No moat. Still in business.
Software directory for those who don’t want to rebuild, own the updates, the bugs, the support.
- QueryStorm
Excel add-in for querying tables with SQL, scripting workbooks in C# and building custom Excel functions.
Since 2016
Free plan · Data and spreadsheets · Developers
- 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
- 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
- Nginx Proxy Manager
A Docker app with a web interface for setting up Nginx reverse proxies and auto-renewing SSL certificates.
Free · Developer tools · Individuals and families
- 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
- Arcadeia
An open-source photo and video library you run on your own server, with animated previews, search and browser playback.
Since 2024
Free · Video and audio · Individuals and families
- AirTrail
Log every flight you take on your own server, see routes on a world map and get travel stats.
Free · Travel · Individuals and families
- 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
- SSL Insecure Content Fixer
Fixes the mixed content and insecure content warnings a WordPress site shows after it moves to HTTPS.
Website builders
- Piruetas
Simple private diary with one page per day, photo uploads and export, free to use or run on your own server.
Since 2026
Free · Notes and knowledge · Individuals and families
- Chime
Mac app that blocks your screen with a reminder before each meeting and lets you join in one click.
Since 2025
Free trial · 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- AlDente
Lets MacBook owners cap the battery charge level so the battery lasts longer and stays healthy.
Free plan · Something else · Individuals and families
- molab
A cloud workspace for creating, running and sharing marimo Python and SQL notebooks for data work
Since 2024
Developer tools · Developers
- Runtipi
Tool for running a home server that installs and updates hundreds of self-hosted apps from a dashboard.
Free · Developer tools · Individuals and families
- Appish
Push a Docker image and get a public HTTPS link, so developers can share demos, bots and side projects quickly.
Free plan · 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
- 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
- Quadratic
Spreadsheet that links to databases and files and lets AI write the formulas, Python and charts for you.
Since 2023
Data and spreadsheets
- OrbStack
A light Mac app that runs Docker containers, Kubernetes and Linux machines as a Docker Desktop replacement.
Since 2023
Developer tools · Developers
- CodeBurn
Tracks token use and spend across AI coding tools like Claude Code and Cursor, broken down by model, project and pull request.
Free · 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
- SayIt
A Mac menu bar app that reads any selected text aloud with offline speech models, including local voice cloning.
Since 2026
Free · Video and audio · 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- FreeMilk
An iPhone app with a coding agent that builds websites, scripts and Swift apps using free ad-funded AI models.
Since 2026
Free · Developer tools · 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
- Mouse Jiggler for Mac
A Mac menu bar app that moves the cursor to stop your computer sleeping, with schedules and automatic stop rules.
Free plan · Focus and productivity · Individuals and families
- 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
- 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
- GitWhy
Stores the reasoning from AI coding chats with each git commit and posts it to pull requests for team review.
Since 2026
Free plan · Developer tools · Developers
- IconCraft
Change the icon and name of any Mac app and manage default apps in one list, with full undo.
Free · Something else · Individuals and families
- Gitbar
Mac menu bar app listing your open pull requests, reviews you owe and assigned GitHub issues in one panel.
Since 2026
Free · Developer tools · Developers
- 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
- Deplexo
Connect a Git repo and every push gets built and served as a live app with its own HTTPS address, for developers.
Free plan · Developer tools · Developers
- Vitals
Mac activity monitor that shows resource use per app rather than per process, keeps twelve months of data and alerts on problem apps.
Since 2026
One-off payment · Developer tools · Individuals and families
- ScreenTranslate
A free Mac app that translates text you select or capture on screen, running on the device so it works offline.
Free · Focus and productivity · Individuals and families
- SyncBank
Self hosted tool for people who want their European bank transactions copied into Airtable, Google Sheets, Notion, Actual Budget or CSV.
Since 2026
One-off payment · Automation and integrations · Individuals and families