# List of Mac software

The following is a list of Mac software – notable computer applications for current macOS operating systems.
For software designed for the Classic Mac OS, see List of old Macintosh software.

## Audio software
### Digital audio workstations

* Ableton Live
* Ardour
* Cubase
* Digital Performer
* GarageBand
* Logic Pro and MainStage
* REAPER
* Reason
* Renoise
* Steinberg 2019 Mac Pro

### Audio editing

* Audacity – digital audio editor

### DJing

* djay – digital music mixing software
* Mixxx – DJ mix software

### Notation software

* Impro-Visor – notation software with a particular orientation towards jazz solos
* LilyPond
* Overture
* MuseScore

### Misc audio tools

* Audio Hijack – audio recorder
* baudline – signal analyzer
* BeaTunes - BPM analyzer and iTunes companion tool
* Cog – open source audio player, supports multiple formats
* fre:ac – open source audio converter and CD ripper
* ixi software – free improvisation and sketching tools
* Jaikoz – music file mass tagger
* Max – Cycling 74's visual programming language for MIDI, audio, video; with MSP, Jitter
* Music MiniPlayer - miniplayer for Apple Music
* ReBirth – virtual synth program simulates Roland TR-808, TB-303
* Recycle – music loop editor

### Discontinued audio apps

* Adobe Soundbooth – music and soundtrack editing
* Audion – media player
* BIAS Peak – mastering
* Finale – proprietary music notation software
* iTunes – audio/video Jukebox by Apple
* Logic Express – prosumer music production by Apple
* Logic Studio – music writing studio package by Apple
** Apple Loops Utility – production and organisation of Apple Loops
** Apple Qmaster and Qadministrator
** Mainstage – program to play software synthesizers live
** QuickTime Pro – pro version of QuickTime
** Soundtrack Pro – post production audio editor
** WaveBurner – CD mastering and production software
* RiffWorks – guitar recording and online song collaboration software

## Chat (text, voice, image, and video)
### Active

* Adium – multi-protocol IM client
* Colloquy – freeware advanced IRC and SILC client
* Discord – IM and VoIP social platform
* FaceTime – videoconferencing between Mac, iPhone, iPad and iPod Touch
* iMessage – instant messaging between Mac, and iDevices
* Irssi – IrssiX and MacIrssi
* Kopete – free multi-protocol IM client
* LiveChat – online customer service software
* Microsoft Teams – team collaboration application
* Palringo
* Psi (instant messenger) – free IM client for the XMPP protocol
* Signal – open-source, encrypted messaging service for IM, voice calls and video calls
* Skype – telecommunications application supporting IM and VoIP-based videotelephony
* Snak – IRC client (shareware)
* Ventrilo – audio chatroom application
* Telegram – cross-platform, encrypted IM client

### Discontinued

* aMSN – free Windows Live Messenger clone
* AOL Instant Messenger – discontinued as of December 15, 2017
* ChitChat – open-source IM client supporting the Yahoo! Messenger protocol
* HexChat – IRC client, discontinued as of February 9, 2024
* Ircle – IRC client (shareware)
* Microsoft Messenger for Mac – cross-platform IM client
* Yahoo! Messenger – IM client, also supporting VoIP, file transfers and webcam hosting

## Children's software

* Kid Pix Deluxe 3X – bitmap drawing program
* Stagecast Creator – programming and internet authoring for kids

## Developer tools and IDEs

* Apache Web Server – free and open-source web server software
* AppCode – an Objective-C IDE by JetBrains for macOS and iOS development
* Aptana – an open source integrated development environment (IDE) for building Ajax web applications
* Clozure CL – an open source integrated development environment (IDE) for building Common Lisp applications
* Code::Blocks – open source IDE for C++
* CodeWarrior – development environment, framework
* Coldstone game engine – game engine specializing in role-playing and adventure-style games
* Cursor – code editor integrating advanced artificial intelligence features
* Dylan – programming language
* Eclipse – open source Java-based IDE for developing rich-client applications, includes SWT library, replaces Swing by using underlying OS native windowing abilities
* Fink – Debian package manager for ported Unix software
* Free Pascal – Object Pascal compiler, XCode plugin available
* GNU Compiler Collection – collection of compilers for different programming languages, hardware architectures and operating systems
* Glasgow Haskell Compiler
* Helix – relational database IDE
* Homebrew - Package manager for installing many open source, mostly terminal based, utilities. Includes Apache, PHP, Python and many more.
* HotSpot – Sun's Java Virtual Machine
* IntelliJ IDEA – a JAVA IDE by JetBrains (free limited community edition)
* Komodo – commercial multi-language IDE from ActiveState
* Lazarus – cross-platform IDE to develop software with Free Pascal, specialized in graphical software
* LiveCode – high-level cross-platform IDE
* MacApp – application development framework for Pascal and C++
* Macintosh Programmer's Workshop (MPW)
* Macports – a package management system that simplifies the installation of free/open source software on the macOS.
* Macromedia Authorware – application (CBT, eLearning) development, no Mac development environment since version 4, though can still package applications with the 'Mac Packager' for OS 8 through 10 playback
* Mono – open source implementation of Microsoft .NET Framework with a C# compiler
* NetBeans – modular, open source, multi-language platform and IDE for Java written in pure Java
* Omnis Studio – cross-platform development environment for creating enterprise and web applications for macOS, Windows, Linux, Solaris
* Panorama – database engine
* Perl – programming language
* PHP – programming language
* Python – programming language
* Qt Creator – an IDE for C++ GUI applications, by Trolltech
* Real Studio – cross-platform compiled REALbasic BASIC programming language IDE
* ResEdit – resource editor
* Script Debugger – an AppleScript and Open Scripting Architecture IDE
* SuperCard – high-level IDE
* Tcl/tk – scripting shell & GUI utility that allows cross platform development. Included with macOS.
* TextMate – multipurpose text editor that supports Ruby, PHP, and Python
* Torque (game engine) – game creation software
* Visual Studio Code – code editor and IDE with debugging features
* WebKit – open source application framework for Safari (web browser)
* WebObjects – Java web application server and a server-based web application framework
* wxPython – API merging Python and wxWidgets
* Xcode – IDE made by Apple, which comes as a part of macOS and is available as a downloadon, was called Project Builders of Florida tech

## Email
### Email clients

* Apple Mail – the bundled email client
* Claris Emailer – classic Mac OS only, no longer available
* Entourage – email client by Microsoft; analogous to Microsoft Outlook
* Eudora
* Foxmail
* Lotus Notes
* Mailbird
* Mailplane – a WebKit-based client for Gmail
* Microsoft Outlook
* Mozilla Thunderbird
* Mulberry – open-source software for e-mail, calendars and contacts
* Opera Mail
* Outlook Express
* Postbox
* Proton Mail
* Sparrow – as well as Sparrow Lite

### Other email software

* Gmail Notifier

## FTP clients

* Classic FTP
* Cyberduck
* Fetch
* Fugu
* FileZilla
* ForkLift
* Interarchy
* Transmit
* WebDrive – FTP and cloud client
* Yummy FTP

## Games

* Steam – digital distribution software for video games and related media

## Graphics, layout, and desktop publishing
### CAD, 3D graphics

* 3D-Coat
* Autodesk Alias
* Ashlar-Vellum – 2D/3D drafting, 3D modeling
* ArchiCAD
* AutoCAD
* Blender
* BricsCAD
* Cheetah3D
* Cinema 4D
* FreeCAD
* SketchUp – 3D modeling software
* Houdini
* Lightwave
* MacDraft - 2D CAD
* Maya
* Modo
* PowerCADD
* ZBrush

### Distributed document authoring

* Adobe Acrobat – software to view, create, manipulate, print and manage PDF files
* Preview – built-in image viewer and PDF viewer of the macOS operating system

### Icon editors, viewers

* Icon Composer – part of Apple Developer Tools
* IconBuilder – plugin for Adobe Photoshop and Macromedia Fireworks for the editing and creation of icons
* Microsoft Office

### File conversion and management
#### Active

* Adobe Bridge – digital asset management app
* BibDesk – free bibliographic database app that organizes linked files
* Font Book – font management tool
* GraphicConverter – graphics editor, open/converts a wide range of file formats
* Photos – photo management application

#### Discontinued

* iPhoto – discontinued photo management application

### Layout and desktop publishing
#### Active

* Adobe InDesign – page layout
* iCalamus – page layout
* iStudio Publisher – page layout
* Pages – part of iWork
* QuarkXPress – page layout
* Ready, Set, Go! – page layout
* Scribus – page layout
* TeX – publishing
** MacTeX – TeX redistribution of TeX Live for Mac
** Comparison of TeX Editors
* The Print Shop – page layout

#### Discontinued

* iBooks Author – created interactive books for Apple Books

### Raster and vector graphics

This section lists bitmap graphics editors and vector graphics editors.

#### Active

* Adobe Illustrator – vector graphics editor
* Adobe Photoshop – also offers some vector graphics features
* Affinity Designer – vector graphics editor for Apple macOS and Microsoft Windows
* Anime Studio – 2D based vector animation
* Collabora Online – enterprise-ready edition of LibreOffice
* Corel Painter
* EazyDraw – vector graphics editor; versions available that can convert old formats such as MacDraw files
* Fontographer
* GIMP – free bitmap graphics editor
* GraphicConverter – displays and edits raster graphics files
* Inkscape – free vector graphics editor
* Luminar
* Paintbrush – free simple bitmap graphics program
* Photos – official photo management and editing application developed by Apple
* Photo Booth – photo camera, video recorder
* Pixelmator – hardware-accelerated integrated photo editor
* Polarr – photo editing app
* Retouch4me Arams – AI-based photo editor
* Seashore – open source, based around the GIMP's technology, but with native macOS (Cocoa) UI

#### Discontinued

* Adobe Fireworks – supports GIF animation
* Adobe FreeHand – vector graphics editor
* Aperture – Apple's pro photo management, editing, publishing application
* GIMPShop – free open source cross-platform bitmap graphics editor
* MacPaint – painting software by Apple (discontinued)

## Integrated software technologies

* Bonjour – service discovery on a local area network
* Finder
* QuickTime
* Terminal
* X11.app

## Language and reference tools

* Cram (software)
* Dictionary (software)
* Encyclopædia Britannica
* Rosetta Stone (software) – proprietary language learning software
* Ultralingua – proprietary electronic dictionaries and language tools
* World Book Encyclopedia – multimedia

## Mathematics software

* Fityk
* Grapher
* Maple (software)
* Mathematica
* MATLAB
* MathMagic
* Octave (software) – open source
* R (programming language)
* Sysquake
* SciLab – open source

## Media center

* Boxee – Mac and Apple TV
* Front Row
* Mira
* MythTV
* SageTV
* Plex
* Kodi

## Multimedia authoring

* Adobe Director – animation/application development
* Adobe Flash – vector animation
* Adobe LiveMotion – a discontinued competitor to Flash, until Adobe bought Macromedia
* Apple Media Tool – a discontinued multimedia authoring tool published by Apple
* Dragonframe - stop motion animation and time-lapse
* iBooks Author – created interactive books for Apple Books (discontinued)
* iLife – media suite by Apple
* Unity – 3D authoring

## Networking and telecommunications

* Apple Remote Desktop
* Google Earth
* iStumbler – find wireless networks and devices
* Karelia Watson (defunct)
* KisMAC
* Little Snitch – network monitor and outgoing connection firewall
* NetSpot – software tool for wireless network assessment, scanning, and surveys, analyzing Wi-Fi coverage and performance
* Timbuktu – remote control
* WiFi Explorer – a wireless network scanner tool

## News aggregators

* Feedly – news aggregator, and news aggregator reading application
* NetNewsWire – news aggregator reading application
* NewsFire – news aggregator reading application
* RSSOwl – news aggregator reading application
* Safari (web browser) - news aggregation via built-in RSS support
* Apple Mail – news aggregation via (discontinued) built-in RSS support

## Office and productivity

* AbiWord
* Adobe Acrobat – PDF viewer and editor
* Address Book – bundled with macOS
* AppleWorks – word processor, spreadsheet, and presentation applications (discontinued)
* Banktivity – personal finance, budgeting, investments
* Bean (word processor) – free TXT/RTF/DOC word processor
* Bear – markdown note-taking application
* Celtx
* Collabora Online enterprise-ready edition of LibreOffice
* CricketGraph – graphmaker
* Delicious Library
* FileMaker
* FlowVella
* Fortora Fresh Finance
* Helix (database)
* iBank – personal finance application
* iCal – calendar management, bundled with macOS
* iWork – suite:
** Pages – word processor application
** Numbers – spreadsheet application
** Keynote – presentation application
* Journler – diary and personal information manager with personal wiki features
* KOffice
* LibreOffice
* MacLinkPlus Deluxe – file format translation tool for PowerPC-era Mac OS X, converting and opening files created in other operating systems
* Mellel
* Microsoft Office – office suite:
** Microsoft Word – word processor application
** Microsoft Excel – spreadsheet application
** Microsoft PowerPoint – presentation application
** Microsoft Entourage – email application (replaced by Microsoft Outlook)
** Microsoft Outlook – email application
** Microsoft OneNote – note-taking application
** Microsoft Publisher – desktop publishing application
* MoneyWiz – personal finance application
* Montage – screenwriting software
* NeoOffice - discontinued
* Nisus Writer
* OmniFocus
* OpenOffice.org - discontinued
* WriteNow
* Taste – word processor (discontinued)

## Operating systems

* Darwin – the BSD-licensed core of macOS
* macOS – originally named "Mac OS X" until 2012 and then "OS X" until 2016
* macOS Server – the server computing variant of macOS

## Outliners and mind-mapping

* FreeMind
* Mindjet
* OmniOutliner
* OmniGraffle
* XMind

## Peer-to-peer file sharing

* aMule
* BitTorrent client
* FrostWire
* LimeWire
* Poisoned
* rTorrent
* Transmission (BitTorrent)
* μTorrent
* Vuze – Bittorrent client, was Azureus

## Science

* Celestia – 3D astronomy program
* SimThyr – Simulation system for thyroid homeostasis
* Stellarium – 3D astronomy program

## Text editors

* ACE
* BBEdit
* BBEdit Lite
* Coda
* Emacs
* jEdit
* iA Writer
* Komodo Edit
* Nano
* SimpleText
* Smultron
* SubEthaEdit
* TeachText
* TextEdit
* TextMate
* TextWrangler
* vim
* XEmacs
* Ulysses

## Utilities

* Activity Monitor – default system monitor for hardware and software
* After Dark – computer screensaver software
* AppZapper – uninstaller (shareware)
* Automator – built-in, utility to automate repetitive tasks
* Butler – free, launcher and utility to automate repetitive tasks
* CandyBar – system customization software (commercial)
* CDFinder – disk cataloging software (commercial)
* CleanMyMac – maintenance and optimisation utility
* DaisyDisk – disk visualization tool
* Dashboard – built-in macOS widgets
* Grab – built-in macOS screenshot utility
* Growl – global notifications system, free
* iSync – syncing software, bundled with Mac OS X up to 10.6
* LaunchBar – provides instant access to local data, search engines and more by entering abbreviations of search item names, commercial
* MacKeeper – cleanup utility
* Mavis Beacon Teaches Typing – proprietary, typing tutor
* OnyX – a freeware system maintenance and optimization tool for macOS
* Path Finder – replacement for Apple's Finder
* Quicksilver – a framework for accessing and manipulating many forms of data
* SheepShaver – PowerPC emulator, allows, among other things, running Mac OS 9 on Intel Macs
* Sherlock – file searching (version 2), web services (version 3)
* Stickies – put Post-It Note-like notes on the desktop
* System Settings – default Mac system option application
* UUTool – uuencoded/uudecode and other transcoding
* Xsan – storage network utility
* Yahoo! Widget Engine – JavaScript-based widget system

### Anti-malware software

macOS includes the built-in XProtect antimalware as part of GateKeeper. The software listed in this section is antivirus software and malware removal software.
* BitDefender Antivirus for Mac – antivirus
* Intego VirusBarrier – antivirus
* MacScan – malware removal
* Malwarebytes — malware removal
* McAffee VirusScan – antivirus
* Norton Antivirus for Mac – antivirus
* Sophos – antivirus

### Archiving, backup, restore, recovery

This section lists software for file archiving, backup and restore, data compression and data recovery.
* Archive Utility – built-in archive file handler
* Archiver – paid, file archiving
* BetterZip – file archiver and compressor
* Compact Pro – data compression
* Disk Drill – data recovery
* Stellar Data Recovery – data recovery
* The Unarchiver — file archiving
* Time Machine (macOS) – built-in backup software
* WinZip – file archiver and compressor utility

#### Discontinued archiving apps

* Backup – discontinued Apple backup utility, part of MobileMe
* Stuffit – data compression

### Disc burning apps

* Roxio Toast – DVD authoring application

#### Discontinued disc burning apps

* Adobe Encore
* Disco – disc burning
* DVD Studio Pro – DVD authoring application
* iDVD – a basic DVD-authoring application

## Video

* Adobe After Effects – digital visual effects, motion graphics and compositing application
* Adobe Premiere Pro – timeline-based video editing software
* Adobe Presenter Video Express – screencasting and video editing software
* ArKaos – VJ software
* Avid
* DaVinci Resolve – video editing suite
* DivX
* DivX Player
* DVD Player (Apple) – DVD player software built into macOS
* FFmpeg – audio/video converter
* Final Cut Express
* Final Cut Studio – audio-video editing suite:
** Apple Qmaster
** Cinema Tools
** Compressor
** DVD Studio Pro
** Final Cut Pro
** LiveType
** Motion 2
** Soundtrack Pro
* HandBrake – DVD to MPEG-4 and other formats converter
* iMovie – basic video editing application
* Miro Media Player
* MPlayer
* Perian
* QuickTime – including its Player and QuickTime Pro
* RealPlayer
* Shotcut – open source rich video editor
* Shake
* Windows Media Player
* VLC media player – free and open-source media player

## Virtualization, emulation, and dual-booting

* Bochs
* Boot Camp – a multi-boot utility built into macOS from 10.5 on Intel Macs only
* CrossOver – commercial implementation of Wine
* DOSBox – DOS emulator
* Hercules emulator
* pcAnywhere – VNC-style remote control
* Parallels Workstation – commercial full virtualization software for desktop and server
* Q – emulates an IBM-compatible PC on a Mac, allows running PC operating systems
* VMware Fusion – virtualization software
* Wine – Windows API reimplementation
* Virtual PC – full virtualization software allows running other operating systems, such as Windows and Linux, on PowerPC Macs (discontinued in 2007)
* VirtualBox
* vMac – emulates a Macintosh Plus and can run Apple Macintosh System versions 1.1 to 7.5.5.

## Web browsers

* Amaya – free
* Brave – free and open-source, Chromium-based
* Camino – open source
* Flock – free, Mozilla Firefox based
* Google Chrome – free, proprietary, Chromium-based
* iCab – free
* Konqueror – open source
* Lynx – free
* Mozilla – open source, combines browser, email client, WYSIWYG editor
* Mozilla Firefox – open source
* Microsoft Edge – free, proprietary, Chromium-based
* Netscape Navigator – free, proprietary
* OmniWeb – free, proprietary
* Opera – free, proprietary, Chromium-based
* Safari (web browser) – built-in from Mac OS X 10.3, available as a separate download for Mac OS X 10.2
* SeaMonkey – open source Internet application suite
* Shiira – open source
* Sleipnir – free, by Fenrir Inc
* Tor (anonymity network) – free, open source
* Torch (web browser) – free, by Torch Media Inc.
* Vivaldi – free, proprietary, Chromium-based
* Internet Explorer for Mac – free, by Microsoft
* WebKit – Safari application framework, also in the form of an application

## Web design and content management

* Adobe Contribute
* Adobe Dreamweaver
* Adobe GoLive
* Claris Homepage
* Coda
* Freeway
* iWeb
* NVu
* RapidWeaver – a template-based website editor

## Weblog clients

* ecto
* MarsEdit