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Linux and macOS software covers desktop programs, distributions and documentation for Unix-like systems. Entries include desktop applications, command-line tools, package pages and distributions, along with the guides and video walkthroughs that help people set them up. Check the licence, the last release date, the system versions supported and how the software is installed. Some are official project sites, while others are community wikis or release mirrors that may lag behind. Support depends on your hardware and setup, so confirm compatibility and the current download from the project's own pages before you rely on it.
Bruji develops Mac software for cataloging media, including DVDpedia for movies, Bookpedia for books, CDpedia for CDs and Gamepedia for video and board games. The programs retrieve item information from the Internet, and collections can be synchronized to Pocketpedia on iOS devices.
calcurse is a calendar and scheduling application for the command line that keeps track of events, appointments and everyday tasks. It includes a configurable notification system, a customizable curses-based interface and command line options for filtering and formatting appointments, making it suitable for scripts.
Calf Studio Gear is a set of audio plug-ins for Linux-based operating systems. It runs as a stand-alone effect rack connected through the Jack sound server or as LV2 plug-ins in compatible audio hosts. The plug-ins cover instruments, modulation and delay effects, dynamic processors, filters and equalizers.
Canoeboot is a free/libre coreboot distribution providing BIOS/UEFI boot firmware for specific Intel/AMD x86 and ARM motherboards. It initialises hardware and starts a bootloader, offering GRUB, SeaBIOS and U-Boot payloads in a single image with a choice at boot time. Linux and BSD are supported. It removes binary blobs from coreboot, including CPU microcode updates.
CHARL-E is a macOS app that packages Stable Diffusion for generating images from text prompts. It automatically downloads weights, allows model configuration, and generates images locally without sending data to servers after the initial install. An M1 or M2 Mac is required.
Clearly is a native markdown editor for Mac and iPhone. It opens .md files and provides syntax highlighting while writing, with a toggle to a rendered preview. The software is free and open source, and the macOS download requires macOS Sequoia or later.
cmus is a small, fast and powerful console music player for Unix-like operating systems. It supports gapless playback, ReplayGain, play queue and live playlist filtering, and is known to work on Linux, OS X, FreeBSD, NetBSD, OpenBSD and Cygwin.
CodeEdit is a lightweight, open-source, natively built code editor designed exclusively for macOS. Written in Swift, it is free to use and intended to supplement Xcode for projects not targeting Apple platforms. It offers extensibility and customization options for users.
Codabar is a macOS menu bar app that tracks AI coding-provider usage windows, credits, costs and resets across 106 named providers. It shows per-provider session, weekly and monthly limits with reset countdowns, credit balances and monthly spend where exposed, plus provider status incident badges. It is free and open source for macOS 14 and later.
ColorSlurp is a Linux, macOS, BSD, or Unix resource for tools, documentation, communities, or system workflows.
Conky is a documented system monitoring tool for Linux and similar desktop environments. Its documentation covers variables for defining displayed objects such as text, bars and graphs, global configuration settings, a Lua API for extending behavior, compiling from source, contributing, running with Docker, syntax highlighting and a GitHub wiki with user configs and scripts.
coreboot is an open source firmware project described as fast, secure and flexible. It is a member of the Software Freedom Conservancy and accepts donations. General inquiries are handled through a mailing list, and security issues can be reported privately by email.
CoreELEC is a lightweight operating system for Kodi. Version 22.0-Piers beta2 is based on Kodi Piers v22.0 Beta 2, and CoreELEC 22 is the active development branch building on CoreELEC 21. Devices using Amlogic SoC S905X (GXL) or older are no longer supported by CoreELEC 22.0-Piers.
CotEditor is an open-source plain-text editor made for macOS. It offers syntax highlighting for over 60 pre-installed languages, powerful find and replace using the ICU regular expression engine, and auto backup of documents while editing. Settings are accessible via a standard window without complex configuration files.
DistroSea allows users to test run Linux distributions online in the cloud for free from a web browser, without installation or live boot. It provides access to a list of distributions including Ubuntu, Fedora, Debian, and others.
Durdraw is an open source ASCII, ANSI and Unicode art text editor for UNIX-like systems such as Linux and macOS. It runs in modern UTF-8 terminals and supports frame animation, 256 and 16 color modes, mouse drawing, CP437 and Unicode conversion and custom themes. It also includes Durfetch, an animated system information tool, and Durview, an ANSI art pack viewer.
eqMac is a system audio equalizer for macOS offering a parametric equalizer, per-application volume mixer, headphone presets and spatial audio, supporting Intel and Apple Silicon Macs on macOS 10.13 and later. A Basic tier is free; the Pro Subscription starts at $3 per month or $30 per year, and a Pro Lifetime License costs $40.
feh is a light-weight, configurable image viewer aimed at command line users that can also be started from graphical file managers. Besides viewing images, it compiles text and thumbnail listings, shows loadable files, and sets X11 backgrounds. It offers slideshow, thumbnail, list and multiwindow modes, optional HTTP and FTP support, and is packaged for several distributions.
Fooyin is a customisable music player focused on flexible interface design and local collection management. Users can arrange widgets to build a personalized layout, organise and search large music libraries, and play major audio formats, internet radio, audio CDs and CUE sheets. Functionality can be extended via plugins and FooScript, which supports advanced formatting, queries and autoplaylists. The player also supports lyrics, artwork, ReplayGain, MusicBrainz metadata, AccurateRip and desktop integrations.
The FreeBSD Wiki is a MoinMoin-powered community wiki for the FreeBSD project. It hosts pages on contributing to FreeBSD, community channels, supported hardware and platforms, development tools, active and inactive projects, the base system, ports and packages, and documentation. It also includes an introduction to the wiki, account creation and editing guidelines.
FreeRDP is a free implementation of the Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP), released under the Apache license. The project publishes releases, including regression, bugfix and security releases, and maintains a blog, GitHub, wiki, mailing list and support channels.
Gentoo Forums is a Linux or BSD distribution resource for documentation, releases, support, or community help.
ghostwriter is a free and open-source Markdown editor for Windows, Linux and macOS. It offers a distraction-free writing mode, light and dark themes, live HTML preview, and a sidebar outline for navigation. Focus Mode highlights the current text, and a Hemingway Mode disables backspace and delete keys. It can auto-detect Pandoc, MultiMarkdown or cmark processors for live preview and export.
Gradia is free and open-source software for Linux that helps users beautify, annotate and share screenshots. Upload providers are bash commands that receive the image path as $1 and output the final URL to stdout. Gradia offers predefined providers or custom ones; some commands may need permission changes in the Flatpak or Snap.
