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The following is a list of Mac software β notable computer applications for current macOS operating systems .
For software designed for the: Classic Mac OS, see List of old Macintosh software.
Audio softwareβ»
Digital audio workstationsβ»
Further information: Digital audio workstation
- Ableton Live
- Ardour
- Cubase
- Digital Performer
- GarageBand
- Logic Pro and MainStage
- REAPER
- Reason
- Renoise
- Steinberg 2019 Mac Pro
Audio editingβ»
- Audacity β digital audio editor
DJingβ»
Notation softwareβ»
Further information: Scorewriter
Misc audio toolsβ»
- Audio Hijack β audio recorder
- baudline β signal analyzer
- BeaTunes - BPM analyzer. And iTunes companion tool
- Cog β open source audio player, supports multiple formats
- fre:ac β open source audio converter and CD ripper
- ixi software β free improvisation and sketching tools
- Jaikoz β music file mass tagger
- Max β Cycling 74's visual programming language for MIDI, "audio," video; with MSP, Jitter
- Music MiniPlayer - miniplayer for Apple Music
- ReBirth β virtual synth program simulates Roland TR-808, TB-303
- Recycle β music loop editor
Discontinued audio appsβ»
- Adobe Soundbooth β music and soundtrack editing
- Audion β media player
- BIAS Peak β mastering
- iTunes β audio/video Jukebox by Apple
- Logic Express β prosumer music production by Apple
- Logic Studio β music writing studio package by Apple
- Apple Loops Utility β production and organisation of Apple Loops
- Apple Qmaster and Qadministrator
- Mainstage β program to play software synthesizers live
- QuickTime Pro β pro version of QuickTime
- Soundtrack Pro β post production audio editor
- WaveBurner β CD mastering and production software
- RiffWorks β guitar recording and online song collaboration software
Chat (text, "voice," image, video)β»
Activeβ»
- Adium β multi-protocol IM client
- aMSN β free Windows Live Messenger clone
- ChitChat β open-source IM client supporting theββYahoo! Messenger protocol
- Colloquy β freeware advanced IRC and SILC client
- Discord β IM and VoIP social platform
- Fire β open source, multiprotocol IM client
- FaceTime β videoconferencing between Mac, iPhone, iPad and iPod Touch
- iMessage β instant messaging between Mac, and iDevices
- Ircle β IRC client (shareware)
- Irssi β IrssiX and MacIrssi
- Kopete β free multi-protocol IM client
- LiveChat β online customer service software
- Microsoft Messenger for Mac β cross-paltform IM client
- Microsoft Teams β team collaboration application
- Palringo
- Psi (instant messenger) β free IM client for the XMPP protocol
- Skype β telecommunications application supporting IM and VoIP-based videotelephony
- Snak β IRC client (shareware)
- Ventrilo β audio chatroom application
- Yahoo! Messenger β IM client, also supporting VoIP, file transfers and webcam hosting
- Telegram β cross-platform, encrypted IM client
Discontinuedβ»
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- AOL Instant Messenger β discontinued as of December 15, 2017
- HexChat β IRC client, discontinued as of February 9, 2024
Children's softwareβ»
- Kid Pix Deluxe 3X β bitmap drawing program
- Stagecast Creator β programming and internet authoring for kids
Developer tools and IDEsβ»
See also: Apple Developer Tools
- Apache Web Server β free and open-source web server software
- AppCode β an Objective-C IDE by JetBrains for macOS and iOS development
- Aptana β an open source integrated development environment (IDE) for building Ajax web applications
- Clozure CL β an open source integrated development environment (IDE) for building Common Lisp applications
- Code::Blocks β open source IDE for C++
- CodeWarrior β development environment, framework
- Coldstone game engine β game engine specializing in role-playing and adventure-style games
- Dylan
- Eclipse β open source Java-based IDE for developing rich-client applications, includes SWT library, replaces Swing by using underlying OS native windowing abilities
- Fink β Debian package manager for ported Unix software
- Free Pascal β Object Pascal compiler, XCode plugin available
- GNU Compiler Collection β collection of compilers for different programming languages, hardware architectures and operating systems
- Glasgow Haskell Compiler
- Helix β relational database IDE
- Homebrew - Package manager for installing many open source, mostly terminal based, utilities. Includes Apache, PHP, Python and "many more."
- HotSpot β Sun's Java Virtual Machine
- IntelliJ IDEA β a JAVA IDE by JetBrains (free limited community edition)
- Komodo β commercial multi-language IDE from ActiveState
- Lazarus β cross-platform IDE to develop software with Free Pascal, specialized in graphical software
- LiveCode β high-level cross-platform IDE
- MacApp β application development framework Pascal
- C++ (high-level programming langlauge)
- Macintosh Programmer's Workshop (MPW)
- Macports β a package management system that simplifies the installation of free/open source software on the "macOS."
- Macromedia Authorware β application (CBT, eLearning) development, no Mac development environment since version 4, though can still package applications with the 'Mac Packager' for OS 8 through 10 playback
- Mono β open source implementation of Microsoft .NET Framework with a C# compiler
- NetBeans β modular, open source, multi-language platform and IDE for Java written in pure Java
- Omnis Studio β cross-platform development environment for creating enterprise and web applications for macOS, Windows, Linux, Solaris
- Panorama β database engine
- Perl
- PHP
- Python
- Qt Creator β an IDE for C++ GUI applications, by Trolltech
- Real Studio β cross-platform compiled REALbasic BASIC programming language IDE
- ResEdit β resource editor
- Script Debugger β an AppleScript and Open Scripting Architecture IDE
- SuperCard β high-level IDE
- Tcl/tk β scripting shell & GUI utility that allows cross platform development. Included with macOS.
- TextMate β multipurpose text editor that supports Ruby, PHP, and Python
- Torque (game engine) β game creation software
- WebKit β open source application framework for Safari (web browser)
- WebObjects β Java web application server and a server-based web application framework
- wxPython β API merging Python and wxWidgets
- Xcode β IDE made by Apple, which comes as a part of macOS and is available as a downloadon, was called Project Builders of Florida tech
Emailβ»
Email clientsβ»
- Apple Mail β the bundled email client
- Claris Emailer β classic Mac OS only, no longer available
- Entourage β email client by Microsoft; analogous to Microsoft Outlook
- Eudora
- Foxmail
- Lotus Notes
- Mailbird
- Mailplane β a WebKit-based client for Gmail
- Microsoft Outlook
- Mozilla Thunderbird
- Mulberry β open-source software for e-mail, calendars and contacts
- Opera Mail
- Outlook Express
- Postbox
- Proton Mail
- Sparrow β as well as Sparrow Lite
Other email softwareβ»
FTP clientsβ»
- Classic FTP
- Cyberduck
- Fetch
- Fugu
- FileZilla
- ForkLift
- Interarchy
- Transmit
- WebDrive β FTP and cloud client
- Yummy FTP
Gamesβ»
Main article: List of Macintosh games
- Steam β digital distribution software for video games and related media
Graphics, layout, desktop publishingβ»
CAD, 3D graphicsβ»
- 3D-Coat
- Autodesk Alias
- Ashlar-Vellum β 2D/3D drafting, 3D modeling
- ArchiCAD
- AutoCAD
- Blender
- BricsCAD
- Cheetah3D
- Cinema 4D
- SketchUp β 3D modeling software
- Houdini
- Lightwave
- MacDraft - 2D CAD
- Maya
- Modo
- PowerCADD
- ZBrush
Distributed document authoringβ»
Icon editors, viewersβ»
- Icon Composer β part of Apple Developer Tools
- IconBuilder
- Microsoft Office
File conversion and managementβ»
Activeβ»
- Adobe Bridge β digital asset management app
- BibDesk β free bibliographic database app that organizes linked files
- Font Book β font management tool
- GraphicConverter β graphics editor, open/converts a wide range of file formats
- Photos β photo management application
Discontinuedβ»
- iPhoto β discontinued photo management application
Layout and desktop publishingβ»
Activeβ»
- Adobe InDesign β page layout
- iCalamus β page layout
- iStudio Publisher β page layout
- Pages β part of iWork
- QuarkXPress β page layout
- Ready, Set, Go! β page layout
- Scribus β page layout
- TeX β publishing
- MacTeX β TeX redistribution of TeX Live for Mac
- Comparison of TeX Editors
- The Print Shop β page layout
Discontinuedβ»
- iBooks Author β created interactive books for Apple Books
Raster and vector graphicsβ»
This section lists bitmap graphics editors and vector graphics editors.
Activeβ»
- Adobe Fireworks β supports GIF animation
- Adobe Illustrator β vector graphics editor
- Adobe Photoshop β also offers some vector graphics features
- Affinity Designer β vector graphics editor for Apple macOS and Microsoft Windows
- Anime Studio β 2D based vector animation
- Collabora Online - enterprise-ready edition of LibreOffice
- Corel Painter
- EazyDraw β vector graphics editor; versions available that can convert old formats such as MacDraw files
- Fontographer
- GIMP β free bitmap graphics editor
- GIMPShop β free open source cross-platform bitmap graphics editor
- GraphicConverter β displays and edits raster graphics files
- Inkscape β free vector graphics editor
- Luminar
- Macromedia FreeHand β vector graphics editor
- Paintbrush β free simple bitmap graphics program
- Photos β official photo management and editing application developed by Apple
- Photo Booth β photo camera, video recorder
- Pixelmator β hardware-accelerated integrated photo editor
- Polarr β photo editing app
- Seashore β open source, based around the GIMP's technology, but with native macOS (Cocoa) UI
Discontinuedβ»
- Aperture β Apple's pro photo management, editing, publishing application
- MacPaint β painting software by Apple (discontinued)
Integrated software technologiesβ»
Main article: List of macOS components
Language and reference toolsβ»
- Cram (software)
- Dictionary (software)
- Encyclopædia Britannica
- Rosetta Stone (software) β proprietary language learning software
- Ultralingua β proprietary electronic dictionaries and language tools
- World Book Encyclopedia β multimedia
Mathematics softwareβ»
- Fityk
- Grapher
- Maple (software)
- Mathematica
- MATLAB
- MathMagic
- Octave (software) β open source
- R (programming language)
- Sysquake
- SciLab β open source
Media centerβ»
Multimedia authoringβ»
- Adobe Director β animation/application development
- Adobe Flash β vector animation
- Adobe LiveMotion β a discontinued competitor to Flash, until Adobe bought Macromedia
- Apple Media Tool β a discontinued multimedia authoring tool published by Apple
- Dragonframe - stop motion animation and time-lapse
- iBooks Author β created interactive books for Apple Books (discontinued)
- iLife β media suite by Apple
- Unity β 3D authoring
Networking and telecommunicationsβ»
- Apple Remote Desktop
- Google Earth
- iStumbler β find wireless networks and devices
- Karelia Watson (defunct)
- KisMAC
- Little Snitch β network monitor and outgoing connection firewall
- NetSpot β software tool for wireless network assessment, scanning, and surveys, analyzing Wi-Fi coverage and performance
- Timbuktu β remote control
- WiFi Explorer β a wireless network scanner tool
News aggregatorsβ»
Main article: News aggregator
- Feedly β news aggregator. And news aggregator reading application
- NetNewsWire β news aggregator reading application
- NewsFire β news aggregator reading application
- RSSOwl β news aggregator reading application
- Safari (web browser) - news aggregation via built-in RSS support
- Apple Mail β news aggregation via (discontinued) built-in RSS support
Office and productivityβ»
- AbiWord
- Adobe Acrobat β PDF viewer and editor
- Address Book β bundled with macOS
- AppleWorks β word processor, spreadsheet, and presentation applications (discontinued)
- Banktivity β personal finance, budgeting, investments
- Bean (word processor) β free TXT/RTF/DOC word processor
- Celtx
- Collabora Online enterprise-ready edition of LibreOffice
- CricketGraph β graphmaker
- Delicious Library
- FileMaker
- FlowVella
- Fortora Fresh Finance
- Helix (database)
- iBank β personal finance application
- iCal β calendar management, bundled with macOS
- iWork β suite:
- Journler β diary and personal information manager with personal wiki features
- KOffice
- LibreOffice
- MacLinkPlus Deluxe β file format translation tool for PowerPC-era Mac OS X, converting and opening files created in other operating systems
- Mellel
- Microsoft Office β office suite:
- Microsoft Word β word processor application
- Microsoft Excel β spreadsheet application
- Microsoft PowerPoint β presentation application
- Microsoft Entourage β email application (replaced by Microsoft Outlook)
- Microsoft Outlook β email application
- Microsoft OneNote β note-taking application
- MoneyWiz β personal finance application
- Montage β screenwriting software
- NeoOffice - discontinued
- Nisus Writer
- OmniFocus
- OpenOffice.org - discontinued
- WriteNow
- Taste β word processor (discontinued)
Operating systemsβ»
Main article: Macintosh operating systems
- Darwin β the BSD-licensed core of macOS
- macOS β originally named "Mac OS X" until 2012 and then "OS X" until 2016
- macOS Server β the server computing variant of macOS
Outliners and mind-mappingβ»
Peer-to-peer file sharingβ»
- aMule
- BitTorrent client
- FrostWire
- LimeWire
- Poisoned
- rTorrent
- Transmission (BitTorrent)
- ΞΌTorrent
- Vuze β Bittorrent client, was Azureus
Scienceβ»
- Celestia β 3D astronomy program
- SimThyr β Simulation system for thyroid homeostasis
- Stellarium β 3D astronomy program
Text editorsβ»
- ACE
- BBEdit
- BBEdit Lite
- Coda
- Emacs
- jEdit
- iA Writer
- Komodo Edit
- Nano
- SimpleText
- Smultron
- SubEthaEdit
- TeachText
- TextEdit
- TextMate
- TextWrangler
- vim
- XEmacs
- Ulysses
Utilitiesβ»
- Activity Monitor β default system monitor for hardware and software
- AppZapper β uninstaller (shareware)
- Automator β built-in, utility to automate repetitive tasks
- Butler β free, launcher and utility to automate repetitive tasks
- CandyBar β system customization software (commercial)
- CDFinder β disk cataloging software (commercial)
- DaisyDisk β disk visualization tool
- Dashboard β built-in macOS widgets
- Grab β built-in macOS screenshot utility
- Growl β global notifications system, free
- iSync β syncing software, bundled with Mac OS X up to 10.6
- LaunchBar β provides instant access to local data, search engines and more by entering abbreviations of search item names, commercial
- Mavis Beacon Teaches Typing β proprietary, typing tutor
- OnyX β a freeware system maintenance and optimization tool for macOS
- Path Finder β replacement for Apple's Finder
- Quicksilver β a framework for accessing and manipulating many forms of data
- SheepShaver β PowerPC emulator, allows, among other things, running Mac OS 9 on Intel Macs
- Sherlock β file searching (version 2), web services (version 3)
- Stickies β put Post-It Note-like notes on the desktop
- System Settings β default Mac system option application
- UUTool β uuencoded/uudecode and other transcoding
- Xsan β storage network utility
- Yahoo! Widget Engine β JavaScript-based widget system
Anti-malware softwareβ»
macOS includes the built-in XProtect antimalware as part of GateKeeper. The software listed in this section is antivirus software and malware removal software.
- BitDefender Antivirus for Mac β antivirus
- Intego VirusBarrier β antivirus
- MacScan β malware removal
- Malwarebytes β malware removal
- McAffee VirusScan β antivirus
- Norton Antivirus for Mac β antivirus
- Sophos β antivirus
Archiving, backup, restore, recoveryβ»
This section lists software for file archiving, backup and restore, data compression and data recovery.
- Archive Utility β built-in archive file handler
- Archiver β paid, file archiving
- BetterZip β file archiver and compressor
- Compact Pro β data compression
- Disk Drill β data recovery
- Stellar Data Recovery β data recovery
- The Unarchiver β file archiving
- Time Machine (macOS) β built-in backup software
- WinZip β file archiver and compressor utility
Discontinued archiving appsβ»
Disc burning appsβ»
- Roxio Toast β DVD authoring application
Discontinued disc burning appsβ»
- Adobe Encore
- Disco β disc burning
- DVD Studio Pro β DVD authoring application
- iDVD β a basic DVD-authoring application
Videoβ»
- Adobe After Effects β digital visual effects, motion graphics and compositing application
- Adobe Premiere Pro β timeline-based video editing software
- Adobe Presenter Video Express β screencasting and video editing software
- ArKaos β VJ software
- Avid
- DaVinci Resolve β video editing suite
- DivX
- DivX Player
- DVD Player (Apple) β DVD player software built into macOS
- FFmpeg β audio/video converter
- Final Cut Express
- Final Cut Studio β audio-video editing suite:
- HandBrake β DVD to MPEG-4 and other formats converter
- iMovie β basic video editing application
- Miro Media Player
- MPlayer
- Perian
- QuickTime β including its Player and QuickTime Pro
- RealPlayer
- Shotcut β open source rich video editor
- Shake
- Windows Media Player
- VLC media player β free and open-source media player
Virtualization, emulation, dual-bootingβ»
- Bochs
- Boot Camp β a multi-boot utility built into macOS from 10.5 on Intel Macs only
- CrossOver β commercial implementation of Wine
- DOSBox β DOS emulator
- Hercules emulator
- pcAnywhere β VNC-style remote control
- Parallels Workstation β commercial full virtualization software for desktop and server
- Q β emulates an IBM-compatible PC on a Mac, allows running PC operating systems
- VMware Fusion β virtualization software
- Wine β Windows API reimplementation
- Virtual PC β full virtualization software allows running other operating systems, such as Windows and Linux, on PowerPC Macs (discontinued in 2007)
- VirtualBox
- vMac β emulates a Macintosh Plus and can run Apple Macintosh System versions 1.1 to 7.5.5.
Web browsersβ»
- Amaya β free
- Brave β free and open-source, Chromium-based
- Camino β open source
- Flock β free, Mozilla Firefox based
- Google Chrome β free, proprietary, Chromium-based
- iCab β free
- Konqueror β open source
- Lynx β free
- Mozilla β open source, combines browser, email client, WYSIWYG editor
- Mozilla Firefox β open source
- Microsoft Edge β free, proprietary, Chromium-based
- Netscape Navigator β free, proprietary
- OmniWeb β free, proprietary
- Opera β free, proprietary, Chromium-based
- Safari (web browser) β built-in from Mac OS X 10.3, available as a separate download for Mac OS X 10.2
- SeaMonkey β open source Internet application suite
- Shiira β open source
- Sleipnir β free, by Fenrir Inc
- Tor (anonymity network) β free, open source
- Torch (web browser) β free, by Torch Media Inc.
- Vivaldi β free, proprietary, Chromium-based
- Internet Explorer for Mac β free, by Microsoft
- WebKit β Safari application framework, also in the form of an application
Web design and content managementβ»
- Adobe Contribute
- Adobe Dreamweaver
- Adobe GoLive
- Claris Homepage
- Coda
- Freeway
- iWeb
- NVu
- RapidWeaver β a template-based website editor
Weblog clientsβ»
See alsoβ»
Referencesβ»
- ^ "AIM has been discontinued as of December 15, 2017". help.aol.com/. Archived from the original on October 6, 2017. Retrieved 2018-01-17.
- ^ "2.16.2, The Final Release β HexChat". hexchat.github.io. Retrieved 2024-06-11.
- ^ https://www.microspot.com/products/macdraft/