macOS — independent software & tools
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Dokke
Dock manager — sync apps between Mac and any device via WebSocket. macOS app + PWA + Android WebView.
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chan
Your new Terminal and Workspace manager. A new kind of IDE.
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glass
MCP server: build → see → interact → debug loop over native GUI apps
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claude-light
A native macOS menu-bar traffic light for your Claude Code sessions — red when one needs you, orange while working, green when idle.
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port-whisperer
See what’s running on your ports with a CLI that lists processes, PIDs, frameworks, and Docker containers
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digcrate
Open-source CLI for AI-powered DJ set planning — local BPM/key/energy analysis, harmonic transition scoring, gap analysis, playlist export
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island-terminal-console
Best Free Multi-Agent macOS Console for AI Coding Agents 2026 - Enhanced Chinese Docs
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langmesh
An open agent harness you can modify — self-hosted, model-agnostic, with a native macOS app.
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Go7-Workhorse
One desk for every AI subscription you already pay for — Grok, Claude, Codex, Cursor and your own API keys, each under its own login. A model per chat or auto-routed by task; usage per vendor before the bill. Native desktop app for Windows and macOS. MIT.
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umber
A native Swift/AppKit macOS terminal, deliberately with no AI features — built to host agent-afk's REPL well.
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keyheat
A privacy-first macOS menu bar app that counts physical key and shortcut usage and visualizes it as a local keyboard heatmap. Pure Swift, zero dependencies.
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autowright
Make it easy to automate personal desktop tasks
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nudgy
Get native macOS notifications for AI coding agents like Claude Code, so you can track work from the menu bar
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iterm-agent
A lightweight agent that turns iTerm2 into your intelligent assistant.
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damson
The terminal built only for macOS — GPU-accelerated (Swift + Metal + CoreText), Safari-smooth scrolling, flawless Korean input. Engine library + standalone Damson.app.
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hydra-local
Open-source agentic terminal. Finds the agent sessions already on your machine, keeps them alive after you close the app, and lets you reach them from a browser. Native Rust rendering, PTY daemon, no inbound port.
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pin-top
Pin any window to stay truly always-on-top on macOS. Lightweight menu-bar app — keeps a live overlay copy above every other window.
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writ
A fast scratchpad that opens anything. Markdown, HTML, Mermaid and KaTeX render live; every scratch stays searchable. Offline, keyboard-driven.
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tera-pilot
Self-hosted, vendor-neutral coding agent for private repos and local models. TUI-first, BYOK across 16 providers or fully offline with Ollama/LM Studio. Every agent action is sandboxed, logged, and signed — built to be verified, not just trusted.
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pelmet
Reclaim the macOS menu bar icons your MacBook notch hides. Pelmet is a free, open-source, permission-free menu bar organizer: hide clutter and bring it back with a click or ⌥⌘B, with a Shelf that surfaces the icons the notch swallowed. A privacy-first Bartender & Hidden Bar alternative.
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clipboard-station
Catch scattered ideas on macOS: local-first clipboard blocks, AI tags, and whole-post PNG capture.
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shiftly
Keyboard window snapping for macOS that survives stuck Secure Input
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xiaoer-wechat-sweeper
👂 小耳微信清扫器 —— 各个群里发的文件，微信默默存在你电脑上，你根本找不到在哪。翻出来、去重、分好类，你花五分钟挑一遍。只移动，绝不删除。
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agent-signaller
🚦 Always-visible macOS traffic light for AI coding agents. One glanceable dot per Claude Code / Codex session — red working, yellow waiting, green done — floating across every Space. Click a dot to jump to its terminal tab.
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groundwork
AI-native Mac, Linux, and headless developer groundwork
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personacli
Local-first personal workspace: write notes, track tasks, chat with an AI that knows your files - all plain Markdown, no cloud.
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pullmark
Native macOS Markdown viewer and rendered-diff reviewer for documentation-heavy GitHub PRs (design docs, ADRs, skills, runbooks)
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tally
macOS menu bar AI usage monitor for multiple Claude and Codex accounts: quota, rate limits, and a smart launcher for Claude Code.
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rom
Play ROMs directly in your terminal.
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prompt-cabinet
A local-first desktop library for capturing, organizing, analyzing, and reusing AI prompts.
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reader.md
A fast, native macOS Markdown reader — Mermaid, LaTeX, annotations, live reload, and local + remote (SSH) folder sync.
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perspective-cuts
Write Apple Shortcuts using a text-based language and compiler instead of drag-and-drop actions.
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cmux-tips
Field-tested tips for running multiple Claude Code sessions in cmux (native macOS terminal) — workspace groups, tmux mirroring, hooks, session addressing. By CMDSPACE.
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vitrine
Turn code and terminal output into beautiful images. Captures full-screen terminal apps like htop and lazygit as the final frame, not an escape-code transcript. Native macOS, fully local.
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pixelcat
A cute pixel cat that lives on your desktop. It watches your cursor, kneads the keyboard when you type, purrs when you pet it, and climbs a yarn rope when you scroll. 100% original art + procedural sound. Try it in your browser, no install.
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rspassimpt
Fast, secure importer that ingests a macOS Passwords CSV export and writes each record straight into the local pass (passwordstore.org) store.
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goguma
Wakes your Mac for scheduled jobs, holds it awake while long work finishes, and lets it sleep otherwise. Finds the cron jobs that have been missing runs; keeps a coding agent running with the lid shut.
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PolterType
Detects typing in the wrong keyboard layout, switches it and fixes the word. Tray app for Windows · macOS · Linux (Wayland & X11). Pure Rust, zero telemetry.
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coluracetam
A native macOS Markdown reader that renders the moment you press space — in the app and in Finder's Quick Look. ♡ rx no.010
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cli-analyzer
Scan installed CLI tools, attribute their disk usage, and safely reclaim space. One binary: CLI + Wails GUI.
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pokemanion
Pokemon companion for Claude Code: a sprite in a terminal pane beside every session, resting while Claude waits and animating while it works.
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ember
A native, GPU-accelerated terminal emulator for macOS and Linux, built from scratch in Rust.
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HelloMac
Make calls directly from your Mac via your iPhone | Πραγματοποιήστε κλήσεις απευθείας από το Mac σας μέσω του iPhone
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Glimps
GLIMPS — a zero-config smart terminal output formatter for macOS & Linux. Runs your shell inside a PTY and auto-formats JSON, logs, HTTP, diffs, and more. Rust CLI.
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grove
A native local development environment in Rust — *.test domains, local HTTPS, multi-version PHP/Node and bundled databases, with zero external dependencies.
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yoinks
Download videos from YouTube, X, TikTok, and 1,800+ sites directly from your terminal. Paste a URL, pick your format, and save files without ads or redirects.
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krit
Native, open-source screenshot and markup tool for macOS. Capture, annotate, record, copy: one shortcut.
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picamd
Edit Markdown with a native macOS AppKit editor featuring inline WYSIWYG rendering and direct file access without library databases.
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curator
Curated browser keeper-tabs - a macOS console of grouped webview tabs, useful for dashboards, chat, and other persistent webview surfaces.
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Lattice_release
Manage academic references on macOS with a native Swift literature manager built for speed and a clean workflow
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orchestra-ctl
AI Agent Orchestrator: Multi-LLM Terminal Manager 2026 – Real-Time CLI Automation
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StrategyForge
Coral — a native macOS app to design and run multi-agent AI teams on your own AI subscriptions (Claude Code, Codex, Gemini), locally. No API keys, no backend.
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agent-shield
A native macOS privacy shield for agent-assisted workflows
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VibeRead
Free and open source Mac dictation, read-aloud, and configurable Cmd + E actions.
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LatexTerm
Native macOS terminal that renders LaTeX live as KaTeX overlays, positioned over the source between $…$ and $$…$$. Built on a vendored SwiftTerm fork — no OCR.
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Perch
A free, open-source drag-and-drop shelf for macOS
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swiss_bar
macOS menubar multitool — window switcher (Cmd+Tab per window), clipboard history, keyboard cleaning mode, and live network/Claude usage indicators.
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SysPrint
A fast and lightweight ASCII system information fetch tool written in Rust.
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portside
A fast, beautiful, native macOS workbench for people who live on SSH.
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ai-limits
Monitor AI limits in one place: Codex, Claude, and Cursor. Free, open source, local, no sign-ins, no API subscriptions, no services in between.