ScrollPods Scroll Mac windows by tilting your head, using the motion sensors in your AirPods
Lunacy A native player that runs the original Lunatic Fringe module, unchanged, on a modern Mac
Zen Mode One global hotkey that zens any Mac app, not just editors
Marked QL Real Markdown previews — Mermaid, math, syntax highlighting — from the Finder spacebar
Paste Switch Paste like an Emacs kill ring
Tintd 2 Folders that color themselves by name
Osaurus Open-source local AI for your Mac — native Swift, with an on-device privacy filter for cloud calls
Editorio Native macOS markdown + code editor, free on the App Store
Muxy A native SwiftUI workspace built around the terminal
RemCTL A power-user Reminders CLI for macOS and AI agents
Bartender 6 The original menu-bar manager grows a notch peninsula
Gnome Menu-bar GIF search by hotkey
Zenteek A native Mac music player for collectors and DAC owners
Loop Window snapping by gesture, not by hotkey
Finalist Daily planner app modeled on a paper notebook
TablePro A free, native, open-source database client for macOS
Blip AirDrop for everyone, even the Windows users
MonitorControl Native brightness and volume keys for any external display
Apex Markdown Processor One Markdown tool that renders every dialect — and shows images in your terminal
Sindre Sorhus' Older-macOS App Versions Every paid Sindre app, free, for anyone still on macOS 15 or earlier
Superkey Click any visible text by saying its name — no mouse
AltTab The window switcher Apple should have built
Cotypist Autocomplete that lives everywhere on your Mac
Homerow Click anywhere on the screen with your keyboard
Ice The free, open-source successor to Bartender
Mac Mouse Fix Trackpad gestures, mapped onto a third-party mouse
Tot A scratchpad with exactly seven slots, on purpose
Shottr The screenshot tool that takes its job seriously
LinearMouse Making external mice feel like they belong on a Mac
Hyperkey Turning Caps Lock into a fifth modifier
DockDoor Hover the Dock, see your windows
Alcove The Dynamic Island, but for your Mac
Monocle A focus tool that points instead of nags
AntiNote Notes that fight against organizing themselves
TypeWhisper Dictation that doesn't sound like a robot took it
Flux Markdown A markdown editor that flows
Folder Peek The Dock folder behavior macOS forgot to ship
MiddleDrag A single gesture you'll use a hundred times a day
Finds
- SetShot Proof that the update changed your settings
- Identify files in APFS using inode numbers Disk Utility tells you a file is broken without telling you which file
- Kakehashi Wine, pointed the other way
- Quick Look Doctor Settles the fight when two Quick Look extensions claim the same file
- macOS Golden Gate 27 default wallpapers The four new system wallpapers, downloadable without the beta
- Revisionist See every hidden version macOS quietly saved
- Click2Minimize Grab and resize a window from anywhere inside it
- Dockside Turns the empty space around the macOS Dock into a widget workspace
- Breaks Free, open-source Pomodoro timer for the macOS menu bar
- Mints Free Mac utility that surfaces QuickLook generators and diagnostics
- SilentKnight 3 Free Mac security checker now exports results as text and JSON
- Fixing Generic QuickLook Thumbnails on macOS Systematic guide to fixing blank icons after a macOS upgrade
- TimeCapsuleSMB Open-source modern Samba server for Apple Time Capsules
- UTIutility Free Mac app for exploring Uniform Type Identifier hierarchies
- BBEdit 16 Bare Bones ships its biggest version in years
- Protect files with the Immutable flag on macOS When Finder's Lock isn't enough
- Rescue Your nvALT Notes & Settings Database A Brett Terpstra recovery tool for users locked out of nvALT
- RemCTL A power-user Reminders CLI for macOS and AI agents
- AirSpace Track and rename your macOS Spaces in the menu bar
- AndroidFileSync Free macOS app to move files between Mac and Android
- Dropover A Mac shelf utility that drops into any drag via cursor shake
- Editorio Native macOS markdown + code editor, free forever
- Griffin PowerMate Driver Modern Mac driver for the vintage knob input device
- Indigo Bluesky and Mastodon in one merged timeline
- Klack A Mac app that gives your keyboard mechanical-switch sounds
- macUSB All-in-one USB installer creator for Mac — now with Linux and Windows support
- Marked 3 Brett Terpstra's Markdown previewer ships a major version
- Muxy A lightweight Mac terminal with a sidebar for projects — and a mobile remote
- Numsy A simple menu-bar calculator with no Dock icon
- RapidPhoto A Mac App Store Lightroom alternative born from a batch-resize project
- ScreenAlert Menu-bar app that watches a region of your screen and pings you when it changes
- ShotGlass A screen recorder that makes demos look like an Apple commercial
- Zipora A native macOS archive tool in Swift / SwiftUI
- Aira Free Mac teleprompter that stays hidden on calls
- Bartender 6 Menu bar manager turns the notch into a dynamic peninsula
- ChessUnlock Solve a chess puzzle to unlock your Mac
- Clipboard Sync via WebDAV Cross-platform clipboard sharing using your own WebDAV server
- Gnome Menu-bar GIF search by hotkey
- Monologue Dictation app with a command-line interface
- Steno AI meeting notes that never leave your Mac
- Switch ⌘-Tab that cycles windows, not apps
- TerminalWidget Terminal feedback as a desktop widget
- Versatility Preserve macOS file versions across iCloud and create versioned PDFs
- Zenteek A native Mac music player for collectors and DAC owners
- Roll back to a macOS snapshot without Time Machine tmutil snapshot before risky changes; Recovery + Time Machine to roll back
- Check what Spotlight actually indexed with mdimport and mdls When Spotlight ignores a file, ask the importer directly
- Current Reader An RSS reader built around rivers, not inboxes
- AppCleaner Drag an app onto it and every preference, cache, and login item goes too
- CleanMyKeyboard One tap to disable the keyboard so you can wipe it down
- Clocker Multiple time zones in the menu bar, with a meeting-time slider
- DaisyDisk A sunburst map of your disk, dragged-and-dropped into the trash
- LaunchOS A pixel-faithful Launchpad replacement for macOS Tahoe
- Light Crime Audio Player A native macOS music player from a developer who wanted iTunes back
- MonitorControl Native brightness and volume keys for any external display
- Mos Mouse-wheel scrolling that finally feels like a trackpad
- Vivid Unlocks the HDR-only headroom on MacBook Pro displays for everyday use
- Wallspace Live video wallpapers for macOS that don't melt the battery
- Sindre Sorhus' Older-macOS App Versions Every paid Sindre app, free, for anyone still on macOS 15 or earlier
- Synerlogic macOS Keyboard Shortcut Vinyl Sticker A $6 cheat-sheet sticker for the palm rest
- TerminalWidget Pipe any terminal command into a desktop widget
- BetterAudio Free menu bar audio manager with per-app volume and EQ
- Calendar Inbox for Detected Events iOS and macOS now collect Siri-suggested events in one inbox
- Curflow System-wide mouse gestures so your hand never leaves the mouse
- Finalist Daily planner app modeled on a paper notebook
- Finder Tags as Categories Use Finder's seven colors as exactly seven categories — no more
- HideMyData Free, open-source, on-device redaction of personal data
- Keyboard Maestro File Launchers Bypass Spotlight by mapping a hotkey directly to a file
- Klack 2 Mechanical-keyboard sound effects for Mac typing
- Lapser Studio Timelapse screen recordings without a 30 GB raw file or a video editor
- Lattix Save and launch entire workspaces — apps, files, spaces, monitors — in one click
- LeaderKey Static, predictable single-key sequences to launch any app
- Linky Cross-post to Twitter and Mastodon from a single pane
- Melo Spatial canvas with notes, todos, websites, and AI on one board
- Memory Pressure as a RAM Indicator Activity Monitor's quiet truth-teller about whether you need more RAM
- One Thing Display a single task in your menu bar, and nothing else
- Paletro VS Code-style command palette in any Mac app
- Parall Run multiple separate instances of any Mac app side by side
- PingPlace Move macOS notifications anywhere on the screen
- Resurf Local-first personal library for the things you keep meaning to come back to
- Scrolla Keyboard scrolling for long pages without arrow-key fatigue
- Sentient OS Private on-device LLM that indexes your entire digital life
- Superkey Click any visible text by saying its name — no mouse
- TranscribeX Live, on-device transcription for any audio source on your Mac
- WallD Lock Screen live wallpapers on macOS Tahoe
- WhatCable Menu bar utility that diagnoses USB-C cable specs
- Wooshy Keyboard control for every UI element in any Mac app