • FL Studio - Digital Audio Workstation. Dollar
  • Fission - Fast & lossless audio editing. Dollar
  • Hydrogen - Advanced drum machine. Free
  • Milkytracker - multi-platform music application for creating .MOD and .XM module files. Open Source
  • PaulXStretch - Extreme Time-Stretching. Free Open Source
  • Reason - Rack-based Digital Audio Workstation. Dollar
  • VCV Rack - Virtual Eruorack. Free

Networking Applications

  • Airtool - Capture Wi-Fi traffic Like a Pro. Dollar
  • Angry IP Scanner - Cross-platform network scanner. Open Source
  • Caddy - The HTTP/2 web server with automatic HTTPS. Free
  • Core Tunnel - Tunnel management made easy. Dollar
  • DNSCrypt - Control the DNSCrypt Proxy. Open Source
  • Fenix - Simple static desktop web server. Open Source
  • Gophie - Cross-platform Gopher browser. Open Source
  • iStumbler - Wireless Intelligence. Dollar
  • Murus - A GUI for the MacOS PF firewall. Free & Dollar
  • NetSpot - Wireless survey tool. Free
  • Network Radar - Scan and monitor your network. Dollar
  • Rambox - Workspace simplifier. Dollar
  • Shuttle - A simple SSH shortcut menu for macOS. Open Source
  • SiteSucker - Automatically downloads websites from the Internet. Free
  • Sniffnet - Application to comfortably monitor your Internet traffic Open Source
  • SpechtLite - A rule-based proxy app for macOS. Open Source
  • SSH Copy - Manage remote files with ease. Dollar
  • SSH Tunnel Manager - Manage your SSH tunnels. Free
  • Surge - Advanced Web Debugging Proxy for macOS & iOS. Dollar
  • SwitchHosts - Hosts management & switching. Open Source
  • Termius - SSH client that works on Desktop and Mobile. Dollar
  • Transfer - TFTP server for your Mac. Dollar
  • Transmission - Easy, free BitTorrent client. Open Source
  • Usenapp - The most complete usenet client for macOS. Dollar
  • WebTorrent - Streaming torrent app. Free
  • WhatRoute - Graphical IP tracer. Free
  • WiFi Explorer - Wi-Fi discovery and troubleshooting. Dollar
  • WiFi Signal - Monitor your Wi-Fi connection. Dollar

Notes

  • Agenda - Date-focused note taking. Free
  • Amplenote - Write it down. Get it done. Free
  • Appflowy - Open Source Notion Alternative. Open Source
  • Asana - Work on big ideas, without the busywork. Free
  • Bundled Notes - There's a new kid on the block. Free
  • CherryTree - A hierarchical note taking application. Open Source
  • ClickUp - All of your work in one place: Tasks, Docs, Chat, Goals, & more. Dollar
  • Coda - Enough of this sheet. Free
  • Craft - A fresh take on documents. Dollar & Free.
  • Dendron - Open-source, local-first, markdown-based, note-taking tool. Free
  • DEVONthink - Document/Note manager. Dollar Star
  • FSNotes - Notes manager for macOS. Open Source
  • Joplin - Free your notes. Open Source
  • Keep It - Write notes, keep things, and find them again. Dollar
  • Logseq - A privacy-first, open-source knowledge base. Free
  • Milanote - Get organized. Stay creative. Free
  • MdSilo - Lightweight knowledge silo and networked-writing tool. Free
  • NimbusNote - One place to manage all your information. Free
  • Notion - Write, plan, collaborate, and get organized. Open Source
  • Obsidian - Note-taking & Knowledge Management with Markdown. Free
  • OneNote - Note manager from Microsoft. Free & Dollar
  • Outline - Your team’s knowledge base. Free
  • QOwnNotes - Plain-text file markdown note taking with Nextcloud integration. Open Source
  • Standard Notes - Free to use, cross-platform sync, and end-to-end privacy. Open Source
  • Tot - Collect & edit text on macOS, iOS, and iPadOS. Dollar
  • Trilium - Build your personal knowledge base. Open Source
  • Yojimbo - Effortless, reliable information organizer for macOS. Dollar
  • NotePlan - Tasks, notes, and calendar - All in one place. Dollar

Office Suites

Package Management

  • Cork - The ultimate Homebrew companion. Open Source & Dollar
  • Fink - Debian package management for macOS. Open Source
  • Homebrew - The missing package manager for macOS. Open Source Star
  • MacPorts - A package management system for macOS. Open Source
  • pkgsrc - Package management system for Unix-like operating systems. Open Source

Painting Applications

  • Krita - A professional free and open source painting program. Open Source
  • Rebelle - Paint with natural watercolors and acrylics. Dollar

Password Management

  • 1Password - Best Password Manager out there! Dollar Star
  • Avast - Avast Passwords for Mac. Free
  • Bitwarden - Solve your password management problems. Free
  • Buttercup - The Password Manager You Deserve. Open Source
  • Dashlane - Never forget another password. Free & Dollar
  • Elpass - Your all-in-one password manager. Dollar
  • Enpass - A secure vault for storing everything in one place. Desktop: Free. Mobile: Dollar
  • Force Paste - Paste text even when not allowed. Open Source
  • Kaspersky Password Manager - Password Manager. Free
  • KeepassX - Open Source password manager. Open Source
  • KeePassXC - Cross-Platform password manager. Open Source
  • KeeWeb - Password manager compatible with KeePass. Open Source
  • LastPass - Simplify your life. Free & Dollar
  • MacPass - A native KeePass-compatible password manager for macOS. Open Source
  • Passifox - Auto form-fill passwords from KeePass. Open Source
  • Pastor - Free password manager for macOS. Free
  • QtPass - QtPass is a multi-platform GUI for pass. Open Source
  • RememBear - Secure and remember all your passwords...with a Bear. Dollar
  • RoboForm - Protect Your Passwords. Dollar
  • Strongbox - Freemium Open Source Password Manager. Open Source
  • Swifty - Free & Offline Password Manager Open Source

Productivity

  • Clockify - Free Mac time tracker. Free
  • Focus - Website blocker for macOS. Dollar
  • Freedom - Freedom is the app and website blocker for Mac. Free
  • MindMac - Feature-rich & privacy-first native ChatGPT app to use OpenAI, Azure OpenAI, Anthropic Claude, OpenRouter all in one place.
  • Pomotroid - Simple and visually-pleasing Pomodoro timer. 🍅 Open Source
  • Shortery - Shortcut Automation for your Mac. Free
  • Time Sink - Track how you're spend your time. Dollar
  • TomatoBar - World's neatest Pomodoro timer for macOS menu bar. 🍅 Open Source
  • Whale - Unofficial Trello app. 🐳 Open Source
  • HelperX - All-in-one Utility and Productivity Software for macOS. Free and Dollar
  • Freeter - Gather everything you need for work in one place, organized by projects and workflows, and have a quick access to them. Open Source
  • Paste - Keep, search, and organize everything you copy across all your devices. Dollar

Programming Languages

  • Elixir - A dynamic, functional language. Open Source
  • Go - An open source programming language from Google. Free
  • Janet Language - A functional and imperative programming language. Open Source
  • Kotlin - Concise, simple and very easy to read (and write). Open Source
  • newLISP - Lisp-like, general-purpose scripting language. Open Source
  • Python - Work quickly and integrate systems more effectively. Open Source
  • Ruby - A dynamic, open source programming language. Open Source
  • Rust - A language empowering everyone. Open Source
  • Scratch - Create your own interactive stories, games, and animations. Open Source
  • Swift - A general-purpose programming language. Free

Programming Utilities

  • Anvil - Menubar app for managing local websites. Free
  • BBC Basic Editor - BBC Micro Model B Basic Editor. Free
  • Boop - A more powerful alternative to DevToys Free
  • Codespace - The code snippet manager you've been waiting for. Dollar
  • Codye - Present code in more than 180 languages and 80 themes. Dollar
  • DevMacToys - DevToys For macOS. Open Source
  • Defold - The ultimate game engine for web and mobile. Open Source
  • DetailsPro - SwiftUI Designs Made Easy. Dollar
  • ImHex - Best Hex Editor ever. Open Source
  • Inkdrop - Organizing your Markdown notes made simple. Dollar
  • Integrity - Website link checker for MacOS. Free
  • Figma - Serious application prototyping tool. Free
  • Firecamp - API platform for your favorite API-style. Free
  • Flipper - Extensible mobile app debugger. Open Source
  • Kaleidoscope - Diff manager for MacOS. Dollar
  • Key Codes - Displays key code, unicode value, and modifier keys state. Free
  • Lem - Common Lisp editor/IDE. Open Source
  • Matcha - Build native mobile apps in Go. Open Source
  • massCode - Boost your productivity. Open Source
  • Meld - A visual diff and merge tool. Open Source
  • Mockoon - Mock API in seconds. Open Source
  • Mu - Simple Python editor for beginner programmers. Free
  • OpenInCode - Finder toolbar app to open current folder in Visual Studio Code. Open Source
  • PaintCode 3 - Turn drawings into Swift code. Dollar
  • Pashua - Native macOS dialogs for scripting languages. Open Source
  • Patterns - macOS tool for building and testing regular expressions. Dollar
  • Paw - The most advanced API tool for Mac. Dollar
  • Pixelsnap - Fastest tool for measuring anything on your screen. Dollar
  • Platypus - Create MacOS applications from command line scripts. Open Source
  • Postman - Collaboration Platform for API Development. Free
  • Dash - Dash gives your Mac instant offline access to 150+ API documentation sets. Dollar
  • Quiver - The Programmer's Notebook. Dollar
  • RunJS - The JavaScript playground for your desktop. Open Source
  • SnippetsLab - Easy-to-use code snippets manager. Dollar
  • Sparkle - Easy-to-use software update framework for macOS applications. Open Source
  • Stoplight Studio - Design APIs 10x faster with our free OpenAPI editor. Open Source
  • SwiftPM Catalog - Browse the Swift Package Index. Free
  • VueXcode - Enable Xcode syntax highlighting for Vue.js. Open Source
  • Tinkerwell - Run any PHP code locally. Dollar
  • XcodesApp - Easily install and switch between multiple versions of Xcode. Open Source
  • Yo - Send Notification Center messages from the command-line. Open Source

Remote Administration

  • AnyDesk - AnyWhere. AnyTime. AnyDesk. Free & Dollar
  • Jump Desktop - Secure RDP & VNC client. Dollar
  • NoMachine - Remote desktop connections. Free
  • NuoRDS - Standard RDP Client software. Free
  • remote-desktop-manager - Remote Connections & Passwords. Everywhere! Dollar
  • Remotix - Access all your computers from anywhere. Dollar
  • Royal TX - Comprehensive Remote Management Solution. Dollar
  • Screens - Control any computer from your Mac. Dollar
  • TeamViewer - The Solution for Remote Control and Access. Free

Science

  • RStudio - Professional software for data science. Open Source
  • SciLab - Open source software for numerical computation. Open Source

Screen Savers

  • Ariel - Apple TV Aerial Screensaver for macOS. Open Source
  • MusaicFM - Screensaver inspired by Apple’s inbuilt iTunes Screensaver. Open Source
  • Wonderful-Tools-Screensaver - Screensaver based on Apple's September Event 2019. Open Source
  • XScreenSaver - Collection of free screen savers for macOS. Free

Search Utilities

Security

  • Avast SecureLine VPN - Encrypts your Internet connection. Dollar
  • AVG Secure VPN - Secure your Wi-Fi and browse privately. Dollar
  • cracken - Fast password wordlist generator. Open Source
  • Do Not Disturb - Detects and alerts you of physical access. Free
  • Geph - Blast through censorship! Free
  • Knock Knock - See what's persistently installed on your Mac. Free
  • Little Snitch - Makes the invisible visible! Dollar
  • Micro Snitch - Know when someone spies on you! Dollar
  • LuLu - Open-source macOS firewall. Free
  • Micro Snitch - Know when someone spies on you! Dollar
  • Murus - macOS Firewall Unchained. Dollar
  • MullardVPN - You have a right to privacy. Dollar
  • Netiquette - A network monitor. Free
  • OverSight - Monitors a mac's mic and webcam. Free
  • Oblivion - Free Internet Access allows crossing over internet restrictions. Open Source
  • ProtonVPN - High-speed Swiss VPN that safeguards your privacy. Dollar
  • Pritunl - Open Source OpenVPN Client. Open Source
  • ReiKey - Scan and detect key loggers. Free
  • Santa - A binary whitelisting/blacklisting system for macOS. Open Source
  • Secretive - Store SSH keys in the Secure Enclave. Open Source
  • Security Growler - Notifies you whenever security events occur on your machine. Open Source
  • Squidman - Graphical installer and manager for the Squid proxy cache. Free
  • TaskExplorer - Explore all the tasks (processes) running on your Mac. Free
  • TunnelBear - A more secure way to browse the web. Dollar
  • Vallum - macOS Application Firewall. Dollar

Social Media

  • Flume - A beautiful Instagram experience for your desktop. Dollar
  • Ramme - Unofficial Instagram desktop app. Open Source
  • Tweetbot - Popular Twitter client. Dollar
  • Tweeten - Twitter client based on TweetDeck. Free
  • Twitterrific - Effortlessly read and compose tweets. Dollar
  • Whalebird - A Mastodon and Pleroma client. Open Source
  • Mastonaut - Simple, elegant, and native Mastodon client for Mac. Dollar

Source Control

  • Aurees - A Git client for Windows, Mac and Linux. Free
  • Fork - A fast and friendly git client for Mac. Dollar
  • Fuel - Front-end for the Fossil SCM. Open Source
  • Git Bar - Github contribution stats on your MacOS Menu Bar. Free
  • GitBlade - An elegant Git client for macOS. Free
  • GitBox - Version control as easy as mail. Dollar
  • Gitea - A painless self-hosted Git service. Open Source
  • GitFinder - A fast and lightweight Git client for Mac. Dollar
  • GitFox - The foxy Git Client for Mac. Dollar
  • GitHub Desktop - The official GitHub client for MacOS. Free
  • GithubPulse - Remember to contribute every day. Open Source
  • GitFiend - A Git client designed for humans. Free
  • GitFinder - Git client for Mac with Finder integration. Dollar
  • GitKraken - Cross-platform Git client. Free
  • GitPigeon - GitHub notifications delivered to your Mac. Free
  • Gitscout - A beautiful GitHub Issues experience for MacOS. Free
  • Gitee - macOS status bar application for Github. Open Source
  • GitX - Git GUI made for MacOS. Open Source
  • SourceTree - Easy way to work with Git and Mercurial. Star
  • Streaker - GitHub contribution streak tracking menubar app. Open Source
  • Thermal - All-in-one place to manage your Git repository. Open Source
  • Tower - Advanced Git version control. Dollar
  • Xit - Graphical tool for working with git repositories. Open Source

System Maintenance

System Tools

  • 5 GUIs - Detect which UI frameworks an app is using. Open Source
  • ABetterFinderRename - Simple. Complete. Powerful. Dollar
  • ActiveDock - Customizable dock for macOS. Dollar
  • Alt-Tab - Windows alt-tab on macOS. Open Source
  • Apple-Juice - An advanced battery gauge for macOS. Open Source
  • Barrier - Open-source KVM Switch Software. Open Source
  • Batteries for Mac - Track all your devices' batteries from your Mac. Dollar
  • Battery Health 3 - Detailed battery information for your MacBook, iPhone & iPad. Dollar Star
  • Bettermouse - Who needs Logitech Options when you have Bettermouse? Dollar Star
  • BetterTouchTool - Customize input devices on your Mac. Dollar
  • Burn - Simple but advanced disc burning for macOS. Free
  • Cerebro - Search everything on your machine in few clicks. Open Source
  • Charmstone - The quicker switcher launcher for macOS. Dollar
  • CheetSheet - Know your shortcuts. Free
  • CoconutBattery 3 - The standard for battery reading since 2005. Dollar
  • CommandQ - Never accidentally quit an app or window again. Dollar
  • Command-Tab Plus - Keyboard-centric application and window switcher. Dollar
  • Core Shell - A terminal to make your SSH life easy. Free & Dollar
  • CustomShortcuts - Customize Mac Menu Keyboard Shortcuts. Free
  • Dat - Distributed data sharing tool. Open Source
  • Duet - Extend your desktop to iOS. Free & Dollar
  • Endurance - Boost you Mac's battery. Dollar
  • FinderGo - Open terminal quickly from Finder. Open Source
  • Flour - Change the keyboard's fn keys. Free
  • Flux - Adjusts the screen brightness according to the time of day. Free
  • Gasmask - Hosts file manager for MacOS. Open Source
  • GeekTool - Customize your desktop. Free
  • KeepingYouAwake - Prevents your Mac from going to sleep. Open Source
  • KeyCastr - An open-source keystroke visualizer. Open Source
  • KeyCue - Find, remember, and learn keyboard shortcuts. Dollar
  • Keysmith - Create custom keyboard shortcuts for anything. Dollar
  • LaunchRocket - PrefPane to manage all your Homebrew-installed services. Open Source
  • Luminescent - Bring back Keyboard Backlight shortcuts for the MacBook. Dollar
  • Lunar - Intelligent adaptive brightness for your external display. Open Source
  • Maccy - Clipboard manager for macOS. Free
  • MacUpdater - Keep all your apps up-to-date effortlessly. Dollar Star
  • Manila - A Finder extension for changing folder colors. Open Source
  • MechVibes - Play mechanical keyboard sounds as you type. Open Source
  • MKS - Mechanical Keyboard Simulator. Open Source
  • Multitouch - Easily add gestures to macOS. Dollar
  • Muzzle - Disable notifications while screen sharing. Free
  • OnlySwitch - All-in-One App/Settings menu bar app. Open Source
  • OpeninTerminal - Open the current directory in Terminal. Open Source
  • Pastebox - Command Copy & Paste. Dollar
  • PlugNPlayMac - A script to automate tasks when connect a device to your Mac. Open Source
  • Pock - Display macOS Dock in Touch Bar. Open Source
  • PrefsEditor - A GUI for the 'defaults' command. Free
  • Rocket - Mind-blowing emoji on your Mac. Free
  • Service Station - Customize your Right-Click Menu. Free Star
  • Shottr - Screenshot tool for those who care about pixels. Free
  • Sidebar - The modern Dock replacement for your Mac. Dollar
  • skhd - Simple hotkey daemon for macOS. Open Source
  • Sloth - Shows all open files and sockets in use. Open Source
  • Spaceman - View Spaces & Virtual Desktops in the menu bar. Open Source
  • Smotrite - System monitor for macOS, which just work. Open Source
  • TouchSwitcher - Use Touch Bar to Switch Apps. Open Source
  • Übersicht - Keep an eye on what is happening on your machine. Free
  • Unexpectedly - Browse and visualize macOS crash reports. Open Source
  • UninstallPKG - Remove unwanted packages from MacOS. Dollar
  • VipRiser - Extensible virtual PDF printer. Dollar
  • Witch - ⌘-Tab Everything. Dollar
  • xBench - The Only Benchmark You'll Ever Need. Free
  • Xrg - An open source system monitor for macOS. Open Source
  • DockDoor - Window peeking for macOS. Open Source
  • Klack - Satisfying sound with every keystroke. Dollar

Task Management

  • AnyDo - Your busy life deserves this. Free & Dollar
  • Bike - Bike is a fast and fluid outliner for macOS. Dollar
  • Fokus - A Beautiful Focus Timer. Free
  • JustFocus - Focus on What's Important. Free
  • Kanbanier - Kanban Boards for macOS. Free
  • OmniFocus - One of the best GTD/Task managers money can buy. Dollar
  • OmniOutliner - A minimal, focused outlining experience for Mac. Dollar
  • Pagico - Manage all your tasks, files, notes, projects & contacts. Dollar
  • TaskPaper - Plain text to-do lists for macOS. Dollar Star
  • Things - Award-winning personal task manager. Dollar
  • TodoTxtMac - Minimalist, keyboard-driven to-do manager for macOS. Open Source Star
  • Tracktiq - Easy time tracking. Dollar
  • Trello - A simple Trello client. Free

Terminals

  • Archipelago - Terminal emulator built on web technology. Open Source
  • Black Screen - A terminal emulator for the 21st century. Open Source
  • Electerm - Terminal/ssh/serial port/sftp client. Open Source
  • Extraterm - The swiss army chainsaw of terminal emulators. Open Source
  • Hyper - A JS/HTML/CSS Terminal. Open Source
  • iTerm 2 - iTerm2 is a replacement for Terminal and the successor to iTerm. Open Source Star
  • Kitty - A cross-platform, fast, feature full, GPU based terminal emulator. Open Source
  • Kui - Terminal with visualizations by and for developers. Open Source
  • MacTerm - Powerful replacement for macOS Terminal. Free
  • Portx - A Cross Platform SSH Client. Free
  • PowerShell - Microsoft PowerShell for MacOS! Open Source
  • Tabby - A terminal for a more modern age. Open Source
  • warp - The terminal that supercharges your developer workflow. Star
  • wezterm - Cross-platform terminal emulator and multiplexer written in Rust Open Source
  • ZOC Terminal - Professional terminal emulation software for macOS. Dollar

Text Editors

  • Acreom - Capture notes, break down issues, track progress, create a knowledge-base. Free & Dollar
  • BBEdit - It doesn't suck. Dollar Star
  • CotEditor - The plain-text editor for macOS. Open Source
  • Drafts - Where Text Starts. Dollar
  • Lapsce - Lightning-fast and Powerful Code Editor written in Rust. 🦀 Open Source
  • LightPaper - Simple, beautiful yet powerful text editor for your Mac. Dollar
  • Lime - Open Source, Elegant, and Free Text Editor. Open Source
  • MacVim - Vim - the text editor - for macOS. Open Source
  • Noto - The themeable, plain-text editor for macOS. Open Source
  • Nova - All-in-one native web editor for macOS. Dollar
  • SubEthaEdit 5 - Code, Write, Edit. Together. Free
  • Texpad - Native macOS app with efficient LaTeX environment. Open Source
  • vimac - Vimium for macOS. Open Source
  • Visual Studio - Develop apps and games for iOS, Android, and web using .NET. Free

Text Expanders

  • Alfred - Search your Mac and the web effortlessly, and control your Mac. Free & Dollar Star
  • aText - Replaces abbreviations with frequently used phrases. Dollar
  • Rocket Typist - Expand typed abbreviations. Dollar
  • TeaCode - Don't Repeat Yourself. Dollar
  • TextExpander - Expand keystrokes into frequently-used text and pictures. Dollar

Web Browsers

Windows Managers

  • Amethyst - A tiling window manager for macOS. Open Source
  • BetterSnapTool - Sasily manage your window positions. Dollar
  • emmetapp - The window manager you dream about. Dollar
  • Grid - The fast, easy way to organize windows on macOS. Dollar
  • Hookshot - Quicker window snapping on macOS. Dollar
  • Lasso - Grid-based intuitive window manager for macOS. Dollar
  • LayAuto 3 - Your next favorite window manager. Dollar
  • Magnet - Window manager for MacOS. Dollar
  • Moom - Move and zoom windows. Dollar
  • Mosaic -
  • Penc - Trackpad-oriented window manager for macOS. Open Source
  • Phoenix - A lightweight window and app manager scriptable with JavaScript. Open Source
  • Rectangle - Move and resize windows in macOS. Open Source Star
  • Rectangle Pro - Pro version of Rectangle for macOS. Dollar
  • Spectacle - Move and resize windows with ease. Free
  • Slate - A window management application. Open Source
  • Swish - The missing gesture layer for macOS. Dollar
  • Tiles - The window manager for macOS. Open Source
  • windOCD - Align, arrange, and restore App Windows easily & automated. Dollar
  • Wins - Bring System-level Arrange Window features to macOS. Dollar
  • yabai - yabai is a window management utility plugging macOS window manager. Open Source

Writing

  • Bear - Writing app for notes and prose. Dollar
  • BookletCreator - Create a booklet from a PDF document. Dollar
  • Calmly Writer - Distraction-Free Writing. Dollar
  • Dictionaries - Bidirectional translation, spellchecking and pronunciation. Dollar
  • Fountain - Fountain is a plain text markup language for screenwriting. Free
  • Grammarly - Great Writing, Simplified. Dollar
  • IA Writer - Designed to provide the best digital writing experience. Dollar Star
  • Ludwig - Sentence search engine that helps you write better English. Dollar & Free
  • Mellel - The word processor of choice for any serious writer. Dollar
  • Nisus InfoClick - Stop Searching For Emails– Start Finding. Dollar
  • Nisus Thesaurus - Free Thesaurus for macOS. Free
  • Nisus Writer Express - Flexible, Affordable Writing App for the Mac. Dollar
  • Nisus Writer Pro - The Amazing Word Processor for the Mac. Dollar
  • Nota - Modern writing app designed for Markdown. Free
  • Scrivener - Text editor for writers. Dollar Star
  • Storyist - Full-Featured Word Processor. Dollar
  • Ulysses - The Ultimate Writing App for Mac, iPad and iPhone. Dollar
  • Taskade - Free writing tool for outlining notes, managing tasks, and getting things done together in realtime. Free
  • ConniePad - Comprehensive rich formatting personal note app for Jira & Confluence users. Dollar

Video Utilities

  • HandBrake - The open source video transcoder. Open Source
  • IINA - The modern video player for macOS. Open Source Star
  • FreeTube - The Private YouTube Client. Free
  • MakeMKV - Rip DVD and Blu-ray discs. Dollar
  • MPlayer - A cross-platform movie player. Free
  • mpv - A free, open source, and cross-platform media player. Open Source
  • Natron - Open Source Compositing Software for VFX and Motion Graphics. Open Source
  • No More Black Bars - Safari extension that provides a true fullscreen experience by removing black bars from videos. Free
  • Yoda - Browse and download YouTube videos. Open Source

Virtualization

  • MacVirtue - Run free and unlimited Virtual Machines on your Mac. Dollar
  • Mini vMac - A miniature early Macintosh emulator. Free
  • MultiPass - A mini-cloud on your Mac or Windows workstation. Free
  • Parallels Access - Remote access to your computer from anywhere. Dollar
  • Parallels Desktop 17 - Run Windows on Mac without rebooting. Dollar Star
  • Parallels Toolbox - All-in-one solution with over 30 tools for macOS and Windows 10. Dollar
  • PlayOnMac - Wine wrapper for macOS. Free
  • Tart - Virtualization toolset to build, run and manage macOS and Linux virtual machines on Apple Silicon.
  • UTM - QEMU frontend for macOS. Open Source
  • Vagrant Manager - Vagrant Manager for mcOS.
  • Veertu - Native Virtualization For macOS. Dollar
  • VirtualBuddy - Virtualize macOS 12 and later on Apple Silicon. Open Source
  • VirtualBox - x86 virtualization software. Open Source
  • VMware Fusion - Run Windows and Linux on your Mac. Dollar

Author

Created by Patrick H. Mullins. You can find me on Mastodon.

License

Source is released under the MIT License (MIT) license.