README-en.md

Awesome Mac

 This repo is a collection of awesome Mac applications and tools for developers and designers.

Please don't hesitate to star, pull request, and fire issues.

Please follow the awesome format.

Special thanks for the recommendation of @GitHubDaily.

Explanation

中文 | English

means open source, click to enter open source repo;
means free to use, or personal free;
means hot app;
means recommended app;
means must have app;
means highly recommended must have app, the number of stars represents how strong I recommend;

You may see some non-English characters and you don't understand them. Don't worry, this means the app doesn't have English version yet. So you can't use the app.

Contents

• Editors
• Development Tools
• Test Tools
• Command Line Tools
• Version Control
• Database
• Graphics
• Virtual Machines
• Communication
• Data Recovery
• Audio and Video
• Reading and Writing
• FTP Clients
• 软件打包工具
• Web Development
• Ebooks
• Download Tools
• Online Storage
• Input Method
• Web Browsers
• Translation Tools
• Proxy and VPN Tools
• Utilities
• Remote Login
• Third-Party App Markets
• Mac App Download Sites

Editors

applications to edit text, suggest open source editors

• Atom - A hackable text editor for the 21st Century by GitHub.
  • Common
    • relative-numbers - Relative line numbers.
    • trailing-spaces - Highlights trailing whitespace.
    • terminal-plus - A terminal package for Atom, complete with themes and more.
    • vim-mode - Add vim modal control.
    • ex-mode - ex-mode for Atom's vim-mode.
    • minimap - A preview of the full source code.
    • autocomplete-paths - Autocomplete+ paths suggestions
    • docblockr - A helper package for writing documentation.
    • file-icons - Assign file extension icons and colors for improved visual grep.
  • Front-end
    • Nuclide - It provides a first-class development environment for React Native, Hack and Flow projects.
    • TypeScript - The only TypeScript package you will ever need.
    • run-in-browser - Opens current html document in the default browser.
    • Emmet - The essential tool for web developers.
    • tag - A Sublime Text-inspired Tag menu and functions for Atom.
    • color-picker - A Color Picker.
    • autoprefixer - Prefix CSS and SCSS.
    • linter-jshint - Linter plugin for JavaScript, using jshint.
  • Python
    • autocomplete-python - Python Autocomplete Package.
    • linter-flake8 - Atom linter plugin for Python, using flake8.
    • python-tools - Goto definition, show usages, refactor/rename and more for python files.
• Sublime Text - A sophisticated text editor for code, markup and prose. You'll love the slick user interface, extraordinary features and amazing performance.
  • Plain​Tasks - An opinionated todo-list plugin.
  • Emmet - Upgrade version of zen coding, it's must-have plugin for front-end developers.
  • sublimelint - A framework for error highlighting. Support HTML, CSS, JS, PHP, Java, C++, etc.
  • JsFormat - Javascript formatting.
  • jQuery - Sublime Text package bundle for jQuery.
  • Underscore - Underscore 1.4 snippets for Sublime Text 2.
  • DocBlockr - Simplifies writing DocBlock comments in Javascript, PHP, CoffeeScript, Actionscript, C & C++.
  • SublimeCodeIntel - Full-featured code intelligence and smart autocomplete engine.
  • ColorPicker - A multi-platform color picker plugin.
  • HTML-CSS-JS Prettify - HTML, CSS, JavaScript and JSON code formatter for Sublime Text 2 and 3 via node.js.
  • Alignment - Easy alignment of multiple selections and multi-line selections.
  • WakaTime - A plugin for metrics, insights, and time tracking automatically generated from your programming activity.
  • Seti_UI - A beautiful theme, including file icons.
  • OmniMarkupPreviewer - Live previewer/exporter for markup files (markdown, rst, creole, textile...).
  • GitGutter - Show git diff in gutter.
  • BracketHighlighter - Bracket and tag highlighter.
  • SideBarEnhancements - Enhancements to Sublime Text sidebar. Files and folders.
  • Markdown Extended - Markdown syntax highlighter.
  • Babel - Syntax definitions for ES6 JavaScript with React JSX extensions.
• Brackets - A modern, open source text editor that understands web design by Adobe.
• Visual Studio Code - Microsoft's free & open source editor, TypeScript friendly.
• Emacs - A popular text editor used mainly on Unix-based systems by programmers, scientists, engineers, students, and system administrators.
• TextMate - A editor brings Apple's approach to operating systems into the world of text editors.
• BBEdit - A doesn’t suck editor.
• Coda2 - A fast, clean, and powerful text editor.
• Vim - A highly configurable text editor built to make creating and changing any kind of text very efficient.
  • Vundle.vim - Vim plugin manager.
  • vim-plug - A minimalist Vim plugin manager.
  • vim-web - Vim for front-end developers.
• Vimr - Refined Vim Experience for OS X.
• HBuilder - An IDE for web deveploment (Support HTML5) built by DCloud.
• Webstorm - The smartest JavaScript IDE by JetBrains.
• Deco IDE - The best IDE for building React Native apps.

Development Tools

• WeFlow - A development tools for front-end workflows based on tmt-workflow.
• Koala - A GUI application for Less, Sass, Compass and CoffeeScript compilation.
• CodeKit - Automatically compile Less, Sass, Stylus, CoffeeScript, Jade, Haml and etc.
• Hosts.prefpane - A development tool to edit hosts file.
• Gas Mask - A development tool to edit hosts file, it's more easy and convenient.
• DiffMerge - Diff files, directories and merge them visually.
• Beyond Compare - Diff files or directories and marked the differences by different colors.
• Kaleidoscope - A powerful compare tool for text and image, and it works perfectly with git, svn or other version control tools.
• Fanvas - Convert swf to animation of html canvas.
• EnvPane - An OS X preference pane for environment variables.
• Dash - Ungodlly app for offline API documents.
• Dlite - The simplest way to use Docker on OS X.
• SnippetsLab - Manage and organize code snippets.
• StarUML - Powerful UML app.
• Vagrant Manager - Manage local services.
• zeplin - Collaboration tool between designers and developers.
• Go2Shell - Open terminal from Finder.
• IntelliJ IDEA - A powerful Java IDE.
• SecureCRT - A terminal emulation which supports SSH, Telnet or other protocols.

Editor of regular expression

• Patterns - Editor of regular expression.
• Reginald -
• Regex - It might be the prettiest app for testing regular express.
• Reggy -
• RegExRX - Development tool for regular express.

Test Tools

• Charles - A proxy tool which supports checking all the requests with http or https protocol.
• Insomnia 3.0 - A beautiful HTTP testing tool.
• Cocoa Rest Client - Test HTTP/RESET endpoints and it's more beautiful than PostMan.
• Paw - An advanced HTTP client.
• Cellist - Client for testing HTTP request.
• Integrity - Find out all the invalid links.
• Postman - Postman, help us test API quickly.

Command Line Tools

• iTerm2 - iTerm2 is a terminal emulator for OS X that does amazing thing.
• HyperTerm - Super terminal.
• cool-retro-term - A good looking terminal emulator which mimics the old cathode display.
• Oh my zsh - It comes bundled with a ton of helpful functions, helpers, plugins, themes, and a few things that make you shout.
• Glances - Glances is a cross-platform curses-based system monitoring tool.
• Cakebrew - Client of Homebrew. You have the GUI to install, check or remove app, no commander needed.
• Black Screen - A terminal emulator for the 21st century.

Version control

• Git - The Version Control Tool, Official website provides dozens of GUI clients for Mac.
• SVN - The Version Control Tool.

GUI

• Gitbar - Open Source，display Github contribution statistics on your menu bar
• GitHub Desktop - Github GUI APP
• Oh My Star - The best way to organize your Github Stars.
• GitUp - a simple and powerful git client.
• Hub - hub is a command-line wrapper for git that makes you better at GitHub.
• SourceTree - A free Git & Mercurial client for Windows or Mac.
• Tower2 - The most powerful Git client for Mac and Windows.
• Versions - Mac Subversion Client (SVN).
• Cornerstone - Best Mac SVN Client.

Version control system

• GitLab open source git repo management software.
• phabricator Open software engineering platform and fun adventure game.
• Gogs - Gogs (Go Git Service) is a painless self-hosted Git service.
• Gerrit Code Review for Git.

DataBase

• MySQL Workbench - MySQL Official.
• Sequel Pro - MySQL database management for Mac OS X.
• ElectroCRUD - Modern MySQL CRUD Application.
• Base 2 - Base is an application for creating, designing, editing and browsing SQLite 3 database files.
• Postgres.app - The easiest way to get started with PostgreSQL on the Mac.
• PSequel - PostgreSQL GUI tool for Mac OS X.
• Robomongo - native MongoDB management tool (Admin UI).
• Mongo Management Studio - The simple MongoDB GUI.
• MongoChef - The GUI for MongoDB.
• Chrome MySQL Admin - This is a powerful Chrome app to manage your MySQL.
• JackDB - Direct SQL access to all your data, no matter where it lives.
• medis - GUI Manager for Redis.
• MDB Explorer - MDB tool to read, view & export Microsoft Access files on Mac.

Design and Product

Design tools

• Acorn - 一个像PS，全面的功能集的图像编辑器。
• Affinity Designer - 矢量图像设计工具，可能的Adobe Illustrator的替代。
• Affinity Photo - 光栅图像设计工具，可以替代Adobe PS图象处理软件。
• Blender - 全功能可扩展的跨平台3D内容套件。
• Pixelmator - 强大的图像编辑器，可能PS图象处理软件的选择。
• Sketch - 混合矢量/位图布局应用，特别适用于用户界面，Web和移动设计。
  • Sketch Toolbox - 一个超级简单的Sketch插件管理器。
• inklet - 将Mac上的触摸板变成绘图板。
• Monodraw - 一款文本图像编辑器。
• SketchBook - 出众的绘图软件。
• Sketches Pro - 专业的绘图软件。
• Nik Collection - 专业照片后期制作工具Google收购后免费。

Prototype workflow

• Justinmind - 功能更丰富团队协作不方便。
• Axure RP 8 - 画原型图工具，团队协作SVN方便好用。
• Mockplus - 更快更简单的原型设计工具。
• OmniGraffle - 可用来绘制图表，流程图，组织结构图、思维导图以及插图，或画原型。
• XMind - 一款实用的思维导图软件。
• Scapple - 一款实用的思维导图软件。

Other tools

• TinyPNG4Mac - 图片压缩专用开源工具。
• Image2icon - 将你的图片转换成图标。
• ImageAlpha - 压缩PNG图片，去掉无效的透明。
• ImageOptim - 压缩图片，删除EXIF信息。
• Sip - 收集，整理和分享你的颜色拾色器。
• Frank DeLoupe - 支持 Retina 的屏幕拾色器。
• IconKit - App图标自动生成器。
• Licecap - 是一款屏幕录制工具输出GIF，录制过程中可以随意改变录屏范围。
• GIPHY Capture - 免费软件的捕捉和分享图片在桌面上。
• ColorSchemer - 专业的配色、调色软件。
• Skitch - 截图附带强大的标注功能。
• 截图(Jietu) - 截图附带强大的标注功能，腾讯作品。
• Snip - 高效的截图工具，支持滚动截屏，腾讯作品。
• iPic - 上传插图链接分享。
• Iconjar - 图标管理软件，带组织和搜索功能。
• RightFont - 字体管理工具。

Virtual Machines

• Parallels Desktop - Powerful and easy to use VM. But need upgrade version for new macOS version (general yearly), and no free upgrade.
• Virtual Box - A powerful x86 and AMD64/Intel64 virtualization product.
• VMWare Fusion - A powerful commercial VM developed by VMware.
• Veertu - The lightest VM on Mac. Responsive, Sandboxed & Native way to run VMs on your Mac.

Communication

Team communication and collaboration tool recommendation

• QQ - QQ for Mac App.
• WeChat - WeChat for Mac App.
• Electronic WeChat - An open source WeChat client, build with Electron.
• Skype - A cross-platform application that provides video chat and voice call services, users can exchange images, text, video and any other digital documents.
• WeiboX - A third-party weibo client for Mac OS.
• 御飯 - A third-party FanFou client for Mac OS.
• ChitChat - Unofficial WhatsApp.
• Telegram - A new era of messaging.
• FB-mac-messenger - A third-party Facebook messenger for Mac.
• Adium - An old chat client integrated with many chat platforms.
• Textual - Textual is the world's most popular application for interacting with Internet Relay Chat (IRC) chatrooms on OS X.
• Gitter - An instant messaging and chat room system for developers and users of GitHub repositories, support Markdown and friendly to developers.
• 简聊 - A communication tool for enterprise, you can build your own service with its open source version.
• 钉钉 - A free office communication platform for enterprise.
• Slack - A tool for team collaboration and communication.
• 零信 - Work anywhere and anytime, cross platform
• 今目标 - An internet work platform for small-medium sized enterprises.
• BearyChat - Team collaboration and communication tool for internet team.
• Bitpost - A private decentralized messaging system. Instead of connecting to centralized servers(like Facebook, Gmail, etc) or federated servers(like email, IRC, Jabber), it use P2P protocol to send encrypted messages to another person or to many subscribers.
• Teambition - A team collaboration tool, provides many features like task plan, schedule, file sharing, instant discussion and everything you need when collaborate with other team members.
• Coding.net - A one-stop cloud platform for developers, free for repository hosting, project collaboration, code quality assurance and Page service.
• Email
  • Airmail - A fast email client, can run on your Mac and iPhone.
  • Foxmail - A fast email client.
  • MailTags - Use tags to organize email and schedule
  • N1 - An extensible, open source mail app, free for developers and $7/month for Pro.
  • Postbox - A powerful, simple and beautiful email client, need to pay for a license.
  • Polymail - Simple, powerful email client.
  • CloudMagic Email - An excellent email client with a concise interface.

Data Recovery

• DiskWarrior - A disk utility, the world’s most advanced repair and recovery tool for Mac.
• Data Rescue - A comprehensive and professional data recovery tool in most cases.

Audio and Video

• VOX Player - #1 high-definition audio player for Mac and iPhone. Music just sounds better!
• Radiant Player - Third party Google Play Music client.
• Sonora - A minimal, beautifully designed music player.
• Audacity - A free, open source, cross-platform audio software for multi-track recording and editing.
• Audio Hijack - Record any application's audio, including VoIP calls from Skype, web streams from Safari, and much more.
• Stringed 2 - The perfect tool for every musician.
• Mixxx - The most advanced free DJ software can be yours in seconds.
• Cog - A free open source audio player.
• VLC - A free and open source cross-platform multimedia player and framework that plays most multimedia files as well as DVDs, Audio CDs, VCDs, and various streaming protocols.
• XLD - A tool to decode/convert/play various 'lossless' audio files.
• HandBrake - A tool for converting video from nearly any format to a selection of modern, widely supported codecs.
• MPlayerX - A simple, powerful, beautiful media player.
• ScreenFlow - Screencasting and video editing software.
• mpv - A free, open source, and cross-platform media player.
• ArcTime - A simple, powerful, efficient subtitle creation software.
• Perian - Let QuickTime play all the common formats of free plug-ins.

Reading and Writing

• Spillo - 功能强大，美观、快速网络书签网页阅读。
• iChm - 读chm文件的软件。
• Chmox - 读chm文件的软件。
• Kindle App - 亚马逊 Kindle App 电子书阅读器。
• RSS
  • Feeds 2 - 监控任何RSS。
  • ReadKit - 书签RSS管理客户端。
  • Reeder 3 - RSS 服务订阅。
  • Leaf - RSS 客户端程序。
  • Vienna - RSS/Atom 新闻阅读客户端。
• Markdown
  • Mou - 免费 Markdown 编辑神器。
  • Marp - Markdown 制作幻灯片编辑器
  • TextNut - Markdown编辑器，富文本之间自由切换。
  • MWeb - 专业的 Markdown 写作、记笔记、静态博客生成软件。
  • Typora - 基于 Electron 的“读写一体” Markdown 编辑器。
  • MacDown - An open source Markdown editor for OS X.
• 笔记
  • Quiver - 程序猿的笔记本。
  • 有道云笔记 - 支持多目录，Markdown，iWork/Office预览。
  • 为知笔记 - 支持Markdown，搜集整理图片链接导入文档。
  • leanote - 支持markdown的一款开源笔记软件，支持直接成为个人博客。

Ebooks

• Calibre - A free and open-source e-book computer software application suite which runs on multiple platforms, allows users to manage e-book collections as well as to create, edit, and read e-books.
• Sigil - A multi-platform EPUB ebook Editor.

FTP Clients

• Transmit - A highly flexible and intuitive FTP client, supports SFTP, S3 and iDisk/WebDAV.
• Flow - An award-winning, beautiful, fast, and reliable FTP + SFTP client.
• Yummy FTP - An easy to use, yet powerful FTP/S + SFTP + WebDAV/S file transfer app.
• Cyberduck - A libre FTP, SFTP, WebDAV, S3, Backblaze B2, Azure & OpenStack Swift browser.
• FileZilla - A free software, cross-platform FTP application, supports FTP, SFTP and FTPS (FTP over SSL/TLS).

软件打包工具

• Finicky - Web应用程序转化为苹果的应用程序。
• nw.js - 使用HTML和JavaScript来制作桌面应用。
• Electron - 前身是 AtomShell，使用 JS、HTML 和CSS 构建跨平台的桌面应用程序。
• React Native Desktop - 用 React Native 技术构建 OS X 下的桌面应用程序。
• AppJS - 使用 JS、HTML 和CSS 构建跨平台的桌面应用程序。
• HEX - 使用 JS、HTML 和CSS 构建跨平台的桌面应用程序，有道出品。
• AlloyDesktop - 同上，腾讯出品，给个差评。

Download Tools

• Transmission - A Fast, Easy, Free BitTorrent Client.
• aria2 - A lightweight multi-protocol & multi-source command-line download utility.
• JDownloader - A free, open-source download management tool with a huge community of developers that makes downloading as easy and fast as it should be.

Online Storage

推荐一些有Mac客户端的网盘。

• Dropbox - 非常好用的免费网络文件同步工具，提供在线存储服务。
• 百度云 - 百度云客户端。
• 腾讯微云 - 腾讯云客户端。
• 坚果云 - 坚果云客户端。
• 115 - 115云客户端。
• 360 - 360云客户端。
• 快盘 - 金山快盘，倒闭了？。
• owncloud 私有云网盘

Input Method

• QQ输入法 - 腾讯出品的输入法。
• 搜狗输入法 - 搜狗输入法。
• 百度输入法 - 支持拼音五笔输入。
• 清歌五笔输入法 - 为 iOS 和 Mac 专门打造的五笔输入法。
• WBIM - 五笔输入法。
• Rocket - Emoji标签输入。
• 颜文字 - 颜文字输入。
• RIME - 中州韻輸入法引擎。

Web Browsers

这里放Mac的浏览器应用

• Safari - Mac预装自带浏览器。
• Chrome - Chrome浏览器谷歌出品。
• Firefox - 火狐浏览器。
• Opera - Opera 浏览器。
• QQ浏览器 - QQ浏览器－腾讯出品。
• 傲游云浏览器 - 傲游云浏览器。

Translation Tools

• 有道翻译 - 有道词典桌面版。
• 辞海词典 - 学单词、背单词、辞海词典。
• eudic - 欧路词典词典。
• iTranslate - 支持全世界超过 80 种语言发音和输出。

Proxy and VPN Tools

假设你是个勤奋的同学，你总有一天会强烈需要它们，上帝保佑他们吧。

• ShadowsocksX - 一个快速的隧道代理，可以帮助你绕过防火墙。
• ShadowsocksX-NG - 一款ShadowsocksX客户端软件。
• Lantern - 科学上网
• 鱼摆摆 - 科学上网
• Tunnelblick - OpenVPN的免费软件。
• GoAgentX - 科学上网。
• Surge - 科学上网。

Utilities

• CheatSheet - CheatSheet 是一款Mac上的非常实用的快捷键快速提醒工具。
• WWDC - Mac OS的非官方的WWDC APP。
• xScope - 测量、检查和测试屏幕上的图形和布局的工具。搜索你的苹果和网络，快速打开应用程序。
• f.lux - 自动调整您的电脑屏幕，以匹配亮度。
• Todoist - 跨平台的任务管理器与移动应用程序。
• Karabiner - 一个强大的和稳定的OS X的键盘定制。
• Keytty - 放弃使用鼠标，用键盘控制光标操作，很酷的感觉。
• AppCleaner - 一个小应用程序，让你彻底卸载不需要的应用程序。
• BetterZip 3 - 压缩解压缩工具支持格式 ZIP、TAR、TGZ、TBZ、TXZ (new)、7-ZIP、RAR。
• Numi - 漂亮的计算器应用。
• SSH Tunnel - 管理你的SSH。
• Mounty - NTFS 分区读写组件。
• Tuxera NTFS - Mac上的NTFS文件系统驱动。
• gfxCardStatus - 控制Mac独立显卡与集成显卡之间的切换。
• openEmu - 模拟器，可以玩魂斗罗之类，放松回到小时候。
• Alfred - 效率神器。
• Hammerspoon - A tool for powerful automation of OS X, programmable by Lua scripting engine.
• DaisyDisk - 磁盘空间使用扫描工具。
• iStat pro - 免费的Mac OS电脑硬件信息检测软件。
• Itsycal - 一款简洁实用的开源日历工具。
• HTML5 Player - Chrome插件解决中国视频网站播放视频电脑发热的情况。
• Monity - 帮助用户实时监控系统的一款非常漂亮的软件。
• Window Management
  • Moom - 多任务多窗口的软件。
  • Slate - 窗口管理器，可用JavaScript写配置。
  • Amethyst - 窗口管理器（自动保持窗口大小的窗口）。
• Password Manager
  • 1password - 跨平台帐号密码管理软件。
  • LastPass - 密码管理器，和安全的数字笔记。
  • KeePassX - 一个免费的，开源的，体积小的密码管理器。
  • MacPass - 密码管理器。
• Finder
  • Quicklook-Plugins - Finder快速预览文件插件。
  • Path Finder - 强大的Finder替代者，拥有很多特性。
  • TotalFinder - 强大的Finder替代者，界面风格相Chrome。
  • XtraFinder - 给Finder添加有用的新特性。

Remote Login

• TeamViewer - A proprietary computer software package for remote control, desktop sharing, online meetings, web conferencing and file transfer between computers.
• tmux Multiplex several virtual consoles, allowing a user to access multiple separate terminal sessions inside a single terminal window or remote terminal session.

Third-Party App Markets

这里讨论盗版问题或者提供黑名单？，拒绝盗版从我做起，欢迎大家监督。

正版

这里只提供正版软件购买下载的应用商店。

• HackStore - 一个类似于cydia的第三方Mac应用市场，平台拒绝盗版。
• MacUpdate Desktop - 管理/更新/下载App，跟踪优惠信息。
• homebrew-cask - 体验通过命令行安装Mac软件的工具。

应用商店黑名单

第三方应用市场APP黑名单，存在盗版软件传播和下载，拒绝盗版从我做起，欢迎大家监督它们。

• 腾讯电脑管家 - 电脑管家for Mac 带应用市场。
• 迅雷Thunder Store - 迅雷Thunder for Mac 带应用市场。
• Mac软件宝箱 - Macx推出软件宝箱。
• MacHunter - Mac应用市场。

Mac App Download Sites

这里主要是推荐一些软件下载的网站，还有一些Mac OSX软件分享网站

正版/介绍

• MacUpdate：https://www.macupdate.com/
• App Shopper：http://appshopper.com/
• 类似于iOS上Cydia一样的第三方软件商店：http://hack-store.com
• 少数派：http://sspai.com/tag/Mac
• Mac玩儿法：http://www.waerfa.com

盗版软件下载网站黑名单

上面有大量的开源软件或者免费软件，拒绝盗版从我做起，下面被删除的网站提供大量破解软件下载，欢迎大家监督它们。

• 玩转苹果：http://www.ifunmac.com
• Mac软件下载站：http://www.pshezi.com
• MacPeers：http://www.macpeers.com
• Mac志：http://www.isofts.org
• Mac软件分享：http://www.waitsun.com
• AppKed：http://www.macbed.com
• 苹果软件园：http://www.maczapp.com
• Mac精品软件：http://xclient.info/
• Macx：http://www.macx.cn/

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