No moat. Still in business.
Software directory for those who don’t want to rebuild, own the updates, the bugs, the support.
- ShortcutFoo
Drills you on keyboard shortcuts for editors and work apps with spaced repetition until they become habit.
Since 2012
Free plan · Courses and learning · Individuals and families
- Swift Shift
Mac background app that lets you move or resize any window by holding a key and dragging anywhere on it.
Free · Focus and productivity · Individuals and families
- CodeRunner
A lightweight Mac code editor that runs and debugs code in dozens of languages, for programmers who want quick scripts.
One-off payment · Developer tools · Developers
- Alfred
Keyboard launcher for Mac to find apps and files, expand text snippets, keep clipboard history and run custom workflows.
Free plan · Automation and integrations · Individuals and families
- An Otter Wiki
A simple self-hosted wiki that stores markdown pages in git, with file attachments and full page history.
Free · Notes and knowledge
- Typemill
Write product documentation and user manuals in Markdown and publish them as a website, PDF or eBook.
Free plan · Website builders · Software companies
- Will Be Done
A task manager that lays out your whole week on a timeline, works offline, and can be self-hosted.
Free · Projects and tasks · Individuals and families
- Featherview
A keyboard-driven Mac photo viewer for flicking through folders, binning rejects and converting the ones you keep in bulk.
Free · Design and images · Individuals and families
- Auto-Install Free SSL
Gets and renews free Let's Encrypt SSL certificates on cPanel shared hosting without command line work.
Free plan · Security and passwords
- Echo Knowledge Base
A WordPress plugin for publishing help docs and FAQs, with an AI chatbot and search that answer customer questions.
Customer support
- Mobore
Ties logs and traces from iOS and Android apps to backend services so app teams can trace a user problem to its cause.
Since 2025
Uptime and monitoring · Developers
- Orange Juice
Browser extension for Hacker News readers that adds replying in place, unread comment tracking, keyboard shortcuts and other tweaks.
Free · Something else · Individuals and families
- ClipBook
Keeps a searchable history of everything you copy on a Mac, so you can sort past clips and paste them again with shortcuts.
Since 2024
Focus and productivity · Individuals and families
- Magnet
Mac app that tiles windows into halves, thirds and quarters by dragging to screen edges or using shortcuts.
Focus and productivity · Individuals and families
- Macaify
A Mac app that runs AI actions like translate or rewrite on text you select in any app, via a shortcut.
Free plan · Focus and productivity · Individuals and families
- Lasso
Mac window manager where you drag on a grid to place windows, save layouts and give each one a shortcut.
Focus and productivity · Individuals and families
- Hyperkey
A free Mac app that turns caps lock or another key into a combined modifier for your own shortcuts.
Free · Focus and productivity · Individuals and families
- Tapflow
Use an iPad or phone browser as a custom button panel for your Mac, so shortcuts, window moves and app switching are one tap.
Free · Focus and productivity · Individuals and families
- Nova
Native Mac code editor for web and app developers, with Git, debugging, terminal and remote file publishing.
Free trial · Developer tools · Freelancers
- BookStack
Free self-hosted wiki that lets a team organise its documentation into shelves, books and pages.
Since 2022
Free · Notes and knowledge
- PR Cockpit
A keyboard-driven Mac and Linux app for reviewing GitHub pull requests, with diffs, checks and threads loaded from a local cache.
Developer tools · Developers
- Vrite
Open-source shared editor and headless CMS for writing technical docs, dev blogs and knowledge bases, with Git sync.
Notes and knowledge · Developers
- Rectangle
Snap and resize Mac windows with keyboard shortcuts or by dragging to screen edges, with a paid Pro upgrade.
Free · Focus and productivity · Individuals and families
- RDLTR
Save links to read later from any browser, then browse the pile with keyboard shortcuts, summaries and audio.
Since 2026
Notes and knowledge · Individuals and families
- TectureGraph
Scans a company's code repositories and builds architecture docs you can drill into, from whole systems down to services.
Since 2026
Developer tools · Software companies
- SSL Insecure Content Fixer
Fixes the mixed content and insecure content warnings a WordPress site shows after it moves to HTTPS.
Website builders
- KeyGhost
Mac menu-bar app that makes Caps Lock or another key a launcher: hold it, see your apps on a keyboard overlay, tap a letter to open one.
Since 2026
Focus and productivity · Individuals and families
- Wiki.js
Open-source wiki software you host yourself so a team can write and share its internal documentation.
Free · Notes and knowledge
- WindowHop
A free Mac utility that makes Command Tab move between single windows, including ones on other Spaces and displays.
Free · Focus and productivity · Individuals and families
- Window Hints
A macOS utility that labels every open window with a letter so you can switch to one by typing it.
Since 2026
One-off payment · Focus and productivity · Individuals and families
- Raneto
A self-hosted knowledge base that serves Markdown files as searchable, editable docs for teams.
Free · Notes and knowledge
- HyperPaste
A Mac menu bar app that keeps your clipboard history searchable by keyboard, with pinning and everything stored locally.
Since 2026
Free · Focus and productivity · Individuals and families
- Debut
A Mac window switcher that keeps Command-Tab limited to the current Space and lets you move and jump between Spaces.
Since 2026
Free · Focus and productivity · Individuals and families
- Hammerdeck
A Mac window manager that puts window grids and moves between screens on hotkeys and rebuilds layouts when monitors change.
Free · Focus and productivity · Individuals and families
- DocuMemory
Saves what you work out in AI chats as searchable documents that Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor and other MCP tools can read later.
Since 2026
Free plan · Notes and knowledge · Developers
- RabbitGUI
A desktop app for developers to inspect RabbitMQ queues, spy on live traffic and replay dead-lettered messages.
Since 2025
One-off payment · Developer tools · Developers
- BumbleTap
A Chrome extension that lets you assign keys to buttons on any website and replay repeated clicks without code.
Since 2026
Free · Automation and integrations · Individuals and families
- Datadef
Generates editable architecture, ER and cloud diagrams from a description, SQL, Prisma, Terraform or a code repo.
Since 2025
Free plan · Design and images · Developers
- Nudge
Free Mac app that snaps windows into halves, thirds or quarters with shortcuts or by dragging to an edge.
Free · Focus and productivity · Individuals and families
- ExtraBar
Mac utility to fill the menu bar with your own links into apps, quick actions and shortcuts, all triggered from the keyboard.
Since 2026
One-off payment · Focus and productivity · Individuals and families
- Better Window Switcher
A Mac app that shows open windows and browser tabs as 3D cards and lets you jump to one by typing a few letters.
Since 2026
Free trial · Focus and productivity · Individuals and families
- Multiplayer
Captures full stack session data from production and passes it to coding agents like Claude Code so they can fix bugs.
Since 2025
Developer tools · Developers
- Scrolodex
Mac utility in the menu bar for people who juggle many windows: hold Option and scroll the wheel to flip between them.
Since 2026
Free · Focus and productivity · Individuals and families
- BetterTouchTool
Mac utility to remap trackpad gestures, mouse buttons and shortcuts and link them to chains of automated actions.
Free trial · Automation and integrations · Individuals and families
- ByteAsk
Terminal AI agent that edits C and C++ code, then runs your build, tests and sanitizers on each change before you see the diff.
Since 2026
Free plan · Developer tools · Developers
- datannur
Scans your files and databases and builds a searchable catalogue of datasets, columns and owners that runs in a browser.
Free · Data and spreadsheets
- MacLayout
A Mac menu bar app that saves window arrangements and brings them back by hotkey or when a monitor connects.
Since 2026
One-off payment · Focus and productivity · Individuals and families
- redirs
Point any domain at any URL with automatic HTTPS, path rules and hit analytics, no server to run.
Free plan · Website builders