No moat. Still in business.
Software directory for those who don’t want to rebuild, own the updates, the bugs, the support.
- MLJAR Studio
Desktop data analysis app where you ask about your data in plain English and get Python code, charts and notebooks run on your computer.
Since 2017
Data and spreadsheets
- Appwrite
Open-source backend for app builders with auth, databases, storage, functions and hosting, run in the cloud or on your own servers.
Since 2021
Developer tools · Developers
- DisplayBuddy
Menu bar app for Mac and Windows that sets brightness, volume and input on external monitors, with presets and schedules.
Focus and productivity · Individuals and families
- Scriptarious
A Mac menu bar app for writing, storing and running shell scripts with one click or a hotkey.
Since 2022
Free · Automation and integrations · Individuals and families
- Sensei
Watches your Mac's CPU, GPU, battery and storage from the menu bar and helps find large files to delete.
Something else · Individuals and families
- GraphJSON
Send JSON events from your app with one request, then chart, query with SQL, set alerts and embed dashboards.
Since 2022
Free plan · Website analytics · Developers
- Shimo
A Mac menu bar app that connects to work and personal VPNs over OpenVPN, WireGuard, AnyConnect, IPsec and other protocols.
Free trial · Security and passwords
- pbar.io
Lets developers share live progress of scripts and jobs through a link, via an API or a tqdm replacement.
Uptime and monitoring · Developers
- SharePad
Mac menu bar app that shows a plugged-in iPad as a window, so you can draw on it and share it in video calls.
Since 2026
One-off payment · Video and audio · Individuals and families
- ColorClip
A tiny Mac menu bar app that picks any colour on screen and copies it as HEX, RGB, HSL or SwiftUI code.
Since 2026
Free · Design and images · Developers
- redirs
Point any domain at any URL with automatic HTTPS, path rules and hit analytics, no server to run.
Free plan · Website builders
- WhyFi
Sits in the Mac menu bar, checks signal, latency and DNS, and explains what is slowing your wireless connection and how to fix it.
Since 2026
One-off payment · Home and car · Individuals and families
- Evidence
Lets data teams build reports and dashboards from SQL and markdown, with a hosted option and an agent for questions.
Since 2021
Data and spreadsheets · Developers
- Motor Admin
Open-source admin panel you point at your app's database to edit records, run custom actions and build SQL reports.
Since 2021
Developer tools · Developers
- Mprove
Open-source business intelligence you host yourself, with a Malloy semantic layer, dashboards and an AI data analyst.
Since 2019
Free · Data and spreadsheets · Software companies
- Quadratic
Spreadsheet that links to databases and files and lets AI write the formulas, Python and charts for you.
Since 2023
Data and spreadsheets
- Back4app
Hosted app backend with database, user login and generated REST and GraphQL APIs, so developers skip running servers.
Developer tools · Developers
- Preset
A hosted version of Apache Superset for building dashboards, exploring data and embedding charts in your own apps.
Free plan · Data and spreadsheets
- AlDente
Lets MacBook owners cap the battery charge level so the battery lasts longer and stays healthy.
Free plan · Something else · Individuals and families
- Text Capture
Mac menu bar app that grabs text from any part of the screen, including images and videos, using local OCR.
Since 2024
One-off payment · Focus and productivity · Individuals and families
- R2Drop
Mac menu bar app that uploads files to Cloudflare R2 by drag and drop or right-click and copies the public link.
Free · Developer tools · Developers
- SaneBar
A free Mac app that hides and groups menu bar icons, with a Touch ID lock and rules for when items appear.
Free · Focus and productivity · Individuals and families
- ProcessSpy
A Mac process monitor with CPU and memory history per process, filters and a menu bar dashboard for power users.
One-off payment · Developer tools · Individuals and families
- Engula
Drop-in Redis replacement that aims to halve memory use, with a trial mode to test savings on your own data.
Free trial · Developer tools · Developers
- Bartender
A Mac app for hiding, ordering and searching menu bar icons, with rules that show items only when needed.
Free trial · Focus and productivity · Individuals and families
- Baserow
No-code database where teams store and share structured data, then add apps, automations and dashboards on top.
Free plan · Data and spreadsheets
- Sleepr
A Mac menu bar timer that puts the computer to sleep after a show or podcast, on a schedule or by voice.
Something else · Individuals and families
- HideNotch
Hides the notch on MacBooks by making the menu bar solid black, with an option to round the screen corners.
Free · Something else · Individuals and families
- AddMaple
Pulls survey answers, reviews and support chats into one place to chart them and code open text into themes.
Since 2023
Data and spreadsheets · Agencies
- Claude God
Mac menu bar app that shows how much of your Claude and Claude Code quota and spend you have used.
Free · Developer tools · Developers
- Trifle
Lets developers record counters and revenue figures in their own database, then chart them and set alerts in a hosted dashboard.
Since 2026
Subscription · Developer tools · Developers
- WhatCable
Mac menu bar app that tells you what speed and charging power your USB-C cables and chargers really support.
Free plan · Something else · Individuals and families
- HTML Table Maker
Upload an Excel sheet and publish it as a searchable, sortable web table or chart you can link to or embed.
Since 2025
Free plan · Data and spreadsheets
- DBLift
Runs versioned SQL and Python database migrations with dry runs, history checks and rollbacks, for Python teams.
Since 2026
Free plan · Developer tools · Developers
- AirStats
A very light Mac menu bar monitor showing CPU, memory, GPU, network, battery and temperature, with threshold alerts.
Free · Something else · Individuals and families
- 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
- CalmMouse
A Mac menu bar app that stops the Magic Mouse scrolling the page when you click, with tap and drag gestures.
Free · Something else · 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
- SSL Insecure Content Fixer
Fixes the mixed content and insecure content warnings a WordPress site shows after it moves to HTTPS.
Website builders
- Thaw
A Mac utility that tidies your menu bar by hiding icons you rarely use and letting you find any item with a shortcut.
Free · Focus and productivity · Individuals and families
- CH-UI
A self-hosted web workspace for ClickHouse with a SQL editor, dashboards and cluster monitoring, for data teams.
Since 2026
Free plan · Developer tools · Developers
- Dimble
A small Mac app that hides menu bar icons you rarely use and shows them again when you hover or click.
Free · Focus and productivity · Individuals and families
- Crisp
Controls external monitors on a Mac from the menu bar: sharper scaling, hardware brightness, presets, virtual displays and arrangement.
Free · Something else · Individuals and families
- Badgeify
Puts app icons with unread badges from Messages, Mail, Slack and others in the Mac menu bar, handy if you hide the Dock.
Since 2025
Free plan · Focus and productivity · Individuals and families
- JP the Cat
A Mac menu bar app and widget that tracks tokens, spend and limits across AI coding agents such as Claude Code and Codex.
Since 2026
One-off payment · Developer tools · Developers
- Tidy
Mac menu bar utility that reads text in images and scanned PDFs offline and renames each file to match what it contains.
Since 2026
One-off payment · Focus and productivity · Individuals and families
- KubeSwitch
A Mac menu bar app with a hotkey and fuzzy search for changing Kubernetes contexts and namespaces.
One-off payment · Developer tools · Developers
- Logchef
Self-hosted tool to search, tail and chart logs and set alerts over data already in ClickHouse or VictoriaLogs.
Since 2025
Free · Uptime and monitoring · Developers