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  • Rectangle

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

  • Rectangle - Window resizing

  • numi

    Beautiful calculator app for macOS

  • Numi - simple calculator lets you use phrases

  • 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.

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  • stretchly

    The break time reminder app

  • Stretchly, a customizable break reminder

  • Fluor

    A handy tool for macOS allowing you to switch Fn keys' mode based on active application.

  • Fluor (per app fn button behavior) https://github.com/Pyroh/Fluor bettertouchtool (I bought a trackpad for my desktop I love it so much) MonitorContol (control external displays via brightness keys) https://github.com/MonitorControl/MonitorControl/releases Stay (tries) to keep windows in their locations when going between external monitors and unplugged (for MacBooks) https://cordlessdog.com/stay/

  • 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.

  • Fluor (per app fn button behavior) https://github.com/Pyroh/Fluor bettertouchtool (I bought a trackpad for my desktop I love it so much) MonitorContol (control external displays via brightness keys) https://github.com/MonitorControl/MonitorControl/releases Stay (tries) to keep windows in their locations when going between external monitors and unplugged (for MacBooks) https://cordlessdog.com/stay/

  • Mousecape

    Cursor Manager for OSX

  • Another suggestion: I just started using it recently but Mousecape for customizing your macOS cursor. I'm currently using a KDE Breeze theme and it looks and runs pretty well.

  • mousecape_breeze

    A macOS mousecape port for KDE breeze cursor theme

  • Another suggestion: I just started using it recently but Mousecape for customizing your macOS cursor. I'm currently using a KDE Breeze theme and it looks and runs pretty well.

  • 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.

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  • sublime_text

    Issue tracker for Sublime Text

  • I’m partial to sublime text if we’re counting nagware as free.

  • Primitive Pictures

    Reproducing images with geometric primitives.

  • primitive, create vector art from your pictures https://primitive.lol

  • macmediakeyforwarder

    Media Key Forwarder for iTunes and Spotify

  • Media Key Forwarder (discontinued) , opens Spotify instead of iTunes when using media keys https://github.com/milgra/macmediakeyforwarder

  • cyberduck

    Cyberduck is a libre FTP, SFTP, WebDAV, Amazon S3, Backblaze B2, Microsoft Azure & OneDrive and OpenStack Swift file transfer client for Mac and Windows.

  • Cyberduck (donationware), FTP client https://cyberduck.io

  • alt-tab-macos

    Windows alt-tab on macOS

  • Haven't seen this mentioned yet, but AltTab is amazing and i use it to replace the command-tab app switcher.

  • mac-mouse-fix

    Mac Mouse Fix - Make Your $10 Mouse Better Than an Apple Trackpad!

  • If I may present an alternative to Mos: Mac Mouse Fix accomplishes the same thing, is just as simple and lightweight but a little less sketchy in appearance. Here’s the Git as well.

  • Joplin

    Joplin - the secure note taking and to-do app with synchronisation capabilities for Windows, macOS, Linux, Android and iOS.

  • SaaSHub

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

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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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