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Awesome open-source Swift macOS Apps

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This list curates open-source macOS applications built with Swift, spanning a wide range of categories from productivity to utilities. For macOS developers, these projects showcase practical Swift implementations and offer high-quality code samples and best practices to help you master core macOS skills such as UI design, performance optimization, and menu bar integration.

Contributions are welcome via PR, and I will feature your app on my social media account (𝕏).

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Audio

  • AUHost - Host AudioUnits v3 plugins.
  • AudioMator - Audio metadata editor for inspecting tags, batch editing, managing artwork, and tagging releases with MusicBrainz.
  • Aural Player - Winamp-style audio player.
  • Blurt - Hold-a-hotkey dictation that pastes cleaned-up text into any app, powered by AssemblyAI cloud speech-to-text.
  • CanYouHearMe - Lightweight tool for monitoring your own microphone input in real time.
  • Fader - One-click audio output switching with Bluetooth connect and per-app volume control.
  • Fabar - Lightweight menu bar app for adjusting individual app volumes independently.
  • FreeMic - One-click microphone input switching with Bluetooth headset and built-in mic support.
  • Fmusic - macOS music player with multi-format playback and lyrics display.
  • FluidVoice - Voice-to-text app with AI enhancement.
  • FreeFlow - Push-to-talk speech-to-text tool that inserts polished transcripts into any app.
  • HiFidelity - An offline audiophile music player built with the BASS audio library and TagLib.
  • LyricsX - Display lyrics for iTunes/Spotify.
  • Mesmer - Dictation and text-rewriting tool with a floating toolbar.
  • MonitorControl - Adjust external monitor settings.
  • NoiseBuddy - Quickly toggle AirPods modes.
  • Petal - Fast, local-first audio transcription app with a clean, minimal interface.
  • PairPods - Share audio across multiple Bluetooth devices with one click.
  • Tutti - Streams the same audio to multiple output devices at once.
  • Parakey - Push-to-talk dictation tool with fast on-device speech recognition and no cloud processing.
  • parrot - A minimal push-to-talk dictation daemon with on-device transcription that inserts text at the cursor.
  • Purr - 100% local, on-device voice-to-text dictation — hold a key, speak, and your words type into any text field.
  • PlayStatus - Menu bar controller for Spotify and iTunes.
  • Plug - Hype Machine music player.
  • R128x - EBUR128 loudness measurement toolkit for batch processing of audio files.
  • Radiola - Lightweight internet radio player.
  • Scope - Audio oscilloscope tool.
  • Spotify4BigSur - Spotify widget for Notification Center.
  • Lurar - Menu bar 10-band parametric EQ for headphone listening, capturing system audio via Core Audio Process Tap without any virtual loopback driver.
  • SystemEQ - System-wide parametric equalizer with 10/31-band EQ, AutoEQ headphone presets, hearing calibration, and a real-time visualizer.
  • Suohai - Audio device lock for macOS.
  • Tuner - Instrument tuner.
  • OwlWhisper - Fully offline voice input tool with hotkey-to-speak workflow and local transcription.
  • Codex Voice - Hold Control-M to speak and insert the transcript into the focused app.
  • Cursor Voice - Push-to-talk voice assistant that can see your screen, control apps, and respond in real time.
  • SpeakType - Offline voice-to-text tool that lets you speak and paste text anywhere with a hotkey.
  • Typester - Enables speech-to-text dictation using Soniox or Deepgram.
  • TypeNo - Local voice input tool that transcribes speech and pastes the result into your current app.
  • jmc - macOS media organizer.
  • waveSDR - Software-defined radio app.
  • VoiceInput - Real-time speech-to-text tool that types transcribed text into the focused app.
  • VoiceInk - Real-time speech-to-text app.
  • VoxFlow - Voice input workbench with local and cloud speech recognition, OCR, history, and coding-agent workflows.
  • OpenQuack - Transcribes a 5-minute clip in 2.8 s — local WhisperKit dictation, noise-robust, lives in your menu bar.

Backup

  • Arco - An incremental backup tool designed with simplicity in mind.
  • Syncalicious - Sync macOS preferences.
  • TimeMachineTrimmer - Lightweight utility to trim old Time Machine backups and reclaim disk space.

Browser

  • BrowSync - Multi-browser traffic splitting and synchronization hub.
  • Finicky - Always opens the right browser.
  • Ora Browser - Less noise, more browsing.
  • Plash - Make any website your desktop wallpaper.
  • Privacy Redirect for Safari - Redirect to privacy-friendly alternatives.
  • QuickBrowser - A lightweight link router that lets you pick a browser or auto-route URLs by pattern.
  • Web - A tiny AI-powered browser built with SwiftUI, fast, private, and Apple Silicon only.

Chat

  • Beagle IM - Powerful XMPP client with support for file transfer, VoIP and end-to-end encryption.
  • CopilotForXcode - Xcode extension for GitHub Copilot
  • MessagesHistoryBrowser - Browse and search Messages.app history.
  • HuggingChat - Native chat interface for open-source language models.
  • LlamaChat - Chat with your favourite LLaMA models
  • Mocolamma - A cross-platform app for managing Ollama servers and models.
  • Onit - An AI chat sidebar that can dock to any app on your Mac!
  • Seaglass - A truly native Matrix client for macOS.
  • Swiftcord - A fully native Discord client for macOS built 100% in Swift!
  • Telegram - Source code of Telegram for macOS on Swift.
  • WardenApp - A Fully Native AI Chat App For macOS
  • WhatsAppBar - Send WhatsApp message from menu bar.

Local LLM

  • apfel - CLI and OpenAI-compatible local server for Apple's on-device foundation model.
  • LlamaBarn - A menu bar app to easily install, run, and access local LLMs on your Mac.
  • ModelStatus - Monitor local AI model servers across Ollama, LM Studio, vLLM, llama.cpp, MLX, and other OpenAI-compatible APIs.
  • Osaurus - Local LLM server and AI infrastructure with menu bar, CLI, and shared tools.
  • Sero - Private local AI workspace for chatting with documents, research files, developer knowledge, and structured data using local models.
  • Sidekick - Chat with a local LLM on macOS using your files — no extra setup.

AI

  • Agent Island - Auto-resume long AI agent runs and show live session state in the notch.
  • AccountyCat - AI focus companion that detects attention drift from your active context and gives brief nudges to get you back on task.
  • ADHD Focus Mate - AI focus companion that gently nudges you back on task when distracted.
  • AI Memory Reader - Browser and editor for AI agent memory files, with beautiful rendering and support for Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, Gemini, and more.
  • Ayna - Multi-provider AI chat client with multi-model comparison, MCP support, and local model access.
  • AppleAi - Access multiple AI assistants from your menu bar with one shortcut.
  • Aiassistant - Lightweight one-click AI quick processing tool.
  • Claude-Usage - A tiny floating widget that shows your Claude.ai usage at a glance without opening the browser.
  • ClaudeCodeNotify - Desktop notifications when Claude Code needs attention, with one keystroke to jump back to the terminal.
  • ClawdHome - Tool for securely isolating and managing multiple OpenClaw gateway instances.
  • ClipAi - Send copied content to AI with one click and get tasks done efficiently.
  • Clicky - AI teaching assistant that lives next to your cursor and can see your screen.
  • Codex Runway - Menu bar tool for tracking Codex usage quotas, costs, reset times, and local session status.
  • Codex Skill Manager - Manage local Codex and Claude Code skills, render SKILL.md, and browse remote skills from Clawdhub.
  • DS4 Control - Control panel for local ds4 servers that launches and monitors DeepSeek V4 (Pro/Flash, 1M context) and switches coding CLIs like Pi, Claude Code, or BYOC.
  • Poli - On-device AI writing assistant for proofreading, rewriting, summarizing, and translating in any app.
  • Prism - SwiftUI menu bar app for switching Claude Code API providers with one click.
  • Quotio - AI subscription manager with quota tracking and automatic failover.
  • Ironsmith - Generate native SwiftUI mini-apps in one click by describing requirements via AI.
  • KeyType - Open-source, local LLM-powered tab autocomplete that offers inline ghost-text suggestions in any focused text field.
  • Shortcast - Turns long videos into ready-to-post TikTok, Instagram Reels, and YouTube Shorts with automatic finding, cutting, captions, reframing, and scheduling.
  • Skills Manager - Discover, browse, install, and tag skills for AI coding assistants from GitHub repositories or local folders.
  • Skilly - An AI learning companion for creative software that watches your screen, talks you through tasks, and points at UI elements.
  • HideMyData - Local AI-powered redaction tool for sensitive data in PDFs and images.
  • Engram - A shared memory layer (MCP) that gives all your AI assistants one persistent, local-first memory.
  • lil agents - Tiny AI companions on your dock that open themed chat terminals for coding assistants.
  • Mac Vision Tools - A macOS menu bar app for real-time machine learning detection.
  • Meeting Transcriber - Local-first meeting transcriber for Teams, Zoom, and Webex with on-device transcription, speaker separation, and Markdown protocol generation via your own LLM.
  • Mask This - Real-time clipboard privacy tool that uses on-device AI to detect and mask sensitive text.
  • Remodex - Local-first remote control tool for using Codex from your iPhone.
  • Scarf - Native client for the Hermes AI agent, with multi-window, multi-server, session management, and MCP support.
  • Fazm - Voice-controlled AI agent built with accessibility and screen capture tools.
  • Prowl - A command center for running AI coding agents in parallel.
  • SuperIsland - Interactive notch island with live widgets for media, battery, weather, calendar, and notifications.
  • VibeProxy - Menu bar app to use existing Claude, ChatGPT, and other subscriptions with AI coding tools without API keys.
  • Warden - Multi-provider AI chat client with local model support and built-in web search.
  • Writing Tools - System-wide AI writing assistant for grammar and style improvements.
  • OnePagent - A browser-native AI agent workbench that lives in a single HTML file.

AI Usage/Status

  • adrafinil - Menu bar tool that prevents sleep only while AI coding agents have an active session.
  • AIUsage - Dashboard for tracking AI subscriptions, quotas, costs, and accounts.
  • AgentPet - Tracks multiple coding agents in one glance by showing who is working, done, or waiting for your input, with a reactive desktop pet.
  • Agent Beacon - Tiny status lights for coding agents that show done, waiting, failed, or running tasks, with click-to-jump back to the source app.
  • Claude Usage - Real-time view of all Claude Code usage without consuming SDK credits or launching the program.
  • CodexBar - Show usage stats for OpenAI Codex and Claude Code, without having to login.
  • Codex Runway - Menu bar monitor for Codex quotas, reset credits, API-equivalent costs, and local session status.
  • Claudoscope - Claude Code session browser with usage insights and security checks.
  • CCBar - At a Glance: Usage & Costs of Codex vs. Claude Code.
  • ClaudeBar - Real-time monitoring of usage quotas for various AI coding assistants.
  • Claude Usage Tracker - Track the usage of Claude Code.
  • Claude Usage Monitor - Live Claude.ai usage monitor with a counter and color-coded status.
  • Claude God - Claude usage monitor with quota tracking, cost analytics, and burn rate predictions.
  • CodeBurn - Tracks token usage, cost, and performance across 25 AI agents with per-task breakdowns.
  • CodeIsland - Real-time status panel for AI coding agents with session tracking and permission controls.
  • CodexIsland - Dynamic Island-style usage monitor for Claude Code and Codex limits.
  • Claude Island - Dynamic Island-style status panel for Claude Code sessions with approvals and chat history.
  • Headroom - Live menu bar monitor for Claude usage with session and weekly quota progress plus reset countdowns.
  • MyUsage - Unified usage monitor for Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, and Antigravity across devices.
  • MiniMaxBar - MiniMax usage monitor with quota tracking in the menu bar.
  • Notchy - Notch-based Claude Code terminal companion with project-aware sessions and live status.
  • OpenPets - Shared desktop pet for showing progress and status from AI coding agents.
  • QuotaBar - View and compare API usage across MiniMax, GLM, DeepSeek, and Kimi.
  • UsageBoard - Plugin-based dashboard that aggregates usage quotas across APIs, model services, search services, and proxy services.
  • Usage4Claude - Real-time monitor for Claude AI usage limits and quota windows.
  • UsageBar - Live bar that shows Claude usage and remaining quota at a glance.

Cryptocurrency

  • Balance Open - App for all the world’s currencies.
  • Currency Converter - Live currency converter with instant calculations, offline cache fallback, and favorite pairs.
  • Float coin - Native menu bar app with floating window and support for many Exchanges.

Database

  • Gridex - AI-native database IDE for PostgreSQL, MySQL, SQLite, Redis, MongoDB, SQL Server, and ClickHouse with built-in MCP server and AI chat.
  • PostgresGUI - A native PostgreSQL client.
  • Postgres.app - The easiest way to get started with PostgreSQL on the Mac.
  • Redis.app - The easiest way to get started with Redis on the Mac.
  • mongoDB.app - The easiest way to get started with mongoDB on the Mac.
  • redis-pro - Redis management with SwiftUI.
  • Swifka - Lightweight, read-only Kafka monitor for safely checking clusters, topics, and consumer lag.
  • TablePro - Multi-database client with SQL autocomplete, inline editing, and built-in AI assistance.

Development

  • Stringz - Localization editor for app string files.

Git

  • GPM - macOS application for easily operating GitHub Projects.
  • GitBlamePR - Mac app that shows pull request last modified each line of a file
  • GitSync - Minimalistic Git client for Mac.
  • Github contributions - GitHub contributions app, for iOS, WatchOS, and macOS.
  • GithubListener - Simple app that will notify about new commits to watched repositories.
  • GithubNotify - Simple macOS app to alert you when you have unread GitHub notifications.
  • GitFlow - Professional-grade Git GUI application.
  • TeamStatus-for-GitHub - Team code review status tracker for GitHub.
  • Changes - GUI Git client. Replace the Git CLI with a clear UI and AI assist.
  • RepoBar - Menu bar dashboard for GitHub repo status, CI, issues, and pull requests.
  • Trailer - Managing Pull Requests and Issues For GitHub & GitHub Enterprise.
  • Xit - Xit is a graphical tool for working with git repositories.

JSON Parsing

  • JSON Mapper - Simple macOS app to generate Swift Object Mapper classes from JSON.
  • JSON to Model class - Code generator that turns JSON into model classes in multiple languages.
  • JSONExport - JSON-to-model-class generator with constructors and utility methods.
  • j2s - macOS app to convert JSON objects into Swift structs (currently targets Swift 4 and Codable).

Other Development

  • ChefInspector - Node and Attribute viewer for Chef
  • DMG Maker - Tool for creating polished DMG installers.
  • CodeBurn - Dashboard for tracking AI coding token usage and costs across multiple AI code assistants.
  • Pi Stats - Local dashboard for Pi agent usage, including spend, model costs, projects, token usage, and coding language breakdown from session logs.
  • Loupe - An accessibility inspector that generates AI-agent-ready output for app development.
  • Poirot - Claude Code session browser for diffs and command reruns.
  • OpenBox - OCI sandbox manager for images, workloads, and interactive terminals.
  • RegExPlus - Lightweight regex testing tool built with SwiftUI.
  • ReqRes - Native macOS app to monitor, debug, and mock HTTP(S) requests and responses.
  • Supacode - Native command center for terminal coding agents.
  • Switzy - Git identity manager for switching profiles, emails, and SSH keys.
  • SSH Keys Manager - Browse, copy, generate, and organize SSH keys and SSH config entries in one place.
  • SSH Tunnel Manager - Menu bar app for managing SSH port forwards (local, remote, SOCKS, jump host) that auto-reconnects when the connection drops.

Web Development

  • iTunesConnect - macOS app to let you access iTunesConnect.
  • KubeMonitor - Menu bar monitor for the active Kubernetes cluster.
  • KubeSwitch - Menu bar Kubernetes context switcher.
  • Lantern - Dedicated Mac app for website auditing and crawling.
  • LocalSites - Bonjour site browser for local websites.
  • DockAMP - Docker-based local web stack manager for Apache or Nginx, PHP, and databases.
  • Gantry - Docker manager for local and remote hosts over SSH with built-in MCP support.
  • nodeScratchpad - Evaluate Nodejs/JS code snippets from Menubar.
  • SimpleLocalize CLI - Open source tool for managing i18n keys in software projects.
  • stts - macOS app for monitoring the status of cloud services.

iOS / macOS

  • AVXCAssets Generator - Asset catalog generator for app icons and image sets.
  • AppIcons - Tool for generating icons in all sizes as required by macOS and iOS apps.
  • AppStoreReviewTimes - Review time tracker for App Store submissions.
  • Assets - Asset manager for development projects and Xcode resources.
  • AXe - CLI tool for driving iOS Simulators through Accessibility APIs and HID actions.
  • Attabench - Attabench is a microbenchmarking app for macOS, designed to measure and visualize the performance of Swift code.
  • Baguette - Headless iOS Simulator manager with screen streaming and input injection.
  • Blitz - AI-powered iOS delivery tool for building, testing, and shipping apps.
  • Brisk - macOS app for submitting radars.
  • CoreDataBrowser - Inspect Core Data, SwiftData, and UserDefaults for any iOS Simulator device.
  • Corona Tracker - Coronavirus tracker app for iOS & macOS with maps & charts.
  • FilterShop - macOS App to explore CoreImage Filters.
  • Harness - AI agent tool for goal-driven user simulation across iOS simulators, apps, and web apps.
  • Iconizer - Create Xcode image catalogs (xcassets) on the fly.
  • Iconology - Icon editor and exporter for Xcode and common icon formats.
  • LayerX - Intuitive app to display transparent images on screen.
  • Localizable.strings - Mac app to localize your iOS and macOS projects.
  • Localization Editor - Side-by-side editor for app localizations.
  • Localizations - Localization file manager for Xcode .strings files.
  • Notarize - Notarization status monitoring tool for macOS, supporting multiple developer accounts
  • PodsUpdater - macOS app which helps you manage dependency releases in your Podfile.
  • QuickTranslateMac - Provides quick language translation, directly from the menu bar.
  • Resizr - MacOS application for creating AppIcon for iOS and Android apps.
  • Stringz - Localization editor for app string files.
  • TransporterPad - iOS/Android app deployment tool for macOS.
  • WWDC - Unofficial WWDC app for macOS.
  • WWDC.srt - Subtitle downloader for WWDC session videos.
  • Xcodes.app - The easiest way to install and switch between multiple versions of Xcode.
  • calabash-launcher - Launcher for running and managing Calabash tests.

Downloader

  • Applite - User-friendly GUI macOS application for Homebrew Casks.
  • App Downloader - Search and download apps from the Homebrew Cask catalog.
  • AutoBrew - Menu bar app that silently auto-updates Homebrew and all installed packages in the background.
  • Cork - A fast GUI for Homebrew written in SwiftUI.
  • Get It - Video and audio downloader for many websites.
  • Harbor - Download manager for direct downloads, magnet links, and .torrent files.
  • ipaverse - Used for downloading and managing iOS apps from the App Store.
  • latte - Modern audio and video downloading based on yt-dlp.
  • Macabolic - Modern video and audio downloader powered by yt-dlp.
  • Media Downloader - Video downloader for thousands of sites powered by yt-dlp.
  • schlonk-pad - Video grabber for social media posts with drag-and-drop export to chats, folders, and other apps.
  • Maltex - Download manager powered by aria2.
  • Pastel - A tool for installing historical versions of IPAs, designed to retrieve older app releases and automatically capture data packets.
  • TopOff - Menu bar Homebrew updater that checks outdated packages in the background and upgrades with one click.
  • YouTube Downloader for macOS - YouTube video downloader from the menu bar.

Editors

  • AuroraEditor - Lightweight Code Editor (IDE) for macOS.
  • Chime - An editor for macOS
  • CodeEdit - Open-source code editor.
  • CommitEdit - A native macOS commit message editor
  • CopilotForXcode - The first GitHub Copilot, Codeium and ChatGPT Xcode Source Editor Extension
  • CSVEditor - Used to open and edit CSV files.
  • FINAL|FINAL - Long-form writing editor with outlining, citations, versioning, and focus tools.
  • Nimble - Lightweight local code editor.

Markdown

  • MarkEdit - A simple and efficient Markdown editor focused on pure writing experience.
  • Clearly Markdown - Markdown editor with instant preview, syntax highlighting, and PDF export.
  • Edmund - Lightweight Markdown editor with live preview.
  • Notenik - Note-taking app with many organizational options.
  • Pixley Reader - Dedicated reader for Markdown files generated by AI tools in project folders.
  • Pine - A modern MacOS markdown editor.

Text

  • AuroraEditor - Lightweight Code Editor (IDE) for macOS.
  • CotEditor - Lightweight Plain-Text Editor for macOS.
  • LiteEdit - Lightweight code editor for opening, browsing, and quick editing.
  • Neon Vision Editor - Lightweight text editor with automatic syntax highlighting.
  • Noto - Plain text editor for macOS with customizable themes.
  • VimR - Refined Neovim experience for macOS.

Extensions

  • BetterPiP - Use native picture-in-picture with browsers such as Google Chrome for HTML5 videos.
  • Is It Private? - Safari extension that shows whether Private Browsing is enabled.
  • PiPifier - Safari extension that enables Picture in Picture for HTML5 videos.
  • Privacy Redirect for Safari - Redirect to privacy-friendly alternatives.
  • Sessions - Safari extension to save your working sessions
  • Swimat - Swimat is an Xcode plug-in to format your Swift code.
  • SzContext - Add context menu to macOS Finder
  • ThenGenerator - Xcode Source Editor Extension for 'Then'
  • Ultra TabSaver - Ultra TabSaver is an open-source Tab Manager for Safari
  • nef - Xcode extension for exporting selected code as snippets.

Finder

  • FileFluss - Dual-panel file manager with cloud storage support for seamless file operations.
  • RightMenu Master - Finder right-click menu enhancer.
  • Duplicate Finder - Finder for duplicate files with matching names.
  • FiScript - Execute custom scripts from the MacOS context menu (CTRL+click) in Finder.
  • Finder Go - macOS app and Finder Sync Extension to open Terminal, iTerm, Hyper from Finder.
  • FinderClip - Lightweight app that adds Cmd+X and Cmd+V cut-and-move shortcuts to Finder.
  • FlowVision - A smooth waterfall-style viewer for images and videos on macOS.
  • MenuHelper - A Finder Extension to boost your productivity.
  • OpenInTerminal - Finder toolbar tool for opening the current folder in a terminal.
  • OpenInHelix - Opens files in the Helix editor via Terminal when double-clicked in Finder.
  • CSV Quick Look - Quick Look extension that previews CSV files as a spreadsheet.
  • PeekX - Quick Look Extension for Folder Preview on macOS
  • Quick Symlink - Finder extension for creating symbolic links.
  • Forel - Open-source file automation tool that watches folders and applies rules, an alternative to Hazel.
  • Rascal - Keyboard-first Finder replacement with dual panes, command palette, vim keys, and inline terminal.
  • RClick - Config you MacOS ContextMenu items, useing Latest Swift and SwiftUI.
  • SaneClick - Finder context menu automation — 50+ ready-to-use actions for your right-click menu.
  • SwiftyMenu - The missing Finder menu for your daily ease
  • SidebarFavorites - Add custom folders to macOS Finder Favorites and set icons
  • Torrent Preview - Quick Look extension for previewing .torrent contents.
  • Window Glue - Tool for linking two windows to move and resize together.

Games

  • AdaEngine - A cross-platform 2D and 3D game engine written in Swift.
  • Dynamic Dark Mode - Dark mode automation tool.
  • OpenEmu - Retro video game emulation for macOS
  • PlayCover - Tool for running iOS apps and games on Apple Silicon with desktop controls.

Virtual Machines

  • berth - Native GUI for Apple's container CLI with streaming logs, live stats, and typed data over XPC.
  • GhostVM - Virtual machine manager for isolated workspaces, snapshots, and portable VM bundles.
  • Contained - Native SwiftUI control surface for Apple's container CLI to run and manage Linux containers.
  • iContainer - GUI application for Apple Containers.
  • ContainerUtility - SwiftUI utility for working with container CLI to manage containers, images, networks, and volumes.
  • Container Desktop - SwiftUI frontend for Apple's container CLI to manage containers, images, volumes, networks, and machines.
  • MacBox - Manager for 86Box virtual machines.
  • UTM - Virtual machines for iOS and macOS
  • VirtualBuddy - Virtual machine manager for running recent macOS versions on Apple Silicon.
  • vphone-cli - CLI to boot a virtual iPhone (iOS 26) with Apple Virtualization.framework and PCC research VM infrastructure.

Graphics

  • CropBatch - A macOS application to crop images in batch.
  • ExcalidrawZ - A virtual whiteboard for sketching hand-drawn-like diagrams with native file management and iCloud sync.
  • ClipZilla - Quick screenshot annotation tool for macOS.
  • GifCapture - Gif capture app for macOS.
  • Gifski - Convert videos to high-quality GIFs.
  • InfiniteCanvas - Proof of concept Mac drawing application.
  • Stitch - Open-source, community-driven prototyping environment for building interactive app ideas.
  • ScrollSnap - A macOS app for capturing and stitching scrolling screenshots.
  • ScreenCapture - For capturing and annotating screenshots

Screenshot / Screen Recording

  • BetterCapture - Free and open source screen recorder with professional encoding support.
  • Capso - Screenshot and screen recording tool with annotation, OCR, and pin-to-screen support.
  • capcap - Screenshot tool with snap-to-window capture, scroll stitching, annotation, and beautify in one floating editor.
  • Pinpoint - Capture your screen, drop numbered markers, and copy a ready-to-paste prompt for your AI agent.
  • Cluxo - Highlights your mouse cursor for screencasts, presentations, and demos, with spotlight, magnifier, and keystroke overlay.
  • Chaos - Automatically organizes screenshots into a searchable archive using AI-generated labels and filenames.
  • Himi Recorder - Stealth screen recorder with region capture and MP4 export.
  • Kyapchar - Simple screen and microphone audio recorder for macOS.
  • macosrec - Take screenshots/videos of macOS windows from the command line
  • macshot - Screenshot and screen recording tool with annotation, OCR, and scroll capture.
  • Quick Recorder - A lightweight and high-performance screen recorder for macOS
  • Screenize - Screen recorder with auto-zoom, cursor effects, and timeline editing.
  • ShotX - Keyboard-first capture tool for screenshots, recording, GIF export, annotation, and searchable history.
  • Snapzy - Open-source tool for screenshots, screen recording, annotation, and editing.

IDE

Images

  • APNGb - macOS app which assembles and disassembles animated png files.
  • Clicke - A tool for capturing and beautifying screenshots.
  • Freehand - macOS Status Bar App for quick sketch.
  • HiPixel - AI-powered image super-resolution app for macOS.
  • WaifuX - Open-source ACG app for wallpapers, animated backgrounds, and anime videos.
  • Iconology - Icon editor and exporter for Xcode and common icon formats.
  • Imagin RAW - Lightweight RAW photo browser for culling and organizing photo libraries.
  • iMonet - Image viewer optimized for mouse users.
  • icns Creator - Create .icns files for macOS
  • Icns Composer - Create retina icons for macOS.
  • PhotoMiner - macOS app for finding and lost forgotten photos on your disks.
  • Quick Draw - Screen drawing tool for screenshots and presentations.
  • Screenbar - macOS menubar app for automating screenshots.
  • ScreenCut - Screenshot Functionality on Mac Platform.
  • SakuraWallpaper - A native and lightweight macOS menu bar app for video wallpapers.

Keyboard

  • AnnePro-mac - macOS application for controlling AnnePro keyboard over bluetooth.
  • ControllerKeys - System-wide gamepad mapper that converts controller input into keyboard shortcuts, mouse actions, macros, scripts, and system commands.
  • Fluor - Handy tool for macOS allowing you to switch Fn keys' mode based on active application.
  • FnKeyboard - Menu-bar tool for quick F1–F12 access on Mac.
  • HotkeyClash - Scan running apps and system shortcuts to detect keyboard shortcut conflicts.
  • HotkeyLauncher - Assign global hotkeys to any app and launch them from anywhere.
  • HyperCapslock - Remap Caps Lock into a system-wide vim-style navigation and editing layer while preserving the original Caps Lock function.
  • iCanHazShortcut - Shortcut manager for running terminal commands with key combinations.
  • Kawa - Better input source switcher for macOS.
  • Keyboard Overlay - Transparent on-screen keyboard overlay for layouts and shortcuts.
  • LockIME - Input source locker that keeps the active input method fixed globally, per app, or per browser URL.
  • OpenSnek - Configure supported Razer mice over USB or Bluetooth without vendor software.
  • RightLayout - Automatically fixes text typed with the wrong keyboard layout.
  • RuSwitcher - Lightweight keyboard layout switcher — tap ⌥ Alt to convert the last word into the correct layout.
  • swipeType - A swipe typing engine that uses dynamic time warping to recognize text input gestures.
  • Thor - Switch the right application ASAP.
  • Unshaky - Tool for reducing double key presses on butterfly keyboards.

Mail

  • SimpleLogin - Email Alias solution: protect your real email address.

Menubar

  • app-menu - The missing Applications Menu for macOS
  • AirBattery - Show all your devices’ battery levels in the Dock, menu bar, or widgets.
  • Alertivity - Real-time system health status in the menu bar
  • Aquarium - Menu bar utility that keeps your Mac awake with the lid closed.
  • Awake - Keeps your laptop awake with the lid closed for long-running tasks.
  • atst - Tiny menu bar translator: press a hotkey to translate selected text, with built-in Google/Microsoft adapters and optional AI dictionary explanations.
  • Boring Notch - Turn your MacBook notch into a music and file control center.
  • Barik - macOS menu bar replacement, with yabai and AeroSpace support
  • BarTranslate - BarTranslate, a handy menu bar translator widget for macOS.
  • Beacon - Menu bar system monitor for CPU, memory, disk, network, and battery.
  • Blink - Menu bar robot that watches your running dev servers and iOS simulators.
  • BlinkenDisk - Tiny menu bar disk activity light that flashes red on selected local drives.
  • ChargeWatching - Menu bar charging monitor with real-time wattage and a battery charge cap that keeps power direct once the limit is reached.
  • Clip - Lightweight clipboard history manager that lives in your menu bar.
  • Clamper - Customize menu bar icon spacing.
  • Claudometer - Menu bar Claude usage monitor with live session/weekly/per-model limits and service status.
  • Codex Reset Watcher - Read-only utility for checking Codex rate-limit windows and banked reset credits.
  • Cotabby - Local-first AI autocomplete that adds ghost-text inline suggestions to any focused text field.
  • Dash - Developer shortcuts menu bar app with quick actions, system info, and dev tools.
  • DatWeatherDoe - Simple menu bar weather app for macOS written in Swift.
  • DevSwitcher2 - Efficient window and application switching tool for enhanced workflow.
  • DisplayMenu - Simple (bare-bones) macOS menubar extra to apply display presets.
  • Dozer - Hide MacOS menubar items.
  • DNS Easy Switcher - Allows you to quickly switch between different DNS providers.
  • DevKit - Menu bar developer toolkit with formatters, encoders, and generators.
  • DevForge - Developer toolkit with essential utilities for streamlining everyday workflow.
  • Ejectify - Menu bar utility that safely unmounts selected drives on sleep and remounts them after wake.
  • eul - macOS status monitoring app written in SwiftUI.
  • FineTune - Per-Application Audio Control for macOS
  • GoogleDriveSync - A menu bar app for seamless Google Drive syncing.
  • Grayscale Mode - Manage grayscale mode from menu bar.
  • HDClick - Instant access to apps, files, scripts, and shortcuts via menus right at your cursor.
  • gSwitch - macOS status bar app that allows control over the gpu on dual gpu macbooks.
  • Hidden Bar - An ultra-light MacOS utility that helps hide menu bar icons
  • iGlance - macOS System Monitor (cpu, memory, network, fan and battery) for the Status Bar.
  • Ice - Powerful menu bar manager for macOS
  • Itsyhome - A menu bar app for controlling HomeKit smart home devices.
  • Itsytv - A menu bar app for controlling Apple TV.
  • KubeContext - import, manage and switch between your Kubernetes contexts on Mac.
  • KeyStats - Keyboard and Mouse Statistics Menu Bar App.
  • KeyLit - Toggle keyboard backlight brightness from the menu bar.
  • LanGuard - Automatically turns Wi-Fi off when a wired connection is active, and back on when unplugged.
  • Lekh Flow - System-wide voice dictation with a global shortcut and on-device speech recognition.
  • Lidless - Keeps your laptop awake with the lid closed, built for coding agents and long-running tasks.
  • Later - Menu bar workspace switcher that hides and restores your apps in one click.
  • LinkLiar - Keep your MAC address random for privacy (intuitive GUI for ifconfig)
  • LuxShot - Menu bar OCR and screen capture tool with instant text recognition.
  • MacCalendar - Menu bar calendar with lunar dates, holidays, and system events.
  • MacNTop - macOS menu bar system monitor with retro CRT aesthetics.
  • MacTools - Free, open-source native menu bar toolset that bundles high-frequency system utilities in a lightweight, low-distraction workflow.
  • MenuBarUSB - A lightweight tool showing USB connections in the Menu Bar.
  • WhatCable - Explains what each connected USB-C cable can actually do and why charging may be slow.
  • Market Bar - Tiny stocks watcher for the menu bar.
  • Stockbar - Menu bar stock tracker for A-share, Hong Kong, and US markets.
  • MeetingBar - Menu bar app for your calendar meetings
  • MiniSim - Menu bar utility for quickly launching iOS  and Android 🤖 emulators.
  • Monitor Bar - Menu bar system monitor for battery, disk, memory, CPU, network, and Wi-Fi.
  • Mole Widget - Lightweight desktop system monitor widget with live CPU, memory, disk, network, battery, and process stats.
  • MagicQuit - Automatically quits unused apps to free resources.
  • MountMate - Lightweight menu bar utility to mount and unmount external drives in one click.
  • Mystral - Menu bar fan-control utility with custom curves, auto-switching profiles, and live thermal charts.
  • muxbar - Menu bar tmux session manager with quick attach, live preview, templates, global hotkeys, and Keep Awake via caffeinate.
  • NailBiteMenu - Real-time local and private detection of nail-biting.
  • Netwatch - macOS menu bar network traffic monitor.
  • Netfluss - Menu bar network monitor showing real-time upload and download rates.
  • Net-Bar - A lightweight system and network monitor for the menu bar.
  • Night Shift Control - Menu bar controller for Night Shift with per-app exceptions.
  • Nightfall - Menu bar control for toggling dark mode and accessing quick appearance options.
  • Nocturnal - Display dimming and Night Shift tuning tool.
  • NoiseBuddy - Control the listening mode on your AirPods Pro in the Touch Bar or Menu Bar.
  • Online Indicator - Menu bar indicator for online, offline, or blocked network status.
  • PSIBar - Quickly hacked up PSI macOS status bar app.
  • Pareto Security - A MenuBar app to automatically audit your Mac for basic security hygiene.
  • Planet - Decentralized publishing and content-following app powered by IPFS, with optional ENS (.eth) identity support.
  • PlayStatus - Menu bar controller for Spotify and iTunes.
  • Pomosh - Pomosh is your next awesome Pomodoro Technique assistant on macOS.
  • PassGen - Light weight password generator.
  • PortKiller - A macOS menu bar app to find and kill processes on ports.
  • Pinster - A menu bar app for quick access to pinned websites.
  • Pindrop - A menu bar dictation app that converts speech to text offline and privately.
  • Ports - macOS menu bar port viewer and manager.
  • Quickeys - Quick dropdown note-taking tool.
  • Quiver - A single menu bar app that bundles multiple small utilities you toggle on and off.
  • QuotaWarmer - Monitor and auto-warm Claude Code and Codex CLI quota windows so they're ready when you are.
  • Resolve - DNS lookup and network diagnostics tool in your menu bar.
  • Radix - Fast disk space analyzer that scans folders or volumes, visualizes usage with an interactive sunburst chart, and helps clean up storage.
  • TraceBar - Continuous graphical traceroute monitoring for the menu bar.
  • Reminders MenuBar - macOS menu bar app for managing Apple Reminders, built with SwiftUI.
  • mysa - Press a hotkey to frost the screen and take a breather with a breathing orb.
  • SaneBar - Menu Bar Manager — Hide and Organize Icons.
  • SoundMax - Free, open-source 10-band system EQ.
  • Stargazer Bar - Tiny menu bar app to monitor stars and release downloads across multiple public GitHub repositories.
  • StayAwake - Menu bar utility to keep your computer awake and continue running tasks with the lid closed.
  • StayUp - Menu bar sleep blocker that keeps your laptop awake on battery, even with the lid closed.
  • Sleepless - Menu bar utility that keeps your MacBook awake with the lid closed on battery, with a battery-floor auto-off.
  • Shifty - macOS menu bar app that gives you more control over Night Shift.
  • simplebanking - Menu bar banking client that shows your booked account balance, recent transactions, and spending insights with automatic refresh.
  • SlimHUD - Cyanocitta - Replacement for MacOS' volume, brightness and keyboard backlight HUDs.
  • Stats - macOS system monitor in your menu bar
  • SwiftBar - Powerful macOS menu bar customization tool.
  • Thaw - A powerful menu bar management tool for hiding and showing menu bar items.
  • TickerBar - Real-time stock price tracker with live quotes and price alerts.
  • WeekNumber - Minimal macOS app that displays the current week number in your menu bar.

Notch App

  • Atoll - Turns the notch into a dynamic control hub for media, live activities, widgets, and quick utilities.
  • DynamicNotchKit - Seamlessly adapt your macOS app to the notch era.
  • Peninsula - Window manager and notification center based on macOS notch.
  • Droppy - Turns your screen's notch (or Dynamic Island) into a multifunctional tool.
  • MewNotch - Notch-based replacement for volume and brightness HUD.
  • NotchDrop - Use your MacBook’s notch as a Dynamic Island for temporarily storing files and AirDrop.
  • NotchMore - Utility control surface around the MacBook notch.
  • Notchly - Dynamic Island-style overlay for battery, Now Playing, and lock-screen transitions.

Compression tool

  • Achico - A minimal free macOS local file compressor app
  • Dinky - Drag-and-drop compressor for images, videos, and PDFs.
  • MacPacker - An open-source macOS archive manager for previewing and extracting files.
  • Keka - Keka is a full featured file archiver, as easy as it can be.
  • ShichiZip - 7-Zip-derived file archiver for compressing and extracting archives.
  • Zipper - A simple and powerful file compression and decompression tool.

Color Picker

  • Menubar Colors - macOS app for convenient access to the system color panel.
  • System Color Picker - The macOS color picker as an app with more features.
  • Solid - Color picker app for macOS inspired by Figma.

Music

  • Aural - An audio file player for macOS, inspired by Winamp.
  • ChordDetector - Tiny menu bar app that listens iTunes and Spotify to detect chords of songs!
  • cmux - Ghostty-based terminal workspace with vertical tabs, browser import, custom commands, and automation APIs for AI coding workflows.
  • EMU-Script - Script-based electronic music composition tool.
  • iTunes Graphs - macOS app to visualise your iTunes library as graphs.
  • Kaset - Native macOS YouTube Music client with Liquid Glass UI.
  • lyricsify - Simple Spotify lyrics viewer menu bar app for macOS in Swift.
  • MacMusicPlayer - A clean, lightweight music player for macOS.
  • MadTunes - A simple audio player for audiophiles.
  • NoiseBuddy - Control the listening mode on your AirPods Pro in the Touch Bar or Menu Bar.
  • PlayStatus - Menu bar controller for Spotify and iTunes.
  • Petrichor - Offline music player with broad format support, lyrics, playlists, and queue management.
  • Plug - Discover and listen to music from Hype Machine.
  • Spotifly - Lightweight Spotify player with fast, minimal playback controls.
  • YouTube-Music - macOS wrapper for music.youtube.com.

News

  • Diurna - Basic/Classic Hacker News app, used as a Cocoa & Swift learning platform.
  • MenuScores - A menu bar app that delivers real-time sports news and scores.
  • Vuvuzela - Lightweight FIFA World Cup 2026 desktop widget for live standings, full match schedule, and knockout bracket.
  • NetNewsWire - Feed reader for macOS.

Notes

  • Apple Notes Exporter - Bulk exporter for Apple Notes.
  • DropNote - A minimalist macOS app for quick notes directly in the menu bar.
  • EdgeMark - Open-source edge-panel Markdown notes app that stores notes as plain .md files you can inspect, edit, and sync anywhere.
  • FSNotes - Notes manager for macOS/iOS: modern notational velocity (nvALT) on steroids.
  • Jupyter Notebook Viewer - Notebook viewer for macOS.
  • NoteTaker - Simple note taking app for macOS and iOS which uses Realm and CloudKit for syncing.
  • Notenik - Note-taking app with many organizational options.
  • Notes - Note-taking app with support for rich content.
  • tmpNote - Very simple macOS app to make temporary notes.
  • Wisp - Dead-simple scratchpad that opens with a hotkey, type and dismiss with Esc.
  • Zettel - Minimal distraction-free note-taking app with markdown and hashtag organization.

Player

  • IINA - The modern video player for macOS.
  • MyMedia - Local movie and TV show viewer, Apple TV alternative.
  • OmniPlay - Poster-wall media player for movies and TV shows.
  • Pars Player - IPTV player for loading M3U playlists and watching live streams.
  • Lume - Native IPTV player for browsing, searching, and streaming Xtream Codes or M3U/M3U8 playlists.
  • Plug - Discover and listen to music from Hype Machine.

Podcast

  • Doughnut - Podcast player and library for mac
  • Newcast - Lightweight third-party podcast player focused on a clean listening experience.
  • PodcastMenu - Menu bar player for Overcast podcasts.

Launchpad

  • Launchy - Free open-source launcher alternative.
  • KidoX - A modern Launchpad replacement with fast search, clean organization, and keyboard-friendly navigation.
  • LaunchBack - An alternative implementation of the classic Launchpad (pre-Tahoe).
  • LaunchNext - Classic Launchpad experience, relive old macOS.
  • LaunchNow - Alternative Launchpad for MacOS Tahoe.
  • LaunchpadPlus - Enhanced and customizable Launchpad replacement.
  • launchpadx - Apple, give me back my launchpad!
  • LaunchpadOG - Apple, give me back my Launchpad!
  • Old-Launchpad - Good Old Launchpad for MacOS 26 Tahoe
  • MovApp - A lightweight Launchpad alternative.

Productivity

  • AltTab - Brings the Windows Alt-Tab functionality to macOS.
  • Switch - Keyboard-driven window switcher with inline filtering and app-level cycling.
  • Command Reopen - Restores minimized or closed app windows when you switch with Cmd+Tab.
  • Cling - Instant fuzzy find any file.
  • Calculeta - Calculator for macOS which working on statusbar.
  • Cash - Personal Finance Manager.
  • Doll - A mac app to help monitor your app badges!
  • Dimsum - Dims background windows to highlight your current focus.
  • Droplet - Menu bar Pomodoro timer and focus tool.
  • Foqos - Focus app that blocks distracting apps using NFC tags, QR codes, or timers.
  • LockIn - Block distracting websites and apps on a schedule — no extension, no quick off switch.
  • Hexa - Programmer's calculator with instant base conversion.
  • Hex - Voice transcription tool, press and hold a hotkey to transcribe speech and paste the result anywhere.
  • Impulso - Yet another macOS Task Management App.
  • EnputPlus - macOS English input method that pops up the spellcheck.
  • Foqos - Use NFC or a QR code to instantly lock distracting apps on your phone and stay focused.
  • Input Source Pro - Switch and track your input sources with ease.
  • KeyHolder - Record shortcuts in macOS, like Alfred.app.
  • Kiwix - Kiwix for iOS and macOS, build on Swift.
  • LocateCursor - A macOS cursor highlighting tool。
  • Linked Ideas - macOS application to write down and connect ideas.
  • MaCursor - A tool for customizing system cursor styles.
  • Micmute - Toggling microphone mute in any app.
  • MeetingBar - Menu bar app for your calendar meetings
  • MacPacker - Archive manager that supports previewing and extracting archive files.
  • macIconChanger - Simply change your app's icon on macOS. Just a click.
  • OpenFire - An ultra-smooth, "select-to-pop" circular menu tool for macOS.
  • PDF Archiver - Nice tool for tagging and archiving tasks.
  • ZapPDF - A local-first PDF toolkit for viewing, editing, and converting PDFs.
  • Pulse - Network logger for Apple platforms
  • Pulse (Service Monitor) - Service status monitor with notch glow and health checks.
  • Repose - Menu bar break reminder that dims your screen and pauses automatically during calls.
  • Revu - Local-first spaced repetition study app.
  • Sessions - Safari extension to save your working sessions
  • Speed Reader - Read faster with the power of silencing vocalization with SpeedReader.
  • StickyNotes - A Windows 10-esque Sticky Notes app implemented in AppKit.
  • status-bar-todo - Simple macOS app to keep TODO-list in status bar.
  • SuperCorners - Hot corners enhancer with extra triggers and automation.
  • ScrollToZoom - A Mac utility for precisely zooming in or out using the mouse wheel.
  • SaneSales - Sales tracker for LemonSqueezy, Gumroad, and Stripe. macOS and iOS.
  • ShortcutCycle - Cycle through grouped apps with a single keyboard shortcut.
  • ThenGenerator - Xcode Source Editor Extension for 'Then'
  • Timer - Simple Timer app for Mac.
  • TRex - Copy any text on the screen to avoid retyping.
  • TomatoBar - Pomodoro Technique Timer for macOS with Touch Bar support.
  • TrelloApp - Unofficial Trello desktop wrapper.
  • Ultra TabSaver - Ultra TabSaver is an open-source Tab Manager for Safari
  • Year Progress - Menu bar app that shows year, month, and day progress bars.
  • TapBuddy - Desktop pet that reacts to your keyboard and mouse input.
  • Yomu - Manga reader app for macOS.
  • Viz - Capture text/QR Codes/Barcodes from screen snippets
  • WebWatcher - Monitors website updates and sends notifications.

Screensaver

  • Aerial - Apple TV Aerial Screensaver for macOS.
  • Brooklyn - Screensaver inspired by Apple's Event on October 30, 2018.
  • Equinox - Create dynamic wallpapers for macOS.
  • Image-As-Wallpaper - Tool for choosing images as wallpapers or screensavers.
  • Life Saver - An abstract screensaver based on Conway's Game of Life implemented with SpriteKit
  • MinimalClock - Simple and elegant screensaver that displays the time.
  • Predator - A predator-inspired clock screensaver for macOS

Security

  • ClearanceKit - File access control tool for protecting paths from unauthorized processes.
  • Envkeep - Provide ENV environment variable management and on-demand reading for AI coding assistants.
  • FaceGate - Lock sensitive apps behind Face ID, Touch ID, or a password — all processed on-device.
  • Keyholdr - Lightweight and secure key storage manager.
  • Lockpaw - Menu bar screen guard — lock/unlock your display with a hotkey, Touch ID fallback.
  • MakLock - Menu bar app that locks applications with Touch ID, Apple Watch proximity, or password using a full-screen blur overlay.
  • Noxkey - Keychain-based secret manager with Touch ID for storing API keys and other secrets.
  • OpenAnyway - Utility that removes quarantine attributes from trusted .app bundles without Terminal commands.
  • Pareto Security - A MenuBar app to automatically audit your Mac for basic security hygiene.
  • PureSnitch - Open-source application firewall with map-based traffic view, rule management, DNS over HTTPS, and pf-based blocking.
  • Privacy Redirect for Safari - Redirect to privacy-friendly alternatives.
  • SaneHosts - Hosts file manager for blocking ads, trackers, and malware.
  • Sentry - Security monitor that alerts on activity while you're away.
  • TouchBridge - Biometric authentication tool using phone, watch, or browser for sudo and unlock.

Sharing Files

  • AndroidFileSync - Transfer files between Mac and Android over USB or Wi-Fi, with no cloud account required.
  • mac2imgur - Quick image and screenshot uploader for Imgur sharing.
  • Perch - Drag-and-drop shelf on screen edges for staging items and dropping them into apps later.
  • uPic - Image and file uploader with multi-provider storage support and automatic shareable link copying.
  • NearDrop - An unofficial Google Nearby Share/Quick Share app for macOS.

Social Networking

  • Leviathan - Leviathan is a iOS and macOS client application for the Mastodon social network.
  • Hotline - Modern open-source community platform inspired by the classic Hotline Client.
  • Product Hunt - share and discover your favorite new products and applications.
  • RedditOS - A SwiftUI Reddit client for macOS.
  • RsyncUI - Graphical interface for rsync file synchronization and backup operations.
  • Simpo - macOS menubar app to post status quickly.

Streaming

  • Plug - Discover and listen to music from Hype Machine.

Cleanup & Uninstall

  • App Uninstaller - Lightweight app uninstaller with drag-and-drop support.
  • Atlas - System maintenance workspace for cleaning, diagnosing, and safely restoring your Mac.
  • Clean-Me - Small macOS app that acts as a system cleaner (logs, cache, ...).
  • ClearDisk - Developer cache cleaner that monitors 44+ cache paths and reclaims disk space.
  • Dusty - Disk cleanup tool that frees up space without deleting anything it shouldn't.
  • Moler - A NASA-Punk themed desktop application for disk cleaning and system maintenance.
  • Monolingual - Remove unnecessary language resources from macOS
  • macOrganizer - macOS app for organizing files or removing unnecessary files.
  • MacOptimizer - Powerful macOS System Optimization and Management Tool.
  • Mac Clean - Open-source cleaner that removes junk, scans for malware, uninstalls apps completely, and visualizes disk usage.
  • MacSai - Open-source cleaner, optimizer, and malware scanner built as a free alternative to CleanMyMac.
  • Radix - Fast disk space analyzer with an interactive sunburst chart and built-in file browser.
  • Pearcleaner - App Cleaner and Uninstaller Tool
  • PureMac - Free open-source system cleaner with privacy protection.
  • Purge - Developer-friendly disk cleaner that scans system caches, build artifacts, and dev tool junk with safety-level labels and one-click cleanup.
  • Binky - Automated file organizer that intelligently sorts files based on types and custom rules.
  • Burrow - System cleaner and monitor with junk removal, app uninstall, disk analysis, live status, long-range history, and MCP access for AI agents.
  • Mac System Data Cleaner - Track down and clean bloated system caches and hidden junk files.

System

  • Apple Juice - Advanced battery gauge for macOS.
  • ChargeMonitor - Battery monitor for tracking charge status, health, and power metrics.
  • Americano - Menu bar utility powered by caffeinate to prevent your device from sleeping.
  • Barista - Small tray frontend for caffeinate to keep your device awake.
  • Sleepless - Keeps your Mac awake with lid closed on battery using pmset disablesleep, with auto-off timer and battery-floor cutoff.
  • AiTranscribe - Offline local speech-to-text transcription tool using advanced AI models.
  • OpenDictation - Open-source dictation tool with local and cloud speech-to-text support.
  • TypeWhisper - Speech-to-text and AI text processing with local or cloud models.
  • v2s - Real-time bilingual subtitle overlay for meetings, calls, live streams, and videos.
  • DisplayMode Menu - Quickly switch display resolutions with Shortcuts integration.
  • D-Switch - Menu bar utility for moving the mouse cursor between displays.
  • Dimly - Per-display brightness, blackout, and sleep control for external monitors.
  • DPIManager - Utility to enable HiDPI (Retina scaling) on external monitors using IOKit.
  • DiskSage - Open-source disk cleaner with a sunburst map, duplicate finder, largest-files view, and safety-first deletion guidance.
  • Diagnostics - System diagnostic report viewer for macOS application crash analysis.
  • DockDoor - Window peeking for macOS
  • Dorso - Posture reminder that progressively blurs your screen when you slouch.
  • HealthTick - Work-break reminder tool with timed cycles and habit tracking for health.
  • eul - macOS status monitoring app written in SwiftUI.
  • Fan Control Utility - Real-time fan speed monitor and controller with manual and automated modes for Intel and Apple Silicon.
  • Juice - Make your battery information a bit more interesting.
  • Latest - App update checker that notifies you of available updates for installed applications.
  • MacState - Lightweight menu bar system monitor that combines key metrics into a single status item.
  • Overkill - Stop iTunes from opening when you connect your iPhone.
  • PingPlace - Control where notifications appear on screen.
  • Quitty - Automatically terminates applications when their last window is closed.
  • RetroMac - Transform your desktop with classic OS themes and authentic CRT shaders.
  • SlimHUD - Cyanocitta - Replacement for MacOS' volume, brightness and keyboard backlight HUDs.
  • SiliconScope - Sudoless Apple Silicon monitor with ANE, Media Engine, and memory bandwidth tracking.
  • Stats - macOS system monitor in your menu bar.
  • Thunderbolt Budget - Real-time monitor for raw Thunderbolt and USB4 bandwidth usage.
  • Stasis - Smart battery menu bar tool for real-time power metrics and charge limit control.
  • SolidGlass - Software to disable Liquid Glass on macOS Tahoe.
  • Vifty - Menu bar fan control and charger power monitor with live thermals, RPM tuning, and reusable temperature curves.
  • VerticalBar - macOS application to add a vertical bar to Dock.
  • Voxt - Menu bar voice input and translation tool: press to talk, release to paste.

Clipboard

  • Buffer - Lightweight macOS clipboard manager with text, image, and on-device OCR history.
  • BetterClip - Menu bar clipboard manager for snippet storage, history search and global shortcut operations.
  • Copi - A Secure Alternative to macOS Clipboard.
  • Clipy - Clipy is a Clipboard extension app for macOS.
  • ClipDock - Local-first clipboard shelf for finding, previewing, pinning, and reusing copied content, with device sync and P2P file transfer.
  • ClipPocket - Your Smart Clipboard Manager for macOS.
  • Clipp - Peer-to-peer clipboard sync for trusted devices on your own network.
  • Clippy - Clipboard manager with card-based history, smart content detection, and local AI text tools.
  • Clipfield - Beautiful open-source clipboard manager with searchable history and quick paste.
  • clawpypaste - Extracts copy-ready blocks from Claude Code session JSONL, including code fences, tool output, file paths, URLs, markdown tables, and full messages.
  • Deck - Privacy-focused macOS clipboard management tool.
  • DualClip - Dual clipboard manager for switching between two independent clipboards.
  • EdaBoard - A native macOS clipboard manager that lives in your menu bar.
  • FlowClip - Lightweight search-as-you-type clipboard manager.
  • macGist - Simple app to send pasteboard items to GitHub's Gist.
  • Maccy - Lightweight search-as-you-type clipboard manager.
  • Mimer - Fast, private, developer-first clipboard manager with a command palette that can transform content on the fly.
  • Macboard - A minimalistic clipboard manager for macOS.
  • OneClip - Professional clipboard manager with history, quick paste, OCR, and local-first privacy.
  • Pasteboard Viewer - Inspect the system pasteboards.
  • Pesto Clipboard - Clipboard Manager.
  • PasteClip - Lightweight clipboard manager for quick access to copied history.
  • Paste Formatter - Paste formatted clipboard content while choosing which styles to keep.
  • Pastique - Auto-categorizing clipboard manager that groups copies by type and lets you search instantly.
  • Pesty - Open-source clipboard manager with a beautiful, color-coded history strip that slides up from the bottom of the screen.
  • Plain Pasta - Plaintextify your clipboard
  • QrSnapr - A simple macos app that turns Qr images into urls for your clipboard
  • SaneClip - Clipboard manager with AES-256 encryption, Touch ID lock, and local-only history.
  • Tweaks - With just one tap, instantly rewrite, rephrase, or refine any text from your clipboard.

Terminal

  • Console - macOS console application.
  • Awal Terminal - LLM-native terminal emulator built for developers working with AI coding agents.
  • Finder Go - macOS app and Finder Sync Extension to open Terminal, iTerm, Hyper from Finder.
  • Flock - Terminal multiplexer for running Claude Code and shell sessions side by side.
  • Hangar - Lightweight menu bar app that turns terminal workflows into one-click, toggleable snippets.
  • Hermes - SSH workspace for Hermes with sessions, files, usage, skills, and a real terminal.
  • Kooky - Minimal terminal optimized for AI coding, with workspace sidebar, split panes, and one-click agent launch.
  • Muxy - Lightweight, memory-efficient terminal workspace with project tabs, split panes, built-in Git tools, and a native editor.
  • Mux0 - Tabbed and split terminal with a sidebar showing live AI agent status for Claude Code, OpenCode, and Codex.
  • OpenInTerminal - Finder toolbar tool for opening the current folder in a terminal.
  • OpenTerminal - Tool for opening folders in Finder and Terminal together.
  • Prowl - Native terminal environment sharpened for coding agents.
  • Rig - Small Ghostty sidecar for creating, focusing, arranging, and tracking terminal sessions across projects.
  • Tintpad - Hotkey to open terminal at the right repo with Claude Code, Codex, or any agent, ready to go.
  • Vesta - GhosttyKit-based terminal for running AI coding agents in parallel with project sidebar and tmux-style splits.
  • NativeTab - Terminal.app connection manager with session tools and input enhancements.
  • wallpapper - wallpapper is a console application for creating dynamic wallpapers for Mojave.
  • VVTerm - Cross-platform SSH terminal with Ghostty rendering, CloudKit sync, and Keychain credential storage.
  • zshrc - Minimal app to view and edit ~/.zshrc with automatic syntax checking on save.

Touch Bar

Utilities

  • Airwave - Adds spatial audio to macOS for more immersive headphone sound.
  • Android tool for Mac - Utility for one-click mobile screenshots, recordings, and app installs.
  • SwiftMTP - MTP device management tool for browsing and transferring files with Android devices.
  • Tophat - Tool for installing and testing mobile app builds from CI artifacts.
  • ArchiveMounter - Mounts archives like disk images.
  • AppPorts - Move apps to external storage while keeping them launchable from their original location.
  • AlwaysOnTop - Keep your most important app always visible on macOS
  • Bye AppQuit - Close your running apps easily.
  • BetterDisplay - Display management tool with HiDPI scaling, PiP, and EDID controls.
  • Calculeta - Calculator for macOS which working on statusbar.
  • Clear Menu Bar - Menu bar customization tool that makes the menu bar transparent.
  • ConfigForge - Open-source SSH and Kubernetes Configuration Management Tool.
  • Catch - Catch: Broadcatching made easy.
  • CoreLocationCLI - Get the physical location of your device and prints it to standard output
  • CornerCal - Simple, clean calendar and clock app for macOS.
  • cmdX - Adds the Cmd + X file-cut function to Finder.
  • DockFinity - Manage multiple Dock profiles with ease on macOS
  • Docky - Dock replacement with configurable layout, widgets, fullscreen Launchpad, live window switcher, and custom actions.
  • Duplicate Finder - Finder for duplicate files with matching names.
  • Dayflow - Screen activity timeline with AI support.
  • Darki - Schedule-based menu bar tool for automatically switching between Light and Dark mode.
  • TaskTick - Scheduled task manager for running scripts with flexible schedules, logs, and notifications.
  • Easydict - macOS instant translator — type/select/screenshot, multi-service, zero setup.
  • FloatTranslator - Floating translator for quick text translation over other apps.
  • ECheck - Small tool to validate epub files for macOS.
  • ExtendFS - Read-only access to Linux ext2/3/4 in macOS Sequoia and later without a kernel extension.
  • Gearbox - Local automation manager for scheduling and running background tasks.
  • EasyYeelight - Unofficial software, easy to operate and control Yeelight bulbs.
  • Gray - Per-app light and dark appearance switcher.
  • Grayscale Mode - Manage grayscale mode from menu bar.
  • Keyden - A clean and elegant macOS menu bar TOTP authenticator.
  • Lunar - Intelligent adaptive brightness for your external displays.
  • LightBoard - Add stunning lighting effects to your MacBook’s backlit keyboard.
  • MoePeek - Lightweight selection translator with on-device Apple Translate.
  • MACKey - View all shortcuts at a glance, customize shortcuts for each app and sort them freely.
  • Maria - macOS native app/widget for aria2 download tool.
  • MiddleClick - Emulates middle-click with three-finger gestures on trackpads and Magic Mouse.
  • MiddleDrag - Three-finger trackpad gestures for middle-click and middle-drag on macOS.
  • DragLocker - Enables drag lock so dragging continues even after you release the mouse button.
  • Drag.on - A drag-and-drop shelf for storing files, summoning them anywhere, and converting images instantly.
  • Mino - Lightweight menu bar tracker for GitHub releases.
  • MeetingBar - Menu bar app for your calendar meetings
  • Menu Bar Search - Instantly Search App Menus via Alfred
  • Meme Maker - Meme Maker macOS application for meme creation.
  • MountMate - External drive manager.
  • Mos - Smooth your mouse's scrolling and reverse the mouse scroll direction
  • LinearMouse - Mouse and trackpad utility for per-device scrolling, pointer tuning, and button remapping.
  • Mac Input Stats - Input activity tracker for keyboard, mouse, and trackpad usage statistics.
  • MacState - Lightweight menu bar system monitor that combines key metrics into a single status item.
  • Medio - A native, lightweight text diff tool with a clean UI and real-time highlighting.
  • macUSB - A bootable macOS / OS X installer creator for Apple Silicon Macs.
  • Nocturnal - Display dimming and Night Shift tuning tool.
  • NoiseBuddy - Control the listening mode on your AirPods Pro in the Touch Bar or Menu Bar.
  • Noti - Receive Android notifications on your mac (with PushBullet).
  • NotchPrompter - Floating teleprompter that keeps text visible with voice-activated scrolling.
  • OpenHaystack - Open-source tracker for finding Bluetooth devices through Apple's Find My network.
  • Orbit - Long press the modifier key to open the app ring for quick app switching.
  • PercentCalculator - A menu bar application that calculates percents.
  • PlayStatus - Menu bar controller for Spotify and iTunes.
  • Quitty - Menu bar utility for monitoring app memory and terminating running processes.
  • Reclaim - Lightweight system optimizer for cleaning junk files, uninstalling apps, and analyzing disk space.
  • Rugby - 🏈 Cache CocoaPods for faster rebuild and indexing Xcode project.
  • ScreenTranslate - Screen text translator with OCR capture and direct selection, using on-device engines by default.
  • ShinyMac - Lock your Mac's keyboard and trackpad for safe cleaning.
  • Swift Quit - Automatically quit the macOS application when the window is closed.
  • SlowQuit - Menu bar app that adds a delay to Cmd-Q to prevent accidental quits.
  • SlimHUD - Cyanocitta - Replacement for MacOS' volume, brightness and keyboard backlight HUDs.
  • Stats - macOS system monitor in your menu bar
  • Spelling Popup Assistant - Menu bar app for quick offline spelling and grammar corrections.
  • Stringz - Localization editor for app string files.
  • String Studio - Help you translate .xcstrings file quickly Resources.
  • Textream - Free teleprompter with real-time word tracking and voice-activated scrolling.
  • AutoPrompter - Teleprompter that highlights your script in real time as you speak.
  • TimeScroll - Find anything you saw on your Mac.
  • ThenGenerator - Xcode Source Editor Extension for 'Then'
  • ToTheTop - Small macOS application to help you scroll to the top.
  • TrackNotch - Real-time LLM usage tracker that surfaces usage for Claude, OpenAI, Cursor, Codex, and more in your notch or menu bar.
  • Typeflux - Fn-key voice dictation and quick AI querying tool that types fast, accurate speech-to-text into any app with local model support.
  • Ultra TabSaver - Ultra TabSaver is an open-source Tab Manager for Safari
  • UTMBeGone - URL cleaner that automatically removes UTM tracking parameters from copied links.
  • eul - macOS status monitoring app written in SwiftUI.
  • mac-sound-fix - Mac Sound Re-Enabler.
  • wechsel - manage bluetooth connections with your keyboard.
  • Vorssaint - An open-source, free, and local toolkit that integrates functions such as preventing sleep, per-app volume adjustment, window switching, and deep uninstallation.
  • VolumeGlass - An iOS-style glass volume indicator for macOS.
  • WiFi QR Connect - Scan and generate Wi-Fi QR codes to connect or share networks instantly.
  • YABA - A modern cross-platform bookmark manager that’s privacy-focused and works offline.
  • Magic Flip - Inverts Apple Magic Trackpad for upside down use.

VPN & Proxy

  • ShadowsocksX-NG - Next Generation of ShadowsocksX.
  • BaoLianDeng - Proxy client powered by Mihomo with per-app routing, subscriptions, and traffic analytics.
  • Specht - Rule-based proxy app built with Network Extension for macOS.
  • SpechtLite - Rule-based proxy app for macOS.
  • ClashBar - Native macOS menu bar proxy client powered by mihomo.
  • CatBar - Menu bar proxy manager for mihomo connections and system proxy settings.
  • Kumo - Proxy utility focused on quick connection and clear status of outbound mode, system proxy, and active profile.
  • rvc-mac - Ribose VPN Client macOS Menu App.
  • VPN Bypass - Menu bar app to route specific domains and services around your VPN.
  • Rockxy - HTTP/HTTPS debugging proxy for intercepting, inspecting, and manipulating network traffic.

Video

  • Cronica - A minimalist cross-device watchlist app for movies and TV shows.
  • Conferences.digital - Video browser for talks from developer conferences.
  • Datamosh - Datamosh your videos on macOS.
  • Face Data - macOS application used to auto-annotate landmarks from a video.
  • Quick Caption - Subtitle generator for transcribing media into SRT, ASS, and FCPXML.
  • Vid Quiz Creator - Tool for embedding quizzes into videos.
  • MarkerData - The avant-garde Marker extraction application crafted for Final Cut Pro.
  • Tempo - Video speed control and export utility with multiple quality options.
  • Maya - Turn iPhone screen recordings into polished videos with device frames and cinematic zoom effects.
  • Palmier Pro - Open source video editor where you and AI agents generate and edit videos together in the timeline.

Wallpaper

  • 500-mac-wallpaper - Wallpaper downloader that fetches photos from 500px.
  • Artify - A macOS application for bringing dedicatedly 18th century Arts to everyone
  • BingPaper - Use Bing daily photo as your wallpaper on macOS.
  • Muzei - Muzei wallpaper app for macOS.
  • Sunscreen - Wallpaper switcher that changes backgrounds at sunrise and sunset.
  • Tableau - Place photos on the desktop as perfectly fitted, borderless widgets with no cropping.
  • Open Wallpaper Engine - A powerful open source live wallpaper app for mac

Window Management

  • AeroSpace - AeroSpace is an i3-like tiling window manager for macOS
  • Amethyst - Automatic tiling window manager for macOS.
  • AnyDrag - Drag any window by holding a modifier key and clicking anywhere — smooth as a native title bar.
  • AnyPiP - Turns the frontmost window into an always-on-top picture-in-picture overlay from the menu bar.
  • Convoker - Per-app window control to gather, focus, or split all windows at once.
  • Desktop Profiles - An innovative desktop/window manager for macOS
  • Dockit - An application that can dock any window to the edge of the screen.
  • DockAnchor - Locks the macOS Dock to one display in multi-monitor setups.
  • FlashSpace - Enhance and replace the native Spaces functionality of macOS.
  • Loop - Window management made elegant.
  • MacsyZones - Organize your windows with ease.
  • miri - Keyboard-first tiling window manager inspired by niri.
  • Nudge - Window manager with keyboard shortcuts and drag gestures.
  • OmniWM - A Flexible and Modern Tiling Window Manager.
  • orcv - Infinite-canvas virtual display workspace for arranging screens, creating savepoints, and teleporting windows or cursor.
  • PurelyTab - Lightweight window quick-switching tool.
  • Rectangle - Rectangle is a window manager heavily based on Spectacle, written in Swift.
  • SwiftShift - Sweet window management for macOS
  • SwishMini - Control Any macOS Window with Trackpad Gestures
  • Swooshy - Trackpad gesture and shortcut tool for quick window actions with customizable mappings.
  • Tabbed - Turn separate windows from different apps into a tab stack, like browser tabs.
  • Topit - Pin any window to the top of your screen
  • WinMux - Window manager with hover intent zones for moving, splitting, tab grouping, and swapping windows.
  • XEasyMotion - Using keyboard control mouse.

Other

  • C64 Ultimate Toolbox - Companion toolbox for Commodore 64 Ultimate devices with file management, BASIC editing, and live display control.
  • Cloak - A macOS app that protects privacy during screen sharing.
  • DevDocs for macOS - An unofficial DevDocs API documentation viewer.
  • Guard - Camera access monitor that freezes apps before they can read a frame and asks for approval.
  • Keyframes Player - Preview player for animations built with Facebook's Keyframes framework.
  • Letters - Teach your kids the alphabet and how to type.
  • QorumLogs - Swift Logging Utility for Xcode & Google Docs.
  • RktMachine - Menu bar macOS app for running rkt in a macOS hypervisor CoreOS VM.
  • SwiftyBeaver - Convenient logging during development & release in Swift.
  • Stand - Keep track of sitting/standing
  • Sajda - Prayer time tool with unobtrusive menu bar access.
  • SilentAirDrop - Prevent Finder from auto-opening the Downloads folder after receiving files via AirDrop.

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