10 Free and Open-source Developers 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- Snippet Manager
freeware code snippet manager
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3- 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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4- TextMate
TextMate is a graphical text editor for macOS 10.12 or later
TextMate is a simple yet open-source and free powerful native text/ code editor for macOS.
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5- FileZilla
Open-source free FTP/SFPT/FTPS client for macOS
FileZilla is an open source FTP client, that works for Windows, macOS, & Linux (Debian, Ubuntu, LinuxMint, Fedora,...). It is our top pick in this recommendation list, as we have used it over the years while we are shifting from a platform or a distro to another.
FileZilla is fairly easy to use, as it also comes with powerful features, to meet the demands of experienced and inexperienced users, normal users or advanced users with ninja coding skills.
FileZilla supports FTP, SFTP (SSH File Transfer Protocol), Stroj (Decentralized Cloud Storage). It also supports connection over proxy and Active/ Passive transfer modes.
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6- Qusly
Elegant FTP/FTPS/SFTP client.
Qusly is a new FTP client for Windows, macOS, & Linux Desktops, It's built with React/ NodeJS and uses Electron to built multi-platform packages. Qusly supports FTP, FTPS (FTP over SSL), & SFTP (SSH File Transfer Protocol).
Qusly is using a powerful FTP NodeJS library built by the same developer Qusly-Core, An API wrapper around ssh2 and FTP library for building FTP/FTPS/SFTP clients.
Qusly has very clean, beautiful UI (User-Interface), packed with tabbed windows that support multiple projects at once. It uses nice icons and desktop-alike file-browser. It supports drag/ drop.
Qusly is still in active development, It still lakes several features to compete like advanced settings, import/ export settings, automation, queue management, and better security features. Hopefully, the developer will enrich it with more features in the incoming releases.
It is built on top of Electron and React. It aims to be beautiful and functional.
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7- Hyper
A terminal built on web technologies
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8- Snip
Snip is a lightweight snippets manager app for macOS
Snip is a native, lightweight snippets' manager for macOS. It is a native macOS developer tool built-in SwiftUI. This project is still improving, and new features are in progress, plus it is open source.
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9- 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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10- kitty
fast, feature-rich, GPU based terminal
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