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Feb 02, 2023

Developer Tools / Developer Utilities

• ILLA Cloud - Low-code internal tool builder.

Jan 31, 2023

Developer Tools / Developer Utilities

• Deeplink Buddy - Deeplink managers, made by developer for developers.

Jan 17, 2023

Design and Product / Screencapturing Software

• Snagit - Screen Capture and Recording Software. Simple and Powerful.

Browsers / File Sharing

• ungoogled-chromium (⭐16k) - A lightweight approach to removing Google web service dependency. [OSS Icon

Pirated software download site blacklist / Package Managers

• Appstorrent：http://appstorrent.ru/

Jan 12, 2023

Reading and Writing Tools / Writing

• THORN - A smooth, practical and beautiful cross-platform writing software.

Design and Product / Prototyping and Mind-Mapping Tools

• Lighten - The best way to clarify thinking, boost productivity, brainstorm, and visualize concepts.

Dec 26, 2022

Reading and Writing Tools / Note-taking

• MiaoYan - Lightweight Markdown app to help you write great sentences.

Dec 12, 2022

Utilities / System Related Tools

• RemoveX - RemoveX is an uninstaller tool for Mac computer. RemoveX has a beautifully UI using native design for MacOS. Save hours of time and remove your app in seconds. Do not make you think.

Dec 11, 2022

Developer Tools / Command Line Tools

• Warp - Warp is a blazingly fast, rust-based terminal reimagined from the ground up to work like a modern app.

Nov 25, 2022

Reading and Writing Tools / RSS

• Elytra - A Simple & Private RSS Feed Reader with native rendering for macOS & iOS

Nov 19, 2022

Reading and Writing Tools / RSS

• Reeder 5 - News reader for Feedbin, Feedly, Feed Wrangler and so on.

Utilities / General Tools

• DevToysMac (⭐6.4k) - Offline toolbox that helps developers in daily tasks.

Nov 17, 2022

Developer Tools / Developer Utilities

• He3 - Free and Modern Developer Utilities Toolbox.

Nov 13, 2022

Reading and Writing Tools / Others

• texifier - Great LaTeX editor for Mac with auto-update PDF and autocomplete LaTeX commands.

Nov 10, 2022

Utilities / Quality of Life Improvements

• DisplayBuddy - Control the brightness, contrast, input source and more of your external display directly from your Mac.

Nov 01, 2022

Developer Tools / Network Analysis

• Proxie - HTTP debugging proxy.

Design and Product / Design Tools

• Colorpicker - Colorpicker is a complete open-source colors manipulation tool with picking!

Design and Product / Screencapturing Software

• Gifox - Gif Recording and Sharing.

Communication / Email Clients

• MailTags - Use tags to organize email and schedule.

Audio and Video Tools / File Sharing

• Aegisub (⭐2.2k) - Free, cross-platform open source tool for creating and modifying subtitles. Aegisub makes it quick and easy to time subtitles to audio, and features many powerful tools for styling them, including a built-in real-time video preview.

• LMMS - Formerly "Linux MultiMedia Studio", LMMS is a powerful Digital Audio Workstation designed like FL Studio (formerly Fruity Loops).

Utilities / Menu Bar Tools

• Vanilla - Hide menu bar icons on your Mac.

Utilities / Quality of Life Improvements

• Grayscale Mode (⭐67) - An open source macOS app that lets you quickly toggle grayscale filter right from your menu bar or using a keyboard shortcut (⌥⌘G).

Utilities / System Related Tools

• Core Tunnel - Application for managing SSH connections.

Remote Login Software / System Related Tools

• Microsoft Remote Desktop - Connect to a remote PC or virtual apps and desktops made available by your admin.

Oct 27, 2022

Communication / Collaboration and Team Tools

• Ferdium - Desktop app that helps you organize how you use your favourite apps by combining them into one application. It is based on Franz with the difference that Ferdium gives you many additional features and doesn't restrict its usage.

Proxy and VPN Tools / File Sharing

• Mullvad VPN - Privacy focused VPN that requires no personal information for use, keeps no logs, and allows payments with Cash Bitcoin, Monero and more.

Oct 22, 2022

Reading and Writing Tools / Markdown Tools

• Typora - Truly minimal Markdown editor featuring seamless live preview.

Reading and Writing Tools / Note-taking

• OutlineEdit 3 - Fully-featured outline editor, for everyone who loves great structured notes.

Design and Product / Design Tools

• System Color Picker (⭐774) - The macOS color picker as an app with more features.

Design and Product / Other Tools

• qView - qView is an image viewer designed with minimalism and usability in mind.

Utilities / Quality of Life Improvements

• Actions (⭐1.3k) - Provides many useful actions for the Shortcuts app.

QuickLook Plugins / System Related Tools

• QLMarkdown (⭐675) - Quick Look extension for Markdown files. -

• Syntax Highlight (⭐1.8k) - Quick Look extension for highlight source code files. -

Oct 16, 2022

Developer Tools / Network Analysis

• Apidog - All-in-One workspace for API Design, Documentation, Debug, Mock, Test.

Oct 11, 2022

Utilities / Clipboard Tools

• Pure Paste - Paste as plain text by default.

Oct 09, 2022

Reading and Writing Tools / Note-taking

• Joplin - Cross platform open-source notepad with markdown support and todo list manager with synchronisation capabilities.

Sep 25, 2022

Input Methods / File Sharing

• InputSourcePro - A tool for multi-language users. Automatically switch input language for different applications.

Sep 12, 2022

Gaming Software / System Related Tools

• Porting Kit - Install Windows® Games inside your Mac.

• RPCS3 - The Open-source PlayStation 3 Emulator

Sep 02, 2022

Input Methods / File Sharing

• betterglobekey (⭐11) - Make macOS Globe key great again!

Aug 27, 2022

Utilities / Window Management

• Dissolv - Hide and close inactive apps.

Aug 10, 2022

Developer Tools / API Development and Analysis

• HTTPie - HTTPie is making APIs simple and intuitive for those building the tools of our time.

Aug 09, 2022

Reading and Writing Tools / Note-taking

• Skiff - End-to-end encrypted & decentralized email, real-time document collaboration, and file storage designed with zero-trust privacy -- available on web, iOS/Android, and macOS.

Communication / Email Clients

• Skiff Mail - Encrypted & Decentralized Email -- available on web, iOS/Android, and macOS.

Aug 07, 2022

Audio and Video Tools / File Sharing

• BeMyEars - Free for hearing impaired, System wide on-device live caption, multi language support, just like you have YouTube subtitles everywhere.

Aug 04, 2022

Audio and Video Tools / File Sharing

• Popcorn Time - Watch torrent movies instantly, This Popcorn Time service will never be taken down. Download and enjoy.

• Potplayer X- a Video Audio Player.

Aug 03, 2022

Utilities / General Tools

• DevUtils.app - All-in-one Toolbox for Developers. Format/Validate JSON, encode/decode Base64, convert timestamps, debug JWT… with just one click! Native macOS app and works offline.

Jul 28, 2022

Reading and Writing Tools / Note-taking

• AppFlowy - Open-source alternative to Notion.

Developer Tools / Command Line Tools

• tldr - Collaborative cheatsheets for console commands.

Audio and Video Tools / File Sharing

• YouTube Music Desktop - Free cross platform Desktop Player for YouTube Music.

Utilities / General Tools

• NextDNS - The new firewall for the modern Internet.

Jul 25, 2022

Utilities / Password Management

• Swifty - Free Offline-first Password Manager for MacOS, Windows and Linux.

Jul 22, 2022

Utilities / General Tools

• Etcher - Flash OS images to SD cards & USB drives, safely and easily.

Jul 20, 2022

Reading and Writing Tools / Text Editors

• Lapce - Lightning-fast and powerful code editor.

Communication / Email Clients

• Tutanota - Encrypted email focused on security and privacy.

Utilities / Productivity

• Cerebro - Open-source productivity booster with a brain.

Jul 19, 2022

Reading and Writing Tools / Office

• OnlyOffice - An office suite that combines text, spreadsheet and presentation editors allowing to create, view and edit local documents.

Reading and Writing Tools / Markdown Tools

• Zettlr - A markdown editor for the 21st century.

Reading and Writing Tools / Note-taking

• Logseq - Privacy-first, open-source knowledge base that works on top of local plain-text Markdown and Org-mode files.

• Standard Notes - An end-to-end encrypted notes app for digitalists and professionals.

Developer Tools / API Development and Analysis

• Katalon Studio - Simplify API, Web, Mobile Automation Tests Free. Robust. Cross-platform. Automation testers from 160 countries with channels, GitHub repositories.

Communication / Email Clients

• ElectronMail (⭐1.3k) - An Electron-based unofficial desktop client for ProtonMail.

• Mailspring - A beautiful, fast, and fully open source mail client.

Audio and Video Tools / File Sharing

• FreeTube - Open source desktop YouTube client built with privacy in mind.

• MacYTDL (⭐251) - A macOS GUI front-end for the youtube-dl video downloader.

• MusicBrainz Picard - Cross-platform music tagger written in Python.

Browsers / File Sharing

• LibreWolf - A fork of Firefox, focused on privacy, security and freedom.

• Min - Fast, minimal browser that protects your privacy.

Utilities / General Tools

• Cloudflare WARP - Replaces the connection between your device and the Internet with a modern, optimized, protocol.

Utilities / Productivity

• ActivityWatch - Cross-platform, extensible, and privacy-focused time-tracker.

• Focalboard - Open source, self-hosted alternative to Trello, Notion, and Asana.

Jul 18, 2022

Audio and Video Tools / File Sharing

• Museeks - A simple, clean and cross-platform music player.

• Nuclear - Streaming music player that finds free music for you.

Jul 12, 2022

Reading and Writing Tools / Markdown Tools

• Obsidian - A second brain, for you, forever.

Jul 11, 2022

Developer Tools / Developer Utilities

• CubicBezier (⭐135) - CubicBezier Generator for macOS.

Jul 08, 2022

Reading and Writing Tools / Note-taking

• massCode (⭐4.4k) - Cross platform open-source code snippets manager for developers with markdown and mermaid support.

Reading and Writing Tools / Others

• UPDF - Free PDF editor that makes it possible to read, annotate and edit PDFs, change text and images on Mac.

Jul 06, 2022

Reading and Writing Tools / Office

• Pages - Documents that stand apart.

• Keynote - Build stunning presentations.

• Numbers - Create impressive spreadsheets.

• Microsoft Office - Unmistakably Office, designed for Mac.

• SoftMaker Office - A complete office suite that aims for full compatibility with Microsoft Office documents

Reading and Writing Tools / Note-taking

• Notebook - Note-taking app.

• Notion - Notion is the all-in-one workspace. From notes, tasks, wikis, to database, Notion is all you need. Works great for teams and individuals.

Developer Tools / Developer Utilities

• PushMate - PushMate is a MacOS app that solves common push notification problems by ensuring your push payloads are correct.

Developer Tools / Command Line Tools

• GitHub CLI (⭐31k) - gh is GitHub on the command line. It brings pull requests, issues, and other GitHub concepts to the terminal next to where you are already working with git and your code.

Developer Tools / Version Control

• Gitbar (⭐346) - Open-source，display GitHub contribution statistics on your menu bar.

Developer Tools / Virtualization

• QEMU - A free and open-source emulator and virtualizer that can perform hardware virtualization.

Developer Tools / Databases

• pgModeler - pgModeler is an open source data modeling tool designed for PostgreSQL.

Design and Product / Design Tools

• ScreenToLayers (⭐122) - Easily export your screen into a layered PSD file.

Audio and Video Tools / File Sharing

• Mp3tag - A powerful and easy-to-use tool to edit metadata of audio files.

Audio Record and Process / File Sharing

• GarageBand - A free Digital Audio Workstation (DAW) from Apple，providing a simple interface and professional level audio production functions.

• Logic Pro X - A professional Digital Audio Workstation (DAW) from Apple，providing complete audio production functions along with high quality native plugins and soundtracks. With native Apple Silicon support.

Input Methods / File Sharing

• Touch Emoji (⭐47) - Emoji picker for MacBook Pro Touch Bar.

Browsers / File Sharing

• Microsoft Edge - Microsoft Edge, based on Chromium, but built by MS

Translation Tools / File Sharing

• DeepL - Best quality translations

Security Tools / File Sharing

• LuLu - LuLu is the free macOS firewall that aims to block unauthorized (outgoing) network traffic.

Utilities / File Organization Tools

• Keka - File archiver for macOS. Compression: 7Z, ZIP, TAR, GZIP, BZIP2, XZ LZIP, DMG, ISO. Extraction: 7Z, ZIP, RAR, TAR, GZIP, BZIP2, XZ, LZIP, DMG, ISO, LZMA, EXE, CAB, WIM, PAX, JAR, APK, APPX, CPGZ, CPIO.

• Marta - File Manager for macOS written entirely in Swift

Utilities / Productivity

• HazeOver - App that dims your background app windows so you can focus more on your main task!

• SensibleSideButtons - Use the side buttons on your mouse to move forward and backward in many apps, like in Windows.

• nnScreenshots - A super easy way to keep a visual record of your productivity to make it easier to fill out timesheets or just to help you review the day. Built in timesheet editor.

• Strategr - No-fuss time management app. Stategr helps you maximize your productivity, giving you the quickest and most effective way to time-box your day.

Jul 03, 2022

Developer Tools / Virtualization

• Multipass - Ubuntu VMs on demand for any workstation.

Jun 27, 2022

Developer Tools / Command Line Tools

• Termius - Free terminal tool,comparable to xshell on windows platform.

Translation Tools / File Sharing

• Lingvanex

Utilities / Finder Tools

• FinderFix - Finally, a lasting solution for Finder windows size and position.

Jun 24, 2022

Developer Tools / Developer Utilities

• XCSnippetsApp (⭐125) - Explore code snippets from the Swift and iOS community, view and edit the snippets before adding them conveniently to Xcode.

Jun 23, 2022

Utilities / System Related Tools

• Time Machine Inspector (⭐46) - Find out what's hogging up your Time Machine backups.

Jun 18, 2022

Developer Tools / Virtualization

• UTM - UTM is an easy-to-use GUI for QEMU and can run ARM64, x64 and other VMs on M1 Macs.

Jun 12, 2022

Reading and Writing Tools / Note-taking

• NotePlan 3 - Your tasks, notes, and calendar, plain-text markdown files.

May 20, 2022

Developer Tools / Command Line Tools

• thefuck (⭐75k) - A interesting software that corrects errors in previous console commands.

Communication / Collaboration and Team Tools

• Wavebox - A revolutionary and feature-rich Chromium browser that's built for productive working across Google Workspaces, Microsoft Teams, ClickUp, Monday, Atlassian, Asana, AirTable, Slack, and every other web app you use to get work done.

May 11, 2022

Data Recovery Tools / File Sharing

• Data Rescue - Comprehensive and professional data recovery tool for most cases.

Utilities / Productivity

• Hook for Mac - Hook files together fast and easily, enabling you to find anything related with a simple keyboard shortcut.

May 08, 2022

Reading and Writing Tools / Note-taking

• Bear Writer - Beautiful, flexible writing app for crafting notes and prose.

• Craft - Notetaking and writing made beautiful.

Utilities / Productivity

• Workspaces - Workspaces gives you the ability you to quickly switch between different types of tasks. It allows you to select which apps to open and close when selecting a workspace.

Apr 17, 2022

Security Tools / File Sharing

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

Utilities / Menu Bar Tools

• MenubarX - A powerful Mac menu bar browser, pin webpage like an App.

Apr 16, 2022

Utilities / System Related Tools

• AlDente - Charge limiter app for MacBooks to keep your battery healthy even longer.

Apr 14, 2022

Utilities / Productivity

• BetterMouse - Smooth scroll, cursor acceleration prohibition, and powerful button/gesture remapping in one utility for 3rd-party mice. Aims for replacing those bulky and intrusive official drivers.

Apr 13, 2022

Developer Tools / Command Line Tools

• Fish - Smart and user-friendly shell, which is similar with zsh.

Apr 06, 2022

Developer Tools / Databases

• Sequel Ace (⭐5.3k) - The maintained "sequel" to the longtime macOS tool Sequel Pro.

Mar 31, 2022

Utilities / Menu Bar Tools

• Fishing Funds - Display real-time trends of Chinese funds in the menubar.

Mar 17, 2022

Developer Tools / Version Control

• Fork - Fast and friendly Git client for Mac.

Mar 16, 2022

Design and Product / Screencapturing Software

• Flameshot (⭐20k) - Powerful yet simple to use screenshot software.

Mar 07, 2022

Utilities / Menu Bar Tools

• One Thing - Put a single task or goal in your menu bar.

Feb 23, 2022

Developer Tools / Command Line Tools

• Fig - Fig adds autocomplete to your terminal.

Feb 13, 2022

Developer Tools / IDEs

• CodeRunner - A lightweight, multi-language programming text editor and IDE for quickly building, running and debugging code.

Developer Tools / Command Line Tools

• ripgrep (rg) (⭐35k) - Very fast text searching tool similar to (but faster than) ack, ag or grep

Feb 07, 2022

Design and Product / Screencapturing Software

• Shottr - Screen capture application with features like Scrolling capture, OCR and markup.

Communication / Collaboration and Team Tools

• Lark - The Next-Gen Collaboration Suite. All your chats, meetings, calendars, docs, and emails in one place.

Jan 22, 2022

Communication / Collaboration and Team Tools

• BlurScreen App - Blur sensitive data instantly anywhere on screen, while recording or screen sharing. No post editing required.

Jan 11, 2022

Security Tools / File Sharing

• Mana Security - vulnerability management app for individuals.

Jan 10, 2022

Utilities / To-Do Lists

• Super Productivity - Cross-platform todo list app with integrated Timeboxing and time tracking capabilities.

Jan 01, 2022

Utilities / General Tools

• Speediness - Check your internet speed.

Dec 28, 2021

Utilities / Menu Bar Tools

• Work Hours (⭐45) - Simple app that tracks your work hours from the menu bar.

Dec 09, 2021

Utilities / General Tools

• Equinox (⭐708) - Create dynamic wallpapers for macOS.

Dec 05, 2021

Communication / Collaboration and Team Tools

• Telegram - Messaging app with a focus on speed and security.

Utilities / Productivity

• CursorSense - Mouse & trackpad driver that lets you tweak the acceleration curve and more.

Utilities / Password Management

• KeepassXC - Free, open source, cross-platform password manager.

Nov 29, 2021

Utilities / Password Management

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

Nov 24, 2021

Utilities / Window Management

• rcmd - Use the ⌘ Right Command key to switch applications based on their name.

Nov 10, 2021

Reading and Writing Tools / Note-taking

• SideNotes - Quick notes on the screen side. Take notes while working with other apps. Use Markdown for text formatting.

Utilities / File Organization Tools

• BetterZip - Archive tool supports ZIP, TAR, TGZ, TBZ, TXZ (new), 7-ZIP, RAR.

Oct 26, 2021

Reading and Writing Tools / Note-taking

• Noteship - Turn notes into knowledge (spreadsheet view, heading summaries, etc.). Works offline, everything is saved locally.

Oct 16, 2021

Developer Tools / Version Control

• GitUp - A simple & powerful Git client。

• Vershd - The free for personal use effortless Git GUI, for Windows, Mac, & Linux.

• Versions - Mac Subversion (SVN) Client.

Oct 12, 2021

Utilities / Menu Bar Tools

• Pandan - Time awareness in your menu bar.

Sep 29, 2021

Security Tools / File Sharing

• Antivirus One - Trusted Mac Security Protection: Protect your Mac from viruses, malware and adware. Block potential web threats and protect your Mac against vulnerabilities.

Utilities / File Organization Tools

• Unarchive One - Quickly decompress multiple different types of compressed files/compressed files to various scene compression formats.

Utilities / System Related Tools

• AdBlock One - Your New Favorite Free Ad Blocker for macOS and iOS: Stop seeing annoying ads in Safari. Open websites faster. Browse the web more safely.

• Cleaner One - All-in-one Disk Cleaning Manager: Clean up your Mac and optimize its performance. Run a quick scan now to verify what's taking up your storage.

Sep 20, 2021

Utilities / Productivity

• BetterTouchTool - Great, feature-packed app that allows you to configure many gestures for your Magic Mouse, Macbook Trackpad, Magic Trackpad and also Mouse Gestures for normal mice.

Sep 17, 2021

Developer Tools / Developer Utilities

• Pasteboard Viewer (⭐455) - Inspect the system pasteboards.

Utilities / Productivity

• Dropzone - Create a popup grid of customizable actions. Scriptable in Ruby & Python.

Sep 10, 2021

Utilities / Clipboard Tools

• Yippy - Clipboard manager with user-friendly UI.

Sep 03, 2021

Developer Tools / Developer Utilities

• SwiftPlantUML (⭐281) - Generate and view class diagrams from Xcode for Swift code.

Aug 27, 2021

Utilities / To-Do Lists

• Focused Work: Focus Timer - A simple, flexible Focus Timer.

Aug 20, 2021

Developer Tools / Command Line Tools

• Tabby (formerly Terminus) (⭐43k) - Free terminal tool, built with TypeScript, heavily inspired by Hyper.

Aug 18, 2021

Utilities / Menu Bar Tools

• SwiftBar (⭐2k) - Powerful macOS menu bar customization tool.

Aug 17, 2021

Developer Tools / IDEs

• Visual Studio Community for Mac - Free version. It supports classroom learning, individual developers and small companies.

Communication / Collaboration and Team Tools

• Presentify - A mac app to draw on your screen while on calls, highlight your cursor, and more.

Jul 27, 2021

Developer Tools / Databases

• redis-pro (⭐591) - Small, easy to use Redis management, written with SwiftUI, support Dark mode.

Jul 25, 2021

Utilities / General Tools

• Google Assistant (Unofficial Desktop Client) (⭐3.2k) - A cross-platform desktop client for Google Assistant based on Google Assistant SDK.

Jul 21, 2021

Utilities / Quality of Life Improvements

• Lunar - Help you adujst brightness, contrast and volumn of your external display.

Jul 19, 2021

Developer Tools / IDEs

• Nova - From the creators of Coda and Transmit, bring you a beautiful, fast, flexible, native Mac code editor from Panic.

Reading and Writing Tools / Journaling

• linked (⭐646) - Link your thoughts to days, distraction free.

Audio and Video Tools / File Sharing

• BlackHole (⭐10k) - Freemium, open-source virtual output/input audio driver for recording/routing internal audio.

Jul 14, 2021

Reading and Writing Tools / Ebooks

• Clearview - Tabbed style e-book reader for PDF, EPUB (DRM free), CHM, and MOBI.

Remote Login Software / System Related Tools

• RustDesk - Yet another remote desktop software.

Jun 23, 2021

Developer Tools / Command Line Tools

• Miller - Like awk, sed, cut, join, and sort for name-indexed data such as CSV, TSV, and tabular JSON.

Design and Product / Other Tools

• Eagle App - Simple and intuitive file manager with tag and annotaion for all your design files. Supports all major source, image, RAW, video, 3D, audio, font, and office files.

Jun 15, 2021

Developer Tools / Developer Utilities

• Responsively - A must-have devtool for web developers for quicker responsive web development.

Utilities / Productivity

• Clovery - Integrate all your favorite Google services tightly with your Mac, let you access these services quickly and work more productively.

Jun 14, 2021

Design and Product / Design Tools

• Vectornator: Design Software - The Most Intuitive and Precise Illustration Software in the Galaxy.

Utilities / Productivity

• Raycast - Raycast lets you control your tools with a few keystrokes. It’s designed to keep you focused.

Jun 13, 2021

Audio and Video Tools / File Sharing

• ffWorks - Comprehensive Media Tool for macOS. Making High Quality Video Encoding Accessible for Everyone.

May 22, 2021

Translation Tools / File Sharing

• Translatium - Translate words, phrases and images between over 100 languages with dictionary, transliteration and voice output support.

May 18, 2021

Audio and Video Tools / File Sharing

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

Utilities / Menu Bar Tools

• UTC Time - Show the time in UTC in the menu bar or a widget.

May 08, 2021

Remote Login Software / System Related Tools

• RoyalTSX - Royal TSX is an ideal tool for system engineers and other IT professionals who need remote access to system with different protocols.

Apr 26, 2021

Developer Tools / Virtualization

• Docker - Powerful, performs operating-system-level virtualization.

Apr 10, 2021

Audio and Video Tools / File Sharing

• Omniplayer - Best media player on Mac, support almost all format.

Apr 05, 2021

Utilities / To-Do Lists

• Tomato 2 - Beautiful and simple Pomodoro timer.

Mar 30, 2021

Developer Tools / Developer Utilities

• Xcodes (⭐4.6k) - Install and switch between multiple versions of Xcode.

Developer Tools / Command Line Tools

• xcodes (⭐2.4k) - A command-line tool to install and switch between multiple versions of Xcode.

Utilities / Menu Bar Tools

• Xbar - Put the output from any script or program into your macOS Menu Bar (the BitBar reboot).

Feb 21, 2021

Utilities / System Related Tools

• Apple Silicon App Test - Browser-based tool for checking Apple Silicon app compatibility before you buy an M1 Mac.

Jan 30, 2021

Developer Tools / Databases

• Another Redis Desktop Manager (⭐24k) - A faster, better and more stable redis desktop manager.

Jan 18, 2021

Utilities / Window Management

• IntelliDock - Hides the Dock, Automatically.

Dec 28, 2020

Utilities / File Organization Tools

• Fileside - A modern, tiling file manager with unlimited panes.

Dec 24, 2020

Utilities / Menu Bar Tools

• Hue in the Menu - Philips Hue light management in the menu bar with multi-room support.

Dec 08, 2020

Developer Tools / Developer Utilities

• Timelane - Visually profile your asynchronous code.

Dec 06, 2020

Developer Tools / Databases

• Beekeeper Studio - Smooth SQL editor and database manager

Nov 25, 2020

Developer Tools / Databases

• Chrome MySQL Admin (⭐137) - Powerful Chrome app to manage your MySQL.

Nov 14, 2020

Reading and Writing Tools / Note-taking

• Obsidian - Obsidian is a powerful knowledge base that works on top of a local folder of plain text Markdown files.

Nov 13, 2020

Developer Tools / IDEs

• Visual Studio Code - Microsoft's free & open-source editor, TypeScript friendly, VSCode Plugins.

Oct 14, 2020

QuickLook Plugins / System Related Tools

• quick-look-plugins (⭐17k) - List of useful Quick Look plugins for developers

Oct 13, 2020

Reading and Writing Tools / Note-taking

• Gooba - Writing app and task manager with a simple and interactive design.

Oct 09, 2020

Utilities / Quality of Life Improvements

• Shareful - Supercharge the system share menu with copy, save, and open actions.

Oct 08, 2020

Reading and Writing Tools / Note-taking

• AliYuQue - Cloud note-taking knowledge management, collaboration platform, Markdown based writing, support embedded flow chart, brain diagram, timing sequence, code rendering, Sketch board creation, personal knowledge sharing, etc. Compared to youdao cloud note and evernote similar products, which include all of its functions, support knowledge sharing and more powerful creation, collaboration and editor, it comes from alibaba ant financial.

Oct 07, 2020

Communication / Collaboration and Team Tools

• Element - Create, share communicate. Chat and call securely.

Audio and Video Tools / File Sharing

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

Sep 24, 2020

Developer Tools / Command Line Tools

• xonsh - Python-powered, cross-platform, Unix-gazing shell language and command prompt.

• xxh (⭐4.1k) - Bring your favorite shell wherever you go through the SSH.

Communication / Email Clients

• Edison Mail - A customisable, simple, and beautiful email client.

Sep 21, 2020

Reading and Writing Tools / RSS

• Feedy - An elegant and lightweight RSS client and news reader for your Mac.

Aug 26, 2020

Utilities / Productivity

• iCMD - Fuzzy menubar search and vim/easymotion emulation which works globally for every native MacOS app.

Aug 19, 2020

Utilities / Menu Bar Tools

• MeetingBar - Menu bar app for your calendar meetings

Aug 15, 2020

Utilities / Window Management

• AltTab - Open source window switcher with window previews.

Aug 12, 2020

Utilities / Clipboard Tools

• Maccy - Lightweight clipboard manager for macOS.

Jul 23, 2020

Utilities / Window Management

• Rectangle - Window management app based on Spectacle, written in Swift.

Jul 20, 2020

Developer Tools / Version Control

• Gitfox - Commit faster, improve your code quality with superior diffs - and look good doing it.

Jul 09, 2020

Developer Tools / Command Line Tools

• eureka (⭐609) - CLI tool to input and store your ideas without leaving the terminal.

Jul 03, 2020

Utilities / General Tools

• Ultra TabSaver (⭐228) - The Open Source Tab Manager for Safari

Jun 07, 2020

Utilities / Menu Bar Tools

• Jiffy - Discover and share the best GIFs on GIPHY.

May 14, 2020

Encryption / File Sharing

• Deadbolt (⭐281) - The easiest file encryption tool you'll ever use. macOS-compatible, and open-source so you can trust it.

May 05, 2020

Browsers / File Sharing

• Brave - Web browser with an emphasis on privacy and speed.

Apr 05, 2020

Design and Product / Other Tools

• ExifCleaner - Remove exif metadata from images and videos with drag and drop.

Utilities / Productivity

• Pomodoro Cycle (⭐64) - Pomodoro tracker

Mar 10, 2020

Translation Tools / File Sharing

• Mate Translate - Translate in Safari and any app on macOS between 103 languages.

Utilities / General Tools

• Plash - Make any website your desktop wallpaper.

Mar 04, 2020

Proxy and VPN Tools / File Sharing

• tigerVPN - VPN Client for Mac.

Utilities / To-Do Lists

• Todoist - Cross-platform todo list app.

Feb 22, 2020

Developer Tools / Developer Utilities

• iHosts - The only /etc/hosts editor on Mac App Store.

Developer Tools / Databases

• Apache Directory Studio - LDAP browser and Active Directory client.

Feb 13, 2020

Utilities / Menu Bar Tools

• Dato - A better menu bar clock with calendar, events, and time zones.

Feb 07, 2020

Reading and Writing Tools / Note-taking

• Dnote - A simple command line notebook with multi-device sync and a web interface.

Feb 03, 2020

Communication / Collaboration and Team Tools

• Krisp - An AI-powered noise cancelling app that mutes background noise during calls.

Jan 29, 2020

Design and Product / Other Tools

• Iconset - Free, cross-platform and fast SVG icon organizer and manager for Mac and Windows.

Jan 25, 2020

Communication / Collaboration and Team Tools

• Shift - De-clutter your desktop workspace and streamline your accounts, apps, and workflows.

• Stack - Open, organize and use multiple web apps on a single screen. Stack your apps by categories or projects.

Utilities / Quality of Life Improvements

• One Switch - Mac menu bar app that adds various switches to the Mac's menu bar.

Utilities / System Related Tools

• Sensei - Sensei is a multi-tool for Mac performance, with features spanning across both hardware and software.

Jan 17, 2020

Reading and Writing Tools / Markdown Tools

• LightPaper - Simple, beautiful, yet powerful text editor for your Mac.

Reading and Writing Tools / Ebooks

• Kindle App - Amazon official reading app of kindle.

Developer Tools / Developer Utilities

• Kaleidoscope - Powerful compare tool for text, images and folders. Works perfectly with git, svn or other version control tools.

• Loca Studio - Analyze, review, and edit app translations. Supports Xcode Localization Catalog (xcloc) and XLIFF 1.2 file formats.

Developer Tools / Databases

• DBeaver - Universal SQL Client.

Design and Product / Prototyping and Mind-Mapping Tools

• MindNode - Mind-mapping software with an emphasis on simplicity and ease-of-use.

Design and Product / Screencapturing Software

• CleanShot - Discover a superior way to capture your Mac's screen.

Audio and Video Tools / File Sharing

• Natron - Open-source compositing software. Node-graph based. Similar in functionality to Adobe After Effects and Nuke by The Foundry.

Utilities / Productivity

• Mos - Simple tool can offer the smooth scrolling and reverse the mouse scrolling direction on your Mac.

Dec 20, 2019

Utilities / Menu Bar Tools

• Hidden (⭐7.7k) - A ultra-light MacOS utility that helps hide menu bar icons.

Nov 30, 2019

Developer Tools / Developer Utilities

• MacSystemColors (⭐30) - Mac app that shows all system colors in light and dark mode for Cocoa developers.

Nov 22, 2019

Developer Tools / Virtualization

• VMware Fusion - Powerful, commercial VM developed by VMware.

Nov 18, 2019

Developer Tools / Databases

• neo4j - The leading graph database!

Utilities / Menu Bar Tools

• Eye Timer - Take Breaks to prevent Eye Strain timer for Mac.

Utilities / Productivity

• HapticKey (⭐1.6k) - A simple utility application for MacBook with Touch Bar that triggers a haptic feedback when tapping Touch Bar.

Nov 14, 2019

Design and Product / Other Tools

• PicGo (⭐19k) - Support for common cdn image hosting tool.

• uPic (⭐3k) - macOS native app, powerful terse image hosting client.

Nov 04, 2019

Developer Tools / Developer Utilities

• canSnippet - Powerful snippet management tool that works across the whole operating system, always accessible via simple keyboard shortcut.

Audio and Video Tools / File Sharing

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

Nov 01, 2019

Utilities / Menu Bar Tools

• Anvil - Anvil is a beautiful menubar app for managing local websites. Serve up static sites and Rack apps with simple URLs and zero configuration.

Oct 29, 2019

Utilities / Productivity

• 1440 Minutes Left Today - Keep a track of how many minutes you have left until the day is over, right in your menu bar.

Oct 27, 2019

Audio and Video Tools / File Sharing

• DaVinci Resolve - Free, cross-platform video editing, color grading, video effects and audio editing software.

Download Management Tools / File Sharing

• Deluge - Deluge is a lightweight, Free Software, cross-platform BitTorrent client.

Utilities / Productivity

• Hungrymark - Useful app to bookmark your files, folders, and webs, quick access your bookmarks through menu bar

Oct 25, 2019

Utilities / Window Management

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

Oct 24, 2019

Communication / Collaboration and Team Tools

• Slack - Awesome tool for team collaboration and communication.

Oct 23, 2019

Utilities / Productivity

• Lazy - Keyboard-driven commands to manage your surroundings directly from your mac.

Oct 20, 2019

Reading and Writing Tools / Journaling

• Journey - Journaling app with many features and with apps for every platform available.

Reading and Writing Tools / Others

• bindPDF (⭐81) - Combine multiple PDF files into a single PDF file using a friendly UI.

Design and Product / Screencapturing Software

• Kyapchar (⭐58) - Simple screen and microphone audio recorder for Mac.

Design and Product / Other Tools

• Nucleo - Icon manager. Import, export, customize and convert icon libraries.

Utilities / To-Do Lists

• Microsoft To-Do - Microsoft's successor to Wunderlist.

Oct 13, 2019

Utilities / Window Management

• yabai (⭐14k) - Tiling window manager for macOS. A rewrite of chunkwm, it provides a more seamless integration with the operating system.

Oct 12, 2019

Reading and Writing Tools / Markdown Tools

• MWeb - Pro Markdown writing, and static blog generator App.

Reading and Writing Tools / Journaling

• Day One - Excellent journaling app using text, photos, video, audio, location data, and more.

Oct 11, 2019

Utilities / System Related Tools

• Background Music (⭐13k) - Automatically pause your music, set individual apps' volumes and record system audio.

Oct 07, 2019

Design and Product / Design Tools

• MakeHuman - Powerful and free 3D human modeler.

Oct 05, 2019

Design and Product / Design Tools

• Pencil2D - A easy, intuitive tool to make 2D hand-drawn animations.

Oct 01, 2019

Developer Tools / IDEs

• Spyder - Powerful scientific environment written in Python, for Python.

Utilities / General Tools

• Lungo - Prevent your Mac from going to sleep.

Sep 30, 2019

Reading and Writing Tools / Office

• WPS - Is a cross-platform office software suite.

Developer Tools / Developer Utilities

• Conduktor - Kafka desktop client.

Developer Tools / Command Line Tools

• Go2Shell - Go2Shell opens a terminal window to the current directory in Finder.

Utilities / Clipboard Tools

• Paste - Smart clipboard history & snippets manager.

Utilities / Password Management

• SafeInCloud - Cross Platform password management, low cost app!

Sep 10, 2019

Developer Tools / Command Line Tools

• Magic Wormhole - Get Things From One Computer To Another, Safely.

Design and Product / Prototyping and Mind-Mapping Tools

• Simple Diagrams - A desktop app for creating hand-drawn-like, fast, clear sketches of problems, processes, workflows, ideas and more!

Aug 29, 2019

Developer Tools / Command Line Tools

• nushell (⭐23k) - nushell is a modern, GitHub-era shell written in Rust.

Aug 28, 2019

Reading and Writing Tools / RSS

• NetNewsWire - It’s a free and open source feed reader for macOS.

Aug 27, 2019

Developer Tools / API Development and Analysis

• Paw - Advanced HTTP client.

Aug 17, 2019

Developer Tools / Developer Utilities

• Nib Unlocker - .nib to .xib converter

Aug 10, 2019

Reading and Writing Tools / Note-taking

• FSNotes - File System Notes is a modern notes manager, native on macOS and iOS.

Aug 08, 2019

Developer Tools / Developer Utilities

• Bidbar - Manage bash commands from the menu bar and run them with keyboard shortcuts.

Jul 27, 2019

Developer Tools / Command Line Tools

• kitty (⭐18k) - A cross-platform, fast, feature full, GPU based terminal emulator.

Design and Product / Design Tools

• Monodraw - Powerful ASCII art editor designed for the Mac.

Utilities / Menu Bar Tools

• Dozer (⭐6.8k) - Hide MacOS menubar items.

Jul 25, 2019

Utilities / File Organization Tools

• eZip - An easy to use, feature-rich archiver for macOS. Supports popular formats such as RAR, ZIP, 7Z, BZ2, GZ etc. Works great with Mojave dark-mode and QuickLook.

Utilities / Finder Tools

• QSpace - A clean and efficient Multi-view File Manager.

Jul 19, 2019

Design and Product / Design Tools

• Amadine - A vector drawing app that has everything a graphic designer needs wrapped in an uncluttered and intuitive interface.

Jul 18, 2019

Developer Tools / Command Line Tools

• tmuxinator (⭐12k) - Manage complex tmux sessions easily.

Jul 17, 2019

Developer Tools / Developer Utilities

• SYM (⭐524) - GUI Application to symbolicate iOS crash log.

Jun 23, 2019

Developer Tools / Databases

• Mingo - Easy to use MongoDB GUI with mind-blowing features.

Jun 21, 2019

Developer Tools / Databases

• Azure Data Studio - Cross-platform database tool for using on Microsoft family on-premises and cloud data platforms such as MSSQL Server

Jun 15, 2019

Reading and Writing Tools / Note-taking

• Notable (⭐21k) - The markdown-based note-taking app that doesn't suck.

May 29, 2019

Developer Tools / Command Line Tools

• dark-mode (⭐630) - Control dark mode from the command-line.

• Taskbook (⭐8.6k) - Tasks, boards & notes for the command-line habitat.

Design and Product / Other Tools

• HEIC Converter - Convert HEIC images to JPEG or PNG.

May 28, 2019

Communication / Collaboration and Team Tools

• Keybase - Secure groups, files, and chat for everyone!

Audio and Video Tools / File Sharing

• Stremio - Movies, TV shows, series, live television or web channels like YouTube and Twitch.tv - you can find all this on Stremio.

Utilities / General Tools

• Manta - Flexible invoicing desktop app with beautiful & customizable templates.

May 26, 2019

Developer Tools / Developer Utilities

• Touch Bar Simulator (⭐1.8k) - Use the Touch Bar on any Mac.

Communication / Collaboration and Team Tools

• Caprine (⭐6.6k) - Third-party privacy-focused Facebook Messenger app.

Audio and Video Tools / File Sharing

• Gifski (⭐6.5k) - Convert videos to high-quality GIFs.

Utilities / Productivity

• Time Out - Easy break reminders, with micro-break and flexible customization if you want it.

May 17, 2019

Utilities / Clipboard Tools

• Flycut (⭐2.2k) - Clean and simple clipboard manager for developers.

May 08, 2019

Developer Tools / Command Line Tools

• job (⭐123) - JOB, make your short-term command as a long-term job.

May 07, 2019

Reading and Writing Tools / Markdown Tools

• Marp - Markdown presentation writer with cross-platform support.

May 05, 2019

Developer Tools / Command Line Tools

• alacritty (⭐44k) - A cross-platform, GPU-accelerated terminal emulator.

May 03, 2019

Data Recovery Tools / File Sharing

• SuperDuper! - Painless fully bootable disk backups.

Apr 05, 2019

Developer Tools / Network Analysis

• Proxyman - Modern and intuitive HTTP debugging proxy for macOS.

Mar 30, 2019

Download Management Tools / File Sharing

• Motrix - Motrix is a full-featured download manager that supports downloading HTTP, FTP, BitTorrent, Magnet, Baidu Net Disk, etc.

Mar 25, 2019

Developer Tools / Databases

• FastoNoSQL - Cross-platform GUI client for Redis, Memcached, SSDB, LevelDB, RocksDB, UnQLite, LMDB, ForestDB, Pika and Dynomite key-value databases.

• FastoRedis - Cross-platform professional GUI management tool for Redis.

Mar 21, 2019

Developer Tools / Developer Utilities

• Site Sucker - SiteSucker is a Macintosh application that automatically downloads websites from the Internet.

Mar 08, 2019

Proxy and VPN Tools / File Sharing

• ClashX (⭐22k) - A rule based proxy For Mac base on Clash.

Mar 07, 2019

Utilities / Productivity

• Trello - A collaboration tool that organizes your projects into Kanban boards.

Feb 26, 2019

Browsers / File Sharing

• Vivaldi - The browser that puts you in control.

Feb 23, 2019

Developer Tools / Command Line Tools

• VisiData - Terminal spreadsheet multitool for discovering and arranging data.

Feb 20, 2019

Utilities / To-Do Lists

• TickTick - Simple and effective to-do list and task manager that helps you organize all aspects of life.

Feb 18, 2019

Social Networking / System Related Tools

• Flume - A beautiful Instagram experience for your Mac. The free version is good enough if you only want to do the browsing instead of posting.

Feb 17, 2019

Reading and Writing Tools / Others

• Tad - Application for viewing and analyzing tabular data such as CSV files.

Utilities / Menu Bar Tools

• Streaker (⭐163) - GitHub contribution streak tracking menubar app.

Feb 16, 2019

Developer Tools / Command Line Tools

• TextQL (⭐8.9k) - Execute SQL against structured text like CSV or TSV.

Feb 13, 2019

Communication / Collaboration and Team Tools

• Discord - All-in-one voice and text chat for gamers that's free, secure, and works on both your desktop and phone.

Feb 10, 2019

Reading and Writing Tools / Text Editors

• Bootstrap Studio - A powerful desktop app for creating responsive websites using the Bootstrap framework.

Reading and Writing Tools / Markdown Tools

• MarkText (⭐38k) - Next generation markdown editor, running on platforms of MacOS Windows and Linux.

Reading and Writing Tools / Others

• Chmox - Read CHM documents on your Mac.

• PDF Reader Pro - You Can view, create, sign, convert and compress any PDF documents.

• SkyFonts - The simplest way to try, install, and manage fonts.

Developer Tools / Developer Utilities

• Woodpecker - View iOS app's Sandbox files, UserDefaults, Keychain items on a Mac.

Developer Tools / Regular Expression Editors

• RegExRX - Development tool for regular expressions.

Developer Tools / Network Analysis

• Little Snitch - Network monitor with a world map for visualizing network connections.

Developer Tools / Command Line Tools

• cool-retro-term (⭐18k) - Good looking terminal emulator which mimics the old cathode display.

• fselect (⭐3.4k) - Find files with SQL-like queries.

• m-cli (⭐9.2k) - Swiss Army Knife for macOS.

• pgcli - Pgcli is a command line interface for Postgres with auto-completion and syntax highlighting.

Developer Tools / Frameworks For Hybrid Applications

• react-desktop - React UI Components for macOS Sierra.

Developer Tools / Version Control

• SourceTree - Free Git & Mercurial client for Windows or Mac.

Developer Tools / Databases

• MongoDB - MongoDB is a document database with the scalability and flexibility that you want with the querying and indexing that you need.

• PSequel - PostgreSQL GUI tool for Mac OS X.

• SQLight - SQLite database manager tool.

• SQLPro Studio - Simple, powerful database manager for macOS.

• TablePlus - Supports: PostgreSQL, MySQL, RedShift, MariaDB... High-end security ensured.

Design and Product / Design Tools

• Alchemy - Experimental, open-source drawing application with an emphasis on creating conceptual art.

• Art Text 3 - This is graphic design software specifically tuned for lettering, typography, text mockups and various artistic text effects.

• Figma - The collaborative interface design tool, for vector graphics and UI prototyping.

• FontForge - Free, open-source font editor.

• GIMP - The GNU Image Manipulation Program.

• Krita - Open-source digital painting software for concept artists, digital painters, and illustrators.

• macSVG - Designing HTML5 SVG art and animation.

• MagicaVoxel - Free, lightweight 8-bit voxel editor and interactive path tracing renderer.

• Pixelmator - Full-featured image editor for Mac.

• Sculptris - 3D sculpting software.

• Sketch - Professional digital design for mac.
  • Sketch Cache Cleaner - Deletes hidden Sketch history files that can take a lot of space on your hard drive and that you would probably never use.
  • Measure Plugin - Make it a fun to create spec for developers and teammates.
  • Sketch Toolbox Plugin Manager - Simple plugin manager for Sketch.
  • User Flows Plugin - Generating flow diagrams from Artboards.

• SketchBook - Drawing software for concept design, comic art, and digital sketching.

• Tayasui Sketches - Professional drawing software.

• Vectr - Free graphics editor used to create vector graphics easily and intuitively.

Design and Product / Prototyping and Mind-Mapping Tools

• ProtoPie - Create the most advanced prototypes as easy as Pie.

Design and Product / Other Tools

• Assetizr - Resizing images and optimising them for web and mobile applications.

• IconKit - App icon generator.

• iPic - Easily upload images with Markdown supported.

• Preset Brewery - Tool to convert Lightroom presets to Adobe Camera Raw.

• svgus - Organize, clean and transform your SVGs.

Communication / Collaboration and Team Tools

• Muzzle - A simple mac app to silence embarrassing notifications while screensharing.

Download Management Tools / File Sharing

• Free Download Manager - Powerful, modern download accelerator and organizer for Windows and Mac. (FREE)

Input Methods / File Sharing

• Kawa (⭐1.2k) - Better input source switcher for OS X.

Security Tools / File Sharing

• stronghold (⭐979) - Easily configure MacOS security settings from the terminal.

Proxy and VPN Tools / File Sharing

• ShadowsocksX-NG (⭐31k) - Next generation of ShadowsocksX.

• ShadowsocksX - Secure socks5 proxy, designed to protect your internet traffic.

• Shimo - VPN Client for Mac.

• SpechtLite (⭐3k) - Rule-based proxy app for macOS.

• Tunnelbear - Really simple VPN to browse the web privately & securely. Unblock websites around the world with applications for Mac, PC, iOS, Android & Chrome.

• Tunnelblick - Free, open-source graphic user interface for OpenVPN on OS X.

Utilities / Productivity

• Qbserve - Time tracking automation: freelance project tracking, timesheets, invoicing & real-time productivity feedback.

• RescueTime - Personal analytics service that shows you how you spend your time and provides tools to help you be more productive.

• skhd (⭐3.6k) - Simple hotkey daemon for macOS.

• 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.

Utilities / Window Management

• Amethyst - Tiling window manager.

• contexts - Provides more power than the native Mac Dock. Especially when you have multiple screens, it can help you switch more quickly.

• Magnet - Window manager that keeps your workspace organized.

• Moom - Allows you to easily move and zoom windows, or to another display—using either the mouse or the keyboard.

• ShiftIt (⭐5.5k) - Managing window size and position in OSX.

• Slate (⭐7.8k) - Window management application similar to Divvy and SizeUp (except better and free!). (Needs config file)

Utilities / System Related Tools

• Gray (⭐1.2k) - Pick between the light appearance and the dark appearance on a per-app basis with the click of a button.

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

Third Party App Markets / Package Managers

• Homebrew - The missing package manager for macOS.

Genuine Sites / Package Managers

• Slant - I personally recommend this. This is a platform where you can compare apps side-by-side, you might get an idea by seeing other users recommendations. Please contribute if you find an application from this list!

• MacUpdate：https://www.macupdate.com/

• Other sites like MacStories, LifeHacker, ProductHunt are great resources.

Feb 04, 2019

Audio and Video Tools / File Sharing

• Adapter - Free audio, video and image conversion software.

• Audacity - Free, open-source, cross-platform audio software for multi-track recording and editing.

• Carol (⭐61) - A minimal and beautiful lyrics app for macOS.

• Hydrogen - Professional yet simple and intuitive pattern-based drum programming for GNU/Linux.

• IINA - The modern video player for macOS. Based on mpv, the powerful media player project.

• Kodi - Award-winning free and open-source (GPL) software media center for playing videos, music, pictures, games, and more.

• LosslessCut (⭐15k) - Cross platform tool for quick and lossless video and audio trimming using ffmpeg.

• LyricsX (⭐3.9k) - Lyrics for iTunes, Spotify and Vox.

• Metadatics - Advanced Audio Metadata Editor.

• Mixxx - The most advanced free DJ software.

• Movie Catcher - Movie movie and online viewing offline download software, with Baidu cloud to make offline download and online playback.

• mpv - Free, open-source, and cross-platform media player.

• MuseScore - Free, open-source music notation software.

• Perian - (No longer under active development) Let QuickTime play all the common formats of free plug-ins.

• Soda Player - Player that can play seed, magnetic links, online video, automatic captions, links and local video files.

• Sonora (⭐933) - Minimal, beautifully designed music player.

• Stringed 2 - Music practice software designed to help users learn how to play their favorite songs.

• Synfig Studio - Synfig Studio is free, open-source 2D animation software.

• VLC - Free, open-source, cross-platform multimedia player as well as framework that plays most multimedia files, DVDs, Audio CDs, VCDs and various streaming protocols.

• VOX Player - High-definition audio player for Mac and iPhone. Music just sounds better!

• XLD - Tool to decode, convert and play various 'lossless' audio files.

Feb 03, 2019

Gaming Software / System Related Tools

• PPSSPP - A awesome PSP emulator for any OS you can dream of!

Jan 31, 2019

Design and Product / Other Tools

• AppIconBuilder - Export icons for multi-platform

Utilities / System Related Tools

• Overkill (⭐464) - Stop iTunes from opening when you connect your iPhone.

Jan 25, 2019

Proxy and VPN Tools / File Sharing

• Windscribe - Gives 10gb per month free on the spot and gives limited(on free) location control. Connection also takes very less time.

Jan 23, 2019

Download Management Tools / File Sharing

• youtube-dl (⭐117k) - Command-line program to download videos from YouTube.com and other video sites

Jan 18, 2019

Utilities / System Related Tools

• Noti - Receive Android notifications on your Mac (with Pushbullet).

Jan 17, 2019

Developer Tools / Developer Utilities

• Visual Paradigm - All-in-one UML, SysML, BPMN Modeling Platform for Agile, EA TOGAF ADM Process Management.

Jan 12, 2019

Developer Tools / Version Control

• Git Cola - Powerful, Fast, Lightweight and Friendly Git GUI. For those caffeine adicting users.

• GitFinder - Fast and lightweight Git client for Mac with Finder integration.

Jan 05, 2019

Utilities / Password Management

• Buttercup - The Password Manager You Deserve

Dec 15, 2018

Developer Tools / Command Line Tools

• spaceship (⭐18k) - A Zsh prompt for Astronauts.

Dec 06, 2018

Developer Tools / Developer Utilities

• SCM Breeze (⭐2.6k) - Set of shell scripts (for bash and zsh) that enhance your interaction with git.

Nov 29, 2018

Proxy and VPN Tools / File Sharing

• V2rayU (⭐15k) - Macos client based on v2ray.

Nov 26, 2018

Utilities / Password Management

• Bitwarden - Open source password management tool for Mac OS, iOS and browsers.

Utilities / Quality of Life Improvements

• NightOwl - Automatically switch between macOS Mojave's light and dark themes by time of day or with a menu bar or keyboard shortcut.

Nov 19, 2018

Reading and Writing Tools / Note-taking

• MarginNote - In-depth PDF and EPUB reading, learning, managing and note taking app.

Nov 15, 2018

Utilities / Menu Bar Tools

• Bartender - Organize or hide menu bar icons on your Mac.

Oct 27, 2018

Utilities / Productivity

• Z (⭐15k) - Powerful way to navigate easily by typing only a string of directory name in terminal instead of typing exact location of director.

Oct 19, 2018

Developer Tools / Developer Utilities

• Cacher - Cloud-based, team-enabled code snippet manager with Gist sync, VSCode/Atom/Sublime packages and Mac/Windows/Linux/Web clients.

Utilities / To-Do Lists

• Nozbe - Powerful GTD app for individuals and teams, with support for every Apple device (Mac, iPhone, iPad, Watch).

Utilities / Window Management

• Total Spaces - Provides window management much like ubuntu. Creates hotkeys for workspaces which allows you to easily move around.

Oct 12, 2018

Developer Tools / Command Line Tools

• trash (⭐2.4k) - Move files and directories to the trash.

Oct 09, 2018

Developer Tools / Command Line Tools

• bat (⭐39k) - A cat(1) clone with syntax highlighting and Git integration.

• silver searcher (ag) (⭐25k) - A code searching tool similar to ack, with a focus on speed.

Oct 05, 2018

Utilities / System Related Tools

• coconutBattery - Shows live information about the battery in your Mac. Includes: manufacture date, capacity, cycle count, battery status, temperature, discharging power.

Oct 02, 2018

Design and Product / Design Tools

• Nik Collection - Nik Collection by DxO.

Design and Product / Screencapturing Software

• CloudApp - Work at the speed of sight.

Cloud Storage / File Sharing

• Arq - Cloud storage backup client that supports AWS, GCP, DropBox, and more.

• Carbonite - Carbonite can protect your Mac from all of the most common forms of data loss.

Third Party App Markets / System Related Tools

• Setapp - The best apps for Mac in one suite.

Sep 26, 2018

Reading and Writing Tools / Note-taking

• Agenda - Date-focused note taking app for both planning and documenting your projects.

Developer Tools / Developer Utilities

• Hex Fiend - Fast and clever open source hex editor.

Developer Tools / Version Control

• Sublime Merge - Git client, from the makers of Sublime Text.

Aug 21, 2018

Utilities / Password Management

• Authy - Two-factor authentication token manager that backs up and syncs across your devices.

• Enpass - Cross-platform password management tool with cloud integration.

Aug 20, 2018

Developer Tools / Command Line Tools

• Zsh - Zsh is a shell designed for interactive use, although it is also a powerful scripting language.

Aug 17, 2018

Reading and Writing Tools / Markdown Tools

• Marked 2 - This is the Markdown preview with an elegant and powerful set of tools for all writers.

Aug 09, 2018

Reading and Writing Tools / Text Editors

• Emacs - A popular text editor used mainly on Unix-based systems by programmers, scientists, engineers, students, and system administrators.

Third Party App Markets / Package Managers

• Cakebrew - GUI client for Homebrew. Install, check or remove apps, no command-line needed.

Aug 05, 2018

Developer Tools / Virtualization

• Vagrant - Tool for building and distributing development environments.

Aug 04, 2018

Reading and Writing Tools / Text Editors

• Sublime Text - Sophisticated text editor for code, markup and prose. You'll love the slick user interface, extraordinary features and amazing performance, Sublime Text Plugins.

• Vim - Highly configurable text editor built to make creating and changing any kind of text very efficient, Vim Plugins.

Developer Tools / IDEs

• Android Studio - The official IDE for Android, based on Intellij IDEA.

• Xamarin Studio - Free cross platform C# IDE. Xamarin Studio supports iOS, Android and .Net development

Browsers / File Sharing

• Safari - Native browser for Macs.

Utilities / Productivity

• Alfred - Award-winning app which boosts efficiency with hotkeys, keywords, text expansion and more. Search your Mac and the web, and be more productive with custom actions to control your Mac.

Jul 27, 2018

Utilities / General Tools

• Mac Cache Cleaner (⭐206) - Cache cleaner for Mac

Jul 23, 2018

Developer Tools / IDEs

• Haskell for Mac - A Modern Development Environment for Haskell.

Jul 17, 2018

Download Management Tools / File Sharing

• Shuttle - Easy Download Manager for any links.

Jul 16, 2018

Reading and Writing Tools / Text Editors

• Brackets - A modern, open source text editor that understands web design.

Developer Tools / IDEs

• Deco IDE - The best IDE for building React Native apps.

• JetBrains Toolbox App - Manage installed JetBrains tools, download new ones and open recent projects.
  • AppCode - Smart IDE for iOS/macOS development
  • CLion - Powerful C and C++ IDE. (Free for Students)
  • DataGrip - Cross-Plaform IDE for Databases and SQL. FREE for Students, check here for more info.
  • DataSpell - The IDE for Professional Data Scientists
  • GoLand - Provides ergonomic environment for Go development.
  • IntelliJ IDEA - Powerful IDE for JVM languages. (Free for Students)
  • PHPStorm - The Lightning-Smart PHP IDE.
  • PyCharm - Powerful Python IDE, which has professional version and community version.
  • Rider - Cross-Platform C# IDE. It is an alternative to Visual Studio by Microsoft with the additional benefit of getting Resharper features that are not available on Visual Studio for Mac.
  • WebStorm - The smartest JavaScript IDE by JetBrains. FREE for Students, check here for more info.

Developer Tools / Frameworks For Hybrid Applications

• Qt - Cross-platform application framework.

Jul 10, 2018

Utilities / Menu Bar Tools

• iGlance (⭐2.3k) - macOS System Monitor for the Status Bar.

Jul 06, 2018

Reading and Writing Tools / Office

• LibreOffice - LibreOffice is free and open-source software office software. Software is tested and used daily by a large and devoted user community.

Jun 30, 2018

Podcasts / Package Managers

• Mac Power Users - Learn about getting the most from your Apple technology with focused topics and workflow guests.

Jun 28, 2018

Utilities / Password Management

• Dashlane - Cloud-based password manager with award-winning design.

Jun 24, 2018

Developer Tools / Databases

• Navicat Data Modeler - Powerful and cost-effective database design tool which helps you build high-quality conceptual, logical and physical data models.

Design and Product / Design Tools

• Inkscape - Professional vector graphics editor.

Design and Product / Screencapturing Software

• Monosnap - Make screenshots. Draw on it. Shoot video and share your files. It's fast, easy and free.

• Snipaste - Simple but powerful snipping tool.

• Teampaper Snap - Let your screenshots speak up.

• Xnip - Handy Screenshot App.

Design and Product / Other Tools

• JPEGmini - Reduce image size by up to 80%, without compromising quality.

Input Methods / File Sharing

• Type2Phone - Use Your Mac as Keyboard for iPhone, iPad & Apple TV.

Browsers / File Sharing

• Chrome - Chrome, developed by Google

Utilities / Quality of Life Improvements

• Snap - Launch an app in a snap. Ridiculously easy shortcut management.

Jun 21, 2018

Utilities / General Tools

• SlowQuitApps (⭐1.1k) - An OS X app that adds a global delay of 1 second to the Cmd-Q shortcut.

Jun 18, 2018

Developer Tools / Developer Utilities

• Dash - Awesome API documentation browser and code snippet manager.

Utilities / Clipboard Tools

• Clipy - Clipy is a Clipboard extension app for macOS. Based on ClipMenu.

Jun 17, 2018

Reading and Writing Tools / Markdown Tools

• MacDown - Open-source Markdown editor for OS X.

Reading and Writing Tools / Note-taking

• Boostnote - Note-taking app made for programmers.

• Evernote - Infamous note-taking app, available on many platforms.

• OneNote - Note-taking app by Microsoft.

• Quiver - The Programmer's Notebook, lets you easily mix text, code, Markdown and LaTeX within one note, edit code with an awesome code editor and live preview Markdown and LaTeX.

Reading and Writing Tools / RSS

• Leaf - Amazing news reader dedicated to help you enjoy your daily news and easily manage your subscriptions.

Reading and Writing Tools / Others

• CHM Reader - Read Compiled HTML (.chm) documents on your Mac.

Developer Tools / IDEs

• Eclipse - Popular open-source IDE, mainly for Java but with plugin support for a wide array of languages and platforms.

• Xcode - Essential IDE for iOS/macOS development.

Developer Tools / Developer Utilities

• Gas Mask (⭐3.5k) - Simple hosts file manager for Mac OS X.

• Solarized - Clean and beautiful color theme. Works well with iTerm, JetBrains products, Vim etc.

• zeplin - Collaboration tool for work between designers and developers.

Developer Tools / Regular Expression Editors

• Patterns - Regular expression editor.

Developer Tools / API Development and Analysis

• Postman - Powerful GUI platform to make your API development faster & easier, from building API requests through testing, documentation and sharing.

Developer Tools / Command Line Tools

• hyper - A terminal built on web technologies.

• iTerm2 - iTerm2 is an amazing terminal emulator for OS X.

• mycli (⭐11k) - CLI for MySQL that can do auto-completion and syntax highlighting.

• Rebound (⭐4k) - Instantly browse Stack Overflow results in your terminal when you get a compiler error.

Developer Tools / Frameworks For Hybrid Applications

• Electron - Build cross platform desktop application with JavaScript, HTML and CSS.

• nw.js - Build desktop application with HTML and JavaScript. It lets you call all Node.js modules directly from DOM and enables a new way of writing applications with all Web technologies.

• React Native for Ubuntu (⭐956) - Build Ubuntu desktop apps using React Native.

• React Native macOS (⭐11k) - Build OS X desktop apps using React Native and Cocoa.

Developer Tools / Version Control

• GitHub Desktop - The official GitHub GUI.

• GitKraken - The most popular Git GUI for Windows, Mac and Linux.

Developer Tools / Virtualization

• Parallels - Powerful, easy-to-use VM. No free upgrade for each new Mac OS.

• Veertu - The lightest VM on Mac. Responsive, sandboxed & native way to run VM on your Mac.

• Virtual Box - Powerful x86 and AMD64/Intel64 virtualization product.

Developer Tools / Databases

• Postico - Modern PostgreSQL client for Mac.

• RedisClient (⭐137) - Redis client application on mac, windows and linux.

• Sequel Pro - MySQL database management for Mac OS X.

Design and Product / Design Tools

• inklet - Turn your Mac trackpad into drawing board.

Design and Product / Prototyping and Mind-Mapping Tools

• Axure RP 8 - Prototypes, specifications and diagrams in one tool.

• Flinto - Quickly create interactive prototypes of mobile, desktop, or web apps.

• Framer - Tool for interactive prototyping.

• Justinmind - Prototyping platform for web and mobile apps.

• Kite - Powerful animation and prototyping application for Mac & iOS.

• Scapple - Practical mind-mapping software with free whiteboard-like layout.

• XMind - The most popular mind-mapping tool on the planet.

Design and Product / Screencapturing Software

• Kap - Open-source screen-recorder built with web technology.

• Licecap - Record your screen and export to GIF. You can change the recording area anytime during recording.

• Lightshot - The fastest way to take a customizable screenshot.

• Skitch - Screen capture application with a powerful annotation capabilities.

• Snip - Application for sharing captured images on QQ Mail.

Cloud Storage / File Sharing

• Dropbox - File hosting service that offers cloud storage and file synchronization with collaborative edit features.

Design and Product / Other Tools

• Iconjar - Icon management tool to organize or search your icons.

• Mark Man - Measure & Spec Fast.

• RightFont - Preview, sync, install and manage fonts on Mac, Dropbox or Google Drive.

• Sip - The best way to collect, organize & share your colors.

• Snagit - Simple, Powerful Screen Capture Software and Screen Recorder.

Communication / Collaboration and Team Tools

• Franz - Electron based, multi-protocol wrapper for web-based chat. One application, 23 messenger services.

Communication / Email Clients

• Foxmail - Fast email client.

Proxy and VPN Tools / File Sharing

• Lantern - Free application that delivers fast, reliable and secure access to the open internet.

Utilities / To-Do Lists

• Fantastical - The calendar app you won't be able to live without.

• OmniFocus - Nice GTD app, made by OmniGroups.

• Things - Delightful and easy to use task manager. (Award-winning App)

Utilities / Productivity

• Hammerspoon - Tool for powerful OSX automation with the Lua scripting engine.

• Karabiner - Powerful and stable keyboard customizer for OS X.

Utilities / Password Management

• 1Password - Cross-platform password management tool.

Utilities / Quality of Life Improvements

• CheatSheet - Hold the ⌘-Key to get a list of all active shortcuts of the current application. It's as simple as that.

Utilities / System Related Tools

• AppCleaner - Small application which allows you to thoroughly uninstall unwanted apps.

• Cleaner for Xcode (⭐1.5k) - Helps make your Xcode faster by removing unwanted and deprecated files.

• gfxCardStatus - Unobtrusive menu bar app for OS X that allows MacBook Pro users to see which apps are affecting their battery life by using the more power-hungry graphics.

• iStat Menus - Advanced Mac system monitor on the menubar.

• Monity - System monitoring widget for OS X.

• OmniDiskSweeper - Shows you the files on your drive, ordered by size. It can be used to find and remove unused files.

• TG Pro - Temperature monitoring, fan control & hardware diagnostics to help keep your Mac cool and healthy.

Gaming Software / System Related Tools

• OpenEmu - A great video game console emulator, supports many different emulators in a single application. (e.g. Sony PSP, GameBoy, NDS and so on)

Remote Login Software / System Related Tools

• TeamViewer - Proprietary computer software package for remote control, desktop sharing, online meetings, web conferencing and file transfer between computers.

Third Party App Markets / Package Managers

• MacUpdate Desktop - Simplifies finding, buying and installing apps for your Mac.

Jun 15, 2018

Utilities / System Related Tools

• Amphetamine - Override your energy saver settings and keep your Mac awake.

Jun 14, 2018

Developer Tools / Command Line Tools

• httpie - Modern command line HTTP client – user-friendly curl alternative with intuitive UI, JSON support, syntax highlighting, wget-like downloads, extensions, etc.

Translation Tools / File Sharing

• Ludwig - Linguistic search engine that helps you to write better in English.

Utilities / Clipboard Tools

• PasteBot - Powerful clipboard manager.

Utilities / Productivity

• Choosy - UI, URL API and a browser extension set for managing rules where and how to open links.

Apr 16, 2018

Utilities / Quality of Life Improvements

• Shifty - A macOS menu bar app that gives you more control over Night Shift.

Apr 15, 2018

Developer Tools / Command Line Tools

• tmux (⭐28k) - "Terminal multiplexer", it enables a number of terminals (or windows) to be accessed and controlled from a single terminal. tmux is intended to be a simple, modern, BSD-licensed alternative to programs such as GNU screen.

Utilities / System Related Tools

• KeepingYouAwake (⭐4.9k) - Alternative to Caffeine with better support for dark mode in Mac.

Apr 13, 2018

Communication / File Sharing

• Flow - Award-winning, beautiful, fast, and reliable FTP + SFTP client.

Apr 05, 2018

Developer Tools / Command Line Tools

• ack - A tool like grep, optimized for programmers.

• archey-osx - An archey script for OS X.

• autojump (⭐15k) - Replace cd with an intelligent autojump to easily navigate directories from the command line.

• ccat (⭐3k) - The colorizing cat which works similar to cat but displays content with syntax highlighting.

Mar 31, 2018

Reading and Writing Tools / Text Editors

• micro - Modern and intuitive terminal-based text editor.

• ONI (⭐11k) - IDE powered by Neovim.

• TextMate - Editor that brings Apple's approach to operating systems into the world of text editors.

Reading and Writing Tools / Markdown Tools

• EME (⭐2k) - Open-source Markdown editor with an interface like Chrome.

• iA Writer - Writing app with an emphasis on simplicity and design.

• Marxico - Delicate Markdown editor for Evernote. Reliable storage and sync.

• TextNut - Rich-format editor featuring Markdown export and Markdown syntax hints.

• Ulysses - The Ultimate Writing App for Mac, iPad and iPhone.

Reading and Writing Tools / Note-taking

• Inkdrop - Notebook app for Markdown lovers built on top of Electron.

• Notes - Clean, simple note-taking app.

• QOwnNotes - Open-source notepad with markdown support and todo list manager.

Reading and Writing Tools / Ebooks

• Calibre - Free and open-source e-book computer software application suite which runs on multiple platforms, allows users to manage e-book collections as well as create, edit, and read e-books.

• iChm (⭐92) - Ebook reader for CHM (Microsoft Compiled HTML help) files.

• Klib - New way to manage highlights for Kindle and iBooks.

• Scribus - Professional layout and publishing software supporting EPS and SVG import/export, and PDF support.

• Sigil - Multi-platform EPUB ebook Editor.

Reading and Writing Tools / RSS

• ReadKit - Mac read-later client supporting all major providers: Instapaper, Pocket and Readability. Even more, ReadKit is a full-featured RSS reader as well.

• Vienna - RSS/Atom reader for Mac OS X.

Reading and Writing Tools / Others

• PDF Expert - Read, annotate and edit PDFs, change text and images.

• Skim - PDF reader and note-taker for OS X.

• Spillo - Powerful, beautiful and amazingly fast Pinboard client for OS X.

Developer Tools / IDEs

• Espresso - The web editor for Mac is back. For people who make delightful, innovative and fast websites.

• NetBeans IDE - Free and open-source IDE, mainly used for Java development, but supports many other languages and frameworks.

Developer Tools / Developer Utilities

• DiffMerge - Application to visually compare and merge files.

• EnvPane (⭐591) - OS X preference pane for environment variables.

• FinderGo (⭐995) - Open terminal quickly from Finder.

• Finicky - Application that allows you to set up rules that decide which browser is opened for every link that would open the default browser.

• Gemini - Intelligent duplicate file finder.

• Hosts.prefpane (⭐1.6k) - System preference pane to manage your hosts file.

• Integrity - Free website link checker for Mac.

• Koala - GUI application for Less, Sass, Compass and CoffeeScript compilation.

• MJML - Framework that utilizes a semantic syntax and a rich standard components library, which allow users to easily create responsive emails.

• PPRows (⭐1.5k) - Application to calculate how many lines of code you write.

• SecureCRT - Terminal emulation which supports SSH, Telnet or other protocols.

• SwitchHosts - Free and open-source app for hosts management & switching.

• TeXstudio - Integrated writing environment for creating LaTeX documents.

• WWDC (⭐8.3k) - The Mac OS unofficial WWDC app.

Developer Tools / Regular Expression Editors

• Regex - Regular expression testing tool with an emphasis on simplicity.

Developer Tools / API Development and Analysis

• Cocoa Rest Client - Free, open-source, native Apple OS X app for testing HTTP/REST endpoints.

Developer Tools / Network Analysis

• Charles - HTTP proxy / HTTP monitor / Reverse Proxy that enables a developer to view all of the HTTP and SSL / HTTPS traffic between their machine and the Internet.

• mitmproxy - Interactive intercepting HTTP proxy for penetration testers and software developers.

• Wireshark - The world’s foremost and widely-used network protocol analyzer.

Developer Tools / Command Line Tools

• asciinema (⭐11k) - Easily record terminal sessions and replay them in a terminal as well as in a web browser.

• cmus - Small, fast and powerful console music player for Unix-like operating systems.

• mas (⭐9.5k) - Simple command line interface for the Mac App Store.

• shallow-backup (⭐1k) - Easily create text documentation of installed applications, dotfiles, and more.

Developer Tools / Frameworks For Hybrid Applications

• AppJS - Lightweight JavaScript UI library for creating mobile webapps that behave like native apps.

• create-dmg (⭐3.9k) - Create a good-looking DMG for your macOS app in seconds.

• Electrino (⭐4.3k) - Desktop runtime for apps built on web technologies, using the system's own web browser engine.

• ionic - Build amazing native and progressive web apps with Angular and open web technologies. One app running on everything.

• MacGap - Provides a lightweight JavaScript API for OS X integration, such as displaying native notifications or writing data to a file.

• ReactXP - Microsoft official production, support platform Web, iOS, Android and Windows UWP is still an ongoing work.

Developer Tools / Version Control

• Hub - Command-line wrapper for Git that makes you better at GitHub.

• SmartGit - Git client with support.

Developer Tools / Databases

• Base 2 - Application for creating, designing, editing and browsing SQLite 3 database files.

• Bdash (⭐1.4k) - Modern SQL client application, supports MySQL, PostgreSQL (Redshift) and BigQuery.

• DB Browser for SQLite - Official home of the DB Browser for SQLite.

• ElectroCRUD - Modern MySQL CRUD application.

• JackDB - Secure, collaborative environment for your queries and data-driven insights.

• Keylord - Desktop GUI client for Redis, Bolt, LevelDB and Memcached key-value databases.

Design and Product / Design Tools

• Acorn - Great Mac OS X picture and photo editor, built for humans.

• Paintbrush - Bitmap image editor.

• Principle - Application for designing animated and interactive user interfaces.

Design and Product / Prototyping and Mind-Mapping Tools

• Adobe XD (Experience Design) - First all-in-one cross-platform tool for designing and prototyping websites and mobile apps.

• Balsamiq Mockups - Wire-framing tool that helps you work faster and smarter.

• Marvel - Simple design, prototyping and collaboration.

• Origami Studio - Tool for designing modern interfaces, built and used by designers at Facebook.

• pencil - Free, open-source tool for making diagrams and GUI prototyping.

• SimpleMind - The world leader in cross platform Mind Mapping tools.

• WriteMapper - Get from idea to final draft in no time.

• yGraph Editor - High quality diagrams made easy.

Utilities / Quality of Life Improvements

• KeyCastr (⭐9.8k) - Open-source keystroke visualizer.

• f.lux - Makes the color of your computer's display adapt to the time of day.

Design and Product / Other Tools

• APNGb (⭐273) - PNG image assembler/disassembler app.

• Couleurs - Simple app for grabbing and tweaking the colors you see on your screen.

• Frank DeLoupe - Color-picking tool, supports Retina.

• Resize Master - Batch resize and watermark your images fast and easy.

• TinyPNG4Mac (⭐3.3k) - Open-source tool to compress images.

• Tropy - Research Photo Management.

Communication / Collaboration and Team Tools

• Adium - Free instant messaging application for Mac OS X. Connect to AIM, MSN, SMPP, Yahoo and more.

• DingTalk - Free, powerful and professional office tool used by over 5 million enterprises and organizations globally.

• Gitter - Instant messaging and chat room system for developers as well as GitHub users. Developer friendly with Markdown syntax support.

• LimeChat - Open-source IRC client for Mac OS X.

• Messenger For Mac - Third-party Facebook messenger for Mac.

• Skype - Cross-platform application that provides video chat and voice call services. Users can exchange images, text, video and any other digital documents.

• Teambition - Team collaboration tool, including many features like task plan, schedule, file sharing, instant discussion and everything you need when collaborating with other team members.

• Textual - Internet Relay Chat (IRC) client.

• WeChat - Official WeChat app for Mac.

• WhatsApp Desktop - Available in the Mac App Store, Whatsapp for Desktop.

Communication / Email Clients

• Airmail - Fast email client. For both Mac OS and iOS.

• N1 - Extensible, open-source mail app, free for developers and $7/month for Pro.

• Nylas Mail - Extensible desktop mail app built on the modern web.

• Postbox - Powerful, simple and beautiful email client, need to pay for a license.

• Spark - Fast email client. For both Mac OS and iOS.

• ThunderBird - Software that makes email easier.

Communication / File Sharing

• Cyberduck - Free FTP, SFTP, WebDAV, S3, Backblaze B2, Azure and OpenStack Swift browser.

• Transmit - Highly flexible and intuitive FTP client, supports SFTP, S3 and iDisk/WebDAV.

Data Recovery Tools / File Sharing

• R-Studio for Mac - Powerful tool for recovering data on disks, even if their partitions are formatted, damaged or deleted.

Audio and Video Tools / File Sharing

• Cog - Free, open-source audio player.

• HandBrake - Tool for converting video from nearly any format to a selection of modern, widely supported codecs.

Download Management Tools / File Sharing

• aria2 - Lightweight multi-protocol & multi-source command-line download utility.

• FOLX - Free download manager for Mac OS X with a true Mac-style interface.

• JDownloader - Free, open-source download management tool with a huge community of developers that makes downloading as easy and fast as it should be.

• Transmission - Fast, easy, free BitTorrent Client.

• You-Get - Tiny command-line utility to download media contents (videos, audios, images) from the web.

Cloud Storage / File Sharing

• NextCloud - Actively maintained fork of ownCloud, faster and completely open-source

• ownCloud - Cloud storage.

Browsers / File Sharing

• Chromium - Open-source, free web browser project by Google, to provide the source code for Google Chrome.

• Firefox - Meet Firefox Quantum. Fast, free, open-source web browser developed by the Mozilla Foundation.

• TorBrowser - Anonymity Online. Protect your privacy. Defend against network surveillance and traffic analysis.

Security Tools / File Sharing

• BlockBlock - Me: "Please alert me whenever anything is persistently installed." BlockBlock: "You got it"

• Dylib Hijack Scanner - Simple utility that will scan your computer for applications that are either susceptible to dylib hijacking or have been hijacked.

• KnockKnock - See what's persistently installed on your Mac.

• MalwareBytes - Malwarebytes crushes the growing threat of Mac malware, so you are protected and your machine keeps running silky smooth. Cybersecurity smart enough for the Mac.

• OverSight - Monitor mic and webcam, alerting you when the internal mic is activated, or whenever a process accesses the webcam.

• RansomWhere? - Generic Ransomware Detection.

• TaskExplorer - Explore all processes running on your Mac with TaskExplorer.

• What's Your Sign? - Adds menu item to Finder.app to display the cryptographic signing information for any file.

Proxy and VPN Tools / File Sharing

• Algo (⭐27k) - Personal IPSEC VPN in the cloud.

• Surge - Web developer tool and proxy utility for iOS 9.

Utilities / Clipboard Tools

• ClipMenu - Clipboard manager for Mac OS X.

Utilities / Menu Bar Tools

• BeardedSpice (⭐2.8k) - Allows you to control web based media players (SoundCloud, YouTube, etc) and some native apps with the media keys on Mac keyboards.

• BitBar - Place the output from any script or program right in your Mac OS X menu bar.

• Itsycal - Tiny calendar for your Mac's menu bar.

Utilities / File Organization Tools

• Hazel - Automated file organization for your Mac. Responsibly and beautifully designed.

• muCommander - Lightweight file manager with a dual-pane interface.

• PDF Archiver (⭐248) - Nice tool for tagging and archiving tasks.

Utilities / General Tools

• AirServer - Most advanced screen mirroring software receiver for Mac, PC and Xbox One.

• DNS Heaven (⭐239) - Unifies macOS DNS so applications using glibc can resolve DNS with the native stack. Mainly for use with VPNs.

• HTTrack - Useful tool for downloading a whole website and offline browsing.

• Memo - Simple and elegant app. Unlock memos even more quickly using Touch ID.

• Numi - Beautiful calculator app for Mac.

Utilities / To-Do Lists

• 2Do - Nice todo app.

• Focus - Beautiful pomodoro-based time manager.

• Taskade - Real-time collaborative editor for teams.

Utilities / Productivity

• Keytty - App to keep your hands on the keyboard. Move, click, scroll, drag and more with a few strokes.

• OmniPlan - The best way to visualize, maintain, and simplify your projects. Project Management made easy.

• xScope - Powerful set of tools that are ideal for measuring, inspecting & testing on-screen graphics and layouts.

Utilities / Window Management

• Divvy - Window management at its finest with its amazing Divvy Grid system.

• SizeUp - Powerful, keyboard-centric window management.

Utilities / Password Management

• Keeweb - Free, cross-platform password manager compatible with KeePass.

• LastPass - Password management tool for Mac OS and browser.

• MacPass - Open-source KeePass Mac OS client.

Utilities / Finder Tools

• fman - The first dual-pane file manager to integrate features from Sublime Text.

• ForkLift - The most advanced dual pane file manager and file transfer client for macOS.

• Path Finder - File management app.

• TotalFinder - Chrome-styled Finder substitute.

• XtraFinder - Adds tabs and cut to Mac Finder.

Utilities / System Related Tools

• DaisyDisk - Gives a great overview of disk usage. Can also make more disk-space available by cleaning up your disk.

• iStats (⭐2.3k) - Command-line tool that allows you to easily grab the CPU temperature, fan speeds and battery information on OSX.

• Mounty - Tiny tool to re-mount write-protected NTFS volumes under Mac OS X 10.9+ in read-write mode.

• NitroShare - Cross-platform network file transfer utility.

Remote Login Software / System Related Tools

• AnyDesk - Provides Remote access across multiple machines.

• RealVNC - The original and best software for remote access across desktop and mobile.

Third Party App Markets / Package Managers

• MacPorts - Open-source community initiative to design an easy-to-use system for compiling, installing, and upgrading either command-line, X11 or Aqua based open-source software on the Mac OS X operating system.

Mar 30, 2018

Reading and Writing Tools / Text Editors

• CotEditor - Lightweight plain-text editor for macOS.

Developer Tools / Developer Utilities

• CodeKit - Web development tool which can automatically compile Less, Sass, CoffeeScript, TypeScript, Jade and JavaScript, auto-refresh browsers and much more.

• PaintCode - PaintCode is a unique vector drawing app that generates Objective-C or Swift code in real time, acting as a bridge between developers and graphic designers.

• SnippetsLab - Easy-to-use code snippets manager.

• StarUML - Powerful UML app.

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

Developer Tools / API Development and Analysis

• Insomnia - The most intuitive cross-platform REST API Client.

Developer Tools / Command Line Tools

• bash-it (⭐13k) - Shameless ripoff of oh-my-zsh for bash.

• Glances (⭐22k) - Glances is a cross-platform curses-based system monitoring tool.

• htop (⭐5.8k) - htop is an interactive text-mode process viewer for Unix systems. It aims to be a better 'top'.

• lnav - A log file navigator.

• ndm - Manage npm straight from the couch.

Developer Tools / Version Control

• Cornerstone - Powerful version control with a gorgeous interface.

• GitX-dev - Fork of Pieter's (⭐1.8k) nice git GUI for OS X. Includes branch/tag sidebar and various fixes.

Developer Tools / Databases

• Core Data Editor (⭐2.1k) - Core Data Editor lets you easily view, edit and analyze applications‘ data.

• MDB Explorer - MDB tool to open, read, export your MDB files to other formats and databases.

• Medis - GUI Manager for Redis.

• mongoDB.app - The easiest way to get started with mongoDB on the Mac.

• MySQL Workbench - The official MySQL GUI.

• Postgres.app - The easiest way to get started with PostgreSQL on the Mac.

Communication / Collaboration and Team Tools

• Rambox - Messaging and emailing app that combines common web applications into one.

• Signal Desktop - Fast, simple, secure. Privacy that fits in your pocket.

Communication / Email Clients

• Polymail - Simple, beautiful and powerful email client.

Data Recovery Tools / File Sharing

• DiskWarrior - The world’s most advanced repair and recovery tool for Mac.

Download Management Tools / File Sharing

• Downie - Video downloader for macOS with support for YouTube and other 1200 sites.

• qBittorrent - A project aims to provide an open-source software alternative to µTorrent.

Translation Tools / File Sharing

• iTranslate - Translate entire website instantly with its built-in browser or with iTranslate Safari extension into over 40 languages.

Security Tools / File Sharing

• KextViewer - View all modules on that are loaded in the OS kernel.

• LockDown - Open-source tool for El Capitan that audits and remediates security configuration settings.

Utilities / Clipboard Tools

• CopyQ - Clipboard Manager with Advanced Features.

• iPaste - Lightweight and efficient clipboard tool.

Utilities / File Organization Tools

• The Unarchiver - Unarchive many different kinds of archive files.

Utilities / To-Do Lists

• Day-O 2 - Menu bar clock replacement with built-in calendar.

• TaskPaper - Plain text to-do lists.

Utilities / Productivity

• Ukelele - Unicode Keyboard Layout Editor.

Utilities / System Related Tools

• HandShaker - Mac on the management of Android mobile phone content.

• Paragon NTFS - Read/write access to NTFS in macOS Sierra.

• Tuxera NTFS - Full read-write compatibility with NTFS-formatted drives on a Mac.

Mar 20, 2018

Security Tools / File Sharing

• LinkLiar - Link-Layer MAC spoofing GUI for macOS.

Feb 21, 2018

Pirated software download site blacklist / Package Managers

• Softasm：https://softasm.com/

Jan 13, 2018

Reading and Writing Tools / Text Editors

• LightTable - The next generation code editor.

Utilities / System Related Tools

• Juice (⭐727) - Make your battery information a bit more interesting.

Dec 27, 2017

Audio and Video Tools / File Sharing

• SpotMenu (⭐2.8k) - Spotify and iTunes in your menu bar.

Nov 18, 2017

Audio and Video Tools / File Sharing

• Elmedia Player - This media player is a super versatile app for any file format you probably may think of: FLV, MP4, AVI, MOV, DAT, MKV, MP3, FLAC, M4V are all supported as well as many others.

Oct 24, 2017

Utilities / Productivity

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

Oct 03, 2017

Developer Tools / Command Line Tools

• Mac-CLI (⭐8.4k) - The ultimate tool to manage your Mac. Automatize the usage of your OS X system.

Sep 29, 2017

Design and Product / Other Tools

• ImageAlpha - Compress images with PNG format and remove transparency.

Sep 10, 2017

Design and Product / Design Tools

• Sparkle - Pro visual web design.

Aug 21, 2017

Developer Tools / Command Line Tools

• Serial - Full-featured serial terminal for the Mac.

Jul 26, 2017

Audio and Video Tools / File Sharing

• Playback - Experimental video player.

Jun 08, 2017

Input Methods / File Sharing

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

Apr 14, 2017

Developer Tools / Developer Utilities

• BetterRename - The most powerful and complete Mac file renaming application on the market.

Apr 13, 2017

Developer Tools / Network Analysis

• James (⭐1.4k) - Open-source proxy tool for checking and mapping requests with http as well as https.

Developer Tools / Command Line Tools

• itunes-remote (⭐421) - Software for controlling iTunes via the terminal.

Developer Tools / Databases

• Tableau Public - Free data-visualization software.

Design and Product / Prototyping and Mind-Mapping Tools

• MockFlow - Online prototyping suite for web-design and usability testing.

• OmniGraffle - Diagramming and graphic design for Mac, iPhone, and iPad.

Apr 12, 2017

Design and Product / Other Tools

• ImageOptim - Compress images and remove EXIF information.

Audio and Video Tools / File Sharing

• Ardour - Cross-platform audio software for multi-track recording and editing.

Apr 06, 2017

Genuine Sites / Package Managers

• alternativeTo - Also a very nice community. If you are looking for some alternative apps FOR Windows or another platform, check this site.

Apr 05, 2017

Translation Tools / File Sharing

• Grammarly - Refine your english

Mar 30, 2017

Proxy and VPN Tools / File Sharing

• tinc - Secure mesh VPN software.

Feb 15, 2017

Reading and Writing Tools / Text Editors

• Vimr - Refined Vim Experience for OS X.

Developer Tools / Developer Utilities

• Beyond Compare - Compare files and folders using simple, powerful commands that focus on the differences you are interested in and ignore those you are not.

Developer Tools / Version Control

• Tower2 - The most powerful Git client for Mac and Windows.

Developer Tools / Databases

• RedisDesktopManager - Cross-platform GUI management tool for Redis.

Design and Product / Design Tools

• Affinity Designer - Professional graphic design software for Mac.

• Affinity Photo - Professional image editing software for Mac.

• Blender - Free and open 3D creation software.

Design and Product / Prototyping and Mind-Mapping Tools

• Mockplus - Prototype faster, smarter and easier.

Design and Product / Other Tools

• Image2icon - Create and personalize icons from your pictures.

Communication / Collaboration and Team Tools

• WeeChat - The extensible command-line chat client.

Audio and Video Tools / File Sharing

• Audio Hijack - Record any application's audio, including VoIP calls from Skype, web streams from Safari, and much more.

• ScreenFlow - Screencasting and video editing software.

• Shotcut - Free open-source video editor.

Cloud Storage / File Sharing

• Mega - Free cloud service, offers 50GB free storage.

• Seafile - Reliable and High Speed File Sync and Share.

Genuine Sites / Package Managers

• Also, Quora, Reddit, you know the drill.

Oct 27, 2016

Pirated software download site blacklist / Package Managers

• AppKed：http://www.macbed.com

Jul 22, 2016

Genuine Sites / Package Managers

• App Shopper：http://appshopper.com/