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Klipto

A native Mac clipboard manager built around a paste-in-order Stack

klipto.me

Tether

A ball on a string that bounces off your actual app windows

playtether.app

Traverse

A macOS outliner with a Writer view, column browsing, and screenplay export

apps.shakingthehabitual.com

Paint that behaves like a crayon and dries in ninety seconds

amazon.com

Exactly

A history of engineering told in orders of magnitude

kk.org

Acorn 8.6.2

Screenshot every open window, each on its own layer

flyingmeat.com

Chonkcraft

Warcraft II off the original disc, on a Mac from this year

chonkbase.net

To annoy someone by saying the same thing again. And again.

wordsmith.org

Tansei

A shelf that catches every URL you copy, unasked

tansei.io

Tomarigi

A thousand live cameras, arranged on a map of Japan

tomarigi.me

PawVis

Fold two fingers to scroll, dip a pinky to right-click

pawvis.app

Photocopy

Run your own face through the copier until it falls apart

photocopy.greg.technology

Drag the time slider and watch the shadows move

shademap.app

Proof that the update changed your settings

tidbits.com

Cinema Africa

Asmara's third-most-famous Art Deco cinema, which is why it still belongs to its street

atlasobscura.com

Forty projects from a man who designed toys at Mattel for a living

kk.org

Salubria

Preserved, deliberately not restored — the stucco is still coming off the 1757 brick

atlasobscura.com

ASCII City

A walkable neon cyberpunk city where every texture is a character

github.com

Dolphin Sunset

Hong Kong's best harbour view is on the roof of the terminal everyone leaves from

atlasobscura.com

Luck luck — English decided one word for good fortune wasn't enough

wordsmith.org

The Helmet Bag

Designed to carry a pilot's helmet off the flight line, and never meant to leave

carryology.com

Ozu in Color

Every Frame a Painting returns to explain how Ozu learned colour

youtube.com

Rijksstudio

840,000 works from the Rijksmuseum, free to download and free to cut up

rijksmuseum.nl

Beeswax

Five spoken words a day, and one wrong letter ends the run

spellbeeswax.com

Eighteen PDF tools in one Mac window, including redaction that proves itself

basaltformac.com

Clamshell

Close the lid, keep the build running — no external display required

clamshell.dev

El Cortés

A three-year restoration of a Roma Norte art nouveau house, down to the stained glass

wallpaper.com

Hold Assist

The iPhone waits through the hold music and calls you when a person answers

osxdaily.com

Tironian Notes

Cicero's secretary invented shorthand, and one of his symbols is still in Unicode

openculture.com

Big Walk

A co-op-only walking game where sound is the puzzle

bigwalk.game

CRKT Altai

A fixed-blade knife whose sheath carries the sharpener and fire-starter too

gearpatrol.com

Radiooooo

Pick a country and a decade, hear what was playing

radiooooo.com

Stone Tools

Abandonware preservation for the spreadsheets nobody thought worth saving

stonetools.ghost.io

Fiio EA13

Six tubes, Class A, and a price that doesn't start with a comma

gearpatrol.com

Melanie Walsh

Writing a book in Markdown, Quarto and Pandoc, next to a thrifted UW lava lamp

usesthis.com

The word for a cutting remark is also the chemical that bites into the plate

wordsmith.org

The bracket that lets a wall hold something it isn't under

wordsmith.org

The searching and the sound the searching makes

wordsmith.org

One word for the field and for the clearing of it

wordsmith.org

A walkable 3D video store stocked from your actual streaming subscriptions

bingebuster.net

ChatTJB

Artisanal intelligence, handcrafted by one human

chattjb.org

HideUrBits

Watch a single letter get hidden inside eight pixels

bennjordan.github.io

A shared 90s TV lineup, a radio you can't rewind, and one 74-minute blank CD-R

ilovethe90s.app

Shieldfont

A web font that shows readers your words and scrapers someone else's

shieldfont.org

Supercut.org

Andy Baio's archive of 592 obsessive video montages, back and searchable

supercut.org

Vox Dictum

Transcription and summaries that never leave your Mac

apps.apple.com

Eigendrum

Draw a shape, hear the sound it would actually make

baselashraf81.github.io

AirPods motion sensors turned into a chew counter

apps.apple.com

Oshirado

A folk museum pavilion holding a thousand hooded horse-god effigies

atlasobscura.com

Rescript

An on-device, transcript-driven video editor that cuts where you delete words

getrescript.com

Saunasaari

Helsinki's only public traditional smoke sauna, on its own island

afar.com

SuperDuper 4

A Mac backup app whose interface explains itself in plain English

shirtpocket.com

The Z Suites

The Legend of Zelda's scores, reworked as modern jazz

casimirliberski.bandcamp.com

A browser-based Apple II and IIgs emulator with 1,631 playable titles

virtualapple.org

Its limbs are draggable, and so are its borders

spacetypegenerator.com

NearbyWiki

Everything Wikipedia knows about where you're standing

en.nearbywiki.org

The etymological twin of crochet, and no relation to the word you're hearing

wordsmith.org

Kawran Bazar

A 2am fruit auction, and vendors who clear the tracks every time a train comes

atlasobscura.com

The Mind's I

Twenty-seven essays and stories on the self, each one argued with by its editors

kk.org

One loop of Tokyo's Yamanote Line — thirty stations, sixty-seven minutes, nothing to score

yamanote-3d.com

A Mac mail client that answers to AppleScript again

mailmaven.app

Kickabout

Foosball rules on a touchscreen, two minutes a match

apps.apple.com

Datatype

A font that draws the chart for you

franktisellano.github.io

Arborist

A command center for AI coding-agent sessions across git worktrees

arborist.tools

Puts your Claude Code and Codex agents in the MacBook notch

kraten.github.io

A Mac Mini on a low table, shared with his wife's bass and keyboards

usesthis.com

ScreenFloat

Screenshots that float above every window as a reusable shelf

eternalstorms.at

All 85 Federalist Papers, presented one by one as they first ran in 1787-88

federalistreader.org

Making Merrie

Giant wearable wicker costumes for an invented mummers' tradition

lewisprosser.com

Ombrelle

Dims every window on your Mac except the one you're using

ombrelle.app

Text as Music

Colors every sentence in your writing by length to reveal its rhythm

jeravalue.com

The Last Museum

A semantic search engine for 5.8 million artworks, browsable by theme instead of keyword

lastmuseum.com

Endel

Ambient sound generated from your body's own data

endel.io

HomeSnap

A HomeKit dashboard that only watches your smart home, never controls it

apps.apple.com

Kodak EC35

A reloadable 35mm point-and-shoot with a disposable-camera look

kodak.retopro.co

Fly through classic game levels in your browser

noclip.website

Open Minis

A private AI agent that runs your calendar and HomeKit without a cloud round-trip

apps.apple.com

Tracks a musician's full repertoire and runs focused daily practice sessions

getpiecekeeper.com

A DC movie theater whose rooms are decorated like the films it screens

atlasobscura.com

Chalk

Paste a screenshot, draw arrows on it, copy the result — no file, no project, no share link

chalk.appkit.studio

Drops of Rain

Giant grey faces pouting and grinning out of clipped hedges above the Étretat cliffs

atlasobscura.com

To fish out — the verb for finding something by patient investigation

wordsmith.org

Königshöhle

The cave that lent a Copper Age culture its name, with a hole in the roof the Devil is blamed for

atlasobscura.com

A Devon village turns a one-tonne rock every November to keep the Devil under it

atlasobscura.com

The Old English word for spider, still the best insult for a gossip

wordsmith.org

To begin an undertaking is, etymologically, to birdwatch first

wordsmith.org

Belden Point

Rotting pilings are all that's left of a Gilded Age gold conspirator's resort

atlasobscura.com

BrickSolvr

Upload a 3D model, get a buildable brick version and a parts list

bricksolvr.com

CurrentKey

Named, scriptable Spaces with per-app time tracking built in

currentkey.com

Jeju Black Pork

A heritage-breed pig raised on a Korean island since the Goryeo dynasty

afar.com

KeyClu

Double-tap and hold Cmd to see every shortcut for the app in front

sergii.tatarenkov.name

Microflow

Wire an Arduino by connecting nodes, not writing code

microflow.vercel.app

A live Mac desktop that boots as Snow Leopard, System 6, Win98, or BeOS

github.com

A real wind-tunnel simulation on any 3D model, in the browser

ventorah.com

Viaduct

Chrome extensions that never got a Safari port, converted and installed

magicelklabs.com

Apple TV's aerial screensaver, free and open source on the Mac

aerialscreensaver.github.io

Lettera

A native Mac Markdown editor from the Bear team, now in beta

blog.bear.app

Ribbie

Live MLB games redrawn as 8-bit sprites, pitch by pitch

ribbie.tv

Caption Comet

Burns social-style captions into video entirely on your Mac, with no account or cloud

apps.apple.com

DockLift

Click an app's Dock icon and its window jumps to the display you're using

wangchujiang.com

PanicVault

A password manager that keeps your vault as a single KeePass file you own

panicvault.org

ParkShelf

Park open Mac windows on an off-screen shelf instead of hunting the Dock

parkshelf.com

ScrollPods

Scroll Mac windows by tilting your head, using the motion sensors in your AirPods

apps.apple.com

The Dog Line

A row of chained guard dogs that once sealed off a Tasmanian convict peninsula

atlasobscura.com

Merges MP3s into one chaptered M4B audiobook without forcing a 24-hour split

apps.apple.com

AudioPen

Voice notes rewritten in your own writing style, not a generic one

audiopen.ai

Six unrelated senses, one word — and no relation to '-gamy'

wordsmith.org

MDV

A Markdown viewer with a Quick Look extension and a CLI tool built in

mowglii.com

Panelet

One shortcut hides and restores a whole multi-app workspace, not just a window

panelet.app

Speed Reader

One-word-at-a-time reading that can live right in your MacBook's notch

speed-reader.pro

Text Catalyst

A clipboard manager that OCRs every image you copy so its text is searchable

textcatalyst.com

VoiceInk

Open-source dictation that runs local Whisper and Parakeet models, fully offline

github.com

Amble One

An open-air electric buggy with no doors, roof, or screens

driveamble.com

Diskloom

A disk cleaner that only touches regenerable developer junk

diskloom.com

Finbar

A menu bar you can search like a file tree

finbarapp.com

An apple-orchard farm stay in Puebla built for accessibility from the ground up

afar.com

Jam-Pod

A lossless player for people who still own their music

testflight.apple.com

McKinley

A real vector editor built for drawing SF Symbols

testflight.apple.com

A menu-bar pixel pet that droops when you ignore it

getmushroom.app

Prostir Zvuku

An ambient mixer where you drag sounds into place around your head

apps.apple.com

Tellie

A teleprompter that follows your actual words, not a fixed scroll

tellieapp.com

The Wolf Trail

A newly opened 2,171-mile thru-hike from the Baltic to the Adriatic across six countries

afar.com

Ruined hilltop palace in Saudi Arabia tied to the legend of Layla and Majnun

atlasobscura.com

FilePop

A file browser that drops down from your menu bar

bendansby.com

Glaze

Thirty-plus live shader looks for your entire screen

innative.in

Iconed

Turns any image, GIFs included, into a custom app icon

wangchujiang.com

Kanban Pro

A free kanban board with a live terminal inside every ticket

goodguyapps.com

Murmur

Offline, on-device text-to-speech for long multi-speaker scripts

murmurtts.com

Searxly

A native Mac browser with a private search engine built in

searxly.app

Shotomatic

Turns one click-through of a task into a step-by-step guide

shotomatic.com

Edmund Optics' clearance arm — Fresnel lenses, mirrors, prisms, and laser parts sold as cosmetic seconds

edmundoptics.com

A distinct notification sound per Slack channel, person, or keyword

chirpy.pro

DayBar

A menu bar calendar with lunar dates and inline TODOs

wangchujiang.com

Edist

A native macOS Typst editor with instant live preview

edist.app

A browsable catalog of ~25,800 short films, though not every title is free to stream

shortverse.com

Fixes macOS's long-standing multi-monitor bugs

displaceapp.com

DockFlow

Save multiple Dock layouts and switch between them by context

dockflowapp.io

A dad joke about ballerinas and math

old.reddit.com

Custom battery alerts at any percentage, not just Apple's low-battery warning

getjuicy.app

MinuteFile

Transcribes local meeting recordings without a bot or an upload

motionobj.com

Misgellar

Gives digitized film scans the EXIF they never had

apps.apple.com

SoundPipe

Route any app's audio into any other app, one-click install

soundpipe.app

TimeGauge

52% of 2026 is gone, right there in the menu bar

timegauge.minilabs.cc

A true window-level Alt+Tab for Mac switchers

winstrix.app

Altra Lone Peak

The zero-drop, wide-toe trail shoe a Camino pilgrim is on her fourth pair of

altrarunning.com

A sub-$40 neck knife with a real four-finger grip

artisancutlery.net

Knockoff

A browser extension that scrubs knockoff junk out of Amazon results

knockoff.shopping

Marked QL

Real Markdown previews — Mermaid, math, syntax highlighting — from the Finder spacebar

markedapp.com

pen-metheus

An aluminum pen that hides a ferro rod, striker, and tinder inside

outdoorelement.com

One click teleports you to one of the internet's most wonder-inducing links

sensingwonder.org

AutoShelf

File auto-sorting that's now scriptable, not just GUI-driven

useautoshelf.com

Clarity

An encrypted-vault file manager with a metadata-stripping share extension

apps.apple.com

Fatty Snap Wallet

A ripstop bi-fold wallet that closes with an interlocking-pin snap, not velcro or a magnet

fattypack.com

Speech recognition and an agent, both running fully on-device

mispher.com

Outlier Sunwarp

'Sunblock you can wear' — UV protection woven into the fabric itself

outlier.nyc

Classic HyperCard stacks running natively on a modern Mac

morphing.cloud

A globe where every dot is a stranger's recorded voice story

voicedot.app

MapTap

A daily GeoGuessr-style game played by tapping a 3D globe

maptap.gg

Mojave Paint

A lightweight Mac paint app with real Photoshop-style layer styles

mojavepaint.app

NanoClip

Clipboard history that can OCR, upscale, and transform what you copied

getnano.dev

The 1911 Odyssey

The first film adaptation of Homer's epic — a surviving Italian silent, free to watch

openculture.com

WidgetScreen

Glass widgets — and Now Playing controls — on the Mac lock screen

widgetscreen.app

One free menu-bar dashboard for app usage, storage, and updates

github.com

Picview

A fast, minimal image viewer to replace Preview — with built-in OCR

picview.chitaner.com

Recall

Threads your scattered tabs, docs, and apps into resumable work sessions

joinrecall.com

St. John's Co-Cathedral

A plain fortress shell hiding wall-to-wall baroque gold — and a Caravaggio

stjohnscocathedral.com

Hidden tactile controls at your screen's edges, with real haptics

stashformac.com

Tasks.txt

A native task manager that's really just one plain-text file

taskstxt.app

Kaset

A native, open-source Mac client for YouTube and YouTube Music

github.com

A real editor for your Mac's lock-screen message

locklines.app

Sticky notes and reference images that stay put over fullscreen apps

noticky.app

Reclips

A clipboard history that pops up right at your cursor

reclips.app

StepGrab

Turns whatever you do on screen into a step-by-step guide

stepgrab.net

Thoth

Meeting notes that never leave your Mac

thoth-app.com

The Wound Man

A medieval diagram of a man suffering every injury at once

publicdomainreview.org

AnyMoney

Log every expense from the bank text, automatically

apps.apple.com

Coast: FIRE

An offline menu-bar net-worth tracker that never phones home

apps.apple.com

Fidelia

A bit-perfect Mac music player, rebuilt from scratch

tidbits.com

Revok

A full audit of everything installed on your Mac

widgetworx.com

WindowBunny

Window switching built for the trackpad, not the keyboard

windowbunny.com

Droppy

The notch shelf that refused to die

getdroppy.app

A cache cleaner you can actually audit

purgemac.vercel.app

Generative line art, designed to end up on paper

synendo.com

Macon, Georgia

A small city built around the Allman Brothers and Otis Redding

afar.com

MacPulse

A Mac system monitor you can just ask questions

macpulse.app

Turn any video moment into an Anki flashcard

subsmith.app

AeroStrap

A $10 cord that turns wireless earbuds back into a tethered pair

skiaero.com

A quiz that pinpoints how you actually feel about AI

bambamramfan.github.io

GroupCtrl

A workflow-based, git-configurable alternative to Cmd+Tab

github.com

Osaurus

Fully offline, open-source local AI for your Mac

github.com

A desktop pet that grows as you code with Claude Code

tamamons.com

TimeBarX

A Mac timer where the whole menu bar is the countdown

gettimebarx.com

A private trip planner with no accounts, subscription, or servers

apps.apple.com

Unfold

Quick Look for folders, archives, source code, and LaTeX

flew.gg

Breaks

Free, open-source Pomodoro timer for the macOS menu bar

gjinprelvukaj.github.io

Ad-free visual inspiration boards with color and style search

cosmos.so

Earth Index

Search 3.2 billion satellite tiles for environmental patterns

earthgenome.org

Open-source AI-first RSS reader that ingests 24+ source types

folo.is

Gerrymandle

Draw district lines daily and learn gerrymandering firsthand

gerrymandle.cc

Glider

Endless soaring flight simulator with daily shared routes

khalifa.games

Icare

Browser 3D adventure through artist-inspired dreamworlds

icare-game.world

Self-hosted journaling with mood tracking and full data ownership

journiv.com

Lettera

File-system Markdown editor built on the Bear 2 engine

lettera.md

Type Aurelius and Thoreau over ambient soundscapes, no clock

meditype-omega.vercel.app

Real LA train arrivals translated into live generative ambient music

metromusic.weisswideweb.com

Keyboard-driven notes app that lives in the MacBook notch

notchkin.app

Free open-source clipboard manager with Liquid Glass aesthetic

oioi.top

Quercus

A Relais & Châteaux biodynamic cattle ranch stay in Gay, Georgia

afar.com

Free streaming archive of obscure and forgotten cinema

rarefilmm.com

Live MLB games rendered in real-time 8-bit pixel art

ribbie.tv

Open-source tool that manufactures feeds for sites that don't publish them

docs.rsshub.app

Saba
Saba via AFAR

A five-square-mile Dutch island with no beaches and world-class diving

afar.com

Searchable archive of confidential envelope interior patterns

secret-archive.org

Socotra Island

The Galápagos of the Arabian Sea, with dragon's-blood trees under the Milky Way

afar.com

AI file organizer that reads document contents, not just names

getsortio.com

Splash Canvas

Paint with octopus tentacles using GPU fluid simulation

artsandculture.google.com

6,817 manually vetted Flash files playable via Ruffle emulator

swf.rodeo

Tella Thera

A 21-room zero-waste eco-hotel built into Crete's northwest hillside

afar.com

The Wedge

A 5,500-square-foot brutalist chalet by the Green River in Whistler

boutique-homes.com

tldraw

Instant browser-based infinite whiteboard, no account needed

tldraw.com

Modern Swift launcher pitched as the Quicksilver successor

tunaformac.com

Villa Argentina

A 1913 Dubrovnik villa restored with local stone on a limestone bluff

afar.com

Villa Fayoum

A restored 12-room estate in Egypt's Fayoum Oasis, near the Valley of Whales

egyptbeyond.com

Amanvari

Aman's first Mexico property, far from the Cabo most travellers know

afar.com

A time-travelling LA influencer in ancient Rome, Tang dynasty Chang'an, et al.

youtube.com

DeMarco and Lister's classic on why software teams really succeed or fail

kk.org

RemCTL

A power-user Reminders CLI for macOS and AI agents

macstories.net

Track and rename your macOS Spaces in the menu bar

reddit.com

Batcloud

A Mexican art installation where AI-trained bats answer your questions

batcloud.art

Book Beats

Book tracking app that generates AI-curated playlists to match each book

apps.apple.com

Falling balls create looping beatscapes by hitting obstacles you place

shibuyaaa.com

Editorio

Native macOS markdown + code editor, free forever

editorio.crncevic.org

Indigo

Bluesky and Mastodon in one merged timeline

apps.apple.com

A speech synthesizer that operates on phonemes, not spelling

tgies.github.io

All-in-one USB installer creator for Mac — now with Linux and Windows support

reddit.com

Muxy

A lightweight Mac terminal with a sidebar for projects — and a mobile remote

reddit.com

Compress media, strip metadata, make PDFs and QRs — in one tap

reddit.com

A simple menu-bar calculator with no Dock icon

reddit.com

RapidPhoto

A Mac App Store Lightroom alternative born from a batch-resize project

reddit.com

ScreenAlert

Menu-bar app that watches a region of your screen and pings you when it changes

reddit.com

A screen recorder that makes demos look like an Apple commercial

reddit.com

Manchester's tram network sonified — 1.7 million possible versions per journey

trambient.co.uk

Zipora

A native macOS archive tool in Swift / SwiftUI

reddit.com

Free Mac teleprompter that stays hidden on calls

reddit.com

A collaborative global map of location-tagged sound recordings

audio-spaces.com

Bartender 6

Menu bar manager turns the notch into a dynamic peninsula

macbartender.com

Flipbook

Type a query, get a machine-generated illustrated encyclopedia entry

flipbook.page

Single Ride

Travel the longest possible route on a single NYC subway swipe

singleride.nyc

Steno

AI meeting notes that never leave your Mac

reddit.com

Switch

⌘-Tab that cycles windows, not apps

github.com

Reduce an 8-letter word to 3 letters, one letter at a time

takeaway-eight.vercel.app

Zenteek

A native Mac music player for collectors and DAC owners

reddit.com

Blind Data

Statistical analysis of 877 Guardian Blind Date columns

blinddates.rory.codes

CasaCau

Six private apartments inside a 17th-century palazzo, steps from the Trevi

boutique-homes.com

Land Lines

Draw a line; Google Maps finds the matching ridge, river, or coastline

lines.chromeexperiments.com

Contact Sheet

Open a folder of photos, see them like a darkroom proof print

contact-sheet.vecho.me

FileFluss

Two-pane Mac file manager that treats every cloud as a local folder

ranagmbh.de

Hotel Monroe

First fully gluten-free hotel in the United States

afar.com

Liqoria

One liquid-glass mini-player for every music app on the Mac

liqoria.com

Loop

Free, open-source radial window manager that actually feels native

github.com

Mitsu

Robata-grill izakaya in Shoreditch with karaoke, DJs, and hand-painted noren

wallpaper.com

Nibmeisters

The artisans who reshape fountain-pen nibs to your hand

galenleather.com

Strflow

A 'text yourself' notes app, native across Mac, iPad, iPhone

strflow.app

Dynamic Island for the MacBook notch, with a JS extension SDK

dynamicisland.app

Zoom-deeper-forever exploration through hand-illustrated nested worlds

vaskange.world

Wowsabout!

PBS Kids special on awe — sequoias, butterfly migrations, a hedgehog and a piglet

pbskids.org

Avocado

An invisible-in-the-notch teleprompter for Mac, with a Director Mode that turns any device into a remote prompter

avocadonotch.com

Casa Siza

A Pritzker-Prize Álvaro Siza house in Mexico City that doubles as a public art gallery

boutique-homes.com

Cling

A keyboard-first file finder that sees what Spotlight ignores

lowtechguys.com

Express Transit

Which transit systems work with tap-to-pay in Apple Wallet, worldwide

expresstransit.com

ExtraBar

A different approach to menu-bar management on macOS Tahoe

reddit.com

GooseNeck

A posture coach that uses your MacBook's hidden motion sensors instead of the camera

gooseneck.app

Ikoi

A task manager that asks how you feel before showing you the list

ikoi.app

ScreenKite

A native, free Mac screen recorder that exports 4× faster than Screen Studio

screenkite.com

SmartPic

Local AI photo editing for Mac — no cloud upload, no subscription

smartpic.app

TablePro

A free, native, open-source database client for macOS

reddit.com

ticker

An LED-style scrolling ticker for the Mac menu bar, fed from the command line

github.com

Mos

Mouse-wheel scrolling that finally feels like a trackpad

mos.caldis.me

SmartMover

An iPhone shortcut that turns moving boxes into QR-coded inventories

routinehub.co

Vivid

Unlocks the HDR-only headroom on MacBook Pro displays for everyday use

getvivid.app

And Vinyly

A UK service that presses your cremated remains into a playable vinyl record

andvinyly.com

Kai Hakone

A 34-room ryokan on the Old Tokaido Road, refurbished around Edo-period travel rituals

hoshinoresorts.com

Nimmo Bay Resort

A family-owned wilderness lodge in BC's Great Bear Rainforest — barefoot forest walks, floating saunas, cold snorkeling

nimmobay.com

Torre Da Bora

A restored medieval tower in the Marche, with 360-degree views to three mountain ranges and the Adriatic

boutique-homes.com

Cilicon

Throwaway macOS virtual machines via Apple's Virtualization framework

github.com

Circle to Search

Trace a finger around anything on screen to search it — image, text, product

support.google.com

Curflow

System-wide mouse gestures so your hand never leaves the mouse

curflow.app

Damnlines

Live webcams of the queues outside viral New York food spots

damnlines.com

DockPops

iPhone-style app folders for the macOS Dock

apps.apple.com

FlutterTime

Menu-bar timezone converter with a draggable timeline

apps.apple.com

gum

Polished shell-script UI components — choose, input, spinner, confirm

github.com

HideMyData

Free, open-source, on-device redaction of personal data

reddit.com

Klack 2

Mechanical-keyboard sound effects for Mac typing

tryklack.com

Lapser Studio

Timelapse screen recordings without a 30 GB raw file or a video editor

reddit.com

Lattix

Save and launch entire workspaces — apps, files, spaces, monitors — in one click

reddit.com

Linky

Cross-post to Twitter and Mastodon from a single pane

pragmaticcode.com

Magnified Sand

One-person archive of sand from around the world, photographed under a microscope

magnifiedsand.com

Melo

Spatial canvas with notes, todos, websites, and AI on one board

reddit.com

Notepad++ for Mac

Native macOS port of the Windows-only text editor people refuse to give up

notepad-plus-plus-mac.org

Parall

Run multiple separate instances of any Mac app side by side

parall.app

Pedometer++

Step counter rebuilt around the Apple Watch, with a battery-saving Expedition Mode

apps.apple.com

Refine

Local-first writing assistant that runs entirely on-device

refine.sh

Remodex

Native iOS remote for OpenAI's Codex CLI running on your Mac

emanueledipietro.com

Resurf

Local-first personal library for the things you keep meaning to come back to

reddit.com

Sentient OS

Private on-device LLM that indexes your entire digital life

reddit.com

Stillgram

iPhone camera that erases the crowd around the landmark

stillgram.io

Tom's Keys

Third-party car key fobs you program yourself for a fraction of dealer prices

tomskey.com

TranscribeX

Live, on-device transcription for any audio source on your Mac

transcribex.io

Unruly Play

Archive of 169 unconventional games for unconventional places

unrulyplay.com

WallD

Lock Screen live wallpapers on macOS Tahoe

reddit.com