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Reading and Writing Tools
Text Editors
Lightweight Code Editor (IDE) for macOS.
A modern, open source text editor that understands web design.
A lightweight, natively-built editor. Open source. Free forever.
Lightweight plain-text editor for macOS.
Code editor with a canvas UI for better code understanding.
A post-modern modal text editor.
A tiny, fast scratchpad and clipboard manager for macOS.
Lightning-fast and powerful code editor.
The next generation code editor.
the text editor Vim - for macOS.
Modern and intuitive terminal-based text editor.
Vim-fork focused on extensibility and usability.
Powerful editor for writing, coding, and collaboration anytime, anywhere!
Editor that brings Apple's approach to operating systems into the world of text editors.
An old terminal-based editor. For common plugins, check Vim Common Plugins.
Refined Vim Experience for OS X.
An office suite that combines text, spreadsheet and presentation editors allowing to create, view and edit local documents.
Link your thoughts to days, distraction free. ![Open-Source Software][OSS Icon]
Open-source plain text editor for writing novels with minimal markdown-like syntax. [![OSS][OSS Icon]](https://github.com/vkbo/novelWriter) ![Freeware][Freeware Icon]
Free, open-source e-book manager and reader. [![OSS][OSS Icon]](https://github.com/kovidgoyal/calibre) ![Freeware][Freeware Icon]
Ebook reader for CHM (Microsoft Compiled HTML help) files. [![Open-Source Software][OSS Icon]](https://github.com/NSGod/ichm) ![Freeware][Freeware Icon]
All-in-one eBook reader supporting over 15 formats. ![Freeware][Freeware Icon] [![OSS][OSS Icon]](https://github.com/koodo-reader/koodo-reader)
Readest is an ebook reader with cross-platform access, powerful tools, and an intuitive interface. [![Open-Source Software][OSS Icon]](https://github.com/readest/readest) ![Freeware][Freeware Icon]
Multi-platform EPUB ebook Editor. [![Open-Source Software][OSS Icon] ![Freeware][Freeware Icon]](https://github.com/Sigil-Ebook/Sigil)
EBook reader for PDF, CBZ, and CBR formats with Live Text search. [![Open-Source Software][OSS Icon]](https://github.com/MaddTheSane/Simple-Comic) ![Freeware][Freeware Icon] [![App Store][app-store Icon]](https://apps.apple.com/us/app/simple-comic/id1497435571?platform=mac)
Next generation information browser.
It’s a free and open source feed reader for macOS.
Beautiful, open-source podcast catcher for Mac.
Blazing-Fast and Extremely-Lightweight Internet Reader driven by AI.Supports fetching of search engine information and RSS.
RSS/Atom reader for Mac OS X.
Combine multiple PDF files into a single PDF file using a friendly UI. [![Open-Source Software][OSS Icon]](https://github.com/vishaltelangre/bindPDF) ![Freeware][Freeware Icon]
Free tool to collect, organize, annotate, cite, and share research. [![OSS][OSS Icon]](https://github.com/zotero/zotero/) ![Freeware][Freeware Icon]
Markdown Tools
Open-source Markdown editor with an interface like Chrome.
Next generation markdown editor, running on platforms of MacOS Windows and Linux.
Markdown presentation writer with cross-platform support.
A dedicated reader for browsing Markdown specs, docs, and changelogs generated by AI tools.
Lightweight, offline-first markdown notes app with WYSIWYG editing and local AI agent support.
A markdown editor for the 21st century.
Note-taking
Affine is the next-generation collaborative knowledge base for professionals.
Open-source alternative to Notion.
Note-taking app made for programmers.
A simple command line notebook with multi-device sync and a web interface.
File System Notes is a modern notes manager, native on macOS and iOS.
Cross-platform open-source notepad with markdown support and to-do list management.
Privacy-first, open-source knowledge base.
Cross-platform open-source code snippets manager with markdown and mermaid support.
The markdown-based note-taking app that doesn't suck.
Clean, simple note-taking app.
Cross platform stylus and text notetaking app. Supports image and pdf imports, can sync.
An end-to-end encrypted notes app for digitalists and professionals.
Quick-capture note app with global hotkey and on-device AI semantic search. Plain markdown files, 8MB binary.
Open-source notepad with markdown support and todo list manager.
A Qt-based application designed to provide a pleasant note-taking platform with excellent editing experience.
Minimal, distraction-free note-taking app with Markdown and hashtag-based organization.
Developer Tools
A high-performance, multiplayer code editor from the creators of Atom and Tree-sitter.
A "beagleful" editor with features like syntax highlighting, plugins and... - A bit ugly, but it works
Microsoft's free & open-source editor, TypeScript friendly, VSCode Plugins
Microsoft's free & open-source editor, TypeScript friendly, VSCode Plugins
Open-source，display GitHub contribution statistics on your menu bar.
Change management with parallel and stacked branches, unlimited undo, agent integrations.
The official GitHub GUI.
A simple & powerful Git client。
Fork of Pieter's nice git GUI for OS X. Includes branch/tag sidebar and various fixes.
Command-line wrapper for Git that makes you better at GitHub.
The elegant solution to graphical version control. Built by developers, for developers.
GUI Git client. Replace the Git CLI with a clear UI and AI assist.
Native Wayland compositor for running Linux GUI apps on macOS without VM overhead. Uses waypipe for seamless integration. [![Open-Source Software][OSS Icon]](https://github.com/J-x-Z/cocoa-way) ![Freeware][Freeware Icon]
Ubuntu VMs on demand for any workstation. [![Open-Source Software][OSS Icon]](https://github.com/canonical/multipass)
Open-source graphical tool for managing containers and Kubernetes. [![Open-Source Software][OSS Icon]](https://github.com/containers/podman-desktop) ![Freeware][Freeware Icon]
Container management and Kubernetes on the desktop. [![OSS][OSS Icon]](https://github.com/rancher-sandbox/rancher-desktop/blob/main/LICENSE)
A free and open-source emulator and virtualizer that can perform hardware virtualization. [![Open-Source Software][OSS Icon]](https://github.com/qemu/qemu) ![Freeware][Freeware Icon]
UTM is an easy-to-use GUI for QEMU and can run ARM64, x64 and other VMs on M1 Macs. [![Open-Source Software][OSS Icon]](https://github.com/utmapp/UTM)
Tool for building and distributing development environments. [![Open-Source Software][OSS Icon]](https://github.com/mitchellh/vagrant) ![Freeware][Freeware Icon] [![Awesome List][awesome-list Icon]](https://github.com/iJackUA/awesome-vagrant#readme)
Developer Utilities
CLI tool for controlling iOS Simulators through Accessibility APIs and HID automation.
Read-only Kafka monitor for safely inspecting topics, messages, and consumer state.
Configuration file manager for quickly viewing, editing and managing config files.
CubicBezier Generator for macOS.
OS X preference pane for environment variables.
Open terminal quickly from Finder.
An all-in-one tool integrating languages, databases, and services to quickly set up your local full-stack development environment.
Set rules to decide which browser opens each link.
Simple hosts file manager for Mac OS X.
Fast and clever open source hex editor.
System preference pane to manage your hosts file.
App Store Connect management tool for editing metadata, handling TestFlight, reviews, analytics, and AI-powered localization.
System-level ad/tracker blocker via /etc/hosts with 200+ curated blocklists, 5 protection levels, and Touch ID lock.
Low-code internal tool builder.
Hex Editor for reverse engineers and programmers.
GUI application for Less, Sass, Compass and CoffeeScript compilation.
Accessibility inspector that generates AI-agent-ready output.
Mac app that shows all system colors in light and dark mode for Cocoa developers.
A native, lightweight text diff tool with a clean UI and real-time highlighting.
Create responsive emails with a semantic syntax and rich components.
Inspect the system pasteboards.
A macOS companion app for browsing Claude Code sessions, exploring diffs, and re-running commands.
Cross-platform port management tool to monitor ports, manage Kubernetes port forwards and Cloudflare Tunnels, and kill processes in one click.
Application to calculate how many lines of code you write.
A must-have devtool for web developers for quicker responsive web development.
Set of shell scripts (for bash and zsh) that enhance your interaction with git.
Generate and view class diagrams from Xcode for Swift code.
Free and open-source app for hosts management & switching.
GUI Application to symbolicate iOS crash log.
Use the Touch Bar on any Mac.
The Mac OS unofficial WWDC app.
Install and switch between multiple versions of Xcode.
Explore, view, and edit Swift and iOS code snippets for Xcode.
API Development and Analysis
Free, open-source, native Apple OS X app for testing HTTP/REST endpoints.
A lightweight, fast, and full-featured API debugging tool.
The most intuitive cross-platform REST API Client.
End-to-end testing for Mobile and Web apps. Supports iOS, Android, React Native, Flutter and more.
Create mock APIs in seconds.
Native macOS app to monitor, debug, and mock HTTP(S) requests and responses.
Open-source, lightweight Git-Friendly API Client built for modern developers.
Lightweight tool to monitor Docker container traffic with a built-in .bru HTTP client.
A modern API client supporting multiple protocols, offline usage, and Git integration.
Network Analysis
Open-source proxy tool for checking and mapping requests with http as well as https.
Interactive intercepting HTTP proxy for penetration testers and software developers.
Application to comfortably monitor your network traffic.
The world’s foremost and widely-used network protocol analyzer.
Frameworks For Hybrid Applications
DMG creation tool with polished visuals and CLI support.
Create a good-looking DMG for your macOS app in seconds.
Desktop runtime for web apps using the system's browser engine.
Build cross platform desktop application with JavaScript, HTML and CSS.
Build native and web apps with Angular and open web technologies.
Build desktop apps with HTML and JavaScript.
Build Ubuntu desktop apps using React Native.
Build OS X desktop apps using React Native and Cocoa.
React UI Components for macOS Sierra.
Microsoft platform for Web, iOS, Android, and Windows UWP.
Create small, fast, secure, cross-platform applications
Databases
A faster, better and more stable redis desktop manager.
Smooth SQL editor and database manager
Modern SQL client application, supports MySQL, PostgreSQL (Redshift) and BigQuery.
Secure, collaborative environment for your queries and data-driven insights.
Core Data Editor lets you easily view, edit and analyze applications‘ data.
Official home of the DB Browser for SQLite.
Modern MySQL CRUD application.
Cross-platform GUI client for various key-value databases.
Cross-platform professional GUI management tool for Redis.
GUI Manager for Redis.
Scalable, flexible document database with querying and indexing.
The leading graph database!
pgModeler is an open source data modeling tool designed for PostgreSQL.
The easiest way to get started with PostgreSQL on the Mac.
Redis client application on mac, windows and linux.
Cross-platform GUI management tool for Redis.
MySQL database management for Mac OS X.
The maintained "sequel" to the longtime macOS tool Sequel Pro.
A scalable, distributed, collaborative, document-graph database, for the realtime web.
Fast database client with AI-assisted SQL editing and support for major SQL/NoSQL engines.
Open, sub-millisecond, single-executable FireBase alternative with type-safe APIs, notifications, builtin JS/TS runtime, auth & admin UI built on SQLite, Rust & V8.
Small, easy to use Redis management, written with SwiftUI, support Dark mode.
Terminal Apps
A cross-platform, GPU-accelerated terminal emulator.
LLM-native terminal emulator with AI components, multi-provider profiles, voice input, and Metal GPU rendering.
A free, multi-platform Terminal and SSH/SFTP tool with a beautiful interface that is the perfect alternative to XShell for Windows!
A fast, feature-rich, and cross-platform terminal emulator that uses platform-native UI and GPU acceleration.
A terminal built on web technologies.
iTerm2 is an amazing terminal emulator for OS X.
A cross-platform, fast, feature full, GPU based terminal emulator.
Free terminal tool, built with TypeScript, heavily inspired by Hyper.
An open-source terminal that combines traditional terminal features with graphical capabilities like file previews, web browsing, and AI assistance.
A GPU-accelerated cross-platform terminal emulator and multiplexer implemented in Rust.
Design and Product
Drawio is a diagramming and whiteboarding desktop app
Free, open-source tool for making diagrams and GUI prototyping.
Powerful yet simple to use screenshot software.
Free and open source screen recorder with professional encoding support. [![Open-Source Software][OSS Icon]](https://github.com/jsattler/BetterCapture) ![Freeware][Freeware Icon]
Open-source screen-recorder built with web technology. [![Open-Source Software][OSS Icon]](https://github.com/wulkano/kap) ![Freeware][Freeware Icon]
Simple screen and microphone audio recorder for Mac. [![Open-Source Software][OSS Icon]](https://github.com/vishaltelangre/Kyapchar) ![Freeware][Freeware Icon]
Record your screen and export to GIF. You can change the recording area anytime during recording. [![Open-Source Software][OSS Icon]](https://github.com/justinfrankel/licecap) ![Freeware][Freeware Icon]
A free and open source software for live streaming and screen recording. [![Open-Source Software][OSS Icon]](https://github.com/obsproject/obs-studio)
A lightweight and high-performance screen recorder for macOS [![Open-Source Software][OSS Icon]](https://github.com/lihaoyun6/QuickRecorder) ![Freeware][Freeware Icon]
A powerful screen recorder with built-in video editor. Capture screen, areas, windows or iOS devices with webcam and microphone - then trim, zoom, style and export. [![Open-Source Software][OSS Icon]](https://github.com/jkuri/Reframed) ![Freeware][Freeware Icon]
Open-source screen recording app with auto-zoom, cursor effects, and timeline editing — Screen Studio alternative. [![Open-Source Software][OSS Icon]](https://github.com/syi0808/screenize) ![Freeware][Freeware Icon]
24/7 local screen & mic recording with AI-powered search. Recall anything you've seen, said, or heard with natural language queries. [![Open-Source Software][OSS Icon]](https://github.com/mediar-ai/screenpipe) ![Freeware][Freeware Icon]
Design Tools
darktable is an open source photography workflow application and raw developer.
Open-source digital painting software for concept artists, digital painters, and illustrators.
Designing HTML5 SVG art and animation.
A easy, intuitive tool to make 2D hand-drawn animations.
An open-source color picker app.
A powerful cross-platform raw photo processing program!
Easily export your screen into a layered PSD file.
The macOS color picker as an app with more features.
Video editing software designed for motion effects and versatility.
Sketch
Deletes hidden Sketch history files.
Make it a fun to create spec for developers and teammates.
Simple plugin manager for Sketch.
Generating flow diagrams from Artboards.
Other Tools
PNG image assembler/disassembler app.
The easiest way to generate AI art on your computer with Stable Diffusion.
Remove exif metadata from images and videos with drag and drop.
Compress images with PNG format and remove transparency.
Compress images and remove EXIF information.
Open-source tool to compress images.
Research Photo Management.
Support for common cdn image hosting tool.
macOS native app, powerful terse image hosting client.
Utilities
Quality of Life Improvements
Open-source keystroke visualizer.
Provides many useful actions for the Shortcuts app.
An open source macOS app that lets you quickly toggle grayscale filter right from your menu bar or using a keyboard shortcut (⌥⌘G).
Help you adujst brightness, contrast and volumn of your external display.
A macOS menu bar app that gives you more control over Night Shift.
A simple macOS menu bar app that allows you to quickly switch between different DNS providers (or add custom ones).
One-click tool to move apps from /Applications to external storage while keeping local launch entries via links. [![Open-Source Software][OSS Icon]](https://github.com/wzh4869/AppPorts) ![Freeware][Freeware Icon]
Cross-platform todo list app with integrated Timeboxing and time tracking capabilities.
Cross-platform, extensible, and privacy-focused time-tracker.
Award-winning app which boosts efficiency with hotkeys, keywords, text expansion and more. Search your Mac and the web, and be more productive with custom actions to control your Mac.
Graphical Scrcpy to display and control Android devices, powered by Electron.
Open source, self-hosted alternative to Trello, Notion, and Asana.
A lightweight macOS menu-bar utility that puts the Mac function keys (F1–F12) at your fingertips.
Open-source app that allows you to gather everything you need for work in one place, organized by projects and workflows, and have a quick access to them.
Tool for powerful OSX automation with the Lua scripting engine.
A simple utility application for MacBook with Touch Bar that triggers a haptic feedback when tapping Touch Bar.
Powerful and stable keyboard customizer for OS X.
The missing keyboard shortcut utility for macOS.
Full control of mouse. Change the speed, scrolling direction, pointer type and much more.
A simple way to make your mouse better.
Simple tool can offer the smooth scrolling and reverse the mouse scrolling direction on your Mac.
Archive manager that supports previewing and extracting archive files
Open-source productivity booster with a brain.
Pomodoro tracker
Workflow launcher for modes, quick app access, file search, clipboard history, and more.
Make your screen corners more powerful — turn Hot Corners into efficient workflow triggers.
Use the side buttons on your mouse to move forward and backward in many apps, like in Windows.
Simple hotkey daemon for macOS.
No-fuss time management app. Stategr helps you maximize your productivity, giving you the quickest and most effective way to time-box your day.
A cross-platform habit tracker that helps you build micro-habits with growth curves and offline-first syncing.
Simple and free working time recording.
Free teleprompter with real-time word tracking and voice-activated scrolling.
Open-source spotlight alternative and shortcut toolkit.
Powerful way to navigate easily by typing only a string of directory name in terminal instead of typing exact location of director.
Battery charge limiter for MacBooks.
Check Apple Silicon app compatibility.
View all device batteries in the Dock, menu bar, or widgets.
Control app volumes and record system audio.
Screen activity timeline with AI support.
Lock the macOS Dock to a single screen in a multi-monitor setup.
Fast file search using Spotlight.
Read-only access to Linux ext2/3/4 in macOS Sequoia and later without a kernel extension.
Per-app light/dark mode switcher.
Command-line system information tool.
Enhanced battery information display.
Caffeine alternative with dark mode support.
A bootable macOS / OS X installer creator for Apple Silicon Macs.
Automatically closes unused apps on macOS to free memory, declutter the desktop, and improve battery life.
Three-finger trackpad gestures for middle-click and middle-drag on macOS.
Cross-platform network file transfer utility.
free Mac system monitor for the menubar.
Shows all open files, directories, sockets, pipes and devices in use by all running processes.
Enables automatic quitting of macOS apps when closing their windows.
Find out what's hogging up your Time Machine backups.
Stop iTunes from opening when you connect your iPhone.
Clipboard Tools
Easy-to-use terminal clipboard manager for all platforms.
Clipboard manager for Mac OS X.
Clipy is a Clipboard extension app for macOS. Based on ClipMenu.
Clipboard Manager with Advanced Features.
Limitless, Free Clipboard Manager for Mac and Windows.
Clipboard manager with Touch ID protection, AES-256-GCM encryption at rest, and sensitive data detection.
Clean and simple clipboard manager for developers.
Lightweight clipboard manager for macOS.
A simple and professional macOS clipboard manager.
Clipboard manager with user-friendly UI.
Free clipboard history manager with terminal-style navigation.
Menu Bar Tools
Turns the notch into a Dynamic Island-style hub for media controls, live activities, and quick utilities.
Privacy-first menu bar manager with Touch ID lock, Always-Hidden Zone, and 7 automation triggers. Open-source alternative to Bartender.
Allows you to control web based media players (SoundCloud, YouTube, etc) and some native apps with the media keys on Mac keyboards.
Turn your MacBook notch into a music and file control center.
A minimal menu bar app to quickly view and kill running processes.
Monitor Claude AI usage quotas, costs, and session analytics from the menu bar with real-time gauges, timeline, and notifications.
Menu bar tool for tracking Claude usage with a live counter.
Show usage stats for OpenAI Codex and Claude Code, without having to login.
Menu bar app for real-time monitoring of Claude usage quotas across time windows and plans.
Turns your screen's notch (or Dynamic Island) into a multifunctional tool.
Hide MacOS menubar items.
Display real-time trends of Chinese funds in the menubar.
A menu bar app for seamless Google Drive syncing.
A ultra-light MacOS utility that helps hide menu bar icons.
A free, open source, alternative to Bartender. Helps to hide menu items and gives options for different layouts.
Tiny calendar for your Mac's menu bar.
Control your HomeKit and Home Assistant smart home from the menu bar.
Control your Apple TV from the menu bar.
Lightweight menu bar app that tracks daily keyboard keystrokes, mouse clicks, movement distance, and scroll distance.
Native and privacy-first menu bar OCR tool.
Menu bar app that masks sensitive information in the clipboard.
Menu bar app for your calendar meetings
️ All-in-One menu bar app, hide MacBook Pro's notch, dark mode, AirPods, Shortcuts
Dynamic Peninsula for macOS, focusing on window switching, notifications, and file storage.
A powerful menu bar management tool for hiding and showing menu bar items.
A highly customizable macOS status bar replacement.
GitHub contribution streak tracking menubar app.
World's neatest Pomodoro timer for macOS menu bar.
Native SwiftUI menu bar app to track Claude Code usage, rate limits, costs, and activity heatmaps.
Simple app that tracks your work hours from the menu bar.
Put the output from any script or program into your macOS Menu Bar (the BitBar reboot).
Cleanup and Uninstall
Lightweight app uninstaller with drag-and-drop support. Built with Swift and SwiftUI.
Remove unwanted Xcode files.
Visualize and clean developer caches to quickly reclaim disk space.
Cache cleaner for Mac
A free, source-available and fair-code licensed mac app cleaner.
File Organization Tools
Lightweight file manager with a dual-pane interface. [![Open-Source Software][OSS Icon]](https://github.com/mucommander/mucommander) ![Freeware][Freeware Icon]
A lightweight, minimal dual-pane file manager with Vim style hotkeys. It can be customized with themes and extensions that are downloaded from GitHub using a built in interface. [![Open-Source Software][OSS Icon]](https://GitHub.com/raguay/ModalFileManager) ![Freeware][Freeware Icon]
Nice tool for tagging and archiving tasks. [![Open-Source Software][OSS Icon]](https://github.com/JulianKahnert/PDF-Archiver) [![App Store][app-store Icon]](https://apps.apple.com/app/pdf-archivar/id1352719750?platform=mac)
General Tools
Offline toolbox that helps developers in daily tasks. ![Open-Source Software][OSS Icon] ![Freeware][Freeware Icon]
All-in-one Toolbox for Developers. Format/Validate JSON, encode/decode Base64, convert timestamps, debug JWT… with just one click! Native macOS app and works offline. [![Open-Source Software][OSS Icon]](https://github.com/DevUtilsApp/DevUtils-app) ![Freeware][Freeware Icon] [![App Store][app-store Icon]](https://apps.apple.com/us/app/devutils-app/id1533756032?platform=mac)
Flash OS images to SD cards & USB drives, safely and easily. [![Open-Source Software][OSS Icon]](https://github.com/balena-io/etcher) ![Freeware][Freeware Icon]
Create dynamic wallpapers for macOS. ![Open-Source Software][OSS Icon] ![Freeware][Freeware Icon] [![App Store][app-store Icon]](https://apps.apple.com/us/app/equinox-create-wallpaper/id1591510203?platform=mac)
A tiny app that checks if all your apps from any source are up to date. [![Open-Source Software][OSS Icon] ![Freeware][Freeware Icon]](https://github.com/mangerlahn/Latest)
Classic Launchpad experience, relive old macOS. [![Open-Source Software][OSS Icon]](https://github.com/RoversX/LaunchNext) ![Freeware][Freeware Icon]
Make any website your desktop wallpaper. [![Open-Source Software][OSS Icon]](https://github.com/sindresorhus/Plash) ![Freeware][Freeware Icon] [![App Store][app-store Icon]](https://apps.apple.com/us/app/plash/id1494023538?platform=mac)
An open source approach to locally record and enable searching everything you view on your Mac. [![Open-Source Software][OSS Icon]](https://github.com/jasonjmcghee/rem) ![Freeware][Freeware Icon]
An OS X app that adds a global delay of 1 second to the Cmd-Q shortcut. [![Open-Source Software][OSS Icon] ![Freeware][Freeware Icon]](https://github.com/dteoh/SlowQuitApps)
The Open Source Tab Manager for Safari [![Open-Source Software][OSS Icon] ![Freeware][Freeware Icon]](https://github.com/Swift-open-source/UltraTabSaver)
Free and open-source AI image upscaling tool. [![Open-Source Software][OSS Icon]](https://github.com/upscayl/upscayl) ![Freeware][Freeware Icon]
Easily import MP4/MOV videos as system wallpapers and lock screen animations. [![Open-Source Software][OSS Icon]](https://github.com/jaywcjlove/vidwall) ![Freeware][Freeware Icon]
Removes caps-lock key activation delay for fast typers. [![Open-Source Software][OSS Icon] ![Freeware][Freeware Icon]](https://github.com/gkpln3/CapsLockNoDelay)
Window Management
i3-like tiling window manager for macOS. [![Open-Source Software][OSS Icon]](https://github.com/nikitabobko/AeroSpace) ![Freeware][Freeware Icon]
Open source window switcher with window previews. [![Open-Source Software][OSS Icon] ![Freeware][Freeware Icon]](https://github.com/lwouis/alt-tab-macos)
Tiling window manager. [![Open-Source Software][OSS Icon] ![Freeware][Freeware Icon]](https://github.com/ianyh/Amethyst)
Type an app name, press Enter, all its windows come to you. [![Open-Source Software][OSS Icon]](https://github.com/varie-ai/convoker) ![Freeware][Freeware Icon]
Free and open source window peeking & alt-tab for macOS. [![Open-Source Software][OSS Icon] ![Freeware][Freeware Icon]](https://github.com/ejbills/DockDoor)
An application that can dock any window to the edge of the screen. [![Open-Source Software][OSS Icon] ![Freeware][Freeware Icon]](https://github.com/XiCheng148/Dockit)
A lightweight window border system for macOS. [![Open-Source Software][OSS Icon]](https://github.com/FelixKratz/JankyBorders) ![Freeware][Freeware Icon]
Window management made elegant. [Freeware][Freeware Icon] [![Open-Source Software][OSS Icon]](https://github.com/MrKai77/Loop)
Organize your windows with ease and boost your productivity. [![Open-Source Software][OSS Icon]](https://github.com/rohanrhu/MacsyZones) ![Freeware][Freeware Icon]
Extends your macOS' UI allowing you to access with the pointer in the "over screen", an extension of the interface for accessing quick actions, mainly fast switch of the most used running applications. ![Open-Source Software][OSS Icon] [![App Store][app-store Icon]](https://apps.apple.com/it/app/makeithome-screen-extender/id6444596296?l=en-GB&platform=mac)
Notorized Niri and Hyprland inspired tiling window manager with animations. [![Open-Source Software][OSS Icon]](https://github.com/BarutSRB/OmniWM) ![Freeware][Freeware Icon]
Rectangle is a window management app based on Spectacle, written in Swift. [![Open-Source Software][OSS Icon] ![Freeware][Freeware Icon]](https://github.com/rxhanson/Rectangle)
Managing window size and position in OSX. [![Open-Source Software][OSS Icon]](https://github.com/fikovnik/ShiftIt) ![Freeware][Freeware Icon]
Stop endless Command+Tab cycling. Group apps by context (Web, Code, Social) and flow between them with a single hotkey. [![Open-Source Software][OSS Icon]](https://github.com/xcv58/ShortcutCycle) [![App Store][app-store Icon]](https://apps.apple.com/us/app/shortcutcycle/id6758281578?platform=mac)
Window management application similar to Divvy and SizeUp (except better and free!). (Needs config file) [![Open-Source Software][OSS Icon] ![Freeware][Freeware Icon]](https://github.com/jigish/slate)
Use your mouse with a keyboard shortcut to move and resize your windows quickly. It offers options to customize the draggable areas and mouse behavior. [![Open-Source Software][OSS Icon] ![Freeware][Freeware Icon]](https://github.com/pablopunk/swiftshift)
Pin any window to the top of your screen [![Open-Source Software][OSS Icon]](https://github.com/lihaoyun6/Topit) ![Freeware][Freeware Icon]
Tiling window manager for macOS. A rewrite of chunkwm, it provides a more seamless integration with the operating system. [![Open-Source Software][OSS Icon] ![Freeware][Freeware Icon]](https://github.com/koekeishiya/yabai/wiki)
Password Management
Free, cross-platform password manager compatible with KeePass.
Free, open source, cross-platform password manager.
Open-source KeePass Mac OS client.
Secure Password Management for iOS and MacOS. Open Source. Compatible with KeePass and Password Safe.
Free Offline-first Password Manager for MacOS, Windows and Linux.
Finder Tools
Finder extension adding 51+ right-click context menu actions for file management, image conversion, and developer tools.
RWaterfall-style Image Viewer for macOS.
Add new functionality to the macOS Finder context menu.
AI Client
Access multiple AI assistants from your menu bar with one shortcut.
Creates an OpenAI-compatible API server from Apple on-device Foundation Models for local use.
A desktop client that supports multiple large language model (LLM) providers.
User-friendly Desktop Client App for AI Models/LLMs (GPT, Claude, Gemini, Ollama...).
Open-source voice-controlled AI agent for apps, files, and workflows.
AI taskmate and take control of the web & your office tools
An open-source alternative to ChatGPT that runs entirely offline on your computer.
Run multiple AI coding agents in parallel with a spec-driven workflow.
macOS-native personal AI OS with 16 plugins, persistent vector memory, and multi-agent routing. Local-first, one-line install.
desktop AI assistant / universal MCP client.
A Native Swift macOS app that lets you run multiple LLM models using your own API keys.
Communication
Collaboration and Team Tools
Third-party privacy-focused Facebook Messenger app. ![Open-Source Software][OSS Icon] ![Freeware][Freeware Icon]
Desktop app that helps you organize how you use your favourite apps by combining them into one application. It is based on Franz with the difference that Ferdium gives you many additional features and doesn't restrict its usage. [![Open-Source Software][OSS Icon] ![Freeware][Freeware Icon]]
Open-source IRC client for Mac OS X. [![Open-Source Software][OSS Icon] ![Freeware][Freeware Icon]]
Your self-hosted, globally interconnected microblogging community [![Freeware][Freeware Icon]] [![Open-Source Software][OSS Icon]]
Mattermost is an open source platform for secure collaboration across the entire software development lifecycle. [![Open-Source Software][OSS Icon]] ![Freeware][Freeware Icon]
A completely free and open interplanetary microblogging platform [![Open-Source Software][OSS Icon]]
Messaging and emailing app that combines common web applications into one. [![Open-Source Software][OSS Icon]] ![Freeware][Freeware Icon]
Fast, simple, secure. Privacy that fits in your pocket. [![Open-Source Software][OSS Icon]]
Messaging app with a focus on speed and security. [![Open-Source Software][OSS Icon]] [![App Store][app-store Icon]]
Internet Relay Chat (IRC) client. [![Open-Source Software][OSS Icon]] [![App Store][app-store Icon]]
A new way to communicate with your team. It's free, faster, better organized, better for WFH. [![Freeware][Freeware Icon] ![Open-Source Software][OSS Icon]]
Email Clients
An Electron-based unofficial desktop client for ProtonMail. [![Open-Source Software][OSS Icon]](https://github.com/vladimiry/ElectronMail) ![Freeware][Freeware Icon]
A beautiful, fast, and fully open source mail client. [![Open-Source Software][OSS Icon]](https://github.com/Foundry376/Mailspring) ![Freeware][Freeware Icon]
Extensible desktop mail app built on the modern web. [![Open-Source Software][OSS Icon]](https://github.com/nylas/nylas-mail) ![Freeware][Freeware Icon]
Encrypted email focused on security and privacy. [![Open-Source Software][OSS Icon]](https://github.com/tutao/tutanota) ![Freeware][Freeware Icon]
Encrypted & Decentralized Email -- available on web, iOS/Android, and macOS. ![Freeware][Freeware Icon] [![Open-Source Software][OSS Icon]](https://github.com/skiff-org/skiff-mail)
File Sharing
An open-source cross-platform alternative to AirDrop. [![Open-Source Software][OSS Icon]](https://github.com/localsend/localsend) ![Freeware][Freeware Icon]
An unofficial Google Nearby Share/Quick Share app for macOS. [![Open-Source Software][OSS Icon]](https://github.com/localsend/localsend) ![Freeware][Freeware Icon]
The GUI for Rclone & S3. [![App Store][app-store Icon]](https://apps.apple.com/app/rclone-ui/id6756127598?platform=mac) [![Open-Source Software][OSS Icon]](https://github.com/rclone-ui/rclone-ui) ![Freeware][Freeware Icon]
Audio and Video Tools
Free, cross-platform open source tool for creating and modifying subtitles. Aegisub makes it quick and easy to time subtitles to audio, and features many powerful tools for styling them, including a built-in real-time video preview.
Freemium, open-source virtual output/input audio driver for recording/routing internal audio.
A minimal and beautiful lyrics app for macOS.
Free, open-source audio player.
Per-app volume control with multi-device output and 10-band EQ. Free SoundSource alternative.
Open source desktop YouTube client built with privacy in mind.
Convert videos to high-quality GIFs.
Tool for converting video from nearly any format to a selection of modern, widely supported codecs.
Professional yet simple and intuitive pattern-based drum programming for GNU/Linux.
The modern video player for macOS. Based on mpv, the powerful media player project.
The Free Software Media System.
Award-winning free and open-source (GPL) software media center for playing videos, music, pictures, games, and more.
Formerly "Linux MultiMedia Studio", LMMS is a powerful Digital Audio Workstation designed like FL Studio (formerly Fruity Loops).
Cross platform tool for quick and lossless video and audio trimming using ffmpeg.
Synchronized lyrics player with word-by-word glow effects for Spotify, Apple Music, and YouTube Music.
Lyrics for iTunes, Spotify and Vox.
A clean, lightweight music player for macOS users.
A macOS GUI front-end for the youtube-dl video downloader.
The avant-garde Marker extraction application crafted for Final Cut Pro.
The most advanced free DJ software.
Movie movie and online viewing offline download software, with Baidu cloud to make offline download and online playback.
Free, open-source, and cross-platform media player.
Free, open-source music notation software.
A simple, clean and cross-platform music player.
Open-source compositing software. Node-graph based. Similar in functionality to Adobe After Effects and Nuke by The Foundry.
Streaming music player that finds free music for you.
(No longer under active development) Let QuickTime play all the common formats of free plug-ins.
Cross-platform music tagger written in Python.
Display and watch your local movie and TV show library.
Experimental video player.
Discover and listen to music from Hype Machine.
Offline music player with broad format support, lyrics, playlists, and queue management.
Watch torrent movies instantly, This Popcorn Time service will never be taken down. Download and enjoy.
Audio sample manager.
A beautiful audiophile music player with 10-band EQ, karaoke mode, and time-synced lyrics.
Free open-source video editor.
Minimal, beautifully designed music player.
Lightweight Spotify player focused on fast playback control.
Spotify and iTunes in your menu bar.
Synfig Studio is free, open-source 2D animation software.
Free, open-source music library management tool with audio conversion and tag management functionalities.
Free, open-source, cross-platform multimedia player and framework that plays most multimedia files, DVDs, Audio CDs, VCDs, and various streaming protocols.
Tool to decode, convert and play various 'lossless' audio files.
YouTube Music Desktop App bundled with custom plugins (and built-in ad blocker / downloader).
Free cross platform Desktop Player for YouTube Music.
A fmusic is a open source music player on SwiftUI.
Download Management Tools
A project aims to provide an open-source software alternative to µTorrent.
Fast, easy, free BitTorrent Client.
Tiny command-line utility to download media contents (videos, audios, images) from the web.
Command-line program to download videos from YouTube.com and other video sites
Input Methods
Better input source switcher for OS X.
Open-source keyboard layout text converter. Select text typed in wrong layout, press ⇧⇧ and it's instantly converted. Supports EN/RU/DE/FR/ES.
Emoji picker for MacBook Pro Touch Bar.
Make macOS Globe key great again!
A tool for multilingual users that automatically switches the input source across applications and websites.
Voice-to-Text
Voice input tuned for mixed Chinese-English dictation in AI and crypto work.
Transcribes and translates audio offline on your personal computer. Powered by OpenAI's Whisper.
Hold Fn, speak, release — text is pasted instantly. Streams audio to Deepgram Nova-3 in real time, no batch delay.
Open-source AI voice input for desktop. Press a hotkey, speak, and get AI-polished text typed into any app. Supports 6+ STT providers (Whisper, Groq, Deepgram) and multiple LLMs (GPT, Claude, Gemini, Ollama).
Open-source, customizable AI voice dictation that works in any app.
Local speech-to-text transcription using Whisper AI. System-wide dictation with global hotkey.
Real-time speech-to-text app.
Browsers
Web browser with an emphasis on privacy and speed.
Open-source, free web browser project by Google, to provide the source code for Google Chrome.
A free, open-source, private and honest web browser based on Chromium with Ublock Pre-Installed.
Fast, minimal browser that protects your privacy.
Open-source macOS browser built with Swift and WebKit. Fast, secure, and native Arc alternative with smooth tab management, spaces, and vertical sidebar.
A keyboard-driven, vim-like browser based on Python and Qt.
Native browser for Macs.
An open-source browser providing a single place for all of your web applications.
Minimal AI browser for macOS, built with SwiftUI.
A beautifully designed, privacy-focused, and feature-rich browser
Translation Tools
A concise dictionary and translator for looking up words and translating text.
Lightweight translation tool with instant selection translation, OCR screenshot translation, clipboard translation, and manual input translation.
Browser extension and cross-platform desktop application for translation based on ChatGPT API.
Capture any area or select text to translate instantly, fully on-device.
Translate words, phrases and images between over 100 languages with dictionary, transliteration and voice output support.
Encryption
Security Tools
Me: "Please alert me whenever anything is persistently installed." BlockBlock: "You got it"
Simple utility that will scan your computer for applications that are either susceptible to dylib hijacking or have been hijacked.
View all modules on that are loaded in the OS kernel.
See what's persistently installed on your Mac.
Link-Layer MAC spoofing GUI for macOS.
vulnerability management app for individuals.
Keychain-based secret manager for API keys and tokens with Touch ID.
Monitor mic and webcam, alerting you when the internal mic is activated, or whenever a process accesses the webcam.
A MenuBar app to automatically audit your Mac for basic security hygiene.
Generic Ransomware Detection.
Easily configure MacOS security settings from the terminal.
Lightweight App that safeguards your System's USB Ports from any Unauthorized Access and performs various Counter-Measures.
Explore all processes running on your Mac with TaskExplorer.
Adds menu item to Finder.app to display the cryptographic signing information for any file.
Proxy and VPN Tools
Personal IPSEC VPN in the cloud.
Multi-platform auto-proxy client, supporting Sing-box, X-ray, TUIC, Hysteria, Reality, Trojan, SSH etc.
Free application that delivers fast, reliable and secure access to the open internet.
Privacy focused VPN that requires no personal information for use, keeps no logs, and allows payments with Bitcoin Cash, Monero and more.
Next generation of ShadowsocksX.
Secure socks5 proxy, designed to protect your internet traffic.
Menu bar app to route specific domains and services around your VPN.
Gaming Software
A great video game console emulator, supports many different emulators in a single application. (e.g. Sony PSP, GameBoy, NDS and so on)
Run iOS apps and games on Apple Silicon Macs with mouse, keyboard and controller support.
A awesome PSP emulator for any OS you can dream of!
The Open-source PlayStation 3 Emulator
A familiar, open source, and powerful Nintendo Switch emulator.
Wine wrapper that supports GPTK (Game Porting Toolkit)
Remote Login Software
QuickLook Plugins
Quick Look extension for Markdown files.
Quick Look extension for instant Markdown previews in Finder with Mermaid, KaTeX, GFM, TOC, and charts.
List of useful Quick Look plugins for developers
Quick Look extension for highlight source code files.
Third Party App Markets
Package Managers
User-friendly GUI app for Homebrew Casks. Install, update, and uninstall apps with a single click. ![Freeware][Freeware Icon] [Open-Source Software]
An intuitive and complete Homebrew GUI written in SwiftUI that supports all Homebrew features. [Open-Source Software]
The missing package manager for macOS. ![Freeware][Freeware Icon] [Open-Source Software]