This page lists the main apps and services I use daily on macOS and iOS. The selection favors privacy-oriented, secure solutions, and self-hosting where possible.
Provider
Client
- MailMate (macOS)
- ProtonMail (macOS e iOS)
- Apple Mail (macOS e iOS)
- Tuta Mail App (macOS e iOS)
- neomutt (CLI)
Cloud and backup
- Nextcloud (self-hosted)
- Proton Drive
- Filen
- autorestic
- restic — encrypted backup
Messaging
- Matrix
- Snikket (XMPP self-hosted)
- Signal
- Telegram
- Session
- SimpleX
- Apple iMessage
- Weechat (IRC/Matrix from terminal)
Video calls and conferences
Privacy and security
VPN
Firewall and monitoring
- Little Snitch — application firewall
- Oversight — webcam/microphone monitor
- KnockKnock — malware persistence detection
Encryption
- Cryptomator
- VeraCrypt
- age — modern file encryption
- GnuPG — encryption and digital signatures
Password manager
- Proton Pass
- Bitwarden (self-hosted)
Metadata
Search Engines
- SearXNG (self-hosted)
Writing and notes
- Obsidian
- Logseq
- Scrivener
- Zotero
- Zed
- Drafts
- Notestnook (macOS and iOS)
- DEVONthink
- Marked — Markdown preview
- Apple Pages
Development and terminal
Editors and IDEs
Terminal
CLI tools
- htop — process monitoring
- bat — cat with syntax highlighting
- fd — modern find
- ripgrep — fast search
- fzf — fuzzy finder
- lazygit — Git TUI
- zoxide — smart directory navigation
- ranger — terminal file manager
- gh — GitHub CLI
Browsers
- Apple Safari
- Firefox
- Mullvad Browser
- Brave
- Tor Browser
- Onion Browser (iOS)
Artificial intelligence
macOS productivity
- Alfred — launcher and automation
- Rectangle Pro — window management
- Hazel — file automation
- Keyboard Maestro — macros and automation
- Maccy — clipboard manager
- TextSniper — OCR
- iStat Menus — system monitoring
- Snippety — snippet management
Media
- IINA — macOS video player
- VLC — multimedia player
- Handbrake — video encoding
- ffmpeg — CLI audio/video processing
- yt-dlp — video download
Documents and databases
- Pandoc — universal document converter
- PDF Expert — PDF editing
- DBeaver — universal database client
- DB Browser for SQLite
Network and analysis
Self-hosted resources
Social and online presence
Calendar
This page is updated periodically.