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• 🗒️ Note-Taking & Writing
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✅ Built with native macOS frameworks (Swift, SwiftUI, AppKit, Objective-C) — lightweight, fast, and follows Apple's Human Interface Guidelines.

❌ NOT Electron or other resource-heavy cross-platform wrappers.

	SideNotes Native macOS notes that slide out from your screen edge to capture tasks, links, and snippets.
	Notchlight Live widgets on your Mac's lock screen and a Dynamic Island in the notch for music, calls, and trips.
	Flow Diagram Flow Diagram turns a messy photo or a quick sketch into a diagram you can edit, share and keep.

Not sure where to begin? These 6 apps are the most universally useful — install them first and thank yourself later.

	Rectangle Snap windows into place with keyboard shortcuts. You'll use this every single day.
	Maccy Clipboard history that just works. Never lose a copied item again.
	IINA Plays any video format natively. Makes QuickTime feel like a toy.
	Mole Uninstall apps properly, clean caches, and reclaim disk space — all in one tool.
	iTerm2 The terminal macOS should have shipped with. Tabs, split panes, search, and more.
	TinyCast Supercharged Spotlight replacement. Launch apps, manage clipboard, run scripts, and more — all from one keystroke.

Browse AI and automation apps on MacNative →

	iStat Menus Advanced Mac system monitor in your menu bar. Paid
	Stats macOS system monitor for CPU, GPU, memory, disk, and more. Free Open Source
	Usage System activity monitor for macOS, iOS, and iPadOS. Freemium

Browse audio and voice apps on MacNative →

	BackgroundMusic macOS audio utility to control volume per-app. Free Open Source
	Cog Audio player for macOS with broad format support. Free Open Source
	eqMac System-wide audio equalizer for macOS. Free Open Source
	IINA Modern video player with native macOS design. Free Open Source
	Muxie Last.fm scrobbler for Apple Music, Spotify Desktop, iPod Classic, Rockbox devices and some others. Free
	Petrichor Offline music player with support for over 20 file formats and a lot of other features. Free Open Source
	Roam FM Roam the world through global radio. Freemium
	Sleeve Beautiful now playing display for Apple Music. Paid
	SoundSource Superior sound control for macOS. Paid

	Arq Backup your files to cloud storage. Paid
	Carbon Copy Cloner Reliable Mac backup and cloning solution. Paid

	Orion Lightweight WebKit browser with zero telemetry. Free
	Zen Browser Privacy-focused, customizable browser built on Firefox. Free Open Source

	Fantastical Calendar app with natural language input. Subscription
	Honeyday Birthdays and anniversaries from your contacts, with widgets and reminders. Paid
	hora Calendar Google Calendar client for macOS with API connection. Suscription
	Itsycal Tiny menu bar calendar. Free Open Source
	Meeting Bar Menu bar app for your calendar meetings. Free Open Source

	Maccy Lightweight clipboard manager with search. Free Open Source
	CopyClip Lightweight clipboard history manager. Free
	Paste Beautiful clipboard manager with cloud sync. Subscription
	Pesty Native clipboard manager with pinboards and keyboard-driven pasting. Free Open Source
	Unclutter Files, notes, and clipboard manager in one. Paid

	ColorSlurp Best color picker and organizer for macOS. Freemium
	Pika Beautiful color picker for macOS. Free Open Source
	Sip Collect, organize and share colors. Paid

	Postico Modern PostgreSQL client for macOS. Paid EU
	TablePlus Modern native database management tool. Freemium
	TablePro Native database client for MySQL, PostgreSQL, SQLite, MongoDB, Redis, and more. Free Open Source

	IconJar Icon management tool for designers. Paid
	Sketch Professional digital design for Mac. Subscription EU
	xScope Measure, inspect, and test on-screen graphics. Paid

Browse developer tools with screenshots and pricing on MacNative →

	BucketMate Native S3 GUI Client for macOS Freemium
	CodeEdit Native code editor for macOS. Free Open Source
	DevCleaner Clean Xcode cache and derived data. Free Open Source
	Device Hub Pro Manage and mirror Android emulators, Android phones and iOS simulators side by side. Free Open Source
	DevUtils All-in-one offline toolbox for developers (42+ tools). Freemium
	Macsmith GUI for CLI dev tools like Homebrew, mise, nvm, Colima, and local databases. Freemium
	Paw Advanced API tool for Mac. Paid
	Proxyman Native HTTP debugging proxy. Freemium
	RocketSim Enhance Xcode Simulator productivity. Freemium
	Rockxy macOS HTTP/HTTPS debugging proxy to capture, inspect, modify, and replay traffic. Freemium Open Source
	SnipperApp 3 Code snippet manager with iCloud and Gist sync, and a bundled MCP server. Paid (one-time)
	SSH Keys Manager Native macOS app for managing SSH keys and SSH config entries. Free Open Source
	SF Symbols Browse and export Apple's SF Symbols. Free
	Vibedock Manage Claude Code MCP servers from your macOS menu bar. Paid (one-time)

	Airmail Lightning fast mail client for Mac. Paid EU
	MailMate Advanced IMAP email client with keyboard control. Paid
	Mimestream Native Gmail client for macOS. Paid

Browse money & finance apps with screenshots and pricing on MacNative →

	Chronicle Bill organizer and payment tracker. Paid
	Copilot Personal finance and budgeting app with automatic transaction syncing. Subscription
	Parendi Imports bank statements, categorizes transactions and tracks net worth, offline. Paid
	Soulver Smart notepad calculator that understands plain English math. Paid EU
	Subscription Day Track your paid subscriptions and analyze spending statistics. Freemium

	Commander One Dual-pane file manager for macOS. Freemium
	ForkLift Advanced dual-pane file manager and FTP client. Paid
	Hazel Automated organization for your Mac. Paid
	NameQuick AI-powered file renaming using GPT, Gemini, or local LLMs. Paid
	Path Finder Powerful Finder alternative. Paid
	Quick Look plugins Useful Quick Look plugins for developers. Free Open Source
	Encrypto Encrypt files with AES-256 encryption. Free

	Fork Fast and friendly Git client for Mac. Free
	GitFox Git client with a focus on simplicity. Paid
	GitUp Git interface you've been missing. Free Open Source
	SourceTree Free Git client from Atlassian. Free
	Tower Powerful Git client for Mac. Paid EU

Browse photo & video apps with screenshots and pricing on MacNative →

	Acorn Full-featured photo editor designed for humans. Paid
	ImageOptim Compress images without losing quality. Free Open Source
	Pixave Ultimate image organizer and viewer. Paid
	Pixelmator Pro Powerful native image editor. Paid EU
	Retrobatch Batch image processing for Mac. Paid
	xScope Measure, inspect and test on-screen graphics. Paid

	Glance Native Markdown viewer and Quick Look extension. Free
	iA Writer Focused writing app with beautiful typography. Paid
	MacDown Open source Markdown editor for macOS. Free Open Source
	Marked 2 Markdown preview and conversion. Paid
	MD Preview Lightweight Markdown preview app using Rust and native WebView. Free Open Source
	MWeb Pro Markdown writing and note-taking. Paid
	Nice.md Markdown viewer with Quick Look preview, outline sidebar, and optional edit mode. Freemium EU
	Typora Minimal Markdown editor and reader. Paid
	Writer Local-first markdown editor with a Rust backend and native WKWebView. Free Open Source

	Bartender Organize your menu bar icons. Paid
	Commitments Your tasks in menu bar. Paid
	DatWeatherDoe Simple menu bar weather app. Free Open Source
	Dozer Hide menu bar icons to give your Mac a cleaner look. Free Open Source
	DynamicHorizon Shows media, notifications, timers, downloads, and controls around the Mac notch. Paid
	Hand Mirror One-click camera check from menu bar. Free
	Headroom Live Claude Code session (5h) and weekly (7d) usage in your menu bar — zero network calls, reads what Claude Code already writes locally. Free Open Source
	Hidden Bar Hide menu bar items. Free Open Source
	Holeberry Monitor and control your Pi-hole instances from the menu bar. Free Open Source
	HomeBar for Homey Pro Manage your Homey Pro smart home. Freemium
	Itsycal Tiny menu bar calendar. Free Open Source
	Itsyhome Smart home meets menu bar. Freemium Open Source
	MenubarX Browser in your menu bar. Freemium
	One Thing Put a single task in your menu bar. Paid
	OpenQuack Transcribes a 5-minute clip in 2.8 s — local WhisperKit dictation, noise-robust. ~8 MB native Swift. Free Open Source
	SaneBar Privacy-first menu bar manager. Hide and organize icons. Freemium
	Stargazer Bar Track one public GitHub repo's stars and release downloads from your menu bar. Free Open Source
	Thaw Powerful menu bar management tool. Fork of Ice, lower resource usage. Free Open Source
	TickerPad Real-time crypto prices in your macOS menu bar. Freemium
	Tomatino Pomodoro timer that switches your Focus mode and your music with each session. Paid
	TranslateAir AI translation and OCR from the menu bar, 100+ languages. Freemium

	Holeberry Monitor and control your Pi-hole instances from the menu bar. Free Open Source
	Little Snitch Network monitor and firewall. Paid EU
	Micro Snitch Monitor camera and microphone access. Paid EU
	NetNewsWire RSS reader for macOS. Free Open Source
	Surge Advanced network toolbox for Mac. Paid
	Tracexy Native macOS packet analyzer for live and saved PCAP/PCAPNG captures. Free Open Source
	WiFi Explorer Scan, monitor and troubleshoot wireless networks. Paid

Browse writing & documents apps with screenshots and pricing on MacNative →

	Bear Beautiful, flexible writing app. Freemium EU
	Craft Native document editor with sharing. Freemium
	DEVONthink Document and information management. Paid
	Knopo Local-first Markdown outliner with backlinks and queries. Free Open Source
	FSNotes Modern notes manager for macOS. Free Open Source
	iA Writer Focused writing app with beautiful typography. Paid
	Notational Velocity Modeless note-taking application. Free Open Source
	Notebooks Write, organize, and manage information. Paid
	nvALT Fork of Notational Velocity with additional features. Free Open Source
	SeqLog Outliner that stores every note as a plain Markdown file, with backlinks and built-in Git. Free
	The Archive Note-taking app for writers and researchers. Paid
	Tot Elegant text collection on menu bar. Freemium
	Ulysses Professional writing environment for Mac. Subscription EU

Strongbox Native KeePass client for macOS. Freemium

	PDFgear Free PDF editor for macOS. Free
	PDF Expert Fast, robust PDF editor. Paid
	PDFpenPro Professional PDF editing for Mac. Paid
	Skim PDF reader and note-taker. Free Open Source

Browse productivity apps with screenshots and pricing on MacNative →

	Alfred Productivity app for macOS with powerful workflows. Freemium
	BetterTouchTool Customize input devices on your Mac. Paid EU
	Blurt Hold-a-hotkey dictation that pastes cleaned-up text into any app, using AssemblyAI cloud speech-to-text. Free Open Source
	Due Reminders with persistent alerts. Paid
	Fantastical Calendar app with natural language input. Subscription
	Focus Block distracting websites and applications. Paid
	Keyboard Maestro Automate applications and websites. Paid
	OmniFocus Professional-grade task management. Paid
	Raycast Blazingly fast extendable launcher. Freemium
	Revu Local-first spaced repetition app with FSRS scheduling, Anki import, and study guides. Free Open Source
	SelfControl Block distracting websites. Free Open Source
	Snippety Advanced snippets manager for macOS and iOS. Paid
	TaskPaper Plain text to-do lists. Paid
	Things Award-winning task manager. Paid
	Tot Elegant text collection on menu bar. Freemium
	Speakmac Offline hotkey dictation for macOS that types into any app using on-device transcription. One-Time Subscription

	BetterCapture A lightweight, and intuitive screen recorder with a native look and feel. Free Open Source
	CleanShot X Capture your Mac's screen like a pro. Paid
	Gifox Delightful GIF recording and sharing. Paid
	Kap Open-source screen recorder. Free Open Source
	Keyty Visualize keyboard and mouse actions for demos and recordings. Free Open Source
	ScreenFloat Screenshot utility with floating thumbnails. Paid EU
	ScreenKite Screen recording and video editing with auto zoom effect. 4x faster than Screen Studio. Free
	Shottr Screenshot tool with advanced features. Free
	Xnapper Take beautiful screenshots instantly. Freemium

Browse security & privacy apps with screenshots and pricing on MacNative →

	Cryptomator Multi-platform client-side encryption. Free Open Source EU
	KnockKnock See what's persistently installed on your Mac. Free Open Source
	Little Snitch Network monitor and firewall. Paid EU
	Lockpaw Lock the screen while background tasks, builds, and AI agents keep running. Free Open Source
	Lulu Open-source firewall for macOS. Free Open Source
	Micro Snitch Monitor camera and microphone access. Paid EU
	OverSight Monitor mic and webcam access. Free Open Source
	Shieldxy Native macOS application firewall for monitoring and controlling outbound connections by app. Free Open Source

Browse utilities with screenshots and pricing on MacNative →

	AlDente Charge limiter to extend MacBook battery life. Freemium Open Source
	AppCleaner Thoroughly uninstall unwanted apps. Free
	Background Music Control audio per-application. Free Open Source
	coconutBattery Check battery health and status. Free
	ClearDisk macOS menu bar utility that monitors 44+ developer cache paths and helps reclaim disk space. Free Open Source
	CoolDock Second Dock for Mac with live widgets for music, calendar, weather, and system stats. Paid EU
	DaisyDisk Analyze disk usage and free up space. Paid
	MonitorControl Control external monitor brightness & volume like native displays. Free Open Source
	DisplayBuddy Control the real brightness of monitors directly from Mac. Paid
	Endurance Extend your MacBook's battery life. Paid
	EtreCheck System configuration and diagnostic reporting. Free
	Hand Mirror One-click camera check from menu bar. Free
	iStat Menus Advanced Mac system monitor. Paid
	LinearMouse The mouse and trackpad utility for Mac. Free Open Source
	Lungo Prevent your Mac from going to sleep. Paid
	Mole Clean caches, manage apps, analyze disk space, and monitor system status. Paid
	Onyx Multifunction utility for macOS. Free EU
	Pearcleaner Powerful Mac app cleaner Free Open Source
	Rectangle Window management with keyboard shortcuts. Free Open Source
	Stats macOS system monitor. Free Open Source
	The Unarchiver Extract many archive formats. Free
	Widgetscape Live desktop widgets (calendar, weather, system stats) on a shared grid and palette. Freemium EU

	Alacritty GPU-accelerated terminal emulator. Free Open Source
	iTerm2 Terminal emulator for macOS. Free Open Source
	Kitty Fast, feature-rich GPU-based terminal. Free Open Source
	Terminal Built-in macOS terminal. Free
	Warp Rust-based terminal with modern features. Free

	BBEdit Professional text and code editor. Paid
	CodeEdit Native code editor for macOS. Free Open Source
	CotEditor Lightweight plain-text editor. Free Open Source
	Itsypad A tiny, fast scratchpad and clipboard manager. Free Open Source
	MacVim Vim text editor for macOS. Free Open Source
	Neon Vision Editor A lightweight and modern macOS code editor. Free Open Source
	Nova Beautiful native code editor from Panic. Paid
	SubEthaEdit Code, write, and edit with collaborative features. Free Open Source
	TextMate Powerful text editor for macOS. Free Open Source
	VimR Neovim GUI for macOS. Free Open Source

Browse photo & video apps with screenshots and pricing on MacNative →

	HandBrake Open source video transcoder. Free Open Source
	IINA Modern media player for macOS. Free Open Source
	Itsytv The missing Apple TV remote app. Free Open Source
	Movist Pro Powerful movie player for macOS. Paid
	Permute Easy-to-use media converter. Paid
	QuickTime Player Built-in media player for macOS. Free
	Subler Mux and tag MP4 files. Free Open Source
	VLC Cross-platform multimedia player. Free Open Source EU

	Backspace Provides 1,000+ 4K live wallpapers for the desktop and Lock Screen. Paid
	Wallspace Live Wallpapers for Macos, with custom lock screen. Freemium

	Amethyst Automatic tiling window manager. Free Open Source
	BetterSnapTool Window management via snap areas. Paid EU
	Divvy Window management at its finest. Paid
	Loop Window management made elegant. Free Open Source
	Magnet Window manager that snaps windows into position. Paid
	Moom Move and zoom windows with ease. Paid
	Nudge Free window manager with keyboard shortcuts and drag-to-edge snapping. Free Open Source
	Rectangle Window snapping via keyboard shortcuts. Free Open Source
	Rectangle Pro Professional window management. Paid
	Swish Control windows with trackpad gestures. Paid
	Wins Bring system-level window management features to macOS. Paid
	Yabai Tiling window manager for macOS. Free Open Source

Go beyond the list with guides from MacNative:

• How to check whether a Mac app uses Electron
• Raycast vs. Tinycast vs. Vicinae vs. SuperCMD
• Mac clipboard managers without a subscription

We welcome contributions! Please read our Contributing Guidelines before submitting.

1. Fork this repository
2. Add your app to the appropriate category's table, in alphabetical order, following the two-column gallery format described in CONTRIBUTING.md
3. Verify the app is truly native (Swift/SwiftUI/AppKit)
4. Create a Pull Request

Apps must meet ALL these criteria:

• ✅ Built with native macOS technologies
• ✅ Lightweight and performant
• ✅ Actively maintained (updated within the last 2 years)
• ✅ Available for download
• ✅ No malware/spyware

• ❌ Electron apps
• ❌ Web wrappers
• ❌ Abandoned projects (no updates in 2+ years)
• ❌ Apps with malware/suspicious behavior
• ❌ Cross-platform apps with poor macOS integration

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