Anki
Education & Learning
A spaced-repetition flashcard program. The desktop version is free and cards sync across devices via AnkiWeb.
Free plan
Apps for Mac
49 apps
49 apps that APP NAVI confirmed from official sources to run on Mac. Last checked: 2026-11-05. Anything we could not confirm stays "Unverified"; we never guess. Prices and specs change, so check each app's official page before you use it.
Ardour
Video, Audio & Music
An open-source digital audio workstation for recording, editing, mixing and mastering audio and MIDI.
Atuin
Programming & Dev Tools
A tool to sync, search and back up shell history with end-to-end encryption, available for macOS, Linux and Windows.
AI
Bruno
Programming & Dev Tools
A Git-native API client for REST, GraphQL, gRPC and WebSocket that works locally with no cloud syncing according to the official site.
Celeste
Games & Entertainment
A precision platformer in which Madeline climbs Celeste mountain while confronting her inner struggles.
Japanese UI
ChatdollKit
AI & Generative AI
A Unity SDK for turning a 3D model into a voice-enabled chatbot. It supports several LLMs such as ChatGPT, Claude and Gemini and speech synthesis such as VOICEVOX and AivisSpeech.
Free planAIJapanese UIIndie
Clibor
Daily Life & Utilities
A free clipboard-history tool for Windows that keeps copied text and pastes saved phrases instantly.
Japanese UI
CmdDeck
Mobile Apps
A command reference app for IT work on iOS, iPadOS and macOS. It lists 1,510 commands and 120 troubleshooting flows, works fully offline, supports 9 UI languages and is a one-time purchase.
Japanese UIIndie
COEIROINK
AI & Generative AI
A free speech synthesis app that reads text aloud in character voices. It is distributed for Windows, Mac and Linux, and lets users create their own voice with the MYCOEIROINK feature.
Japanese UI
CotEditor
Programming & Dev Tools
A lightweight plain-text editor for macOS with syntax highlighting and regex search, plus CJK-friendly features such as vertical text and encoding detection. It is free on the Mac App Store.
Free planJapanese UIIndie
Cryptomator
Security & Privacy
Free open-source software that encrypts files on your device before they go to cloud storage. The site lists Cryptomator for individuals and Cryptomator Hub for teams.
Free plan
Ente Auth
Security & Privacy
A free, open-source two-factor authentication app with end-to-end encrypted backups and sync across devices. It can also be used offline without an account.
Etherpad
Web Services & Online Tools
A real-time collaborative editor you host yourself. It shows authorship by colour, lets you replay history, and can be extended with plugins.
FireAlpaca
Image, Photo & Design
A free paint tool with brushes, layers, comic panel features and filters; a paid FireAlpaca SE is sold on Steam.
Free planJapanese UI
Gitea
Programming & Dev Tools
A painless self-hosted all-in-one software development service including Git hosting, code review, package registry and CI/CD.
Free plan
Graphite
Image, Photo & Design
A free, open-source 2D graphics tool (alpha) that combines vector editing and node-based generative design, running as a web app.
Gyazo
Web Services & Online Tools
A capture tool for screenshots and video that creates a shareable URL right away. It offers shortcut capture, OCR search, tags and collections.
Free planAIJapanese UI
Hayabusa(隼)
Security & Privacy
A Rust tool that builds fast forensic timelines and performs threat hunting on Windows event logs using Sigma rules, developed by Yamato Security.
Japanese UI
ImageGlass
Image, Photo & Design
A fast, modern image viewer supporting more than 90 formats, available for Windows, macOS and Linux per its official site.
Indie
Jan
AI & Generative AI
An open-source ChatGPT alternative that runs AI models locally on your computer, and can also connect to cloud models such as GPT and Claude.
AI
Joplin
Daily Life & Utilities
A privacy-focused open-source note-taking app with sync across devices and end-to-end encryption.
Kdenlive
Video, Audio & Music
A free, open-source video editor from the KDE community, developed by a small, mostly volunteer team.
KeePassXC
Security & Privacy
An open-source cross-platform password manager that stores encrypted passwords locally and auto-fills them. The site says it has no cloud, ads or trackers.
Kero Blaster
Games & Entertainment
A side-scrolling action game from the team behind Cave Story, in which a frog office worker fights monsters on a business trip.
Japanese UI
LMMS
Video, Audio & Music
A free, open-source music production tool for making melodies and beats, developed by a community.
Luanti
Games & Entertainment
Formerly Minetest: an open-source voxel game creation platform with a Lua API for making games and mods.
Mindustry
Games & Entertainment
A sandbox tower-defense game where you build factories to process materials and defend your base against enemy waves, with multiplayer servers.
Free planJapanese UI
Mochi
Education & Learning
A spaced-repetition flashcard app that doubles as a Markdown note tool. It is local-first and supports LaTeX plus language-learning aids such as dictionaries and text-to-speech.
Free planAI
Ollama
AI & Generative AI
An open-source tool for running open AI models locally or in the cloud. It provides a CLI, a REST API and Python and JavaScript libraries.
Free planAI
Open WebUI
AI & Generative AI
A self-hosted, extensible web platform for interacting with AI models via Ollama or OpenAI-compatible APIs, designed to run fully offline.
Free planAI
OpenUtau
Video, Audio & Music
An open-source singing synthesis platform described as a UTAU successor, which can work with engines such as DiffSinger.
Papers, Please
Games & Entertainment
A game in which you play a border inspector in the communist state of Arstotzka, deciding who may enter by checking documents.
Japanese UI
Pinta
Image, Photo & Design
A free, open-source painting and image editing program built around simplicity, available on Linux, Mac, Windows and BSD according to its official site.
Free plan
Pixelorama
Image, Photo & Design
An open-source pixel art editor for sprites, tiles and animations, running on Windows, Linux, macOS and the web.
Shotcut
Video, Audio & Music
A free, open-source, cross-platform video editor; Shotcut is a trademark of Meltytech, LLC.
Sonic Pi
Education & Learning
A free open-source tool for making and performing music by writing code. The official site says it runs in the browser and also ships as apps for Windows, macOS and Linux.
Free plan
Stardew Valley
Games & Entertainment
A farming life sim where you inherit your grandfather's farm. You grow crops, raise animals, fish, befriend townsfolk and explore caves.
Japanese UI
Surge XT
Video, Audio & Music
An open-source digital subtractive-hybrid synthesizer with two scenes per patch, available as VST3, CLAP, AU and LV2.
TheDesk
Social & Communication
A desktop client for Mastodon (and Misskey) with a multi-column timeline layout. The official site says v25 onward is a modified version of Fedistar.
Japanese UIIndie
Tux Paint
Education & Learning
A free drawing program for children aged 3 to 12. The official site states it has no ads, is open source under the GPL and is built by a worldwide volunteer team.
Free planJapanese UIIndie
UNDERTALE
Games & Entertainment
An RPG introduced on its official site as one where you do not have to destroy anyone.
Japanese UI
Upscayl
Image, Photo & Design
A free, open-source AI image upscaler for Linux, macOS and Windows, according to its official site.
AI
Vampire Survivors
Games & Entertainment
A gothic-horror roguelite survival game where you fight hordes of monsters until dawn.
Japanese UI
VCV Rack
Video, Audio & Music
A Eurorack modular synthesizer simulator for Windows, Mac and Linux. The official site lists Rack 2 as available now.
Veloren
Games & Entertainment
An action-adventure RPG set in a vast fantasy world, with cave mining, animal taming and multiplayer. The source code is public.
VOICEVOX
Video, Audio & Music
Free text-to-speech and singing voice synthesis software; the page states it is free for commercial and non-commercial use subject to each character's terms.
Free planJapanese UI
Zotero
Education & Learning
A research tool for collecting, organizing, annotating and citing sources, developed by a nonprofit and free to use.
Free plan
ティラノスクリプト
Games & Entertainment
A free tool for making visual novel games. Games can be published for PC, smartphones and browsers, and the official site says commercial use has no restrictions.
Free planJapanese UI
ドリトル (Dolittle)
Education & Learning
A programming language designed for education. The official site says it is used in textbooks and supplementary materials for junior and senior high schools and in classes from elementary school to university.
Japanese UI