Best Mac Apps

Hand-picked native Mac apps — fast, lightweight, no Electron bloat.

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Most notch utilities are electron wrappers or borrowed code. DynamicNotch replicates iPhone's Dynamic Island logic from scratch with native SwiftUI and AppKit animations—free, open source, no subscriptions.

#macOS #Swift #MenuBarApp

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@jazzyalex https://t.co/00EmmRkF7U

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Claude shows "60% quota used" and that's it. Agent Sessions by @jazzyalex attributes every token to the exact session that spent it, priced per model, local-only, free.

#macOS #Swift #DeveloperTools

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[Patrick Collison @patrickc]

Met a German founder this week and asked him if all the stories one reads about the challenges of startups in Germany are exaggerated. "No, they're understated." Proceeded to describe spending a full day having a 90-page investment contract read to him (mandatory under German law; § 13 BeurkG) by a notary that then charged €30,000. That was for his first company. His second company, needless to say, was not incorporated in Germany.

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MacTools bundles 13 native system controls in one menu bar app — brightness, resolution switching, Night Shift, Dark Mode, Sidecar, Sleep prevention, and more. Free and open source, written in Swift.

#macOS #Swift #MenuBarApp

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@adrianhqs @MicroLaunchHQ Like the design and idea, ping me whenever you were ready for launch.

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@Palmier_io https://t.co/E7RYDXxdLe

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Palmier Pro is Premiere Pro but built for AI — a Swift-native video editor by @Palmier_io where Claude collaborates on the timeline with you. Free and open source, no subscription.

#macOS #Swift #VideoPlayer

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@Kryoscopic https://t.co/kBvs1wPQXw

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Atoll by @kryoscopic turns your MacBook notch into a live activity hub: media controls with album art, CPU/GPU stats, timers, and clipboard history—native SwiftUI, expands on hover, collapses when you need space.

#macOS #Swift #MenuBarApp

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@realcoreychiu https://t.co/jISOKqdMkf

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kooky by @realcoreychiu is a minimal native terminal built for AI coding — sidebar workspaces, split panes, one-click launch for 15 agents, and full session state restored on relaunch.

#macOS #Swift #DeveloperTools

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cmux is iTerm2 but built for AI agents—vertical tabs, notification rings when Claude or Cline need attention, split browser pane, all native Swift. No bloat, no subscription.

#macOS #Swift #DeveloperTools

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@devPad_JT https://t.co/C4wdanMu9B

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Anubis by @devpad_jt is Cursor but for local LLMs — benchmark and compare Ollama, MLX, and LM Studio models in one native SwiftUI app with live hardware telemetry and exportable reports.

#macOS #Swift #DeveloperTools

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@superhighfives https://t.co/Y1mKjz0EXF

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ColorSnapper charges $49 for a colour picker. Pika by @superhighfives does the same job — seven formats, keyboard shortcuts, undo/redo — completely free and open source.

#macOS #Swift #MenuBarApp

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