GitHub - sdqscript/awesome-mac:  This repo is a collection of awesome Mac applications and tools for developers and designers.

 This repo is a collection of AWESOME Mac applications and tools for developers and designers. Feel free to Star and Fork. Any comments, suggestions? Let us know. we love PRs :), please follow the awesome format.

Explanation

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means open source, click to enter open source repo;
means free to use, or free personal license;
means hot app;
means recommended app;
means must have app;
means App store hyperlink;
means highly recommended, must-have app. The number of stars represents how strongly I recommend it;

You may come across some non-English characters. Those apps don't have an English version yet, so you might want steer clear of them.

Editors and IDE

applications to edit text, I suggest the open-source editors

Text Editors

Atom - A hackable text editor for the 21st century made by GitHub.Atom Plugins.
Sublime Text - A sophisticated text editor for code, markup and prose. You'll love the slick user interface, extraordinary features and amazing performance, Sublime Text Plugins.
Brackets - A modern, open-source text editor that understands web design by Adobe.
Espresso - The web editor for Mac is back. For people who make delightful, innovative and fast websites.
Visual Studio Code - Microsoft's free & open-source editor, TypeScript friendly, VSCode Plugins.
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.
TextMate - An editor that brings Apple's approach to operating systems into the world of text editors.
BBEdit - The leading professional HTML and text editor for Macintosh.
Vim - A 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.
ONI - An IDE powered by Neovim.
HBuilder - An IDE for web development (Support HTML5), built by DCloud. (Missing English UI and Docs)
Tincta - A text editor for Mac OS X.
CotEditor - Lightweight plain-text editor for macOS.
Chocolat Native text editor.

IDEs

Development Tools

WeFlow - Development tools for front-end workflows based on tmt-workflow. (Missing English UI and Docs)
Koala - A GUI application for Less, Sass, Compass and CoffeeScript compilation.
CodeKit - Web development tool which can automatically compile Less, Sass, CoffeeScript, TypeScript, Jade and JavaScript, auto-refresh browsers and much more.
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.
Hosts.prefpane - A system preference pane to manage your hosts file.
iHosts - The only /etc/hosts editor on Mac App Store.
SwitchHosts - A free and open-source app for hosts management & switching. .
Gas Mask - A simple hosts file manager for Mac OS X.
DiffMerge - An application to visually compare and merge files.
Gemini - An intelligent duplicate file finder.
BetterRename - The most powerful and complete Mac file renaming application on the market.
PPRows - An application which can calculate how many lines of code you write.
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.
Kaleidoscope - A powerful compare tool for text, images and folders. It works perfectly with git, svn or other version control tools.
Fanvas - Convert swf to html canvas animation. (Missing English Docs)
EnvPane - An OS X preference pane for environment variables.
Dash - Awesome API documentation browser and code snippet manager.
DLite - The simplest way to use Docker on OS X.
SnippetsLab - Easy-to-use code snippets manager.
StarUML - Powerful UML app.
Vagrant Manager - Manage your vagrant machines in one place.
zeplin - A collaboration tool for work between designers and developers.
Go2Shell - Open terminal from Finder.
SecureCRT - A terminal emulation which supports SSH, Telnet or other protocols.
Finicky - An application that allows you to set up rules that decide which browser is opened for every link that would open the default browser.
MJML - A framework that utilizes a semantic syntax and a rich standard components library, which allow users to easily create responsive emails.
TeXstudio - An integrated writing environment for creating LaTeX documents.
Vagrant - A tool for building and distributing development environments.
FinderGo - 🐢 Open terminal quickly from Finder
Localname - Provide access to your local development server
LaunchRocket - Brew services management in Mac System Preferences.

Regular Expression Editors

Test Tools

Command Line Tools

Mac OS X Manual Pages - Manual pages recommended reference for a number of BSD and POSIX functions and tools.
iTerm2 - iTerm2 is an amazing terminal emulator for OS X.
tmux A "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.
mas - A simple command line interface for the Mac App Store.
cool-retro-term - A good looking terminal emulator which mimics the old cathode display.
Oh my zsh - An open-source, community-driven framework for managing your ZSH configuration. It comes bundled with a ton of helpful functions, helpers, plugins, themes.
autojump - A cd command that learns - easily navigate directories from the command line
Prezto — Instantly Awesome Zsh - The configuration framework for Zsh; it enriches the command line interface environment with sane defaults, aliases, functions, auto completion, and prompt themes.
Glances - Glances is a cross-platform curses-based system monitoring tool.
Cakebrew - A GUI client for Homebrew. Install, check or remove apps, no command-line needed.
ndm - Manage npm straight from the couch.
Black Screen - A terminal emulator for the 21st century.
Fish Shell - A smart and user-friendly terminal, which is similar with zsh
oh-my-fish - Alternative to oh-my-zsh，on fishShell framework
bash-it - Shameless ripoff of oh-my-zsh for bash.
HyperTerm - A terminal built on web technologies.
itunes-remote - Software for controlling iTunes via the terminal.
mycli - A command line client for MySQL that can do auto-completion and syntax highlighting.
Mac-CLI - The ultimate tool to manage your Mac. automatize the usage of your OS X system.
m-cli - Swiss Army Knife for macOS.
lnav - A log file navigator.
cmus - A small, fast and powerful console music player for Unix-like operating systems.
Serial - Full-featured serial terminal for the Mac.

Version Control Systems

Version Control GUIs

Version Control Managers

Databases

Sequel Pro - MySQL database management for Mac OS X.
MySQL Workbench - The official MySQL GUI.
Navicat Data Modeler - Is a powerful and cost-effective database design tool which helps you build high-quality conceptual, logical and physical data models.
SQLPro Studio - A simple, powerful database manager for macOS.
Bdash - A modern SQL client application, supports MySQL, PostgreSQL (Redshift) and BigQuery.
Postico - A Modern PostgreSQL client for Mac.
ElectroCRUD - A modern MySQL CRUD application.
Base 2 - An application for creating, designing, editing and browsing SQLite 3 database files.
SQLight - Is an SQLite database manager tool.
DB Browser for SQLite - The Official home of the DB Browser for SQLite.
Postgres.app - The easiest way to get started with PostgreSQL on the Mac.
PSequel - PostgreSQL GUI tool for Mac OS X.
Robomongo - Native and cross-platform MongoDB management tool (Admin UI).
MongoBooster - Shell-centric and cross-platform GUI tool for MongoDB. It provides update-in-place, fluent query builder, ES6 syntax support and True IntelliSense experience.
Mongo Management Studio - A simple MongoDB GUI.
MongoChef - The GUI for MongoDB.
Mongotron - A Mongo DB GUI built using Electron, and Angular Js.
Chrome MySQL Admin - A powerful Chrome app to manage your MySQL.
JackDB - A secure, collaborative environment for your queries and data-driven insights.
Medis - GUI Manager for Redis.
RedisDesktopManager - Cross-platform GUI management tool for Redis.
MDB Explorer - MDB tool to open, read, export your MDB files to other formats and databases.
Datum - SQLite - A full featured, modern, and fast SQLite manager.
mongoDB.app - The easiest way to get started with mongoDB on the Mac.
DataGrip - Database management software by JetBrains. FREE for Students, check here for more info
Tableau Public - Free data-visualization software.
Core Data Editor - Core Data Editor lets you easily view, edit and analyze applications‘ data.
Keylord - Keylord is a desktop GUI client for Redis, Bolt, LevelDB and Memcached key-value databases.

Design and Product

Design Tools

Prototyping And Mind-mapping Tools

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

Other Tools

TinyPNG4Mac - Open-source tool to compress images.
Image2icon - Create and personalize icons from your pictures.
ImageAlpha - Compress images with PNG format and remove transparency.
ImageOptim - Compress images and remove EXIF information.
Sip - The best way to collect, organize & share your colors.
Mark Man - Measure & Spec Fast.
Frank DeLoupe - A color-picking tool, supports Retina.
ColorSchemer - A professional color matching application for your Mac.
IconKit - An App icon generator.
Snagit - Simple, Powerful Screen Capture Software and Screen Recorder.
GifCapture GIF capture app for macOS.
Gifox Gif Recording and Sharing.
APNGb - A png image assembler/disassembler app.
LICEcap - Record your screen and export to GIF. You can change the recording area anytime during recording.
Kap - An open-source screen-recorder built with web technology.
GIPHY Capture - Capture and share your screen as a GIF.
Skitch - A screen capture application with a powerful annotation capabilities.
Teampaper Snap - Let your screenshots speak up.
Monosnap - Make screenshots. Draw on it. Shoot video and share your files. It's fast, easy and free.
Jietu - Screenshot with a powerful annotation capabilities, by Tencent. (Missing English UI and Docs)
ScreenShot PSD - Capture the screen as a layered PSD for easy editing.
Snip - An application for sharing captured images on QQ Mail.
iPic - Easily upload images with Markdown supported.
Iconjar - Icon management tool to organize or search your icons.
svgus - Organize, clean and transform your SVGs.
RightFont - Preview, sync, install and manage fonts on Mac, Dropbox or Google Drive.
Solarized - Clean and beautiful color theme. Works well with iTerm, JetBrains products, Vim etc.

Virtual Machines

Communication

Team communication and collaboration tools

Franz - An Electron based, multi-protocol wrapper for web-based chat client. One application, 23 messenger services.
QQ - Official QQ app for Mac. (Missing English Docs)
WeChat - Official WeChat app for Mac.
Electronic WeChat - An open-source WeChat client, build with Electron.
Skype - A cross-platform application that provides video chat and voice call services. Users can exchange images, text, video and any other digital documents.
Maipo - A third-party Weibo client for Mac OS. (Missing English UI and Docs)
御飯 - A third-party FanFou client for Mac OS. (Missing English UI and Docs)
ChitChat - Unofficial WhatsApp.
Telegram - A messaging app with a focus on speed and security.
Messenger For Mac - A third-party Facebook messenger for Mac.
Adium - A free instant messaging application for Mac OS X, connecting to AIM, MSN, SMPP, Yahoo and more.
Textual - Textual is the world's most popular application for interacting with Internet Relay Chat (IRC) chatrooms on OS X.
Gitter - An instant messaging and chat room system for developers as well as GitHub users. Developer friendly with Markdown syntax support.
简聊 - A communication tool for enterprise use. You can build your own service with its open-source version. (Missing English Docs)
钉钉 - A free office communication platform for enterprise use. (Missing English UI and Docs)
LimeChat - An open-source IRC client for Mac OS X.
Slack - Awesome tool for team collaboration and communication.
零信 - Work anywhere at anytime. Cross platform. (Missing English UI and Docs)
今目标 - An internet work platform for small-to-medium sized enterprises. (Missing English UI and Docs)
BearyChat - Team collaboration and communication tool for internet-based teams. (Missing English UI and Docs)
Bitpost - A private decentralized messaging system. Instead of connecting to centralized servers(like Facebook, Gmail etc.) or federated servers(like email, IRC, Jabber), it uses P2P protocol to send encrypted messages to another person or to many subscribers.
Teambition - A team collaboration tool, including many features like task plan, schedule, file sharing, instant discussion and everything you need when collaborating with other team members.
WeeChat - The extensible command-line chat client.
Rambox - messaging and emailing app that combines common web applications into one.

Email Clients

Data Recovery Tools

DiskWarrior - The world’s most advanced repair and recovery tool for Mac.
Data Rescue - A comprehensive and professional data recovery tool for most cases.
Stellar Phoenix Mac Data Recovery - A powerful recovery tool for Mac file recovery, Time machine recovery, Encrypted Disk recovery and much more.
R-Studio for Mac - A powerful tool which recovers data on disks, even if their partitions are formatted, damaged or deleted.

Audio and Video Tools

Popcorn Time - Watch torrent movies instantly, This Popcorn Time service will never be taken down. Download and enjoy.
Kodi - An award-winning free and open-source (GPL) software media center for playing videos, music, pictures, games, and more.
mpv - A free, open-source, and cross-platform media player.
IINA - The modern video player for macOS, Based on mpv, the powerful media player project.
VOX Player - #1 high-definition audio player for Mac and iPhone. Music just sounds better!
Radiant Player - Third party Google Play Music client.
Sonora - A minimal, beautifully designed music player.
Audacity - A free, open-source, cross-platform audio software for multi-track recording and editing.
Natron - Open-source compositing software. Node-graph based. Similar in functionalities to Adobe After Effects and Nuke by The Foundry.
Ardour - Cross-platform audio software for multi-track recording and editing.
Hydrogen - Professional yet simple and intuitive pattern-based drum programming for GNU/Linux.
Audio Hijack - Record any application's audio, including VoIP calls from Skype, web streams from Safari, and much more.
Stringed 2 - Music practice software designed to help users learn how to play their favorite songs.
Mixxx - The most advanced free DJ software.
MuseScore - Free, open-source music notation software.
Cog - A 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.
VLC - A 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 - A tool to decode, convert and play various 'lossless' audio files.
HandBrake - A tool for converting video from nearly any format to a selection of modern, widely supported codecs.
MPlayerX - A simple, powerful, beautiful media player.
Playback - Experimental video player.
ScreenFlow - Screencasting and video editing software.
Shotcut - Free open-source video editor.
ArcTime - A simple, powerful, efficient subtitle creation software. (Missing English UI and Docs)
Perian - (Retired, no longer supported) ~~Let QuickTime play all the common formats of free plug-ins~~.
Adapter - Free audio, video and image conversion software.
Synfig Studio - Synfig Studio is free, open-source 2D animation software.
Aegisub - Aegisub is a 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.
iFFmpeg - A Comprehensive Media Tool for macOS. Making High Quality Video Encoding Accessible for Everyone.

Reading and Writing Tools

OpenOffice - Compatible with other major office suites, Apache OpenOffice is free to download, use, and distribute. 。
LibreOffice - LibreOffice is free and open-source software. Development is open to new talent and new ideas, and our software is tested and used daily by a large and devoted user community.
KOffice - KOffice contains a word processor (KWord), a spreadsheet (KSpread), a presentation program (KPresenter), and a number of other components that varied over the course of KOffice’s development.
Spillo - Powerful, beautiful and amazingly fast Pinboard client for OS X.
iChm - An ebook reader for CHM (Microsoft Compiled HTML help) files.
Chmox - Read CHM documents on your Mac.
CHM Reader - Read Compiled HTML (.chm) documents on your Mac.
Skim - A PDF reader and note-taker for OS X.
PDF Expert - Read, annotate and edit PDFs, change text and images.
MarginNote - An in-depth PDF and EPUB reading, learning, managing and note taking app.
Kindle App - Amazon official reading app of kindle.
Klib - A new way to manage highlights for Kindle and iBooks.
texpad - A great LaTeX editor for Mac with auto-update PDF and autocomplete LaTeX commands.
Bear Writer - Bear is a beautiful, flexible writing app for crafting notes and prose.
Boostnote - note-taking app made for programmers.
QOwnNotes - Is the open source notepad with markdown support and todo list manager.
RSS
Markdown
- Yu Writer - A Markdown text editor that can find writing fun.
- Mou - A Markdown editor for developers, on Mac OS X.
- Marp - A Markdown presentation writer with cross-platform support.
- TextNut - A rich-format editor featuring Markdown export and Markdown syntax hints.
- MWeb - Pro Markdown writing, note taking and static blog generator App.
- Typora - A truly minimal Markdown editor featuring seamless live preview.
- MacDown - An open-source Markdown editor for OS X.
- EME - Recently launched a Markdown editor, interface is like Chrome browser interface, very simple.
- LightPaper - Simple, beautiful, yet powerful text editor for your Mac.
- Marked 2 - Markdown previewer, reviewer, and exporter. Great for people that already have a preferred way of editing Markdown, but want to get a live preview of the document they are working on.
- iA Writer - Writing app with an emphasis on simplicity and design.
- Ultimate - The Ultimate Writing App for Mac, iPad and iPhone.
- Cmd Markdown - Cmd Markdown Open the journey of excellence.
Note-taking

Ebooks

FTP Clients

Transmit - A highly flexible and intuitive FTP client, supports SFTP, S3 and iDisk/WebDAV.
Flow - An award-winning, beautiful, fast, and reliable FTP + SFTP client.
Yummy FTP - Pro-level, fast, reliable FTP/S + SFTP + WebDAV/S file transfer app.
Cyberduck - A libre FTP, SFTP, WebDAV, S3, Backblaze B2, Azure and OpenStack Swift browser.
FileZilla - A free software, cross-platform FTP application. Supports FTP, SFTP and FTPS (FTP over SSL/TLS).

Frameworks For Hybrid Applications

Download Management Tools

Online Storage

I recommend using online storage with Mac clients

Input Methods

Web Browsers

Browsers on Mac OS

Translation Tools

(Or you could just use the Mac OS built-in dictionary)

Proxy and VPN Tools

Utilities

General Tools

Alfred - An award-winning app for Mac OS X which boosts your 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.
BetterZip 3 - An archive tool supports ZIP, TAR, TGZ, TBZ, TXZ (new), 7-ZIP, RAR。
Keka - A free file archiver for macOS. Compression formats supported:7z, Zip, Tar, Gzip, Bzip2, DMG, ISO. Extraction formats supported: RAR, 7z, Lzma, xz, Zip, Tar, Gzip, Bzip2, ISO, EXE, CAB, PAX.
Numi - A beautiful calculator app for Mac.
Memo - Memo is a simple and elegant app,Unlock memos even more quickly using Touch ID.
Itsycal - A tiny calendar for your Mac's menu bar.
BitBar - An app lets you put the output from any script or program right in your Mac OS X menu bar. Has a good community.
ClipMenu - A clipboard manager for Mac OS X.
Paste - Smart clipboard history & snippets manager.
iPaste - Lightweight and efficient clipboard tool.
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.
AirServer - The most advanced screen mirroring software receiver for Mac, PC and Xbox One.
Hazel - Automated file organization for your Mac. Responsibly and beautifully designed.
MacAssistant - Google Assistant for macOS
muCommander - A lightweight file manager with a dual-pane interface.

GTD (Getting Things Done)

Productivity

xScope - A powerful set of tools that are ideal for measuring, inspecting & testing on-screen graphics and layouts.
Karabiner - A powerful and stable keyboard customizer for OS X.
Ukelele - Unicode Keyboard Layout Editor.
Keytty - A app to keep your hands on the keyboard. Move, click, scroll, drag and more with a few strokes.
Mos - A simple tool can offer the smooth scrolling and reverse the mouse scrolling direction on your Mac.
BetterTouchTool - A 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.
Hammerspoon - A tool for powerful automation of OS X, programmable by Lua scripting engine.
Qbserve - Time tracking automation: freelance project tracking, timesheets, invoicing & real-time productivity feedback.
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.

Window Management

Password Management
Finder
- Quicklook-Plugins - A list of useful "Quick Look" plugins for developers.
- ForkLift - The most advanced dual pane file manager and file transfer client for macOS.
- Path Finder - An all-around file management app.
- TotalFinder - A Chrome-like app as finder substitute.
- XtraFinder - Adds tabs and cut to Mac Finder.

Quality of Life Improvements

System Related Tools

Gaming Software

Other

Remote Login Software

QuickLook Plugins

Using Homebrew Cask to install. List of useful Quick Look plugins for developers. If you install it manually, you can move the downloaded .qlgenerator file to ~ / Library / QuickLook qlmanage -r

QuicklookStephen - Preview plain text files without or with unknown file extension. such as README、INSTALL、Capfile、CHANGELOG...brew cask install qlstephen
QLColorCode - Preview source code files with syntax highlighting. brew cask install qlcolorcode
QLMarkdown - Preview Markdown files. brew cask install qlmarkdown
QuickLookJSON - Preview JSON files. brew cask install quicklook-json
QLPrettyPatch - Preview .patch files. brew cask install qlprettypatch
QuickLookCSV - Preview CSV files. brew cask install quicklook-csv
BetterZipQL - Preview the compressed format file for BetterZip software. brew cask install betterzipql
qlImageSize - Display image size and resolution. brew cask install qlimagesize
WebP - Preview WebP images. brew cask install webpquicklook
Suspicious Package - Preview the contents of a standard Apple installer package. brew cask install suspicious-package
QuickLookASE - Preview Adobe ASE Color Swatches generated with Photoshop，Illustrator，Prisma among many others. brew cask install quicklookase
QLVideo - Preview most types of video files, as well as their thumbnails, cover art and metadata. brew cask install qlvideo
QuickLookAPK - Preview Android APK files. brew cask install quicklookapk
ProvisionQL - Preview iOS / macOS app and provision information. brew cask install provisionql
quicklook-pat - Preview Adobe Photoshop pattern files. brew cask install quicklook-pat

Third Party App Markets

If you come across websites offering pirated software or cracks, please post HERE. We love apps, but only authentic ones. :)

Get Apps

Here are some of the major software download sites, there are a number of OSX Mac software sites

Black-List

Third party app market black list

~~腾讯电脑管家~~ - 电脑管家for Mac 带应用市场。
~~迅雷Thunder Store~~ - 迅雷Thunder for Mac 带应用市场。
~~Mac软件宝箱~~ - Macx推出软件宝箱。
~~MacHunter~~ - Mac应用市场。

Mac App Download Sites