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Mac Software

  • i18n studio - A GPT4-powered developer tool for multilingual management and localization translation
  • Automa - Automate browser tasks
  • Paste - Clipboard history, view clipboard history, batch copy and paste, history search
  • Manico - Hotkeys, set shortcuts for applications, quickly switch between apps
  • Magnet - Quickly adjust window size (one-third, half, quarter, full screen)
  • 1password - Password manager, free up brain memory, automatically generate passwords, each password unique, cross-platform
  • ClashX - VPN client (requires purchasing proxy server separately), life is short, I use Google
  • Mos - Solves the issue of non-smooth scrolling when using third-party mice on Mac
  • Alfred - Essential Mac tool, solves workflow issues, e.g., show hidden folders, input color to get color value, search documents, search IP, if you can think of it, it can do it (advanced features paid)
  • Bartender - Hide status bar icons, useful when screen is small and status bar has too many icons, only show useful ones like WeChat, QQ, DingTalk, etc.
  • IINA - Open-source all-in-one video player
  • The Unarchiver - Mac decompression tool
  • Xnip - Powerful screenshot tool
  • utools - Spotlight + mini-programs, rich mini-program applications
  • AppCleaner - Compact application uninstaller
  • Downie - Web video download tool, downloads videos at highest quality
  • betterdisplay - Make your 2K monitor display HiDPI
  • MonitorControl - Conveniently control external monitor brightness and volume (betterdisplay has integrated this functionality)
  • Aerial - Apple TV high-definition aerial screensaver
  • YPlayer - A video player that can generate real-time subtitles locally
  • screen.studio - Video recording tool that supports zooming in on details
  • ShortcutDective - Detect which App is using a specific shortcut
  • KeyCastr - An open-source keystroke visualizer for macOS that displays your keystrokes during screencasts, presentations, or collaborations. It can show command keys, modified keys, or all keystrokes, and includes an option to display mouse clicks. Installation available via Homebrew: brew install --cask keycastr.
  • Gifski - Convert videos to high-quality GIFs on your Mac. This macOS app uses advanced techniques to create smooth, colorful GIF animations with thousands of colors per frame. Features include customizable dimensions, speed, frame rate, quality settings, bounce (yo-yo) playback, and support for all video formats that macOS supports. Available on the App Store and includes share extension and system service integration.
  • PicSharp - A modern, full-featured, high-performance, cross-platform image compression application. Built with Tauri (Rust + TypeScript), it offers both offline compression and TinyPNG integration. Features include batch processing, format conversion, clipboard support, Finder Services menu (Mac), automatic compression mode, and rich configuration options. Supports PNG, JPEG, WebP, AVIF, TIFF, GIF, and SVG formats.

Node.js Related

  • npkill - Delete node_modules
  • Knip - Find unused files, dependencies, and exports in your project and help you "knip" them off

Development Related

  • Dash - Technical documentation search tool, works with Alfred, quickly query various technical documentation APIs, no more time-consuming Google searches
  • SwitchHosts - Convenient system Host settings
  • SnippetsLab - Code snippet management, more lightweight and quick compared to note-taking apps
  • iTerm - Much better than the built-in terminal, combined with oh my zsh, can customize themes, input completion, git aliases, etc., plugins can extend your terminal capabilities
  • Visual Studio Code - The most powerful human development editor, multi-language support, rich plugin ecosystem, besides development, can also write articles, trade stocks, read novels
  • Cursor - An AI-assisted programming tool that can quickly generate code, comments, documentation, etc.
  • Datasette - A tool for exploring and publishing data that helps people take data of any shape, analyze and explore it, and publish it as an interactive website and accompanying API. Aimed at data journalists, researchers, scientists, and anyone who wants to share structured data. Features include exploratory data analysis, instant data publishing, rapid prototyping with JSON APIs, and a rich ecosystem of 44 tools and 154 plugins.

Frontend Development

  • pagespy - Start remote debugging as easily as using the Google Chrome console, can also be understood as vconsole supporting remote debugging
  • plasmo - Framework for developing browser extensions
  • Dashed Border Generator - When designers feel that the native border-dashed spacing no longer meets their needs, this tool can be used to generate custom dashed borders
  • GSAP - Professional-grade JavaScript animation library that lets you animate anything JS can touch. Features silky-smooth performance and comprehensive tools for UI, SVG, text and scroll-based animations
  • Chrome DevTools - Web developer tools built directly into the Google Chrome browser
  • Lighthouse - An open-source, automated tool to improve the quality of your web apps by auditing performance, accessibility, and SEO
  • Chrome UX Report - Discover how real-world Chrome users experience popular destinations on the web
  • PageSpeed Insights - Report and improve on a page's user experience for mobile and desktop, powered by Core Web Vitals metrics
  • Workbox - Production-ready service worker libraries and tooling for building Progressive Web Apps
  • ChromeDriver - An open source tool for automated testing of web apps across many browsers
  • Puppeteer - A Node library for high-level control of headless Chrome, over the DevTools Protocol
  • Excalidraw - A free and open-source virtual whiteboard for creating hand-drawn-style diagrams, wireframes, and more. Features infinite canvas, real-time collaboration with end-to-end encryption, and various drawing tools. Perfect for UI/UX wireframing, brainstorming, and collaborative design sessions.
  • Kibo UI - A component library and custom registry built on top of shadcn/ui. Provides pre-built components like tables, file dropzones, and AI chat primitives for React applications. Features fully composable and accessible components with real functionality, designed for modern frontend stacks (React, Next.js, Tailwind CSS).

Editors

Chrome Extensions

  • Cursorful - Create beautiful browser recordings that keep the viewer engaged. Cursorful is a browser recorder that automatically adds zooms and pans. Learn more
  • Immersive Translate - A comprehensive AI translation tool that provides bilingual web translation, PDF translation (preserving layout), video subtitle translation, and real-time meeting translation. Features 20+ AI translation engines including ChatGPT, DeepL, Deepseek, and Gemini, supporting 100+ languages. Available as browser extensions for Chrome, Edge, Safari, and mobile apps for iOS/Android. todo...

VS Code Extensions

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Data Visualization

  • The Data Visualisation Catalogue - A comprehensive data visualization catalog helping you choose appropriate data visualization methods. Provides detailed chart classifications, usage instructions, and implementation methods.

Screenshot Tools

  • CleanShot - Premium Mac screenshot and screen recording tool with advanced features. Includes smart annotations, scrolling screenshots, screen recording with audio, cloud storage integration, and beautiful interface. Perfect for designers, developers, and content creators who need professional-quality screenshots and recordings.
  • Website Screenshot Online - Free online tool to capture website screenshots and record scrolling videos. Features full-page screenshots up to 20,000 pixels, multiple output formats (PNG, JPEG, PDF), device simulation, automatic cookie popup handling, ad blocking, and privacy-first approach with no data storage.
  • Launch Shots - The most versatile screenshot editor for creating stunning, professional visuals for your app listings in seconds. Features hundreds of professionally designed templates (original & community), powerful layer management, shadows, backgrounds, device frames, AI localization (100+ languages), high-quality exports for App Store and Play Store, dedicated apps page, and weekly template updates. Free to use with 3 credits per month, all features included.

Network Tools

  • InternetSpeed.my - A simple and efficient online tool for testing your internet connection speed. Measures download speed, upload speed, ping, and jitter with a clean interface and support for multiple languages.
  • WHOIS - A comprehensive domain lookup tool for checking domain registration details, ownership information, DNS records, and domain history. Essential for domain research and network administration.

Monitoring Tools

  • changedetection.io - The best and simplest open-source tool for monitoring websites for changes. Features include customizable notifications (Discord, Email, Slack, etc.), visual selector tool, JSON/API monitoring, proxy support, and scheduled monitoring. Perfect for tracking price changes, restocks, PDF updates, and website modifications.

Resource Directories

  • OpenAlternative - A curated collection of open-source alternatives to popular proprietary software. Helps users find high-quality open-source tools organized by categories, with detailed information about stars, forks, and recent activity.
  • Product Hunt Daily - Daily updates on trending products from Product Hunt. Discover the hottest new products, tools, and innovations with detailed descriptions, voting data, and launch information. Perfect for staying updated with the latest tech trends and product launches.
  • Awesome Mac - A comprehensive curated list of awesome macOS software organized into various categories. Features text editors, office tools, developer utilities, design tools, productivity apps, and more. Each entry includes detailed descriptions, licensing information, and direct links to help you discover the best Mac applications for your needs.

AI Related

  • GenSFX - A free AI sound effect generator that converts text descriptions into high-quality sound effects instantly. Perfect for content creators and developers, it can generate various types of sounds including ambient, mechanical, nature sounds and more with simple text prompts.
  • OpenRouter - Can integrate various AI models, convenient for comparing effects and prices of different models
  • Bylo - Free text-to-image generation website, can generate images in various styles through text descriptions
  • Color-diffusion - An open-source Python program that uses Diffusion model to colorize black and white photos
  • OnionAI - A website that aggregates multiple AI search engine entries, allowing you to switch between different search engines
  • LocalAI - A self-hosted, community-driven AI solution supporting various open models like Phi-4, Falcon, and more. It offers text generation, image generation, audio processing, and function calling capabilities, all running locally on your hardware without sending data to third parties.
  • Warp - A blazingly-fast modern terminal built in Rust, featuring AI-powered command search and workflow suggestions. It includes features like real-time command AI assistance, command history search, built-in SSH client, collaborative features, customizable themes, and automatic command completion. The terminal also offers AI-driven error explanations and command suggestions based on your input history.
  • ChatGPT - A large language model developed by OpenAI, can be used for conversation, writing, programming, and many other scenarios, currently one of the most popular AI assistants
  • Firecrawl - An AI-focused web crawling service that converts websites into LLM-ready markdown format, making web content easily digestible for AI models and applications
  • GraphCast - An AI weather forecasting model developed by Google DeepMind that outperforms traditional weather forecasting systems. It uses graph neural networks to predict weather conditions up to 10 days in advance with higher accuracy than existing methods, while being significantly faster (generating forecasts in under 60 seconds compared to hours on supercomputers). The model operates on a high-resolution global grid and predicts multiple atmospheric variables like temperature, wind speed, humidity etc.
  • Google AI Studio - A web-based platform for experimenting with Google's AI models like Gemini. It provides an intuitive interface to test and prototype with generative AI, allowing developers to try sample prompts, design custom prompts, and explore model capabilities across text, code, and images before integrating them into applications. The platform offers free access to get started with Google's latest AI models.
  • PixVerse - An innovative AI video creation platform that leverages generative AI to help users create and edit videos. The platform provides powerful AI-driven tools to streamline the video creation process, making it accessible for both beginners and professionals to unleash their creative potential.
  • Vidu - A leading AI video generation platform that can create videos from reference images, static images, or text descriptions. Features include ultra-fast generation (10 seconds), powerful semantic understanding, and realistic large-scale movements. Particularly strong at maintaining character consistency and handling complex actions.
  • Midscene.js - An AI-powered automation tool that allows interaction with web UIs using natural language. Features include executing actions, extracting data, and performing assertions through simple prompts. Supports integration with Playwright and Puppeteer, and works with both general-purpose LLMs and open-source models.
  • Browser Use - A tool that makes websites accessible for AI agents by extracting interactive elements. Features include vision + HTML extraction, multi-tab management, element tracking, and support for various LLMs including GPT-4, Claude 3, and Llama 2. Available as both open-source and cloud versions.
  • BrowserTools - A powerful tool that embeds AI code editors and agents directly into your web browser. It enables AI assistants to monitor console logs, network requests, take screenshots, interact with DOM elements, and run performance audits. Features include debugger mode for bug fixing, audit mode for comprehensive web app analysis, and seamless integration with MCP-enabled editors like Cursor.
  • DeepWiki - A tool that provides up-to-date documentation you can talk to for every GitHub repository. Think of it as Deep Research for GitHub, allowing you to understand and explore any repository through natural conversation.
  • PDF to Video AI - An AI-powered online tool that converts PDF documents into professional, engaging explainer videos. Automatically analyzes PDF content and creates smooth videos with animations and narration. Features include no sign-up required, free online conversion, customizable output with voiceovers and timing, and professional quality results. Perfect for teachers, business professionals, marketers, students, and content creators.
  • PaddleOCR - A powerful, lightweight OCR toolkit that bridges the gap between images/PDFs and LLMs. Turn any PDF or image document into structured data for your AI. Supports 100+ languages with high accuracy text recognition, document layout analysis, table recognition, and key information extraction. Features include PP-OCRv5 for text recognition, PP-StructureV3 for document parsing, and PP-ChatOCRv4 for intelligent document understanding.

Writing Tools

  • Postspark - A screenshot enhancement tool for social media that lets you create professional-looking images by adding customizable backgrounds, browser frames, adjusting aspect ratios, and applying borders to your screenshots. Streamlines the process of creating visually appealing social media posts with just a few clicks.

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