A curated, categorized list of high-quality macOS apps and tools, from editors and developer utilities to productivity and design software.
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Open-source projects tagged “macos”
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A tiling window manager for macOS that automatically arranges windows using binary space partitioning, controlled via a command line interface.
A free, open-source macOS menu bar toolkit that bundles per-app volume, system monitoring, window switching, clipboard history and more.
A Python patcher that installs and runs recent macOS releases on older, Apple-unsupported Macs, built on OpenCore and Lilu.
A free, open-source Photoshop-style image editor for macOS, built around layers, masks, and non-destructive compositing.
A wrapper around QEMU that automatically configures and launches Windows, macOS and Linux virtual machines with minimal setup.
A macOS menu bar app and local gateway that lets Claude Code, Codex, Gemini CLI and other agents use any model or subscription you have.
Open-source macOS menu bar manager that hides unused icons and lets you search and reveal items from the keyboard.
A tiny, fully native macOS launcher with a global hotkey, clipboard history, window management and Raycast extension support, built in SwiftUI and AppKit.
A macOS notch companion (with Windows, Linux and iPhone/Android companions) that monitors AI coding agent sessions and lets you approve permissions from the notch.
Browser-based terminal forwarder that lets you watch and control your Mac or Linux shell sessions from any device, aimed at monitoring AI coding agents.
Desktop app that searches your local files by meaning, across photos, PDFs, documents, audio, video and code, running on-device with EmbeddingGemma 2.
A free macOS teleprompter that highlights your script word by word as you speak, shown in a Dynamic Island-style overlay.
A guided macOS app for creating bootable USB installers for macOS, Windows, and Linux on Apple silicon and Intel Macs.
A native macOS graphical interface for Homebrew to install, update, and manage formulae, casks, taps, and services without the terminal.
A macOS menu bar app that monitors your posture via camera or AirPods motion sensors and blurs your screen when you slouch.
A MacOS window manager that arranges windows on an infinite horizontal strip so opening new windows never resizes existing ones.
Free, open-source macOS menu bar app for external monitors: HiDPI scaling, DDC brightness and volume, presets and virtual displays.
A native macOS app for browsing, editing, and organizing AI coding agent skills and agents across Claude Code, Cursor, Codex, Windsurf, and Amp.
A macOS menu bar app that captures text from any area of the screen via OCR and copies it straight to the clipboard.