8 Free and Open-source Advanced Apps for macOS (Intel and Apple Silicon)

1- Alacritty

Modern OpenGL terminal emulator

Alacritty is a modern terminal emulator that comes with sensible defaults, but allows for extensive configuration. By integrating with other applications, rather than reimplementing their functionality, it manages to provide a flexible set of features with high performance. The supported platforms currently consist of BSD, Linux, macOS and Windows.

The software is considered to be at a beta level of readiness; there are a few missing features and bugs to be fixed, but it is already used by many as a daily driver.

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2- cool-retro-term

terminal emulator which mimics the old cathode display

cool-retro-term is a terminal emulator which mimics the look and feel of the old cathode tube screens. It has been designed to be eye-candy, customizable, and reasonably lightweight.

This terminal emulator works under Linux and macOS and requires Qt5. It's suggested that you stick to the latest LTS version.

Settings such as colors, fonts, and effects can be accessed via context menu.

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3- Hyper

A terminal built on web technologies

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4- Brewery

Homebrew GUI is a UI for homebrew package Manager on Mac OS X

Brewery is a GUI for the homebrew Package Manager on OS X.

Brewery only supports a subset of the commands offered by the brew command-line utility:

installing and uninstalling formulas

list available and installed formulas

check for warnings from brew doctor

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5- Crok

A fast GUI for Homebrew written in SwiftUI

Cork is a fast free open-source Homebrew manager.

Cork is not just an interface for Homebrew. It has many features that are either very hard to accomplish using Homebrew alone, or straight-up not possible.

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6- BrewMate - Homebrew GUI

Homebrew GUI apps manager

BrewMate is a macOS GUI application that makes it easy to search for, install, and uninstall Homebrew casks. You can also see the top downloaded casks.

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7- Tabby

highly configurable terminal emulator, SSH and serial client

Tabby is an infinitely customizable cross-platform terminal app for local shells, serial, SSH and Telnet connections.

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8- kitty

fast, feature-rich, GPU based terminal

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