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CategoryAll apps447
Productivity and AI87
Notes and Writing22Transcription13AI Assistants34Automation8Focus10
Utilities171
Audio and Music13
Games29
Creative Tools20
Photo and Video24
Developer Tools71
Business32
PriceAny priceFreeFreemiumFree trialPaid
PlatformAll platformsMacWindows

Productivity and AI

Notes and writing, AI assistants, transcription, automation and focus.

87 apps · 49–72

  • Productivity and AI
PopularRecently updatedNewly addedA to Z
  • Home Assistant for Apple Platforms
    Home Assistant

    Native Home Assistant companion app for Apple devices, including the Mac

    Open sourceAutomation
    Mac2.4K2,386 GitHub starsFree
  • Mindwtr
    Dongda Li

    Get tasks and ideas out of your head. A free GTD to-do app for desktop and mobile. Works offline, no account needed

    Open source
Focus
Mac2.3K2,264 GitHub starsFree
  • todometer
    Cassidy Williams

    A simple task app with a progress bar

    Open sourceFocus
    Mac2.1K2,135 GitHub starsFree
  • Open Island
    Octane

    Native macOS control center for AI coding agents — monitor sessions, approve actions, and jump back instantly.

    Open sourceAI Assistants
    Mac2K2,047 GitHub starsFree
  • Witsy
    Kochava Studios

    Witsy: desktop AI assistant / universal MCP client

    Open sourceAI Assistants
    MacWin2K2,039 GitHub starsFree
  • Llama
    ggml

    A cosy home for your LLMs.

    Open sourceAI Assistants
    Mac1.6K1,627 GitHub starsFree
  • NVIDIA Personal AI Router (PAIR)
    NVIDIA Corporation

    Router that virtually distributes inference across connected devices in the home.

    Open sourceAI Assistants
    Win1.6K1,615 GitHub starsFree
  • Waku
    EGOIST

    A native app for all your coding agents.

    Open sourceAI Assistants
    Mac1.6K1,573 GitHub starsFree
  • Amical
    Amical

    A local-first AI dictation app that works offline with open source speech models

    Open sourceTranscription
    MacWin1.6K1,558 GitHub starsFree
  • Muesli
    Muesli

    Muesli: agent-native local meeting transcription + dictation for macOS (Granola + WisprFlow alternative)

    Open sourceTranscription
    Mac1.4K1,419 GitHub starsFree
  • Markpad
    sftwr.dev

    The Notepad equivalent for Markdown

    Open sourceNotes and Writing
    Mac1.3K1,250 GitHub starsFree
  • FlowDown
    Lakr

    Native AI chat client for Mac that works with many AI model providers

    Open sourceAI Assistants
    Mac1.2K1,219 GitHub starsFree
  • Ghostex
    Mohamad Yahia

    Native workspace for running AI coding agents side by side, built in Rust with GPUI

    Open sourceAI Assistants
    Mac1.1K1,139 GitHub starsFree
  • Ping Island
    Dan

    A Dynamic Island-style command center for managing all your AI coding agents on macOS.

    Open sourceAI Assistants
    Mac1.1K1,129 GitHub starsFree
  • Markright
    David

    Tauri powered markdown editor with live preview

    Open sourceNotes and Writing
    Mac916916 GitHub starsFree
  • DS4 Control
    Luke

    macOS menubar app for fast local DeepSeek V4.1, with 1M context.

    Open sourceAI Assistants
    Mac915915 GitHub starsFree
  • Forel
    lab421

    File automation for macOS. The open source Hazel alternative for macOS.

    Open sourceAutomation
    Mac829829 GitHub starsFree
  • MacParakeet
    Daniel Moon

    Local-first voice app for Apple Silicon Macs covering dictation, transcription and meeting recording

    Open sourceTranscription
    Mac712712 GitHub starsFree
  • Openclip
    Ganesh M

    An open-source, privacy-first macOS text action popup for running custom scripts, AI-powered actions, and extensible workflows on selected text.

    Open sourceAutomation
    Mac683683 GitHub starsFree
  • Headroom Desktop
    gglucass

    Menu Bar App on MacOS and Windows that cuts Claude Code and Codex token costs by ~50%

    Open sourceAI Assistants
    Mac600600 GitHub starsFree
  • Swama
    Trans-N.ai

    High-performance MLX-based LLM inference engine for macOS with native Swift implementation

    Open sourceAI Assistants
    Mac593593 GitHub starsFree
  • Mater
    Jason Long

    A simple, native macOS menubar Pomodoro app

    Open sourceFocus
    Mac592592 GitHub starsFree
  • Scoot
    Michael Russo

    Keyboard-driven MacOS cursor actuator

    Open sourceAutomation
    Mac532532 GitHub starsFree
  • Astro Editor
    Danny Smith

    Astro Editor reads your Zod schemas and transforms frontmatter into smart forms. Get validation, proper field types, and MDX component insertion — all in a beau

    Open sourceNotes and Writing
    Mac500500 GitHub starsFree
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