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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.
Shortcut Keeper is a macOS app for saving and reviewing keyboard shortcuts used in everyday apps. Users store shortcuts per app, check them via a menu bar icon, and can bring the app forward with a keyboard shortcut. It is lightweight with a dark theme, filtering and layout options, and is bought once without subscriptions.
Shottr is a free macOS screenshot app with annotations, scrolling screenshots, OCR and measurement tools. It is a native app optimized for Apple silicon and also offers background effects, pixelation, color picking and S3 upload.
Sol is an open-source macOS launcher focused on simplicity and speed. It offers an emoji picker, calculator, file and app search, a window manager, clipboard manager, calendar integration, browser bookmarks, media key forwarding, quick notes, process manager, keyboard shortcuts, translation, a notch hider, and developer commands. It is installed from the latest release or via Homebrew.
SongRec is an unofficial open-source Shazam client for Linux written in Rust. It recognizes audio from an arbitrary audio file or from the microphone, usable through both a GUI and a command line. The GUI provides a history of recognized songs exportable to CSV, and the tool can continuously detect songs from the microphone with a selectable input device.
Sonosano is a Linux, macOS, BSD, or Unix resource for tools, documentation, communities, or system workflows.
Spicetify is a command-line tool for customizing the Spotify client. It supports themes that change colors, fonts, and visual styling, extensions that add new features, and custom apps that add entirely new pages to Spotify's sidebar. Customizations can be installed through the built-in Marketplace browser or manually and applied with CLI commands.
Strflow is a Linux, macOS, BSD, or Unix resource for tools, documentation, communities, or system workflows.
superfile is a Linux, macOS, BSD, or Unix resource for tools, documentation, communities, or system workflows.
Tart is a virtualization toolset for building, running and managing macOS and Linux virtual machines on Apple Silicon hardware. It uses Apple's native Virtualization.Framework to deliver native performance, integrates with OCI-compatible container registries for remote virtual machine storage, and works with continuous integration systems including GitHub Actions to provide on-demand runners. Its developer Cirrus Labs announced it is joining OpenAI to work on agent infrastructure, and the tool has over 25,000 installations for use cases including CI/CD pipelines and local development environments.
Taskpaper is a Linux, macOS, BSD, or Unix resource for tools, documentation, communities, or system workflows.
TheBoringNotch is a free, open source macOS application that converts a MacBook's notch into a music player. A browser demo of the tool is available for users to try before downloading the desktop version.
Tintd is a macOS application designed for customizing and colorizing folder icons. It offers access to over 11,000 icons and emojis, automatically assigns matching icons to folders based on their names, supports 11 mixed languages, and allows full user customization of folder icon appearance.
TopNotch is a macOS app that makes the menu bar black and hides the display notch. It supports dynamic desktop wallpapers, multiple displays and spaces, runs in the background watching for wallpaper changes, and can add rounded corners to the wallpaper. It requires macOS 11.0 or newer and is available as a free download.
Transnomino is a free batch rename utility for the Mac that renames many files at once. It offers renaming actions including find and replace, regular expressions, text insertion, numbering, case changes and diacritic removal, and supports automation. Renaming actions can be applied to filenames, paths, extensions or full paths.
Trimage is a cross-platform tool for losslessly optimizing PNG and JPG files for the web. It provides a GUI and command-line interface using optipng, pngcrush, advpng and jpegoptim depending on filetype. Image files are compressed at the highest available compression levels, and EXIF and other metadata is removed.
ugrep is a file pattern searcher presented as a compatible grep replacement. It searches archives and compressed files, binary files, and documents such as PDF and docx, and can output results as grep, JSON, XML or CSV. Installations are listed for macOS, Windows, Linux and BSD systems. The ug command offers optional configuration, while ugrep does not set default options.
Ulauncher is an application launcher for Linux. It performs fuzzy search that remembers previous picks and auto-selects the best option, and ships with four built-in themes with support for custom color themes. Personalized shortcuts and extensions provide quick access to scripts and searches, and a directory browser opens by typing ~ or /. Package instructions are listed for Ubuntu, Arch, Fedora, OpenSUSE and CentOS 7.
UnitedBSD is a Linux, macOS, BSD, or Unix resource for tools, documentation, communities, or system workflows.
Vicinae is a keyboard-first launcher for the desktop. It provides a single interface for applications, file search, clipboard history, a calculator, an emoji picker, window management, browser tabs, fonts, theming, power management, shortcuts and scripts. Extensions can be built with React and TypeScript, and many Raycast extensions and script commands can run out of the box. It is free and open source.
VoodooPad is a macOS application for writing notes and organizing information. It supports wiki links, collections, tags and search, and allows drag-and-drop of folders, PDFs, applications and URLs. Documents can be exported as PDF, ePub or HTML, shared through Dropbox, and encrypted per page or as a whole document. Version 5.4.0 requires macOS 10.12 or later.
Waydroid is a free and open-source tool that runs a full Android system in a container on GNU/Linux systems with Wayland-based desktop environments. It uses Linux namespaces and provides Android applications, with multi-window and full UI modes. The Android image is based on LineageOS and is currently based on Android 13.
WebVM is a Linux, macOS, BSD, or Unix resource for tools, documentation, communities, or system workflows.
WhatCable is a macOS menu bar app from Bitmoor that explains USB-C connections in plain English, showing cable-reported speed, charging power and e-marker data alongside what the port, charger, adapter and device negotiate. It requires Apple Silicon and macOS 14 or later and is open source, with a free tier for the current connection and an optional Pro tier.
Hayase Wiki is a reference resource for the Hayase torrent streaming client. It covers core concepts, setup steps, frequently asked questions and extensions for torrent, NZB, subtitle and HTTP content.
