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Rectangle

Snap windows into place with keyboard shortcuts. You'll use this every single day.

Maccy

Clipboard history that just works. Never lose a copied item again.

IINA

Plays any video format natively. Makes QuickTime feel like a toy.

AppCleaner

Uninstall apps properly — removes all leftover files, not just the .app.

iTerm2

The terminal macOS should have shipped with. Tabs, split panes, search, and more.

TinyCast

Supercharged Spotlight replacement. Launch apps, manage clipboard, run scripts, and more — all from one keystroke.

iStat Menus

Advanced Mac system monitor in your menu bar. Paid

Stats

macOS system monitor for CPU, GPU, memory, disk, and more. Free Open Source

Usage

System activity monitor for macOS, iOS, and iPadOS. Freemium

BackgroundMusic

macOS audio utility to control volume per-app. Free Open Source

Cog

Audio player for macOS with broad format support. Free Open Source

eqMac

System-wide audio equalizer for macOS. Free Open Source

IINA

Plays any video format natively. Makes QuickTime feel like a toy.

Muxie

Last.fm scrobbler for Apple Music, Spotify Desktop, iPod Classic, Rockbox devices and some others. Free

Petrichor

Offline music player with support for over 20 file formats and a lot of other features. Free Open Source

Roam FM

Roam the world through global radio. Freemium

Sleeve

Beautiful now playing display for Apple Music. Paid

SoundSource

Superior sound control for macOS. Paid

Arq

Backup your files to cloud storage. Paid

Carbon Copy Cloner

Reliable Mac backup and cloning solution. Paid

Orion

Lightweight WebKit browser with zero telemetry. Free

Zen Browser

Privacy-focused, customizable browser built on Firefox. Free Open Source

Fantastical

Calendar app with natural language input. Subscription

hora Calendar

Google Calendar client for macOS with API connection. Suscription

Itsycal

Tiny menu bar calendar. Free Open Source

Meeting Bar

Menu bar app for your calendar meetings. Free Open Source

Maccy

Clipboard history that just works. Never lose a copied item again.

CopyClip

Lightweight clipboard history manager. Free

Paste

Beautiful clipboard manager with cloud sync. Subscription

Pesty

Native clipboard manager with pinboards and keyboard-driven pasting. Free Open Source

Unclutter

Files, notes, and clipboard manager in one. Paid

ColorSlurp

Best color picker and organizer for macOS. Freemium

Pika

Beautiful color picker for macOS. Free Open Source

Sip

Collect, organize and share colors. Paid

Postico

Modern PostgreSQL client for macOS. Paid EU

TablePlus

Modern native database management tool. Freemium

TablePro

Native database client for MySQL, PostgreSQL, SQLite, MongoDB, Redis, and more. Free Open Source

IconJar

Icon management tool for designers. Paid

Sketch

Professional digital design for Mac. Subscription EU

xScope

Measure, inspect, and test on-screen graphics. Paid

BucketMate

Native S3 GUI Client for macOS Freemium

CodeEdit

Native code editor for macOS. Free Open Source

DevCleaner

Clean Xcode cache and derived data. Free Open Source

DevUtils

All-in-one offline toolbox for developers (42+ tools). Freemium

Paw

Advanced API tool for Mac. Paid

Proxyman

Native HTTP debugging proxy. Freemium

RocketSim

Enhance Xcode Simulator productivity. Freemium

Rockxy

macOS HTTP/HTTPS debugging proxy to capture, inspect, modify, and replay traffic. Freemium Open Source

SnipperApp 3

Code snippet manager with iCloud and Gist sync, and a bundled MCP server. Paid (one-time)

SSH Keys Manager

Native macOS app for managing SSH keys and SSH config entries. Free Open Source

SF Symbols

Browse and export Apple's SF Symbols. Free

Vibedock

Manage Claude Code MCP servers from your macOS menu bar. Paid (one-time)

Airmail

Lightning fast mail client for Mac. Paid EU

MailMate

Advanced IMAP email client with keyboard control. Paid

Mimestream

Native Gmail client for macOS. Paid

Chronicle

Bill organizer and payment tracker. Paid

Copilot

Personal finance and budgeting app with automatic transaction syncing. Subscription

Soulver

Smart notepad calculator that understands plain English math. Paid EU

Subscription Day

Track your paid subscriptions and analyze spending statistics. Freemium

Commander One

Dual-pane file manager for macOS. Freemium

ForkLift

Advanced dual-pane file manager and FTP client. Paid

Hazel

Automated organization for your Mac. Paid

NameQuick

AI-powered file renaming using GPT, Gemini, or local LLMs. Paid

Path Finder

Powerful Finder alternative. Paid

Quick Look plugins

Useful Quick Look plugins for developers. Free Open Source

Encrypto

Encrypt files with AES-256 encryption. Free

Fork

Fast and friendly Git client for Mac. Free

GitFox

Git client with a focus on simplicity. Paid

GitUp

Git interface you've been missing. Free Open Source

SourceTree

Free Git client from Atlassian. Free

Tower

Powerful Git client for Mac. Paid EU

Acorn

Full-featured photo editor designed for humans. Paid

ImageOptim

Compress images without losing quality. Free Open Source

Pixave

Ultimate image organizer and viewer. Paid

Pixelmator Pro

Powerful native image editor. Paid EU

Retrobatch

Batch image processing for Mac. Paid

xScope

Measure, inspect, and test on-screen graphics. Paid

Glance

Native Markdown viewer and Quick Look extension. Free

iA Writer

Focused writing app with beautiful typography. Paid

MacDown

Open source Markdown editor for macOS. Free Open Source

Marked 2

Markdown preview and conversion. Paid

MD Preview

Lightweight Markdown preview app using Rust and native WebView. Free Open Source

MWeb

Pro Markdown writing and note-taking. Paid

Nice.md

Markdown viewer with Quick Look preview, outline sidebar, and optional edit mode. Freemium EU

Typora

Minimal Markdown editor and reader. Paid

Writer

Local-first markdown editor with a Rust backend and native WKWebView. Free Open Source

Bartender

Organize your menu bar icons. Paid

Commitments

Your tasks in menu bar. Paid

DatWeatherDoe

Simple menu bar weather app. Free Open Source

Dozer

Hide menu bar icons to give your Mac a cleaner look. Free Open Source

DynamicHorizon

Shows media, notifications, timers, downloads, and controls around the Mac notch. Paid

Hand Mirror

One-click camera check from menu bar. Free

Headroom

Live Claude Code session (5h) and weekly (7d) usage in your menu bar — zero network calls, reads what Claude Code already writes locally. Free Open Source

Hidden Bar

Hide menu bar items. Free Open Source

Holeberry

Monitor and control your Pi-hole instances from the menu bar. Free Open Source

HomeBar for Homey Pro

Manage your Homey Pro smart home. Freemium

Itsycal

Tiny menu bar calendar. Free Open Source

Itsyhome

Smart home meets menu bar. Freemium Open Source

MenubarX

Browser in your menu bar. Freemium

One Thing

Put a single task in your menu bar. Paid

OpenQuack

Transcribes a 5-minute clip in 2.8 s — local WhisperKit dictation, noise-robust. ~8 MB native Swift. Free Open Source

SaneBar

Privacy-first menu bar manager. Hide and organize icons. Freemium

Stargazer Bar

Track one public GitHub repo's stars and release downloads from your menu bar. Free Open Source

Thaw

Powerful menu bar management tool. Fork of Ice, lower resource usage. Free Open Source

TickerPad

Real-time crypto prices in your macOS menu bar. Freemium

Tomatino

Pomodoro timer that switches your Focus mode and your music with each session. Paid

TranslateAir

AI translation and OCR from the menu bar, 100+ languages. Freemium

Holeberry

Monitor and control your Pi-hole instances from the menu bar. Free Open Source

Little Snitch

Network monitor and firewall. Paid EU

Micro Snitch

Monitor camera and microphone access. Paid EU

NetNewsWire

RSS reader for macOS. Free Open Source

Surge

Advanced network toolbox for Mac. Paid

Tracexy

Native macOS packet analyzer for live and saved PCAP/PCAPNG captures. Free Open Source

WiFi Explorer

Scan, monitor and troubleshoot wireless networks. Paid

Bear

Beautiful, flexible writing app. Freemium EU

Craft

Native document editor with sharing. Freemium

DEVONthink

Document and information management. Paid

Knopo

Local-first Markdown outliner with backlinks and queries. Free Open Source

FSNotes

Modern notes manager for macOS. Free Open Source

iA Writer

Focused writing app with beautiful typography. Paid

Notational Velocity

Modeless note-taking application. Free Open Source

Notebooks

Write, organize, and manage information. Paid

nvALT

Fork of Notational Velocity with additional features. Free Open Source

SeqLog

Outliner that stores every note as a plain Markdown file, with backlinks and built-in Git. Free

The Archive

Note-taking app for writers and researchers. Paid

Tot

Elegant text collection on menu bar. Freemium

Ulysses

Professional writing environment for Mac. Subscription EU

Strongbox

Native KeePass client for macOS. Freemium

PDFgear

Free PDF editor for macOS. Free

PDF Expert

Fast, robust PDF editor. Paid

PDFpenPro

Professional PDF editing for Mac. Paid

Skim

PDF reader and note-taker. Free Open Source

Alfred

Productivity app for macOS with powerful workflows. Freemium

BetterTouchTool

Customize input devices on your Mac. Paid EU

Blurt

Hold-a-hotkey dictation that pastes cleaned-up text into any app, using AssemblyAI cloud speech-to-text. Free Open Source

Due

Reminders with persistent alerts. Paid

Fantastical

Calendar app with natural language input. Subscription

Focus

Block distracting websites and applications. Paid

Keyboard Maestro

Automate applications and websites. Paid

OmniFocus

Professional-grade task management. Paid

Raycast

Blazingly fast extendable launcher. Freemium

Revu

Local-first spaced repetition app with FSRS scheduling, Anki import, and study guides. Free Open Source

SelfControl

Block distracting websites. Free Open Source

Snippety

Advanced snippets manager for macOS and iOS. Paid

TaskPaper

Plain text to-do lists. Paid

Things

Award-winning task manager. Paid

Tot

Elegant text collection on menu bar. Freemium

Speakmac

Offline hotkey dictation for macOS that types into any app using on-device transcription. One-Time Subscription

BetterCapture

A lightweight, and intuitive screen recorder with a native look and feel. Free Open Source

CleanShot X

Capture your Mac's screen like a pro. Paid

Gifox

Delightful GIF recording and sharing. Paid

Kap

Open-source screen recorder. Free Open Source

Keyty

Visualize keyboard and mouse actions for demos and recordings. Free Open Source

ScreenFloat

Screenshot utility with floating thumbnails. Paid EU

ScreenKite

Screen recording and video editing with auto zoom effect. 4x faster than Screen Studio. Free

Shottr

Screenshot tool with advanced features. Free

Xnapper

Take beautiful screenshots instantly. Freemium

Cryptomator

Multi-platform client-side encryption. Free Open Source EU

KnockKnock

See what's persistently installed on your Mac. Free Open Source

Little Snitch

Network monitor and firewall. Paid EU

Lockpaw

Lock the screen while background tasks, builds, and AI agents keep running. Free Open Source

Lulu

Open-source firewall for macOS. Free Open Source

Micro Snitch

Monitor camera and microphone access. Paid EU

OverSight

Monitor mic and webcam access. Free Open Source

Shieldxy

Native macOS application firewall for monitoring and controlling outbound connections by app. Free Open Source

AlDente

Charge limiter to extend MacBook battery life. Freemium Open Source

AppCleaner

Uninstall apps properly — removes all leftover files, not just the .app.

BackgroundMusic

macOS audio utility to control volume per-app. Free Open Source

coconutBattery

Check battery health and status. Free

ClearDisk

macOS menu bar utility that monitors 44+ developer cache paths and helps reclaim disk space. Free Open Source

DaisyDisk

Analyze disk usage and free up space. Paid

MonitorControl

Control external monitor brightness & volume like native displays. Free Open Source

DisplayBuddy

Control the real brightness of monitors directly from Mac. Paid

Endurance

Extend your MacBook's battery life. Paid

EtreCheck

System configuration and diagnostic reporting. Free

Hand Mirror

One-click camera check from menu bar. Free

iStat Menus

Advanced Mac system monitor in your menu bar. Paid

LinearMouse

The mouse and trackpad utility for Mac. Free Open Source

Lungo

Prevent your Mac from going to sleep. Paid

Mole

Clean caches, manage apps, analyze disk space, and monitor system status. Paid

Onyx

Multifunction utility for macOS. Free EU

Pearcleaner

Powerful Mac app cleaner Free Open Source

Rectangle

Snap windows into place with keyboard shortcuts. You'll use this every single day.

Stats

macOS system monitor for CPU, GPU, memory, disk, and more. Free Open Source

The Unarchiver

Extract many archive formats. Free

Alacritty

GPU-accelerated terminal emulator. Free Open Source

iTerm2

The terminal macOS should have shipped with. Tabs, split panes, search, and more.

Kitty

Fast, feature-rich GPU-based terminal. Free Open Source

Terminal

Built-in macOS terminal. Free

Warp

Rust-based terminal with modern features. Free

BBEdit

Professional text and code editor. Paid

CodeEdit

Native code editor for macOS. Free Open Source

CotEditor

Lightweight plain-text editor. Free Open Source

Itsypad

A tiny, fast scratchpad and clipboard manager. Free Open Source

MacVim

Vim text editor for macOS. Free Open Source

Neon Vision Editor

A lightweight and modern macOS code editor. Free Open Source

Nova

Beautiful native code editor from Panic. Paid

SubEthaEdit

Code, write, and edit with collaborative features. Free Open Source

TextMate

Powerful text editor for macOS. Free Open Source

VimR

Neovim GUI for macOS. Free Open Source

HandBrake

Open source video transcoder. Free Open Source

IINA

Plays any video format natively. Makes QuickTime feel like a toy.

Itsytv

The missing Apple TV remote app. Free Open Source

Movist Pro

Powerful movie player for macOS. Paid

Permute

Easy-to-use media converter. Paid

QuickTime Player

Built-in media player for macOS. Free

Subler

Mux and tag MP4 files. Free Open Source

VLC

Cross-platform multimedia player. Free Open Source EU

Backspace

Provides 1,000+ 4K live wallpapers for the desktop and Lock Screen. Paid

Wallspace

Live Wallpapers for Macos, with custom lock screen. Freemium

Amethyst

Automatic tiling window manager. Free Open Source

BetterSnapTool

Window management via snap areas. Paid EU

Divvy

Window management at its finest. Paid

Loop

Window management made elegant. Free Open Source

Magnet

Window manager that snaps windows into position. Paid

Moom

Move and zoom windows with ease. Paid

Nudge

Free window manager with keyboard shortcuts and drag-to-edge snapping. Free Open Source

Rectangle

Snap windows into place with keyboard shortcuts. You'll use this every single day.

Rectangle Pro

Professional window management. Paid

Swish

Control windows with trackpad gestures. Paid

Wins

Bring system-level window management features to macOS. Paid

Yabai

Tiling window manager for macOS. Free Open Source