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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- Recall
Saves videos, podcasts, PDFs and articles, summarises them, and lets you search and chat across what you saved.
Since 2022
Free plan · Notes and knowledge · Individuals and families
- 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
- Obsibrain
A ready-made Obsidian setup that ties tasks, projects, goals and reviews together, bought once.
Since 2024
One-off payment · Projects and tasks · Individuals and families
- SSL Insecure Content Fixer
Fixes the mixed content and insecure content warnings a WordPress site shows after it moves to HTTPS.
Website builders
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- Capacities
Note taking app where people, books, ideas and links become linked entries rather than documents sorted into folders.
Free plan · Notes and knowledge · Individuals and families
- 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
- 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
- Quadratic
Spreadsheet that links to databases and files and lets AI write the formulas, Python and charts for you.
Since 2023
Data and spreadsheets
- 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
- Neuron
A notes app that collects articles, links and PDFs and quizzes you on them so you remember what you saved.
Since 2026
Subscription · Notes and knowledge · Individuals and families
- 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
- GYST
Collect links, screenshots, notes and files on a visual board, connect them with tags, and ask AI questions about them.
Since 2025
Free plan · Notes and knowledge · Individuals and families
- 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
- Mana
Drop in papers, notes and transcripts and an AI agent files them into a cited, linked markdown wiki you keep.
Since 2026
Notes and knowledge · 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
- 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
- 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
- AIR Blackbox
Records every AI agent decision in a signed, tamper-evident log so teams can show regulators what their AI did under the EU AI Act.
Since 2026
Free plan · Developer tools · Developers
- Mindweave
An open source home for your notes, links and files that tags them for you and finds them by what they mean, for idea collectors.
Since 2026
Free plan · Notes and knowledge · Individuals and families
- 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
- 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
- Ultrathink
Fast capture for screenshots, links, files and voice memos that AI sorts and labels for later, designed for people with ADHD.
Since 2026
Free plan · Notes and knowledge · 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
- redirs
Point any domain at any URL with automatic HTTPS, path rules and hit analytics, no server to run.
Free plan · Website builders
- Overcast
Pools GPUs and CPUs from many cloud providers and your own servers so developers can run large data jobs in one place.
Since 2026
Developer tools · Developers
- KeyTik
A desktop tool to remap keys, run macros and auto clicks, with separate profiles per program or device.
Since 2025
Automation and integrations · Individuals and families
- Kanmail
A desktop email app that shows mail from all your accounts as cards in columns you drag between.
Since 2025
One-off payment · Projects and tasks · Individuals and families
- DollarDeploy
Deploys apps from a GitHub repo onto a server in your own cloud account, with HTTPS and redeploys on each push.
Since 2026
Free plan · Developer tools · Developers
- Hodor
A Mac utility that stores your common AI prompts and pastes them by shortcut, keyword or screen edge.
Since 2026
Free · Focus and productivity · Individuals and families