macOS software
Software that runs on macOS. Every link goes to the official website, download page or app store.
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uv
A single Rust tool that replaces pip, pipx, poetry, pyenv, virtualenv and twine, and installs packages 10 to 100 times faster.
Veusz
A scientific plotting package that produces publication-ready PDF and SVG figures, built by combining plotting widgets.
Vim
The editor that is already on every server, with a graphical build for Windows and a licence that asks you to donate to Ugandan children.
Visual Studio Code
Microsoft's code editor, free to use but shipped under a Microsoft licence rather than an open one.
Vivaldi
A Chromium browser for people who want tab stacks, split screen and a mail client in the same window.
Vorta
A desktop front end for BorgBackup, so encrypted deduplicated backups stop being a cron job.
watchexec
Watches a folder and reruns a command whenever a file changes, for test loops, linting and rebuilds.
Waterfox
A Firefox build with telemetry stripped out, ad blocking and encrypted DNS turned on from the start.
Wave Terminal
A terminal with file previews, a remote file editor, web browsing and AI assistance arranged as blocks in one window.
WindTerm
A fast SSH, SFTP, telnet, serial and tmux client for Windows, macOS and Linux, free for commercial use.
WinRAR
The archiver that created the RAR format, sold as shareware whose trial has never really expired.
Wox
A fully native keyboard launcher for Windows, macOS and Linux, with GPU rendering and a plugin system, as an open Raycast alternative.
XnView MP
Views, converts and organises images in more than five hundred formats, free for personal use.
Xournal++
Handwritten notes and PDF annotation with a stylus, including on top of lecture slides and scanned papers.
Yaak
An offline-first API client for REST, GraphQL, gRPC, WebSockets and SSE, with requests stored as files you can commit to git.
yabai
A tiling window manager for macOS that arranges windows by binary space partitioning and is driven entirely from the command line.
Yazi
A terminal file manager where nothing blocks: every read, preview and copy happens asynchronously.
Zed
A Rust editor from the people who built Atom, written for speed and for two people editing one file.
Zellij
A terminal multiplexer that tells you its own shortcuts on screen, so you can use it on day one.
Zen Browser
A Firefox build with vertical tabs, workspaces and split view, aimed at people who found Arc appealing.
ZeroTier One
Puts machines anywhere in the world on the same virtual Ethernet network, as if they were plugged into one switch.
ZoomIt
A tray utility that zooms into any part of the screen and lets you draw, type, time and record on top of it, for demos and presentations.
Zotero
Collects the papers and web pages you cite, files them, and writes the bibliography in the style your journal wants.
zoxide
Learns the directories you actually use, so changing to one takes a few letters instead of a full path.
Zstandard
Meta's compression tool that hits near-zlib ratios at far higher speed, now used across Linux and modern filesystems.
Zulip
Team chat organised by topic inside each channel, so conversations stay readable when you come back hours later.
Adobe Acrobat
Adobe's PDF software: the free Acrobat Reader for viewing and commenting, and paid Acrobat plans for editing and conversion.
Alacritty
A deliberately minimal OpenGL terminal that leaves multiplexing and tabs to other programs and just draws text fast.
Angry IP Scanner
A fast, friendly IP and port scanner that needs no installation and runs on Windows, Mac and Linux.
Audacity
A multi-track audio editor and recorder that has been the free default for twenty-five years.
