List of recommended OS X software

For a more complete collection of terminal applications, be sure to check the Recommended software (Linux) page.

Package Managers

• HomeBrew
• MacPorts

Terminal Applications

• iTerm 2
• TotalTerminal

File Management

• TotalFinder

FTP Clients

• Transmit
• Cyberduck

Online Storage

• Dropbox

Networking Monitoring

• Little Snitch
• Wireshark

System Monitoring

• iStat Menus

Productivity

• Dropzone
• CloudApp
• imguru and imgurBar

Audio Players

• ncmpcpp + mpd
• iTunes
• moc
• cmus

Audio Tools

• XLD

Video Players

• MPlayerX
• VlC
• mpv

Browsers

See Browsers

• Webkit Nightly
• Firefox
• Firefox Aurora
• Firefox Nightly
• Chromium
• Jewgle "botnet" Chrome

Mail

• Thunderbird
• Airmail

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.

Other

• BetterTouchTool
• BetterSnapTool
• jitouch 2
• Moom
• Handbrake
• 1Password
• Growl - Alternative notification system with good customization features. Best in combination with HardwareGrowler
• 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.

Coding

• BBEdit
• TextWrangler
• TextMate
• MacVim
• Coda
• Sublime Text

Images & Graphics

Utility

• 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 alternative to photoshop.
• Acorn - Similar to Pixelmator.
• Sketch - Another alternative to Pixelmator.

Viewing

• Preview

Other Platforms

• Recommended software (Windows)
• Recommended software (Linux)