# Open source mac apps I love

DevFeed: [Open source mac apps I love](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/open-source-mac-apps-i-love-37328.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://muffinman.io/blog/open-source-mac-apps-i-love/>)

Author: Stanko

Published: 2024-11-09T00:00:00Z

Content type: article

Language: en

Sources: [Stanko Tadić](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/stanko-tadic.md>)

Topics: [Open Source](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/open-source.md>), [App](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/app.md>), [GUI](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/gui.md>), [Homebrew](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/homebrew.md>), [dropbox](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/dropbox.md>), [keyboard](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/keyboard.md>)

Tags: [apps](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/apps.md>), [bash](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/bash.md>), [dropbox](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/dropbox.md>), [gui](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/gui.md>), [keyboard](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/keyboard.md>), [mac](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/mac.md>), [open-source](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/open-source.md>), [optimization](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/optimization.md>), [tools](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/tools.md>)

## AI overview

The article recommends a selection of free, open-source Mac applications that the author uses regularly, including menu-bar utilities, image optimization software, keyboard customization, clipboard management, Dropbox access, terminal integration, window tiling, and command-line tools. It also provides Homebrew installation commands for the listed applications.

## Source excerpt

I want to share some really nice open-source applications I use on a daily basis. I did a similar post about six years ago, so I felt there is a need for an updated one. I focused on the apps that I feel are really convenient but less known. All of the applications listed are free and open source. For each app, I included a brew install command. If you happen to like and use them, please consider donating to their respective authors. Here are all of the apps in alphabetical order: GUI Applications Hidden Bar ImageOption Itsycal Karabiner-Elements Keeping You Awake Maccy Maestral OpenInTerminal Pearcleaner Pika Rectangle Bash programs dust ripgrep tio zoxide GUI Applications # Hidden Bar # GitHub brew install hiddenbar Hidden Bar allows you to hide icons from the menu bar. It seems that every app nowadays wants to be in the menu bar, and this helps declutter it. ImageOptim # GitHub | Website brew install imageoptim As its name suggests, ImageOptim optimizes images. It is a UI for a bunch of lossless image optimization tools. Just drop your images and it will compress them without losing any quality. Itsycal # GitHub | Website brew install itsycal A small calendar that lives in your menu bar. Why is this not built into the operating system? Karabiner-Elements # GitHub | Website brew install karabiner-elements I just can't get used to Apple's international keyboard layout and the tilde being in the bottom left. Karabiner solves that. It's a keyboard customizer that allows you to remap keys and create complex modifications. Keeping You Awake # GitHub | Website brew install keepingyouawake Prevents your Mac from going to sleep by clicking on its icon in the menu bar. I use it when I'm running my pen plotter to make sure the laptop doesn't go to sleep. Maccy # GitHub | Website brew install maccy A clipboard manager. It saves your clipboard history and allows you to quickly access it. Maestral # GitHub | Website brew install maestral A lightweight Dropbox client. The offic