awesome-mac
From public sources This project is dedicated to collecting high-quality macOS software and organizing them systematically by different categories for easy search and use.
Overview
- app
- apple
- application
- apps
- awesome
- awesome-list
- awesome-mac
- desktop-app
- desktop-application
- desktop-apps
- list
- mac
Installation
Commands are shown, never run by the marketplace. Check them against the official documentation.- Official websiteFrom public sourcesfrom catalog metadatagit.io/macx ↗
- Language package registrynodejsFrom public sourcesfrom the package manifest — publication on the registry is not verified
npm install -g awesome-macNot verified: check that this package in the registry belongs to this project before installing.
www.npmjs.com/package/awesome-mac ↗ - Build from sourceFrom public sourcesfrom catalog metadata
Build from source: no validated build recipe — follow the repository instructions.
github.com/jaywcjlove/awesome-mac ↗
Compatibility
Unknown means no evidence was found — not that the product is incompatible.| Platform | Status | Architecture | Evidence | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Windows | Unknown | — | — | — |
| macOS | Unknown | — | — | — |
| Linux | Unknown | — | — | — |
| Node.js | Compatible | — | package manifest: package.json name | 0.60 |
Releases
checked Oct 30, 2026Files in 2.1.0
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Release history
- v2.0.0Mar 12, 2026Official source ↗
- v1.11.0Dec 18, 2025Official source ↗
- v1.10.0Jul 29, 2025Official source ↗
- v1.9.0May 22, 2025Official source ↗
- v1.8.0Jan 4, 2025Official source ↗
- v1.7.0Aug 21, 2024Official source ↗
- v1.6.0May 28, 2024Official source ↗
Quality profile
algorithm quality-v1.0 · assessed Oct 16, 2026Quality Score86
Risk Score0
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Score components
Maintenance · 2020
Documentation · 1515
Ready to use · 156
Metadata · 1010
Releases · 1010
Category confidence · 105
Adoption · 1010
License clarity · 55
Community · 55
License
CC0-1.0This is the catalog policy status, not legal advice.
Sources
github.com/jaywcjlove/awesome-macPrimary★ 116,221 starslast activity Oct 15, 2026Primary repository · Confidence 1.00
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From jaywcjlove/awesome-mac · license CC0-1.0 · fetched Oct 30, 2026Awesome Mac
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This project is dedicated to collecting high-quality macOS software and organizing them systematically by different categories for easy search and use. As it continues to grow, the project has far exceeded our initial expectations and has become more comprehensive and refined.
Feel free to star ⭐ and fork 🍴 to support the project!
If you have any suggestions, ideas, or discover excellent software, feel free to submit a PR to help improve this list. Please read the contributing guidelines before contributing. We also welcome you to continue following this awesome list to build a better macOS tool collection together.
Explanation
中文 | 한국어 | 日本語 | RSS | Awesome Command Line Apps | Awesome Swift macOS Apps
![Open-Source Software][OSS Icon] means open source. click the icon to see the item's repository;
![Freeware][Freeware Icon] means free to use, or free personal license;
![App Store][app-store Icon] means App store hyperlink;
![Native App][Native Icon] means native app;
![Awesome List][awesome-list Icon] means hyperlink to a corresponding Awesome list for the item;
Contents
- Awesome Mac
- Contents
- Reading and Writing Tools
- Text Editors
- Office
- Markdown Tools
- Note-taking
- Journaling
- Writing
- Ebooks
- RSS
- Others
- Developer Tools
- IDEs
- Developer Utilities
- Regular Expression Editors
- API Development and Analysis
- Network Analysis
- Frameworks For Hybrid Applications
- Version Control
- Virtualization
- Databases
- Terminal Apps
- Design and Product
- Design Tools
- Prototyping and Mind-Mapping Tools
- Screenshot Tools
- Screen Recording
- Other Tools
- AI Tools
- Communication
- Collaboration and Team Tools
- Email Clients
- File Sharing
- Data Recovery Tools
- Audio and Video Tools
- Audio Record and Process
- Download Management Tools
- Cloud Storage
- Input Methods
- Voice-to-Text
- Browsers
- Translation Tools
- Education
- Finance
- Encryption
- Security Tools
- Proxy and VPN Tools
- Utilities
- Clipboard Tools
- Menu Bar Tools
- Cleanup and Uninstall
- File Organization Tools
- General Tools
- To-Do Lists
- Productivity
- Window Management
- Password Management
- Finder Tools
- Quality of Life Improvements
- System Related Tools
- Gaming Software
- Remote Login Software
- QuickLook Plugins
- Third Party App Markets
- Package Managers
- Mac App Download Sites
- Genuine Sites
- Pirated software download site blocklist
- Contributors
- License
Reading and Writing Tools
Applications to edit text, I suggest the open-source editors
Text Editors
- Aurora Editor - Lightweight Code Editor (IDE) for macOS. ![Open-Source Software][OSS Icon]
- Bootstrap Studio - A powerful desktop app for creating responsive websites using the Bootstrap framework.
- Brackets - A modern, open source text editor that understands web design. ![Open-Source Software][OSS Icon] ![Freeware][Freeware Icon]
- CodeEdit - A lightweight, natively-built editor. Open source. Free forever. ![Open-Source Software][OSS Icon] ![Freeware][Freeware Icon]
- CotEditor - Lightweight plain-text editor for macOS. ![Open-Source Software][OSS Icon] ![Freeware][Freeware Icon]
- Cursor - AI code editor with autocomplete, chat, and coding agent features. ![Freeware][Freeware Icon]
- Emacs - Popular Unix-based text editor for programmers and system administrators. ![Open-Source Software][OSS Icon] ![Freeware][Freeware Icon] ![Awesome List][awesome-list Icon]
- Haystack Editor - Code editor with a canvas UI for better code understanding. ![Open-Source Software][OSS Icon] ![Freeware][Freeware Icon]
- Helix - A post-modern modal text editor. ![Open-Source Software][OSS Icon] ![Freeware][Freeware Icon]
- Itsypad - A tiny, fast scratchpad and clipboard manager for macOS. ![Open-Source Software][OSS Icon] ![Freeware][Freeware Icon]
- Lapce - Lightning-fast and powerful code editor. ![Open-Source Software][OSS Icon] ![Freeware][Freeware Icon]
- LightTable - The next generation code editor. ![Open-Source Software][OSS Icon] ![Freeware][Freeware Icon]
- LiteEdit - Fast, native macOS code editor under 1 MB — Swift and AppKit, no Electron. ![Open-Source Software][OSS Icon] ![Freeware][Freeware Icon]
- MacVim - the text editor Vim - for macOS. ![Open-Source Software][OSS Icon] ![Freeware][Freeware Icon]
- micro - Modern and intuitive terminal-based text editor. ![Open-Source Software][OSS Icon] ![Freeware][Freeware Icon]
- Neovim - Vim-fork focused on extensibility and usability. ![Open-Source Software][OSS Icon] ![Freeware][Freeware Icon]
- Nova - The beautiful, fast, flexible, native Mac code editor from Panic.
- Plain Text Editor - Simple distraction-free notepad. ![Freeware][Freeware Icon] ![App Store][app-store Icon]
- Sublime Text - Text editor with a fast interface and plugin ecosystem. For more plugins, check Sublime Text Plugins. ![Awesome List][awesome-list Icon]
- SubEthaEdit - Powerful editor for writing, coding, and collaboration anytime, anywhere! ![Open-Source Software][OSS Icon]
- TextMate - Editor that brings Apple's approach to operating systems into the world of text editors. ![Open-Source Software][OSS Icon] ![Freeware][Freeware Icon]
- Tot - Tot is an elegant, simple way to collect & edit text. It’s your tiny text companion! ![Freeware][Freeware Icon] ![App Store][app-store Icon]
- Vim - An old terminal-based editor. For common plugins, check Vim Common Plugins. ![Open-Source Software][OSS Icon] ![Freeware][Freeware Icon] ![Awesome List][awesome-list Icon]
- Vimr - Refined Vim Experience for OS X. ![Open-Source Software][OSS Icon] ![Freeware][Freeware Icon]
- Windsurf - AI code editor with agentic coding, autocomplete, and MCP support. ![Freeware][Freeware Icon]
- Zed - A high-performance, multiplayer code editor from the creators of Atom and Tree-sitter. ![Open-Source Software][OSS Icon] ![Freeware][Freeware Icon]
Office
- Keynote - Build stunning presentations. ![Freeware][Freeware Icon] ![App Store][app-store Icon]
- LibreOffice - Free, open-source office software used and tested daily by a large community. ![Open-Source Software][OSS Icon] ![Freeware][Freeware Icon]
- Microsoft Office - Unmistakably Office, designed for Mac. ![App Store][app-store Icon]
- Numbers - Create impressive spreadsheets. ![Freeware][Freeware Icon] ![App Store][app-store Icon]
- OnlyOffice - Office suite with document, spreadsheet, and presentation editors. ![Open-Source Software][OSS Icon] ![Freeware][Freeware Icon]
- Pages - Documents that stand apart. ![Freeware][Freeware Icon] ![App Store][app-store Icon]
- SoftMaker Office - A complete office suite that aims for full compatibility with Microsoft Office documents.
- WPS - Is a cross-platform office software suite. ![Freeware][Freeware Icon]
Markdown Tools ![Awesome List][awesome-list Icon]
- Archimedes - Native macOS Markdown editor geared toward mathematical writing with inline LaTeX support.
- Edmund - Minimal, native macOS Markdown editor with live preview; works with your existing files, no vault. ![Open-Source Software][OSS Icon] ![Freeware][Freeware Icon] ![Native App][Native Icon]
- EME - Open-source Markdown editor with an interface like Chrome. ![Open-Source Software][OSS Icon]
- iA Writer - Writing app with an emphasis on simplicity and design.
- Imark - Open-source Markdown reader that stores your comments inside the document itself as HTML comments. ![Open-Source Software][OSS Icon] ![Freeware][Freeware Icon] ![Native App][Native Icon]
- JustMD - Open-source Markdown editor for local files that hides syntax outside the line being edited. ![Open-Source Software][OSS Icon] ![Freeware][Freeware Icon] ![App Store][app-store Icon]
- MacDown - Open source Markdown editor for macOS with live preview and HTML/PDF export. ![Open-Source Software][OSS Icon] ![Freeware][Freeware Icon]
- Marked 2 - This is the Markdown preview with an elegant and powerful set of tools for all writers.
- MarkText - Next generation markdown editor, running on platforms of MacOS Windows and Linux. ![Open-Source Software][OSS Icon] ![Freeware][Freeware Icon]
- MarkViewer - Markdown viewer and editor for macOS with AI-assisted editing. ![Freeware][Freeware Icon]
- Marp - Markdown presentation writer with cross-platform support. ![Open-Source Software][OSS Icon] ![Freeware][Freeware Icon]
- Marxico - Delicate Markdown editor for Evernote. Reliable storage and sync.
- MDViewer - Fast Markdown viewer with live reload, Quick Look previews, Mermaid, math and optional AI summaries with your own or a local model. ![Open-Source Software][OSS Icon] ![Freeware][Freeware Icon]
- MWeb - Pro Markdown writing, and static blog generator App.
- Obsidian - A second brain, for you, forever.
- Pixley Reader - Reader for Markdown specs, docs, and changelogs generated by AI tools. ![Open-Source Software][OSS Icon] ![App Store][app-store Icon]
- Scratch - Lightweight, offline-first markdown notes app with WYSIWYG editing and local AI agent support. ![Open-Source Software][OSS Icon] ![Freeware][Freeware Icon]
- Splat - Native macOS Markdown editor in Rust where both the source and the live preview are editable. ![Open-Source Software][OSS Icon] ![Freeware][Freeware Icon] ![Native App][Native Icon]
- Textus - WYSIWYG Markdown editor with math, tables, Mermaid and an optional AI writing assistant that works with cloud or local models. ![Open-Source Software][OSS Icon] ![Freeware][Freeware Icon]
- Typora - Truly minimal Markdown editor featuring seamless live preview.
- Ulysses - The Ultimate Writing App for Mac, iPad and iPhone.
- Zettlr - A markdown editor for the 21st century. ![Open-Source Software][OSS Icon] ![Freeware][Freeware Icon]
Note-taking
- Affine - Affine is the next-generation collaborative knowledge base for professionals. ![Open-Source Software][OSS Icon] ![Freeware][Freeware Icon]
- Agenda - Date-focused note taking app for both planning and documenting your projects. ![App Store][app-store Icon]
- Amber Notes - Open-source notes app that ChatGPT, Claude and other AI assistants can search and edit over MCP, with each AI edit highlighted and undoable. ![Open-Source Software][OSS Icon] ![Freeware][Freeware Icon] ![Native App][Native Icon]
- Anytype - Local-first note-taking and knowledge management app. ![Freeware][Freeware Icon]
- AppFlowy - Open-source alternative to Notion. ![Open-Source Software][OSS Icon] ![Freeware][Freeware Icon]
- Bear Writer - Beautiful, flexible writing app for crafting notes and prose. ![App Store][app-store Icon]
- Boostnote - Note-taking app made for programmers. ![Open-Source Software][OSS Icon]
- Craft - Notetaking and writing made beautiful. ![App Store][app-store Icon]
- Dnote - A simple command line notebook with multi-device sync and a web interface. ![Open-Source Software][OSS Icon] ![Freeware][Freeware Icon]
- Email Me - Email yourself and much more with just one tap, native on macOS, iOS and WatchOS. ![App Store][app-store Icon]
- Evernote - Infamous note-taking app, available on many platforms. ![Freeware][Freeware Icon]
- FSNotes - File System Notes is a modern notes manager, native on macOS and iOS. ![Open-Source Software][OSS Icon] ![App Store][app-store Icon]
- Gooba - Writing app and task manager with a simple and interactive design.
- Inkdrop - Notebook app for Markdown lovers built on top of Electron.
- Joplin - Cross-platform open-source notepad with markdown support and to-do list management. ![Open-Source Software][OSS Icon] ![Freeware][Freeware Icon]
- Knopo - Native macOS outliner for local-first notes stored as plain Markdown files. ![Open-Source Software][OSS Icon] ![Freeware][Freeware Icon] ![Native App][Native Icon]
- LawPulse - Local-first legal research tool for Chinese lawyers: offline statute library with per-article notes; all data stays on your Mac. ![Freeware][Freeware Icon]
- Logseq - Privacy-first, open-source knowledge base. ![OSS][OSS Icon] ![Freeware][Freeware Icon]
- MarginNote 4 - In-depth PDF and EPUB reading, learning, managing and note taking app.
- massCode - Open-source developer workspace for code snippets, Markdown notes and HTTP requests, stored as local Markdown files. ![Open-Source Software][OSS Icon] ![Freeware][Freeware Icon]
- MiaoYan - Lightweight Markdown app to help you write great sentences.
- Notable - The markdown-based note-taking app that doesn't suck.
- Notebook - Note-taking app. ![Freeware][Freeware Icon]
- NoteGen - Open-source, local-first Markdown note-taking app that turns scattered records into structured notes with AI. ![Open-Source Software][OSS Icon] ![Freeware][Freeware Icon]
- Notes - Clean, simple note-taking app. ![Open-Source Software][OSS Icon] ![Freeware][Freeware Icon]
- NotePlan 3 - Your tasks, notes, and calendar, plain-text markdown files. ![App Store][app-store Icon]
- NotePlus - True Native Note and LLM Client
- Noteship - Local-first note-taking app for turning notes into structured knowledge. ![App Store][app-store Icon]
- Notion - All-in-one workspace for notes, tasks, wikis, and databases.
- OATS - Open-source local-first meeting-notes app for macOS with live transcription, speaker labels, AI summaries, and a fully offline on-device mode. ![Open-Source Software][OSS Icon] ![Freeware][Freeware Icon]
- OneNote - Note-taking app by Microsoft. ![Freeware][Freeware Icon]
- OutlineEdit 3 - Fully-featured outline editor, for everyone who loves great structured notes. ![App Store][app-store Icon]
- Revu - Local-first spaced repetition app with FSRS scheduling and Anki import. ![Open-Source Software][OSS Icon] ![Native App][Native Icon]
- Saber - Cross platform stylus and text notetaking app. Supports image and pdf imports, can sync. ![App Store][app-store Icon] ![Open-Source Software][OSS Icon]
- SideNotes - Quick notes on the screen side with Markdown support.
- Standard Notes - An end-to-end encrypted notes app for digitalists and professionals. ![Open-Source Software][OSS Icon] ![Freeware][Freeware Icon] ![Awesome List][awesome-list Icon]
- Stik - Quick-capture markdown notes app with hotkeys and AI semantic search. ![Open-Source Software][OSS Icon] ![Freeware][Freeware Icon]
- QOwnNotes - Open-source notepad with markdown support and todo list manager. ![Open-Source Software][OSS Icon] ![Freeware][Freeware Icon]
- Quick Note - Colorful sticky notes in the Menu bar. ![App Store][app-store Icon]
- Quiver - Mix text, code, Markdown, and LaTeX in one note with live preview.
- VNote - Open-source Markdown note-taking app with a polished editor. ![Open-Source Software][OSS Icon] ![Freeware][Freeware Icon]
- Zettel - Minimal, distraction-free note-taking app with Markdown and hashtag-based organization. ![Open-Source Software][OSS Icon] ![App Store][app-store Icon]
Journaling
- Day One - Excellent journaling app using text, photos, video, audio, location data, and more. ![App Store][app-store Icon]
- Journey - Journaling app with many features and with apps for every platform available. ![App Store][app-store Icon]
- Life Note - Journal with the greatest minds in human history. ![Freeware][Freeware Icon]
- linked - Link your thoughts to days, distraction free. ![Open-Source Software][OSS Icon]
Writing
- AI Novel Writer - Open-source AI writing workspace for organizing characters, worldbuilding, outlines, chapters, review, and revision in one novel project. ![Open-Source Software][OSS Icon] ![Freeware][Freeware Icon]
- Retrotype - A fun and minimalist writing app that feels like a real typewriter. ![Freeware][Freeware Icon]
- novelWriter - Open-source plain text editor for writing novels with minimal markdown-like syntax. ![OSS][OSS Icon] ![Freeware][Freeware Icon]
- Scrivener - The quintessential word processor for writers.
- THORN - All you need to power personal writing and website building.
Ebooks
- Calibre - Free, open-source e-book manager and reader. ![OSS][OSS Icon] ![Freeware][Freeware Icon]
- BookShelves - Ebook reader and library manager with public-domain books and sync. ![Freeware][Freeware Icon] ![App Store][app-store Icon]
- Clearview - Tabbed style e-book reader for PDF, EPUB (DRM free), CHM, and MOBI. ![App Store][app-store Icon]
- Comic Commander - Comic library browser and reader for CBZ, CBR, CB7, CBT, and PDF files. ![Open-Source Software][OSS Icon] ![Freeware][Freeware Icon]
- iChm - Ebook reader for CHM (Microsoft Compiled HTML help) files. ![Open-Source Software][OSS Icon] ![Freeware][Freeware Icon]
- Kindle App - Amazon official reading app of kindle.
- Klib - New way to manage highlights for Kindle and iBooks. ![Freeware][Freeware Icon] ![App Store][app-store Icon]
- Koodo Reader - All-in-one eBook reader supporting over 15 formats. ![Freeware][Freeware Icon] ![OSS][OSS Icon]
- Rapid Reader - Open-source RSVP speed reader for EPUB, PDF, and web articles with a full-text view. ![Open-Source Software][OSS Icon] ![Freeware][Freeware Icon]
- Readest - Open-source ebook reader with a clean interface and powerful reading tools. ![Open-Source Software][OSS Icon] ![Freeware][Freeware Icon]
- ReadAny - AI-powered e-book reader with semantic search, chat, and note management. ![Open-Source Software][OSS Icon] ![Freeware][Freeware Icon]
- Scribus - Professional layout and publishing software. ![OSS][OSS Icon] ![Freeware][Freeware Icon]
- Sigil - Multi-platform EPUB ebook Editor. ![Open-Source Software][OSS Icon] ![Freeware][Freeware Icon]
- Simple Comic - EBook reader for PDF, CBZ, and CBR formats with Live Text search. ![Open-Source Software][OSS Icon] ![Freeware][Freeware Icon] ![App Store][app-store Icon]
RSS
- Elytra - A Simple & Private RSS Feed Reader with native rendering for macOS & iOS. ![App Store][app-store Icon]
- Feedy - An elegant and lightweight RSS client and news reader for your Mac. ![App Store][app-store Icon]
- Folo 🧡 Next generation information browser. ![Open-Source Software][OSS Icon] ![Freeware][Freeware Icon]
- Leaf - A news reader for managing subscriptions and enjoying daily news.
- NetNewsWire - It’s a free and open source feed reader for macOS. ![Open-Source Software][OSS Icon] ![Freeware][Freeware Icon]
- Doughnut - Beautiful, open-source podcast catcher for Mac. ![Open-Source Software][OSS Icon] ![Freeware][Freeware Icon]
- Papr - RSS reader with adjustable typography, keyboard-driven navigation, and highlight export to Readwise, Notion and Obsidian. ![Open-Source Software][OSS Icon] ![Freeware][Freeware Icon]
- ReadKit - Bookmark and RSS management client.
- Reeder 5 - News reader for Feedbin, Feedly, Feed Wrangler and so on. ![App Store][app-store Icon]
- Saga Reader - AI-powered web and RSS reader. ![Open-Source Software][OSS Icon] ![Freeware][Freeware Icon]
- Unread - RSS reader with beautiful typography that supports Feedbin, Feedly and so on. ![App Store][app-store Icon]
- Vienna - RSS/Atom reader for Mac OS X. ![Open-Source Software][OSS Icon] ![Freeware][Freeware Icon]
Others
- SwifDoo PDF - PDF editor/converter for editing, compressing, and password-protecting PDFs.
- bindPDF - Combine multiple PDF files into a single PDF file using a friendly UI. ![Open-Source Software][OSS Icon] ![Freeware][Freeware Icon]
- Capd - Open-source capture and bookmarking app for saving links, text, notes, and images with full-text search. ![Open-Source Software][OSS Icon] ![Freeware][Freeware Icon]
- CHM Reader - Read Compiled HTML (.chm) documents on your Mac. ![Freeware][Freeware Icon]
- Chmox - Read CHM documents on your Mac. ![Freeware][Freeware Icon]
- Highlights - The PDF Reader for Research on Mac, iPad & iPhone. ![Freeware][Freeware Icon]
- Lemma - PDF reader for mathematics textbooks and papers that turns theorem and equation references into links, folds proofs and checks the derivations you write. ![Open-Source Software][OSS Icon] ![Freeware][Freeware Icon]
- OffPDF - Open-source offline PDF toolbox for Apple silicon Macs that merges, splits, converts, compresses, and OCRs files locally. ![Open-Source Software][OSS Icon] ![Freeware][Freeware Icon]
- PDF Auditor - PDF inspection tool for analyzing metadata, structure, and security risks. ![App Store][app-store Icon]
- PDF Expert - Read, annotate and edit PDFs, change text and images.
- PDF Pals - Chat with PDF app for Mac. No file size limits!
- PDFgear - AI-integrated PDF editor. ![Freeware][Freeware Icon] ![App Store][app-store Icon]
- PDF Reader Pro - You Can view, create, sign, convert and compress any PDF documents. ![App Store][app-store Icon]
- Skim - PDF reader and note-taker for OS X. ![Open-Source Software][OSS Icon] ![Freeware][Freeware Icon]
- SkyFonts - The simplest way to try, install, and manage fonts.
- SmoothCSV - Fast, full-featured CSV editor with SQL queries. ![Freeware][Freeware Icon]
- Spillo - Powerful, beautiful and amazingly fast Pinboard client for OS X.
- TabType - Free, open-source AI autocomplete for every Mac app — on-device ghost-text suggestions powered by a local LLM (MLX); nothing leaves your Mac. ![Open-Source Software][OSS Icon] ![Freeware][Freeware Icon]
- Tad - Application for viewing and analyzing tabular data such as CSV files. ![Open-Source Software][OSS Icon] ![Freeware][Freeware Icon]
- texifier - Great LaTeX editor for Mac with auto-update PDF and autocomplete LaTeX commands.
- UPDF - Free PDF editor for reading, annotating, and editing PDFs. ![Freeware][Freeware Icon] ![App Store][app-store Icon]
- Zotero - Free tool to collect, organize, annotate, cite, and share research. ![OSS][OSS Icon] ![Freeware][Freeware Icon]
- Collate - Free tool to collect, summarize and query PDFs with AI. All offline and free. ![App Store][app-store Icon] ![Freeware][Freeware Icon]
- PDFsail - All-in-one PDF tool for editing, converting, merging, compressing, and OCR.
- TableTool - Effortless CSV Browser!
- Heynote - A dedicated scratchpad for developers. ![Freeware][Freeware Icon] ![Open-Source Software][OSS Icon]
Developer Tools
IDEs
- Android Studio - The official IDE for Android, based on Intellij IDEA. ![Open-Source Software][OSS Icon] ![Freeware][Freeware Icon] ![Awesome List][awesome-list Icon]
- Cate - Open-source IDE on an infinite zoomable canvas, with editor, terminal, browser, and AI agent panels arranged in a spatial workspace. ![Open-Source Software][OSS Icon] ![Freeware][Freeware Icon]
- CodeRunner - Lightweight, multi-language programming text editor and IDE.
- Deco IDE - The best IDE for building React Native apps. ![Open-Source Software][OSS Icon] ![Freeware][Freeware Icon]
- Eclipse - Popular open-source IDE for Java with plugin support for many languages. ![OSS][OSS Icon] ![Freeware][Freeware Icon]
- Espresso - The web editor for Mac is back. For people who make delightful, innovative and fast websites.
- Fletch - Native IDE for AI coding agents, giving each agent a sandboxed clone of your repository plus a shared symbol and call-graph index, with diff review before merge. ![Open-Source Software][OSS Icon] ![Freeware][Freeware Icon]
- BeagleEditor - A "beagleful" editor with features like syntax highlighting, plugins and... - A bit ugly, but it works
- JetBrains Toolbox App - Manage installed JetBrains tools, download new ones and open recent projects. ![Freeware][Freeware Icon]
- AppCode - Smart IDE for iOS/macOS development
- RustRover - A brand new JetBrains IDE for Rust Developers.
- 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 with Resharper features.
- WebStorm - The smartest JavaScript IDE by JetBrains. FREE for Students, check here for more info.
- Haskell for Mac - A Modern Development Environment for Haskell. ![App Store][app-store Icon]
- NetBeans IDE - Free, open-source IDE for Java and other languages. ![OSS][OSS Icon] ![Freeware][Freeware Icon]
- Nimbalyst - A visual workspace for managing AI coding sessions, tasks, and project files.
- Nova - Beautiful, fast, flexible Mac code editor from Panic.
- Orca - An open-source IDE for running parallel AI coding agents (Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, Gemini, OpenCode), each in its own isolated git worktree. ![Open-Source Software][OSS Icon] ![Freeware][Freeware Icon]
- Threadlines - Open-source desktop app for coding agents (Claude Code, Codex, OpenCode, Cursor), where several agents can share one thread and each thread gets its own git worktree. ![Open-Source Software][OSS Icon] ![Freeware][Freeware Icon]
- Trae - AI-powered IDE for coding and software development.
- Visual Studio Code - Microsoft's free & open-source editor, TypeScript friendly, VSCode Plugins. ![Open-Source Software][OSS Icon] ![Freeware][Freeware Icon] ![Awesome List][awesome-list Icon]
- VSCodium - Community-driven libre binaries of VS Code. ![Open-Source Software][OSS Icon] ![Freeware][Freeware Icon]
- Windsurf - The first agentic IDE where developers and AI flow together for a magical coding experience.
- Xcode - Essential IDE for iOS/macOS development. ![App Store][app-store Icon]
- Zed - A high-performance, multiplayer code editor from the creators of Atom and Tree-sitter. ![Open-Source Software][OSS Icon] ![Freeware][Freeware Icon]
- Spyder - Powerful scientific environment written in Python, for Python.
Developer Utilities
- AXe - CLI tool for controlling iOS Simulators through Accessibility APIs and HID automation. ![Open-Source Software][OSS Icon] ![Freeware][Freeware Icon]
- BetterRename - The most powerful and complete Mac file renaming application on the market. ![App Store][app-store Icon]
- Beyond Compare - Compare files and folders with powerful commands. ![Freeware][Freeware Icon]
- Bidbar - Manage bash commands from the menu bar and run them with keyboard shortcuts.
- Cacher - Cloud-based code snippet manager with Gist sync and multi-platform support.
- CC-Switch - A cross-platform desktop All-in-One assistant for Claude Code, Codex, OpenCode, and AI coding agents. ![Open-Source Software][OSS Icon] ![Freeware][Freeware Icon]
- CodeKit - Web development tool for compiling and auto-refreshing.
- CodeMenu - Advanced snippets manager with IDE integration, natural language search, and more.
- Conduktor - Kafka desktop client. ![Freeware][Freeware Icon]
- Swifka - Read-only Kafka monitor for safely inspecting topics, messages, and consumer state. ![Open-Source Software][OSS Icon] ![Freeware][Freeware Icon]
- Configs - Configuration file manager for quickly viewing, editing and managing config files. ![Open-Source Software][OSS Icon] ![Freeware][Freeware Icon]
- CubicBezier - CubicBezier Generator for macOS. ![Open-Source Software][OSS Icon] ![Freeware][Freeware Icon] ![App Store][app-store Icon]
- Cutter - Powerful multi-platform reverse engineering tool. ![Open-Source Software][OSS Icon]
- DevHub - Feature-rich offline app for developers. ![OSS][OSS Icon] ![App Store][app-store Icon]
- Dash - Awesome API documentation browser and code snippet manager. ![Freeware][Freeware Icon]
- Deeplink Buddy - Deeplink managers, made by developer for developers.
- Device Hub Pro - Mirror, control and test Android emulators and phones, iOS simulators and iPhones side by side. ![Open-Source Software][OSS Icon] ![Freeware][Freeware Icon] ![Native App][Native Icon]
- DiffMerge - Application to visually compare and merge files. ![Freeware][Freeware Icon]
- Eleven - Open-source reverse-engineering app where coding agents read, rename and patch binaries, Android apps and GPU kernels alongside you. ![Open-Source Software][OSS Icon] ![Freeware][Freeware Icon]
- EnvPane - OS X preference pane for environment variables. ![Open-Source Software][OSS Icon] ![Freeware][Freeware Icon]
- FinderGo - Open terminal quickly from Finder. ![Freeware][Freeware Icon] ![Open-Source Software][OSS Icon]
- Tintpad - Menu bar launcher that opens your terminal at the right repo with a coding agent (Claude Code, Codex) already running. ![Open-Source Software][OSS Icon] ![Freeware][Freeware Icon]
- FlyEnv - Local development environment manager for languages, databases, and services. ![Open-Source Software][OSS Icon]
- Finicky - Set rules to decide which browser opens each link. ![OSS][OSS Icon] ![Freeware][Freeware Icon]
- Frpc-Desktop - Open-source desktop client for FRP reverse proxy and intranet penetration with a visual interface. ![Open-Source Software][OSS Icon] ![Freeware][Freeware Icon]
- Gas Mask - Simple hosts file manager for Mac OS X. ![Open-Source Software][OSS Icon] ![Freeware][Freeware Icon]
- Gemini - Intelligent duplicate file finder.
- GraphCode - Runs coding-agent sessions as a graph, where each node is a live terminal you can attach to mid-run and each edge a hand-off that fires unattended. Claude Code, Copilot CLI, Codex. ![Freeware][Freeware Icon]
- Hex Fiend - Fast and clever open source hex editor. ![Open-Source Software][OSS Icon] ![Freeware][Freeware Icon] ![App Store][app-store Icon]
- Hosts.prefpane - System preference pane to manage your hosts file. ![Open-Source Software][OSS Icon] ![Freeware][Freeware Icon]
- Icon Preview - Preview your app icon and menu bar icon. ![Freeware][Freeware Icon] ![App Store][app-store Icon]
- iHosts - The only
/etc/hostseditor on Mac App Store. ![Freeware][Freeware Icon] ![App Store][app-store Icon] - Itsyconnect - App Store Connect client for metadata, TestFlight, reviews, analytics, and localization. ![Open-Source Software][OSS Icon]
- SaneHosts - Hosts-based ad and tracker blocker. ![Open-Source Software][OSS Icon]
- ILLA Cloud - Low-code internal tool builder. ![Open-Source Software][OSS Icon]
- ImHex - Hex Editor for reverse engineers and programmers. ![OSS][OSS Icon] ![Freeware][Freeware Icon]
- Integrity - Free website link checker for Mac. ![Freeware][Freeware Icon]
- JET Pilot - Open-source Kubernetes desktop client for working across clusters, namespaces and cloud accounts. ![Open-Source Software][OSS Icon] ![Freeware][Freeware Icon]
- JsonStudio - Local-first JSON workspace for formatting, editing, diffing, converting, validating, and extracting JSON from logs. ![Open-Source Software][OSS Icon] ![Freeware][Freeware Icon]
- Kaleidoscope - Compare text, images, and folders.
- Koala - GUI application for Less, Sass, Compass and CoffeeScript compilation. ![Open-Source Software][OSS Icon] ![Freeware][Freeware Icon]
- Loca Studio - Analyze, review, and edit app translations.
- LINQPad - .NET scratchpad for running code, queries, and database exploration. ![Freeware][Freeware Icon]
- Loupe - Accessibility inspector that generates AI-agent-ready output. ![Open-Source Software][OSS Icon] ![Freeware][Freeware Icon]
- MacSystemColors - Mac app that shows all system colors in light and dark mode for Cocoa developers. ![Open-Source Software][OSS Icon] ![Freeware][Freeware Icon]
- Medio - A native, lightweight text diff tool with a clean UI and real-time highlighting. ![Open-Source Software][OSS Icon] ![Freeware][Freeware Icon]
- MJML - Create responsive emails with a semantic syntax and rich components. ![OSS][OSS Icon] ![Freeware][Freeware Icon]
- NameQuick - AI-powered file renaming tool for macOS
- PaintCode - Vector drawing app that generates Objective-C or Swift code in real time.
- Pasteboard Viewer - Inspect the system pasteboards. ![Open-Source Software][OSS Icon] ![Freeware][Freeware Icon] ![App Store][app-store Icon]
- Poirot - Companion app for browsing Claude Code sessions, reviewing diffs, and rerunning commands. ![Open-Source Software][OSS Icon] ![Freeware][Freeware Icon]
- Muxy - AI-native GUI for managing AI coding sessions, projects, with split panes, Git integration, and AI usage tracking.
- PortKiller - Tool for inspecting ports, managing forwards and tunnels, and stopping bound processes. ![Open-Source Software][OSS Icon]
- PPRows - Application to calculate how many lines of code you write. ![Freeware][Freeware Icon] ![Open-Source Software][OSS Icon]
- ProcessSpy - A clean and powerful process monitor.
- PushMate - Solves common push notification problems on macOS.
- Responsively - A must-have devtool for web developers for quicker responsive web development. ![Open-Source Software][OSS Icon] ![Freeware][Freeware Icon]
- Runner - Open-source workspace where CLI coding agents such as Claude Code, Codex, Copilot CLI, and pi work one task together as a crew, each in its own real terminal. ![Open-Source Software][OSS Icon] ![Freeware][Freeware Icon]
- SCM Breeze - Set of shell scripts (for bash and zsh) that enhance your interaction with git. ![Freeware][Freeware Icon] ![Open-Source Software][OSS Icon]
- SecureCRT - Terminal emulation which supports SSH, Telnet or other protocols.
- Site Sucker - Automatically downloads websites. ![App Store][app-store Icon]
- SnippetsLab - Easy-to-use code snippets manager.
- Solarized - Clean and beautiful color theme. Works well with iTerm, JetBrains products, Vim etc.
- SSH Keys Manager - Native macOS app for managing local SSH keys and Git identities. ![Open-Source Software][OSS Icon] ![Freeware][Freeware Icon] ![Native App][Native Icon]
- Starcat - Native, local-first GitHub Stars manager that turns saved repositories into a searchable, AI-assisted knowledge base. ![Open-Source Software][OSS Icon] ![Freeware][Freeware Icon] ![Native App][Native Icon] ![App Store][app-store Icon]
- StarUML - Powerful UML app.
- Swiftify - Objective-C to Swift code converter and Xcode & Finder extensions.
- SwiftPlantUML - Generate and view class diagrams from Xcode for Swift code. ![Open-Source Software][OSS Icon] ![Freeware][Freeware Icon]
- SwitchHosts - Free and open-source app for hosts management & switching. ![Open-Source Software][OSS Icon] ![Freeware][Freeware Icon]
- Switzy - Open-source tool for switching Git identities and managing SSH keys. ![Open-Source Software][OSS Icon] ![Freeware][Freeware Icon]
- SYM - GUI Application to symbolicate iOS crash log. ![Open-Source Software][OSS Icon] ![Freeware][Freeware Icon]
- tapflow - Self-hosted tool for testing iOS simulators and Android emulators from the browser, on Macs your team already owns. ![Open-Source Software][OSS Icon] ![Freeware][Freeware Icon]
- Testpiler - Tool for converting XCTest test suites to Swift Testing.
- TeXstudio - Integrated writing environment for creating LaTeX documents. ![Open-Source Software][OSS Icon] ![Freeware][Freeware Icon]
- Touch Bar Simulator - Use the Touch Bar on any Mac. ![Open-Source Software][OSS Icon] ![Freeware][Freeware Icon]
- TunnelFlow - Modern SSH tunnel and port forwarding manager supporting local, remote, and dynamic SOCKS5 forwards. ![Open-Source Software][OSS Icon] ![Freeware][Freeware Icon]
- Visual Paradigm - All-in-one UML, SysML, BPMN modeling platform.
- Woodpecker - View iOS app's Sandbox files, UserDefaults, Keychain items on a Mac. ![App Store][app-store Icon]
- WWDC - The Mac OS unofficial WWDC app. ![Open-Source Software][OSS Icon] ![Freeware][Freeware Icon]
- Xcodes - Install and switch between multiple versions of Xcode. ![Open-Source Software][OSS Icon] ![Freeware][Freeware Icon]
- XCSnippetsApp - Explore, view, and edit Swift and iOS code snippets for Xcode. ![OSS][OSS Icon] ![Freeware][Freeware Icon]
- zeplin - Collaboration tool for work between designers and developers. ![Freeware][Freeware Icon]
- ZOC Terminal - Terminal emulator which supports SSH, telnet, connections and other protocols.
- Nib Unlocker - .nib to .xib converter ![App Store][app-store Icon]
Regular Expression Editors
- Patterns - Regular expression editor.
- Regex - Regular expression testing tool with an emphasis on simplicity.
- RegExRX - Development tool for regular expressions.
- RegexMate - A regular expression testing tool with a built-in quick reference guide.
API Development and Analysis
- bruno - Bruno is a offline-only, fast and git-friendly opensource API client.![Freeware][Freeware Icon]
- Cocoa Rest Client - Free, open-source, native Apple OS X app for testing HTTP/REST endpoints. ![Open-Source Software][OSS Icon] ![Freeware][Freeware Icon]
- Echolon - Open-source API client and Postman alternative.
- HTTPie - HTTPie is making APIs simple and intuitive for those building the tools of our time. ![Freeware][Freeware Icon]
- Hoppscotch - A lightweight, fast, and full-featured API debugging tool. ![Open-Source Software][OSS Icon] ![Freeware][Freeware Icon]
- Insomnia - The most intuitive cross-platform REST API Client. ![Open-Source Software][OSS Icon] ![Freeware][Freeware Icon]
- Katalon Studio - Simplify API, Web, and Mobile Automation Tests. ![Freeware][Freeware Icon]
- Maestro - End-to-end testing framework for mobile and web apps. ![Open-Source Software][OSS Icon] ![Freeware][Freeware Icon]
- Mockoon - Create mock APIs in seconds. ![Open-Source Software][OSS Icon]
- Optics Framework - Open-source UI test automation for Android, iOS, web and smart TV apps, with tests written as CSV or YAML steps. ![Open-Source Software][OSS Icon] ![Freeware][Freeware Icon]
- Paw - Advanced HTTP client.
- Postman - GUI platform for API development. ![Freeware][Freeware Icon]
- Reqable - Next-Gen API Development Tool, Advanced API Debugging Proxy and REST Client. ![Freeware][Freeware Icon]
- ReqRes - Native macOS app to monitor, debug, and mock HTTP(S) requests and responses. ![Open-Source Software][OSS Icon] ![Freeware][Freeware Icon]
- Requestly - Open-source, lightweight Git-Friendly API Client built for modern developers. ![Open-Source Software][OSS Icon] ![Freeware][Freeware Icon]
- Trayce - Lightweight tool to monitor Docker container traffic with a built-in .bru HTTP client. ![Freeware][Freeware Icon] ![Open-Source Software][OSS Icon]
- Yaak - A modern API client supporting multiple protocols, offline usage, and Git integration. ![Open-Source Software][OSS Icon]
Network Analysis
- Charles - HTTP proxy/monitor to view HTTP and HTTPS traffic.
- James - Open-source proxy tool for checking and mapping requests with http as well as https. ![Open-Source Software][OSS Icon] ![Freeware][Freeware Icon]
- Little Snitch - Network monitor with a world map for visualizing network connections.
- mitmproxy - Interactive intercepting HTTP proxy for penetration testers and software developers. ![Open-Source Software][OSS Icon] ![Freeware][Freeware Icon]
- Proxie - HTTP debugging proxy.
- Proxyman - Modern and intuitive HTTP debugging proxy for macOS. ![Freeware][Freeware Icon]
- Rockxy - Open-source HTTP(S) debugging proxy for intercepting, inspecting, modifying, and replaying requests. ![Open-Source Software][OSS Icon] ![Freeware][Freeware Icon]
- Sniffnet - Application to comfortably monitor your network traffic. ![Open-Source Software][OSS Icon] ![Freeware][Freeware Icon]
- Tracexy - Open-source, session-based network intelligence for capturing live traffic and investigating PCAP/PCAPNG files locally. ![Open-Source Software][OSS Icon] ![Freeware][Freeware Icon]
- WiFi Lens - Native open-source Wi-Fi analyzer and network diagnostics app with real-time spectrum scanning, channel congestion visualization, and BLE device tracking. ![Open-Source Software][OSS Icon] ![Freeware][Freeware Icon]
- Wireshark - The world’s foremost and widely-used network protocol analyzer. ![Open-Source Software][OSS Icon] ![Freeware][Freeware Icon]
- Apidog - All-in-One workspace for API Design, Documentation, Debug, Mock, Test.
Frameworks For Hybrid Applications
- AppJS - Lightweight JavaScript UI library for creating mobile webapps that behave like native apps. ![Open-Source Software][OSS Icon] ![Freeware][Freeware Icon]
- DMG Maker - DMG creation tool with polished visuals and CLI support. ![Open-Source Software][OSS Icon] ![Freeware][Freeware Icon]
- create-dmg - Create a good-looking DMG for your macOS app in seconds. ![Open-Source Software][OSS Icon] ![Freeware][Freeware Icon]
- Rilmazafone - Design DMG installers on a WYSIWYG canvas and build exactly what you drew, no scripts. ![Open-Source Software][OSS Icon] ![Freeware][Freeware Icon] ![App Store][app-store Icon]
- Electrino - Desktop runtime for web apps using the system's browser engine. ![OSS][OSS Icon] ![Freeware][Freeware Icon]
- Electron - Build cross platform desktop application with JavaScript, HTML and CSS. ![Open-Source Software][OSS Icon] ![Freeware][Freeware Icon]
- ionic - Build native and web apps with Angular and open web technologies. ![OSS][OSS Icon] ![Freeware][Freeware Icon]
- MacGap - Lightweight JavaScript API for OS X integration. ![OSS][OSS Icon] ![Freeware][Freeware Icon]
- nw.js - Build desktop apps with HTML and JavaScript. ![OSS][OSS Icon] ![Freeware][Freeware Icon]
- Qt - Cross-platform application framework.
- React Native for Ubuntu - Build Ubuntu desktop apps using React Native. ![Open-Source Software][OSS Icon] ![Freeware][Freeware Icon]
- React Native macOS - Build OS X desktop apps using React Native and Cocoa. ![Open-Source Software][OSS Icon] ![Freeware][Freeware Icon]
- react-desktop - React UI Components for macOS Sierra. ![Open-Source Software][OSS Icon] ![Freeware][Freeware Icon]
- ReactXP - Microsoft platform for Web, iOS, Android, and Windows UWP. ![OSS][OSS Icon] ![Freeware][Freeware Icon]
- Tauri - Create small, fast, secure, cross-platform applications ![Open-Source Software][OSS Icon] ![Freeware][Freeware Icon]
Version Control
- Cornerstone - Powerful version control with a gorgeous interface.
- Fork - Fast and friendly Git client for Mac.
- Git Cola - Powerful, Fast, Lightweight and Friendly Git GUI. For those caffeine adicting users. ![Open-Source Software][OSS Icon]
- Gitbar - Open-source，display GitHub contribution statistics on your menu bar. ![Open-Source Software][OSS Icon] ![Freeware][Freeware Icon]
- GitButler - Change management with parallel and stacked branches, unlimited undo, agent integrations. ![Open-Source Software][OSS Icon] ![Freeware][Freeware Icon]
- GitFinder - Fast and lightweight Git client for Mac with Finder integration.
- Gitfox - Commit faster, improve your code quality with superior diffs - and look good doing it. ![App Store][app-store Icon]
- GitHub Desktop - The official GitHub GUI. ![Freeware][Freeware Icon] ![Open-Source Software][OSS Icon]
- GitKraken - The most popular Git GUI for Windows, Mac and Linux.
- GitUp - A simple & powerful Git client。![Open-Source Software][OSS Icon] ![Freeware][Freeware Icon]
- GitX-dev - Fork of Pieter's nice git GUI for OS X. Includes branch/tag sidebar and various fixes. ![Open-Source Software][OSS Icon] ![Freeware][Freeware Icon]
- Hub - Command-line wrapper for Git that makes you better at GitHub. ![Open-Source Software][OSS Icon] ![Freeware][Freeware Icon]
- PullBull - GitHub pull requests, issues and Projects boards in the menu bar. ![Open-Source Software][OSS Icon] ![Freeware][Freeware Icon]
- RelaGit - The elegant solution to graphical version control. Built by developers, for developers. ![Open-Source Software][OSS Icon] ![Freeware][Freeware Icon]
- SmartGit - Git client with support.
- SourceTree - Free Git & Mercurial client for Windows or Mac. ![Freeware][Freeware Icon]
- Sublime Merge - Git client, from the makers of Sublime Text.
- Changes - GUI Git client. Replace the Git CLI with a clear UI and AI assist. ![Freeware][Freeware Icon] ![Open-Source Software][OSS Icon]
- teebe - Native manager for Git worktrees, with live file change badges and inline diffs. ![Open-Source Software][OSS Icon] ![Freeware][Freeware Icon]
- Tower2 - The most powerful Git client for Mac and Windows.
- Vershd - The free for personal use effortless Git GUI, for Windows, Mac, & Linux. ![Freeware][Freeware Icon]
- Versions - Mac Subversion (SVN) Client.
Virtualization
- Docker - Powerful, performs operating-system-level virtualization. ![Open-Source Software][OSS Icon] ![Freeware][Freeware Icon] ![Awesome List][awesome-list Icon]
- Berthly - Native GUI for Apple's container tool, with menu bar monitoring and drag-and-drop image builds. ![Open-Source Software][OSS Icon] ![Freeware][Freeware Icon]
- Gantry - Docker management client for local and SSH remote hosts with built-in MCP server support for agent workflows. ![Open-Source Software][OSS Icon] ![Freeware][Freeware Icon]
- Cocoa-Way - Wayland compositor for running Linux GUI apps without a virtual machine. ![Open-Source Software][OSS Icon] ![Freeware][Freeware Icon]
- GhostVM - Virtualization tool for creating and managing isolated macOS virtual machine workspaces. ![Freeware][Freeware Icon]
- Mac Android Subsystem - Run Android apps on Apple Silicon, each in its own Mac window with its own Dock icon. ![Open-Source Software][OSS Icon] ![Freeware][Freeware Icon]
- MacVirtue - Run free and unlimited Virtual Machines on your Mac.
- Mocker - Container manager built on Apple's Containerization framework. ![Open-Source Software][OSS Icon] ![Freeware][Freeware Icon]
- Multipass - Ubuntu VMs on demand for any workstation. ![Open-Source Software][OSS Icon]
- OrbStack - Fast, light, and simple way to run Docker containers and Linux machines on macOS. ![Freeware][Freeware Icon]
- Parallels - Powerful, easy-to-use VM. No free upgrade for each new Mac OS.
- Podman Desktop - Open-source graphical tool for managing containers and Kubernetes. ![Open-Source Software][OSS Icon] ![Freeware][Freeware Icon]
- Rancher Desktop - Container management and Kubernetes on the desktop. ![OSS][OSS Icon]
- Lima - Lima launches Linux virtual machines with automatic file sharing and port forwarding. ![Open-Source Software][OSS Icon]
- QEMU - A free and open-source emulator and virtualizer that can perform hardware virtualization. ![Open-Source Software][OSS Icon] ![Freeware][Freeware Icon]
- UTM - UTM is an easy-to-use GUI for QEMU and can run ARM64, x64 and other VMs on M1 Macs. ![Open-Source Software][OSS Icon]
- Vagrant - Tool for building and distributing development environments. ![Open-Source Software][OSS Icon] ![Freeware][Freeware Icon] ![Awesome List][awesome-list Icon]
- Veertu - The lightest VM on Mac. Responsive, sandboxed & native way to run VM on your Mac. ![Freeware][Freeware Icon]
- Virtual Box - Powerful x86 and AMD64/Intel64 virtualization product. ![Freeware][Freeware Icon]
- VMware Fusion - Powerful, commercial VM developed by VMware.
Databases
- Apache Directory Studio - LDAP browser and Active Directory client. ![Open-Source Software][OSS Icon] ![Freeware][Freeware Icon]
- Another Redis Desktop Manager - A faster, better and more stable redis desktop manager.![Open-Source Software][OSS Icon]![Freeware][Freeware Icon]
- Base 2 - Application for creating, designing, editing and browsing SQLite 3 database files.
- Beekeeper Studio - Smooth SQL editor and database manager ![Open-Source Software][OSS Icon] ![Freeware][Freeware Icon]
- Bdash - Modern SQL client application, supports MySQL, PostgreSQL (Redshift) and BigQuery.![Open-Source Software][OSS Icon] ![Freeware][Freeware Icon]
- Chrome MySQL Admin - Powerful Chrome app to manage your MySQL. ![Open-Source Software][OSS Icon] ![Freeware][Freeware Icon]
- Core Data Editor - Core Data Editor lets you easily view, edit and analyze applications‘ data. ![Open-Source Software][OSS Icon] ![Freeware][Freeware Icon]
- Dataflare - Simple database client supporting Postgres, MySQL, DuckDB, libSQL, Cloudflare D1, and more.
- DB Browser for SQLite - Official home of the DB Browser for SQLite. ![Open-Source Software][OSS Icon] ![Freeware][Freeware Icon]
- DBeaver - Universal SQL Client.
- DBine - Open-source database manager for 130+ SQL and NoSQL databases and cloud services, with notebooks, schema and data compare, and an MCP server. ![Open-Source Software][OSS Icon] ![Freeware][Freeware Icon]
- DB Pro - Database client for querying and managing SQL databases.
- ElectroCRUD - Modern MySQL CRUD application. ![Open-Source Software][OSS Icon] ![Freeware][Freeware Icon]
- FastoNoSQL - Cross-platform GUI client for various key-value databases. ![OSS][OSS Icon] ![Freeware][Freeware Icon]
- FastoRedis - Cross-platform professional GUI management tool for Redis. ![Open-Source Software][OSS Icon] ![Freeware][Freeware Icon]
- JackDB - Secure, collaborative environment for your queries and data-driven insights. ![Open-Source Software][OSS Icon] ![Freeware][Freeware Icon]
- MDB Explorer - MDB tool to open, read, export your MDB files to other formats and databases.
- Medis - GUI Manager for Redis. ![Open-Source Software][OSS Icon]
- Mingo - Easy to use MongoDB GUI with mind-blowing features.
- mongoDB.app - The easiest way to get started with mongoDB on the Mac. ![Open-Source Software][OSS Icon] ![Freeware][Freeware Icon]
- MongoDB - Scalable, flexible document database with querying and indexing. ![OSS][OSS Icon] ![Freeware][Freeware Icon] ![Awesome List][awesome-list Icon]
- MySQL Workbench - The official MySQL GUI.
- Navicat Data Modeler - Cost-effective database design tool for high-quality data models.
- neo4j - The leading graph database! ![Open-Source Software][OSS Icon] ![Freeware][Freeware Icon]
- Paul - AI-first PostgreSQL client for getting fast answers from your database with read-only access by default.
- pgMagic🪄 - Chat to Postgres in natural language or SQL.
- pgModeler - pgModeler is an open source data modeling tool designed for PostgreSQL. ![Open-Source Software][OSS Icon] ![Freeware][Freeware Icon]
- Postgres.app - The easiest way to get started with PostgreSQL on the Mac. ![Open-Source Software][OSS Icon] ![Freeware][Freeware Icon]
- Postico - Modern PostgreSQL client for Mac.
- PSequel - PostgreSQL GUI tool for Mac OS X. ![Freeware][Freeware Icon]
- Redis Insight - Official Redis tool for browsing, debugging, and visualizing data. ![Freeware][Freeware Icon]
- RedisClient - Redis client application on mac, windows and linux. ![Open-Source Software][OSS Icon] ![Freeware][Freeware Icon]
- RedisDesktopManager - Cross-platform GUI management tool for Redis. ![Open-Source Software][OSS Icon] ![Freeware][Freeware Icon]
- Sequel Pro - MySQL database management for Mac OS X. ![Open-Source Software][OSS Icon] ![Freeware][Freeware Icon]
- Sequel Ace - The maintained "sequel" to the longtime macOS tool Sequel Pro. ![Open-Source Software][oss icon]
- SQLight - SQLite database manager tool. ![Freeware][Freeware Icon]
- SQLPro Studio - Simple, powerful database manager for macOS.
- Studio 3T - the Ultimate GUI for MongoDB. ![Freeware][Freeware Icon]
- SurrealDB - A scalable, distributed, collaborative, document-graph database, for the realtime web. ![Open-Source Software][oss icon]
- TablePlus - Supports: PostgreSQL, MySQL, RedShift, MariaDB... High-end security ensured.
- TablePro - Fast database client with AI-assisted SQL editing and support for major SQL/NoSQL engines. ![Open-Source Software][OSS Icon] ![Freeware][Freeware Icon] ![Native App][Native Icon]
- TrailBase - Open-source backend platform with type-safe APIs, auth, and admin tools built on SQLite. ![Open-Source Software][OSS Icon]
- redis-pro - Small, easy to use Redis management, written with SwiftUI, support Dark mode. ![Open-Source Software][OSS Icon] ![Freeware][Freeware Icon]
Terminal Apps
- alacritty - A cross-platform, GPU-accelerated terminal emulator. ![Open-Source Software][OSS Icon] ![Freeware][Freeware Icon]
- Awal Terminal - AI-native terminal emulator with multi-provider profiles and voice input. ![Open-Source Software][OSS Icon] ![Freeware][Freeware Icon]
- Calyx - Native macOS terminal for running and supervising coding agents in parallel. ![Open-Source Software][OSS Icon] ![Freeware][Freeware Icon]
- Command Book - A terminal companion for long-running terminal commands (freemium)
- electerm - Terminal, SSH, and SFTP client. ![Open-Source Software][OSS Icon] ![Freeware][Freeware Icon]
- Farol - Terminal built on libghostty that shows which coding agent is working, waiting or done. ![Open-Source Software][OSS Icon] ![Freeware][Freeware Icon]
- Ghostty - Fast GPU-accelerated terminal emulator. ![Open-Source Software][OSS Icon] ![Freeware][Freeware Icon]
- ghostty-designer - Live-preview editor for Ghostty themes, fonts and UI settings. ![Open-Source Software][OSS Icon] ![Freeware][Freeware Icon]
- hyper - A terminal built on web technologies. ![Open-Source Software][OSS Icon] ![Freeware][Freeware Icon]
- iTerm2 - iTerm2 is an amazing terminal emulator for OS X. ![Open-Source Software][OSS Icon] ![Freeware][Freeware Icon]
- kitty - A cross-platform, fast, feature full, GPU based terminal emulator. ![Open-Source Software][OSS Icon] ![Freeware][Freeware Icon]
- KubeSwitch - The fastest way to switch between Kubernetes contexts and namespaces on macOS. ![Freeware][Freeware Icon]
- SSHFire - Cross-platform SSH client with a terminal, a session manager and an SFTP browser that follows the current directory. ![Open-Source Software][OSS Icon] ![Freeware][Freeware Icon]
- Tabby (formerly Terminus) - Free terminal tool, built with TypeScript, heavily inspired by Hyper. ![Open-Source Software][OSS Icon] ![Freeware][Freeware Icon]
- Termius - A beautiful SSH and SFTP client for Mac. It is also available for mobile. ![Freeware][Freeware Icon] ![App Store][app-store Icon]
- Termstead - Native SSH client with a session tree, jump hosts and SFTP beside the terminal. ![Open-Source Software][OSS Icon] ![Freeware][Freeware Icon]
- tty7 - A GPU-rendered, daemon-backed terminal in pure Rust with sessions that stay alive without tmux. ![Open-Source Software][OSS Icon] ![Freeware][Freeware Icon]
- Vesta - Native macOS terminal built on libghostty for running coding agents in parallel. ![Open-Source Software][OSS Icon] ![Freeware][Freeware Icon]
- Warp - Warp is a blazingly fast, rust-based terminal reimagined from the ground up to work like a modern app. ![Open-Source Software][OSS Icon]
- Wave - Open-source terminal with built-in file previews, web browsing, and AI tools. ![Open-Source Software][OSS Icon] ![Freeware][Freeware Icon]
- WezTerm - A GPU-accelerated cross-platform terminal emulator and multiplexer implemented in Rust. ![Open-Source Software][OSS Icon] ![Freeware][Freeware Icon]
Design and Product
Design Tools
- Acorn - Great Mac OS X picture and photo editor, built for humans.
- Affinity Designer - Professional graphic design software for Mac.
- Affinity Photo - Professional image editing software for Mac.
- Alchemy - Experimental, open-source drawing application with an emphasis on creating conceptual art. ![Open-Source Software][OSS Icon]
- Amadine - Vector drawing app with an intuitive interface for graphic designers.
- Art Text 3 - Graphic design software for lettering, typography, and text effects.
- Blender - Free and open 3D creation software. ![Open-Source Software][OSS Icon] ![Freeware][Freeware Icon]
- Colorpicker - Colorpicker is a complete open-source colors manipulation tool with picking! ![Open-Source Software][OSS Icon] ![Freeware][Freeware Icon]
- darktable - darktable is an open source photography workflow application and raw developer. ![Open-Source Software][OSS Icon] ![Freeware][Freeware Icon]
- Droply - Offline batch background remover for images.
- Draw.io Drawio is a diagramming and whiteboarding desktop app ![Open-Source Software][OSS Icon]
- Figma - The collaborative interface design tool, for vector graphics and UI prototyping. ![Freeware][Freeware Icon]
- FontForge - Free, open-source font editor. ![Open-Source Software][OSS Icon] ![Freeware][Freeware Icon]
- GIMP - The GNU Image Manipulation Program. ![Open-Source Software][OSS Icon]
- inklet - Turn your Mac trackpad into drawing board.
- Inkscape - Professional vector graphics editor. ![Open-Source Software][OSS Icon]
- ItsPaint - Native paint and screenshot markup: step badges, pixelate, Instant Alpha. No account or telemetry. ![Open-Source Software][OSS Icon] ![Freeware][Freeware Icon]
- Krita - Open-source digital painting software for concept artists, digital painters, and illustrators. ![Open-Source Software][OSS Icon] ![Freeware][Freeware Icon]
- macSVG - Designing HTML5 SVG art and animation. ![Open-Source Software][OSS Icon] ![Freeware][Freeware Icon]
- MagicaVoxel - Free, lightweight 8-bit voxel editor and interactive path tracing renderer.
- MakeHuman - Powerful and free 3D human modeler. ![Freeware][Freeware Icon]
- Monodraw - Powerful ASCII art editor designed for the Mac. ![App Store][app-store Icon]
- Nik Collection - Nik Collection by DxO.
- Paintbrush - Bitmap image editor. ![Open-Source Software][OSS Icon] ![Freeware][Freeware Icon]
- Pencil2D - A easy, intuitive tool to make 2D hand-drawn animations. ![Open-Source Software][OSS Icon] ![Freeware][Freeware Icon]
- Pixelmator - Full-featured image editor for Mac.
- Pixen - Native pixel art and animation editor for Mac.
- Principle - Application for designing animated and interactive user interfaces.
- Pika - An open-source color picker app. ![Open-Source Software][OSS Icon] ![App Store][app-store Icon]
- RawTherapee - A powerful cross-platform raw photo processing program! ![Freeware][Freeware Icon] ![Open-Source Software][OSS Icon]
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