My Mac OS “Software Toolkit”

As a Software Developer and foremost a geek I’ve collected my tool set that I install as soon I get a new laptop.

As some people found my Chrome Plugins post useful I thought of doing the same for generic software, so here it goes.

Disclaimer: I’m a Mac OSX user...and I brew everything.

So let’s start with:

Package Managers:

• Homebrew — Package manager: install all things!

/bin/bash -c "$(curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Homebrew/install/master/install.sh)"

Essentials:

• Chrome — I rarely use other browsers (but I got to also wink to Firefox)

brew install google-chrome

If you also use Chrome you’ll probably also want to take a peek into my article on my Chrome Extensions.

• Penc —Trackpad-oriented window manager for macOS

brew install penc

• Caffeine — Keeps your display awake

brew install caffeine

• Clipy — Clipboard extension app: Copy and paste improved

brew cask install clipy

• MonitorControl — Automatically adjust the brightness of all displays in sync

brew install monitorcontrol

• Muzzle — Mute notifications while screen sharing

brew install muzzle

• CheatSheet — Show all apps shortcuts with a long press

brew install cheatsheet

Calendar:

• itsycal — Calendar on the menu bar is a must

brew install itsycal

Communication:

• Rambox — Because chat is the new… something, and I like to keep it contained in a single place.

brew install rambox

• Zoom — Well, Zoom ends up being the exception that I don’t use inside Rambox

brew install zoomus

Video:

• VLC — who still opens videos files with another software?

brew install vlc

Text editors / notes:

• Sublime Text — Who doesn’t like a good text editor

brew install sublime-text

• Evernote — Keep my notes

brew cask install evernote

Software Development:

• sdkman — Manage multiple SDKs

https://sdkman.io/

• IntelIJ IDEA — King of IDEs

brew install intellij-idea

• Android Studio — Because Android is life

brew install android-studio

• SourceTree — UI Git client for Windows and Mac

brew install sourcetree

• Postman — Who doesn’t use this?

brew install postman

• Altair Client for GraphQL — Postman is nice, but for GraphQL this is still nicer

brew install altair-graphql-client

• Charles Proxy — Who doesn’t need proxy breakpoints while developing apps?

brew install charles

Security

• Blockblock — Monitors common persistence locations and alerts whenever a persistent component is added.

brew install blockblock

Torrents:

• qBitTorrent — Everyone needs a bit of torrent love

brew install qbittorrent

Android Integration:

• Alt-C — Send clipboard info from Mac to Android and vice-versa

brew install alt-c

• Vysor — Lets you view and control your Android on your computer

brew install vysor

New mac? No pain.

You can also export everything you have installed via Brew:

brew bundle dump

It will create a Brewfile. You can save it and when you need to reinstall, just run this on the folder where the file is:

brew bundle

What I don’t install but use in the browser instead:

Images

• Pixlr —Image edition:
• Videezy — Free HD Stock Footage & 4K Videos!

Text Utilities

• Nimbletext — Manipulate text and data with light-weight patterns:
• OnlineOCR — Free online OCR (including PDF to Word)
• PDFCandy — PDF Magic
• Strikethrough (l̶i̶k̶e̶ ̶t̶h̶i̶s̶) — Who doesn’t like to strike?

Shopping Utilities

• Euzon — Search in all European Amazon’s

Generic Utilities

• Canva — Design Anything

“Super User” Utilities

• JSONSchema2Pojo — Generate code from JSON
• JSON Formatter — What the name says…

Software Developer Utilities

• Languages playgrounds: C & C++, C#, Java, Kotlin
• Slides Code Highlighter — What the name says…