Audio Hijack

Record audio from any application like iTunes, Skype or Safari, or from hardware devices like microphones and mixers.

Audio Profile Manager

Allows you to pin input/output devices for each particular combination of connected devices. May suppress HDMI displays from being chosen.

BackgroundMusic

Record system audio, control audio levels for individual apps, and automatically pauses your music player when other audio starts playing and unpauses it afterwards.

Fader

Menu bar volume mixer with per-app volume, one-click audio output switching, and Bluetooth headphone control.

krisp

AI-powered app that removes background noise and echo from meetings leaving only human voice.

Murmur

On-device text-to-speech studio with 860+ voices, voice cloning, and four AI models running entirely on Apple Silicon via MLX.

Plug

Discover and listen to music from Hype Machine.

Recordia

Record audio directly from the menu bar or with a global keyboard shortcut.

VOX Player

Play numerous lossy and lossless audio formats.

XLD

Rip/Decode/convert/play various "lossless" audio files.

Arq

Encrypted backups to Amazon, Dropbox, Google, OneDrive, etc.

Carbon Copy Cloner

Create incremental and fully bootable backups of your Mac to external storage.

ChitChat

A native Mac app wrapper for WhatsApp Web.

Telegram

A messaging app with a focus on speed and security, it’s super fast, simple and free.

Textual

An Internet Relay Chat (IRC) client.

Data Rescue

Comprehensive and professional data recovery for a multitude of scenarios.

DiskWarrior

Recover from filesystem corruptions when Disk Utility is out of options.

Anvil

Serve up static sites and Rack apps with simple URLs and zero configuration.

Base 2

A GUI for managing SQLite databases.

CocoaRestClient

An app for testing REST endpoints.

Cork

A fast, intuitive Homebrew GUI

Dash

An API Documentation Browser and Code Snippet Manager.

Decode

Converts Xcode Interface Builder files (Xib and Storyboard files) to Swift source code.

Fork

a fast and friendly git client for Mac.

DevUtils

All-in-one toolbox for developers. 42+ beautifully crafted useful developer tools, native macOS app, work offline.

Gas Mask

A simple hosts file manager which allows editing of host files and switching between them.

gitbar

Open source github contribution stats on your Menu Bar.

GitUp

A simple but powerful Git macOS app.

GitX-dev

A fork (variant) of GitX, maintained and enhanced with productivity oriented changes.

Hopper Dissassembler

A Dissassembler for MacOS and Linux. Has a Demo option for 30 minutes of productivity.

Hosts

Edit hosts file.

Iconology

Edit Icons and then Export to Xcode, Icns, Ico, Favicon, Mac Iconset, or a Custom List of Sizes.

Icon Composer

Official Apple tool for composing and previewing app icons across platforms.

ImageAlpha

Apply lossy compression on PNG files with or without transparency for more efficient files.

ImageOptim

Makes images take up less disk space and load faster.

Integrity

Easily find your website's broken links.

Kaleidoscope

Powerful diff and merge application supporting text, images, and folders.

Knuff

The debug application for Apple Push Notification Service (APNs).

Medis

A modern GUI for Redis.

Pasteboard Viewer

Inspect the system pasteboards.

Paw

The ultimate REST client.

pgMagic

A PostgreSQL client that lets you talk to your database in SQL or natural language.

Pods Updater

A macOS app which helps you manage dependency releases in your Podfile.

Postico

A modern PostgreSQL client.

Postgres.app

The easiest way to get started with PostgreSQL.

Proxyman

High-performance man-in-the-middle proxy to observe and manipulate HTTP/HTTPS requests.

Pusher

A free tool to do sandbox push notifications.

PSequel

A PostgreSQL GUI tool.

QorumLogs

Swift Logging Utility for Xcode & Google Docs.

Quiver

A delightful notebook for programmers that allows mixing rich text, code, markdown, LaTeX, and graphs.

Rockxy

A native HTTP debugging proxy to capture, inspect, and modify HTTP/HTTPS, WebSocket, and GraphQL traffic.

Sequel Ace

A MySQL & MariaDB database manager.

Sequel Pro

A MySQL database manager.

SnippetsLab

Manage and organise snippets of code.

SourceTree

A free Git & Mercurial client.

SSH Keys Manager

Native macOS app for managing SSH keys and SSH config entries.

Swiftify

Objective-C to Swift code converter and Xcode & Finder extensions.

TablePlus

A modern, native GUI for multiple databases.

TablePro

A native database client for MySQL, PostgreSQL, SQLite, MongoDB, Redis, and more.

TopOff

Menu bar app for Homebrew — full beer mug when packages are fresh, half mug when it's time to refill.

Touch Bar Simulator

The macOS Touch Bar Simulator as a standalone app.

Tower

The most powerful Git client.

Trailer

Configurable menubar Git notifications with accompanying native iOS app.

Unused

An app for checking Xcode projects for unused resources.

Vagrant Manager

Manage your vagrant machines in one place with Vagrant Manager for macOS.

Versions

SVN GUI client for Mac.

WWDC

The WWDC app.

Xcodes

Install and switch between multiple versions of Xcode.

Kindle App

Amazon Kindle App for macOS.

CotEditor

Lightweight plain-text editor for macOS.

Emacs

Port of Emacs to work as an macOS app.

Itsypad

Lightweight scratchpad with syntax highlighting for 185+ languages and clipboard history manager.

MacVim

Vim, the text editor.

Nova

The beautiful, fast, flexible, native Mac code editor from Panic.

Sublime Text 3

The sophisticated text editor.

TextMate

A graphical text editor.

VimR

Vim, refined.

Airmail

Lightning fast email client designed for El Capitan.

MailMate

Advanced IMAP email client, featuring extensive keyboard control and Markdown support.

Mailplane

A tightly integreted client for Google Mail, Inbox, Calender, and Contacts.

ForkLift

File Manager and FTP/SFTP/WebDAV/Amazon S3 client.

Path Finder

A powerful dual-pane browser alternative to Finder.

Pathly

Copy any file or folder path from Finder: full, directory, URL, or Git-relative.

Quicklook-Plugins

List of extra quicklook plugins to enable previewing more filetypes in the Finder.

TotalFinder

A powerful alternative to Finder.

XtraFinder

Adds useful features to Finder.

Battle for Wesnoth

Turn-based tactical strategy game, featuring both single-player and online multiplayer combat.

Boxer

The DOS game emulator that’s fit for your Mac.

Dolphin

A powerful, Open Source emulator for Nintendo GameCube and Wii games.

OpenEmu

Multiple Video Game System.

Screentendo

Turn your screen into a playable level of Mario.

Stockfish

Beautiful, powerful chess application.

Acorn

A very Mac-like image editor with a comprehensive feature set.

Affinity Designer

Vector image design tool, possible Adobe Illustrator alternative.

Affinity Photo

Raster image design tool, possible Adobe Photoshop alternative.

GifCapture

Record GIF screencasts.

GIPHY Capture

Capture and share GIFs on the desktop.

Image2icon

Create and personalize icons from your pictures.

macSVG

Design and edit SVG content for web, mobile, and animation.

OmniGraffle

An app for creating precise, beautiful graphics.

Pixea

An image viewer for macOS with a nice minimal modern user interface.

Pixelmator

Powerful image editor, possible Photoshop alternative.

Sketch

Hybrid vector/bitmap layout application, especially useful for UI, web and mobile design.

Sketch Toolbox

A super simple plugin manager for Sketch.

xScope

Tools for measuring, inspecting and testing on-screen graphics and layouts.

hacker-menu

Hacker News Delivered to Desktop.

NetNewsWire

A classic RSS reader reacquired by its original author and rewritten for modern macOS.

ReadKit

Have all your Instapaper, Pocket, etc. feeds in one place even when you're offline.

Reeder

News reader that integrates with with Feedbin, Feedly, and other popular services.

Vienna

RSS/Atom newsreader.

Alfred

Boosts your efficiency and productivity.

BetterTouchTool

Configure gestures for mouse and actions for keyboard shortcuts.

Clipbara

Free Paste-like clipboard manager with pinboards, Quick Look previews, and one-click copying.

ClipMenu

ClipBoard History Manager.

CloudClip

Sync your clipboard between your Mac and your iOS devices.

Dropzone

Create a popup grid of customizable actions that enhance productivity on your Mac.

f.lux

Automatically adjust your computer screen to match lighting.

Fantastical

Complete Calendar app replacement which uses natural language for creating events.

Hazel

Create rules to automatically keep your files organized.

HazeOver

Turn distractions down and focus on your current task.

HyperDock

Select individual application window.

iCMD

Fuzzy menubar search and vim emulation.

Instant Translate

Translate speech and text between 100+ languages from the menu bar.

ItsyCal

A tiny menubar calendar to display your Mac Calendar app events.

Karabiner

A powerful keyboard customizer.

Keyboard Maestro

Automate routine actions based on triggers from keyboard, menu, location, added devices, and more.

Keyty

Keystroke and mouse-click visualizer for demos, screen recordings, presentations, and livestreams.

Keytty

Enables you to control your mouse with a few key strokes. Mouse Keys Alternative.

LaunchBar

Start applications, navigate folders, manipulate files, control your Mac and much more just by using the keyboard.

Mac Mouse Fixer

Fixes accidental double-clicks and adds smooth scrolling, horizontal scrolling, and wheel zoom for external mice.

MeetingBar

Your meetings in MacOS status bar

MenubarX

A powerful menu bar browser.

NoteGen

Local-first Markdown notes app with capture, editing, file management, canvas, and optional sync.

OmniFocus

An incredible task management platform for Mac, iPad, and iPhone.

OmniOutliner

Perfect for collecting information, outlining ideas, adding structure to any sort of writing, and much more.

Pandan

Time awareness in your menu bar.

Paste

The new way to copy & paste for Mac.

PDF Archiver

A nice tool for tagging and archiving tasks.

PopClip

Instantly copy & paste, access actions like search, spelling, dictionary and more.

Presentify

Annotate anything on screen, be it, images, pdfs, videos, code, etc.

Qbserve

Automatic time and project tracking, timesheets, invoicing, and real-time productivity feedback.

Quicksilver

Control your Mac quickly and elegantly.

Rocket

Makes typing emoji faster and easier using Slack-style shortcuts.

ScreenTranslate

Capture any area or select text to translate instantly, fully on-device.

SelfControl

Block access to distracting websites.

Simplenote

Simple cross-platform note taking app with cloud-based syncing.

Taskade

Real-time organization and task management tool.

TaskPaper

Plain text to-do lists.

Telephone

A SIP softphone. Make phone calls over the Internet or your company’s network.

TextExpander

Create custom keyboard shortcuts for frequently-used text and pictures.

Timing

Automatic time and productivity tracking for Mac. Helps you stay on track with your work and ensures no billable hours get lost if you are billing hourly.

CloudApp

Capture and share files and screenshots instantly.

Jumpshare

Real-time file sharing app with support for instantly sharing code / Markdown, annotating screenshots, screen recording, and voice recording.

mac2imgur

Upload images and screenshots to Imgur.

Monosnap

Annotate and upload images and screenshots, supports many backends like S3, SFTP, WebDAV, Dropbox, etc.

Transmission

Simple, lightweight, multi-platform torrent client.

iTerm 2

A terminal emulator.

1Password

Password Manager and Secure Wallet.

AnyBar

A menubar status indicator.

APNGb

.apng image assembler/disassembler app.

AppCleaner

Uninstall your apps easily.

Artify

A macOS X application for bringing dedicatedly 18th century Arts to everyone.

Bartender

Organize your menu bar apps.

Batch Image Resizer

Resize a large number of images quickly on your computer.

BeardedSpice

Control web based media players with the media keys found on Mac keyboards.

BetterZip

A very capable and full-featured archive manager.

BitBar

Display output of any script to the menu bar.

Boring Notch

Turns your MacBook notch into a dynamic hub with media controls, calendar integration, and more.

Burn

No-nonsense burning of Data/Audio/Video CDs and DVDs, including copying.

CheatSheet

Know your short cuts.

ClipboardCleaner

Automatically removes text formatting from the clipboard.

CommandQ

Never accidentally quit an app again.

ControlPlane

Automate running tasks based on where you are or what you do.

DaisyDisk

Analyze disk usage and free up disk space.

Deliveries

Beautiful and simple package tracking.

DisableMonitor

Easily disable or enable a monitor on your Mac.

Dozer

Hide MacOS menubar items.

EtreCheck

Output system information and configuration to get more informed help from Apple support professionals.

Equinox

Create macOS dynamic wallpapers.

Fanny

Notification Center widget and menu bar application to monitor your Mac's fans and CPU temperature.

Finicky

App that allows you to set rules that decide which browser is opened for every link.

Flotato

Use any web site as a beautiful Mac app.

Fluid

Turn web applications into Mac applications.

gfxCardStatus

Menu bar app to monitor and switch between integrated and discrete GPUs on MacBook Pro.

Gray

Pick between the light appearance and the dark appearance on a per-app basis with the click of a button.

Helium

A floating browser window that allows you to watch media while you work.

Holeberry

A native macOS menu bar app to monitor and control your Pi-hole instances.

Irvue

Thousands of stunning photos and wallpapers from Unsplash on your Mac.

Itsyhome

Control HomeKit and Home Assistant smart home devices from the menu bar.

Itsytv

Control your Apple TV from the menu bar with remote, now playing widget, and app launcher.

iStat Menus

An advanced system monitor for your menubar.

Jiffy

Discover and share the best GIFs on GIPHY.

Juicy

Custom battery alerts and battery health monitoring your Mac.

Kawa

A better input source switcher with shortcuts.

KeepingYouAwake

Menu bar utility that prevents Mac from going to sleep.

Keka

Compress to and extract from many archive file formats.

Knock

Unlock your Mac quickly and securely.

LaunchControl

Create, manage and debug launchd services.

Loading

See when apps are using your network in your Mac menubar.

Little Snitch

Protect your privacy.

MacDown

Markdown editor.

Mackup

Keep your application settings in sync.

MacPacker

Preview and extract archives. Native 7-Zip alternative.

MacPass

Password Manager.

Media Converter

Simple (drag and drop) but advanced media conversion.

Menubar Colors

Convenient access to the system color panel.

MenuMeters

A set of CPU, memory, disk, and network monitoring tools for macOS.

MonitorControl

Control your display's brightness and volume on your Mac as if it was a native Apple Display. Use Apple Keyboard keys or custom shortcuts. Shows the native macOS OSDs.

Monodraw

A powerful ASCII art editor.

Mounty

A tiny tool to re-mount write-protected NTFS volumes under macOS 10.9+ in read-write mode.

Noizio

Ambient sound equalizer for relaxation or productivity.

Notational Velocity

Store, retrieve and sync notes within a minimal GUI.

Noti

Receive Android notifications on your mac (with PushBullet).

Numi

Beautiful calculator app.

OnyX

Multifunction utility to verify disks and files, run cleaning and system maintenance tasks, configure hidden options and more.

Paparazzi

A small utility that makes screenshots of webpages.

Paragon NTFS

World fastest NTFS driver.

Pulse

Native menu bar market tracker for stocks, cryptocurrencies, indices, ETFs, and portfolio P&L.

PureMac

Free and open-source macOS cleaner that removes system caches, Xcode junk, Homebrew cache, and more with no telemetry or network calls.

Radio Silence

Simple to use firewall and network monitor.

Microsoft Remote Desktop Connection Client

Remote Desktop Connection Client lets you connect from your Macintosh computer to a Windows-based computer.

RDM

Easily set Mac Retina display to higher unsupported resolutions.

SaneBar

Native menu bar manager with quick reveal controls and Touch ID lock.

Site Sucker

Automatically download websites from the Internet.

ShiftIt

Managing windows size and position.

Sleepless

Menu bar utility that keeps your MacBook awake with the lid closed on battery, with a battery-floor auto-off.

SlowQuitApps

Prevent accidental Cmd-Q.

SmartCapsLock

Makes the Caps Lock key smarter, so that when the key accidentally gets activated and you START YELLING even though you don't want to, you can just select the yelling-text and press the key again to instantly fix its case instead of typing everything all over again.

Soulver

Beautiful expressive calculator.

SSH Tunnel

Manage your SSH tunnels, tightly integrated with macOS Keychain, secure and intuitive.

Strongbox

Secure Password Management for iOS and MacOS. Open Source. Compatible with KeePass and Password Safe.

TeamViewer

Remotely control another computer.

TextBar

TextBar is a tiny but powerful app that lets you add any text to your MenuBar.

Typeeto

Lets you use your Mac's keyboard as a bluetooth keyboard to type on another devices.

Typora

Another minimal Markdown editor.

Ukelele

Unicode Keyboard Layout Editor.

Übersicht

Run system commands and display their output on your desktop as widgets.

The Unarchiver

Unarchive many different kinds of archive files.

Wineskin

Run Windows applications and games on your Mac.

HandBrake

High performance video encoding and conversion tools with a nice GUI.

IINA

Media player with a minimalist design.

Mac Classic Player

Media player driven by the keyboard, in the spirit of Media Player Classic.

mpv

Media player.

ScreenFlow

Screencasting and video editing software.

Subler

Mux and tag MP4 files.

Subtitlr

Drag and drop subititle download utility.

Amethyst

Window manager (automatically keep windows sized in grids).

Divvy Window Manager

Window management for tiling your windows.

Hammerspoon

Extremely powerful scripting engine for macOS.

Hummingbird

Easily move and resize windows without mouse clicks, from anywhere within a window.

Moom

Move and zoom windows, super light weight and customizable.

Phoenix

A lightweight window and app manager scriptable with JavaScript.

Rectangle

Easily organize windows without using a mouse.

ShiftPlus

macOS workspace manager to switch workspaces, restore apps and windows across Spaces, monitors, and Macs in one click.

Stay

Resize/position windows when displays change.

Swish

Control windows and applications with trackpad gestures.

yabai

Tiling window manager with focus follows mouse.

Aerial

Apple TV Aerial Screensaver for Mac.

Catch

The easiest way to use ShowRSS.

Clocker

Check time in multiple timezones from your Mac menubar.

Juice

Make your battery information a bit more interesting.

Sonora

A minimal, beautifully designed music player.

Spillo

Powerful, beautiful and fast Pinboard client.

Transmit

A FTP client.

Awesome macOS Command Line

Use your macOS terminal shell to do awesome things.

CleanMyMac CLI

Clean Xcode, Docker, Homebrew, and developer caches, analyze storage, and reclaim disk space from the terminal.

m-cli

 Swiss Army Knife for macOS.

Mac-CLI

 macOS command line tools for developers.

Mocker

Docker-compatible container CLI for macOS, built on Apple's Containerization framework.

mas

A CLI for the Mac App Store.

quokka

Inspect and clean a USB-connected iPhone from the terminal. No jailbreak required.

Bluetooth Debug Menu

Factory reset devices and more.

Command Line Utilities Part 1

Command Line Utilities Part 2

EnvPane

An preference pane for environment variables.

Glances

System monitoring tool that runs in terminal.

napwatch

A terminal UI for diagnosing and controlling macOS power/battery behavior: dark wakes, Power Nap, and live drain rate.

Thread on StackExchange

https://github.com/adamisntdead/DevMyMac

https://github.com/thoughtbot/laptop

https://github.com/nicolashery/mac-dev-setup

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

https://gist.github.com/kevinelliott/3135044

https://gist.github.com/kimmobrunfeldt/350f4898d1b82cf10bce

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

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

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

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

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

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

ClashX

A rule-based proxy client for macOS with a simple UI.

GPG Suite

Full GPG toolkit with easy to understand GUI applications and Mail.app plugin.

LinkLiar

Menu application written in Swift to help you spoof the MAC addresses of your Wi-Fi and Ethernet interfaces.

Lockpaw

Locks the screen while letting background tasks, builds, and AI agents keep running. Native macOS menu bar app.

macchanger by acrogenesis

Easily change your MAC Address

macchanger by shilch

Change / spoof MAC address (random, custom and restore).

MIDAS

Intrusion Detection Analysis System.

OS-X-Security-and-Privacy-Guide

OSXCollector

Forensic evidence collection & analysis toolkit.

Pareto Security

A MenuBar app to automatically audit your Mac for basic security hygiene.

Raccoon

CLI to audit Mac security, system info and manage an SSH fleet of Macs from one machine.

santa

A binary whitelisting/blacklisting system.

Shimo

Fully-featured VPN client for Mac.

SimpleumSafe

Encrypt, organize and sync files with macOS or iOS.

tinc

Secure mesh VPN software.

Tunnelblick

Easy to use OpenVPN client and GUI.

VeraCrypt

Free and open source disk encryption software.

Viscosity

Fully-featured OpenVPN client, ready for enterprise deployment.

Trackpad Gestures

Power Tools

Show hidden files

Mac Power Users

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