Software Developer Mac Apps

• Visual Studio Code

  2,968 162,961 10.0 TypeScript

  Visual Studio Code

  

  For development/Debugging: 1. VSCode - Got used to the key bindings and integrated terminal, so now it's really hard to switch 2. Requestly - For easily setting up local debugging environments. I am less of a UI guy, so this allows me to use the live UI of a deployed site, and redirect whichever request I want to play with to my local server. 3. Wireshark - To better understand a network protocol.

• SaaSHub

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  SaaSHub - Software Alternatives and Reviews. SaaSHub helps you find the best software and product alternatives

  

• orbstack

  44 5,269 2.8 Shell

  Fast, light, simple Docker containers & Linux machines

  

  https://orbstack.dev/ - Better Docker Experience

• obsidian-releases

  1,671 9,299 9.9 JavaScript

  Community plugins list, theme list, and releases of Obsidian.

  

  `cask "obsidian"` [link][free] for all markdown notes

• HomeBrew

  1,315 40,986 10.0 Ruby

  🍺 The missing package manager for macOS (or Linux)

  

  Hyper in conjunction with fig (I also have iterm2, but I like Hyper pretty well) and brew.

• iTerm2

  190 15,182 9.8 Objective-C

  iTerm2 is a terminal emulator for Mac OS X that does amazing things.

  iTerm2, since Terminal.app doesn't support 24-bit colors and I used Neovim for some time. I now use Neovide for Neovim, so all I use iTerm2 for now is the UI (I have a theme I like, plus dark mode actually works).

• autocomplete

  167 24,546 9.5 TypeScript

  IDE-style autocomplete for your existing terminal & shell

  

  These are just apps I directly use. You may also like e.g. Fig if you work in the command line and like knowing what actions are supported, though I find Oh My Zsh with autocompletion + on tab suitable.

• secretive

  24 7,166 6.7 Swift

  Store SSH keys in the Secure Enclave

  Secretive, which replaces painfully managing SSH keys from the command line / editor. Getting a Touch ID prompt is so much better, though migrating computers will suck.

• sublime_text

  291 804 0.0

  Issue tracker for Sublime Text

  

  Visual Studio Code, since it has a lot of tools I need (though, I don't enjoy using it). Zed is similar but also new, so it doesn't have extensions but is much more pleasant to use (think like a modernized Sublime Text).

• ohmyzsh

  581 172,848 9.6 Shell

  🙃 A delightful community-driven (with 2,400+ contributors) framework for managing your zsh configuration. Includes 300+ optional plugins (rails, git, macOS, hub, docker, homebrew, node, php, python, etc), 140+ themes to spice up your morning, and an auto-update tool that makes it easy to keep up with the latest updates from the community.

  

  These are just apps I directly use. You may also like e.g. Fig if you work in the command line and like knowing what actions are supported, though I find Oh My Zsh with autocompletion + on tab suitable.

• neovim

  1,403 82,158 10.0 Vim Script

  Vim-fork focused on extensibility and usability

  

  iTerm2, since Terminal.app doesn't support 24-bit colors and I used Neovim for some time. I now use Neovide for Neovim, so all I use iTerm2 for now is the UI (I have a theme I like, plus dark mode actually works).

• neovide

  110 12,798 9.1 Rust

  No Nonsense Neovim Client in Rust

  

  iTerm2, since Terminal.app doesn't support 24-bit colors and I used Neovim for some time. I now use Neovide for Neovim, so all I use iTerm2 for now is the UI (I have a theme I like, plus dark mode actually works).

• iina

  231 37,900 9.5 Swift

  The modern video player for macOS.

  

  Xcode, since I work on apps (plus it's useful to build existing ones, like IINA).

• sample-food-truck

  3 1,722 10.0 Swift

  SwiftUI sample code from WWDC22

  

  Food Truck (if you can count it), which is a reference app for demonstrating how to use SwiftUI.

• CotEditor

  49 6,370 9.9 Swift

  Lightweight Plain-Text Editor for macOS

  

  CotEditor, which is like TextEdit except actually useful for non-text documents (e.g. I write a lot of Markdown in it).

• hyperterm

  86 43,239 9.1 TypeScript

  A terminal built on web technologies

  

  Hyper in conjunction with fig (I also have iterm2, but I like Hyper pretty well) and brew.

• TablePlus

  60 3,410 0.0

  TablePlus macOS issue tracker

  

• Proxyman

  44 5,562 6.0

  Modern. Native. Delightful Web Debugging Proxy for macOS, iOS, and Android ⚡️

  

• ray

  17 572 7.8 PHP

  Debug with Ray to fix problems faster (by spatie)

  

  https://myray.app/ (when not xdebugging)

• insomnia

  237 34,481 9.8 JavaScript

  The open-source, cross-platform API client for GraphQL, REST, WebSockets, SSE and gRPC. With Cloud, Local and Git storage.

  

  https://insomnia.rest/ or https://paw.cloud/

• XcodesApp

  63 6,875 8.6 Swift

  The easiest way to install and switch between multiple versions of Xcode - with a mouse click.

  

  Xcodes. Environment manager used to download…

• feeds

  42 720 8.5

  Collection of Dash docset feeds

  Dash. Look up documentation really fast. Also useful for system wide snippets.

• Lepton

  5 10,146 3.7 JavaScript

  💻 Democratizing Snippet Management (macOS/Win/Linux)

  `cask "lepton"` [link][oss] + `cask "masscode"` [link][oss] for storing snippets as github gists or locally

• Newman

  284 6,857 7.4 JavaScript

  Newman is a command-line collection runner for Postman

  

  `cask "postman" [link][free] for anything API

• beekeeper-studio

  62 16,347 9.9 TypeScript

  Modern and easy to use SQL client for MySQL, Postgres, SQLite, SQL Server, and more. Linux, MacOS, and Windows.

  

  `cask "beekeeper-studio"` [link][oss] for anything database

• vscodium

  545 25,073 9.3 Shell

  binary releases of VS Code without MS branding/telemetry/licensing

  

  `cask "vscodium"` [link][oss] IDE of choice, I used to use vscode, but prefer the no-telemetry version.

• lens

  116 22,490 9.3 TypeScript

  Lens - The way the world runs Kubernetes

  

  `cask "lens"` [link][oss] for managing Kubernetes clusters

• Amethyst

  150 14,687 6.2 Swift

  Automatic tiling window manager for macOS à la xmonad.

  `cask "amethyst"` [link][oss] for `i3` like window management

• alacritty

  361 55,886 8.9 Rust

  A cross-platform, OpenGL terminal emulator.

  

  `cask "alacritty"` [link][oss] terminal of choice, super fast and lightweight. Set up to start everything in `tmux` giving me native tabs / window splitting.

• nushell

  217 31,872 9.9 Rust

  A new type of shell

  

  Nushell as default shell

• yt-dlp

  2,375 83,941 9.8 Python

  A feature-rich command-line audio/video downloader

  

  Apple Shortcuts as an interface for my most used ffmpeg, yt-dlp and other frequently used scripts

• kdiff3

  2 459 9.5 C++

  Utility for comparing and merging files and directories

  

  kdiff3 to compare and merge files and directories

• FFmpeg

  493 45,210 10.0 C

  Mirror of https://git.ffmpeg.org/ffmpeg.git

  

  Apple Shortcuts as an interface for my most used ffmpeg, yt-dlp and other frequently used scripts

• Hoppscotch

  221 64,188 9.6 TypeScript

  Open source API development ecosystem.

  

  Hoppscotch - Amazin

• Requestly

  40 2,404 9.8 TypeScript

  Requestly was built to save developers time by intercepting and modifying HTTP Requests. It has now developed into an open-source alternative to Charles Proxy and Telerik Fiddler that works directly in browsers without VPN and proxy Issues. It is used by more than 200,000+ front-end developers and 11,000+ companies worldwide.

  

  For development/Debugging: 1. VSCode - Got used to the key bindings and integrated terminal, so now it's really hard to switch 2. Requestly - For easily setting up local debugging environments. I am less of a UI guy, so this allows me to use the live UI of a deployed site, and redirect whichever request I want to play with to my local server. 3. Wireshark - To better understand a network protocol.

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