Maverick Mac

Maverick Mac

A curated list of awesome mac applications and utilities

Audio & Transcription

Applications	Description	Paid/Free
Aiko	AI-powered audio transcription. From Sindre Sorhus.	Free
BackgroundMusic	Automatically pause/unpause your music player when other audio sources are playing/stopped	Free
BlackHole	Route Audio Between Apps	Free
Just Press Record	Just Press Record is the award-winning audio recorder for mac & ios that brings one-tap recording, transcription and iCloud syncing to all your devices.	Paid
Loopback	Cable-free audio routing for Mac	Freemium
MacWhisper	Quickly and easily transcribe audio files into text with OpenAI’s state-of-the-art transcription technology Whisper. A gem from Jordi Bruin, MacGpt Developer.	Freemium
Piezo	Record Audio from any apps or devices, i.e. from web-browsers, from Apple Music/Spotify, from Voip apps like Skype or Zoom, from podcast app, from movie players like IINA. Another gem from Rogue Amoeba.	Paid
Voices	High Quality Text to Speech with OpenAI.	$5
SoundSource	Per-App & System-wide volume control, output redirection, audio effects & more.	Paid

Automation

Applications	Description	Paid/Free
EventScripts	Run Apple or shell scripts on variouis system events. Has support for in app events like goinng in/out full screen . Other events includes: Mobile & Location Events Application & Browser Events Network Events Volume, USB & Time Machine Events Apple Music Events Apple Remote Events Bluetooth & iBeacon Events Chromecast & Google Home Events Computer & Power Events Screen Events	Paid
Hammerspoon	It uses the Lua scripting language to control macOS. It can detect various system events like power on off, displsy on off, application starts quit, audio device connected disconnected, pasteboard changes, change in spaces etc. Very Powerful.	Free
Hazel	Hazel is a file organization tool that watches designated folders and performs actions based on rules you set. It can automatically sort, tag, rename, move, and delete files based on criteria like name, date, type, and more.	Paid
Keyboard Maestro	Best macro based Automation tool. Already explained in Pheripherals section.	Paid
Keyboard Cowboy	Automate repetitive actions, launch applications and scripts, control system settings, manipulate files and folders, and perform a wide range of actions – all without ever having to take their hands off the keyboard.	Free
Keysmith	Create custom keyboard shortcuts for anyt macros. Keysmith detects buttons, lists, and page loads automatically. Has Applescript support. A paid alternative for Keyboard Cowboy.	Freemium
Lingon	Cron (Launhd) for Mac. And much more.	Paid
Power Manager	Power Manager lets you automate sophisticated tasks based on power/battery/screen related events.	Paid
Shortery	Run Apple shortcuts based on system events or triggers. Some examples of such triggers are: App starts stop, Audio starts stop, Calendar events starts ends, Device connects disconnects, Wifi on off, folder content changes, login logout, power on off, locking/unlocking etc.	Free

Bookmarks

Applications	Description	Paid/Free
Raindrop.io	Visual bookmarks, tag organization, cross-device synchronization, support for various content types.	Freemium
Goodlinks	A alternative to Raindrop. Beautifully designed. Native.	Paid
Couch (Pocket)	A cool pocket client for mac & ios.	Free
Linkeeper	A newcomer. Free.	Free
Bookmarks	A simple bookmark manager.	Freemium
PackPack	1-Click to save everything with AI. It saves every post with meticulous design and best possible view.	Freemium
Anybox	A native client. Asthetic. Subscription model.	Paid

Calculator

Applications	Description	Paid/Free
Numi	Numi combines a calculator and a text editor, allowing for natural language calculations and more complex computations.	Free
Soulver	Beautiful expressive calculator.	Paid
Calca	A simple sketch pad for match. Understands variables and formulas	Paid

Calendar (Menubar)

Application	Description	Paid/Free
Itsycal	Cool & Beautiful little menubar claendar. Create/edit/view from menubar itself. Open source	Free
Calendr	Itsycal alternative. Just as brilliant.	Free
Dato	Another clean & simple app from Sindre Sorhus.	Free

Chat-GPT

Applications	Description	Paid/Free
MacGPT	Best native chat-gpt app. Sits on your menubar. Can be summoned from anywhere with a keyword \gpt.	$20
MacBot	A free native client. Can generate imsge through DALL-E. Sonoma + only.	Free
QuickGPT	Another clean & simple gpt app from Sindre Sorhus.	Free

Clipboard Manager

Applications	Description	Paid/Free
Maccy	Simple and efficient clipboard manager. Sits on menubar. Open source.	Free
Cleanclip	Most beautiful. Stunning design. Powerful.	Freemium
Clipbook	A keyboard centric clipboard manager. Offers full preview. Sonoma +	Free
PasteNow	A beautiful visual clipboard that can sync between ios and mac. Still under development.	Free

Color Picker

Applications	Description	Paid/Free
ColorSlurp	Best little color picker. Save color palettes you like.	Free
Couleurs	A simple but free color picker.	Free
System Color Picker	Mac’s own inbuilt color picker. Use as a seperate app. Another little gem from Sindre Sorhus.	Free
Pika	Pika (pronounced pi·kuh, like picker) is an easy to use, open-source, native colour picker for macOS	Free
Sip Color for Mac	Color palettes on the menu bar.	Paid

Developer Tools

Applications	Description	Paid/Free
Boop	A scriptable scratchpad for developers. Supports many functions from Dev-Utils app. Open source.	Free
Captain	Manage docker container instantly from menubar. Open source.	Free
Fork	A native, clean, poerful git/github client. Fast and lightweight, visual commit history, user-friendly interface.	Paid
Hopper	A stunning disassembler & reverse engineering tool that lets you disassemble, decompile and debug your applications.	Paid
IconJar	Best for managing Icon library. Drag icons into your apps in any size or color, Bulk export icons in the sizes you need, Optimize SVGs and make them production ready.	Paid
‎JuxtaText	A native alternative for Kaleidoscope or Meld for comparing text files. Newcomer. Free for now.	Free
‎Peek	Quick look for coders. Preview anything!	Paid
Paw/Rapid API	Native macOS app, visually appealing interface, advanced request scripting, dynamic values, response visualization, and support for REST	Paid
ProxyMan	Open source alternative for Paw. Capture any request. Open source
Proxie	Another native client for debugging http traffic. Available only in selected countries.	Paid
HTTPie	Command-line interface, human-friendly and easy to use.	Free
Kaleidoscope	Meld for mac. Powerful diff and merge application supporting text, images, and folders.	Paid
Meld	Gnome’s Meld. A simple yet effective diff tool. Free alternative for Kaleidoscope. A native build for apple silicon is available here.	Free
DevUtils	All-in-one toolbox for developers. 42+ beautifully crafted useful developer tools, native macOS app, work offline.	Paid
DevToys	Open sdource and free DevUtils alternative.	Free
Red Lines Tools	Advanced Ruler for your desktop. add lines, grid, layout, image overlays, zoom tools, and measure tools on top of your windows.	Free
Screenshot Studio	Create stunning screenshots in AppStore for you app.	Freemium
Script Debugger	Advanced script debugger for Apple Script	Paid
SnippetsLab	Gist client. Native, clean snippet manager for mac. Support syntax highlighting. Integrates with github gist.	Paid
Dash	An API Documentation Browser and Code Snippet Manager	Paid

Display & Monitors

Applications	Description	Paid/Free
BetterDisplay	Must have if you external monitor. Flexible HiDPI scaling, XDR/HDR extra brightness, virtual screens, DDC control, extra dimming, PIP/streaming, EDID override and lots more!	Free
MonitorControl	Control your display’s brightness & volume on your Mac as if it was a native Apple Display. Use Apple Keyboard keys or custom shortcuts. Shows the native macOS OSDs.	Free
DisplayBuddy	Control your monitors directly from your Mac	Paid
DarkModeBuddy	Automatically switch your Mac between light and dark modes based on the ambient light sensor.	Free
SwitchGlass	Customize Mac appearance, size, and position (including dock) on each attached display, including hiding it on selected displays.	Free

Dock Replacement

Applications	Description	Paid/Free
InfyniDock	Scrollable Dock.	Paid
Dockx	It allows users to create multiple custom docks, each with its own set of applications, documents, and folders for easy access.	Paid
DockDoor	Window peeking for macOS	Free
Taskbar	Windows style taskbar for mac Free for V1.	Free
Cdock	cDock gives you full control over the Dock. Powerful. Some advanced features requires disabling system integrety protection.	Paid
Sidebarapp	Taskbar alternative	Paid
Dockview (Beta)	ActiveDock2/Hyperdock alternative.	Freemium

Extensions & Services

Applications	Description	Paid/Free
Actions	Supercharge shortcuts app with lots of additional actions.	Free
Data Jar	Data store for Shortcuts. Stores key value pairs	Free
FinderFix	Open finder windows every time with same size !	Free
FileUtils	Advanced file operations integrated into Finder. Offers finer file access control, powerful Access Control List and its full featured editor.	Paid
Folder Preview	Quick view for folders with configurable depth. A gem from anybox LTD
Hush	Noiseless Browsing.Block nags to accept cookies and privacy invasive tracking in Safari on Mac, iPhone and iPad.	Free
Manila:	A Finder extension for changing folder colors from context menu	Free
Music Decoy	Stop launching the Music app whenever you press ▶ Play	Free
OpenInTerminal	Finder Toolbar app for macOS to open the current directory in Terminal, iTerm, Hyper or Alacritty.	Free
PowerPhotos	Merge Mac Photos libraries, find duplicate photos, and more	Paid
ProNotes	Popclip for Apple Notes. ProNotes shows an easy-to-reach formatting bar above selected text. Supports markdows and slash commands. Press ⌘ P in Notes to quickly search for notes using a keyboard-friendly interface. Has paid AI feature. 💡If you want to use this with with popclip, make sure to add Notes and ProNotes into excluded list in popclip settings.	Freemium
RightMenu Master	An exceptional Finder right-click menu enhancement tool that makes your right-click menu more powerful. Requires 14.0+	Free
Sink It	Browser Extension. Supercharge your Reddit experience with improved comments navigation, adaptive dark mode, easier upvoting, and more.	Free
SymbolicLinker	A contextual menu plugin for Finder that allows users to make symbolic links in the Finder.	Free
SyntaxHighlight	A Quick Look extension for highlight source code files on macOS. Has support for many themes. A free alternative to Peek	Free
Toolbox Pro	Powerful New Actions For Apple Shortcuts.	Paid
TunesArt	Display a gorgeous album cover on your desktop	Freemium

Finder Alternative

Applications	Description	Paid/Free
QSpace	A better Finder. Multilayout.	Paid
Forklift	Best for mounting cloud storage.	Paid
Folders	A tree-style file manager on their Mac. Clean, functional UI.	Freemium

Finance

Applications	Description	Paid/Free
Chronicle	Manage all your bills and subscriptions. Has reminders, detailed reports and graphs help you plan and see your spending. Subscription based.	Paid

Firewall & Security

Applications	Description	Paid/Free
Little Snitch	Award winning in design firewall app. - Provides real-time monitoring of all inbound and outbound network connections. - Notifies you when an app tries to connect to the internet, giving you control over allowing or denying it. - Displays detailed visual information about data usage, connections, and server locations	Paid
Radio Silence	Monitor & block apps that make unwanted network connections. Clean & unobtrusive design.	Paid
SwiftGuard	Anti-forensic macOS tray application designed to safeguard your system by monitoring USB ports.	Free

Gif Recorder

Applications	Description	Paid/Free
Gfisk	A small little utility to convert video to gif. Also has a cli version.	Free
Gifox	Offers high-quality GIF recordings, supports various recording modes (fullscreen, window, selection), includes a built-in organizer for your GIFs, and offers sharing options.	Paid
LICEcap	Lightweight and easy to use, allows you to adjust the capture area	Free

Hide Menubar Icons

Applications	Description	Paid/Free
ICE	- Hide menu bar items. - Always Hidden menu bar section. - Show hidden items when hovering over the menu bar. - Show hidden items when an empty area in the menu bar is clicked. - Show hidden items by scrolling or swiping in the menu bar. Automatically rehide.	Free
Vannila	A simple menubar icons manager.	Freemium
Hiddenbar	Easily toggle the visibility Customizable Sections Free and Lightweight. Open Source	Free
Dozer	Another Simple and lightweight mac menubar manager.	Free
Barbee	Powerful. The enhanced mode offers you a separate menu bar under the original one.	Paid
Bartender	Paid alternative for ICE.	Paid

Image Compression

Applications	Description	Paid/Free
Clop	As long as the Clop app is running, every time you copy an image to your clipboard, Clop will optimise it to the smallest possible size.	Freemium
ImageOptim	Best image compressor	Free
Permute	Best video/audio/image converter. Has inbuilt compression option.	Paid
TinyPNG	Simple little tool to compress PNG. Lightweight. Open source.	Free

Image Viewers & Managers

Applications	Description	Paid/Free
ApolloOne	Image Viewer with somewhat complex UI	Paid
FlowVision	Waterfall-style image viewer for macOS, offering a smooth and immersive browsing experience.	Free
Lyn	No1. Lightweight, and fast media browser and viewer for designed for Photographers, Graphic Artists and Web Designers	Paid
Pixea	Newcomer. Open source.	Free

Markdown Editor

Applications	Description	Paid/Free
Bear	A clean & beatiful note taking app. Meticulously designed. When using as a new window, it can act as a standalone editor. One of the best markdown editor & viewer.	Freemium
Typora	A clean and minimal markdown editor	Paid
MarkText	If you want GFM code block, Math formula, Flowchart support, Sequence diagram etc in clean inteface, then this is it. Cool themes. Open source.	Free
MacDown	Around since ages. Same old Macdown.	Free
MarkEdit	TextEdit, but with Markdown. Simple. Leightweight.	Free
Notary	Fast, desktop-first & Vim-friendly markdown editor	Free
Paper	A clean, meticulously designed writing app available for Mac & iOS. Can work in a preview or edit mode which has detached toolbar (customizable). Fonts, paper like grain theme, mechanical and typewriter sound & more.	Freemium

Media Player

Applications	Description	Paid/Free
IINA	Built on mpv, Picture-in-Picture Mode, Subtitle support, Mouse & Trackpad guesture, Keyboard shortcuts, Low system resources. Open Source.	Free

Miscellaneous Apps

Applications	Description	Paid/Free
ABetterFinderRename	A Better Finder Rename’s huge array of renaming options is organized into 15 intuitive categories that cover all the text, character, position, conversion and truncation features	Paid
AirBuddy	AirBuddy lives in your menu bar and provides a quick look at your wireless devices’ battery statuses, supports quick action shortcuts for connecting or disconnecting your devices	Paid
Badgeify	Add any app to your mac menu bar with notifications & badges.	Paid
Confectionery	A browser to take cleaner screenshots of websites	Free
Clyde	Prevents your Mac from being stolen while you’re away.	Free
Dropover	Ingenious. Just shake your cursor and drop whatever you are dragging onto the shelf. Then it disappears. Appears again on demand from menubar or with keyboard shortcut. Keeps desktop clean.	Paid
Homerow	Navigate mac UI with just keyboard without mouse! Keyboard shortcuts for every button in macOS.	Paid
HocusFocus	A Mac menu bar utility that hides your inactive windows.	Free
Image2Icon	Easy, drag&drop icon creation	Freemium
Irvue	Stunning wallpapers from unsplash	Free
Keepitshot	Say Goodbye to “Scrrenshot.png. Welcome Searchable,Meaningful renames with AI for all your screenshots.	Freemium
KeyClu	Overview of all shortcuts of an app.	Free
Klack	Satisfying sound with every keystroke	Paid
LyricsX	Ultimate lyrics app for macOS. Now revived by new dev. Open source.	Free
MacTube	Native Streaming Video Player for macOS. Without ads.	Free
MediaMate	Fresh visuals for Volume, Brightness and Now Playing. Get a quick look at which media is currently playing. Tucked away in the notch!	Paid
Mela	Award winning recipe app. Native	Paid
Motrix	A all in all one download managers thar Support downloading HTTP, FTP, BitTorrent, Magnet, etc. Open source	Free
Multi	Create custom, lightweight macOS apps from websites	Free
Paletro	Search within menu bar by pressing ⇧⌘P, you have access to all of the functionality of current focused app, including keyboard shortcuts for the most common operations.	Paid
PDF Squeezer	Compress your PDF files with just drag & drop.	Paid
PopClip	Must have. PopClip appears when you select text with your mouse, floating, providing instant access to useful actions. Avoids extra right or left clicks. Huge collection of extensions. Some examples are- - Text selction -> Formatting:Bold, italic and underline. - Text selction -> Send to Email/Messages - Text selction -> copy as markdown - Text selction -> Send to dropover - Text selction -> Google search - Text selction -> Send/appens to Notes, Evernote - Text selction -> Code block - Text selction -> Create github gist (With SnippetsLab) - Url selction -> Bookmark url (Raindrop, anybox, etc) 📦 You can easily create your extension with PopMaker	Paid
Progressive Downloader	Download manager for your Mac. Native	Free
Renamer	Best batch renamer for Mac. Number files sequentially, Find and replace text, Add date and time (EXIF support), Insert image width and height, Match and substitute regular expressions, Add folder names, Insert/Overwrite text at character position etc.	Paid
Receipts	Scan documents, organize by category, date, or payment status, set payment reminders, and export flexibly. All-in-one finance management, right on your Mac.	Paid
Rocket	Shows emoji picker when you type colon [ : ]	Freemium
Rocket Typist	Create snippets to automatically expand into longer text, saving time on repetitive typing.	Freemium
Shortcat	A free alternative for Homerow	Free
Subtitlr	The easiest way to get subtitles on a Mac.	Free
‎Text Shot	Text Shot is a universal (iOS/iPadOS/macOS) application that lets you take text snippets and create beautiful shareable images (text shots).	Only $2
Trace	A time tracker for apps in a visual, easy to understand, color coded timeline view. A alternative to screen time.	Free
Transnomino	A free & effective batch rename utility for the Mac.	Free
Unclutter	A alternative to dropover. Appears from behind the top menubar.	Paid
Ulysses	Amazing writing app, with grammar check. Expensive.	$50/year

Music Player

Applications	Description	Paid/Free
Sleeve2	A floating cool music player with unlimited themes, artwork & typography ! Simply Stunning.	$5
Harmes	Pandora Client for macOS	Free
Mikron	A content oriented mini music player.	Free
Museeks	A simple, clean and cross-platform music player	Free
Neptunes	Control your music from menu bar with Apple Music or Spotify.	Free
Elmedia Player	Plays both video and audio. Adaptive interface.	Freemium
Vox Music Player	Mac Music Player for Hi-Res music	Freemium
Doppler Music Player	Built for people who buy music	Paid
Swinsian	A doppler alternative. Expensive	Paid
TunesArt	Display a gorgeous album cover on your desktop to always know what your favorite music app is playing.	Paid
Tuneful	Not really a stansalone player, but to control music playback for both Spotify and Apple Music and see the currently playing song directly in the menu bar. Lots of themes, cool looking, customizable, open source.	Free

Notch

Applications	Description	Paid/Free
BoringNotch	Best free Dynamic Island like capability for Mac. Smooth music control & battery indicator. color themes. Support for Macbook Air. More features on the roadmap. Not so boring notch? Yeah ?	Free
Forehead	Hide the Notch and round the corners	Free
NotchNook	Widgets, live actions, files shelf, a thousand options, NotchNook is a true center of utilities. Little buggy.	Paid
NotchDrop	Use your MacBook’s notch like Dynamic Island for temporary storing files and AirDrop	Free
TopNotch	Makes the notch disappear like a 🥷	Free

Peripherals (Mouse & Keyboard)

Applications	Description	Paid/Free
BetterTouchTool	No 1 must have app on any new mac. Custom Gestures: Create custom touchpad, Magic Mousen gesture. Keyboard Shortcuts: Assign custom keyboard shortcuts to virtually any action or sequence of actions including running applescript or javascript. Mouse Customization: Assign mouse button to keyboard shortcuts with predefined condition. Some examples are: 1. ⁠Orange traffic button to hide and Green traffic button to maximise. 2. ⁠Middle button hold on an app to app expose 3. ⁠Button 4 + Scroll to -> Fn + Cmd + F4 -> app switching 4. ⁠Button 5 + scroll -> Cmd + ` (backtick) -> window switching 5. ⁠Trigger with double modifier key press like shift + shift, Fn +Fn 6. ⁠Mission Control but with hidden windows	only $ 12
CustomShortcuts	Develop keyboard shortcuts for most Mac programs to streamline navigating menu hierarchies and ensure accurate titles. This functionality integrates with KeyClu, which displays all active shortcuts for the current application.	Free
Hyperkey	Remap the Caps Lock key to function as a combination of Shift, Control, Option, and Command, creating a new modifier key. This is perfect for users who rarely use Caps Lock for its original purpose.	Free
LinearMouse	A free alternative to SteerMouse	Free
MacMouseFix	Essential, if you use normal mouse. Provides smooth scroll. 💡Note: For BTT, all mouse button actions needs to be disabled (Keeping only smooth scroll enabled) so that Button events are recognized in BTT.	Freemium.
Scroll Reverser	Reverses the direction of scrolling, with independent settings for trackpads and mice (including Magic Mouse).	Free
SteerMouse	Smooth scrolling + Adjustable Acceleration Curves + Customizable Button Mapping + Cursor Speed Adjustment + Wheel Customization etc.	Paid
BetterMouse	SteerMouse on steriods! It provides some additional option like Macros, DPI switching, Customizable acceleration curve etc.	Paid
Karabiner-Elements	Remap any key with any other keys, Easily configure a single key (like Caps Lock) to act as a combination of keys ( like ctrl + opt+ cmd = capslock), layered key mappings etc.	Free
Keyboard Maestro	Primarily an automation tool. Powerful Macro Creation. Launch, quit, or switch between applications as part of your macros, streamlining multitasking.Activate macros using a variety of triggers, including hotkeys, timers, USB device connections, and more. Over 100 built-in actions for manipulating files, controlling applications, managing windows, and more	Paid
SuperKey	Keyboard Shortcuts, Macro creation + Hyperkey, Text Expansion and much more.	Paid

Remote Desktop

Applications	Description	Paid/Free
Duet	Remote Desktop, Second Display, Screen Mirroring Drawing Tablet, and More.	Paid
Jump Desktop	Securely connect to and control other computers from your Mac.Cross-Platform Support, RDP freindly, Multi-Monitor Support, SSH Tunnel, File Transfer, Clipboard Sharing & more.	Paid
Screens	Seamlessly control your computer from your iPhone, iPad, Mac or Vision Pro. Has support encrypted connection (SSH tunnel) to connect back to your computer.	Paid

Rss Feed Reader

Applications	Description	Paid/Free
Lire	Native. Clean. Meticulously designed. Can fetch full article for various feeds including reddit.	Paid
Reeder	Sleek and intuitive interface, supports multiple services (Feedly, Feedbin, Feed Wrangler, and more), customizable themes, and sync across devices.	Paid
NewsExplorer	Native macOS app, iCloud sync across Apple devices, offline reading, customizable interface, support for notifications. Can fetch full article from almost anywhere.	Paid
Vienna	Free and open-source, customizable interface, smart folders, article tagging, offline reading, and integration with various sharing services.	Free
Unread	An RSS Reader with best typography and color themes.	Freemium

Screen-Recording

Applications	Description	Paid/Free
1001 Record	A fast & effective screen recorder. - Auto save recordings by file size or time intervals - Record in high quality (720P, 1080P, 2k, and 4k) - Record Microphone & MacOS Audio - Annotation Tools, FPS Options & more	Free
KeyLimePie	Show your keybord shortcuts on screen during screen recording/sharing	Paid

Screenshot

Applications	Description	Paid/Free
CleanShotx	No1. Makes your screenshots better. Adds cool gradients to backgrounds.	Paid
Shottr	Best open source screenshot tool.	Freemium
Xnip	Interesting concept.	Freemium
Xnapper	Beautiful screenshots for social media and marketting.	Freemium

Social-Media & News

Applications	Description	Paid/Free
Accord	A faster, native discord client for modern Mac	Free
HacKit	A native macOS Cocoa app for reading Hacker News. Beautifully Designed.	Free
IceCubesApp	The best mastadon client available for Mac and iOS among all. Cool themes, cutomizable. Sonoma only.	Free
Monal	A native xmpp client for ios & macos. Offers rich image previews. Open source.	Free
Swiftcord	A beautifully designed discord client for Mac, powered by DiscordKit.	Free

System Admin Tools

Applications	Description	Paid/Free
EnvPane	An preference pane for environment variables.	Free
Easy-Ethernet-Icon	A simple and lightweight macOS menu bar application that shows your Ethernet connection status at a glance.	Free
Hosts	Hosts - A sys pref pane for /etc/hosts	Free
Platypus	Platypus is a developer tool that creates native Mac applications from command line scripts such as shell scripts or Python, Perl, Ruby, Tcl, JavaScript and PHP programs.	Free
ProcessSpy	View macOS processes with command line arguments.	Free
PLIST Editor	A gem from VDT Labs, great Xcode alternative to visualise and edit PLIST files. Native.	Paid
ShellHistory	A native app to backup, sync and organize your shell (bash, zsh etc) history.	Paid
Sloth	Lsof for Mac. A native Mac app that shows all open files, directories, sockets, pipes, and devices in use by all running processes on your system. This makes it easy to inspect which apps are using which files, etc.	Free
SSH Config Editor	All in one ssh config manager. One any remote host in your fevorite terminal with just click from toolbar. Beautifully designed. It can read from ~/.ssh/config, group them, give them cool icons. Supports jump hosts, local and remote port forwading, key pair generation. It has inbuilt known-hosts viewer where one can easily manipulate them. Must have for system admins.	Paid
SwiftDialog	Create native dialogs with title, text, images & action buttions for easy user-notifications on macOS. Format text with markdown.	Free
Web-Serve	Create local network servers effortlessly with a user-friendly interface. Manage multiple servers running simultaneously in the background.	Free

System Utilities

Applications	Description	Paid/Free
AppCleaner	Remove apps along with it’s leftover data. Simple. From freemacsoft.	Free
App Tamer	Control heat and fan noise, extend your battery time and increase the amount of CPU power available for you frontmost application. App Tamer comes preconfigured to automatically reduce the CPU and battery usage of many other applications when they are idle.	Paid
Archify	Save space by turning universal binaries to native
BetterZip	Doesn’t automatically extract zip. Can browse inside zip file. Gnome’s File Roller for mac.	Paid
Command X	Cut and paste files in Finder	Free
DaisyDisk	Award winning design. Analyze disk usage and free up disk space. Must have.	Paid
Disk Graph	Inspect your disk and easily find the files that take away most of your disk space or haven’t been modified in a long time. Available for ios as well.	Free
DirEqual	Quickly compare Mac folders	Free
Find Any File	FAF can find files that Spotlight doesn’t, e.g. on network (NAS) and other external volumes, hidden ones inside bundles and package. Search with name, extension, date range, size, kind etc. Has hierarchical view and image preview.	Free
FiScript	Add option to Finder context menu.	Free
Gapplin	Must Have. Preview any svg file with ease. Can scale and export as well.	Free
HoudahSpot	A paid alternative for Find any file. Many search criteria can be combined in many ways. Powerful & asthetic.	Paid
Last Window Quits	Quits apps when last window quits. An better alternative of Swift-Quit. 15.0+ Compatible	Free
Latest	A free and open source app for macOS that checks if all your apps are up to date.	Free
Mac-Monitor	Red Canary Mac Monitor is an advanced, stand-alone system monitoring tool tailor-made for macOS security research. Cleaner UI and more powerful than Activity Monitor.	Free
MacPacker	Archive manager for macOS. A free alternative to BetterZip - Preview and navigate through archives - Support for nested archives - Drag & drop files from the archive to any other app. - Open source	Free
MacUpdater	Track the latest updates of all applications installed on your Mac. Updating, downloading, installing & cleaning up, everything in one app.	Paid
Memory Cleaner	Find the most memory consuming apps and free up RAM with one click from menu bar.	Free
Middle	Add middle click to your Mac. For magic mouse & trackpad.	Free
Mist	A Mac utility that automatically downloads macOS Firmwares / Installers.	Free
One Switch	Toogle anything from menubat. All of your powerful switches at one place	Paid
Only Switch	Free alternative of One Switch. Has shortcut actions as well.	Free
PearCleaner	A beautifully designed appcleaner. Can find lot more than Appcleaner.	Free
Shareful	Another gem from Sindre Sorhus. Add extra powers to the share menu: copy, save as, open in, and more. Available in any app that has a share button.	Free
Speediness	Check your internet speed in little native app.	Free
Squirreldisk	What’s taking your hard disk space? A free alternative for DaisyDisk	Free
SuperDuper!	Create exact, bootable backups of your Mac’s hard drive & restore from it.	Paid
Swiftbar	Easily add custom menu bar programs with just shell scripts !	Free
SwiftQuit	Automatic quitting of macOS apps when closing their last window (clicking the red x). It can be configured to quit when the last window of any app closed, or restricted to a specific list of apps. Additionally, you can exclude apps you dont want to quit automatically.	Free
Tembo	Another friendly file search assistant for Mac. Very Fast.	Paid
TrashMe 3	Clean your Mac and uninstall apps. A paid alternative for Appcleaner & PearCleaner	Paid

Text Editors

Applications	Description	Paid/Free
CotEditor	gEdit for Mac.	Free
TextMate	Lightweight, supports various programming languages, syntax highlighting,	Free
Watt	A high performance text editor for macOS.	Free
Bean	Rich text processor for mac.	Free
Smultron	A powerful text editor without being complicated.	Paid
Tot	Lighweight tiny sycky note editor. Has popclip extension.	Free

VPN Services

Applications	Description	Paid/Free
Mullavad VPN	It delivers excellent connection speeds, making it suitable for streaming, gaming, and browsing. It doesn’t require an email address maintains a strict no-logs policy,	$5/month
IVPN	- Open source. Available for Mac and iOS. - Supports WireGuard or OpenVPN protocols. - Supports GUI or CLI (command-line interface). - AntiTracker that blocks ads, adware, malicious websites and data harvesting trackers. - Firewall / killswitch - Ability to configure as on-demand or always-on. - Pause VPN for when disabling VPN connection temporarily is required. - Auto-connect on launch / on joining insecure Wi-Fi.	$2/week
TunnelBear	Asthetic design. Sits on the menubar. Strong encryption. 2000 MB of data per month	Freemium
Wrap	If you want a simple vpn without all the bells and whistles just to unblock a website temporarily then this is it. Provided by popular cloudflare service.	Free

Window Managers

Applications	Description	Paid/Free
Swish	Create magic with touchpad! Out of the world. Works with keyboard shortcuts as well. Smoothest of them all.	Paid
Moom	Around since ages. Lightweight.	Paid
Wins.cool	Does lot more than snapping windows. Show app preview in dock. Lightweight.	Paid
Magnet	Simple and intuitive, allows you to snap windows to edges and corners, supports custom shortcuts, and offers multiple screen support.	Paid
Penc	Trackpad-oriented window manager for macOS. Double press and hold command key to activate Penc. Perform two-finger gestures to move or resize any window. Then release command key to take effect. A free alternative to swish.	Free
Rectangle	Magnet Alternative. Open source. Free	Free
Amethyst	Free and open-source, tiling window manager, supports multiple layouts (e.g., tall, wide, fullscreen).	Free
Divvy	Grid-based window resizing, customizable grid size, supports keyboard shortcuts, easy drag-and-drop interface, and multiple monitor support.	Paid
BetterSnapTool	Sister of BetterTouchTool. Feature Rich.	$3

Window Switchers

Applications	Description	Paid/Free
1Piece	Application switcher, window manager, keyboard/mouse utility app and much more. - It redefines cmd + tab with window previews and lots of customization. Does better than alt+tab or any other apps. - It has its own window switchers which can be activated with keyboard shortcut, hot corner, mouse button press or even mouse gesture. Customizable appearence, app exclusion. - Powerful hot corner with many customization options. - Powerful use of mouse wheel. For example, you can switch tabs on safari just by scrolling. - Apart from that it has many other options like Focus Window, Adjust Windows, Split Assist, Hide/Wrap Mouse Cursor, Modifier Key Twice, App Menu Bar, Switch Active App, Hide/Show Dock, Multi-Display Support, Stage Manager Extensions, Reboot Apps, Quit All Apps etc.	Free
Alt+Tab	Windows style Alt+Tab for mac	Free
Context	List, search & scroll based window switchers, that shows windows not apps. An auto-hiding Sidebar lists your windows grouped by Space. To switch just bring the cursor over to the one you want and click. Its basically a Dock — for your windows.	Paid
Command-Tab Plus	Applications and Windows Switcher for Mac, Witch, Context Alternative.	Paid
DocFlipper	Cmd+Tab switcher with bookmarks. Asthetic & beautifully designed.	Paid
Rcmd	Switch apps instantly using the ⌘ Right Command key.	Paid
Witch	List style window switcher. Lots of customization.	Paid