# App Inspector for Mac

Canonical page: https://macbase.app/apps/app-inspector-2

> Inspect app permissions and background items on macOS

- Price: Free
- Requires: macOS 15 Sequoia or later
- Languages: English
- Apple silicon: runs natively
- Notarized by Apple: yes
- Works offline: yes
- Open source: yes (https://github.com/hkilimci/AppInspector)
- Verified on MacBase: yes
- Developer: Hasan Harun Kilimci
- Categories: [Security & Privacy](https://macbase.app/categories/security-privacy), [System Monitoring](https://macbase.app/categories/system-monitoring), [Cleanup & Storage](https://macbase.app/categories/cleanup-storage)

## About

App Inspector is a free, open-source privacy inspector for macOS Sequoia and later. It shows each app’s privacy permissions, extensions, login items, launch agents, daemons, and other background items in one window, with the source behind each state.

Designed to be read-only, App Inspector also finds permissions left behind by deleted apps and lets you reset individual entries or all leftover permissions after confirmation. It reads macOS’s own privacy and background-item databases, and keeps data on your Mac.

## An alternative to

- [BlockBlock](https://macbase.app/alternatives/blockblock): 1 alternative on MacBase
- [KnockKnock](https://macbase.app/alternatives/knockknock): 1 alternative on MacBase

## Get it

- Download: https://github.com/hkilimci/AppInspector/releases
- Website: https://azrapps.com/AppInspector
- Source: https://github.com/hkilimci/AppInspector

Listed by [Hasan Harun Kilimci](https://macbase.app/@hhklmc).

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