Background Music
Per-app volume control, auto-pause of music, and system audio recording via a virtual audio device.
19k ★ GitHubFree (open source)
Audio
4Cog
Lightweight audio player supporting many formats and chiptunes, with equalizer, playlists and tag editing.
985 ★ GitHubFree (open source)
Noizio
Mix 40+ ambient and nature soundscapes with a Pomodoro timer to help you focus, relax or sleep.
—Freemium
Unclack
Automatically mutes your mic while you type and unmutes when you stop, across Zoom, Meet, Discord and more.
—Free
Automation
5Forel
Watches folders and applies local rules to automatically move, rename, tag or label files — a free Hazel alternative.
97 ★ GitHubFree (open source)
Keyboard Cowboy
Build custom keyboard shortcuts and contextual workflows to launch apps, run scripts and automate repetitive actions.
2.2k ★ GitHubFree (open source)
Raycast
Extensible keyboard-first launcher with clipboard history, snippets, window management, AI and community extensions.
—Freemium
Scheduler for Mac
Schedules reminders, app launches, AppleScript/Python/Bash scripts and web downloads, plus hotkeys for app sets.
—Free
Task Till Dawn
Builds scheduled and event-triggered workflows for backups, printing, file copying and app launching without scripts.
—Free
Browsers
5LibreWolf
Hardened Firefox fork with telemetry removed, uBlock Origin bundled and privacy-focused defaults enabled.
—Free (open source)
SingleFile
Browser extension that saves a complete web page as one self-contained HTML file for archiving.
22.1k ★ GitHubFree (open source)
Velja
Route each link to the right browser, profile or native app automatically using custom rules.
—Freemium
Vivaldi
Highly customizable Chromium browser with tab stacks, built-in ad blocker, notes and cross-device sync.
4.7 (4.2K ratings)Free
Zen Browser
Firefox-based browser with split views, workspaces and minimal chrome designed for calm, focused browsing.
43.9k ★ GitHubFree (open source)
Developer Tools
7Apparency
Inspect any macOS app's bundle, code signature, entitlements and Gatekeeper status before you trust and run it.
—Free
BBEdit
Edit text, code and markup with industrial-strength grep, multi-file search and replace, and huge-file handling.
—Freemium
Integrity
Crawls a website and reports broken internal and external links, images and files.
—Free
iTerm2
Replace Terminal with split panes, search, hotkey windows, triggers, tmux integration and deep scripting support.
17.6k ★ GitHubFree (open source)
Topgrade
One command detects every package manager on your system and runs all their update routines in sequence.
4.2k ★ GitHubFree (open source)
UTM
Run Windows, Linux and other guest operating systems as virtual machines or emulated systems on Apple hardware.
35k ★ GitHubFree (open source)
VirtualBuddy
Creates and runs macOS and Linux virtual machines on Apple Silicon through a friendly GUI.
8.4k ★ GitHubFree (open source)
Files & Backup
16Blip
Send huge files device-to-device with no size limit or cloud upload, encrypted and resumable.
4.8 (3.1K ratings)Freemium
Disk Drill
Scan and preview recoverable deleted files free, plus disk health, duplicate finder and byte-to-byte backups.
—Freemium
Duplicati
Runs scheduled, AES-256 encrypted, incremental backups to cloud services and remote servers from a browser UI.
14.9k ★ GitHubFree (open source)
LocalSend
AirDrop alternative that sends files and messages to nearby devices over the local network without internet.
4.5 (650 ratings)Free (open source)
Maestral
Sync Dropbox folders on macOS with far less memory and CPU than the official Dropbox client.
3.3k ★ GitHubFree (open source)
Marta
Fast dual-pane, keyboard-driven Finder replacement with archive support, themes, Lua plugins and a built-in terminal.
—Free
rclone
Command-line sync, copy and mount for 70+ cloud storage providers — 'rsync for cloud storage'.
57.3k ★ GitHubFree (open source)
Resilio Sync
Peer-to-peer file sync between your own devices with no cloud storage in the middle.
—Freemium
RsyncUI
SwiftUI front-end for rsync that manages backup and sync tasks without using the command line.
1.4k ★ GitHubFree (open source)
SmartBackup
Syncs multiple sources to a destination volume, makes bootable clones, archives files and automates scheduled backups.
—Free
Swift Salamander
Native dual-pane file manager with tabs, preview pane, built-in terminal and 38 cloud storage providers.
—Freemium
Syncthing
Continuously synchronize folders between your own devices peer-to-peer, with no cloud account or central server.
85.1k ★ GitHubFree (open source)
Time Machine Mechanic (T2M2)
Analyse Time Machine logs to diagnose failed, slow or stalled backups and check backup volume free space.
—Free
TimeMachineEditor
Replaces Time Machine's fixed hourly schedule with custom intervals, calendar rules or inactivity-based timing.
—Free
Transnomino
Batch rename files using regex, EXIF/ID3 metadata, numbering and saved recipes with a live preview.
—Free
Zero Duplicates
Finds duplicate files by content analysis and auto-selects copies to delete by folder, newest or oldest.
—Freemium
Media
6ClipGrab
Download and convert videos from YouTube, Vimeo, Facebook and other sites into MP4, MP3 or other formats.
—Free (open source)
Cronica
Minimalist movie and TV watchlist with episode tracking, release notifications and iCloud sync.
4.4 (16 ratings)Free
FreeTube
Watch and subscribe to YouTube channels privately, without ads, tracking or a Google account.
21.2k ★ GitHubFree (open source)
Libation
Backs up your Audible library, removes DRM and converts audiobooks to standard formats you keep permanently.
6k ★ GitHubFree (open source)
LosslessCut
Trims, cuts and remuxes video and audio losslessly without re-encoding, via an FFmpeg GUI.
41k ★ GitHubFree (open source)
QuickRecorder
Lightweight ScreenCaptureKit recorder for displays, windows, apps and iOS devices, with driver-free audio capture.
8.6k ★ GitHubFree (open source)
Menu Bar
8Folder Peek
Pin frequently used folders to the menu bar for instant browsing, previewing and drag-and-drop access.
—Freemium
Hidden Bar
Hides and reveals menu bar icons behind a divider to keep the macOS menu bar clean and uncluttered.
14.1k ★ GitHubFree (open source)
Meteorologist
Show highly customizable weather and forecasts for multiple locations directly in the macOS menu bar.
—Free (open source)
OnlySwitch
Toggle dark mode, hide the MacBook notch, manage AirPods and run Shortcuts from one menu bar switchboard.
5.7k ★ GitHubFree (open source)
Recents
Menu bar file launcher that surfaces recently opened documents grouped per application, going back months.
—Free
Reminders MenuBar
View, add and complete Apple Reminders from a lightweight menu bar popover without opening the app.
3.8k ★ GitHubFree (open source)
Vorssaint
Modular menu bar toolkit bundling system monitoring, per-app volume, window switching, clipboard history and keep-awake.
~5.3k ★ GitHub*Free (open source)
XMenu
Add classic Apple-menu-style hierarchical menus for apps, folders, documents and text snippets to the menu bar.
—Free
Messaging
1Session
Decentralized encrypted messenger needing no phone number or email, routed over onion-style service nodes.
4.3 (4.7K ratings)Free (open source)
Navigation
1Glympse
Share your live location for a set time via a link that needs no app or signup to view.
4.8 (49K ratings)Freemium
Networking
8Angry IP Scanner
Scan your network to find live hosts, open ports, hostnames and MAC addresses quickly.
5.1k ★ GitHubFree (open source)
Chrome Remote Desktop
Remotely control your Mac or PC from another computer, iPhone or iPad through your Google account.
3.0 (1.5K ratings)Free
HopToDesk
End-to-end encrypted remote desktop access, screen sharing, file transfer and chat across Mac, iOS and more.
—Free
LinkLiar
Menu bar tool that spoofs Wi-Fi and Ethernet MAC addresses for privacy on public networks.
1.5k ★ GitHubFree (open source)
Neat Download Manager
Accelerate and resume HTTP, HTTPS and FTP downloads using dynamic segmentation, with browser extensions.
—Free
Network Kit (Network Utility X)
Replace Apple's removed Network Utility with LAN scanning, ping, whois, dig, nslookup and geo-IP lookups.
—Freemium
Royal TSX
Remote connection manager for RDP, VNC, SSH, SFTP and web sessions with shared credential management.
—Freemium
Speediness
Checks download, upload, ping and RPM latency with saved history, CSV/JSON export and Shortcuts support.
—Free
Photos & Images
10digiKam
Advanced photo library manager with RAW editing, metadata, face recognition, advanced search and batch processing.
—Free (open source)
FlowVision
Browse huge local image and video folders in a fast waterfall grid with smooth full-screen viewing.
1.3k ★ GitHubFree (open source)
ImageFuel
Folder-based media gallery for browsing, searching, cropping and resizing images and stripping EXIF/GPS in batches.
—Free
ImageOptim
Drag images in to losslessly shrink PNG, JPEG and GIF files and strip EXIF metadata before publishing.
9.9k ★ GitHubFree (open source)
Kiano
Shows an entire photo library at once on a visual map sorted by colour or content similarity for fast sorting.
4.8 (57 ratings)Free
Metadata Lab — Exif Editor
View, edit, geotag and strip EXIF, IPTC and XMP metadata from photos and media files.
—Free
ToyViewer
Quickly view, convert and lightly edit images with filters, cropping and format conversion across many file types.
—Free
Unsplash Wallpapers
Sets rotating desktop wallpapers from the Unsplash photo library, refreshing daily or weekly.
—Free
Upscayl
Enlarge and sharpen low-resolution photos and artwork locally using AI super-resolution models.
46.6k ★ GitHubFree (open source)
XnConvert
Batch convert, resize, watermark and rename images across 500+ input and 80+ output formats.
—Free
Productivity
13csv-to-md
Batch converts CSV rows into individual Markdown notes with per-column formatting, for Obsidian, Bear or Logseq.
115 ★ GitHubFree (open source)
Daily
Periodically prompts you for what you're working on, building accurate timesheets without starting or stopping timers.
4.7 (1.1K ratings)Freemium
DEVONagent Lite
Menu bar search assistant that queries many general and specialist search engines without leaving your app.
—Free
FMail2
Native Swift Mac wrapper for Fastmail adding tabs, multiple windows, notifications and keyboard shortcuts.
—Free
Gladys
Drag-and-drop shelf that holds links, text, images and files, syncing across Mac and iOS via iCloud.
—Free
Hyperduck
Send links from iPhone, iPad or Vision Pro straight to your Mac's browser, syncing reliably even when offline.
4.9 (61 ratings)Paid ($5)
Lore
Native Mac workbench for running and tracking multiple AI coding-agent sessions, saving reusable skills and sharing threads.
—Freemium
Omnivore
Save articles and newsletters to read later with highlights and notes; now self-hosted only.
16.2k ★ GitHubFree (open source)
PDFgear
Read, edit, annotate, sign, merge, compress and OCR PDFs without watermarks, subscriptions or page limits.
4.7 (8.3K ratings)Free
Quitter
Automatically hide or quit distracting apps like Slack, Mail and Twitter after a set period of inactivity.
—Free
Rocket
Type a colon and a name to insert emoji anywhere on macOS, Slack-style, without opening the character picker.
—Freemium
Tuna
Modern Quicksilver-inspired modal app launcher with fuzzy, combo, text and local-dictation talk modes.
—Freemium
Underload
Shows one Apple Reminders task at a time to reduce overwhelm, with Siri and Shortcuts support.
5.0 (1 rating)Paid ($4.99)
Reference
4Kiwix
Reads ZIM archives to browse Wikipedia and other web content entirely offline on Mac, iPhone and iPad.
4.2 (413 ratings)Free (open source)
Mactracker
Offline database of specifications for every Mac, iPhone, iPad, Watch and Vision Pro ever made.
4.8 (1.1K ratings)Free
OrangeCard
Shows detailed hardware, network and system information about your Mac or iOS device at a glance.
—Free
Zotero
Collect, organize, annotate, cite and share research sources with PDF reading and word-processor plugins.
14.5k ★ GitHubFreemium
Security & Privacy
15BlockBlock
Get alerted in real time whenever software tries to install itself persistently on your Mac.
817 ★ GitHubFree (open source)
Clyde
Sounds an alarm if someone closes or tampers with your MacBook while you are away.
—Freemium
Cryptomator
Client-side encrypt files and filenames inside Dropbox, iCloud or Google Drive before they leave your device.
4.4 (414 ratings)Freemium
Encrypto
Drag files in to wrap them in AES-256 encryption with a password hint before emailing or AirDropping them.
—Free
Ente Auth
Open-source 2FA authenticator with end-to-end encrypted cloud backup and sync across all devices.
4.7 (282 ratings)Free (open source)
KnockKnock
Audit everything persistently installed on your Mac and check it against VirusTotal for malware.
773 ★ GitHubFree (open source)
OverSight
Alerts whenever the microphone or webcam is activated and identifies the responsible process.
673 ★ GitHubFree (open source)
Pareto Security
Menu bar app that continuously audits your Mac against basic security hygiene checks like FileVault and firewall.
447 ★ GitHubFreemium
Picocrypt
Tiny file encryption tool using XChaCha20 and Argon2id, with no installation or configuration.
1.5k ★ GitHubFree (open source)
Privacy Badger
EFF browser extension that automatically learns to block hidden trackers and clean tracking links while browsing.
3.8k ★ GitHubFree (open source)
Privileges
Grants standard users time-limited administrator rights on demand, with Touch ID and MDM management support.
2k ★ GitHubFree (open source)
ReiKey
Scan for and get alerted about persistent keyboard event taps, the technique most macOS keyloggers rely on.
346 ★ GitHubFree (open source)
Sandkorn
Shows which installed apps are sandboxed, their entitlements, and whether they are universal binaries.
—Free
Sherlock
Command-line tool that hunts down accounts using a given username across hundreds of social networks.
89.5k ★ GitHubFree (open source)
SilentKnight
Check in one click that XProtect, MRT, Gatekeeper, firmware and other Mac security components are up to date.
—Free
Social
1Openvibe
Merges Bluesky, Mastodon, Nostr, Threads, Tumblr and RSS into one chronological cross-posting timeline.
3.8 (162 ratings)Freemium
System Monitoring
6ActivityWatch
Automatically track time spent across apps and websites, with all data stored locally and privately.
17.8k ★ GitHubFree (open source)
AirBattery
See battery levels for AirPods, iPhone, iPad, Watch and Bluetooth gear in the Dock, menu bar or widget.
2.9k ★ GitHubFree (open source)
Battery Monitor: Health, Info
Menu bar monitor for MacBook battery health, cycle count, charge level and temperature with configurable alerts.
—Free
Sloth
Graphical lsof front-end showing all open files, sockets, pipes and devices used by running processes.
8.9k ★ GitHubFree (open source)
Stats
Watch CPU, GPU, RAM, disk, network and battery usage live from the macOS menu bar.
41.2k ★ GitHubFree (open source)
TaskExplorer
Inspect every running process with signing status, loaded dylibs, open files, connections and VirusTotal verdict.
142 ★ GitHubFree (open source)
Utilities
27Amphetamine
Keep your Mac and display awake during downloads, presentations or long builds using manual or automatic triggers.
4.8 (2.6K ratings)Free
AppCleaner
Drag an app onto it to uninstall it along with all its scattered preference, cache and support files.
—Free
Applite
Browse, install and update Homebrew Cask apps through a native GUI instead of the terminal.
6.8k ★ GitHubFree (open source)
balenaEtcher
Flashes OS images to SD cards and USB drives with drive-safety checks and write verification.
33.9k ★ GitHubFree (open source)
Captin
Shows caps lock status via a HUD, menu bar icon or sound, with multi-display support.
—Free
Cleanup Buddy
Find and delete duplicate photos and videos, merge contacts and shrink images to reclaim device storage.
4.3 (4 ratings)Freemium
DeskPad
Creates a virtual display inside a window so you can screen-share a clean, correctly sized desktop workspace.
7.7k ★ GitHubFree (open source)
Dockey
Change hidden Dock settings — animations, position, magnification — through a visual panel instead of Terminal.
—Free
FASA
Turns an image copied to the clipboard into a real file you can paste into folders, chats or editors.
—Free
Free Startup Manager
Controls login items with launch order, delays, hiding, multiple startup sets and scripts beyond macOS's settings.
—Free
Hyperkey
Turn Caps Lock into a Hyper key (Ctrl+Opt+Cmd+Shift) to unlock a whole extra layer of shortcuts.
—Free
Karabiner-Elements
Remap any key or modifier, build complex per-app rules, and turn Caps Lock into a hyper key.
22.4k ★ GitHubFree (open source)
Keka
Compress and extract 7z, ZIP, RAR, TAR and more, with password protection and archive splitting.
7k ★ GitHubFree (open source)
KeyCastr
Displays your keystrokes and mouse clicks on screen for screencasts, demos, presentations and pair collaboration.
14.9k ★ GitHubFree (open source)
Licensed
Stores and quickly looks up software license keys and registration details in one local, searchable place.
—Free
Mist
Downloads any macOS firmware or installer and builds app, DMG, ISO or package installers.
5k ★ GitHubFree (open source)
Mojito
Type :shortcode: to autocomplete emoji, symbols and GIFs in any macOS text field, processed entirely locally.
43 ★ GitHubFree (open source)
OnyX
Run maintenance scripts, clear caches, rebuild indexes and tweak hidden Finder, Dock and Safari settings.
—Free
OpenCore Legacy Patcher
Install and run current macOS versions on older Macs that Apple no longer supports.
17.6k ★ GitHubFree (open source)
Pearcleaner
Uninstall apps completely, hunt orphaned leftover files, manage Homebrew casks and strip unused app architectures.
13.5k ★ GitHubFree (open source)
Permissions Reset 2
Resets owner, group, permissions, ACLs and extended attributes (including quarantine) on files, folders and apps.
—Free
PingPlace
Menu bar utility that moves macOS notification banners to any of eight screen positions instead of top-right.
333 ★ GitHubFree
Shareful
Adds Copy, Save to Downloads, Save As and Open In actions to the macOS system share menu.
—Free
SuperCorners
Extends macOS Hot Corners with extra trigger zones and 88+ actions including Shortcuts and window management.
255 ★ GitHubFree (open source)
SwiftDefaultApps
Preference pane and CLI for viewing and changing default app associations for file types and URI schemes.
1.7k ★ GitHubFree (open source)
TheBoringNotch
Turns the MacBook notch into a Dynamic Island with music controls, battery, calendar, camera preview and a file shelf.
10.4k ★ GitHubFree (open source)
Trash Sweep
Caps the size of your Trash, deleting oldest items first so discarded files never quietly eat disk space.
14 ★ GitHubFree (open source)
Window Management
3AeroSpace
i3-like tiling window manager with keyboard-driven workspaces that works without disabling System Integrity Protection.
22.4k ★ GitHubFree (open source)
DockDoor
Hover a Dock icon to preview and switch between that app's open windows, Windows-style.
5.3k ★ GitHubFree (open source)
Swift Shift
Move and resize any window by dragging anywhere in it with a modifier key, Linux-style.
632 ★ GitHubFree (open source)
Writing & Notes
15Bean
Write and format simple rich-text documents fast, as a lightweight alternative to Word or Pages.
—Free
Drafts
Opens to a blank page for instant text capture, then routes and transforms that text through customizable actions.
4.8 (11K ratings)Freemium
Esse
Applies dozens of text transformations — case, encoding, extraction, cleanup — via app, Services, Shortcuts or CLI.
4.9 (55 ratings)Free
FSNotes
Fast plain-text and Markdown notes manager with iCloud sync, encryption and note linking.
7.4k ★ GitHubFree (open source)
Joplin
Offline-first Markdown note and to-do app with end-to-end encrypted sync, web clipper and plugin support.
56k ★ GitHubFreemium
JuxtaText
Compares two blocks of text side by side and merges them, highlighting exactly which lines and words changed.
—Free
MarkEdit
Lightweight native Markdown editor for Mac — like TextEdit but built for Markdown; ~4 MB, no telemetry.
4.9k ★ GitHubFree (open source)
Megawords
Searches a 400,000-word dictionary with wildcard, rhyme and anagram lookups for crosswords and word puzzles offline.
—Free
Nisus Thesaurus
Offline WordNet-based thesaurus with synonyms, antonyms and definitions, usable system-wide through Services.
—Free
Notenik
Keep plain-text Markdown notes in customisable collections with wiki links, tags, outlining and HTML publishing.
—Free (open source)
Obsidian
Build a linked personal knowledge base on top of local Markdown files you fully own.
4.7 (569 ratings)Freemium
Simplenote
Plain-text note taking with instant cross-device sync, tags, Markdown support and note sharing.
4.7 (4.3K ratings)Free
Stickier
Sticky notes for the desktop with rich text, checkboxes, links, custom colours and sync across Apple devices.
—Free
WordService
Adds system-wide Services to reformat, sort, change case, strip formatting and insert dates in any text field.
—Free
Zavala
Draft and restructure nested outlines for notes, plans and writing, synced across Mac, iPad and iPhone.
4.8 (66 ratings)Free (open source)