Mac Internet Freeware
Acqlite
Go peer-to-peer with a client that uses the power of LimeWire, Acquisition and Cabos on the Gnutella network — all with open source goodness.
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Adium
I’m not much of a chatter, but if I did chat I’d use iChat. If that didn’t work, Adium seems like the next best choice — given the high praise it has received. A lot of people also like Mercury Messenger. Or if you prefer IRC, there is Colloquy. Or you can get an open source clone of MSN called aMSN. And now Proteus is free — no registration required.
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Also try: Mercury Messenger
Colloquy
aMSN
Proteus
AllBookmarks
Have access to the bookmarks in all your web browsers from the menu bar.
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Camino
When it comes to web browsers, it may seem that the obvious choice is Safari — a great program that comes installed with your Mac. There are, in fact, many free alternatives to choose from. The best of the bunch is Camino, but there are those who swear by Firefox or even newcomer Shiira. And now, Opera is free. And how about Sunrise with special tools for developers? Each has its pros and cons, so it can’t hurt to at least try them out.
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Also try: Firefox
Shiira
Opera
Sunrise
Chax
Additional functionality for iChat includes tabbed chatting, which allows you to keep all your chats in one window.
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Chicken of the VNC
Control another Mac—wherever it may be—without the expense of Apple Remote Desktop.
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Cocoalicious
del.icio.us is a great way to store and share your bookmarks on the web. And Cocoalicious is a great way to access and post them. Or if you would like to view your posts and tags from the menu bar, try Menulicious.
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Also try: http://www.kainjow.com/
Colloquy
An IRC chat client with a slick Mac OS X interface. Supports AppleScript, plugins, customization, buddy lists and many other features.
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Cooliris
Hover over a link in your web browser to get a preview of the content in a popup. Currently supported Mac browsers are Firefox and Safari.
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Cyberduck
I wasn’t so sure about Cyberduck at first. But it was the only half-decent free FTP program I could find so I stuck with it. I can’t find fault with the latest version, though, so be sure to give it a try. Fugu is also quite good, but it’s limited to SFTP.
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Also try: Fugu
FeedMe
If you’ve got a website that’s updated frequently, you really should be thinking about something like FeedMe to put in an RSS feed. It’s a cool way to let your regular readers keep up to date.
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Flock
A web browser that integrates popular features of the social web such as flickr, del.icio.us, blogging and RSS feeds.
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Fluid
Create site-specific mini-web browsers for your web apps, so that they launch like a desktop programs in your dock.
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Galerie
It’s amazing that a wonderful program like Galerie for creating web albums is free. It’s easy to use and has many great features. There is lots of support at the developer’s website, and a willingness to throw in even more improvements. And then there’s JAlbum, which unabashedly aspires to be the greatest.
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Also try: JAlbumJetPhoto
Gallery
An open source system for organizing your photos into an album on your website.
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Inquisitor
Websites and suggestions pop up in Safari as you type your search inquiry. A number of search engines and autocompletion are supported.
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NetNewsWire Lite
NetNewsWire Lite is a very cool program I use every day. It grabs RSS feeds from a number of websites I like to keep tabs on. Click on a headline to get a summary of the article. Double click to go to the website. But there is an embarrassment of riches here. Vienna has made great strides, and we also have NewsMac, PulpFiction Lite and RSSOwl.
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Also try: NewsMac
PulpFiction Lite
Vienna
RSSOwl
NewsWatcher-X
NewsWatcher-X is little more than a carbonized version of the classic NewsWatcher that served people interested in news groups so well years ago. Go multi-thread with MT-Newswatcher, try out the newish OSXnews, or just stick with good ol’ Google Groups.
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Also try: MT-Newswatcher
Google Groups
OSXnews
Nvu
Nvu is a promising new WYSIWYG web editor with the added benefit of content management system. It seems to be primarily for Linux, so you might find the interface a bit jarring. Mozilla and Amaya seem cumbersome, but may be to your liking.
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Also try: KompoZer
Amaya
OneButton FTP
OneButton FTP was kicked off the thriftmac island recently during Mac Freeware Survivor. But it has recently been updated for Leopard, and still gets many downloads, so we’re putting it back in the collection.
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Pando
Send and receive files and folders up to 1GB with your existing email account. It bypasses email attachment limits and accelerates downloads of huge files and folders.
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Paparazzi
Type in the URL of a webpage and get a screenshot of it at the size of your choice.
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Also try: NetFixer
Poisoned
Open-source P2P file sharing program connects to the Gnutella, FastTrack and Ares networks.
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Sea Monkey
Mozilla is dead. Long live Sea Monkey. It’s a web browser, an e-mail and newsgroup client, an IRC chat client and a web page creator all rolled into one.
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SiteSucker
Download an entire website so you can view it from your hard drive.
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Skype
What’s not to like about making free phone calls with your computer? Well, it’s not quite as handy as an actual telephone. But at this price, it sure is tempting.
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Thunderbird
What’s not to like about Mail? For those who feel Apple’s app is not all they had hoped for, Thunderbird waits in the wings.
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TinyURL
Use this service to shrink long and unwieldy URLs down to a manageable size.
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Transmission
Enter the amazing world of torrents with this lightweight BitTorrent client. A simple, intuitive interface gives access to an efficient, cross-platform back-end. Also built on the BitTorrent concept is Tomato Torrent.
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Also try: Tomato Torrent
Twitteriffic
Post and read tweets without using Twitter’s web-based interface.
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