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
- Octopus.do
Plan a website's structure as a visual sitemap with simple wireframes, built from scratch, from a URL or by AI.
Since 2019
Free plan · Website builders · Agencies
- 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
- 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
- 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
- Proto.io
Build clickable web and mobile app prototypes in the browser from ready UI components, for designers and product managers.
Design and images · Software companies
- 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
- Calendar0
Shows Google, Outlook and iCloud calendars in one tray app, with quick add, booking links and call notes.
Since 2025
Free plan · Scheduling and booking
- ForcePush
A Mac menu bar timer that prompts push-up breaks during the day and compares your sets with your GitHub commits.
Since 2026
One-off payment · Health and habits · Individuals and families
- mcpock
A Mac menu bar app that tests the MCP servers your AI agents rely on and flags ones that are broken, slow or need sign-in.
Free · Uptime and monitoring · Developers
- 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
- 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
- Nile
Serverless Postgres that keeps each customer's data and vector embeddings in its own virtual database, for teams building B2B SaaS.
Developer tools · Developers
- Authgear
Login, passkeys, SMS and WhatsApp codes, SSO and user management for apps, run in their cloud or on your servers.
Free plan · Security and passwords · Developers
- Faable
Hosts apps from Git on European servers and adds user login through a hosted OAuth and OpenID Connect server.
Free plan · Security and passwords · 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
- Back4app
Hosted app backend with database, user login and generated REST and GraphQL APIs, so developers skip running servers.
Developer tools · Developers
- 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
- 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
- authentik
Self-hosted identity provider that gives an organisation single sign-on and login flows across its apps, with APIs and templates.
Security and passwords
- Para Cloud
Managed hosting of the open-source Para backend with a JSON API, login, search and backups, priced per app.
Free plan · 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
- Quadratic
Spreadsheet that links to databases and files and lets AI write the formulas, Python and charts for you.
Since 2023
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
- 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
- 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
- BlackFlare
A Mac menu bar app that stops your laptop sleeping while Claude Code or Codex runs and alerts you when a task finishes.
Since 2026
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
- 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
- Dynamic Menu Bar
Mac app that changes the menu bar's colour and shape to match your screen or music, or to a look you set for each app.
One-off payment · Something else · Individuals and families
- Hanko
Open-source login service with passkeys, 2FA and SSO for app makers, run in Hanko's cloud or on your own servers.
Since 2025
Free plan · Security and passwords · Developers
- Agents Never Sleep
A small Mac menu bar app that keeps your machine awake, lid closed or not, so long AI agent jobs keep running.
Since 2026
One-off payment · Developer tools · Developers
- QuietSpeech
Mac menu bar app that turns your speech into clean text in any app, using on-device Apple Intelligence.
One-off payment · Focus and productivity · Individuals and families
- What Just Pinged Me?
Mac menu bar utility that identifies which app, browser tab or notification played a sound and lets you replay it.
Since 2026
Free · Focus and productivity · Individuals and families
- Voxxy
A Mac menu bar app where you hold a key, speak, and the transcribed text is pasted into whatever field you are typing in.
Since 2026
One-off payment · Focus and productivity · Individuals and families
- Rungeist
Mac menu bar app that lists local dev servers, ports and Docker containers so developers can open, restart or stop them.
Since 2026
One-off payment · Developer tools · Developers
- Promptrack
Menu bar app for Mac that logs your Claude Code prompts, tokens, lines written and active hours, all from files on your machine.
Since 2026
One-off payment · Developer tools · Developers
- 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
- Symbiote
Mac menu bar app that keeps apps and big files on an external drive and links them back so they still show up as normal.
Since 2026
One-off payment · Something else · 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
- TuckBar
A free Mac app that hides the menu bar on the monitors you choose, to stop OLED burn-in, and shows it when you hover.
Free · Focus and productivity · Individuals and families
- Prototyper
Shared canvas where your team and coding agents build clickable React prototypes, wireframes and slide decks.
Since 2026
Free plan · Design and images · Agencies
- Dropper
Drag files onto this Mac menu bar app to store them in a Cloudflare R2 bucket you own and copy a share page link, with no subscription.
Since 2026
Free · Something else · Individuals and families
- 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
- 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
- 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
- CodexBar
A Mac menu bar app that shows usage limits, credits, costs and reset times for the AI coding tools a developer pays for.
Free · Developer tools · Developers