Acid Cam
Turn webcam input or video files into glitch art by layering from a library of more than two thousand distortion filters.GetBSD-2-Clause
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Aerial
A screen saver and companion app that plays Apple TV-style aerial videos on your Mac.GetMIT
Ardour
A professional digital audio workstation for recording, editing and mixing audio and MIDI.GetGPL-2.0+
Arroxy
A yt-dlp front end with a built-in browser for downloading videos, playlists, channels and audio from YouTube and other sites.GetGPL-3.0
Audacity
Record, trim, mix, and process audio in a multitrack desktop editor.GetGPL-3.0
BetterCapture
A menu bar screen recorder with ProRes, HEVC and H.264 output, system audio plus microphone, and content filters.GetMIT
BetterShot
Screenshots, screen recording and image and video editing in one app, with OCR, a color picker and a media gallery.GetBSD-3-Clause
BlackHole
A virtual audio loopback driver for routing sound from one Mac application into another.GetGPL-3.0
Cap
Record your screen and camera, edit a polished video, and share it from your own workflow.GetAGPL-3.0
CartCut
A layer-based video editor with keyframe animation, audio mixing, captions and an MCP interface for AI agents.GetMIT
Clementine
Browse a music library, manage playlists, and listen to local tracks or internet radio.GetGPL-3.0
Cog
An audio player for lossless, lossy, tracker, MIDI and video game music formats, with ReplayGain and EQ.GetGPL-2.0
CompressO
An offline desktop app that shrinks video and image files with FFmpeg-based compression presets.GetAGPL-3.0
Doughnut
A three-column podcast app for the Mac with a library that can live on a local or network drive.GetGPL-3.0
FlowVision
Browse folders of images and videos in a waterfall-style grid, with mouse gestures for moving between folders.GetGPL-3.0
fmusic
A SwiftUI player for a local music library, with album art, tag editing and synced lyrics.GetGPL-3.0
fre:ac
A free audio converter and CD ripper with tag editing, batch conversion and support for MP3, AAC, Opus and FLAC.GetGPL-2.0+
FreeTube
Watch YouTube through a desktop client with local subscriptions and viewing preferences.GetAGPL-3.0
Gifski
Turn video clips into animated GIFs with controls for size, quality, and playback.GetMIT
gPodder
A long-running podcast client that subscribes to feeds, downloads episodes and keeps them organised offline.GetGPL-3.0+
HandBrake
Convert video files with useful presets and detailed encoding controls.GetGPL-2.0
Hydrogen
Program drum patterns and arrange them into songs with a dedicated drum machine.GetGPL-2.0
IINA
A considered video player with the controls and shortcuts Mac users expect.GetGPL-3.0
IINA+
A companion to the IINA player for watching Chinese video and live-stream sites, with danmaku comment overlays.GetGPL-3.0
ImageOptim
Reduce image file sizes through a desktop interface for established optimizers.GetGPL-2.0+
IPTVnator
An IPTV player for M3U playlists and Xtream Codes or Stalker portals, with a programme guide and favourites.GetMIT
Jellyfin Desktop
A desktop client for browsing and playing media from a Jellyfin server.GetGPL-2.0
Kap
Capture a small moment on your screen and share it as a clip.GetMIT
Kaset
An unofficial Mac player for YouTube Music and YouTube with media keys, lyrics and a play queue.GetMIT
Kdenlive
Edit multitrack video with effects, transitions, proxy workflows, and flexible export options.GetGPL-3.0
Kodi
A media center for playing and organising local and network video, music and photos.GetGPL-2.0+
Kompakt
A menu bar drop zone that shrinks or converts images and videos as soon as you drag a file onto it.GetMIT
Lap
An offline-first photo manager that works on your existing folders, with local AI search and no cloud account.GetGPL-3.0+
LICEcap
A tiny screen recorder from Cockos that captures part of the screen straight to an animated GIF.GetGPL-2.0+
Life Saver
An abstract, colourful screensaver based on Conway's Game of Life, with presets and adjustable settings.GetMPL-2.0
LMMS
Compose electronic music with a piano roll, instruments, patterns, and an effects mixer.GetGPL-2.0
LosslessCut
Trim and rearrange video or audio segments without re-encoding supported media.GetGPL-2.0
Lurar
A menu bar parametric equalizer that applies headphone EQ presets to all Mac audio without installing an audio driver.GetMIT
LyricGlow
Synced, word-by-word lyrics for Spotify and Apple Music in the menu bar or a floating window, with translation.GetMIT
LyricsX
Shows synchronized lyrics for the current song on the desktop or in the menu bar, fetched from several sources.GetMPL-2.0
Lyrimuse
Word-by-word synced lyrics for Apple Music, Spotify and other players, shown on the desktop, menu bar or notch.GetGPL-3.0
Mac Classic Player
A lightweight video and audio player modelled on Media Player Classic, with a playlist and thorough keyboard control.GetMIT
Mac Media Key Forwarder
Sends the keyboard play, pause and skip keys straight to Apple Music, Spotify, Cider or other chosen players.GetUnlicense
MacMusicPlayer
A menu bar music player for local folders, with quick song search and multiple libraries.GetMIT
macshot
A screenshot and screen recording tool with annotation, redaction, OCR, translation and scrolling capture.GetGPL-3.0
Marker Data
Export Final Cut Pro markers with stills, GIFs and metadata to CSV, spreadsheets, Notion or Airtable.GetMIT
Mixio
Set separate volumes for each app and browser tab, with a 10-band equalizer in the menu bar.GetGPL-3.0
Mixxx
Mix music with virtual decks, beat analysis, effects, and support for DJ controllers.GetGPL-2.0+
mpv
A minimal, keyboard-driven media player that handles a very wide range of video, audio and subtitle formats.GetGPL-2.0+
Museeks
A simple, clean music player for local libraries, with playlists, a queue and cover art.GetMIT
MuseScore Studio
Compose, arrange, and print sheet music with a dedicated notation editor.GetGPL-3.0
MusicBrainz Picard
Match albums to MusicBrainz and clean up the tags in a local music collection.GetGPL-2.0
MyMedia
Browse and play a local library of movies and TV shows, organized from the metadata already embedded in your files.GetMIT
Natron
Build visual effects and image composites by connecting processing nodes.GetGPL-2.0
Nuclear
Discover and play music through a desktop player that brings multiple online sources together.GetAGPL-3.0
OBS Studio
Build scenes, record your screen and broadcast live.GetGPL-2.0
Open Video Downloader
A desktop front end for yt-dlp that downloads video, audio, subtitles and playlists from many sites.GetAGPL-3.0
OpenScreen
Records your screen and turns the capture into a polished demo video with zooms, backgrounds, captions and cursor effects.GetMIT
OpenShot
Assemble clips, titles, transitions, and audio in an approachable timeline video editor.GetGPL-3.0
Parabolic
A yt-dlp front end for downloading video and audio from hundreds of sites in common formats.GetMIT
Pear Desktop
An unofficial YouTube Music desktop app with a large set of built-in plugins, formerly known as th-ch/youtube-music.GetMIT
Petrichor
An offline music player for local libraries, with smart playlists, synced lyrics and internet radio.GetMIT
PlayStatus
Control Apple Music and Spotify from the menu bar, with lyrics, play history, Last.fm scrobbling and a floating player.GetMIT
Plug
A Mac client for discovering and listening to music blogs through Hype Machine.GetMIT
Predator
A clock screensaver styled after the alien countdown display from the Predator films, with custom colours.GetApache-2.0
QuickLook Video
Adds Finder thumbnails, Quick Look previews and Get Info metadata for video and audio formats macOS does not read.GetGPL-2.0+
QuickRecorder
Record screens, windows, and apps with audio and presenter controls.GetAGPL-3.0
qView
A minimal image viewer that keeps the window free of toolbars and opens pictures quickly.GetGPL-3.0
Radiola
A lightweight internet radio player that lives in the menu bar, with a station manager and song history.GetMIT
Recordly
Record your screen and edit it into polished demos with automatic zooms, cursor smoothing and styled frames.GetAGPL-3.0
Reframed
Record your screen, a window or an iOS device, then add cursor zooms, captions and a webcam overlay before exporting.GetMIT
Screendrop
Screenshots, screen recordings and quick video messages with annotation, on-device OCR and optional self-hosted sharing.GetCC0-1.0
Screenize
Record your screen and get automatic zooms that follow your cursor, then fine-tune them on a timeline.GetApache-2.0
Shotcut
Edit videos with a multitrack timeline, filters, transitions, and flexible export settings.GetGPL-3.0
Simple Comic
A streamlined comic book reader for CBZ, CBR and image folders with minimal clicks.GetMIT
Snapzy
Capture screenshots and screen recordings from the menu bar, then annotate and edit them.GetBSD-3-Clause
SomaFM miniplayer
An unofficial menu-bar player for the listener-supported SomaFM internet radio stations.GetMIT
Sonic Visualiser
Inspect recordings with waveforms, spectrograms, annotations, and audio analysis layers.GetGPL-2.0
Spotifly
A lightweight native Spotify player that also acts as a Spotify Connect device; needs a Premium account.GetMIT
SpotMenu
Show the current Spotify or Apple Music track in the menu bar, with playback controls and hotkeys.GetMIT
Stargate
An all-in-one digital audio workstation with built-in instruments, effects, a wave editor and flexible routing.GetGPL-3.0
Subler
Mux video, audio, chapter and subtitle tracks into MP4 files and tag them with movie and TV metadata.GetGPL-2.0
Subtitle Edit
Create, synchronize, and revise subtitle files with video and waveform guidance.GetMIT
SuperCollider
Create sounds and performances with an audio programming language, synthesis server, and IDE.GetGPL-3.0
SystemEQ
A system-wide parametric equaliser with AutoEQ headphone presets, calibration tools and a visualiser.GetGPL-3.0
TBD (To Be Downloaded)
A minimal front end for yt-dlp: paste a link, get the file, or send links from your phone over local Wi-Fi.GetAGPL-3.0
VLC
A familiar media player for a wide range of files and streams.GetGPL-2.0
YesPlayMusic
A polished third-party desktop player for NetEase Cloud Music with lyrics, MVs and Last.fm scrobbling.GetMIT
YouTube Music Desktop App
An unofficial YouTube Music desktop client with custom shortcuts, Discord presence, Last.fm scrobbling and a remote-control API.GetGPL-3.0
YT Music
An unofficial standalone wrapper for YouTube Music with media keys, track notifications and Touch Bar controls.GetMIT