MacOS apps
Convert weird video files to MP4 in one click.
Magicbrake is a simple macOS GUI for handbrakecli. It’s equivalent to running ./HandBrakeCLI -i input.mkv -o output.mp4 --preset="Very Fast 1080p30". It accepts one or many files.
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Teleprompter for macOS.
A very basic, always-on-top floating text prompter for macOS. Perfect for quick videos, or keeping important text visible while you work.
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bluetooth mesh chat, IRC vibes.
A secure, decentralized, peer-to-peer messaging app that works over Bluetooth mesh networks. No internet required, no servers, no phone numbers - just pure encrypted communication.
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The best SQLite database editor for macOS
Base is a small, powerful, comfortable SQLite editor for everyone
Private, fast, and honest web browser.
The Chromium-based web browser made for people, with love. Best privacy by default, unbiased ad-blocking, no bloat and no noise.
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SQL & noSQL database manager.
Powerful and easy to use (no)SQL database client for MySQL, PostgreSQL, Oracle, SQL Server, SQLite, MongoDB, Redis, …
DbGate is cross-platform database manager. It's designed to be simple to use and effective, when working with more databases simultaneously. But there are also many advanced features like schema compare, visual query designer, chart visualisation or batch export and import.
Stop launching the Music app whenever you press ▶ Play.
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Protect your SSH keys with your Mac's Secure Enclave.
Secretive is an app for protecting and managing SSH keys with the Secure Enclave.
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Make Your Images Crystal Clear.
Transform blurry, low-resolution images into stunning high-definition quality with AI.
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An app that adapts to you, not the other way around
Affinity comes with built-in Vector, Pixel, and Layout studios, but you’re not locked in. Rearrange panels and mix and match your favorite tools to build custom studios. You can save multiple setups, switch between them in a click, and even share with others or download theirs. It’s customization that flexes to your workflow.
a tiling window manager for macos.
Rift is a tiling window manager for macOS that focuses on performance and usability.
WiFiman is here to save your network from sluggish surfing, endless buffering, and congested data channels.
- Detect available WiFi networks and Bluetooth LE devices instantly.
- Scan network subnets for additional details on detected devices, such as Bonjour, SNMP, NetBIOS, and Ubiquiti discovery protocols.
- Connect to your UniFi network remotely via Teleport - a free, zero-configuration VPN.
Boot a virtual iPhone (iOS 26) via Apple's Virtualization.framework using PCC research VM infrastructure.
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📦 Mac App Store command line interface.
A command-line interface for the Mac App Store. Designed for scripting & automation.
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Network Monitor and Application Firewall for macOS.
The Little Snitch Network Monitor shows you where your Mac connects to on the Internet. You decide what you want to allow or deny.
Fast PostgreSQL Client for Developers.
A minimal, fast SQL client desktop application with AI-powered querying. Built for developers who want to quickly peek at their data without the bloat. Supports PostgreSQL, MySQL, and Microsoft SQL Server.
API Documentation Browser, Snippet Manager.
Dash is an API Documentation Browser and Code Snippet Manager. Dash instantly searches offline documentation sets for 200+ APIs, 100+ cheat sheets and more. You can even generate your own docsets or request docsets to be included.
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Free and Open Source RSS Reader for Mac and iOS.
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Powerful yet simple to use screenshot software 🖥️ 📸. Open Source Screenshot Software.
Flameshot is a free and open-source, cross-platform tool to take screenshots with many built-in features to save you time.
A second brain for the AI era. Free forever.
Organize your notes as Markdown files. With native relationships, Git, and Claude Code integration.
The terminal built for coding agents, multitasking.
Native macOS app built on Ghostty. Vertical tabs, notification rings when agents need attention, split panes, and a CLI for programmability.
AI Vision for macOS. Fast Screen Capture & VQA.
Peekaboo is a macOS CLI & optional MCP server that enables AI agents to capture screenshots of applications, or the entire system, with optional visual question answering through local or remote AI models.
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Turns the MacBook notch into a drop zone
Easily share files using AirDrop, Mail, Messages and more by simply dropping them into your MacBook notch area.
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Al powered voice to text.
Write 3x faster, without lifting a finger.
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macOS menu bar app that exposes Apple's on-device Foundation Models as an OpenAI-compatible local API. Zero cloud. Zero dependencies.
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A Web Developer's Browser. Develop responsive web apps 5x faster!
A must-have DevTool for all Front-End developers that will make your job easier. A modified browser built using Electron that helps in responsive web development.
Emulator of retro x86-based machines.
86Box is a low level x86 emulator that runs older operating systems and software designed for IBM PC systems and compatibles from 1981 through fairly recent system designs based on the PCI bus.
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Retroshare establish encrypted connections between you and your friends to create a network of computers, and provides various distributed services on top of it: forums, channels, chat, mail... Retroshare is fully decentralized, and designed to provide maximum security and anonymity to its users beyond direct friends. Retroshare is entirely free and open-source software. It is available on Android, Linux, MacOS and Windows. There are no hidden costs, no ads and no terms of service.
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Not so boring notch That Rocks 🎸🎶
Say hello to Boring Notch, the coolest way to make your MacBook’s notch the star of the show! Say goodbye to boring status bars: with Boring Notch, your notch transforms into a dynamic music control center, complete with a vibrant visualizer and all the essential music controls you need. But that’s just the start! Boring Notch also offers calendar integration, a handy file shelf with AirDrop support, a complete MacOS HUD replacement and more!
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The Missing Package Manager for macOS (or Linux).
Homebrew installs the stuff you need that Apple (or your Linux system) didn’t.
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The most intuitive desktop API client
Organize and execute REST, GraphQL, and gRPC requests in a simple and intuitive app. Yaak is a desktop API client for organizing and executing REST, GraphQL, and gRPC requests. It's built using Tauri, Rust, and ReactJS.
Download. Flash. Boot. The all-in-one USB creator for Mac.
macUSB is a guided macOS app for creating bootable USB media on Apple Silicon and Intel Macs from local .dmg, .iso, .cdr, and .app files, or with the built-in macOS downloader.
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Joplin is an open source note-taking app. Capture your thoughts and securely access them from any device.
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The Ultimate Desktop Companion for Your Immich Server.
ImmichSafe is a user-friendly, cross-platform desktop application for Windows, macOS, and Linux, designed to simplify the management, backup, and restoration of your self-hosted Immich photo and video management server. It provides a graphical user interface for complex Docker commands, making Immich administration accessible to everyone.
Chat for Ollama, Private AI Chat.
Empowering LLM researchers and hobbyists with seamless control over self-hosted models. Connect remotely, customize prompts, manage chats, and fine-tune configurations. All in one intuitive app.
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a free messaging app for Slack, Facebook Messenger, WhatsApp, Telegram and more.
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Ship 100x With The Agent IDE. The most powerful Agent Development Environment (ADE).
Orca is the ADE for working with a fleet of parallel agents. Run any coding agent with your own subscription. Available on desktop and mobile. Run Claude Code, Codex, OpenCode, and more side by side in isolated worktrees. Get the mobile companion for iOS or Android.
AeroSpace is an i3-like tiling window manager for macOS.
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Stay ahead of your repositories without opening a browser. Show status of GitHub Repos right in your menu bar and terminal: CI, Issues, Pull Requests, Latest Release.
RepoBar is a focused macOS menu bar app that surfaces the signal you care about: CI status, issues and PR counts, releases, traffic, and a compact activity heatmap for every repo you pin.
Virtual desktop pet cats for macOS — pixel art cats that live on your dock and chat with you via Ollama LLM.
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👻 Ghostty is a fast, feature-rich, and cross-platform terminal emulator that uses platform-native UI and GPU acceleration.
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A macOS app that blurs your screen when you slouch.
Dorso monitors your posture in real-time using either your Mac's camera or AirPods motion sensors. When it detects that you're slouching, it progressively blurs your screen to remind you to sit up straight. Maintain good posture, and the blur clears instantly.
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Your One-Stop Publication Workbench
From idea to publication in one app: Zettlr supports your writing process at every stage — from initial notes to journal submission or book manuscript.
FlashSpace is a blazingly fast virtual workspace manager for macOS ⚡
FlashSpace is a blazingly-fast virtual workspace manager for macOS, designed to enhance and replace native macOS Spaces. No more waiting for macOS animations.
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An open source anti-detect browser with robust fingerprint injection. 🦊 A stealthy, minimalistic, custom build of Firefox for web scraping 🦊
Beautiful native macOS video downloader. Download and trim in one app.
Media Downloader lets you download, quickly copy, reveal, and trim videos from social media and video platforms in one focused app. Paste a URL from services such as YouTube, Instagram, X, TikTok, Vimeo, Reddit, and many other sites supported by yt-dlp; the app downloads an MP4, copies the finished file to the clipboard, saves it to your chosen folder, and keeps a local history for fast access.
The database client Mac deserves. Fast, native database client for Mac
Connect to MySQL, Postgres, SQLite, Mongo, Redis, and a dozen more. Built with SwiftUI. Ships under 50 MB. Launches in under a second.
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Scientific plotting and data analysis. LabPlot is a FREE, open source and cross-platform Data Visualization and Analysis software accessible to everyone.
FREE, open source and cross-platform Data Visualization and Analysis software accessible to everyone and trusted by professionals.
Talk to your Mac, query your docs, no cloud required. On-device voice AI + RAG.
RCLI is an on-device voice AI for macOS. A complete STT + LLM + TTS pipeline running natively on Apple Silicon — 38 macOS actions via voice, local RAG over your documents, sub-200ms end-to-end latency. No cloud, no API keys.
The Ultimate CSV Editor. SmoothCSV is a powerful and intuitive tool for editing CSV files.
SmoothCSV is a cross-platform CSV editor built for real work. Edit your files intuitively, exactly how you want. Lightning-fast performance, handles messy data, and powerful features like SQL queries. Just smooth CSV editing that works.
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The best fork of the best lightweight, visual git client for macOS.
GitX is an OS X (MacOS) native graphical client for the git version control system.
GitX has a long history of various branches and versions maintained by various people over the years. This github org & repo are an attempt to consolidate and move forward with a current, common, community-maintained version.
A desktop app to easily run Large Language Models locally.
🚀 The Ultimate Image Uploader for Efficient Creators.
Supports Obsidian, Typora, VS Code etc. and 60+ image hosting services (S3, GitHub, Cloudflare R2, Imgur, Aliyun OSS...). Paste, upload, done.
KeePassXC is a cross-platform community-driven port of the Windows application “KeePass Password Safe”.
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The ultimate tv renamer / subtitle downloader / sfv validator.
FileBot is the ultimate tool for renaming your tv shows and anime, downloading subtitles from various sources or just simple file verification.
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Browse Android files on macOS with style
A beautiful, native macOS application for browsing and managing your Android device files via ADB. Fast, intuitive, and powerful.
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Your entire server infrastructure at your fingertips. Manage all your servers from your local desktop. No remote setup required.
XPipe is a new type of shell connection hub and remote file manager that allows you to access your entire server infrastructure from your local machine. It works on top of your installed command-line programs and does not require any setup on your remote systems. So if you normally use CLI tools like ssh, docker, kubectl, etc. to connect to your servers, you can just use XPipe on top of that.
A desktop app for isolated, parallel agentic development.
mux (Coding Agent Multiplexer) is a cross-platform desktop application for AI-assisted development with isolated workspace management.