Alternatives to LosslessSwitcher
Other tools in this directory that do similar work, with a verified install command for each. LosslessSwitcher itself: install LosslessSwitcher.
LosslessCut
The swiss army knife of lossless video/audio editing
noTunes
A simple macOS application that will prevent iTunes or Apple Music from launching
BLEUnlock
Lock/unlock your Mac with your iPhone, Apple Watch, or any other Bluetooth LE devices
YouTube Music
:musical_note: A Mac app wrapper for music.youtube.com
Stillcolor
Disable temporal dithering on your Mac with this lightweight menu bar app. Designed for Apple silicon Macs
Xournal++
Xournal++ is a handwriting notetaking software with PDF annotation support. Written in C++ with GTK3, supporting Linux (e.g. Ubuntu, Debian, Arch, SUS
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
macintosh.js
🖥 A virtual Apple Macintosh with System 8, running in Electron. I'm sorry
rtl_433
Program to decode radio transmissions from devices on the ISM bands (and other frequencies)
Brooklyn
🍎 Screensaver inspired by Apple's Event on October 30, 2018
Knuff
The debug application for Apple Push Notification Service (APNs)
streamrip
A scriptable music downloader for Qobuz, Tidal, SoundCloud, and Deezer
Reminders MenuBar
Simple macOS menu bar application to view and interact with reminders. Developed with SwiftUI and using Apple Reminders as a source
QuickLook Video
Finder Thumbnails, Quick Look previews, Get Info metadata and previews for most types of audio and video files
Unshaky
A software attempt to address the "double key press" issue on Apple's butterfly keyboard [not actively maintained]
libbpf
Automated upstream mirror for libbpf stand-alone build
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
TidGi
TidGi is an privacy · automated · deployed knowledge management Desktop note app · based on Tiddlywiki · with REST API for web
asimov
Automatically exclude development dependencies from Apple Time Machine backups
rtaudio
A set of C++ classes that provide a common API for realtime audio input/output across Linux (native ALSA, JACK, PulseAudio and OSS), Macintosh OS X (C
batt
Control and limit battery charging on Apple Silicon MacBooks
Mac Sai
Mac Sai: the open-source Mac cleaner, optimizer, and malware scanner. A free, Apple-notarized alternative to CleanMyMac, built with Swift 6 and SwiftU
Orchard
The native UI for Apple Containers and (o)MLX sandboxes, written in swift as a replacement for docker desktop
dump1090-fa
Dump1090 is a simple Mode S decoder for RTLSDR devices
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 LosslessSwitcher — 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.
LosslessSwitcher 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.