Awesome macOS apps for developers, programmers or anyone looking for useful tools! Unless listed as paid, all apps mentioned are free.
List of open-source Mac apps. Managed by Viraat Aryabumi
Feel free to contribute: issues or pull request
These are apps that live in my menu bar
Vanilla: Freemium alternative to Bartender. Hide most of the menu bar items. Disclaimer: Link points to my referral. If you don't want to use my referral go to: http://matthewpalmer.net/vanilla/
Stretchly: A break time reminder app. Reminds you to take breaks and look away from your computer. Can be set to follow the 20/20 rule.
Amphetamine: Prevent your mac from going to sleep
JiTouch: Enable gestures, multi-touch commands for Mac Trackpad. Must have just for the two-finger tap to switch tabs
FlyCut: Clipboard manager. Access copy-paste history using keyboard shorcuts.
Magnet: Window manager for mac.
itsycal: menubar calendar.
Tomato One: Pomodoro timer for mac
Bartender ($10): Hide items away from the menu bar
Popclip ($10): PopClip appears when you select text with your mouse on your Mac. Instantly copy & paste, and access actions like search, spelling, dictionary and over 100 more.
These are apps that I use for development
iTerm 2: Terminal replacement for macOS. Remapped CMD+ESC to show and hide iTerm
Sublime Text: A sophisticated text editor for code, markup and prose
MacDown: MacDown is an open source Markdown editor for macOS
JupyterLab: IDE in broswer for Jupyter notebooks
homebrew: Missing package manager for macOS
Anaconda/Conda: Another package manager for macOS. ALSO an environment manager
selfcontrol: Mac application to help you avoid distracting websites. Blocks websites system-wide across browsers and persists through restarts.
AnkiSRS: Application to help you remember and retain things. Uses spaced repitition
Microsoft OneNote: Great notetaking app from Microsoft. Recently added functionality to record audio while typing. Syncs audio to notes typed at same time.
Mendeley Desktop: Citation manager for papers.
Pocket: A save-it-for-later service that helps you save articles and videos to read later.
Todoist: a to-do list manager
Calibre: e-book manager.
Skim: alternative light-weight PDF reader
Franz: Franz combines chat & messaging services into one application. Supports Slack, WhatsApp, WeChat, HipChat, Facebook Messenger, Telegram, Google Hangouts many more.
Spark: Clean email client.
Sessions: Sessions is a browser extension for managing your Safari tabs and history.
Pocket extension: Pocket extension to save articles easily.
WasteNoTime: track time for websites and block distracting websites.
Raindrop.io: cloud based bookmark manager.
uBlock Origin: free and open-source ad-blocker. Low on system resources as well.
Hoversee: Hover your mouse over images or links to enlarge photos or to preview videos and websites.
Faviconographer: Make safari show Favicons for websites instead of stupid letters.
coconutBattery: light-weight app to track your Mac laptop's battery health.
Disable Monitor: easily disable a monitor on your mac.
Intel power gadget: power and temperature monitoring tool for Intel-based macs.
Alfred: in a pinch replacement for Spotlight but can also do so much more.
Duet ($10): turn your iPad into a second display