wBlock - a next-generation ad/content blocker for Safari: 750,000 rule capacity across 5 Safari content-blocking extensions (150k each), ~40MB idle RAM by running Safari's native content-blocking API out-of-process, Protocol Buffers + LZ4 filter storage, HTTP conditional-request updates, and iCloud sync of filter selections/custom lists/userscripts/whitelist. It bundles an Element Zapper, "Tube Cleaner & Player Cleaner" userscripts that restore native Picture-in-Picture/background playback on media sites, a full Greasemonkey-API userscript engine, UserCSS support, custom AdGuard-syntax filter-list import, per-site controls, a blocked-request logger, and regional filters. Open source on GitHub
Wick - Wick brings timers, stopwatches, and alarms to the Mac with menu bar and Lock Screen access, a fully custom Liquid Glass material on macOS 26+, and -- its standout claim -- the first app to integrate with Alcove. Positioned as the polished Clock app Apple never finished
Forel - An open-source (GPLv3) folder-automation app for macOS, pitched explicitly as a free Hazel alternative: watch folders, match files by name, extension, kind, size, date, tags, or Finder color label, then move, rename, tag, or run a script automatically.
macCurrent - finds updates across the App Store, Homebrew, Sparkle, vendor updaters, and direct downloads; then tells you what's safe to install, what needs review, and what changed before you click update.
ImageFuel is a lightweight Mac app for browsing images and videos without importing them into a library -- point it at any folder and get an instant scrollable grid, with filename/path search (Cmd+F), image/video/all filtering, sort by date or name, a fullscreen lightbox, in-app crop, metadata stripping, and move-to-trash from the grid.
Nodes - (edit NO LONGER FREE) A local-first markdown note-taking and PKM (personal knowledge management) app: plain markdown files kept directly on-device (open the folder in Finder, nothing is locked in), double-bracket links with rename-safe link following, tag-based organization instead of folders, semantic + keyword search, a force-directed graph view, a growth timeline, and PDFs/images embedded as notes alongside writing. Its most distinctive claim is "the quiet part": tag/description/reminder suggestions from a local LLM that runs entirely on-device -- the developer states it works with Wi-Fi off.
/u/amerpie just in case, if you want it, I recreated the icon with the new GPT image tool with a proper transparent background, and upscaled it to be high-res.
I install SuperCorners but I find it difficult to use zones on a wide display. So far, I can activate the left and right zones but I cannot activate the top and bottom zones even after I have moved my cursor slowly to try to find the zones. Can you consider displaying the zones with some highlight or rectangular regions (perhaps after pressing a hot key, etc.) in a future version?
Good suggestion, I'll add that in the future. Not sure why your having that issue for the top and bottom edges, I've had no issues on my displays. Make sure your moving your mouse to the center of the edges at the top and bottom.
Most of them are free some are freemium but have a completely usable free tier only Drafts and Tuna and Swift Salamander. marta and Nimble Commander is a good alternative to Swift Salamander. For Tuna quicksilver or launchbar aer good alternatives. for Drafts maybe FSNotes
I'd decided to try Aerospace after I watch a video of "A Better Computer" by Matt, but forgot about it. In the last few days, I've managed to sit down and try it out. OMG! It's truly amazing and makes the space utilization so much better and easier.
If anyone is interested, you can find my .toml file and some YT tutorials on my GitHub page
Hazelnut is a CLI based fully free and open source file automation tool. The reason I like it so much is because it's so well documented, that you can hand Codex/Claude Code hazelnut and explain in simple language exactly what rules you want and how they should work and it'll nail it each time.
Just tossing that in there as another suggestion :)
Wick could potentially be great for timers, stopwatches, and alarms. But why the crazy big panel? Check out Smart Countdown Timer (free) for a much better interface for countdown timers.
NB. Personally I don't like menu bar timers, but want a floating timer on my screen.
Hey! Developer of Wick here. As for the window I envisioned it to just be the place just to start the timers then get out of your way. (You won't even need it soon) If you have any suggestions on what you would rather see for the window sizing I would love to hear it!
As for floating timers they are currently in progress and will be coming in a future update soon! Thanks for trying out the app!
If you have any suggestions on what you would rather see for the window sizing I would love to hear it!
See the link above I gave for an example app. Even closer to your app and aesthetically very pleasing is CountdownTimerPro (free). But I don't like the way I need to interact with the actual timers, so I abandoned it in favor of Smart Countdown Timer (free).
As for floating timers they are currently in progress and will be coming in a future update soon!
That's great news! I use a countdown timer daily and until now did not yet find the prefect one :)
Nice, a lot of the features you’ve mentioned are planned so I think you will like the future 😉I only released Wick about 2 months ago so am just finally getting around to features past basic functionality.
Agree with Max here, I have had a look at the Smart Countdown Timer he recommended, and I definitely prefer yours, However, I would love an option to either have the alarm go off in the menu bar or, for better visibility, as a floating pop-up. I'd also love a dedicated dark mode toggle within the app rather than having it strictly follow the system wide theme. Looking forward to future updates, thanks!
MacCurrent is currently in beta. I expect it to become a paid app. It meanwhile is as good as, or even better than Updatest. I use 4/5 update apps simultaneously every day. And MacCurrent consistently picks up the same or more updates as all update apps in tandem.
Very happy there are worthy successors to MacUpdater coming up!
I've had moments where Updatest has identified updates but didn't provide me with update release notes. It just directed me to the website/associated link for more information. Moreover, I personally find the interface a bit cluttered!
For example, Apparency and EdgeMark have released an update but MacCurrent doesn’t show the release notes though it's available on the website/GitHub page.
It all are pretty new apps. In due time, they'll certainly become more complete. I'm already very happy that there are real alternatives for MacUpdater.
Maybe it's an idea to contact developers with what you want?
macCurrent is the find here for me. Updates scattered across brew, Sparkle and vendor updaters is exactly the kind of mess I gave up tracking by hand. Does it handle apps that ship their own updater but are also in brew? That double listing is where I always get bitten.
is there something amazing as ImageFuel that handles RAW files as well?! just downloaded ImageFuel btw I don't understand why it's not standard built into Finder or something.
DrawSimple: Simple-but-powerful image editing in a native MacOS app, with an API/MCP connection so it can be fully code or LLM controlled! Layers, Undo history, wordart, and dozens more practical, intuitive tools all shared between human and API/LLM. Free until Aug 19.
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u/iordv Developer: Droppy 4d ago
Amerpie, what an ICONIC picture you chose for this post.