FineTune
FineTune, a macOS menu bar app for per-app volume control, multi-device output, audio routing, and 10-band EQ. Free and open-source alternative to SoundSource.
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About FineTune
FineTune
Control the volume of every app independently, boost quiet ones up to 4x, route audio to different speakers, and shape your sound with EQ and headphone correction. Lives in your menu bar. Free and open-source.
Features
Volume Control
- Per-app volume — Individual sliders and mute for each application
- Per-app volume boost — 2x / 3x / 4x gain presets
- Pinned apps — Keep apps visible in the menu bar even when they're not playing, so you can configure volume, EQ, and routing in advance
- Ignore apps — Completely disengage FineTune from specific apps. Tears down the audio tap so the app returns to normal macOS audio
- Scroll-wheel volume — Hover any slider in the popup, the HUD, or the EQ panel and scroll to adjust.
⌨ Keyboard
- Global volume hotkeys — Bind your own keys to App Volume Up, App Volume Down, and App Mute from Settings → Shortcuts. The "app" is whichever is currently making sound, so volume-down while a YouTube tab plays behind a foreground Terminal turns down YouTube, not the terminal. If nothing is audible, the hotkey falls through to the frontmost app.
- Toggle the popup from anywhere — Bind a hotkey to Toggle FineTune Popup and the menu bar opens or closes on demand, including from full-screen apps.
- Configurable step size — Pick Coarse / Normal / Fine / Extra-Fine under Settings → Shortcuts → Volume Step. The same setting governs the F10–F12 media keys, the global hotkeys, and the popup's arrow-key navigation.
- Hold to ramp, auto-unmute on volume-up — Holding App Volume Up or Down emits repeats the way macOS does for arrow keys. Volume-up while muted unmutes and sets the new level in one keystroke.
- Drive the popup with the keyboard — Once the popup is open, ↑ / ↓ move between rows, ← / → adjusts the focused row's volume (Shift = 2× step), M toggles mute, Return / Space activates, Tab switches between Output and Input device tabs, Esc closes. The focused row autoscrolls to center as you arrow through.
Audio Routing
- Multi-device output — Route audio to multiple devices simultaneously
- Audio routing — Send apps to different outputs or follow system default
- Device priority — Choose which device FineTune switches to when a new device connects; auto-fallback on disconnect
Description adapted from the project README.
- Version
- 1.9.0
- Updated
- Jul 9, 2026
- Size
- 5.2 MB
- License
- GNU GPL 3.0
Open source details
- Source code
- Exact source for v1.9.0
- Released
- Jul 9, 2026
- GitHub stars
- 9.7K
Community project. Help and bug reports go to the maintainers on GitHub; AppsXi does not provide support for this app.
License
CopyleftGNU GPL 3.0
Use and change it freely; anything built from it must be shared under the same license, with its source.
Read the full licenseHow this app was checked
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Signed by Ronit Singh (MA94NC8B2C)
Apple Developer ID team MA94NC8B2C
Notarized by Apple
Hardened Runtime on
File matches the hash GitHub published
SHA-256 2b8af93c0f1be1870d490ffe3e8a5ef2e17bc83bf48cfc5b4b83791861cdf22e
No malware found
ClamAV 1.5.4 on Oct 14, 2026
Install and behavior test in a virtual machine: not run yet
Coming soon for all listings.
Updates itself from the maintainer's own feed
sparkle: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ronitsingh10/FineTune/main/appcast.xml. AppsXi checks each new version too.
Versions
1.9.0checked
Checked Oct 14, 2026 · Mac
DMG · 5.2 MB
Questions about FineTune
Is FineTune free?
Yes. FineTune is free and open source under the GNU GPL 3.0. AppsXi lists the maintainers' official release and does not charge for it.
Is FineTune safe to download?
AppsXi downloads every version of FineTune from the maintainers' official GitHub release and checks it before it is listed. For version 1.9.0 (checked Oct 14, 2026), the Mac download is signed by its developer and notarized by Apple, each file matches the checksum GitHub publishes for the release, byte for byte and a malware scan found nothing.
Does FineTune run on Apple silicon Macs?
Yes. FineTune has a native Apple silicon build, and it runs on Intel Macs too.
What does FineTune need to run?
FineTune needs macOS Sequoia (15.4) or later.
Who makes FineTune?
FineTune is an open source project by Ronit Singh on GitHub (ronitsingh10/FineTune). Help and bug reports go to its maintainers there.
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