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Awesome Mac

This project is now very large, and is very different from the original idea. Here, we collect awesome macOS software and arrange them into various categories. Feel free to star and fork.

Any comments, suggestions? Let us know! We love PRs :) Please take a look at the contributing guidelines before opening one. Follow the awesome list.

Explanation

中文 | Awesome Command Line 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;\ ![Awesome List][awesome-list Icon] means hyperlink to a corresponding Awesome list for the item;

✦ My macOS application:

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
  • Screencapturing Software
  • Other 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
• Browsers
• Translation Tools
• Education
• Finance
• Encryption
• Security Tools
• Proxy and VPN Tools
• Utilities
  • Clipboard Tools
  • Menu Bar Tools
  • 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
• Podcasts
• 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]
• 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]
• 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]
• 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 - A popular, clean, and sleek editor with a plugin management system. 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]
• 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 - An office suite that combines text, spreadsheet and presentation editors allowing to create, view and edit local documents. ![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.
• 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.
• LightPaper - Simple, beautiful, yet powerful text editor for your Mac.
• MacDown - Open-source Markdown editor for OS X. ![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]
• 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.
• MWeb - Pro Markdown writing, and static blog generator App.
• Obsidian - A second brain, for you, forever.
• 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]
• 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]
• 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 - Cross-platform open-source code snippets manager with markdown and mermaid support. ![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]
• 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]
• Noteship - Turn notes into knowledge (spreadsheet view, heading summaries, etc.). Works offline, everything is saved locally. ![App Store][app-store Icon]
• Notion - All-in-one workspace for notes, tasks, wikis, and databases.
• 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]
• 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]
• 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 - A Qt-based application designed to provide a pleasant note-taking platform with excellent editing experience. ![Open-Source Software][OSS Icon] ![Freeware][Freeware 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

• 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]
• Clearview - Tabbed style e-book reader for PDF, EPUB (DRM free), CHM, and MOBI. ![App Store][app-store 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]
• Readest - Readest is an ebook reader with cross-platform access, powerful tools, and an intuitive interface. ![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]
• Follow 🧡 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]
• ReadKit - Bookmark and RSS management client.
• Reeder 5 - News reader for Feedbin, Feedly, Feed Wrangler and so on. ![App Store][app-store 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]
• 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]
• 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.
• Spillo - Powerful, beautiful and amazingly fast Pinboard client for OS X.
• 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 - PDFsail offers free online PDF tools for editing, converting, merging, compressing, and OCR. No download required. Try this AI-powered all-in-one PDF solution now!.

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]
• 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.
• 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]
• Nova - Beautiful, fast, flexible Mac code editor from Panic.
• 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]
• 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

• 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.
• 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]
• 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.
• DiffMerge - Application to visually compare and merge files. ![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]
• Finicky - Set rules to decide which browser opens each link. ![OSS][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.
• 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/hosts editor on Mac App Store. ![Freeware][Freeware Icon] ![App Store][app-store 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]
• 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. ![App Store][app-store 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]
• MJML - Create responsive emails with a semantic syntax and rich components. ![OSS][OSS Icon] ![Freeware][Freeware Icon]
• 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]
• PPRows - Application to calculate how many lines of code you write. ![Freeware][Freeware Icon] ![Open-Source Software][OSS Icon]
• 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]
• 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.
• 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]
• SYM - GUI Application to symbolicate iOS crash log. ![Open-Source Software][OSS Icon] ![Freeware][Freeware Icon]
• 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]
• 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]
• He3 - Free and Modern Developer Utilities Toolbox. ![Freeware][Freeware Icon]

Regular Expression Editors

• Patterns - Regular expression editor.
• Regex - Regular expression testing tool with an emphasis on simplicity.
• RegExRX - Development tool for regular expressions.

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]
• 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]
• 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]
• 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]
• Sniffnet - Application to comfortably monitor your network traffic. ![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]
• create-dmg - Create a good-looking DMG for your macOS app in seconds. ![Open-Source Software][OSS Icon] ![Freeware][Freeware 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]
• 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]
• 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.
• Tempo - GUI Git client. Replace the Git CLI with a clear UI and AI assist. ![Freeware][Freeware Icon] ![Open-Source Software][OSS 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]
• MacVirtue - Run free and unlimited Virtual Machines on your Mac.
• 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.
• 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.
• 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]
• Keylord - Desktop GUI client for Redis, Bolt, LevelDB and Memcached key-value databases.
• 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]
• 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]
• 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]
• Tableau Public - Free data-visualization software. ![Freeware][Freeware Icon]
• TablePlus - Supports: PostgreSQL, MySQL, RedShift, MariaDB... High-end security ensured.
• TrailBase - Open, sub-millisecond, single-executable FireBase alternative with type-safe APIs, notifications, builtin JS/TS runtime, auth & admin UI built on SQLite, Rust & V8. ![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]
• electerm - A free, multi-platform Terminal and SSH/SFTP tool with a beautiful interface that is the perfect alternative to XShell for Windows! ![Open-Source Software][OSS Icon] ![Freeware][Freeware Icon]
• Ghostty - A fast, feature-rich, and cross-platform terminal emulator that uses platform-native UI and GPU acceleration. ![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]
• Tabby (formerly Terminus) - Free terminal tool, built with TypeScript