Web Browsing
Mozilla Firefox
The premier free, open-source browser. Tabs, pop-up blocking, themes, and extensions. Considered by many to be the world's best browser.
Camino
Based on the same Mozilla foundation as Firefox, Camino is a more native OS X app. Fast and simple.
Video Player / Video Podcasting
Miro
Beautiful interface. Plays any video type (much more than quicktime). Subscribe to video RSS, download, and watch all in one. Torrent support. Search and download from YouTube and others.
IM - Instant Messaging
Adium
Connect to multiple IM accounts simultaneously in a single app, including: AOL IM, MSN, and Jabber. Beautiful, themable interface.
Application Launching
Quicksilver
Quicksilver lets you start applications (and do just about everything) with a few quick taps of your fingers. Warning: start using Quicksilver and you won't be able to imagine using a Mac without it.
Software packs
MacLibre
Installs a pack of great open source apps (including many on this page) and keeps them updated for you.
Email
Mozilla Thunderbird
Powerful spam filtering, solid interface, and all the features you need.
Utilities
The Unarchiver
Uncompress RAR, 7zip, tar, and bz2 files on your Mac. Many new Mac users will be puzzled the first time they download a RAR file. Do them a favor and download UnRarX for them!
RSS
Vienna
Very nice, native RSS client.
RSSOwl
Solid cross-platform RSS client.
Peer-to-Peer Filesharing
Cabos
A simple, easy to use filesharing program. Gnutella network.
Transmission
Very nice torrent downloader.
Running Windows Software on Macs
Q Emulator
Run Windows programs on your Intel Mac at near native speed. Works on G4 / G5 Macs too, but much slower.
Podcasting
Juice
Solid podcasting client.
Video Playback
VLC
Plays more video files than most players: Quicktime, AVI, DIVX, OGG, and more. Pretty good interface.
MPlayer
The interface and buttons are not as nice or as Mac-like in feel, but it may play even more video files than VLC.
Perian
A plugin that allows quicktime to play additional video formats. (Included in Democracy Player.)
iPod Ripping
Senuti
Get music off of your iPod onto any computer.
iPodDisk
Copy music off your iPod in the finder, like a regular disk drive.
DVD Ripping
Handbrake
DVD ripper and MPEG-4 / H.264 encoding. Very simple to use.
CD / DVD Burning
Burn
CD and DVD Burner. Burn any video to a disc that plays in your DVD player!
Privacy
Vidalia
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Word Processing / Office Suites
Bean
Very fast and easy to use word processor. Live word count, autosaving, more.
NeoOffice
Built on OpenOffice.org. Big, full featured suite of tools for word processing and spreadsheets. Compatible with Microsoft Word documents and OpenDocument Format.
AbiWord
A word processor. Leaner and quicker than OpenOffice. Compatible with Microsoft Word documents and OpenDocument Format.
Wifi Scanning
KisMac
The best wireless scanner for Mac. Find wireless access when you're on the go.
Sound Recording
Audacity
Simple sound recording tool.
Graphics, Photo, Publishing
Seashore
Based on Gimp, but doesn't require X11.
Xee
Fast image viewer and image browser.
Gimp.app
Photo editing application that rivals Photoshop in features (requires X11).
Inkscape
Vector graphics application (requires X11).
Scribus
Desktop publishing. Complicated install, but a nice app.
FTP / SFTP
Cyberduck
Very good all-around ftp program.
OneButton FTP
Simple, fast FTP, with a focus on "advanced queuing".
Fugu
Not as polished as Cyberduck (and only for SFTP) but has a side by side interface showing your files and the remote files.
HTML / Text Editing
Smultron
Text / html editor. Integrates with Cyberduck for editing websites.
Nvu
Visual tool for making websites (WYSIWYG html editor), comparable to Dreamweaver.
IRC
Colloquy
Great IRC client.
Media Center
Centerstage
Full-screen interface for playing audio, video, and photos. Connect it to your TV.
Note Taking
Freemind
An innovative application for note taking and outlining. Takes time to get used to, but some people swear by it.
Personal Finance
Cashbox
Simple, easy to use application for managing personal finances.
Buddi
A personal finance and budgeting program, aimed at those who have little or no financial background.
MSN Chat
More Web Browsing
Shiira
Fast, nice web browser.
SunriseBrowser
Good webkit-based browser created with special tools for web designers.
Seamonkey
Full-featured Mozilla browser, used to be called 'Mozilla Suite'.
PDF Viewer
Skim
PDF viewer.
Screensaver
Electric Sheep
Immersive, trippy screensaver.
More Filesharing
Tomato Torrent
Download torrents. Nice and simple.
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3D Graphics and Modeling
Blender
Powerful 3D Modeling software.
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MP3 Management
iEatBrainz
Fills in the correct metadata (title, artist, etc) for MP3s in your collection.
Planetariums and Outer Space
Celestia
Open-source 3D planetarium software. Akin to traveling through space (outer space).
Stellarium
"Renders realistic skys in realtime." See what you would see if your city wasn't so light-polluted. Used in real planetariums.
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Comic Viewer
Jomic
Read digital comics.
Dance Dance Revolution
Stepmania
Dance Dance Revolution clone. Can connect to external dance pads.
Games
Cube
Nice first-person shooter.
Marathon: Aleph One
Engine for Bungie's free FPS series Marathon. Play online, solo play with rich original story, many total conversions and thousands of maps.
Zombies
3D zombie strategy game.
Armagetron Advanced
3D Tron game.
BZFlag
First-person tank game.
Battle for Wesnoth
Fantasy / Strategy Game
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del.icio.us Client
Cocoalicious
Let's you easily post to del.icio.us.
Free File Hosting
CC Publisher
Host Creative Commons video or audio files for free on archive.org with this easy uploader.
Quick Links
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RSS and Usenet
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IM, IRC, Chat
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PBX / Voip system:
Graphics and Art
Draw on a moving canvas:
Image editor:
An artwork scaling calculator:
A Paint-like program designed for pixel-pushers:
A VRML/X3D Browser:
Video
Realtime Editing and Effects System:
Video transcoder:
MPEG convertor:
Music and Audio
OGG Vorbis encoder (ogg is an open source audio codec):
Music notation:
Play and compose live music:
Max/MSP style realtime music and multimedia environment:
Manage chords, lyrics, and projection:
Wifi / Networking
Discover open wifi networks:
A Prism/Prism2 driver 802.11:
Fast, lightweight VNC client:
VNC server providing remote access to the GUI, keyboard and mouse:
Utilities
Manage disk space:
Book management:
CD / DVD Burning:
Disable sleep on a Mac:
Protect your laptop with a car-alarm style alarm:
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System event notifications:
System performance monitors:
Virtual desktop tool:
Virus checker:
Share mouse and keyboard between 2 or more computers:
Check available RAM:
Monitor CPU, RAM, battery, CPU temp, network, I/O, and more:
Control your Mac via Bluetooth:
Writing and Typesetting
Screenplay writing and pre-production support:
Bibliography manager, BibTeX .bib format:
Typesetting - TeX previewer for Mac OS X:
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Education
Education course management system:
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Programming
Development platform:
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Math and Engineering
General purpose computer algebra system:
GNU S language:
MATLAB style rapid engineering and scientific prototyping / data processing:
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Based on the same Mozilla foundation as Firefox, Camino is a more native OS X app. Fast and simple.
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Video Player / Video Podcasting
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Application Launching
Quicksilver lets you start applications (and do just about everything) with a few quick taps of your fingers. Warning: start using Quicksilver and you won't be able to imagine using a Mac without it.
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Utilities
Uncompress RAR, 7zip, tar, and bz2 files on your Mac. Many new Mac users will be puzzled the first time they download a RAR file. Do them a favor and download UnRarX for them!
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RSS
Very nice, native RSS client.
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Peer-to-Peer Filesharing
A simple, easy to use filesharing program. Gnutella network.
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Run Windows programs on your Intel Mac at near native speed. Works on G4 / G5 Macs too, but much slower.
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Podcasting
Solid podcasting client.
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Video Playback
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Copy music off your iPod in the finder, like a regular disk drive.
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DVD Ripping
DVD ripper and MPEG-4 / H.264 encoding. Very simple to use.
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Wifi Scanning
The best wireless scanner for Mac. Find wireless access when you're on the go.
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Sound Recording
Simple sound recording tool.
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Graphics, Photo, Publishing
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Fast image viewer and image browser.
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Photo editing application that rivals Photoshop in features (requires X11).
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FTP / SFTP
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Simple, fast FTP, with a focus on "advanced queuing".
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Not as polished as Cyberduck (and only for SFTP) but has a side by side interface showing your files and the remote files.
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Text / html editor. Integrates with Cyberduck for editing websites.
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Visual tool for making websites (WYSIWYG html editor), comparable to Dreamweaver.
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IRC
Great IRC client.
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Media Center
Full-screen interface for playing audio, video, and photos. Connect it to your TV.
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Note Taking
An innovative application for note taking and outlining. Takes time to get used to, but some people swear by it.
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A personal finance and budgeting program, aimed at those who have little or no financial background.
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Fast, nice web browser.
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PDF Viewer
PDF viewer.
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Screensaver
Immersive, trippy screensaver.
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Dance Dance Revolution
Dance Dance Revolution clone. Can connect to external dance pads.
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Games
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3D Tron game.
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First-person tank game.
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