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Awesome Mac

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A curated list of amazingly awesome Mac OS X tools, applications and games. This repository is inspired by awesome-php!

Note: This repository isn't finished yet. It will be updated from time to time, stay tuned!

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Table of Contents

Cloud Storages

Several data providers who stores your data in the cloud

  • Google Drive - A file storage and synchronization service created by Google.
  • iCloud - A file storage and synchronization service powered by Apple.
  • OneDrive - OneDrive is a file hosting service that allows users to sync files and later access them from a web browser or mobile device from Microsoft.

Developer Tools

Several tools to support the work of a developer

  • agent-qa - CLI and MCP toolkit for natural-language web and mobile testing with advanced memidex memory and self-improvement.
  • Device Hub Pro - Free, open source app to manage and mirror Android emulators, Android phones and iOS simulators side by side.
  • Kilobat CLI - macOS command-line network diagnostics and monitoring with JSON output and a local MCP server.
  • Oh My Android - Free, open source control panel for the Android Emulator and adb devices, with an MCP server.
  • Postman - Postman helps you develop APIs faster.
  • PSequel - A PostgreSQL GUI Tool for Mac OS X.
  • Tintpad - Free, open source menu bar launcher that opens your terminal at a repo with a coding agent already running.

E-Mail

Programs which are used to access and manage a user's email

FTP Clients

Applications to connect via several protocols to a server.

Finance

Applications to keep an eye on your costs

Games

A list of awesome games which are running smoothly under Mac OS X

IDE (Integrated development environment)

Software Applications that provides comprehensive facilities for software development.

Messaging

Apps to communicate with other human beings

Organisational

Apps to organize your life like calendars or task lists

  • HULOG - A Mac and iOS app for quickly taking timestamped notes during meetings or oncall incidents.
  • Sticki.ly - One sticky note, synced across every device you own. Each sticki holds text plus one attached file and lives in the menu bar, in five paper colors. From $9.99/month.
  • Taskade - Beautiful task lists, notes and team workspaces on your Mac.
  • Todoing.ly - Task manager with plain-English input, repeating tasks, subtasks, shared projects and list or kanban board views, synced across your devices. From $9.99/month.

Photo and Video

Apps for you to be more creative

  • OrkasVideoStudio - MIT-licensed, local-first CLI and MCP toolkit for coding agents to compose and edit videos from editable plan.json timelines.
  • Zoommy - Find awesome free stock photos.

Productivity

Apps to improve your productivity during your day

  • Screen Break - Gentle macOS menu bar break reminder with guided full-screen rests, idle reset, and busy auto-defer.
  • Cerebro - One-input productivity booster.
  • Cockpit - Native macOS menu bar productivity HUD with calendar, timer, and notes.
  • MindMac - Feature-rich & privacy-first native ChatGPT app to use OpenAI, Azure OpenAI, Anthropic Claude, OpenRouter all in one place.
  • AI Dictation - Open-source voice-to-text app with a global shortcut, offline recognition on supported Macs, and optional cloud transcription and cleanup.
  • Orkas - Open-source, local-first desktop AI workforce coordinated by a Commander through one chat.
  • MacMD Viewer - A read-only Markdown viewer with Quick Look previews, Mermaid diagrams and PDF export.
  • Yap - Voice dictation that types into any app, with speech recognized on the Mac. Paid after a free trial.
  • SayCopyPaste - Dictation that lands on your clipboard: hold your key, talk, let go, and paste the words anywhere. Nothing is auto-pasted. From $9.99/month.
  • SupaSidebar - Arc-like sidebar for all browsers. View or fuzzy search open tabs and bookmarks across browsers, one shortcut away. Free version available.
  • ASAPDF - Fill, sign and send PDFs. Signers use a QR code or a link, with no app and no account. From $9.99/month.
  • minulo - Hides Instagram Reels, YouTube Shorts and other short-video feeds in Safari and Chrome while DMs and regular videos stay. Free, no account.
  • Rime - Minimalist native macOS PDF reader and study companion with margin notes and focus mode.

Utilities

A list of tools to ease up your work with Mac OS X

  • Alfred - Search your Mac and the web effortlessly, and control your Mac using customised actions with the Alfred.
  • Amphetamine - Don't let you mac sleep.
  • AppCleaner - A small application to thoroughly uninstall unwanted apps.
  • Barmony - Menu bar organizer: tuck away the icons you rarely use and bring them back with one click. $19.99 once.
  • BetterTouchTool - BetterTouchTool is a great, feature packed app that allows you to customize various input devices on your Mac.
  • CleanMyMac - CleanMyMac can helps you to clean your Mac, monitor its health, optimize it for speed, and more.
  • Cmdr - Damn fast and feature-rich two-pane file manager in the spirit of Total Commander, with optional AI features. Free for personal use. Source available.
  • Diskaroo - Treemap and sunburst disk space visualizer that also finds duplicate files by their contents. Free with a Bravely account.
  • Dusty - A free, open-source menu bar cleaner for safe macOS caches, logs, and developer artifacts.
  • Fluid - Turn Your Favorite Web Apps into Real Mac Apps.
  • Garbage Truck - Automate emptying of trash on your Mac.
  • Glim - Free, open-source macOS file viewer for Markdown, PDFs, images, JSON, CSV and source code in one workspace.
  • HyperDock - Windows 7 style preview of open windows/applications and more.
  • Iruka - Native file manager with dual panes, previews, and a terminal that follows your folder. Paid, with a 30-day free trial.
  • iTerm2 - A terminal emulator for Mac OS X that does amazing things.
  • Knock - Unlock your Mac faster and more securely than ever.
  • mac-keepawake - Keeps a MacBook fully awake with the lid closed (automatic on AC power, on demand on battery) and dims the backlight while it is shut.
  • MacClean - Freemium Mac disk cleaner for WeChat caches, Xcode DerivedData, and storage clutter with review-before-clean.
  • MacOSCleaner - Free native cleaner and app uninstaller for Apple Silicon that shows everything before deleting. Source available (GPLv3 + Commons Clause).
  • Mole - Native cleaner for caches and app leftovers, uninstaller and disk analyzer that lists everything before deleting. One-time purchase, with a free open-source CLI.
  • Onyx - The multifunction Utility.
  • Pake - Turn any website into a lightweight Mac app with its own icon, window and Dock entry. Two apps free, then $15 once.
  • Paste - Keep track of your clipboard.
  • Scry - Personal remote desktop for the Macs, PCs and Linux boxes you own. Works at the lock screen, sends files mid-session and copies and pastes both ways. From $9.99/month.
  • SnapHotkey - Map keyboard shortcuts directly to specific Mac apps for instant one-keypress access. Features left/right modifier distinction, toggle show/hide, and same-app multi-window cycling.
  • Sundown - Warms and dims your Mac display on a schedule, from the menu bar.
  • Teclo - Plays a mechanical keyboard sound for every key you press in any app, from the menu bar. Paid, with a 7-day free trial.
  • usage - Claude Code and Codex quota pinned to the menu bar, with burn-rate predictions and offline HTML reports.
  • Kap - Kap. Capture your screen
  • PrintScreen.ly - Region, window, full-screen and scrolling screenshots, plus screen recording to MP4, markup, copying text out of a screenshot and a synced library. From $9.99/month.
  • Muzzle - A simple mac app to silence embarrassing notifications while screensharing.
  • Freeter - Gather everything you need for work in one place, organized by projects and workflows, and have a quick access to them. Free and Open-Source.
  • Mac PPI Calculator & Retina Checker - Calculate a monitor's pixel density and check whether it renders Retina-sharp on macOS, with a HiDPI scaling preview.
  • Mac Cable Bandwidth Calculator - Check whether a USB-C, HDMI, DisplayPort, or Thunderbolt cable can drive 4K120, 5K60, or 6K on a Mac.
  • Mac External Display Support - Reference for external display counts, resolutions, and refresh rates on each Apple Silicon Mac.
  • Juicy - Custom battery alerts and battery health monitoring your Mac.
  • Keep Mac Awake - Menu bar app and command that keep a MacBook awake with the lid closed, no external display needed, for a session you start. Paid, with a free trial.
  • Waindow - Free native Mac utility for arranging windows, window memos, long-page capture, and Keep Awake.
  • BoardEject - Open-source macOS utility that exports Apple Freeform boards to editable Excalidraw and creates verified local archives, processing stays local on the Mac.
  • Boost - Free, open-source menu bar app for memory and disk: memory pressure with a week of history, pausing idle apps instead of quitting them, cache cleanup that skips risky folders, old project build folders, large files and an uninstaller.
  • AppDuo - Native macOS app cloner with separate data directories and custom names and icons.

Security

Encryption, Password Manager and other tools for your safety

  • 1Password - A comprehensive password manager.
  • Dashlane - An another password manager & secure digital wallet.
  • Lockpaw - A menu bar screen guard that lets you lock and unlock your Mac with a hotkey, with Touch ID fallback.
  • Pareto Security - A MenuBar app to automatically audit your Mac for basic security hygiene.
  • Wardlume - A menu bar input lock that blocks the keyboard, mouse, and trackpad while the screen stays visible, with Touch ID and Apple Watch unlock.

Text Editors

A type of program used for editing plain text files.

Window/Tiling managers

A type of background app to let you manage your windows.

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Philipp Bräutigam

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