Now we have become very big and different from the original idea. Here we collect awesome macOS software in various categories. Feel free to star and fork.
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Explanation
means open source, click to open open source repo;
means free to use, or free personal license;
means App store hyperlink;
means hyperlink to a corresponding Awesome list for the item;
Awesome Mac App for macOS. Installers for the latest stable build for Mac can be downloaded here.
Applications to edit text, I suggest the open-source editors
BetterRename - The most powerful and complete Mac file renaming application on the market.
Beyond Compare - Compare files and folders using simple, powerful commands that focus on the differences you are interested in and ignore those you are not.
Bidbar - Manage bash commands from the menu bar and run them with keyboard shortcuts.
Cacher - Cloud-based, team-enabled code snippet manager with Gist sync, VSCode/Atom/Sublime packages and Mac/Windows/Linux/Web clients.
canSnippet - Powerful snippet management tool that works across the whole operating system, always accessible via simple keyboard shortcut.
CodeKit - Web development tool which can automatically compile Less, Sass, CoffeeScript, TypeScript, Jade and JavaScript, auto-refresh browsers and much more.
Conduktor - Kafka desktop client.
Dash - Awesome API documentation browser and code snippet manager.
DiffMerge - Application to visually compare and merge files.
EnvPane - OS X preference pane for environment variables.
FinderGo - Open terminal quickly from Finder.
Finicky - Application that allows you to set up rules that decide which browser is opened for every link that would open the default browser.
Gas Mask - Simple hosts file manager for Mac OS X.
Gemini - Intelligent duplicate file finder.
Hex Fiend - Fast and clever open source hex editor.
Hosts.prefpane - System preference pane to manage your hosts file.
iHosts - The only /etc/hosts editor on Mac App Store.
Integrity - Free website link checker for Mac.
Kaleidoscope - Powerful compare tool for text, images and folders. Works perfectly with git, svn or other version control tools.
Koala - GUI application for Less, Sass, Compass and CoffeeScript compilation.
Loca Studio - Analyze, review, and edit app translations. Supports Xcode Localization Catalog (xcloc) and XLIFF 1.2 file formats.
MacSystemColors - Mac app that shows all system colors in light and dark mode for Cocoa developers.
MJML - Framework that utilizes a semantic syntax and a rich standard components library, which allow users to easily create responsive emails.
PaintCode - PaintCode is a unique vector drawing app that generates Objective-C or Swift code in real time, acting as a bridge between developers and graphic designers.
Pasteboard Viewer - Inspect the system pasteboards.
PPRows - Application to calculate how many lines of code you write.
PushMate PushMate is a MacOS app that solves common push notification problems by ensuring your push payloads are correct.
Responsively - A must-have devtool for web developers for quicker responsive web development.
SCM Breeze - Set of shell scripts (for bash and zsh) that enhance your interaction with git.
SecureCRT - Terminal emulation which supports SSH, Telnet or other protocols.
Site Sucker - SiteSucker is a Macintosh application that automatically downloads websites from the Internet.
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.
SwitchHosts - Free and open-source app for hosts management & switching.
SYM - GUI Application to symbolicate iOS crash log.
TeXstudio - Integrated writing environment for creating LaTeX documents.
Timelane - Visually profile your asynchronous code.
Touch Bar Simulator - Use the Touch Bar on any Mac.
Visual Paradigm - All-in-one UML, SysML, BPMN Modeling Platform for Agile, EA TOGAF ADM Process Management.
Woodpecker - View iOS app’s Sandbox files, UserDefaults, Keychain items on a Mac.
WWDC - The Mac OS unofficial WWDC app.
Xcodes - Install and switch between multiple versions of Xcode.
zeplin - Collaboration tool for work between designers and developers.
Nib Unlocker - .nib to .xib converter #### Regular Expression Editors
Patterns - Regular expression editor.
Regex - Regular expression testing tool with an emphasis on simplicity.
RegExRX - Development tool for regular expressions.
ack - A tool like grep, optimized for programmers.
alacritty - A cross-platform, GPU-accelerated terminal emulator.
archey-osx - An archey script for OS X.
asciinema - Easily record terminal sessions and replay them in a terminal as well as in a web browser.
autojump - Replace cd with an intelligent autojump to easily navigate directories from the command line.
bash-it - Shameless ripoff of oh-my-zsh for bash.
bat - A cat(1) clone with syntax highlighting and Git integration.
ccat - The colorizing cat which works similar to cat but displays content with syntax highlighting.
cmus - Small, fast and powerful console music player for Unix-like operating systems.
cool-retro-term - Good looking terminal emulator which mimics the old cathode display.
dark-mode - Control dark mode from the command-line.
eureka - CLI tool to input and store your ideas without leaving the terminal.
Fish Shell - Smart and user-friendly terminal, which is similar with zsh.
fselect - Find files with SQL-like queries.
Github CLI - gh is GitHub on the command line. It brings pull requests, issues, and other GitHub concepts to the terminal next to where you are already working with git and your code.
Glances - Glances is a cross-platform curses-based system monitoring tool.
Go2Shell - Go2Shell opens a terminal window to the current directory in Finder.
htop - htop is an interactive text-mode process viewer for Unix systems. It aims to be a better ‘top’.
httpie - Modern command line HTTP client – user-friendly curl alternative with intuitive UI, JSON support, syntax highlighting, wget-like downloads, extensions, etc.
hyper - A terminal built on web technologies.
iTerm2 - iTerm2 is an amazing terminal emulator for OS X.
itunes-remote - Software for controlling iTunes via the terminal.
job - JOB, make your short-term command as a long-term job.
kitty - A cross-platform, fast, feature full, GPU based terminal emulator.
lnav - A log file navigator.
m-cli - Swiss Army Knife for macOS.
Mac-CLI - The ultimate tool to manage your Mac. Automatize the usage of your OS X system.
Magic Wormhole - Get Things From One Computer To Another, Safely.
mas - Simple command line interface for the Mac App Store.
Miller - Like awk, sed, cut, join, and sort for name-indexed data such as CSV, TSV, and tabular JSON.
mycli - CLI for MySQL that can do auto-completion and syntax highlighting.
nushell - nushell is a modern, GitHub-era shell written in Rust.
pgcli - Pgcli is a command line interface for Postgres with auto-completion and syntax highlighting.
Rebound - Instantly browse Stack Overflow results in your terminal when you get a compiler error.
Serial - Full-featured serial terminal for the Mac.
shallow-backup - Easily create text documentation of installed applications, dotfiles, and more.
silver searcher (ag) - A code searching tool similar to ack, with a focus on speed.
spaceship - A Zsh prompt for Astronauts.
Tabby (formerly Terminus) - Free terminal tool, built with TypeScript, heavily inspired by Hyper.
Taskbook - Tasks, boards & notes for the command-line habitat.
Termius - Free terminal tool,comparable to xshell on windows platform.
TextQL - Execute SQL against structured text like CSV or TSV.
thefuck - A interesting software that corrects errors in previous console commands[]
tmux - “Terminal multiplexer”, it enables a number of terminals (or windows) to be accessed and controlled from a single terminal. tmux is intended to be a simple, modern, BSD-licensed alternative to programs such as GNU screen.
tmuxinator - Manage complex tmux sessions easily.
trash - Move files and directories to the trash.
VisiData - Terminal spreadsheet multitool for discovering and arranging data.
xonsh - Python-powered, cross-platform, Unix-gazing shell language and command prompt.
Zsh - Zsh is a shell designed for interactive use, although it is also a powerful scripting language.
xcodes - A command-line tool to install and switch between multiple versions of Xcode.
xxh - Bring your favorite shell wherever you go through the SSH. #### Frameworks For Hybrid Applications
AppJS - Lightweight JavaScript UI library for creating mobile webapps that behave like native apps.
create-dmg - Create a good-looking DMG for your macOS app in seconds.
Electrino - Desktop runtime for apps built on web technologies, using the system’s own web browser engine.
Electron - Build cross platform desktop application with JavaScript, HTML and CSS.
ionic - Build amazing native and progressive web apps with Angular and open web technologies. One app running on everything.
MacGap - Provides a lightweight JavaScript API for OS X integration, such as displaying native notifications or writing data to a file.
nw.js - Build desktop application with HTML and JavaScript. It lets you call all Node.js modules directly from DOM and enables a new way of writing applications with all Web technologies.
Qt - Cross-platform application framework.
React Native for Ubuntu - Build Ubuntu desktop apps using React Native.
React Native macOS - Build OS X desktop apps using React Native and Cocoa.
react-desktop - React UI Components for macOS Sierra.
ReactXP - Microsoft official production, support platform Web, iOS, Android and Windows UWP is still an ongoing work.
] Airmail - Fast email client. For both Mac OS and iOS.
Foxmail - Fast email client.
MailTags - Use tags to organize email and schedule.
N1 - Extensible, open-source mail app, free for developers and $7/month for Pro.
Nylas Mail - Extensible desktop mail app built on the modern web.
Polymail - Simple, beautiful and powerful email client.
Postbox - Powerful, simple and beautiful email client, need to pay for a license.
Spark - Fast email client. For both Mac OS and iOS.
ThunderBird - Software that makes email easier.
Edison Mail - A customisable, simple, and beautiful email client. #### File Sharing
Cyberduck - Free FTP, SFTP, WebDAV, S3, Backblaze B2, Azure and OpenStack Swift browser.
Flow - Award-winning, beautiful, fast, and reliable FTP + SFTP client.
Transmit - Highly flexible and intuitive FTP client, supports SFTP, S3 and iDisk/WebDAV.
I recommend using online storage with Mac clients
(Or you could just use the Mac OS built-in dictionary)
] If you come across websites offering pirated software or cracks, please post HERE. We love apps, but only authentic ones. :)
Here are some of the major software download sites, there are a number of OSX Mac software sites
Here are some of the major software download sites, there are a number of OSX Mac software sites
Refuse piracy from me. Software vendors can go to these places rights.
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