Alternatives to Razer macOS
Other tools in this directory that do similar work, with a verified install command for each. Razer macOS itself: install Razer macOS.
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
Xournal++
Xournal++ is a handwriting notetaking software with PDF annotation support. Written in C++ with GTK3, supporting Linux (e.g. Ubuntu, Debian, Arch, SUS
Phoenix
A lightweight macOS window and app manager scriptable with JavaScript
overmind
Process manager for Procfile-based applications and tmux
dwarfs
A fast high-compression read-only file system for Linux, FreeBSD, macOS and Windows
Fluor
A handy tool for macOS allowing you to switch Fn keys' mode based on active application
folderify
:file_folder: Generate pixel-perfect macOS folder icons in the native style. (Now with support for macOS 26 Tahoe!)
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
Look
An open-source, cross OS, community-driven launcher. A lightweight alternative to Spotlight and Raycast. Made with ❤️ from Viet Nam 🇻🇳
nvm
Node Version Manager - POSIX-compliant bash script to manage multiple active node.js versions
uv
An extremely fast Python package and project manager, written in Rust
MarkText
📝A simple and elegant markdown editor, available for Linux, macOS and Windows
poetry
Python packaging and dependency management made easy
fnm
🚀 Fast and simple Node.js version manager, built in Rust
git-flow
Git extensions to provide high-level repository operations for Vincent Driessen's branching model
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
Hidden Bar
An ultra-light MacOS utility that helps hide menu bar icons
Easydict
A concise and elegant Dictionary and Translator macOS App for looking up words and translating text
hack-browser-data
Extract and decrypt browser data, supporting multiple data types, runnable on various operating systems (macOS, Windows, Linux)
cataclysm
Cataclysm - Dark Days Ahead. A turn-based survival game set in a post-apocalyptic world
sentencepiece
Unsupervised text tokenizer for Neural Network-based text generation
React Native Debugger
The standalone app based on official debugger of React Native, and includes React Inspector / Redux DevTools
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 Razer macOS — 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.
Razer macOS 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.