Hackintosh / MacOS free tools

This page summarizes the projects mentioned and recommended in the original post on /r/hackintosh

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  • eul

    🖥️ macOS status monitoring app written in SwiftUI.

    Eul - i prefer that over stats

  • RDM

    Discontinued Easily set Mac Retina display to higher unsupported resolutions

    Here is link number 1 - Previous text "RDM"

  • WorkOS

    The modern identity platform for B2B SaaS. The APIs are flexible and easy-to-use, supporting authentication, user identity, and complex enterprise features like SSO and SCIM provisioning.

  • MonitorControl

    🖥 Control your display's brightness & volume on your Mac as if it was a native Apple Display. Use Apple Keyboard keys or custom shortcuts. Shows the native macOS OSDs.

    As a slimmer alternative to Lunar, I use monitorControl (https://github.com/MonitorControl/MonitorControl) to control brightness of external monitors

  • LuLu

    LuLu is the free macOS firewall

    - Lulu : user friendly and easy to use firewall - Stats : monitoring your hack/mac hardware (temps, fans, HDD, SSD...), basically a copy of iStat Menu but free - KeepingYouAwake : keep your hack/mac awake (prevent from going to sleep mode without modifying system parameters) - Hackintool : The Swiss army knife of vanilla Hackintoshing (must have) - HoRNDIS : use your Android phone's native USB tethering mode to get internet access - AppCleaner : thoroughly uninstall apps - AppPolice : quickly throttle down the CPU usage of any running process - Onyx : clean and configure your hack/mac - HandBrake : open source video transcoder - Shutter Encoder: easy to use video transcoder - Keka : lightweight and powerful file archiver - Sublime Text : lightweight and powerful text editor - SuperDuper! : backup your disks, make the copy bootable if necessary - Teamviewer : control your hack/mac from another device (phone/computer/tablet) - VirusTotalUploader : check for malware inside a file - Malwarebytes : scan your system drive for malware - WineBottler : use Windows apps on MacOS - Karabiner-Elements : configure your keyboard as you want (useful to configure hotkeys on a windows keyboard) - IriunWebcam : use your phone as a wireless webcam - DaVinci Resolve: professional video editing software - Shifty : get more control over Nigh Shift

  • sublime_text

    Issue tracker for Sublime Text

    - Lulu : user friendly and easy to use firewall - Stats : monitoring your hack/mac hardware (temps, fans, HDD, SSD...), basically a copy of iStat Menu but free - KeepingYouAwake : keep your hack/mac awake (prevent from going to sleep mode without modifying system parameters) - Hackintool : The Swiss army knife of vanilla Hackintoshing (must have) - HoRNDIS : use your Android phone's native USB tethering mode to get internet access - AppCleaner : thoroughly uninstall apps - AppPolice : quickly throttle down the CPU usage of any running process - Onyx : clean and configure your hack/mac - HandBrake : open source video transcoder - Shutter Encoder: easy to use video transcoder - Keka : lightweight and powerful file archiver - Sublime Text : lightweight and powerful text editor - SuperDuper! : backup your disks, make the copy bootable if necessary - Teamviewer : control your hack/mac from another device (phone/computer/tablet) - VirusTotalUploader : check for malware inside a file - Malwarebytes : scan your system drive for malware - WineBottler : use Windows apps on MacOS - Karabiner-Elements : configure your keyboard as you want (useful to configure hotkeys on a windows keyboard) - IriunWebcam : use your phone as a wireless webcam - DaVinci Resolve: professional video editing software - Shifty : get more control over Nigh Shift

  • stats

    macOS system monitor in your menu bar

    - Lulu : user friendly and easy to use firewall - Stats : monitoring your hack/mac hardware (temps, fans, HDD, SSD...), basically a copy of iStat Menu but free - KeepingYouAwake : keep your hack/mac awake (prevent from going to sleep mode without modifying system parameters) - Hackintool : The Swiss army knife of vanilla Hackintoshing (must have) - HoRNDIS : use your Android phone's native USB tethering mode to get internet access - AppCleaner : thoroughly uninstall apps - AppPolice : quickly throttle down the CPU usage of any running process - Onyx : clean and configure your hack/mac - HandBrake : open source video transcoder - Shutter Encoder: easy to use video transcoder - Keka : lightweight and powerful file archiver - Sublime Text : lightweight and powerful text editor - SuperDuper! : backup your disks, make the copy bootable if necessary - Teamviewer : control your hack/mac from another device (phone/computer/tablet) - VirusTotalUploader : check for malware inside a file - Malwarebytes : scan your system drive for malware - WineBottler : use Windows apps on MacOS - Karabiner-Elements : configure your keyboard as you want (useful to configure hotkeys on a windows keyboard) - IriunWebcam : use your phone as a wireless webcam - DaVinci Resolve: professional video editing software - Shifty : get more control over Nigh Shift

  • Keka

    The macOS & iOS file archiver

    - Lulu : user friendly and easy to use firewall - Stats : monitoring your hack/mac hardware (temps, fans, HDD, SSD...), basically a copy of iStat Menu but free - KeepingYouAwake : keep your hack/mac awake (prevent from going to sleep mode without modifying system parameters) - Hackintool : The Swiss army knife of vanilla Hackintoshing (must have) - HoRNDIS : use your Android phone's native USB tethering mode to get internet access - AppCleaner : thoroughly uninstall apps - AppPolice : quickly throttle down the CPU usage of any running process - Onyx : clean and configure your hack/mac - HandBrake : open source video transcoder - Shutter Encoder: easy to use video transcoder - Keka : lightweight and powerful file archiver - Sublime Text : lightweight and powerful text editor - SuperDuper! : backup your disks, make the copy bootable if necessary - Teamviewer : control your hack/mac from another device (phone/computer/tablet) - VirusTotalUploader : check for malware inside a file - Malwarebytes : scan your system drive for malware - WineBottler : use Windows apps on MacOS - Karabiner-Elements : configure your keyboard as you want (useful to configure hotkeys on a windows keyboard) - IriunWebcam : use your phone as a wireless webcam - DaVinci Resolve: professional video editing software - Shifty : get more control over Nigh Shift

  • InfluxDB

    Power Real-Time Data Analytics at Scale. Get real-time insights from all types of time series data with InfluxDB. Ingest, query, and analyze billions of data points in real-time with unbounded cardinality.

  • KeepingYouAwake

    Prevents your Mac from going to sleep.

    - Lulu : user friendly and easy to use firewall - Stats : monitoring your hack/mac hardware (temps, fans, HDD, SSD...), basically a copy of iStat Menu but free - KeepingYouAwake : keep your hack/mac awake (prevent from going to sleep mode without modifying system parameters) - Hackintool : The Swiss army knife of vanilla Hackintoshing (must have) - HoRNDIS : use your Android phone's native USB tethering mode to get internet access - AppCleaner : thoroughly uninstall apps - AppPolice : quickly throttle down the CPU usage of any running process - Onyx : clean and configure your hack/mac - HandBrake : open source video transcoder - Shutter Encoder: easy to use video transcoder - Keka : lightweight and powerful file archiver - Sublime Text : lightweight and powerful text editor - SuperDuper! : backup your disks, make the copy bootable if necessary - Teamviewer : control your hack/mac from another device (phone/computer/tablet) - VirusTotalUploader : check for malware inside a file - Malwarebytes : scan your system drive for malware - WineBottler : use Windows apps on MacOS - Karabiner-Elements : configure your keyboard as you want (useful to configure hotkeys on a windows keyboard) - IriunWebcam : use your phone as a wireless webcam - DaVinci Resolve: professional video editing software - Shifty : get more control over Nigh Shift

  • davinci-resolve-linux

    Setup Davinci Resolve on Linux an Fix Issues with Importing and Exporting Media

    - Lulu : user friendly and easy to use firewall - Stats : monitoring your hack/mac hardware (temps, fans, HDD, SSD...), basically a copy of iStat Menu but free - KeepingYouAwake : keep your hack/mac awake (prevent from going to sleep mode without modifying system parameters) - Hackintool : The Swiss army knife of vanilla Hackintoshing (must have) - HoRNDIS : use your Android phone's native USB tethering mode to get internet access - AppCleaner : thoroughly uninstall apps - AppPolice : quickly throttle down the CPU usage of any running process - Onyx : clean and configure your hack/mac - HandBrake : open source video transcoder - Shutter Encoder: easy to use video transcoder - Keka : lightweight and powerful file archiver - Sublime Text : lightweight and powerful text editor - SuperDuper! : backup your disks, make the copy bootable if necessary - Teamviewer : control your hack/mac from another device (phone/computer/tablet) - VirusTotalUploader : check for malware inside a file - Malwarebytes : scan your system drive for malware - WineBottler : use Windows apps on MacOS - Karabiner-Elements : configure your keyboard as you want (useful to configure hotkeys on a windows keyboard) - IriunWebcam : use your phone as a wireless webcam - DaVinci Resolve: professional video editing software - Shifty : get more control over Nigh Shift

  • HandBrake

    HandBrake's main development repository

    - Lulu : user friendly and easy to use firewall - Stats : monitoring your hack/mac hardware (temps, fans, HDD, SSD...), basically a copy of iStat Menu but free - KeepingYouAwake : keep your hack/mac awake (prevent from going to sleep mode without modifying system parameters) - Hackintool : The Swiss army knife of vanilla Hackintoshing (must have) - HoRNDIS : use your Android phone's native USB tethering mode to get internet access - AppCleaner : thoroughly uninstall apps - AppPolice : quickly throttle down the CPU usage of any running process - Onyx : clean and configure your hack/mac - HandBrake : open source video transcoder - Shutter Encoder: easy to use video transcoder - Keka : lightweight and powerful file archiver - Sublime Text : lightweight and powerful text editor - SuperDuper! : backup your disks, make the copy bootable if necessary - Teamviewer : control your hack/mac from another device (phone/computer/tablet) - VirusTotalUploader : check for malware inside a file - Malwarebytes : scan your system drive for malware - WineBottler : use Windows apps on MacOS - Karabiner-Elements : configure your keyboard as you want (useful to configure hotkeys on a windows keyboard) - IriunWebcam : use your phone as a wireless webcam - DaVinci Resolve: professional video editing software - Shifty : get more control over Nigh Shift

  • Hackintool

    The Swiss army knife of vanilla Hackintoshing

    - Lulu : user friendly and easy to use firewall - Stats : monitoring your hack/mac hardware (temps, fans, HDD, SSD...), basically a copy of iStat Menu but free - KeepingYouAwake : keep your hack/mac awake (prevent from going to sleep mode without modifying system parameters) - Hackintool : The Swiss army knife of vanilla Hackintoshing (must have) - HoRNDIS : use your Android phone's native USB tethering mode to get internet access - AppCleaner : thoroughly uninstall apps - AppPolice : quickly throttle down the CPU usage of any running process - Onyx : clean and configure your hack/mac - HandBrake : open source video transcoder - Shutter Encoder: easy to use video transcoder - Keka : lightweight and powerful file archiver - Sublime Text : lightweight and powerful text editor - SuperDuper! : backup your disks, make the copy bootable if necessary - Teamviewer : control your hack/mac from another device (phone/computer/tablet) - VirusTotalUploader : check for malware inside a file - Malwarebytes : scan your system drive for malware - WineBottler : use Windows apps on MacOS - Karabiner-Elements : configure your keyboard as you want (useful to configure hotkeys on a windows keyboard) - IriunWebcam : use your phone as a wireless webcam - DaVinci Resolve: professional video editing software - Shifty : get more control over Nigh Shift

  • HoRNDIS

    Android USB tethering driver for Mac OS X

    - Lulu : user friendly and easy to use firewall - Stats : monitoring your hack/mac hardware (temps, fans, HDD, SSD...), basically a copy of iStat Menu but free - KeepingYouAwake : keep your hack/mac awake (prevent from going to sleep mode without modifying system parameters) - Hackintool : The Swiss army knife of vanilla Hackintoshing (must have) - HoRNDIS : use your Android phone's native USB tethering mode to get internet access - AppCleaner : thoroughly uninstall apps - AppPolice : quickly throttle down the CPU usage of any running process - Onyx : clean and configure your hack/mac - HandBrake : open source video transcoder - Shutter Encoder: easy to use video transcoder - Keka : lightweight and powerful file archiver - Sublime Text : lightweight and powerful text editor - SuperDuper! : backup your disks, make the copy bootable if necessary - Teamviewer : control your hack/mac from another device (phone/computer/tablet) - VirusTotalUploader : check for malware inside a file - Malwarebytes : scan your system drive for malware - WineBottler : use Windows apps on MacOS - Karabiner-Elements : configure your keyboard as you want (useful to configure hotkeys on a windows keyboard) - IriunWebcam : use your phone as a wireless webcam - DaVinci Resolve: professional video editing software - Shifty : get more control over Nigh Shift

  • AppPolice

    MacOS app for quickly limiting CPU usage by running applications

    - Lulu : user friendly and easy to use firewall - Stats : monitoring your hack/mac hardware (temps, fans, HDD, SSD...), basically a copy of iStat Menu but free - KeepingYouAwake : keep your hack/mac awake (prevent from going to sleep mode without modifying system parameters) - Hackintool : The Swiss army knife of vanilla Hackintoshing (must have) - HoRNDIS : use your Android phone's native USB tethering mode to get internet access - AppCleaner : thoroughly uninstall apps - AppPolice : quickly throttle down the CPU usage of any running process - Onyx : clean and configure your hack/mac - HandBrake : open source video transcoder - Shutter Encoder: easy to use video transcoder - Keka : lightweight and powerful file archiver - Sublime Text : lightweight and powerful text editor - SuperDuper! : backup your disks, make the copy bootable if necessary - Teamviewer : control your hack/mac from another device (phone/computer/tablet) - VirusTotalUploader : check for malware inside a file - Malwarebytes : scan your system drive for malware - WineBottler : use Windows apps on MacOS - Karabiner-Elements : configure your keyboard as you want (useful to configure hotkeys on a windows keyboard) - IriunWebcam : use your phone as a wireless webcam - DaVinci Resolve: professional video editing software - Shifty : get more control over Nigh Shift

  • Karabiner-Elements

    Karabiner-Elements is a powerful utility for keyboard customization on macOS Sierra (10.12) or later.

    - Lulu : user friendly and easy to use firewall - Stats : monitoring your hack/mac hardware (temps, fans, HDD, SSD...), basically a copy of iStat Menu but free - KeepingYouAwake : keep your hack/mac awake (prevent from going to sleep mode without modifying system parameters) - Hackintool : The Swiss army knife of vanilla Hackintoshing (must have) - HoRNDIS : use your Android phone's native USB tethering mode to get internet access - AppCleaner : thoroughly uninstall apps - AppPolice : quickly throttle down the CPU usage of any running process - Onyx : clean and configure your hack/mac - HandBrake : open source video transcoder - Shutter Encoder: easy to use video transcoder - Keka : lightweight and powerful file archiver - Sublime Text : lightweight and powerful text editor - SuperDuper! : backup your disks, make the copy bootable if necessary - Teamviewer : control your hack/mac from another device (phone/computer/tablet) - VirusTotalUploader : check for malware inside a file - Malwarebytes : scan your system drive for malware - WineBottler : use Windows apps on MacOS - Karabiner-Elements : configure your keyboard as you want (useful to configure hotkeys on a windows keyboard) - IriunWebcam : use your phone as a wireless webcam - DaVinci Resolve: professional video editing software - Shifty : get more control over Nigh Shift

  • hidden

    An ultra-light MacOS utility that helps hide menu bar icons

    -Hidden Bar open source Bartender clone for hiding menubar stuff

  • HWMonitorSMC2

    Application for monitoring hardware health in macOS

    -HWMonitorSMC2 fan monitoring tool. It sees all fans on my system correctly. No control.

  • VoltageShift

    undervoltage Tools for MacOS

    -Voltageshift kext for undervolting (or overvolting if needed) of your CPU, GPU and various other subsystem

  • Nightfall

    A menu bar utility for toggling dark mode in macOS, written in Swift. (by r-thomson)

    NightFall For easy switching between Dark/Light mode!

  • magicScrollWheel

    scroll your macOS smoothly like using a magic mouse or trackpad

    magicScrollWheel - for smooth third party mouse scrolling. I think it works more natural than MoS

  • Rectangle

    Move and resize windows on macOS with keyboard shortcuts and snap areas

    Rectangle - for window management

  • iTerm2

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

  • iina

    The modern video player for macOS.

    IINA media player instead of VLC on macOS.

  • sensible-side-buttons

    A macOS menu bar app that enables system-wide navigation functionality for the side buttons on third-party mice.

    I'll also suggest Sensible Side Buttons for making the side buttons on third party mice work as back & forward navigation buttons.

  • yabai

    A tiling window manager for macOS based on binary space partitioning

    Yabai - Open SourceTiling window manager (more for advanced users)

  • Mos

    一个用于在 macOS 上平滑你的鼠标滚动效果或单独设置滚动方向的小工具, 让你的滚轮爽如触控板 | A lightweight tool used to smooth scrolling and set scroll direction independently for your mouse on macOS

    Mos - Smooth Scrolling utility with lots of granular control

  • Dozer

    Hide menu bar icons on macOS

    Dozer - A free and open source alternative to bartender!

  • IORegistryClone

    Clone IOReg from Apple's site

    IORegistryClone - Utility to browse IO registry with a GUI interface, it can be useful for patching features such as CPU power management, USB mapping, etc

  • ShiftIt

    Managing windows size and position in OSX

    For those with multi-monitor, ShiftIt can come in handy!

  • EFI-Agent

    Simple, low resource, efficient and no frills tool to mount EFI partitions.

    EFI Agent

  • SaaSHub

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

NOTE: The number of mentions on this list indicates mentions on common posts plus user suggested alternatives. Hence, a higher number means a more popular project.

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