@Ryrenz: 6 Free and Open-Source Mac Utilities I Only Found After 5 Years! 1, IINA — 45.5k stars, the best-looking video player on Mac. Built natively for macOS, supports any format, just drag and play. https://iina.io 2, Stats — 40…
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Recommends 6 free and open-source Mac utilities: IINA video player, Stats system monitor, MonitorControl external display control, Ice menu bar manager, AltTab window switcher, Keka compression tool.
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After Five Years on Mac, I Finally Found These 6 Free and Open-Source Practical Tools!
- IINA — 45.5k stars, the best-looking video player on Mac. Natively designed for macOS, supports all formats, just drag and play.
https://iina.io
- Stats — 40.4k stars. Real-time display of CPU, memory, network speed, temperature, fans on the menu bar. System status at a glance.
https://github.com/exelban/stats
- MonitorControl — 33.7k stars. Use keyboard brightness keys to directly adjust external monitor brightness and volume. Once installed, you won’t go back.
https://github.com/MonitorControl/MonitorControl…
- Ice — 28.8k stars. Too many menu bar icons? It helps you organize, hide, and group them, making the menu bar instantly clean.
https://github.com/jordanbaird/Ice
- AltTab — 16k stars. Brings the Windows Alt-Tab switcher with window previews to Mac. A must-have for multi-window users.
https://alt-tab-macos.netlify.app
- Keka — 7k stars. All-around compression/decompression tool. Supports 7z, rar, zip, and all other formats. Use it right from the context menu.
https://keka.io
The modern media player for macOS
Source: https://iina.io/
For and only for modern macOS.
IINA is born to be a modern macOS application, from its framework to the user interface. It adopts the post-Yosemite design language of macOS and keeps up the pace of new technologies like Force Touch, Touch Bar, and Picture-in-Picture.
Dark Mode
IINA ships with a carefully crafted user interface for the macOS Mojave dark mode, which includes adjusted colors, icons and textures, providing a sleek and unified look.
Picture-in-Picture
IINA supports the native Picture-in-Picture mode, enables you to enjoy either local or online videos without being distracted.
More Features
Touch Bar System Media Control Customizable UI Online Subtitles
Music Mode Mouse & Trackpad Gestures Thumbnail Preview Plugin System
Screenshots Coming soon (https://iina.io/#)
Plays anything.
Powered by the open source media player mpv, IINA can play almost every media file you have. With the support of youtube-dl and our browser extensions, you can also play a variety of online streams in IINA via one click.
Free, open source, in active development.
Written in the Swift programming language, IINA is free and open-sourced under the GPLv3 license. Please feel free to contribute to it by opening an issue, sending a feature request or a bug report on GitHub or by email.
GitHub repository (https://github.com/iina/iina)
IINA has been translated into more than 20 languages by translators from all over the world. You can improve the translation or add your new language freely via our translation platform(powered by Crowdin).
Translation platform (https://translate.iina.io/)
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