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Personal list of awesome macOS applications
https://github.com/perdian/awesome-macos-applications

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Personal list of awesome macOS applications

Host: GitHub
URL: https://github.com/perdian/awesome-macos-applications
Owner: perdian
License: mit
Created: 2019-08-03T09:09:23.000Z (about 5 years ago)
Default Branch: main
Last Pushed: 2024-07-06T14:49:57.000Z (2 months ago)
Last Synced: 2024-08-08T21:13:23.508Z (about 1 month ago)
Topics: awesome-list, macos, macos-applications
Size: 62.5 KB
Stars: 1
Watchers: 3
Forks: 0
Open Issues: 0
Metadata Files:
- Readme: README.md
- License: LICENSE

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README

        # Awesome macOS applications

[![Awesome](https://awesome.re/badge.svg)](https://awesome.re)

[![License](https://img.shields.io/:license-mit-blue.svg)](https://www.mit-license.org/)

[![lint](https://github.com/perdian/awesome-macos-applications/actions/workflows/lint.yml/badge.svg)](https://github.com/perdian/awesome-macos-applications/actions/workflows/lint.yml)

My personal collection of macOS applications that I find useful.

It's most likely not transferable 1:1 to anyone else, but if you find it useful and get inspired by an application you didn't know about I'm happy to help :-)

## Applications

### System Utilities

- **Alfred** ([Website](https://www.alfredapp.com/)) - Replaces the default macOS spotlight search. 💷 34 GBP (Powerpack)

  - Additional workflows:

    [GitHub repos](https://github.com/edgarjs/alfred-github-repos),

    [Network tools](https://github.com/fniephaus/alfred-network)

- **AltTab** ([Website](https://alt-tab-macos.netlify.app)) - Better application switcher (ALT-TAB replacement).

- **Amphetamine** ([App Store](https://apps.apple.com/de/app/amphetamine/id937984704)) - Prevents the screensaver and hibernation.

- **BetterMouse** ([Website](https://better-mouse.com)) - Mouse Manager. 💵 8 USD

- **BetterTouchTool** ([Website](https://folivora.ai/downloads)) - Keyboard customization. 💵 10 USD

- **CotEditor** ([Website](https://coteditor.com/) ▪ [App Store](https://apps.apple.com/app/coteditor/id1024640650)) - Text editor.

- **Fluor** ([Website](https://github.com/Pyroh/Fluor)) - Configure applications to use function keys instead of macOS special keys.

- **f.lux** ([Website](https://justgetflux.com/news/pages/macquickstart/)) - Monitor color temperature adjuster.

- **GrandPerspective** ([Website](http://grandperspectiv.sourceforge.net)) - Disk usage analyzer.

- **Hazel** ([Website](https://www.noodlesoft.com/)) - React to changes within the file system and execute actions. 💵 42 USD

- **Itsycal** ([Website](https://www.mowglii.com/itsycal/)) - Calendar for the menubar.

- **MeetingBar** ([Website](https://meetingbar.app)) - Show upcoming meetings in the menubar.

- **The Unarchiver** ([Website](https://theunarchiver.com/) ▪ [App Store](https://apps.apple.com/us/app/the-unarchiver/id425424353)) - Better ZIP extractor.

### Security and Privacy

- **1Password** ([Website](https://1password.com/downloads/mac/)) - Password manager. 💵 36 USD per year subscription

### Productivity

- **Scrivener** ([Website](https://www.literatureandlatte.com/scrivener/download)) - Note keeping. 💶 70 EUR

- **VisualStudio Code** ([Website](https://code.visualstudio.com/)) - Text editor and IDE.

### Multimedia

- **Airflow** ([Website](https://airflow.app/)) - Apple TV connector and player. 💶 19 EUR

- **Cog** ([Website](https://kode54.net/cog)) - Audio player.

- **ColorSlurp** ([Website](https://colorslurp.com/)) - Color picker.

- **IINA** ([Website](https://iina.io)) - Media player.

- **Open Broadcaster Software** ([Website](https://obsproject.com/)) - Screen broadcaster.

- **Camera Controller** ([Website](https://github.com/Itaybre/CameraController)) - Configure webcam settings.

- **Kap** ([Website](https://getkap.co)) - Screen recorder.

### World Wide Web, Cloud Storage and Communication

- **Dropbox** ([Website](https://www.dropbox.com/downloading)) - File synchronization client.

  - **Maestral** ([Website](https://maestral.app/)) - Alternative Open Source Dropbox client.

- **Transmit** ([Website](https://panic.com/transmit/)) - FTP, SFTP (and lots of other transfer protocols) client. 💵 45 USD

- **Vivaldi** ([Website](https://vivaldi.com/)) - Webbrowser.

  - Extensions

    - **1Password** ([Website](https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/1password-beta-%E2%80%93-password/khgocmkkpikpnmmkgmdnfckapcdkgfaf/)) - Integrate 1Password password manager

    - **ArchivePage** ([Website](https://chromewebstore.google.com/detail/archive-page/gcaimhkfmliahedmeklebabdgagipbia)) - Find archived articles

    - **Random User-Agent** ([Website](https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/random-user-agent/einpaelgookohagofgnnkcfjbkkgepnp)) - Send fake user agents

    - **Styles** ([Website](https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/stylus/clngdbkpkpeebahjckkjfobafhncgmne/)) - Add custom CSS for any website

    - **Tampermonkey** ([Website](https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/tampermonkey/dhdgffkkebhmkfjojejmpbldmpobfkfo)) - User scripts

    - **uBlock Origin** ([Website](https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/ublock-origin/cjpalhdlnbpafiamejdnhcphjbkeiagm)) - Ad blocker

    - **Video DownloadHelper** ([Website](https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/video-downloadhelper/lmjnegcaeklhafolokijcfjliaokphfk)) - Extract videos from websites

  - Alternative Browsers I use for development and multi-browser page verification:

    - **Brave** ([Website](https://brave.com/))

    - **Firefox** ([Website](https://www.mozilla.org/de/firefox/))

    - **Opera** ([Website](https://www.opera.com/))

### Misc

- **iFunBox** ([Website](https://www.i-funbox.com/)) - macOS to iOS synchronizer.

### Terminal and Command Line

- **Dotfiles** ([Website](https://github.com/perdian/dotfiles)) - My personal dotfiles.

- **iTerm2** ([Website](https://iterm2.com/index.html)) - Terminal and SSH client.

### Development

- **IntelliJ IDEA** ([Website](https://www.jetbrains.com/idea/)) - Java IDE.

- **OpenLens** ([Website](https://flathub.org/de/apps/dev.k8slens.OpenLens)) - Kubernetes IDE.

- **Postman** ([Website](https://www.postman.com/downloads/)) - API client.

- **Rancher Desktop** ([Website](https://rancherdesktop.io)) - Docker desktop replacement.

- **UTM** ([Webseite](https://mac.getutm.app)) - Virtualization.

## Historic

Applications that I used in the past but have been replaced by other (better) applications. The list serves as sort of fallback, if the replacement should become unavailable

- **Spark** ([Website](https://sparkmailapp.com/)) - E-Mail client. \

  *Switched to the macOS Messages App*

- **SQuirreL SQL** ([Website](http://squirrel-sql.sourceforge.net)) - Database client. \

  *Replaced by the database integration in IntelliJ*

## Parking space

Applications that I used in the past but are currently not installed.

Also place to put applications I've read about and may want to revisit at some point.

- **AudioHighjack** ([Website](https://www.rogueamoeba.com/audiohijack/)) - Record any audio. 💵 71 USD

- **Dash** ([Website](https://kapeli.com/dash)) - Documentation hub. 💵 30 USD

- **Handbrake** ([Website](https://handbrake.fr)) - Video transcoder.

- **LittleSnitch** ([Website](https://www.obdev.at/products/littlesnitch/index.html)) - Network watcher. 💶 45 EUR

- **LuLu** ([Website](https://github.com/objective-see/LuLu)) - macOS Firewall.

- **SoundSource** ([Website](https://rogueamoeba.com/soundsource/)) - Volume control per App. 💵 35 USD

- **TripMode** ([Website](https://tripmode.ch/)) - Limit network bandwidth for specific applications. 💶 8 EUR

- **VLC** ([Website](https://www.videolan.org/vlc/)) - Media Player.