awesome-macOS
A curated list of awesome applications, softwares, tools and shiny things for macOS.
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Quick Overview
The iCHAIT/awesome-macOS repository is a curated list of awesome applications, software, tools, and shiny things for macOS. It serves as a comprehensive resource for macOS users, developers, and enthusiasts, providing links and brief descriptions for a wide range of software categories, from productivity tools to development environments.
Pros
- Extensive collection of macOS software across various categories
- Regularly updated with new and popular applications
- Well-organized and easy to navigate
- Community-driven, allowing contributions from users
Cons
- May become overwhelming due to the large number of listed applications
- Some links may become outdated over time
- Lacks detailed reviews or comparisons of listed software
- Primarily focuses on free and open-source software, with limited coverage of commercial options
Note: As this is not a code library, the code example and quick start sections have been omitted.
Competitor Comparisons
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Pros of awesome-macos-command-line
- Focuses specifically on command-line tools and commands, providing a more in-depth resource for power users
- Organized into clear categories, making it easier to find specific types of commands
- Includes explanations and examples for many commands, enhancing usability
Cons of awesome-macos-command-line
- Limited scope compared to awesome-macOS, which covers a broader range of macOS-related topics
- May be less accessible for beginners or users who prefer GUI-based tools
- Lacks information on third-party applications and utilities
Code Comparison
awesome-macos-command-line:
# Enable key repeating
defaults write NSGlobalDomain ApplePressAndHoldEnabled -bool false
# Show hidden files in Finder
defaults write com.apple.finder AppleShowAllFiles -bool true
awesome-macOS:
## Applications
### Productivity
- [Alfred](https://www.alfredapp.com/) - Award-winning app which boosts your efficiency with hotkeys, keywords, text expansion and more.
- [BetterTouchTool](https://folivora.ai/) - Great, feature-packed app that allows you to configure many gestures for your Magic Mouse, Macbook Trackpad, Magic Trackpad and also Mouse Gestures for normal mice.
The code comparison highlights the difference in focus between the two repositories. awesome-macos-command-line provides specific command-line instructions, while awesome-macOS lists and describes applications and tools for macOS users.
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- Focused specifically on macOS screensavers, providing a curated list of visually appealing options
- Includes direct download links and preview images for many screensavers
- Regularly updated with new and interesting screensaver additions
Cons of awesome-macos-screensavers
- Limited in scope compared to awesome-macOS, which covers a broader range of macOS applications and tools
- Lacks categorization or organization of screensavers by type or theme
- Does not provide as much context or description for each item as awesome-macOS does for its listings
Code Comparison
While both repositories are primarily curated lists, they don't contain significant code samples. However, here's a comparison of their README structures:
awesome-macos-screensavers:
# Awesome macOS Screensavers
> A curated list of screensavers for macOS.
- [Aerial](https://github.com/JohnCoates/Aerial) - Apple TV Aerial Screensaver.
awesome-macOS:
# Awesome macOS
[](https://github.com/sindresorhus/awesome)
> A curated list of awesome applications, software, tools and shiny things for macOS.
## Contents
- [Applications](#applications)
Both repositories use a similar structure for their README files, but awesome-macOS includes more detailed categorization and organization of its content.
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Cons of awesome-mac
- May be overwhelming due to the sheer amount of information
- Some links might be outdated or no longer maintained
Code comparison
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// awesome-mac
var category = $('h2');
var toc = '<ul>';
category.each(function(i) {
var text = $(this).text();
var id = $(this).attr('id');
toc += '<li><a href="#' + id + '">' + text + '</a></li>';
});
toc += '</ul>';
$('.toc').html(toc);
awesome-macOS doesn't include any JavaScript for generating a table of contents.
Both repositories use similar Markdown formatting for their lists:
- [App Name](https://app-url.com) - Brief description of the app.
The main difference lies in the organization and depth of content, rather than the code structure.
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- More extensive list of applications, categorized by functionality
- Includes app descriptions and links to both GitHub repositories and official websites
- Regularly updated with new additions and removals
Cons of open-source-mac-os-apps
- Less curated, potentially including lower-quality or less popular apps
- Lacks additional resources like articles, tutorials, or related tools
- May be overwhelming for users looking for a quick, curated list of essential apps
Code Comparison
While both repositories are primarily lists of applications and resources, they don't contain significant code. However, the structure of their README files differs:
open-source-mac-os-apps:
## Audio
- [AudioKit](https://github.com/audiokit/AudioKit) - Audio synthesis, processing, & analysis platform for iOS, macOS and tvOS. ![swift_icon]
awesome-macOS:
#### Audio
- [Audio Hijack](http://www.rogueamoeba.com/audiohijack/) - Record audio from any application like iTunes, Skype or Safari, or from hardware devices like microphones and mixers.
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Pros of config
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- Includes detailed configuration files for various tools and applications
- Regularly updated with the latest changes and improvements
Cons of config
- Less comprehensive in terms of overall macOS software recommendations
- May require more effort to adapt to individual needs and preferences
- Focused primarily on command-line tools and development environments
Code Comparison
config:
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awesome-macOS:
## Applications
### Audio
- [VOX](https://vox.rocks/mac-music-player) - Full-featured music player for macOS that can play a variety of formats including FLAC and MP3.
Summary
config provides a deep dive into personal macOS configurations, offering detailed setup files for various tools. It's ideal for users looking to adopt a pre-configured development environment or gain inspiration for their own setups.
awesome-macOS, on the other hand, serves as a comprehensive list of macOS applications and tools across various categories. It's more suitable for users seeking a broad overview of available software options for their macOS systems.
The choice between the two repositories depends on whether you're looking for a curated list of macOS applications (awesome-macOS) or a detailed, opinionated system configuration (config).
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A curated list of awesome applications, software, tools and shiny things for macOS.
Items marked with
are open-source software and link to the source code. Items marked with
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Table of Contents
- Applications
- Command Line Utilities
- macOS Utilities
- Setup
- Security
- Miscellaneous
- Discussion Forums
- Contribute
Applications
Audio
- Audio Hijack - Record audio from any application like iTunes, Skype or Safari, or from hardware devices like microphones and mixers.
- Audio Profile Manager - Allows you to pin input/output devices for each particular combination of connected devices. May suppress HDMI displays from being chosen.
- BackgroundMusic - Record system audio, control audio levels for individual apps, and automatically pauses your music player when other audio starts playing and unpauses it afterwards.
- krisp - AI-powered app that removes background noise and echo from meetings leaving only human voice.
- Plug - Discover and listen to music from Hype Machine.
- Recordia - Record audio directly from the menu bar or with a global keyboard shortcut.
- VOX Player - Play numerous lossy and lossless audio formats.
- XLD - Rip/Decode/convert/play various "lossless" audio files.
Backup
- Arq - Encrypted backups to Amazon, Dropbox, Google, OneDrive, etc.
- Carbon Copy Cloner - Create incremental and fully bootable backups of your Mac to external storage.
Chat Clients
- ChitChat - A native Mac app wrapper for WhatsApp Web.
- Telegram - A messaging app with a focus on speed and security, itâs super fast, simple and free.
- Textual - An Internet Relay Chat (IRC) client.
Data Recovery
- Data Rescue - Comprehensive and professional data recovery for a multitude of scenarios.
- DiskWarrior - Recover from filesystem corruptions when Disk Utility is out of options.
Developers
- Anvil - Serve up static sites and Rack apps with simple URLs and zero configuration.
- Base 2 - A GUI for managing SQLite databases.
- CocoaRestClient - An app for testing REST endpoints.
- Cork - A fast, intuitive Homebrew GUI
- Dash - An API Documentation Browser and Code Snippet Manager.
- Decode - Converts Xcode Interface Builder files (Xib and Storyboard files) to Swift source code.
- Fork - a fast and friendly git client for Mac.
- DevUtils - All-in-one toolbox for developers. 42+ beautifully crafted useful developer tools, native macOS app, work offline.
- Gas Mask - A simple hosts file manager which allows editing of host files and switching between them.
- gitbar - Open source github contribution stats on your Menu Bar.
- GitUp - A simple but powerful Git macOS app.
- GitX-dev - A fork (variant) of GitX, maintained and enhanced with productivity oriented changes.
- Hopper Dissassembler - A Dissassembler for MacOS and Linux. Has a Demo option for 30 minutes of productivity.
- Hosts - Edit hosts file.
- Iconology - Edit Icons and then Export to Xcode, Icns, Ico, Favicon, Mac Iconset, or a Custom List of Sizes.
- ImageAlpha - Apply lossy compression on PNG files with or without transparency for more efficient files.
- ImageOptim - Makes images take up less disk space and load faster.
- Integrity - Easily find your website's broken links.
- Kaleidoscope - Powerful diff and merge application supporting text, images, and folders.
- Knuff - The debug application for Apple Push Notification Service (APNs).
- Medis - A modern GUI for Redis.
- Pasteboard Viewer - Inspect the system pasteboards.
- Paw - The ultimate REST client.
- pgMagic - A PostgreSQL client that lets you talk to your database in SQL or natural language.
- Pods Updater - A macOS app which helps you manage dependency releases in your Podfile.
- Postico - A modern PostgreSQL client.
- Postgres.app - The easiest way to get started with PostgreSQL.
- Proxyman - High-performance man-in-the-middle proxy to observe and manipulate HTTP/HTTPS requests.
- Pusher - A free tool to do sandbox push notifications.
- PSequel - A PostgreSQL GUI tool.
- QorumLogs - Swift Logging Utility for Xcode & Google Docs.
- Quiver - A delightful notebook for programmers that allows mixing rich text, code, markdown, LaTeX, and graphs.
- Sequel Ace - A MySQL & MariaDB database manager.
- Sequel Pro - A MySQL database manager.
- SnippetsLab - Manage and organise snippets of code.
- SourceTree - A free Git & Mercurial client.
- Swiftify - Objective-C to Swift code converter and Xcode & Finder extensions.
- TablePlus - A modern, native GUI for multiple databases.
- Touch Bar Simulator - The macOS Touch Bar Simulator as a standalone app.
- Tower - The most powerful Git client.
- Trailer - Configurable menubar Git notifications with accompanying native iOS app.
- Unused - An app for checking Xcode projects for unused resources.
- Vagrant Manager - Manage your vagrant machines in one place with Vagrant Manager for macOS.
- Versions - SVN GUI client for Mac.
- WWDC - The WWDC app.
- Xcodes - Install and switch between multiple versions of Xcode.
E-Book Utilities
- Kindle App - Amazon Kindle App for macOS.
Editors
- CotEditor - Lightweight plain-text editor for macOS.
- Emacs - Port of Emacs to work as an macOS app.
- MacVim - Vim, the text editor.
- Nova - The beautiful, fast, flexible, native Mac code editor from Panic.
- Sublime Text 3 - The sophisticated text editor.
- TextMate - A graphical text editor.
- VimR - Vim, refined.
Email Utilities
- Airmail - Lightning fast email client designed for El Capitan.
- MailMate - Advanced IMAP email client, featuring extensive keyboard control and Markdown support.
- Mailplane - A tightly integreted client for Google Mail, Inbox, Calender, and Contacts.
Finder
- ForkLift - File Manager and FTP/SFTP/WebDAV/Amazon S3 client.
- Path Finder - A powerful dual-pane browser alternative to Finder.
- Quicklook-Plugins - List of extra quicklook plugins to enable previewing more filetypes in the Finder.
- TotalFinder - A powerful alternative to Finder.
- XtraFinder - Adds useful features to Finder.
Games
- Battle for Wesnoth - Turn-based tactical strategy game, featuring both single-player and online multiplayer combat.
- Boxer - The DOS game emulator thatâs fit for your Mac.
- Dolphin - A powerful, Open Source emulator for Nintendo GameCube and Wii games.
- OpenEmu - Multiple Video Game System.
- Screentendo - Turn your screen into a playable level of Mario.
- Stockfish - Beautiful, powerful chess application.
Graphics
- Acorn - A very Mac-like image editor with a comprehensive feature set.
- Affinity Designer - Vector image design tool, possible Adobe Illustrator alternative.
- Affinity Photo - Raster image design tool, possible Adobe Photoshop alternative.
- GifCapture - Record GIF screencasts.
- GIPHY Capture - Capture and share GIFs on the desktop.
- Image2icon - Create and personalize icons from your pictures.
- macSVG - Design and edit SVG content for web, mobile, and animation.
- OmniGraffle - An app for creating precise, beautiful graphics.
- Pixea - An image viewer for macOS with a nice minimal modern user interface.
- Pixelmator - Powerful image editor, possible Photoshop alternative.
- Sketch - Hybrid vector/bitmap layout application, especially useful for UI, web and mobile design.
- Sketch Toolbox - A super simple plugin manager for Sketch.
- xScope - Tools for measuring, inspecting and testing on-screen graphics and layouts.
News Readers
- hacker-menu - Hacker News Delivered to Desktop.
- NetNewsWire - A classic RSS reader reacquired by its original author and rewritten for modern macOS.
- ReadKit - Have all your Instapaper, Pocket, etc. feeds in one place even when you're offline.
- Reeder - News reader that integrates with with Feedbin, Feedly, and other popular services.
- Vienna - RSS/Atom newsreader.
Productivity
- Alfred - Boosts your efficiency and productivity.
- BetterTouchTool - Configure gestures for mouse and actions for keyboard shortcuts.
- ClipMenu - ClipBoard History Manager.
- CloudClip - Sync your clipboard between your Mac and your iOS devices.
- Dropzone - Create a popup grid of customizable actions that enhance productivity on your Mac.
- f.lux - Automatically adjust your computer screen to match lighting.
- Fantastical - Complete Calendar app replacement which uses natural language for creating events.
- Hazel - Create rules to automatically keep your files organized.
- HazeOver - Turn distractions down and focus on your current task.
- HyperDock - Select individual application window.
- iCMD - Fuzzy menubar search and vim emulation.
- Instant Translate - Translate speech and text between 100+ languages from the menu bar.
- ItsyCal - A tiny menubar calendar to display your Mac Calendar app events.
- Karabiner - A powerful keyboard customizer.
- Keyboard Maestro - Automate routine actions based on triggers from keyboard, menu, location, added devices, and more.
- Keytty - Enables you to control your mouse with a few key strokes. Mouse Keys Alternative.
- LaunchBar - Start applications, navigate folders, manipulate files, control your Mac and much more just by using the keyboard.
- MeetingBar - Your meetings in MacOS status bar
- MenubarX - A powerful menu bar browser.
- OmniFocus - An incredible task management platform for Mac, iPad, and iPhone.
- OmniOutliner - Perfect for collecting information, outlining ideas, adding structure to any sort of writing, and much more.
- Pandan - Time awareness in your menu bar.
- Paste - The new way to copy & paste for Mac.
- PDF Archiver - A nice tool for tagging and archiving tasks.
- PopClip - Instantly copy & paste, access actions like search, spelling, dictionary and more.
- Presentify - Annotate anything on screen, be it, images, pdfs, videos, code, etc.
- Qbserve - Automatic time and project tracking, timesheets, invoicing, and real-time productivity feedback.
- Quicksilver - Control your Mac quickly and elegantly.
- Rocket - Makes typing emoji faster and easier using Slack-style shortcuts.
- SelfControl - Block access to distracting websites.
- Simplenote - Simple cross-platform note taking app with cloud-based syncing.
- Taskade - Real-time organization and task management tool.
- TaskPaper - Plain text to-do lists.
- Telephone - A SIP softphone. Make phone calls over the Internet or your companyâs network.
- TextExpander - Create custom keyboard shortcuts for frequently-used text and pictures.
- Timing - Automatic time and productivity tracking for Mac. Helps you stay on track with your work and ensures no billable hours get lost if you are billing hourly.
Sharing Files
- CloudApp - Capture and share files and screenshots instantly.
- Jumpshare - Real-time file sharing app with support for instantly sharing code / Markdown, annotating screenshots, screen recording, and voice recording.
- mac2imgur - Upload images and screenshots to Imgur.
- Monosnap - Annotate and upload images and screenshots, supports many backends like S3, SFTP, WebDAV, Dropbox, etc.
- Transmission - Simple, lightweight, multi-platform torrent client.
Terminal
- iTerm 2 - A terminal emulator.
Utilities
- 1Password - Password Manager and Secure Wallet.
- AnyBar - A menubar status indicator.
- APNGb - .apng image assembler/disassembler app.
- AppCleaner - Uninstall your apps easily.
- Artify - A macOS X application for bringing dedicatedly 18th century Arts to everyone.
- Bartender - Organize your menu bar apps.
- Batch Image Resizer - Resize a large number of images quickly on your computer.
- BeardedSpice - Control web based media players with the media keys found on Mac keyboards.
- BetterZip - A very capable and full-featured archive manager.
- BitBar - Display output of any script to the menu bar.
- Burn - No-nonsense burning of Data/Audio/Video CDs and DVDs, including copying.
- CheatSheet - Know your short cuts.
- ClipboardCleaner - Automatically removes text formatting from the clipboard.
- CommandQ - Never accidentally quit an app again.
- ControlPlane - Automate running tasks based on where you are or what you do.
- DaisyDisk - Analyze disk usage and free up disk space.
- Deliveries - Beautiful and simple package tracking.
- DisableMonitor - Easily disable or enable a monitor on your Mac.
- Dozer - Hide MacOS menubar items.
- EtreCheck - Output system information and configuration to get more informed help from Apple support professionals.
- Equinox - Create macOS dynamic wallpapers.
- Fanny - Notification Center widget and menu bar application to monitor your Mac's fans and CPU temperature.
- Finicky - App that allows you to set rules that decide which browser is opened for every link.
- Flotato - Use any web site as a beautiful Mac app.
- Fluid - Turn web applications into Mac applications.
- gfxCardStatus - Menu bar app to monitor and switch between integrated and discrete GPUs on MacBook Pro.
- Gray - Pick between the light appearance and the dark appearance on a per-app basis with the click of a button.
- Helium - A floating browser window that allows you to watch media while you work.
- Irvue - Thousands of stunning photos and wallpapers from Unsplash on your Mac.
- iStat Menus - An advanced system monitor for your menubar.
- Jiffy - Discover and share the best GIFs on GIPHY.
- Kawa - A better input source switcher with shortcuts.
- KeepingYouAwake - Menu bar utility that prevents Mac from going to sleep.
- Keka - Compress to and extract from many archive file formats.
- Knock - Unlock your Mac quickly and securely.
- LaunchControl - Create, manage and debug launchd services.
- Loading - See when apps are using your network in your Mac menubar.
- Little Snitch - Protect your privacy.
- MacDown - Markdown editor.
- Mackup - Keep your application settings in sync.
- MacPass - Password Manager.
- Media Converter - Simple (drag and drop) but advanced media conversion.
- Menubar Colors - Convenient access to the system color panel.
- MenuMeters - A set of CPU, memory, disk, and network monitoring tools for macOS.
- MonitorControl - Control your display's brightness and volume on your Mac as if it was a native Apple Display. Use Apple Keyboard keys or custom shortcuts. Shows the native macOS OSDs.
- Monodraw - A powerful ASCII art editor.
- Mounty - A tiny tool to re-mount write-protected NTFS volumes under macOS 10.9+ in read-write mode.
- Noizio - Ambient sound equalizer for relaxation or productivity.
- Notational Velocity - Store, retrieve and sync notes within a minimal GUI.
- Noti - Receive Android notifications on your mac (with PushBullet).
- Numi - Beautiful calculator app.
- OnyX - Multifunction utility to verify disks and files, run cleaning and system maintenance tasks, configure hidden options and more.
- Paparazzi - A small utility that makes screenshots of webpages.
- Paragon NTFS - World fastest NTFS driver.
- Radio Silence - Simple to use firewall and network monitor.
- Microsoft Remote Desktop Connection Client - Remote Desktop Connection Client lets you connect from your Macintosh computer to a Windows-based computer.
- RDM - Easily set Mac Retina display to higher unsupported resolutions.
- Site Sucker - Automatically download websites from the Internet.
- ShiftIt - Managing windows size and position.
- SlowQuitApps - Prevent accidental Cmd-Q.
- SmartCapsLock - Makes the Caps Lock key smarter, so that when the key accidentally gets activated and you START YELLING even though you don't want to, you can just select the yelling-text and press the key again to instantly fix its case instead of typing everything all over again.
- Soulver - Beautiful expressive calculator.
- SSH Tunnel - Manage your SSH tunnels, tightly integrated with macOS Keychain, secure and intuitive.
- Strongbox - Secure Password Management for iOS and MacOS. Open Source. Compatible with KeePass and Password Safe.
- TeamViewer - Remotely control another computer.
- TextBar - TextBar is a tiny but powerful app that lets you add any text to your MenuBar.
- Typeeto - Lets you use your Mac's keyboard as a bluetooth keyboard to type on another devices.
- Typora - Another minimal Markdown editor.
- Ukelele - Unicode Keyboard Layout Editor.
- Ãbersicht - Run system commands and display their output on your desktop as widgets.
- The Unarchiver - Unarchive many different kinds of archive files.
- Wineskin - Run Windows applications and games on your Mac.
Video
- HandBrake - High performance video encoding and conversion tools with a nice GUI.
- IINA - Media player with a minimalist design.
- mpv - Media player.
- ScreenFlow - Screencasting and video editing software.
- Subler - Mux and tag MP4 files.
- Subtitlr - Drag and drop subititle download utility.
Window Management
- Amethyst - Window manager (automatically keep windows sized in grids).
- Divvy Window Manager - Window management for tiling your windows.
- Hammerspoon - Extremely powerful scripting engine for macOS.
- Hummingbird - Easily move and resize windows without mouse clicks, from anywhere within a window.
- Moom - Move and zoom windows, super light weight and customizable.
- Phoenix - A lightweight window and app manager scriptable with JavaScript.
- Rectangle - Easily organize windows without using a mouse.
- Stay - Resize/position windows when displays change.
- Swish - Control windows and applications with trackpad gestures.
- yabai - Tiling window manager with focus follows mouse.
Others
- Aerial - Apple TV Aerial Screensaver for Mac.
- Catch - The easiest way to use ShowRSS.
- Clocker - Check time in multiple timezones from your Mac menubar.
- Juice - Make your battery information a bit more interesting.
- Sonora - A minimal, beautifully designed music player.
- Spillo - Powerful, beautiful and fast Pinboard client.
- Transmit - A FTP client.
Command Line Utilities
- Awesome macOS Command Line - Use your macOS terminal shell to do awesome things.
- m-cli -  Swiss Army Knife for macOS.
- Mac-CLI -  macOS command line tools for developers.
- mas - A CLI for the Mac App Store.
macOS Utilities
- Bluetooth Debug Menu - Factory reset devices and more.
- Command Line Utilities Part 1
- Command Line Utilities Part 2
- EnvPane - An preference pane for environment variables.
- Glances - System monitoring tool that runs in terminal.
- Thread on StackExchange
Setup
DevMyMac
laptop
mac-dev-setup
macbook-playbook
Ansible playbook to configure a development and desktop environment from a clean macOS install.
macOS 10.9 Mavericks Setup
- https://gist.github.com/kevinelliott/3135044
- https://gist.github.com/kimmobrunfeldt/350f4898d1b82cf10bce
macOS 10.10 Yosemite Setup
macOS 10.11 El Capitan Setup
macOS 10.12 Sierra Setup
macOS 10.13 High Sierra Setup
macOS 10.14 Mojave Setup
macOS 10.15 Catalina Setup
Security
- GPG Suite - Full GPG toolkit with easy to understand GUI applications and Mail.app plugin.
- LinkLiar - Menu application written in Swift to help you spoof the MAC addresses of your Wi-Fi and Ethernet interfaces.
- macchanger by acrogenesis - Easily change your MAC Address
- macchanger by shilch - Change / spoof MAC address (random, custom and restore).
- MIDAS - Intrusion Detection Analysis System.
- OS-X-Security-and-Privacy-Guide
- OSXCollector - Forensic evidence collection & analysis toolkit.
- Pareto Security - A MenuBar app to automatically audit your Mac for basic security hygiene.
- santa - A binary whitelisting/blacklisting system.
- Shimo - Fully-featured VPN client for Mac.
- SimpleumSafe - Encrypt, organize and sync files with macOS or iOS.
- tinc - Secure mesh VPN software.
- Tunnelblick - Easy to use OpenVPN client and GUI.
- VeraCrypt - Free and open source disk encryption software.
- Viscosity - Fully-featured OpenVPN client, ready for enterprise deployment.
Miscellaneous
Discussion Forums
IRC channels
MacRumors
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License
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