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This project is dedicated to collecting high-quality macOS software and organizing them systematically by different categories for easy search and use. As it continues to grow, the project has far exceeded our initial expectations and has become more comprehensive and refined.

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• Awesome Mac
• Contents
• Reading and Writing Tools
  • Text Editors
  • Office
  • Markdown Tools
  • Note-taking
  • Journaling
  • Writing
  • Ebooks
  • RSS
  • Others
• Developer Tools
  • IDEs
  • Developer Utilities
  • Regular Expression Editors
  • API Development and Analysis
  • Network Analysis
  • Frameworks For Hybrid Applications
  • Version Control
  • Virtualization
  • Databases
  • Terminal Apps
• Design and Product
  • Design Tools
  • Prototyping and Mind-Mapping Tools
  • Screenshot Tools
  • Screen Recording
  • Other Tools
• AI Tools
• Communication
  • Collaboration and Team Tools
  • Email Clients
  • File Sharing
• Data Recovery Tools
• Audio and Video Tools
  • Audio Record and Process
• Download Management Tools
• Cloud Storage
• Input Methods
• Voice-to-Text
• Browsers
• Translation Tools
• Education
• Finance
• Encryption
• Security Tools
• Proxy and VPN Tools
• Utilities
  • Clipboard Tools
  • Menu Bar Tools
  • Cleanup and Uninstall
  • File Organization Tools
  • General Tools
  • To-Do Lists
  • Productivity
  • Window Management
  • Password Management
  • Finder Tools
  • Quality of Life Improvements
  • System Related Tools
• Gaming Software
• Remote Login Software
• QuickLook Plugins
• Third Party App Markets
  • Package Managers
• Mac App Download Sites
  • Genuine Sites
  • Pirated software download site blocklist
• Contributors
• License

Applications to edit text, I suggest the open-source 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.
• Cursor - AI code editor with autocomplete, chat, and coding agent features.
• 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.
• Itsypad - A tiny, fast scratchpad and clipboard manager for macOS.
• Lapce - Lightning-fast and powerful code editor.
• LightTable - The next generation code editor.
• LiteEdit - Fast, native macOS code editor under 1 MB — Swift and AppKit, no Electron.
• 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 - Text editor with a fast interface and plugin ecosystem. 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.
• Windsurf - AI code editor with agentic coding, autocomplete, and MCP support.
• Zed - A high-performance, multiplayer code editor from the creators of Atom and Tree-sitter.

• 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 - Office suite with document, spreadsheet, and presentation editors.
• 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.

• Archimedes - Native macOS Markdown editor geared toward mathematical writing with inline LaTeX support.
• Edmund - Minimal, native macOS Markdown editor with live preview; works with your existing files, no vault.
• EME - Open-source Markdown editor with an interface like Chrome.
• iA Writer - Writing app with an emphasis on simplicity and design.
• Imark - Open-source Markdown reader that stores your comments inside the document itself as HTML comments.
• JustMD - Open-source Markdown editor for local files that hides syntax outside the line being edited.
• MacDown - Open source Markdown editor for macOS with live preview and HTML/PDF export.
• 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.
• MarkViewer - Markdown viewer and editor for macOS with AI-assisted editing.
• 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.
• Pixley Reader - Reader for Markdown specs, docs, and changelogs generated by AI tools.
• Scratch - Lightweight, offline-first markdown notes app with WYSIWYG editing and local AI agent support.
• Typora - Truly minimal Markdown editor featuring seamless live preview.
• Ulysses - The Ultimate Writing App for Mac, iPad and iPhone.
• Zettlr - A markdown editor for the 21st century.

• Affine - Affine is the next-generation collaborative knowledge base for professionals.
• Agenda - Date-focused note taking app for both planning and documenting your projects.
• Amber Notes - Open-source notes app that ChatGPT, Claude and other AI assistants can search and edit over MCP, with each AI edit highlighted and undoable.
• Anytype - Local-first note-taking and knowledge management app.
• 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.
• Knopo - Native macOS outliner for local-first notes stored as plain Markdown files.
• Logseq - Privacy-first, open-source knowledge base.
• MarginNote 4 - In-depth PDF and EPUB reading, learning, managing and note taking app.
• massCode - Open-source developer workspace for code snippets, Markdown notes and HTTP requests, stored as local Markdown files.
• 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.
• NoteGen - Open-source, local-first Markdown note-taking app that turns scattered records into structured notes with AI.
• Notes - Clean, simple note-taking app.
• NotePlan 3 - Your tasks, notes, and calendar, plain-text markdown files.
• NotePlus - True Native Note and LLM Client
• Noteship - Local-first note-taking app for turning notes into structured knowledge.
• Notion - All-in-one workspace for notes, tasks, wikis, and databases.
• OATS - Open-source local-first meeting-notes app for macOS with live transcription, speaker labels, AI summaries, and a fully offline on-device mode.
• OneNote - Note-taking app by Microsoft.
• OutlineEdit 3 - Fully-featured outline editor, for everyone who loves great structured notes.
• Revu - Local-first spaced repetition app with FSRS scheduling and Anki import.
• 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.
• Stik - Quick-capture markdown notes app with hotkeys and AI semantic search.
• 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 - Open-source Markdown note-taking app with a polished editor.
• Zettel - Minimal, distraction-free note-taking app with Markdown and hashtag-based organization.

• 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.

• AI Novel Writer - Open-source AI writing workspace for organizing characters, worldbuilding, outlines, chapters, review, and revision in one novel project.
• Retrotype - A fun and minimalist writing app that feels like a real typewriter.
• 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.

• Calibre - Free, open-source e-book manager and reader.
• BookShelves - Ebook reader and library manager with public-domain books and sync.
• 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.
• Rapid Reader - Open-source RSVP speed reader for EPUB, PDF, and web articles with a full-text view.
• Readest - Open-source ebook reader with a clean interface and powerful reading tools.
• ReadAny - AI-powered e-book reader with semantic search, chat, and note management.
• 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.

• 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.
• Papr - RSS reader with adjustable typography, keyboard-driven navigation, and highlight export to Readwise, Notion and Obsidian.
• ReadKit - Bookmark and RSS management client.
• Reeder 5 - News reader for Feedbin, Feedly, Feed Wrangler and so on.
• Saga Reader - AI-powered web and RSS reader.
• Unread - RSS reader with beautiful typography that supports Feedbin, Feedly and so on.
• Vienna - RSS/Atom reader for Mac OS X.

• 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.
• Capd - Open-source capture and bookmarking app for saving links, text, notes, and images with full-text search.
• 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.
• Lemma - PDF reader for mathematics textbooks and papers that turns theorem and equation references into links, folds proofs and checks the derivations you write.
• OffPDF - Open-source offline PDF toolbox for Apple silicon Macs that merges, splits, converts, compresses, and OCRs files locally.
• PDF Auditor - PDF inspection tool for analyzing metadata, structure, and security risks.
• 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.
• SmoothCSV - Fast, full-featured CSV editor with SQL queries.
• Spillo - Powerful, beautiful and amazingly fast Pinboard client for OS X.
• TabType - Free, open-source AI autocomplete for every Mac app — on-device ghost-text suggestions powered by a local LLM (MLX); nothing leaves your Mac.
• 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 - All-in-one PDF tool for editing, converting, merging, compressing, and OCR.
• TableTool - Effortless CSV Browser!
• Heynote - A dedicated scratchpad for developers.

• Android Studio - The official IDE for Android, based on Intellij IDEA.
• Cate - Open-source IDE on an infinite zoomable canvas, with editor, terminal, browser, and AI agent panels arranged in a spatial workspace.
• 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.
• Fletch - Native IDE for AI coding agents, giving each agent a sandboxed clone of your repository plus a shared symbol and call-graph index, with diff review before merge.
• 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.
• Nimbalyst - A visual workspace for managing AI coding sessions, tasks, and project files.
• Nova - Beautiful, fast, flexible Mac code editor from Panic.
• Orca - An open-source IDE for running parallel AI coding agents (Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, Gemini, OpenCode), each in its own isolated git worktree.
• Trae - AI-powered IDE for coding and software development.
• Visual Studio Code - Microsoft's free & open-source editor, TypeScript friendly, VSCode Plugins.
• VSCodium - Community-driven libre binaries of VS Code.
• 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.

• AXe - CLI tool for controlling iOS Simulators through Accessibility APIs and HID automation.
• 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.
• CC-Switch - A cross-platform desktop All-in-One assistant for Claude Code, Codex, OpenCode, and AI coding agents.
• 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.
• Swifka - Read-only Kafka monitor for safely inspecting topics, messages, and consumer state.
• Configs - Configuration file manager for quickly viewing, editing and managing config files.
• 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.
• Device Hub Pro - Mirror, control and test Android emulators and phones, iOS simulators and iPhones side by side.
• DiffMerge - Application to visually compare and merge files.
• EnvPane - OS X preference pane for environment variables.
• FinderGo - Open terminal quickly from Finder.
• Tintpad - Menu bar launcher that opens your terminal at the right repo with a coding agent (Claude Code, Codex) already running.
• FlyEnv - Local development environment manager for languages, databases, and services.
• Finicky - Set rules to decide which browser opens each link.
• Frpc-Desktop - Open-source desktop client for FRP reverse proxy and intranet penetration with a visual interface.
• Gas Mask - Simple hosts file manager for Mac OS X.
• Gemini - Intelligent duplicate file finder.
• GraphCode - Runs coding-agent sessions as a graph, where each node is a live terminal you can attach to mid-run and each edge a hand-off that fires unattended. Claude Code, Copilot CLI, Codex.
• 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.
• Itsyconnect - App Store Connect client for metadata, TestFlight, reviews, analytics, and localization.
• SaneHosts - Hosts-based ad and tracker blocker.
• ILLA Cloud - Low-code internal tool builder.
• ImHex - Hex Editor for reverse engineers and programmers.
• Integrity - Free website link checker for Mac.
• JET Pilot - Open-source Kubernetes desktop client for working across clusters, namespaces and cloud accounts.
• JsonStudio - Local-first JSON workspace for formatting, editing, diffing, converting, validating, and extracting JSON from logs.
• Kaleidoscope - Compare text, images, and folders.
• Koala - GUI application for Less, Sass, Compass and CoffeeScript compilation.
• Loca Studio - Analyze, review, and edit app translations.
• LINQPad - .NET scratchpad for running code, queries, and database exploration.
• Loupe - Accessibility inspector that generates AI-agent-ready output.
• MacSystemColors - Mac app that shows all system colors in light and dark mode for Cocoa developers.
• Medio - A native, lightweight text diff tool with a clean UI and real-time highlighting.
• MJML - Create responsive emails with a semantic syntax and rich components.
• NameQuick - AI-powered file renaming tool for macOS
• PaintCode - Vector drawing app that generates Objective-C or Swift code in real time.
• Pasteboard Viewer - Inspect the system pasteboards.
• Poirot - Companion app for browsing Claude Code sessions, reviewing diffs, and rerunning commands.
• Muxy - AI-native GUI for managing AI coding sessions, projects, with split panes, Git integration, and AI usage tracking.
• PortKiller - Tool for inspecting ports, managing forwards and tunnels, and stopping bound processes.
• 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.
• Runner - Open-source workspace where CLI coding agents such as Claude Code, Codex, Copilot CLI, and pi work one task together as a crew, each in its own real terminal.
• 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.
• SSH Keys Manager - Native macOS app for managing local SSH keys and Git identities.
• Starcat - Native, local-first GitHub Stars manager that turns saved repositories into a searchable, AI-assisted knowledge base.
• 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.
• Switzy - Open-source tool for switching Git identities and managing SSH keys.
• SYM - GUI Application to symbolicate iOS crash log.
• Testpiler - Tool for converting XCTest test suites to Swift Testing.
• TeXstudio - Integrated writing environment for creating LaTeX documents.
• Touch Bar Simulator - Use the Touch Bar on any Mac.
• TunnelFlow - Modern SSH tunnel and port forwarding manager supporting local, remote, and dynamic SOCKS5 forwards.
• 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

• Patterns - Regular expression editor.
• Regex - Regular expression testing tool with an emphasis on simplicity.
• RegExRX - Development tool for regular expressions.
• RegexMate - A regular expression testing tool with a built-in quick reference guide.

• 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.
• Echolon - Open-source API client and Postman alternative.
• 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.
• Maestro - End-to-end testing framework for mobile and web apps.
• Mockoon - Create mock APIs in seconds.
• Paw - Advanced HTTP client.
• Postman - GUI platform for API development.
• Reqable - Next-Gen API Development Tool, Advanced API Debugging Proxy and REST Client.
• ReqRes - Native macOS app to monitor, debug, and mock HTTP(S) requests and responses.
• Requestly - Open-source, lightweight Git-Friendly API Client built for modern developers.
• Trayce - Lightweight tool to monitor Docker container traffic with a built-in .bru HTTP client.
• Yaak - A modern API client supporting multiple protocols, offline usage, and Git integration.

• 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.
• Rockxy - Open-source HTTP(S) debugging proxy for intercepting, inspecting, modifying, and replaying requests.
• Sniffnet - Application to comfortably monitor your network traffic.
• Tracexy - Open-source, session-based network intelligence for capturing live traffic and investigating PCAP/PCAPNG files locally.
• WiFi Lens - Native open-source Wi-Fi analyzer and network diagnostics app with real-time spectrum scanning, channel congestion visualization, and BLE device tracking.
• Wireshark - The world’s foremost and widely-used network protocol analyzer.
• Apidog - All-in-One workspace for API Design, Documentation, Debug, Mock, Test.

• AppJS - Lightweight JavaScript UI library for creating mobile webapps that behave like native apps.
• DMG Maker - DMG creation tool with polished visuals and CLI support.
• create-dmg - Create a good-looking DMG for your macOS app in seconds.
• Rilmazafone - Design DMG installers on a WYSIWYG canvas and build exactly what you drew, no scripts.
• 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

• 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.
• GitButler - Change management with parallel and stacked branches, unlimited undo, agent integrations.
• 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.
• Changes - GUI Git client. Replace the Git CLI with a clear UI and AI assist.
• teebe - Native manager for Git worktrees, with live file change badges and inline diffs.
• 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.

• Docker - Powerful, performs operating-system-level virtualization.
• Berthly - Native GUI for Apple's container tool, with menu bar monitoring and drag-and-drop image builds.
• Gantry - Docker management client for local and SSH remote hosts with built-in MCP server support for agent workflows.
• Cocoa-Way - Wayland compositor for running Linux GUI apps without a virtual machine.
• GhostVM - Virtualization tool for creating and managing isolated macOS virtual machine workspaces.
• MacVirtue - Run free and unlimited Virtual Machines on your Mac.
• Mocker - Container manager built on Apple's Containerization framework.
• 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.
• Podman Desktop - Open-source graphical tool for managing containers and Kubernetes.
• 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.

• 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.
• DB Pro - Database client for querying and managing SQL databases.
• 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.
• 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!
• Paul - AI-first PostgreSQL client for getting fast answers from your database with read-only access by default.
• 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.
• Redis Insight - Official Redis tool for browsing, debugging, and visualizing data.
• 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.
• TablePlus - Supports: PostgreSQL, MySQL, RedShift, MariaDB... High-end security ensured.
• TablePro - Fast database client with AI-assisted SQL editing and support for major SQL/NoSQL engines.
• TrailBase - Open-source backend platform with type-safe APIs, auth, and admin tools built on SQLite.
• redis-pro - Small, easy to use Redis management, written with SwiftUI, support Dark mode.

• alacritty - A cross-platform, GPU-accelerated terminal emulator.
• Awal Terminal - AI-native terminal emulator with multi-provider profiles and voice input.
• Calyx - Native macOS terminal for running and supervising coding agents in parallel.
• Command Book - A terminal companion for long-running terminal commands (freemium)
• electerm - Terminal, SSH, and SFTP client.
• Farol - Terminal built on libghostty that shows which coding agent is working, waiting or done.
• Ghostty - Fast GPU-accelerated terminal emulator.
• 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.
• KubeSwitch - The fastest way to switch between Kubernetes contexts and namespaces on macOS.
• 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.
• Termstead - Native SSH client with a session tree, jump hosts and SFTP beside the terminal.
• tty7 - A GPU-rendered, daemon-backed terminal in pure Rust with sessions that stay alive without tmux.
• Vesta - Native macOS terminal built on libghostty for running coding agents in parallel.
• Warp - Warp is a blazingly fast, rust-based terminal reimagined from the ground up to work like a modern app.
• Wave - Open-source terminal with built-in file previews, web browsing, and AI tools.
• WezTerm - A GPU-accelerated cross-platform terminal emulator and multiplexer implemented in Rust.

• 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 - Offline batch background remover for images.
• 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.
• ItsPaint - Native paint and screenshot markup: step badges, pixelate redaction, Instant Alpha. No account or telemetry.
• 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.
• Pika - An open-source color picker app.
• RawTherapee - A powerful cross-platform raw photo processing program!
• Redlamp - Native, open-source raw photo editor that keeps Lightroom Classic's Develop workflow.
• Screen Loupe - Open-source live magnifier that shows any part of the screen zoomed, pixel-true, in a separate window.
• 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 - Vector design tool with built-in assets and real-time collaboration.

• 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.
• ExcalidrawZ - Open-source native Excalidraw client with local file management and iCloud sync.
• 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 - Diagramming tool for quick hand-drawn-style sketches.
• yGraph Editor - High quality diagrams made easy.

• capcap - Native menu bar screenshot tool with double-tap Command capture, annotation, scrolling capture, beautify, pinning, and image-host upload.
• CleanShot X - Discover a superior way to capture your Mac's screen.
• CloudApp - Work at the speed of sight.
• Dropbox - Dropbox app offers easy screenshot capturing and sharing
• Flameshot - Powerful yet simple to use screenshot software.
• Lightshot - The fastest way to take a customizable screenshot.
• macshot - Screenshot and annotation tool with screen recording, scrolling capture, and OCR.
• Scap - Screenshot annotation and canvas tool with blur, mosaic, and watermark features.
• Shottr - Screen capture application with features like Scrolling capture, OCR and markup.
• Sitch - Skitch-style screenshot annotation with tapered arrows, blur, and pixelate, fully offline.
• Skitch - Screen capture application with a powerful annotation capabilities.
• Snappy - Open-source, Ubuntu-style screenshot tool with an adjustable selection, window and full-screen capture, markup, blur, and text copying.
• Snapzy - Free and open-source native macOS app for screenshots, screen recording, annotation, and video editing.
• 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.

• BetterCapture - Free and open source screen recorder with professional encoding support.
• Capty - Screen capture and recording tool with built-in editing and annotations.
• Caplo - Screen recorder and editor with automatic camera moves, cursor effects, canvas, and captions.
• Capso - Open-source screenshot and screen recording tool with annotations, OCR, and webcam overlays.
• 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 - Screen recorder that exports directly to GIF.
• 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.
• OpenScreen - Open-source tool for creating polished screen demos and walkthrough videos.
• Quick Recorder - A lightweight and high-performance screen recorder for macOS
• Recordly - Open-source screen recorder and editor for polished demos, tutorials, and product videos.
• Reframed - Screen recorder with a built-in editor.
• Screen Studio - Screen recorder for polished videos with automatic motion effects.
• ScreenKite - Native screen recorder and editor with auto-zoom, AI enhancements, device mockups, and teleprompter.
• ScreenSage Pro - A screen recording tool for creating polished videos in minutes.
• Screenize - Open-source screen recorder with auto-zoom, cursor effects, and timeline editing.
• Screenpipe - Source-available screen and audio recorder with searchable local history, optional cloud AI, and free and paid plans.
• Snagit - Screen Capture and Recording Software. Simple and Powerful.
• Tight Studio - Screen recorder with smart zoom, captions, and AI voiceovers.
• Zappy - Zappy is a screenshot and screen recording app all in one. Has some simple editing tools built in.

• Amazing AI - Generate images from text using Stable Diffusion.
• APNGb - PNG image assembler/disassembler app.
• Aspect - Photo organization app with peer-to-peer sync.
• Lap - Local photo manager for browsing and organizing personal media libraries offline.
• Couleurs - Simple app for grabbing and tweaking the colors you see on your screen.
• CompressO - Open-source tool for compressing videos and images to smaller sizes.
• Diffusion Bee - The easiest way to generate AI art on your computer with Stable Diffusion.
• Eagle App - Asset manager for images, videos, audio, fonts, and design files.
• ExifCleaner - Remove exif metadata from images and videos with drag and drop.
• 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.
• Mottie - A native Lottie animation player with Quick Look extension for dotLottie files.
• Nucleo - Icon manager. Import, export, customize and convert icon libraries.
• Pixpresso - Image viewer and editor for cropping, resizing, annotating, and converting between PNG, JPG, WebP, and HEIC.
• 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.
• Zipic - Batch image compression tool with presets and automation.

• Agent Teams AI - Open-source desktop app for coordinating autonomous AI coding agents through team messaging, task boards, and code review.
• Agenttrace - Local-first TUI for inspecting AI coding agent sessions, costs, tokens, latency, tool failures, health, and diffs.
• AppleAi - Access multiple AI assistants from your menu bar with one shortcut.
• Apple On-Device OpenAI - Runs Apple on-device models behind an OpenAI-compatible API.
• AQBot - Open-source desktop AI workspace for multi-provider chat, agent workflows, knowledge bases, MCP tools, and an OpenAI-compatible API gateway.
• Atomic Agent - Local-first CLI and TUI coding agent that runs open-weight models entirely on your machine, with MCP support and 56 built-in tools.
• Atomic Chat - Open-source AI chat client for local and cloud models with MCP support.
• BitFun - Open-source AI agent that gives each task its own interactive workspace with chat linked to live state.
• BoltAI - A beautiful & powerful ChatGPT app for Mac. Stay ahead by integrating AI into your workflow today.
• ChatGPT - A conversational AI system that listens, learns, and challenges
• Claude - Your AI partner on desktop. Fast, focused, and designed for deep work.
• Claude God - Monitor Claude usage, costs, and session stats.
• Claude Usage - Menu bar app for Claude Code that keeps per-pane context (in the status line) and session/weekly usage always visible — no usage or context command to run.
• Claude Usage Monitor - Track Claude usage with a live counter.
• Claudoscope - Tool for browsing and analyzing Claude Code sessions.
• ClawdHome - Manage multiple isolated OpenClaw gateway instances from one control panel.
• clawpypaste - Menu bar block picker and session browser for Claude Code.
• 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...).
• CodexBar - Show usage stats for OpenAI Codex and Claude Code, without having to login.
• Cursor Voice - Voice assistant that lives by your cursor, sees your screen, and can control apps via the OpenAI Realtime API.
• DataNexa - Open-source desktop database MCP gateway that aggregates multiple databases into a single access point with read-only enforcement and auditing for AI agents.
• DeepDeck - Desktop AI workspace built on DeepSeek Harness for creating and reusing WebMCP tools for website tasks.
• Desktop Control - GPU-accelerated CLI for AI agents to control any macOS app via screen, mouse, and keyboard.
• Fazm - Open-source voice-controlled AI agent for apps, files, and workflows.
• Flock - Terminal multiplexer for running multiple Claude Code and shell sessions in one workspace.
• Fluent - AI assistant that works across apps with model and context integration.
• Gemini Collector - Back up Google Gemini conversations, attachments, and AI-generated media locally as JSON.
• GroAsk - Menu bar launcher that sends selected text to AI assistants and CLI agents.
• Grux - Menu bar assistant that reads your active window and reaches local mail, calendar, notes, and files, using your own API key or a local model.
• RecurseChat - Local-first AI chat app with customizable workflows.
• Runtime - AI taskmate and take control of the web & your office tools
• Sesame - Open-source app that indexes the dashboards, reports, sites, PRs, and files Claude Code and Codex delivered, and reopens them when you type or say a few words.
• SpotAsk - Native macOS menu bar AI assistant for quick questions: ask first, then use your own AI service for an in-app answer or send the question to another AI, app, or terminal command.
• ThinkWatch Lite - Local gateway for Claude Code, Codex, and other AI coding clients that switches upstreams without client changes, records the cost of each request, and redacts API keys before requests leave.
• TokenMeter - Track Claude Code usage, rate limits, costs, and activity heatmaps.
• TokenTracker - Local-first menu bar app and CLI that tracks token usage and cost across 20+ AI coding tools.
• Tura - Tura is a local, open-source coding agent for developers who are tired of vague skill claims, token-saving extensions with no evidence, and agents that change a repository before understanding it.
• Usage4Claude - Real-time monitoring of Claude usage quotas across time windows and plans.
• Jan - An open-source alternative to ChatGPT that runs entirely offline on your computer.
• JoeBro - Native SwiftUI workspace for chat and document editing with local models via Ollama or any API, plus memory, MCP tools, and deep research.
• LingShu - Open-source, model-agnostic macOS agent for verified code, documents, slides, and computer actions.
• LokalBot - On-device meeting notes, dictation, inline autocomplete, and searchable work memory for macOS.
• Loadout - See and manage what coding assistants load — Claude Code skills, subagents, slash commands, plugins, and MCP servers, with real usage counts.
• Maestro - Multi-agent AI coding tool with spec-driven workflows.
• MiniClaw - Local-first personal AI agent with memory and automation tools.
• mu - Open-source coding agent with a CLI and a desktop app, in which a small judge model makes routine calls such as what enters the context and whether a flagged command was asked for.
• Off Grid AI Desktop - Private, local-first AI for your Mac: local LLM chat, image generation, voice dictation, and memory search, all on-device.
• Orchard - MCP server that connects AI assistants to Apple apps.
• Prevail - Local-first AI life OS: any model per life-domain over a plain-markdown vault on your Mac. Signed and notarized.
• Pulse - Native app that shows how much Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, Copilot and 70+ other AI coding services you have left, as rings docked at the edge of your screen.
• Quail - Local model server for GGUF and MLX models on Apple silicon, with OpenAI- and Anthropic-compatible APIs for tools like Claude Code and Codex.
• Witsy - desktop AI assistant / universal MCP client.
• remio - Local-first AI chat client that answers from your knowledge base.
• Warden - A Native Swift macOS app that lets you run multiple LLM models using your own API keys.
• Wayfinder - Local-first visual voyage map for preserving Codex and Claude Code sessions, branches, failures, decisions, and file changes.

• Adium - Free instant messaging application for Mac OS X. Connect to AIM, MSN, SMPP, Yahoo and more.
• BlurScreen App - Instantly blur sensitive on-screen content for recording or screen sharing.
• Caprine - Third-party privacy-focused Facebook Messenger app.
• DingTalk - Team communication and collaboration platform.
• Discord - Voice, text, and community chat platform.
• Element - Create, share communicate. Chat and call securely.
• Ferdium - Messaging workspace that combines multiple web apps in one place.
• Franz - Messaging app that combines multiple chat services in one place.
• Gitter - Chat platform for developers and GitHub communities.
• 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 - Open-source team collaboration platform.
• 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 - Workspace browser for organizing multiple web apps on one screen.
• Teams - Free online meetings and video calls
• Teambition - Team collaboration tool for tasks, schedules, files, and discussions.
• 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 - Browser workspace for organizing web apps and team tools.
• WeChat - Official WeChat app for Mac.
• WeeChat - The extensible command-line chat client.
• WhatsApp Desktop - Available in the Mac App Store, Whatsapp for Desktop.
• Mezon - A new way to communicate with your team. It's free, faster, better organized, better for WFH.

• 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 - File sharing tool for screenshots, screen recordings, and other files.
• 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.
• Rclone UI - The GUI for Rclone & S3.
• Transmit - Highly flexible and intuitive FTP client, supports SFTP, S3 and iDisk/WebDAV.

• 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 - Data recovery tool for damaged, deleted, or formatted disks.
• SuperDuper! - Painless fully bootable disk backups.
• Disk Drill - Free data recovery tool. Also has a PRO version.

• Adapter - Free audio, video and image conversion software.
• Aegisub - Open-source subtitle editor with timing and styling tools.
• Audio Profile Manager - Audio device manager for saving input and output setups.
• 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 - Live captioning tool with on-device transcription and multilingual support.
• BlackHole - Freemium, open-source virtual output/input audio driver for recording/routing internal audio.
• 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 - Media player with broad audio and video format support.
• Fader - Menu bar volume mixer with per-app volume, one-click output switching, and Bluetooth headphone control.
• FineTune - Per-app volume controller with multi-device output and 10-band EQ.
• FreeTube - Open source desktop YouTube client built with privacy in mind.
• Gifski - Convert videos to high-quality GIFs.
• HandBrake - Video transcoder for converting media to modern formats.
• Hongguo Drama - Unofficial player and downloader for Chinese short dramas from Hongguo, Xifan, and Hema, for Apple Silicon and Intel Macs.
• 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.
• IPTVMac - Native IPTV player for Xtream Codes and M3U with instant search, mpv playback, Picture in Picture and downloads.
• Jellyfin - The Free Software Media System.
• Kaset - Native YouTube Music client for macOS.
• Kodi - Open-source media center for video, music, pictures, and more.
• LMMS - Open-source digital audio workstation for music production.
• LosslessCut - Cross platform tool for quick and lossless video and audio trimming using ffmpeg.
• LyricGlow - Synced lyrics player with word-by-word glow effects.
• LyricsX - Lyrics for iTunes, Spotify and Vox.
• Lyrimuse - Word-synced desktop lyrics for Apple Music, Spotify, QQ Music, NetEase Cloud Music, Kugou and YouTube Music / Spotify Web in the browser.
• 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 - Tool for finding, streaming, and offline downloading movies.
• mpv - Free, open-source, and cross-platform media player.
• Mooziac - Lightweight native macOS menu bar player for YouTube Music & local audio.
• MuseScore - Free, open-source music notation software.
• Museeks - A simple, clean and cross-platform music player.
• Muxie - Last.fm scrobbler for Apple Music, Spotify Desktop, iPod Classic, Rockbox devices and some others.
• Natron - Open-source node-based compositing software.
• Nuclear - Streaming music player that finds free music for you.
• OpenSpatial - Open-source spatial audio for any headphones, playing every app as 7.1 surround with head tracking.
• 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.
• MyMedia - Display and watch your local movie and TV show library.
• Playback - Experimental video player.
• Plug - Discover and listen to music from Hype Machine.
• Petrichor - Offline music player with broad format support, lyrics, playlists, and queue management.
• Popcorn Time - Streaming app for browsing and watching torrent-based movies.
• Potplayer X- a Video Audio Player.
• Pulp - Audio sample manager.
• Sangeet - A beautiful audiophile music player with 10-band EQ, karaoke mode, and time-synced lyrics.
• ScreenFlow - Screencasting and video editing software.
• Shotcut - Free open-source video editor.
• Sonar - Native music player with synchronized lyrics and menu bar and notch playback controls.
• Songtide - Native YouTube Music app with an equalizer, visualizer and synced lyrics.
• Spotifly - Lightweight Spotify player focused on fast playback control.
• SpotMenu - Spotify and iTunes in your menu bar.
• Stremio - Media center for movies, TV, live channels, and streaming sources.
• 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 - Music library manager with audio conversion and tag editing.
• Tiny Player - As the name suggests, a tiny player.
• Tuneful - Controller for Spotify and Apple Music from the menu bar or mini player.
• VLC - Open-source multimedia player for most audio, video, and streaming formats.
• VOX Player - High-definition audio player for Mac and iPhone. Music just sounds better!
• VidCrop - A simple video cropping tool that supports multiple formats and precise trimming.
• 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.
• Kaset - Open-source YouTube Music client with library, lyrics, podcasts, and playback controls.
• YouTube Music - Desktop player for YouTube Music with plugin support.
• YouTube Music Desktop - Free cross platform Desktop Player for YouTube Music.
• YPlayer - A multifunctional app for live captions, audio/video transcription, and subtitle translation.
• Musicer - A retro local music player that supports multiple formats and AI control.
• Fmusic - A fmusic is a open source music player on SwiftUI.

• akou - Open-source call and meeting recorder that transcribes on-device with speaker labels and lets Claude Code or Codex question a call over MCP.
• CapSoftware - An open-source alternative to Loom. Beautiful, shareable screen recording tool.
• Digisensus Recorder - Call recorder and bot-free AI meeting note taker for Zoom, Meet, Teams, FaceTime, WhatsApp and phone calls.
• GarageBand - Digital audio workstation for recording and music production.
• Logic Pro X - Professional digital audio workstation for music and audio production.
• Segue - Broadcast audio playout with crossfade, trim, ramp timers, and pause beds for live radio and podcasts.
• Stargate DAW - An all-in-one digital audio workstation (DAW) and plugin suite.
• SystemEQ for Mac - Free, open-source system-wide parametric equalizer with AutoEQ presets, hearing calibration, and real-time visualization.
• Utter - On-device voice dictation and meeting transcription powered by whisper.cpp and Metal.
• yovoice - Local voice creation studio with text-to-speech, voice cloning, emotion control, song generation and MIDI scoring, all running on-device.

• 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.
• Harbor - Open-source download manager for HTTP(S), magnet links, and .torrent files.
• JDownloader - Open-source download manager for links, files, and hosted content.
• Motrix - Download manager for HTTP, FTP, BitTorrent, magnet links, and more.
• Neat Download Manager - Lightweight download manager with an optimized transfer 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.
• TBD - Open-source YouTube video and audio downloader built on yt-dlp, which a phone on the same Wi-Fi can also drive.
• Transmission - Fast, easy, free BitTorrent Client.
• XGetter - Media downloader for video and audio from major websites.
• You-Get - Tiny command-line utility to download media contents (videos, audios, images) from the web.
• youtube-dl - Command-line program to download videos from YouTube.com and other video sites

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 - Cloud storage and file synchronization service.
• 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.

• Kawa - Better input source switcher for OS X.
• Keyameleon - Open-source tool that gives each physical keyboard its own input source and switches to it automatically as you type.
• LangSwitcher - Keyboard layout converter for mistyped text.
• Qingjian 青简 - Rust-based cross-platform Pinyin input method that displays translations in the language you are learning alongside candidate words.
• 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.
• vChewing 唯音 - Chinese input method supporting Pinyin and Zhuyin with purpose-built dictionaries.
• betterglobekey - Make macOS Globe key great again!
• InputSourcePro - Tool for automatically switching input sources by app or website.

• Aiko - High-quality on-device transcription.
• Azex Speech - Voice input tuned for mixed Chinese-English dictation in AI and crypto work.
• buzz - Transcribes and translates audio offline on your personal computer. Powered by OpenAI's Whisper.
• EnviousWispr - Sub-second dictation running Whisper/Parakeet locally with privacy-first AI text polish.
• FnKey - Push-to-talk voice input tool that pastes transcribed text instantly.
• Google AI Edge Eloquent - Free on-device AI dictation and voice editing from Google that works in any app, currently English only.
• inlaut - Fully local push-to-talk dictation for German and English, running a Parakeet model on-device and typing at the cursor.
• LocalScribe - Open-source local transcription and subtitle editor for microphones, media files, and Mac audio.
• OpenDictation - Open-source dictation utility with local and cloud speech-to-text.
• OpenQuack - Privacy-first voice dictation tool that transcribes locally with WhisperKit and inserts text at the cursor with a hotkey.
• OpenTypeless - Open-source AI voice input that types polished text into any app.
• Ottex - AI dictation tool that formats text for the app or site you are using.
• Presspeech - Native push-to-talk local dictation app for Apple Silicon Macs using Parakeet TDT v3 (CoreML/ANE).
• Spokenly - Voice-to-text with 100+ languages, offline mode, and AI-powered formatting.
• Tambourine - Open-source, customizable AI voice dictation that works in any app.
• TypeWhisper - Local Whisper-based speech-to-text with a global hotkey.
• VoiceInk - Real-time speech-to-text app.
• VoxFlow - Open-source voice input workspace with local and cloud ASR, OCR, history, and coding-agent workflows.
• Voxt - Hold-to-talk voice input tool with AI transcription rules per app and URL, and built-in translation.
• WhisperDrop 2 - Open-source local transcription for audio, video, YouTube, and meetings, with dictation into any app.
• Whispering - Multi-provider speech-to-text with AI transformations and keyboard shortcuts.
• Willow Voice - AI dictation with automatic editing, style-matching, and noise optimization.

• Arc - Browser with a distinctive workspace-style interface.
• Brave - Web browser with an emphasis on privacy and speed.
• ChatGPT Atlas - Browser with ChatGPT built in.
• Chrome - Chrome, developed by Google
• Chromium - Open-source browser project behind 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.
• Helium - Privacy-focused Chromium browser with built-in ad blocking.
• 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.
• Ora - Open-source browser with spaces, tab management, and a vertical sidebar.
• 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.
• Tabbit - An AI-native browser that understands your context, chats with webpages, and automates tasks.
• Tor Browser - Privacy browser designed for anonymous web browsing.
• Mullvad Browser - Privacy browser focused on anti-fingerprinting protection.
• Web - Minimal AI browser for macOS, built with SwiftUI.
• Vivaldi - The browser that puts you in control.
• Yalqen - Open-source Chromium browser for developers with vertical tabs, a keyboard-first command bar, built-in developer tools, and ad and tracker blocking.
• Yandex - The quick and secure browser from Yandex for computers.
• Zen - A beautifully designed, privacy-focused, and feature-rich browser

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

• DeepL - Best quality translations
• Easydict - A concise dictionary and translator for looking up words and translating text.
• Grammarly - Refine your english
• iTranslate - Translation app for text and web pages in multiple languages.
• Live Translator - Real-time on-screen translation of any system audio (YouTube, podcasts, meetings) using OpenAI or Gemini.
• 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.
• MoePeek - Translation tool with text selection, OCR, clipboard, and manual input support.
• Nani - Fast AI translation with explanations.
• OpenAI Translator - Translation app and browser extension powered by AI models.
• ScreenTranslate - Capture any area or select text to translate instantly, fully on-device.
• Translate Like Me - Open-source menu bar translator that replaces the selected text in any app, in your own writing style, via Claude, ChatGPT or Grok.
• Translatium - Translation app for words, phrases, and images in 100+ languages.

• Leafy - Look up any word on screen with ⌥A, including in PDFs and images, and save it to a searchable local library.
• Wokabulary - Collect, practice, and organize your individual foreign language vocabulary.

• Posnic - Offline-first open-source POS and billing software for retail shops and restaurants.
• Pulse - Native menu bar market tracker for US, Hong Kong and China stocks, crypto, indices, ETFs and portfolio P&L.
• SubManager - Subscription tracker with renewal reminders.
• SubList - Track subscriptions, renewals, and spending in one place with reminders, analytics, and iCloud sync.
• StockDock - Menu bar app for real-time stocks, ETFs, crypto and portfolio P&L. Privacy-first, no account, multi-currency.
• MRRDock - Menu bar app that adds up your MRR from Stripe, RevenueCat, Paddle, Lemon Squeezy, Polar, Dodo Payments and Gumroad into one total. Multi-currency, keys stay in the Keychain, no account.

• Cryptomator - Multi-platform transparent client-side encryption of your files in the cloud.
• Deadbolt - Open-source file encryption tool.

• Antivirus One - Security scanner for malware, adware, and web threats.
• BlockBlock - Me: "Please alert me whenever anything is persistently installed." BlockBlock: "You got it"
• ClearanceKit - Policy-based file access control tool for protected paths.
• Dylib Hijack Scanner - Utility for scanning apps vulnerable to dylib hijacking.
• fob - Menu bar SSH agent that keeps keys in the Secure Enclave and gates every use behind Touch ID.
• 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.
• Lockpaw - Menu bar screen guard for macOS — lock and unlock your screen with a hotkey.
• MakLock - Lock any macOS app with Touch ID, Apple Watch proximity, or password. Full-screen blur overlay on all monitors.
• LuLu - LuLu is the free macOS firewall that aims to block unauthorized (outgoing) network traffic.
• MalwareBytes - Malware scanner and removal tool.
• Mana Security - vulnerability management app for individuals.
• Vulert - Dependency vulnerability monitoring service for open-source packages.
• NoxKey - Keychain-based secret manager for API keys and tokens with Touch ID.
• OverSight - Tool for monitoring microphone and webcam access.
• ParetoSecurity - A MenuBar app to automatically audit your Mac for basic security hygiene.
• PureSnitch - Open-source application firewall with a Little Snitch-style world map, rule manager, DNS over HTTPS, and pf-based blocking, with no telemetry.
• RansomWhere? - Generic Ransomware Detection.
• Santa - Binary and file access authorization system.
• Sentinel - Plain-language Mac security-settings check with a Wi-Fi device list.
• stronghold - Easily configure MacOS security settings from the terminal.
• Suspicious Package - An application for inspecting macOS installer packages.
• swiftGuard - Tool for protecting USB ports from unauthorized access.
• TaskExplorer - Explore all processes running on your Mac with TaskExplorer.
• TouchBridge - Authenticate with your phone's fingerprint as a free Touch ID keyboard alternative.
• What's Your Sign? - Finder extension for viewing a file's code-signing information.

• Algo - Personal IPSEC VPN in the cloud.
• ClashBar - mihomo-powered menu bar proxy client.
• ClashX Guide - Guides and troubleshooting tools for ClashX.
• Cloudflare WARP - Secure network service that routes traffic through Cloudflare.
• DashVPN - Smart-routing proxy client with support for VLESS, Shadowsocks, and HTTPS subscriptions.
• Hiddify - Multi-platform proxy client for managing subscriptions and multiple proxy protocols.
• Jumper VPN - VPN Client for Mac and other platforms, secure, fast VPN proxy.
• Lantern - Free application that delivers fast, reliable and secure access to the open internet.
• Mullvad VPN - Privacy-focused VPN service with anonymous accounts and flat-rate access.
• 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.
• TrustTunnel - A modern, open-source VPN protocol originally developed by AdGuard VPN.
• Tunnelbear - Simple VPN service for secure browsing and location switching.
• Tunnelblick - Free, open-source graphic user interface for OpenVPN on OS X.
• VPN Bypass - Menu bar app to route specific domains and services around your VPN.
• Windscribe - VPN and proxy service with ad blocking and flexible server switching.
• Tailscale - Mesh VPN for securely connecting devices, services, and users.

• DNS Easy Switcher - Menu bar tool for switching DNS providers or custom resolvers.
• Dropshelf - A drag and drop helper app for macOS.
• Dropover - Temporary shelf for collecting and moving dragged files, text, and links.
• cmd+x - Launch Activity Monitor with Ctrl+Opt+Delete, cut and move files in Finder with Cmd+X.

• Buffer - Lightweight native clipboard manager with bookmarks and OCR for images.
• CleanClip - The cleanest Clipboard Manager on macOS, ever!
• Clipbara - Free Paste-like clipboard manager with pinboards, Quick Look previews, and one-click copying.
• Clipboard - Easy-to-use terminal clipboard manager for all platforms.
• ClipMenu - Clipboard manager for Mac OS X.
• Clippy - Smart clipboard manager with content-aware previews, AI transformations, a built-in screenshot editor, and file converter.
• ClipHistory - Lightweight native clipboard manager with instant hotkey popup, search, pinning, and text/image history.
• ClipTools - Clipboard utility set for quick copy, paste, and text cleanup tasks.
• 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 Quick - A simple, privacy-first clipboard manager.
• 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.
• SaneClip - Clipboard manager with history, privacy protections, and sensitive data detection.
• SnippetCraft - System-wide text expansion, snippet management, and clipboard history for macOS.
• Flycut - Clean and simple clipboard manager for developers.
• Maccy - Lightweight clipboard manager for macOS.
• Nimclip - Local-first clipboard history manager with search, tags, and image support.
• OneClip - A simple and professional macOS clipboard manager.
• uPaste - Clipboard history and snippets manager for organizing reusable copied content.
• Yippy - Clipboard manager with user-friendly UI.
• ClipFlow - Free clipboard history manager with terminal-style navigation.
• Pesty - Free and open-source clipboard manager inspired by Paste, with a slide-up color-coded strip, pinboards, and search.
• Whisk - Keyboard-first clipboard manager with a Liquid Glass panel, filters by source app and content type, and rich previews.

• Agent Island - MacBook notch companion for Claude Code and Codex sessions, showing live status and auto-resuming selected long-running tasks.
• AirPoise - Menu bar app that uses AirPods motion sensors for head-posture reminders and configurable head-gesture shortcuts.
• Anvil - Tool for serving local static sites and Rack apps with simple URLs.
• Atoll - Turns the notch into a Dynamic Island-style hub for media controls, live activities, and quick utilities.
• Bartender - Organize or hide menu bar icons on your Mac.
• Belay - Keeps your Mac awake only while a local AI coding agent is working, and lets it sleep the moment the work stops.
• Candela - Display care for external monitors: OLED burn-in protection, panel health history, and everyday brightness, volume, and contrast controls.
• cctop - Open-source menu bar monitor that shows live status for AI coding sessions (Claude Code, Codex, opencode, pi) and jumps to the right terminal pane or editor window.
• ChargeMonitor - Menu bar battery monitor with real-time charging stats and energy impact insights.
• CodexIsland - Turns the MacBook notch into a Dynamic Island-style live activity for Claude Code and Codex CLI rate limits and spend, computed locally with no telemetry.
• SaneBar - Privacy-first menu bar manager with hidden zones and automation rules.
• Sharptooth - Menu bar tool for managing Bluetooth devices with hotkeys and automation.
• BeardedSpice - Control web players and supported apps with your keyboard media keys.
• Blink - A little robot that watches your running dev servers and iOS simulators, and restarts them without going back to the terminal.
• Boring Notch - Turn your MacBook notch into a music and file control center.
• Bye AppQuit - A minimal menu bar app to quickly view and kill running processes.
• 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.
• DynamicHorizon - Adds media controls, notifications, and system indicators to the notch area.
• Repose - Menu bar break timer that dims your screen and pauses during calls.
• Fishing Funds - Display real-time trends of Chinese funds in the menubar.
• GoogleDriveSync - A menu bar app for seamless Google Drive syncing.
• Folder Peek - Quickly access documents, files, folders, and apps from the menu bar.
• HeyMate - AI assistant in the MacBook notch that answers questions about your screen out loud and runs Claude Code, Codex, or OpenCode agents after you approve their plan, with media, file shelf, and calendar widgets.
• 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 - Menu bar manager for hiding icons and organizing layouts.
• ILoveNotch - Turns the MacBook notch into a tray for media, files, calendar, reminders, notes, and timers.
• Itsycal - Tiny calendar for your Mac's menu bar.
• Itsyhome - Control your HomeKit and Home Assistant smart home from the menu bar.
• Itsytv - Control your Apple TV from the menu bar.
• Keelhaven - Menu bar app that runs scheduled, encrypted restic backups to a local disk, S3, SFTP, or a REST server.
• KeyStats - Menu bar tracker for daily keystrokes, clicks, movement, and scrolling.
• Later - Save all your Mac apps for later with one click.
• Lunavect - Menu bar app and desktop widgets showing which Claude Code or Codex session is working, waiting for input, or done, with usage limits and activity.
• LuxShot - Native and privacy-first menu bar OCR tool.
• MacTools - Open-source menu bar toolkit with plugins for display controls, system toggles, cleanup, device status, and everyday utilities.
• Mask This - Menu bar app that masks sensitive information in the clipboard.
• MeetingBar - Menu bar app for your calendar meetings
• MemStats - Menu bar memory monitor that splits RAM usage by user account, groups helper processes into apps, and shows memory pressure and swap.
• Menu Bar Calendar - A monthly calendar right in your menu bar.
• MenubarCC - Menu bar crab that shows your Claude Code sessions at a glance: walking while Claude works, bouncing when it needs you.
• MenubarX - A powerful Mac menu bar browser, pin webpage like an App.
• MenuScores - A menu bar app that delivers real-time sports news and scores.
• Mixio - Menu bar app with per-app & tab volume control, 10-band EQ with native style UI.
• Mole Widget - Lightweight system monitor with live CPU, memory, disk, network, battery, and process stats in a resizable desktop widget managed from the menu bar.
• FreeAudio - Per-app volume and mute, output device switching, and volume control for HDMI/DisplayPort monitors.
• FreeDisplay - Control external display brightness, HiDPI modes, resolution, and arrangement from the menu bar.
• MonitorControl - Control external display brightness and volume directly.
• muxbar - Menu bar app for tmux session management — list, attach, kill sessions, live preview, and a closed-lid mode for in-bag work.
• mysa - A macOS menu bar app for quick breathing breaks, with a frosted screen overlay and handwritten quotes.
• NetFluss - Native menu bar app for real-time upload/download speeds and top bandwidth-using apps.
• NotchNook - Customizes your Mac's menu bar to seamlessly integrate with the notch design.
• Notchly - Lightweight Dynamic Island for macOS with AI coding agent notifications.
• 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.
• Pelmet - Menu bar manager built for macOS 27's rebuilt menu bar. Hides the icons you don't need until you do.
• Peninsula - Dynamic Peninsula for macOS, focusing on window switching, notifications, and file storage.
• PowerMeister - Conserve energy and improve Battery-Life on your MacBook.
• Profisor - Switch Xcode provisioning profiles for the current project from the menu bar.
• 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.
• Thaw - A powerful menu bar management tool for hiding and showing menu bar items.
• 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.
• Tactile - Adds subtle trackpad haptic taps over clickable elements, with optional visual cues for accessibility.
• TextSniper - Simple yet powerful OCR app in your Menu Bar. Instantly copy and paste text from anywhere.
• Today - View today’s schedule and calendar events from the menu bar.
• TomatoBar - World's neatest Pomodoro timer for macOS menu bar.
• TypeCue - Types a prepared script into any app, one hotkey press per line, as real keystrokes at a human pace, for demo recordings and live presentations.
• UTC Time - Show the time in UTC in the menu bar or a widget.
• Vanilla - Hide menu bar icons on your Mac.
• Vorssaint - Open-source menu bar toolkit for per-app volume, system monitoring, window control, clipboard history, keeping awake, and app cleanup.
• WandelBar - Customizes the menu bar background with blur, tint, shadows, textures, presets, and per-Space settings.
• 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 - Keyboard sound tool that adds mechanical-style typing audio.

• AppCleaner - Thoroughly uninstall apps.
• App Uninstaller - Lightweight app uninstaller with drag-and-drop support. Built with Swift and SwiftUI.
• Boost - Free memory without closing apps, freeze apps and restore them exactly as they were, and find disk space that's genuinely safe to reclaim.
• CleanMyMac - Delete megatons of junk, malware, and make your Mac faster & more organized
• Mac Clean - Free, open-source cleaner, optimizer, and malware scanner.
• Cleaner One - Disk cleaning and Mac optimization.
• Cleaner for Xcode - Remove unwanted Xcode files.
• ClearDisk - Visualize and clean developer caches to quickly reclaim disk space.
• DaisyDisk - Disk usage analyzer and cleaner.
• DiskWise - Open-source SwiftUI disk cleaner whose only deletion path is the Trash, with per-session undo and a knowledge base that explains each cache entry.
• Dusty - Open-source menu bar disk cleaner that deletes only from a fixed allowlist, shows every path before removing it, and can undo a clean.
• Harbofly - Menu bar app that auto-discovers and frees the disk space dev build artifacts and caches hog (DerivedData, node_modules, SPM/Homebrew caches). Zero telemetry, notarized.
• Headroom - Fast disk space analyzer with a treemap and duplicate finder that labels caches and developer folders Safe, Caution or Never before you delete them.
• Mac Cache Cleaner - Cache cleaner for Mac
• MAC-LIMPO - Menu bar cleaner for developer caches (Xcode, Docker, simulators, node_modules) with a 2D/3D disk usage treemap.
• MacDirStat - Open-source disk space analyzer that shows what's taking up space as an interactive treemap, inspired by WinDirStat.
• MacOSCleaner - Free, open-source macOS cleaner with disk analyzer, app uninstaller, and smart cleanup.
• MacSift - Open-source disk cleaner that groups files by app and moves them to the Trash.
• MangoDisk - Free, open-source disk cleaner and space analyzer that scans locally and shows paths and sizes before deletion.
• Mole - Native Mac maintenance utility for cleanup, app management, disk analysis, and system monitoring.
• OmniDiskSweeper - Scans files by size so you can quickly find space hogs.
• OpenClean - Free, open-source Mac cleaner that explains every item before removal and quarantines anything not trivially rebuilt so you can restore it. Includes an app uninstaller, disk map and menu bar monitor.
• Pearcleaner - A free, source-available and fair-code licensed mac app cleaner.
• PureMac - Free, open-source macOS cleaner with no telemetry. Cleans system and user caches, Xcode junk, Homebrew cache, mail attachments, and finds large or old files. Supports scheduled auto-cleaning.
• Purge - Open-source cache cleaner that moves files to the Trash instead of deleting them, using a fixed allowlist and no telemetry.
• SquirrelDisk - Open-source disk usage analyzer with sunburst and treemap views for disks and cloud storage.

• AppPorts - Move apps to external storage while keeping working launch links in /Applications.
• BetterZip - Archive tool supports ZIP, TAR, TGZ, TBZ, TXZ (new), 7-ZIP, RAR.
• eZip - Lightweight archive tool for ZIP, RAR, 7Z, and other common formats.
• 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 - Open-source compression and extraction tool with broad format support.
• muCommander - Lightweight file manager with a dual-pane interface.
• Modal File Manager - Dual-pane file manager with Vim-style hotkeys and customizable extensions.
• Oka Unarchiver - Archive utility with RAR support, batch extraction, and password-protected archives.
• PDF Archiver - Nice tool for tagging and archiving tasks.
• Rapidmg 1-Click extracting apps from DMG images to the "Applications" folder.
• Shuffle - Fast, GPU-rendered file manager and Finder alternative built in Rust.
• The Unarchiver - Unarchive many different kinds of archive files.
• Unarchive One - Archive utility for extracting and compressing many common formats.
• Marta - File Manager for macOS written entirely in Swift

• AirServer - Most advanced screen mirroring software receiver for Mac, PC and Xbox One.
• Cadran - Renders 22 customizable clock faces on your Mac desktop wallpaper and screensaver.
• DNS Optimizer - A DNS changer and performance‑benchmarking tool for Apple devices (macOS & iOS).
• DevKnife - A native Mac app for dozens of daily dev tasks, from network scans to JSON formatting.
• DevToysMac - Offline toolbox that helps developers in daily tasks.
• DevUtils.app - Developer toolbox for formatting, converting, and debugging everyday data.
• Deskmark - Add watermarks to the desktop, ideal for recording videos.
• 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.
• Liftoff - Open-source Launchpad replacement with live window previews, window-title search, and one-click folder organizing.
• Lungo - Prevent your Mac from going to sleep.
• LaunchNext - Classic Launchpad experience, relive old macOS.
• lo-rain - Create a customizable rain over your desktop and apps, with splash over the dock.
• Memo - Simple and elegant app. Unlock memos even more quickly using Touch ID.
• Nifro - Turn websites into configurable desktop wallpapers, with separate views for each display.
• Numi - Beautiful calculator app for Mac.
• NextDNS - The new firewall for the modern Internet.
• OpenDisplay - Use a spare iPhone or iPad as a second display for your Mac, wired (USB) or over WiFi, with touch input.
• Phosphene - Use any video as your macOS wallpaper on the desktop and the lock screen, picked directly from System Settings.
• Plash - Make any website your desktop wallpaper.
• rem - An open source approach to locally record and enable searching everything you view on your Mac.
• Rewind - Searchable history of your screen and audio activity.
• 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 - Easily import MP4/MOV videos as system wallpapers and lock screen animations.
• WaifuX - Open-source ACG app for wallpapers, animated backgrounds, and anime videos.
• CapsLockNoDelay - Removes caps-lock key activation delay for fast typers.
• Seodisias - SEO crawler that audits sites for technical issues and optimization opportunities.

• 2Do - Nice todo app.
• 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.
• Lotti - Private logbook for tasks, time tracking, journaling and habits, with end-to-end encrypted sync and optional AI agents.
• Microsoft To-Do - Microsoft's successor to Wunderlist.
• Nozbe - GTD task manager for individuals and teams.
• OmniFocus - Nice GTD app, made by OmniGroups.
• One Task - Conquer one task at a time.
• Super Productivity - Task manager with timeboxing and time tracking.
• 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.

• 1440 Minutes Left Today - Show how many minutes are left in the day from your menu bar.
• ActivityWatch - Cross-platform, extensible, and privacy-focused time-tracker.
• Alfred - Launcher and automation tool with hotkeys, snippets, and search.
• Atomic - A habit tracker app to build good habits, break bad ones, and stay on top of your daily routines.
• Better Launchpad - Customizable app launcher with fast search.
• BetterMouse - Customize scrolling, acceleration, buttons, and gestures for third-party mice.
• BetterTouchTool - Customize gestures, shortcuts, and input actions across trackpads, mice, and keyboards.
• Brink - A notch on your screen edge that keeps your Notion pages and tasks one hover away.
• CalmMouse - Stop the Magic Mouse scrolling the page every time you click.
• 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.
• CurrentKey - Add custom names and icons to Spaces and track app usage time.
• CursorSense - Mouse & trackpad driver that lets you tweak the acceleration curve and more.
• Day Progress - Time remaining today in your menu bar.