Collection with FREE Mac Apps and Tools

Mac AppAI

Meetily - Privacy-First AI Meeting Assistant

Meetily is an open-source AI meeting assistant that records, transcribes, and summarizes meetings locally on your Mac—no cloud bots, full privacy control.

Alternative to Otter.ai

Mac AppAI

FluidVoice - Free Local Voice Dictation for Mac

A free, open-source Mac dictation app with on-device speech models and optional local AI enhancement for private, system-wide voice typing.

Alternative to Wispr Flow

Mac AppAI

Voicebox - Open Source Local AI Voice Studio

Voicebox is a free, open-source desktop AI voice studio for local voice cloning, multi-engine TTS, system-wide dictation, and agent voice I/O without cloud lock-in.

Alternative to Wispr Flow

Mac AppProductivity

Dockside - Your Smart File Shelf for Mac

A sleek Mac app that lives beside your Dock, creating a smart shelf for files, folders, and quick access to your digital essentials.

Mac AppUtilities

Iconize Folder - Custom Folder Styling for Mac

A free Mac app to jazz up your folders with colors and icons, making file management fun and efficient.

Mac AppProductivity

Annotate

A lightweight, keyboard-driven screen annotation tool for macOS that lets you draw, highlight, and mark up anything on your screen with ease.

Mac AppUtilities

Applite

A free, open-source app manager for Mac that makes downloading, updating, and uninstalling apps a breeze with a clean interface and Homebrew power.

Mac AppProductivity

Collate AI - Your Offline PDF Assistant for Mac

A free, offline PDF reader and AI assistant for Mac that lets you read, highlight, summarize, and chat with your documents—all with total privacy.

Alternative to Adobe Acrobat

Mac AppDevelopment

Beekeeper Studio

A sleek, easy-to-use SQL editor for MySQL, PostgreSQL, SQLite, and more, with powerful features and a clutter-free interface.

Mac AppDevelopment

HTTPie - Painless API Testing for Mac

A free, cross-platform API testing tool for REST, GraphQL, and HTTP, with a sleek interface and smart features.

Mac AppUtilities

ImageOptim - Free Image Slimmer for Mac

A free, open-source tool to shrink image sizes without losing quality, with metadata cleanup and drag-and-drop ease.

Mac AppAI

LM Studio - Local LLM Runner for Mac

A free Mac app to run Large Language Models locally, chat with docs, and keep your data private—no internet needed.

Alternative to ChatGPT

Mac AppUtilities

LocalSend - Free Nearby File Sharing for Mac

A free, open-source app to securely share files between nearby devices—no internet or sign-up needed.

Mac AppProductivity

Maccy - Lightweight Clipboard Manager for Mac

A free, open-source clipboard manager for macOS that keeps your copy history handy with a fast, no-frills design.

Mac AppAI

MacWhisper - Free Local Audio Transcription for Mac

A free Mac app to transcribe audio and video locally with OpenAI’s Whisper, supporting 100+ languages and total privacy.

Alternative to Otter.ai

Mac AppAI

Ollama - Local LLM Runner for Mac

A free, open-source tool to run powerful language models like Llama and Mistral locally on your Mac with ease.

Alternative to ChatGPT

Mac AppUtilities

TopNotch - Hide Your MacBook Notch

A free Mac app that blends your MacBook Pro notch into your wallpaper for a seamless, clean look.

Mac AppUtilities

OnlySwitch - All-in-One Menu Bar Toggles for Mac

A free Mac app with quick menu bar toggles for system settings, media, and custom shortcuts—all in one spot.

Mac AppProductivity

Day Progress - Your Daily Time Tracker for Mac

A free menu bar app that visually tracks your day’s progress to keep you motivated and on top of your time.

Mac AppUtilities

Folder Peek - Quick Folder Access from Your Mac Menu Bar

A free menu bar tool for Mac that puts your favorite folders a click away with previews, search, and drag-and-drop ease.

Mac AppProductivity

Menu Bar Calendar - Quick Calendar Access for Mac

A free, simple menu bar app for Mac to view a monthly calendar and sync with Calendar or Google Calendar.

Mac AppProductivity

Plain Text Editor - Simple Notepad for Mac

A free, distraction-free Mac app for quick notes and ideas, with no rich text clutter—just pure simplicity.

Mac AppAI

AnythingLLM - Your Free AI Document Assistant for Mac

Chat with your documents using this free, open-source AI tool packed with LLM support, RAG capabilities, and custom AI agents.

Alternative to ChatGPT

Mac AppAI

ChatboxAI - Cross-Platform AI Assistant for Mac

A versatile AI assistant for Mac that blends chat, document analysis, code generation, and image creation into one powerful, privacy-focused app.

Alternative to ChatGPT

Mac AppUtilities

Dockey - Simple Mac Dock Customization

A free, lightweight tool to customize your Mac’s Dock with live previews and one-click tweaks—no Terminal required.

Mac AppUtilities

HopToDesk - Free Cross-Platform Remote Desktop

A free, secure remote desktop tool with end-to-end encryption, file sharing, and support for Mac, Windows, Linux, and more.

Alternative to TeamViewer

Mac AppUtilities

OnyX - Mac System Utility

A free, trusted Mac utility for system maintenance, file checks, and tweaking hidden settings with ease.

Alternative to CleanMyMac

Mac AppProductivity

PasteBar - Limitless Clipboard Manager for Mac

A free Mac app to supercharge your clipboard with unlimited history, custom clips, and quick access—all kept private.

Alternative to Alfred

Mac AppDevelopment

Process Spy - Advanced macOS Process Monitor

A free Mac tool to monitor, highlight, and manage processes with real-time details and smart features.

Alternative to Activity Monitor

Mac AppProductivity

ShakePin - Gesture-Based File Manager for Mac

A free Mac app that simplifies file management with a shake—pin, compress, or archive files in a snap.

Mac AppUtilities

Startup Folder - Simple Startup Manager for Mac

A free Mac app that runs apps, scripts, or links at startup—just drop them in a folder.

Mac AppDevelopment

Zed - High-Performance Code Editor for Mac

A free, Rust-built Mac editor with blazing speed, AI help, and real-time team coding tools.

Alternative to VS Code

Mac AppAI

DiffusionBee - Creative AI Tools Suite for Mac

A free, offline suite of AI creative tools for Mac, powered by Stable Diffusion, for generating images, videos, and custom models.

Alternative to Midjourney

Mac AppDevelopment

Ghostty - Fast Native Terminal Emulator

A free, blazing-fast terminal emulator for Mac and Linux with native UI, rich features, and top-notch performance.

Alternative to iTerm2

Mac AppAI

Mochi Diffusion - Native Stable Diffusion for Mac

A free, open-source Mac app to run Stable Diffusion locally on Apple Silicon, with fast image generation and privacy.

Alternative to DALL-E

Mac AppProductivity

PDFgear - AI-Powered PDF Editor for Mac

A free Mac app to edit, convert, and chat with PDFs using AI, with OCR, signatures, and more—all offline.

Alternative to Adobe Acrobat

Mac AppDevelopment

VirtualBuddy - macOS Virtualization for Apple Silicon

A free Mac app to run macOS and Linux VMs on M1/M2/M3 Macs—perfect for devs testing across systems.

Alternative to Parallels Desktop

Mac AppUtilities

ZeroDuplicates - Duplicate File Finder for Mac

A free Mac app to smartly find and safely zap duplicate files, freeing up space with ease.

Mac AppDesign

Shottr - Advanced Screenshot Tool

A fast, free Mac screenshot app with scrolling capture, OCR, and pixel-perfect tools for designers and devs.

Alternative to CleanShotX

Mac AppProductivity

Ice Menu Bar - Take Control of Your Mac Menu Bar

A free, powerful Mac app to hide, manage, and customize your menu bar with ease and style.

Mac AppUtilities

Pearcleaner - Free Mac App Cleaner

A free, source-available Mac tool to wipe apps clean, snag leftovers, and keep your system tidy with smart uninstall options.

Mac AppUtilities

QuickRecorder - Lightweight Screen Recorder for Mac

A free, open-source Mac app for simple yet powerful screen recording, with audio and camera overlays—no drivers needed.