# Introducing MacBase: Discover the Best Mac Apps Canonical page: https://macbase.app/blog/introducing-macbase MacBase is a free directory of Mac apps. Discover the best apps for your Mac, see what people use instead of the ones they know, and list your own for free. Updates, Oct 31, 2026, by Atta 🐬. Finding a good Mac app is harder than it should be. Say you want a better way to manage your windows. The Mac App Store has a few options, but many of the best Mac apps aren't in it. Their makers sell them from their own sites or share them on GitHub. So you search, and you land on a list of the best window managers that may be years old. You open ten tabs to check which apps are still updated, what they cost now, and whether they run natively on your Mac. Making a Mac app has the opposite problem. You can build something people would love and still have nowhere obvious to show it to them. We built MacBase for both. You can discover Mac apps from the Mac App Store, from their makers' sites and from GitHub in one place, with the same facts on every page. If you make Mac apps, you can list yours for free. More than 130 apps are here so far, and more arrive every week. ## Find the right app **Browse by what you need done.** [Categories](https://macbase.app/categories) cover jobs like window management, menu bar tools, writing and local AI. You can narrow any list to free or paid apps, open source apps, apps that run natively on Apple silicon, or the macOS you're on. ![The Window Management category on MacBase, with filters above a grid of apps showing their prices](https://statics.macbase.app/blog/cmvw79g3s0000rm4lavu6zp3k/category-page.webp) **Get the facts before you download.** Every app page shows the price, the oldest macOS it runs on, whether it runs natively on Apple silicon, and whether it's notarized by Apple. ![The page for Moor on MacBase, with its screenshots, description, price, macOS version and Apple silicon support](https://statics.macbase.app/blog/cmvw79g3s0000rm4lavu6zp3k/app-page.webp) **Look beyond the app you know.** [Alternatives](https://macbase.app/alternatives) start from a well-known app and show what people use instead. If a subscription went up or an app stopped keeping up, try the apps people use instead of [CleanMyMac](https://macbase.app/alternatives/cleanmymac) or [iStat Menus](https://macbase.app/alternatives/istat-menus). ![CleanMyMac alternatives on MacBase, with 10 apps and member deals](https://statics.macbase.app/blog/cmvw79g3s0000rm4lavu6zp3k/alternatives-page.webp) **Save money.** Makers offer MacBase members [deals](https://macbase.app/deals) on their apps. A free account shows you the codes. **Explore open source.** [Open source](https://macbase.app/open-source) lists the Mac apps whose code is public, sorted by their stars on GitHub. **Ask your AI assistant.** Add MacBase's [public MCP server](https://macbase.app/mcp) to Claude, ChatGPT or another assistant, and it can answer from real listings. No sign-in needed. ## List your app [Listing your app](https://macbase.app/submit) is free. Paste a Mac App Store link, your website or a GitHub repository, and MacBase fills in a draft for you to check. If you'd rather skip the form, your coding agent can do it through your own MCP link. Every listing is checked before it goes live. Our AI review publishes what's clearly a real Mac app, and anything else waits for a person. Nobody gets sent back or turned down by a machine. Once you're listed, there's more you can do: - **Get verified.** Put the [MacBase badge](https://macbase.app/badge) on your site, and your listing gets a check mark and is shown above unverified apps. - **Get featured.** You can [pay for a featured spot](https://macbase.app/advertise) at the top of the home page and your categories. Featured apps always carry a gold mark, so it's clear what they are. - **Use our prompts.** [Ready-made prompts](https://macbase.app/prompts) for your coding agent cover structured data, accessibility, release notes and getting ready for the next macOS. ![The MacBase badge page, showing the Featured on MacBase badge](https://statics.macbase.app/blog/cmvw79g3s0000rm4lavu6zp3k/badge-page.webp) ## Who's behind it MacBase is run by [Fore Studio](https://fore.studio). We make Mac apps too, so you should know that three of the apps here are ours. - [Vitals](https://macbase.app/apps/vitals): See which app is slowing your Mac ($9, 20% off for MacBase members, System Monitoring, Apple silicon, macOS 15 Sequoia or later, in English, Spanish, French and 9 more languages, verified) - [Levers](https://macbase.app/apps/levers): Hide the mess before you share your Mac screen ($9, 20% off for MacBase members, Screen Recording, Apple silicon, macOS 15 Sequoia or later, in English, Spanish, French and 12 more languages, verified) - [Flit](https://macbase.app/apps/flit): Dictation that never leaves your Mac ($19, Dictation, Apple silicon, macOS 14 Sonoma or later, in English, Spanish, French and 8 more languages, verified) ## What's next Next up is this blog: guides to getting more from your Mac, roundups of the apps worth having, honest reviews, and what we learn about building and selling Mac apps. Roundups will recommend what's best for the job, whether it's listed here or not. In November, we'll also have a page for Black Friday deals on Mac apps. To keep up, the [newsletter](https://macbase.app/newsletter) sends new Mac apps every week. And if your favorite app isn't here yet, tell its maker: listing is free.