Alternatives to GhostPepper
Other tools in this directory that do similar work, with a verified install command for each. GhostPepper itself: install GhostPepper.
Retroactive
Run Aperture, iPhoto, and iTunes on macOS Golden Gate, macOS Tahoe, macOS Sequoia, macOS Sonoma, macOS Ventura, macOS Monterey, macOS Big Sur, and mac
Easydict
A concise and elegant Dictionary and Translator macOS App for looking up words and translating text
sentencepiece
Unsupervised text tokenizer for Neural Network-based text generation
FineTune
FineTune, a macOS menu bar app for per-app volume control, multi-device output, audio routing, and 10-band EQ. Free and open-source alternative to Sou
LocationSimulator
MacOS application to spoof / fake / mock your iOS / iPadOS or iPhoneSimulator device location. WatchOS and TvOS are partially supported
Razer macOS
Color effects manager for Razer devices for macOS. Supports High Sierra (10.13) to Monterey (12.0). Made by the community, based on openrazer
folderify
:file_folder: Generate pixel-perfect macOS folder icons in the native style. (Now with support for macOS 26 Tahoe!)
sitefetch
Fetch an entire site and save it as a text file (to be used with AI models)
yap
🗣️ A CLI for on-device speech transcription using Speech.framework on macOS 26
LocalizationEditor
Simple macOS editor app to help you manage iOS and macOS app localizations by allowing you to edit all the translations side by side
scrcpy
Display and control your Android device
openai-whisper
Robust Speech Recognition via Large-Scale Weak Supervision
MarkText
📝A simple and elegant markdown editor, available for Linux, macOS and Windows
Netron
Visualizer for neural network, deep learning and machine learning models
Vorssaint
Free and open-source macOS menu bar toolkit
BitBar
Put the output from any script or program into your macOS Menu Bar (the BitBar reboot)
Reactotron
A desktop app for inspecting your React JS and React Native projects. macOS, Linux, and Windows
Xournal++
Xournal++ is a handwriting notetaking software with PDF annotation support. Written in C++ with GTK3, supporting Linux (e.g. Ubuntu, Debian, Arch, SUS
Hidden Bar
An ultra-light MacOS utility that helps hide menu bar icons
hack-browser-data
Extract and decrypt browser data, supporting multiple data types, runnable on various operating systems (macOS, Windows, Linux)
WhatCable
macOS menu bar app that tells you, in plain English, what each USB-C cable plugged into your Mac can actually do
pywhat
🐸 Identify anything. pyWhat easily lets you identify emails, IP addresses, and more. Feed it a .pcap file or some text and it'll tell you what it is!
espeak-ng
eSpeak NG is an open source speech synthesizer that supports more than hundred languages and accents
PureMac
Free, open-source macOS cleaner. CleanMyMac alternative with zero telemetry. Native SwiftUI, scheduled auto-cleaning, Xcode/Homebrew/system cache clea
How we picked these
We match on what the tool does and how it installs, then order by how widely each project is used. We're not saying these are better or worse than GhostPepper — that depends on what you're building. We're saying they're the projects people reach for in the same situations, and each one has an install command we checked against its documentation.
GhostPepper is developed by its own authors and this page is an independent reference; we are not affiliated with or sponsored by any project listed, and nothing here is a paid placement.