Here are some open source applications for the Mac that you might not know about... | Apple's Mac operating system may be a proprietary platform, but it isn't one that open source hasn't been able to penetrate. Just like Windows, there are open source alternatives for many Mac applications. Here are some of the lesser known ones! |
Adium is a free instant messaging application for Mac OS X that can connect to AIM, MSN, XMPP (Jabber), Yahoo, and more.
2. Disk Inventory X
This application can be used to view the contents of your hard drive graphically. It has a simplistic interface but with lots of features.
3. Celestia
This is an application that can be used for 3D visualisation of space in real-time, with a detailed model of the solar system. It contains 10,000 galaxies and more than 100,000 stars. You can also add more objects to it.
4. Stellarium
This is similar to Celestia and allows you explore the skies on your Mac. You can use this to get a visual representation of the skies. It shows you what you would otherwise see with telescopres, binoculars etc.
5. Seashore
This is an image editing application for Mac users. You can get a umber of features through this application, including gradients, anti-aliasing and textures.
6. Pixen
Are you a pixel artist? If yes, then this is the application for you. This application can create frame by frame animations for you to export as GIFs.
7. HandBrake
This open source application can be used in order to convert videos into favourable formats. It comes with a number of setting options that allow you to customise the ripping process for videos.
8. Inkscape
As hard as it might be for some to believe, the Adobe Illustrator isn’t the graphics tool of choice for everyone. If you aren’t quite ok with this tool, then Inkscape makes for a good replacement for Mac user. It is a vector-based graphic application that comes with a clean interface and is easily accessible.
9. Cyberduck
The name doesn’t say much about this open source application for Mac users. It is an FTP client, which is capable of supporting SFTP, FTP, Cloud Files, WebDav and some other protocols. Many would tell you that it is the best free FTP client for Apple’s Mac platform.
10. Jext
This is a text editor that is meant for the Mac operating system. You can use this to edit files from HTML to Java. It is good if you’re looking for a free and open source application, but it is quite an outdated text editor.
You will probaby be asking why VLC and some other very other obvious applications haven't been mentioned here. Well, that's exactly why, because they're two obvious.
Author : Shivam Kotwalia, CodeKill
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