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*[http://bohemiancoding.com/sketch/ Sketch] - Another alternative to Pixelmator. | *[http://bohemiancoding.com/sketch/ Sketch] - Another alternative to Pixelmator. | ||
*[https://duckduckgo.com/?q=gimp+site:www.gimp.org GIMP] - The GNU Image Manipulation Program. Free open source image editing program. | *[https://duckduckgo.com/?q=gimp+site:www.gimp.org GIMP] - The GNU Image Manipulation Program. Free open source image editing program. | ||
| + | *[http://www.nevercenter.com/camerabag/desktop/ Camerabag] - Easy-to-use photo editing tool. | ||
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Revision as of 19:13, 11 April 2014
For a more complete collection of terminal applications, be sure to check the GNU/Linux applications page.
Contents
- 1 Package Managers
- 2 Terminal Applications
- 3 File Management
- 4 FTP Clients
- 5 Online Storage
- 6 Network Monitoring
- 7 System Monitoring
- 8 Productivity
- 9 Audio Players
- 10 Audio Tools
- 11 Video Players
- 12 Browsers
- 13 Chat clients
- 14 Mail
- 15 Utilities
- 16 System Maintenance
- 17 Torrent Clients
- 18 Archiving Tools
- 19 Coding
- 20 Images & Graphics
- 21 Gaming
- 22 Other Platforms
Package Managers
Terminal Applications
- iTerm 2 - Free
- TotalTerminal - Free
File Management
- TotalFinder - $18
FTP Clients
Online Storage
Network Monitoring
- Little Snitch - $35
- Wireshark - Free
System Monitoring
- MenuMeters - Free
- iStat Menus - $16
Productivity
- Dropzone - $10
- CloudApp - Free
- imguru and imgurBar - Free
- nvALT - Modified version of the lightweight note taking app Notational Velocity. Has the option to save notes as plain text files.
Audio Players
- iTunes - The default audio player. While not very customizable, it features good sorting options and integration. Can't play FLAC files.
- Fidelia - At $20, it's a pretty harsh price for a music player. Unless you really need those advanced features, stick to a cheaper player.
- Swinsian - Also $20, but made by a /g/ user.
- Sonora - Original devs have abandoned it. Seemingly no github activity.
- Ecoute
- Enqueue - $10
- Vox - Minimalistic alternative to iTunes that also has the ability to play FLAC.
Command line players
Audio Tools
Video Players
Browsers
See Browsers
- Webkit Nightly
- Firefox
- Firefox Beta
- Firefox Aurora
- Firefox Nightly
- Chromium
- Google Chrome
- Google Chrome Canary
- Opera
- Opera Next
Chat clients
- Thunderbird
- Airmail - $2
- Opera Mail
Utilities
Application Launchers
- Alfred - Simple but efficient application launcher. Best in combination with the Powerpack.
- Launchbar - A little more complicated than Alfred, has a few convenient features that Alfred lacks.
- Quicksilver
Ricing
- Obsidian Menu Bar - Changes the color of the menu bar to black.
- Bartender - Utility to clean up and manage your menu bar.
- Geektool - Add shell scripts and images to your desktop.
- Bowtie - Customizable display for the music you're listening to.
Other
- BetterTouchTool
- BetterSnapTool - Adds window snapping to OS X.
- PCKeyboardHack - Change the functionality of the "Caps Lock" key.
- KeyRemap4MacBook - Remap the keys on your keyboard and change the key repeat settings.
- jitouch 2
- Moom
- Handbrake - Utility for ripping movies.
- 1Password - Safely store all your passwords.
- Growl - Alternative notification system with good customization features. Best in combination with HardwareGrowler. $4 or build from source.
- f.lux - Utility for changing the color tone of your display.
- Automator
System Maintenance
Misc.
- coconutBattery - Utility for checking battery health.
- Appcleaner - A free and good way to uninstall software.
- Onyx
Disk tools
- DaisyDisk - Gives you a graphical overview over your file system.
- Disk Inventory X - Free alternative to DaisyDisk.
- Gemini - Intelligent duplicate remover.
Torrent Clients
- Transmission - Simple and lightweight open source torrent client.
- rtorrent - Terminal torrent client.
Archiving Tools
- The Unarchiver or the CLI version
- The Archive Browser - $4
Coding
Images & Graphics
Compression
- ImageAlpha - Program for reducing the file size of PNG files.
- ImageOptim - Software for reducing the size of JPG and PNG files.
Editing
- Preview - The default image viewing and editing app. Lightweight and functional alternative for simple edits.
- Skitch - Simple editing program for adding anotations to images.
- Pixelmator - A good and affordable ($30) alternative to photoshop.
- Acorn - Similar to Pixelmator.
- Sketch - Another alternative to Pixelmator.
- GIMP - The GNU Image Manipulation Program. Free open source image editing program.
- Camerabag - Easy-to-use photo editing tool.
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- PhotoStickies - Stick photos to your desktop.
