Best macOS GUI Apps

• Categories
  • Terminals
  • Interface
  • Development
  • Productivity
  • Text Editors
  • Image Editors
  • Media Recorders
  • Media Miscellaneous

Unless otherwise stated, all apps are FREE.

Categories

Terminals

• Alacritty (opens new window) - Cross-platform, GPU-accelerated terminal emulator.

Interface

• Bartender3 (opens new window) ($15) - Organize your menu bar apps.
• Contexts (opens new window) ($10) - Radically simpler & faster window switcher.
• KeyCastr (opens new window) - Open-source keystroke visualizer.

Development

• Beyond Compare (opens new window) ($60) - Intelligent comparison for files and folders.
• Dash (opens new window) ($25) - Instant offline access to 200+ API documentation sets.
• Docker (opens new window) - Develop Dockerized apps on a Mac.

Productivity

• Clipy (opens new window) (supersedes ClipMenu (opens new window)) - Clipboard extension app.
• CheatSheet (opens new window) - Hold the ⌘-Key to see shortcuts of the current application.
• Flux (opens new window) - Makes the color of your computer's display adapt to the time of day.
• Karabiner Elements (opens new window) - Powerful and stable keyboard customizer.
• Marked 2 (opens new window) ($14) - Previewer for Markdown files.
• Skim (opens new window) - PDF reader and note-taker.

Text Editors

• Atom (opens new window) - Hackable text editor for the 21st century.
• GitBook Editor (opens new window) - Write, publish, and collaborate seamlessly.
• iA Writer (opens new window) ($20) - Removes distractions. Giving you a calm, focused, writing space.
• Typora (opens new window) - A truly minimal markdown editor.
• VimR (opens new window) - Refined Neovim experience for macOS.
• Visual Studio Code (opens new window) - Free & cross-platform code editing redefined.

Image Editors

• Draw.io (opens new window) - Diagrams for everyone, everywhere.
• GIMP (opens new window) - Free & open source image editor.
• Pixelmator (opens new window) ($30) - Powerful, full-featured image editor for Mac.

Media Recorders

• Audacity (opens new window) - Cross-platform audio software for multi-track recording and editing.
• LICEcap (opens new window) - Simple animated screen captures.

Media Miscellaneous

• ColorDial (opens new window) - Rich and powerful, open-source color wheel/picker.
• Handbrake (opens new window) - Convert video from nearly any format to a selection of modern, widely supported codecs.
• ImageOptim (opens new window) - Saves disk space & bandwidth by compressing images without losing quality.
• Monosnap (opens new window) - Make screenshots, draw on it, shoot video and share your files.