Super fast image compressor keeps a copy of the original and allows you create profiles for different needs. Supports WebP and has a resizing option.

A one-man show based on the Isle of Man is producing a trove of free and open source Mac apps.

A minimalist calculator for your menu bar that features history, percentages (such as sales tax), customization and the option of multiple calculators.

Give your Mac a smack and it says “ow!” Also has sexy and Halo (yes, the game) modes. Or get it to play custom MP3s of your choice. You control the sensitivity.

A code snippets manager that includes markdown notes, HTTP requests, calculations, and built-in developer tools. Integrates with VS Code and Raycast. Data stays on your computer.

For those times when you have so many apps that you can’t remember what some of them do — an app that scans them and provides a descriptions of each.

Messaging doesn’t have to be done via a privately owned platform. You can get back to the basics of internet relay chat, an open, standardized protocol created in 1988.

Features include global hotkey, annotations, scroll capture, screen recording, smart censor, gradient backgrounds, text extraction, and one-click upload.

A full native port of Notepad++ that — for better or worse — looks and feels like the original Windows app. Dozens of plugins have also been ported. Features include syntax highlighting, search and replace, macro recording and split view editing.

Keep track of internet traffic to and from your Mac. Find out which of your apps are phoning home with your data.

When looking to convert all the hundreds of icons on thriftmac, I was pleasantly surprised to find this free alternative.

Use a pie menu to launch apps, execute macros and open files. Create nested menus, assign icons and configure your workflow. Use with your choice of input device.

Distinguishes itself from similar apps with the ability to analyse each image to identify the most important element from one of four perspectives — balanced, face, text or object. Has batch processing and live preview.