macOS Apps

Text Editors

Atom Hackable text editor for the 21st century made by GitHub Atom Plugins	Bear Writer Beautiful, flexible writing app for crafting notes and prose	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	Chocolat Native text editor
Coda2 Fast, clean and powerful text editor	CotEditor Lightweight plain-text editor for macOS	Emacs A popular text editor used mainly on Unix-based systems by programmers, scientists, engineers, students, and system administrators	LightTable The next generation code editor	micro Modern and intuitive terminal-based text editor
ONI IDE powered by Neovim	Sublime Text Sophisticated text editor for code, markup and prose You'll love the slick user interface, extraordinary features and amazing performance, Sublime Text Plugins	TextMate Editor that brings Apple's approach to operating systems into the world of text editors	Vim Highly configurable text editor built to make creating and changing any kind of text very efficient, Vim Plugins	Vimr Refined Vim Experience for OS X

Office

LibreOffice

LibreOffice is free and open-source software office software Software is tested and used daily by a large and devoted user community

OpenOffice

Compatible with other major office suites, Apache OpenOffice is free to download, use and distribute

WPS

Is a cross-platform office software suite

Markdown Tools

EME Open-source Markdown editor with an interface like Chrome	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	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	Marp Markdown presentation writer with cross-platform support	Marxico Delicate Markdown editor for Evernote Reliable storage and sync	MWeb Pro Markdown writing, note taking and static blog generator App	TextNut Rich-format editor featuring Markdown export and Markdown syntax hints
Typora Truly minimal Markdown editor featuring seamless live preview	Ulysses The Ultimate Writing App for Mac, iPad and iPhone

Note-taking

Agenda Date-focused note taking app for both planning and documenting your projects	Boostnote Note-taking app made for programmers	Evernote Infamous note-taking app, available on many platforms	Inkdrop Notebook app for Markdown lovers built on top of Electron	Joplin Cross platform open-source notepad with markdown support and todo list manager with synchronisation capabilities
MarginNote In-depth PDF and EPUB reading, learning, managing and note taking app	Notable The markdown-based note-taking app that doesn't suck	Notes Clean, simple note-taking app	Notion -Notion is the all-in-one workspace From notes, tasks, wikis, to database	OneNote Note-taking app by Microsoft
QOwnNotes Open-source notepad with markdown support and todo list manager	Quiver Easily mix text, code, Markdown and LaTeX within one note, edit code with an awesome code editor and live preview Markdown and LaTeX

Ebooks

Calibre Free and open-source e-book computer software application suite which runs on multiple platforms, allows users to manage e-book collections as well as create, edit, and read e-books	Clearview Tabbed style e-book reader for PDF, EPUB (DRM free), CHM, and MOBI	iChm Ebook reader for CHM (Microsoft Compiled HTML help) files	Kindle App Amazon official reading app of kindle	Klib New way to manage highlights for Kindle and iBooks
Scribus Professional layout and publishing software supporting EPS and SVG import/export, and PDF support	Sigil Multi-platform EPUB ebook Editor

RSS

Feeds 2

Keep tabs on your favorite website and RSS feeds from your Mac's menubar

Leaf

Amazing news reader dedicated to help you enjoy your daily news and easily manage your subscriptions

ReadKit

Mac read-later client supporting all major providers: Instapaper, Pocket and Readability Even more, ReadKit is a full-featured RSS reader as well

Reeder 3

News reader for Feedbin, Feedly, Feed Wrangler and so on

Vienna

RSS/Atom reader for Mac OS X

Writing Tools

CHM Reader Read Compiled HTML (chm) documents on your Mac	Chmox Read CHM documents on your Mac	PDF Expert Read, annotate and edit PDFs, change text and images	PDF Reader Pro You Can view, create, sign, convert and compress any PDF documents	Skim PDF reader and note-taker for OS X
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	texpad Great LaTeX editor for Mac with auto-update PDF and autocomplete LaTeX commands

IDEs

Android Studio The official IDE for Android, based on Intellij IDEA	Deco IDE The best IDE for building React Native apps	Eclipse Popular open-source IDE, mainly for Java but with plugin support for a wide array of languages and platforms	Espresso The web editor for Mac is back For people who make delightful, innovative and fast websites	JetBrains Toolbox App Manage installed JetBrains tools, download new ones and open recent projects
AppCode Smart IDE for iOS/macOS development	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	GoLand Provides ergonomic environment for Go development	IntelliJ IDEA Powerful IDE for JVM languages (Free for Students)
PyCharm Powerful Python IDE, which has professional version and community version	Rider Cross-Platform C# IDE It is an alternative to Visual Studio by Microsoft with the additional benefit of getting Resharper features that are not available on Visual Studio for Mac	WebStorm The smartest JavaScript IDE by JetBrains FREE for Students, check here for more info	Haskell for Mac A Modern Development Environment for Haskell	NetBeans IDE Free and open-source IDE, mainly used for Java development, but supports many other languages and frameworks
Visual Studio Code Microsoft's free & open-source editor, TypeScript friendly, VSCode Plugins	Visual Studio Community for Mac Fully-featured IDE Free for students, open-source and individual developers	Xamarin Studio Free cross platform C# IDE Xamarin Studio supports iOS, Android and Net development	Xcode Essential IDE for iOS/macOS development

Developer Utilities

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	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 accross 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
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	Hostsprefpane 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	LaunchRocket Brew services management in Mac System Preferences	Woodpecker View iOS app's Sandbox files, UserDefaults, Keychain items on a Mac
MacSystemColors Mac app that shows all system colors in light an 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	PPRows Application to calculate how many lines of code you write	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	SwitchHosts Free and open-source app for hosts management & switching	TeXstudio Integrated writing environment for creating LaTeX documents	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
WWDC The Mac OS unofficial WWDC app	zeplin Collaboration tool for work between designers and developers

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

Cocoa Rest Client

Free, open-source, native Apple OS X app for testing HTTP/REST endpoints

Insomnia

The most intuitive cross-platform REST API Client

Postman

Powerful GUI platform to make your API development faster & easier, from building API requests through testing, documentation and sharing

Katalon Studio

Simplify API, Web, Mobile Automation Tests Free Robust Cross-platform Automation testers from 160 countries with YouTube channels, GitHub repositories

Network Analysis

Charles HTTP proxy / HTTP monitor / Reverse Proxy that enables a developer to view all of the HTTP and SSL / HTTPS traffic between their machine and the Internet	James Open-source proxy tool for checking and mapping requests with http as well as https	Little Snitch Network monitor with a world map for visualizing network connections	mitmproxy Interactive intercepting HTTP proxy for penetration testers and software developers	Paw Advanced HTTP client
Proxie HTTP debugging proxy	Proxyman Modern and intuitive HTTP debugging proxy for macOS	Wireshark The world’s foremost and widely-used network protocol analyzer

Command Line Tools

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	Fish Shell Smart and user-friendly terminal, which is similar with zsh	fselect Find files with SQL-like queries	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	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	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	ndm Manage npm straight from the couch	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	Taskbook Tasks, boards & notes for the command-line habitat
Terminus Free terminal tool, built with TypeScript, heavily inspired by Hyper	Termius Free terminal tool,comparable to xshell on windows platform	TextQL Execute SQL against structured text like CSV or TSV	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	trash Move files and directories to the trash
Upterm Upterm (formerly Black Screen) is an IDE in the world of terminals Strictly speaking, it's both a terminal emulator and an interactive shell based on Electron	VisiData Terminal spreadsheet multitool for discovering and arranging data	Zsh Zsh is a shell designed for interactive use, although it is also a powerful scripting language

Hybrid App Frameworks

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	nwjs Build desktop application with HTML and JavaScript It lets you call all Nodejs 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

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	Gitbar Open-source，display Github contribution statistics on your menu bar	GitFinder Fast and lightweight Git client for Mac with Finder integration
GitHub Desktop The official GitHub GUI	GitKraken The most popular Git GUI for Windows, Mac and Linux	GitX-dev Fork of Pieter's nice git GUI for OS X Includes branch/tag sidebar and various fixes	Hub Command-line wrapper for Git that makes you better at GitHub	OhMyStar Beautiful and efficient way to manage, explore and share your Github Stars
SmartGit Git client with support	SourceTree Free Git & Mercurial client for Windows or Mac	Sublime Merge Git client, from the makers of Sublime Text	Tower2 The most powerful Git client for Mac and Windows	Versions Mac Subversion (SVN) Client
GitUp A simple & powerful Git client。

Virtualization

Docker Powerful, performs operating-system-level virtualization	Parallels Powerful, easy-to-use VM No free upgrade for each new Mac OS	Vagrant Tool for building and distributing development environments	Veertu The lightest VM on Mac Responsive, sandboxed & native way to run VM on your Mac	Virtual Box Powerful x86 and AMD64/Intel64 virtualization product
VMWare Fusion Powerful, commercial VM developed by VMware

Databases

Azure Data Studio Cross-platform database tool for using on Microsoft family on-premises and cloud data platforms such as MSSQL Server	Base 2 Application for creating, designing, editing and browsing SQLite 3 database files	Bdash Modern SQL client application, supports MySQL, PostgreSQL (Redshift) and BigQuery	Chrome MySQL Admin Powerful Chrome app to manage your MySQL	Core Data Editor Core Data Editor lets you easily view, edit and analyze applications‘ data
DB Browser for SQLite Official home of the DB Browser for SQLite	DBeaver Universal SQL Client	ElectroCRUD Modern MySQL CRUD application	FastoNoSQL Cross-platform GUI client for Redis, Memcached, SSDB, LevelDB, RocksDB, UnQLite, LMDB, ForestDB, Pika and Dynomite key-value databases	FastoRedis Cross-platform professional GUI management tool for Redis
JackDB Secure, collaborative environment for your queries and data-driven insights	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	Mingo Easy to use MongoDB GUI with mind-blowing features
Mongo Management Studio Simple MongoDB GUI	mongoDBapp The easiest way to get started with mongoDB on the Mac	MongoDB MongoDB is a document database with the scalability and flexibility that you want with the querying and indexing that you need	MySQL Workbench The official MySQL GUI	Navicat Data Modeler Powerful and cost-effective database design tool which helps you build high-quality conceptual, logical and physical data models
pgModeler is an open source data modeling tool designed for PostgreSQL	Postgres.app The easiest way to get started with PostgreSQL on the Mac	Postico Modern PostgreSQL client for Mac	PSequel PostgreSQL GUI tool for Mac OS X	RedisClient Redis client application on mac, windows and linux
RedisDesktopManager Cross-platform GUI management tool for Redis	Sequel Pro MySQL database management for Mac OS X	SQLight SQLite database manager tool	SQLPro Studio Simple, powerful database manager for macOS	Tableau Public Free data-visualization software
TablePlus Supports: PostgreSQL, MySQL, RedShift, MariaDB High-end security ensured

Design Tools

Acorn Great Mac OS X picture and photo editor, built for humans	Affinity Designer Professional graphic design software for Mac	Affinity Photo Professional image editing software for Mac	Alchemy Experimental, open-source drawing application with an emphasis on creating conceptual art	Art Text 3 This is graphic design software specifically tuned for lettering, typography, text mockups and various artistic text effects
Blender Free and open 3D creation software	Colorpicker Colorpicker is a complete open-source colors manipulation tool with picking!	Figma The collaborative interface design tool, for vector graphics and UI prototyping	FontForge Free, open-source font editor	GIMP The GNU Image Manipulation Program
Gravit Designer Full featured free vector design app right at your fingertips	inklet Turn your Mac trackpad into drawing board	Inkscape Professional vector graphics editor	Krita Open-source digital painting software for concept artists, digital painters, and illustrators	macSVG Designing HTML5 SVG art and animation
MagicaVoxel Free, lightweight 8-bit voxel editor and interactive path tracing renderer	Monodraw Powerful ASCII art editor designed for the Mac	MyPaint Simple drawing and painting program that works well with Wacom-style graphics tablets	Nik Collection Nik Collection by DxO	Paintbrush Bitmap image editor
Pixel Perfect Tool to overlay design images over implementation and make it pixel perfect	Pixelmator Full-featured image editor for Mac	Principle Application for designing animated and interactive user interfaces	ScreenToLayers Easily export your screen into a layered PSD file	Sculptris 3D sculpting software
Sketch Professional digital design for mac	Sketch Cache Cleaner Deletes hidden Sketch history files that can take a lot of space on your hard drive and that you would probably never use	Measure Plugin Make it a fun to create spec for developers and teammates	Sketch Toolbox Plugin Manager Simple plugin manager for Sketch	User Flows Plugin Generating flow diagrams from Artboards
SketchBook Drawing software for concept design, comic art, and digital sketching	Sparkle Pro visual web design	Tayasui Sketches Professional drawing software	Vectr Free graphics editor used to create vector graphics easily and intuitively

Mind-Mapping Tools

Adobe XD (Experience Design) First all-in-one cross-platform tool for designing and prototyping websites and mobile apps	Axure RP 8 Prototypes, specifications and diagrams in one tool	Balsamiq Mockups Wire-framing tool that helps you work faster and smarter	Flinto Quickly create interactive prototypes of mobile, desktop, or web apps	Framer Tool for interactive prototyping
Justinmind Prototyping platform for web and mobile apps	Kite Powerful animation and prototyping application for Mac & iOS	Lighten The best way to clarify thinking, boost productivity, brainstorm, and visualize concepts	Loremify Great Lorem ipsum generator	Marvel Simple design, prototyping and collaboration
MindNode Mind-mapping software with an emphasis on simplicity and ease-of-use	MockFlow Online prototyping suite for web-design and usability testing	Mockplus Prototype faster, smarter and easier	OmniGraffle Diagramming and graphic design for Mac, iPhone, and iPad	Origami Studio Tool for designing modern interfaces, built and used by designers at Facebook
pencil Free, open-source tool for making diagrams and GUI prototyping	ProtoPie Create the most advanced prototypes as easy as Pie	Scapple Practical mind-mapping software with free whiteboard-like layout	SimpleMind The world leader in cross platform Mind Mapping tools	WriteMapper Get from idea to final draft in no time
XMind The most popular mind-mapping tool on the planet	yGraph Editor High quality diagrams made easy

Screencapturing

CloudApp Work at the speed of sight	Gifox Gif Recording and Sharing	Kap Open-source screen-recorder built with web technology	KeyCastr KeyCastr, an open-source keystroke visualizer	Licecap Record your screen and export to GIF You can change the recording area anytime during recording
Lightshot The fastest way to take a customizable screenshot	Monosnap Make screenshots Draw on it Shoot video and share your files It's fast, easy and free	ScreenShot PSD Capture the screen as a layered PSD for easy editing	Skitch Screen capture application with a powerful annotation capabilities	Snip Application for sharing captured images on QQ Mail
Snipaste Simple but powerful snipping tool	Teampaper Snap Let your screenshots speak up	Xnip Handy Screenshot App

Design and Product

APNGb PNG image assembler/disassembler app	Assetizr Resizing images and optimising them for web and mobile applications	Couleurs Simple app for grabbing and tweaking the colors you see on your screen	Frank DeLoupe Color-picking tool, supports Retina	HEIC Converter Convert HEIC images to JPEG or PNG
Iconjar Icon management tool to organize or search your icons	IconKit App icon generator	Image2icon Create and personalize icons from your pictures	ImageAlpha Compress images with PNG format and remove transparency	ImageOptim Compress images and remove EXIF information
iPic Easily upload images with Markdown supported	JPEGmini Reduce image size by up to 80%, without compromising quality	Mark Man Measure & Spec Fast	Preset Brewery Tool to convert Lightroom presets to Adobe Camera Raw	Resize Master Batch resize and watermark your images fast and easy
RightFont Preview, sync, install and manage fonts on Mac, Dropbox or Google Drive	Sip The best way to collect, organize & share your colors	Snagit Simple, Powerful Screen Capture Software and Screen Recorder	Spectrum Easily and intuitively creating beautiful color schemes	svgus Organize, clean and transform your SVGs
TinyPNG4Mac Open-source tool to compress images	Tropy Research Photo Management	iPic Easily upload images with Markdown supported	Preset Brewery Tool to convert Lightroom presets to Adobe Camera Raw	Assetizr Resizing images and optimising them for web and mobile applications
AppIconBuilder Export icons for multi-platform

Collaboration and Team Tools

Adium Free instant messaging application for Mac OS X Connect to AIM, MSN, SMPP, Yahoo and more	Caprine Third-party privacy-focused Facebook Messenger app	DingTalk Free, powerful and professional office tool used by over 5 million enterprises and organizations globally	Discord All-in-one voice and text chat for gamers that's free, secure, and works on both your desktop and phone	Franz Electron based, multi-protocol wrapper for web-based chat One application, 23 messenger services
Gitter Instant messaging and chat room system for developers as well as GitHub users Developer friendly with Markdown syntax support	Keybase Secure groups, files, and chat for everyone!	LimeChat Open-source IRC client for Mac OS X	Messenger For Mac Third-party Facebook messenger for Mac	Muzzle A simple mac app to silence embarrassing notifications while screensharing
Rambox Messaging and emailing app that combines common web applications into one	Riot Create, share communicate Chat and call securely	Signal Desktop Fast, simple, secure Privacy that fits in your pocket	Skype Cross-platform application that provides video chat and voice call services Users can exchange images, text, video and any other digital documents	Slack Awesome tool for team collaboration and communication
Teambition Team collaboration tool, including many features like task plan, schedule, file sharing, instant discussion and everything you need when collaborating with other team members	Telegram Messaging app with a focus on speed and security	Textual Internet Relay Chat (IRC) client	WeChat Official WeChat app for Mac	WeeChat The extensible command-line chat client
WhatsApp Desktop Available in the Mac App Store, Whatsapp for Desktop

Email Clients

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

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

Upload images/files to remote server in exchange for url for file sharing

Transmit

Highly flexible and intuitive FTP client, supports SFTP, S3 and iDisk/WebDAV

Yummy FTP

Pro-level, fast, reliable FTP/S + SFTP + WebDAV/S file transfer app

Data Recovery Tools

Data Rescue

Comprehensive and professional data recovery tool for most cases

DiskWarrior

The world’s most advanced repair and recovery tool for Mac

R-Studio for Mac

Powerful tool for recovering data on disks, even if their partitions are formatted, damaged or deleted

Stellar Phoenix Mac Data Recovery

Powerful tool for file recovery, Time machine recovery, Encrypted Disk recovery and much more

SuperDuper!

Painless fully bootable disk backups

Audio and Video Tools

Adapter Free audio, video and image conversion software	Aegisub Free, cross-platform open source tool for creating and modifying subtitles Aegisub makes it quick and easy to time subtitles to audio, and features many powerful tools for styling them, including a built-in real-time video preview	Ardour Cross-platform audio software for multi-track recording and editing	Audacity Free, open-source, cross-platform audio software for multi-track recording and editing	Audio Hijack Record any application's audio, including VoIP calls from Skype, web streams from Safari, and much more
Carol A minimal and beautiful lyrics app for macOS	Cog Free, open-source audio player	Elmedia Player This media player is a super versatile app for any file format you probably may think of: FLV, MP4, AVI, MOV, DAT, MKV, MP3, FLAC, M4V are all supported as well as many others	Gifski Convert videos to high-quality GIFs	HandBrake Tool for converting video from nearly any format to a selection of modern, widely supported codecs
Hydrogen Professional yet simple and intuitive pattern-based drum programming for GNU/Linux	iFFmpeg Comprehensive Media Tool for macOS Making High Quality Video Encoding Accessible for Everyone	IINA The modern video player for macOS Based on mpv, the powerful media player project	Kodi Award-winning free and open-source (GPL) software media center for playing videos, music, pictures, games, and more	LMMS A powerful Digital Audio Workstation designed like FL Studio (formerly Fruity Loops)
LosslessCut Cross platform tool for quick and lossless video and audio trimming using ffmpeg	LyricsX Lyrics for iTunes, Spotify and Vox	Metadatics Advanced Audio Metadata Editor	Mixxx The most advanced free DJ software	Movie Catcher Movie movie and online viewing offline download software, with Baidu cloud to make offline download and online playback
mpv Free, open-source, and cross-platform media player	MuseScore Free, open-source music notation software	VOX Player High-definition audio player for Mac and iPhone Music just sounds better!	Perian (No longer under active development) ~~Let QuickTime play all the common formats of free plug-ins~~	Playback Experimental video player
Popcorn Time Watch torrent movies instantly, This Popcorn Time service will never be taken down Download and enjoy	ScreenFlow Screencasting and video editing software	Shotcut Free open-source video editor	Soda Player Player that can play seed, magnetic links, online video, automatic captions, links and local video files	Sonora Minimal, beautifully designed music player
SpotMenu Spotify and iTunes in your menu bar	Stremio Movies, TV shows, series, live television or web channels like YouTube and Twitchtv you can find all this on Stremio	Stringed 2 Music practice software designed to help users learn how to play their favorite songs	Synfig Studio Synfig Studio is free, open-source 2D animation software	VLC Free, open-source, cross-platform multimedia player as well as framework that plays most multimedia files, DVDs, Audio CDs, VCDs and various streaming protocols
XLD Tool to decode, convert and play various 'lossless' audio files	MusicPlus Search, play & download music for free

Download Management

aria2 Lightweight multi-protocol & multi-source command-line download utility	Downie Video downloader for macOS with support for YouTube and other 1200 sites	FOLX Free download manager for Mac OS X with a true Mac-style interface	Free Download Manager Powerful, modern download accelerator and organizer for Windows and Mac (FREE)	JDownloader Free, open-source download management tool with a huge community of developers that makes downloading as easy and fast as it should be
Motrix Motrix is a full-featured download manager that supports downloading HTTP, FTP, BitTorrent, Magnet, Baidu Net Disk, etc	qBittorrent A project aims to provide an open-source software alternative to µTorrent	Shuttle Easy Download Manager for any links	Transmission Fast, easy, free BitTorrent Client	You-Get Tiny command-line utility to download media contents (videos, audios, images) from the web
youtube-dl Command-line program to download videos from YouTubecom and other video sites

Cloud Storage

Arq Cloud storage backup client that supports AWS, GCP, DropBox, and more	Carbonite Carbonite can protect your Mac from all of the most common forms of data loss	Dropbox File hosting service that offers cloud storage and file synchronization with collaborative edit features	Mega Free cloud service, offers 50GB free storage	NextCloud Actively maintained fork of ownCloud, faster and completely open-source
ownCloud Cloud storage	Seafile Reliable and High Speed File Sync and Share

Input Methods

Kawa

Better input source switcher for OS X

Rocket

Makes typing emoji faster and easier using Slack-style shortcuts

Touch Emoji

emoji picker for MacBook Pro Touch Bar

Type2Phone

Use Your Mac as Keyboard for iPhone, iPad & Apple TV

Browsers

Brave Web browser with an emphasis on privacy and speed	Chrome Chrome, developed by Google	Chromium Open-source, free web browser project by Google, to provide the source code for Google Chrome	Microsoft Edge Canary Edge Canary, re-developed based on Chromium, but built by MS	Firefox Meet Firefox Quantum Fast, free, open-source web browser developed by the Mozilla Foundation
Safari Native browser for Macs	TorBrowser Anonymity Online Protect your privacy Defend against network surveillance and traffic analysis	Vivaldi The browser that puts you in control

Translation Tools

Grammarly

Refine your english

iTranslate

Translate entire website instantly with its built-in browser or with iTranslate Safari extension into over 40 languages

Ludwig

Linguistic search engine that helps you to write better in English

Security Tools

BlockBlock Me: "Please alert me whenever anything is persistently installed" BlockBlock: "You got it"	Dylib Hijack Scanner Simple utility that will scan your computer for applications that are either susceptible to dylib hijacking or have been hijacked	Encrypto Free encryption tool for encrypting files and folders	KextViewer View all modules on that are loaded in the OS kernel	KnockKnock See what's persistently installed on your Mac
LinkLiar Link-Layer MAC spoofing GUI for macOS	LockDown Open-source tool for El Capitan that audits and remediates security configuration settings	LuLu is the free macOS firewall that aims to block unauthorized (outgoing) network traffic	MalwareBytes Malwarebytes crushes the growing threat of Mac malware, so you are protected and your machine keeps running silky smooth Cybersecurity smart enough for the Mac	OverSight Monitor mic and webcam, alerting you when the internal mic is activated, or whenever a process accesses the webcam
RansomWhere? Generic Ransomware Detection	stronghold Easily configure MacOS security settings from the terminal	TaskExplorer Explore all processes running on your Mac with TaskExplorer	What's Your Sign? Adds menu item to Finderapp to display the cryptographic signing information for any file

Proxy and VPN

Algo Personal IPSEC VPN in the cloud	FreeVPN Plus Free VPN Client for Mac	Lantern Free application that delivers fast, reliable and secure access to the open internet	ShadowsocksX-NG Next generation of ShadowsocksX	ShadowsocksX Secure socks5 proxy, designed to protect your internet traffic
Shimo VPN Client for Mac	SpechtLite Rule-based proxy app for macOS	Surge Web developer tool and proxy utility for iOS 9	tinc Secure mesh VPN software	Tunnelbear Really simple VPN to browse the web privately & securely Unblock websites around the world with applications for Mac, PC, iOS, Android & Chrome
Tunnelblick Free, open-source graphic user interface for OpenVPN on OS X	V2rayU Macos client based on v2ray	Windscribe Gives 10gb per month free on the spot and gives limited(on free) location control Connection also takes very less time	ClashX A rule based proxy For Mac base on Clash

Clipboard Tools

ClipMenu Clipboard manager for Mac OS X	Clipy Clipy is a Clipboard extension app for macOS Based on ClipMenu	CopyQ Clipboard Manager with Advanced Features	iPaste Lightweight and efficient clipboard tool	Paste Smart clipboard history & snippets manager
PasteBot Powerful clipboard manager	Flycut Clean and simple clipboard manager for developers

Menu Bar Tools

Bartender Organize or hide menu bar icons on your Mac	BeardedSpice Allows you to control web based media players (SoundCloud, YouTube, etc) and some native apps with the media keys on Mac keyboards	BitBar Place the output from any script or program right in your Mac OS X menu bar	Dozer Hide MacOS menubar items	iGlance macOS System Monitor for the Status Bar
Itsycal Tiny calendar for your Mac's menu bar	Streaker GitHub contribution streak tracking menubar app	Vanilla Hide menu bar icons on your Mac

File Organization

BetterZip 3 Archive tool supports ZIP, TAR, TGZ, TBZ, TXZ (new), 7-ZIP, RAR	eZip Free archiver for macOS with tersely but complete functions Supports popular formats such as RAR, ZIP, 7Z, BZ2, GZ etc Works great with Mojave dark-mode and QuickLook	Hazel Automated file organization for your Mac Responsibly and beautifully designed	Keka file archiver for macOS Compression: 7Z, ZIP, TAR, GZIP, BZIP2, XZ LZIP, DMG, ISO Extraction: 7Z, ZIP, RAR, TAR, GZIP, BZIP2, XZ, LZIP, DMG, ISO, LZMA, EXE, CAB, WIM, PAX, JAR, APK, APPX, CPGZ, CPIO	muCommander Lightweight file manager with a dual-pane interface
PDF Archiver Nice tool for tagging and archiving tasks	The Unarchiver Unarchive many different kinds of archive files

General Tools

AirServer Most advanced screen mirroring software receiver for Mac, PC and Xbox One	ControlPlane Manages configuration profiles for your Mac Determines where you are or what you are doing based on a number of available evidence sources and then automatically reconfigures your Mac based on your preferences	DNS Heaven Unifies macOS DNS so applications using glibc can resolve DNS with the native stack Mainly for use with VPNs	HTTrack Useful tool for downloading a whole website and offline browsing	Mac Cache Cleaner Cache cleaner for Mac
MacAssistant Google Assistant for macOS	Manta Flexible invoicing desktop app with beautiful & customizable templates	Memo Simple and elegant app Unlock memos even more quickly using Touch ID	Numi Beautiful calculator app for Mac	SlowQuitApps An OS X app that adds a global delay of 1 second to the Cmd-Q shortcut
Torimori Sweeper MacOS app that lets you declutter your Downloads, one file at a time

To-Do Lists

2Do Nice todo app	Day-O 2 Menu bar clock replacement with built-in calendar	Fantastical The calendar app you won't be able to live without	Focus Beautiful pomodoro-based time manager	Nozbe Powerful GTD app for individuals and teams, with support for every Apple device (Mac, iPhone, iPad, Watch)
OmniFocus Nice GTD app, made by OmniGroups	Taskade Real-time collaborative editor for teams	TaskPaper Plain text to-do lists	Things Delightful and easy to use task manager (Award-winning App)	Todoist Cross-platform todo list app
TickTick Simple and effective to-do list and task manager that helps you organize all aspects of life	Wunderlist The easiest way to get stuff done

Productivity

Alfred Award-winning app which boosts efficiency with hotkeys, keywords, text expansion and more Search your Mac and the web, and be more productive with custom actions to control your Mac	BetterTouchTool Great, feature-packed app that allows you to configure many gestures for your Magic Mouse, Macbook Trackpad, Magic Trackpad and also Mouse Gestures for normal mice	Choosy UI, URL API and a browser extension set for managing rules where and how to open links	Hammerspoon Tool for powerful OSX automation with the Lua scripting engine	Karabiner Powerful and stable keyboard customizer for OS X
Keyboard Maestro Automate routine actions based on triggers from keyboard, menu, location, added devices, and more	Keytty App to keep your hands on the keyboard Move, click, scroll, drag and more with a few strokes	Z Powerful way to navigate easily by typing only a string of directory name in terminal instead of typing exact location of director	OmniPlan The best way to visualize, maintain, and simplify your projects Project Management made easy	Qbserve Time tracking automation: freelance project tracking, timesheets, invoicing & real-time productivity feedback
RescueTime Personal analytics service that shows you how you spend your time and provides tools to help you be more productive	SensibleSideButtons Use the side buttons on your mouse to move forward and backward in many apps, like in Windows	nnScreenshots a super easy way to keep a visual record of your productivity to make it easier to fill out timesheets or just to help you review the day Built in timesheet editor	skhd Simple hotkey daemon for macOS	Time Out Easy break reminders, with micro-break and flexible customization if you want it
Timing Automatic time and productivity tracking for Mac Helps you stay on track with your work and ensures no billable hours get lost if you are billing hourly	Trello A collaboration tool that organizes your projects into Kanban boards	Ukelele Unicode Keyboard Layout Editor	xScope Powerful set of tools that are ideal for measuring, inspecting & testing on-screen graphics and layouts

Window Management

Amethyst Tiling window manager	chunkwm Tiling window manager for macOS based on plugin architecture	contexts Provides more power than the native Mac Dock Especially when you have multiple screens, it can help you switch more quickly	Divvy Window management at its finest with its amazing Divvy Grid system	Magnet Window manager that keeps your workspace organized
Moom Allows you to easily move and zoom windows, or to another display—using either the mouse or the keyboard	ShiftIt Managing window size and position in OSX	SizeUp Powerful, keyboard-centric window management	Slate Window management application similar to Divvy and SizeUp (except better and free!) (Needs config file)	Spectacle Move and resize windows with simple and customizable keyboard shortcuts
Total Spaces Provides window management much like ubuntu Creates hotkeys for workspaces which allows you to easily move around

Password Management

1Password Cross-platform password management tool	Authy Two-factor authentication token manager that backs up and syncs across your devices	Bitwarden Open source password management tool for Mac OS, iOS and browsers	Buttercup The Password Manager You Deserve	Dashlane Cloud-based password manager with award-winning design
Enpass Cross-platform password management tool with cloud integration	Keeweb Free, cross-platform password manager compatible with KeePass	LastPass Password management tool for Mac OS and browser	MacPass Open-source KeePass Mac OS client	SafeInCloud Cross Platform password management, low cost app!

Finder Tools

fman

The first dual-pane file manager to integrate features from Sublime Text

ForkLift

The most advanced dual pane file manager and file transfer client for macOS

Path Finder

File management app

TotalFinder

Chrome-styled Finder substitute

XtraFinder

Adds tabs and cut to Mac Finder

Quality of Life

CheatSheet Hold the ⌘-Key to get a list of all active shortcuts of the current application It's as simple as that	flux Makes the color of your computer's display adapt to the time of day	KeyCastr Open-source keystroke visualizer	NightOwl Automatically switch between macOS Mojave's light and dark themes by time of day or with a menu bar or keyboard shortcut	Shifty A macOS menu bar app that gives you more control over Night Shift
Snap Launch an app in a snap Ridiculously easy shortcut management

System Related

Amphetamine Override your energy saver settings and keep your Mac awake	AppCleaner Small application which allows you to thoroughly uninstall unwanted apps	Cleaner for Xcode Helps make your Xcode faster by removing unwanted and deprecated files	coconutBattery Shows live information about the battery in your Mac Includes: manufacture date, capacity, cycle count, battery status, temperature, discharging power	Coolant Menubar app that lets you know when an app is consuming 100% CPU or more than a gigabyte of memory (or any arbitrary limits you choose)
DaisyDisk Gives a great overview of disk usage Can also make more disk-space available by cleaning up your disk	FruitJuice Will let you know how long to stay unplugged each day to keep your battery healthy	gfxCardStatus Unobtrusive menu bar app for OS X that allows MacBook Pro users to see which apps are affecting their battery life by using the more power-hungry graphics	Gray Pick between the light appearance and the dark appearance on a per-app basis with the click of a button	HandShaker Mac on the management of Android mobile phone content
HTML5 Player HTML 5 video player Keep your Mac from "burning"	InsomniaX Disable either lid and/or idle sleep (so you can play music with your lid closed, for example)	iStat Menus Advanced Mac system monitor on the menubar	iStats Command-line tool that allows you to easily grab the CPU temperature, fan speeds and battery information on OSX	Juice Make your battery information a bit more interesting
KeepingYouAwake Alternative to Caffeine with better support for dark mode in Mac	Monity System monitoring widget for OS X	Mounty Tiny tool to re-mount write-protected NTFS volumes under Mac OS X 109+ in read-write mode	NitroShare Cross-platform network file transfer utility	Noti Receive Android notifications on your Mac (with Pushbullet)
OmniDiskSweeper Shows you the files on your drive, ordered by size It can be used to find and remove unused files	OnyX Multifunction utility to verify disks and files, run cleaning and system maintenance tasks, configure hidden options and more	Paragon NTFS Read/write access to NTFS in macOS Sierra	Porting Kit Install Windows® Games inside your Mac	SSH Tunnel Application for managing SSH connections
TG Pro Temperature monitoring, fan control & hardware diagnostics to help keep your Mac cool and healthy	Tuxera NTFS Full read-write compatibility with NTFS-formatted drives on a Mac	Overkill Stop iTunes from opening when you connect your iPhone

Remote Login

AnyDesk

Provides Remote access across multiple machines

RealVNC

The original and best software for remote access across desktop and mobile

TeamViewer

Proprietary computer software package for remote control, desktop sharing, online meetings, web conferencing and file transfer between computers

QuickLook Plugins

QLMarkdown .md markdown files	QLColorcode src files with syntax highlighting	Quicklook-CSV .csv comma-separated values files	QLStephen preview any plain text file	QuickLookJSON .json javascript object notation files
QLPrettyPatch .patch path files	Compressed Archives .zip .rar .7z etc	qlImageSize improved preview with size and resolution	WebP Google's .webp image files	BetterZip 3 .pkg package files, trial app, but the plugin is 4ever free
SuspiciousPackage .pkg package files, trial app	QLVideo video files avi mkv webm flv etc	ProvisionQL iOS macOS provision information	QuickLookAPK android .apk package files	QLMobi Kindle .mobi ebook format
inddPreview .indd InDesign, paid app	QLAddict .srt subtitle files	Elektriktrick .stl, .dxf, and .gcode 3d files	QuickNFO .nfo readme files	qlBitRate display MP3 bit rate in the title bar
ePub .epub e-book files	Quicklook-IPA iphone and ipad .ipa files, old but works	ScriptQL applescript files	qlDDS direct draw surface 3d files	qlPlayground .playground .swift Swift files

Package Managers

Cakebrew

GUI client for Homebrew Install, check or remove apps, no command-line needed

Homebrew Cask

Command line installation manager which extends Homebrew and brings its elegance, simplicity, and speed to Mac OS applications and large binaries alike

Homebrew

The missing package manager for macOS

MacPorts

Open-source community initiative to design an easy-to-use system for compiling, installing, and upgrading either command-line, X11 or Aqua based open-source software on the Mac OS X operating system