A curated list of awesome applications, software, tools and shiny things for macOS.
Items marked with ![Open-Source Software][OSS Icon] are open-source software and link to the source code. Items marked with ![Freeware][Freeware Icon] are free (as in free beer).
Table of Contents
- Applications
- Command Line Utilities
- macOS Utilities
- Setup
- Security
- Miscellaneous
- Discussion Forums
- Contribute
Applications
Audio
- 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. ![Open-Source Software][OSS Icon] ![Freeware][Freeware Icon]
- krisp - AI-powered app that removes background noise and echo from meetings leaving only human voice.
- Plug - Discover and listen to music from Hype Machine. ![Open-Source Software][OSS Icon] ![Freeware][Freeware Icon]
- 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. ![Open-Source Software][OSS Icon] ![Freeware][Freeware Icon]
Backup
- Arq - Encrypted backups to Amazon, Dropbox, Google, OneDrive, etc.
- Carbon Copy Cloner - Create incremental and fully bootable backups of your Mac to external storage.
Chat Clients
- ChitChat - A native Mac app wrapper for WhatsApp Web. ![Open-Source Software][OSS Icon] ![Freeware][Freeware Icon]
- Telegram - A messaging app with a focus on speed and security, it’s super fast, simple and free. ![Open-Source Software][OSS Icon] ![Freeware][Freeware Icon]
- Textual - An Internet Relay Chat (IRC) client. ![Open-Source Software][OSS Icon]
Data Recovery
- Data Rescue - Comprehensive and professional data recovery for a multitude of scenarios.
- DiskWarrior - Recover from filesystem corruptions when Disk Utility is out of options.
Developers
- Anvil - Serve up static sites and Rack apps with simple URLs and zero configuration. ![Freeware][Freeware Icon]
- Base 2 - A GUI for managing SQLite databases.
- CocoaRestClient - An app for testing REST endpoints. ![Open-Source Software][OSS Icon] ![Freeware][Freeware Icon]
- Cork - A fast, intuitive Homebrew GUI ![Open-Source Software][OSS Icon]
- 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. ![Open-Source Software][OSS Icon] ![Freeware][Freeware Icon]
- gitbar - Open source github contribution stats on your Menu Bar. ![Open-Source Software][OSS Icon] ![Freeware][Freeware Icon]
- GitUp - A simple but powerful Git macOS app. ![Open-Source Software][OSS Icon] ![Freeware][Freeware Icon]
- GitX-dev - A fork (variant) of GitX, maintained and enhanced with productivity oriented changes. ![Open-Source Software][OSS Icon] ![Freeware][Freeware Icon]
- Hopper Dissassembler - A Dissassembler for MacOS and Linux. Has a Demo option for 30 minutes of productivity.
- Hosts - Edit hosts file. ![Open-Source Software][OSS Icon] ![Freeware][Freeware Icon]
- Iconology - Edit Icons and then Export to Xcode, Icns, Ico, Favicon, Mac Iconset, or a Custom List of Sizes. ![Open-Source Software][OSS Icon] ![Freeware][Freeware Icon]
- ImageAlpha - Apply lossy compression on PNG files with or without transparency for more efficient files. ![Open-Source Software][OSS Icon] ![Freeware][Freeware Icon]
- ImageOptim - Makes images take up less disk space and load faster. ![Open-Source Software][OSS Icon] ![Freeware][Freeware Icon]
- Integrity - Easily find your website's broken links. ![Freeware][Freeware Icon]
- Kaleidoscope - Powerful diff and merge application supporting text, images, and folders.
- Knuff - The debug application for Apple Push Notification Service (APNs). ![Open-Source Software][OSS Icon] ![Freeware][Freeware Icon]
- Medis - A modern GUI for Redis.
- Pasteboard Viewer - Inspect the system pasteboards. ![Open-Source Software][OSS Icon] ![Freeware][Freeware Icon]
- 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. ![Open-Source Software][OSS Icon] ![Freeware][Freeware Icon]
- Postico - A modern PostgreSQL client.
- Postgres.app - The easiest way to get started with PostgreSQL. ![Open-Source Software][OSS Icon] ![Freeware][Freeware Icon]
- Proxyman - High-performance man-in-the-middle proxy to observe and manipulate HTTP/HTTPS requests. ![Freeware][Freeware Icon]
- Pusher - A free tool to do sandbox push notifications. ![Open-Source Software][OSS Icon] ![Freeware][Freeware Icon]
- PSequel - A PostgreSQL GUI tool. ![Freeware][Freeware Icon]
- QorumLogs - Swift Logging Utility for Xcode & Google Docs. ![Open-Source Software][OSS Icon] ![Freeware][Freeware Icon]
- Quiver - A delightful notebook for programmers that allows mixing rich text, code, markdown, LaTeX, and graphs.
- Sequel Ace - A MySQL & MariaDB database manager. ![Open-Source Software][OSS Icon] ![Freeware][Freeware Icon]
- Sequel Pro - A MySQL database manager. ![Open-Source Software][OSS Icon] ![Freeware][Freeware Icon]
- SnippetsLab - Manage and organise snippets of code.
- SourceTree - A free Git & Mercurial client. ![Freeware][Freeware Icon]
- Swiftify - Objective-C to Swift code converter and Xcode & Finder extensions.
- TablePlus - A modern, native GUI for multiple databases.
- Touch Bar Simulator - The macOS Touch Bar Simulator as a standalone app. ![Open-Source Software][OSS Icon] ![Freeware][Freeware Icon]
- Tower - The most powerful Git client.
- Trailer - Configurable menubar Git notifications with accompanying native iOS app. ![Open-Source Software][OSS Icon]
- Unused - An app for checking Xcode projects for unused resources. ![Open-Source Software][OSS Icon] ![Freeware][Freeware Icon]
- Vagrant Manager - Manage your vagrant machines in one place with Vagrant Manager for macOS. ![Open-Source Software][OSS Icon] ![Freeware][Freeware Icon]
- Versions - SVN GUI client for Mac.
- WWDC - The WWDC app. ![Open-Source Software][OSS Icon]
- Xcodes - Install and switch between multiple versions of Xcode. ![Open-Source Software][OSS Icon] ![Freeware][Freeware Icon]
E-Book Utilities
- Kindle App - Amazon Kindle App for macOS.
Editors
- CotEditor - Lightweight plain-text editor for macOS. ![Open-Source Software][OSS Icon] ![Freeware][Freeware Icon]
- Emacs - Port of Emacs to work as an macOS app. ![Open-Source Software][OSS Icon] ![Freeware][Freeware Icon]
- MacVim - Vim, the text editor. ![Open-Source Software][OSS Icon] ![Freeware][Freeware Icon]
- Nova - The beautiful, fast, flexible, native Mac code editor from Panic.
- Sublime Text 3 - The sophisticated text editor.
- TextMate - A graphical text editor. ![Open-Source Software][OSS Icon]
- VimR - Vim, refined. ![Open-Source Software][OSS Icon] ![Freeware][Freeware Icon]
Email Utilities
- 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.
Finder
- ForkLift - File Manager and FTP/SFTP/WebDAV/Amazon S3 client.
- Path Finder - A powerful dual-pane browser alternative to Finder.
- 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. ![Freeware][Freeware Icon]
Games
- Battle for Wesnoth - Turn-based tactical strategy game, featuring both