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1Rectangle
Ryan Hanson
Keyboard-first window snapping for macOS.
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16AltTab
lwouis
Windows-style window switching for Mac power users.
Indie Mac Utility Apps Best of 16
16 apps Single elimination
Round 1 of 4 25%
8 matchups
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Round 1 of 4
Round 1 (16)
Round 2 (8)
Semifinals (4)
Final (2)
Winner
1 Rectangle
16 AltTab
8 Maccy
9 Raycast
4 Stats
13 iStat Menus
5 MonitorControl
12 BetterDisplay
3 Ice
14 Bartender
6 Pearcleaner
11 AppCleaner
7 Hammerspoon
10 Karabiner-Elements
2 Shottr
15 CleanShot X
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Indie Mac Utility Apps tournament summary
Hererank is running a public Best of 16 bracket for indie and power-user macOS utilities. The current category is Indie Mac Utility Apps, a group of independent tools that make macOS faster, cleaner, more configurable, or easier to automate.
- Current tournament
- Indie Mac Utility Apps Best of 16
- Format
- 16 apps, 8 first-round matchups, single elimination.
First-round matchups
- Rectangle vs AltTab
- Maccy vs Raycast
- Stats vs iStat Menus
- MonitorControl vs BetterDisplay
- Ice vs Bartender
- Pearcleaner vs AppCleaner
- Hammerspoon vs Karabiner-Elements
- Shottr vs CleanShot X
Current nominees
- Rectangle Keyboard-first window snapping for macOS.
- AltTab Windows-style window switching for Mac power users.
- Maccy Lightweight clipboard history with a fast keyboard workflow.
- Raycast Launcher, command center, snippets, extensions, and automation.
- Stats Menu bar system monitor for CPU, memory, sensors, and network.
- iStat Menus Dense professional system monitoring in the macOS menu bar.
- MonitorControl Brightness and volume control for external displays.
- BetterDisplay Advanced display controls, virtual screens, and HiDPI tuning.
- Ice Open-source menu bar manager for hiding and organizing icons.
- Bartender Long-running menu bar organization app for macOS.
- Pearcleaner Open-source app cleaner for removing apps and leftover files.
- AppCleaner Classic uninstall utility that finds app support files.
- Hammerspoon Lua-powered macOS automation and window scripting.
- Karabiner-Elements Deep keyboard customization and complex key remapping.
- Shottr Fast screenshot utility with annotations, OCR, and scrolling capture.
- CleanShot X Polished screenshot and screen recording workflow for Mac.
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8Maccy
Alex Rodionov
Lightweight clipboard history with a fast keyboard workflow.
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9Raycast
Raycast
Launcher, command center, snippets, extensions, and automation.
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4Stats
exelban
Menu bar system monitor for CPU, memory, sensors, and network.
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13iStat Menus
Bjango
Dense professional system monitoring in the macOS menu bar.
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5MonitorControl
MonitorControl
Brightness and volume control for external displays.
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12BetterDisplay
Istvan Toth
Advanced display controls, virtual screens, and HiDPI tuning.
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3Ice
Jordan Baird
Open-source menu bar manager for hiding and organizing icons.
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14Bartender
Surtees Studios
Long-running menu bar organization app for macOS.
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6Pearcleaner
alienator88
Open-source app cleaner for removing apps and leftover files.
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11AppCleaner
FreeMacSoft
Classic uninstall utility that finds app support files.
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7Hammerspoon
Hammerspoon
Lua-powered macOS automation and window scripting.
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10Karabiner-Elements
pqrs.org
Deep keyboard customization and complex key remapping.
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2Shottr
Maxim Ananov
Fast screenshot utility with annotations, OCR, and scrolling capture.
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15CleanShot X
Make The Web
Polished screenshot and screen recording workflow for Mac.