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Ghostty

Ghostty project (Mitchell Hashimoto) · Terminals & shells

Native, GPU-accelerated terminal emulator for macOS and Linux written in Zig, with platform-native UI and a cross-platform core library

MITOpen sourceFreeLocalNov 2, 2026

GitHub

GitHub (Microsoft) · Version control & code hosting

In-depth entry

Microsoft-owned code hosting platform for Git repositories with pull requests, issues, Actions CI/CD, package registry, Copilot and the largest open-source community

ProprietaryFreemiumPaidSelf-hostedNov 2, 2026

gretl

gretl developers (Allin Cottrell, Riccardo Lucchetti) · Econometrics & causal inference

Free, GPL-licensed cross-platform econometrics program with a GUI, the hansl scripting language and estimators for time series, panels and limited dependent variables

GPL-3.0-onlyFreeOpen sourceLocalNov 2, 2026

Hammerspoon

Hammerspoon contributors · macOS automation

Open-source macOS automation app that exposes system APIs to a Lua configuration file for hotkeys, window management and event-driven scripts

MITOpen sourceFreeLocalNov 2, 2026

Hoppscotch

Hoppscotch · API development & tooling

Open-source API client that runs in the browser or as a desktop app, supports REST, GraphQL and realtime protocols, and can be self-hosted for teams

MITOpen sourceFreeLocalSelf-hostedNov 2, 2026

iTerm2

George Nachman (iTerm2 project) · Terminals & shells

Feature-rich terminal emulator for macOS with split panes, profiles, triggers, search, tmux integration and a Python scripting API

GPL-2.0-onlyOpen sourceFreeLocalNov 2, 2026

JabRef

JabRef e.V. and contributors · Citation management

Open-source, BibTeX/biblatex-native reference manager for LaTeX users with online fetchers, groups, file linking and editor integration

MITFreeOpen sourceLocalNov 2, 2026

Karabiner-Elements

pqrs.org (Takayama Fumihiko) · macOS system utilities

Free, public-domain keyboard customizer for macOS that remaps keys and defines complex modifications through JSON rules at the driver level

UnlicenseOpen sourceFreeLocalNov 2, 2026

Keyboard Maestro

Stairways Software Pty Ltd · macOS automation

Commercial macOS macro application that runs sequences of actions from hotkeys, typed strings, application, time, device and system triggers

ProprietaryPaidLocalNov 2, 2026

LM Studio

Element Labs, Inc. · Local LLM inference & serving

In-depth entry

Proprietary desktop app for discovering, downloading and running local LLMs with llama.cpp and MLX engines, a chat UI, an OpenAI-compatible server, CLI, SDKs and a headless daemon

ProprietaryFreemiumPaidLocalBroken

Logseq

Logseq · Personal knowledge management

Open-source, outliner-based knowledge base storing notes as local Markdown or Org-mode files with block references, queries and a graph view

AGPL-3.0-onlyOpen sourceFreeLocalNov 2, 2026

MATLAB

MathWorks · Mathematical & statistical computing

MathWorks' commercial numeric computing environment and language for engineers and scientists, with toolboxes, Simulink integration, apps and MATLAB Online

ProprietaryPaidAcademicLocalNov 2, 2026

Mendeley

Elsevier · Citation management

Free reference manager from Elsevier with a desktop and web app, PDF annotation, a Web Importer, groups and bundled cloud storage

ProprietaryFreeLocalNov 2, 2026

Microsoft 365

Microsoft · Productivity suites & task management

Microsoft's subscription suite of Office desktop and web apps, Exchange email, OneDrive, SharePoint and Teams with Copilot and Graph APIs

ProprietaryPaidEnterpriseLocalNov 2, 2026

Microsoft Power BI

Microsoft · BI & dashboards

Microsoft's business-intelligence suite: free Windows Power BI Desktop for modeling and reports, and the Power BI service in Microsoft Fabric for sharing

ProprietaryFreemiumPaidLocalBroken

Microsoft Teams

Microsoft · Collaboration & communication

Microsoft's chat, meetings and calling hub integrated with Microsoft 365, SharePoint and Entra ID, extensible through Microsoft Graph and Teams apps

ProprietaryFreemiumPaidBroken

Notion

Notion Labs, Inc. · Personal knowledge management

In-depth entry

Hosted workspace combining block-based documents, relational databases, wikis and project views, with an API and built-in AI features

ProprietaryFreemiumPaidNov 2, 2026

Observable

Observable, Inc. · Notebooks & interactive computing

JavaScript data notebooks and the open-source Observable Framework static-site generator for data apps, from the maintainers of D3 and Plot

ISCFreemiumPaidLocalNov 2, 2026

Obsidian

Dynalist Inc. (Obsidian) · Personal knowledge management

In-depth entry

Local-first Markdown note-taking app with bidirectional links, graph view and a large community plugin ecosystem; optional paid Sync and Publish

ProprietaryFreePaidLocalBroken

Ollama

Ollama · Local LLM inference & serving

In-depth entry

Open-source runtime and model manager for running open-weight LLMs locally on macOS, Windows and Linux, with a REST API, OpenAI- and Anthropic-compatible endpoints and optional cloud models

MITOpen sourceFreeLocalSelf-hostedNov 2, 2026

OpenAI Codex

OpenAI · Coding agents & AI IDEs

OpenAI's coding agent: an open-source Rust terminal CLI plus IDE extension, desktop app and cloud agent, signed in with a ChatGPT plan or an API key

Apache-2.0PaidUsage-basedLocalNov 2, 2026

OrbStack

OrbStack (Orbital Labs) · Containers & virtualization

macOS application that runs Docker containers, Linux machines and a local Kubernetes cluster as a lighter replacement for Docker Desktop

ProprietaryFreemiumPaidLocalNov 2, 2026

PlanSwift

ConstructConnect · Construction estimating & quantity surveying

Windows digital takeoff and estimating software from ConstructConnect that measures quantities on plans and prices them through assemblies and Excel

ProprietaryPaidLocalNov 2, 2026

Podman

Podman Container Tools (LF Projects) · Containers & virtualization

Daemonless, rootless container engine with a Docker-compatible CLI, companion Buildah and Skopeo tools and a Podman Desktop GUI

Apache-2.0Open sourceFreeLocalSelf-hostedNov 2, 2026

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