categories:
- id: ai-ml
  name: AI & Machine Learning
  icon: 🤖
  description: Local large language model runners, desktop AI frontends, and on-device
    ML workflows.
  subcategories:
  - Local LLM Inference
  - AI Desktop Clients
  - Creative AI
- id: audio
  name: Audio
  icon: 🎵
  description: Audio recorders, sound equalizers, routing drivers, and microphone
    controllers.
  subcategories:
  - Equalizers
  - Audio Routing
  - Recording
  - Microphone Tools
- id: backup
  name: Backup
  icon: 💾
  description: Snapshot tools, Time Machine helpers, volume cloners, and data protection
    utilities.
  subcategories:
  - Time Machine Utilities
  - Snapshot Tools
  - Cloud Backup
  - Disk Cloning
- id: browser
  name: Browser
  icon: 🌐
  description: Open-source web browsers, privacy navigation tools, and lightweight
    web viewing engines.
  subcategories:
  - Full Browsers
  - Privacy Browsers
  - Minimalist Browsers
- id: chat
  name: Chat
  icon: 💬
  description: Instant messaging, Matrix, IRC, Telegram, WhatsApp wrappers, and team
    communication.
  subcategories:
  - Instant Messaging
  - Matrix Clients
  - IRC Clients
  - Chat Bridges
- id: cryptocurrency
  name: Cryptocurrency
  icon: 💰
  description: Cryptocurrency wallets, node runners, portfolio trackers, and blockchain
    tools.
  subcategories:
  - Wallets
  - Price Trackers
  - Node Runners
- id: database
  name: Database
  icon: 🗄️
  description: Modern database GUIs, SQL query editors, Redis managers, and SQLite
    visualizers.
  subcategories:
  - SQL Clients
  - Redis GUIs
  - SQLite Tools
  - NoSQL Viewers
- id: development
  name: Development
  icon: 👨‍💻
  description: General developer utilities, SDK managers, reverse engineering suites,
    and debugging tools.
  subcategories:
  - Developer Suites
  - Disassemblers
  - Package Managers
  - Profiling
- id: git
  name: Git
  icon: 📦
  description: Native Git GUI clients, visual diff inspection tools, commit helpers,
    and merge assistants.
  subcategories:
  - Git Clients
  - Diff & Merge Tools
  - Commit Utilities
- id: ios-macos
  name: iOS / macOS
  icon: 📱
  description: Apple ecosystem tooling, Xcode enhancements, provisioning helpers,
    and simulator utilities.
  subcategories:
  - Xcode Plugins
  - Simulator Tools
  - Signing & Provisioning
  - Swift Helpers
- id: json-parsing
  name: JSON Parsing
  icon: 🔄
  description: JSON formatters, syntax highlighters, schema validators, and data tree
    inspectors.
  subcategories:
  - JSON Viewers
  - Formatters
  - Schema Validation
- id: other-development
  name: Other Development
  icon: 🔧
  description: Specialized developer tools, regex visualizers, string processors,
    and testing utilities.
  subcategories:
  - Regex Tools
  - Test Simulators
  - Format Converters
- id: web-development
  name: Web Development
  icon: 🌍
  description: Local web servers, HTTP debugging proxies, static site generators,
    and API inspection tools.
  subcategories:
  - HTTP Proxies
  - Local Dev Servers
  - API Testing
  - Static Sites
- id: downloader
  name: Downloader
  icon: ⬇️
  description: Media downloaders, YouTube download utilities, Homebrew cask grabbers,
    and batch fetchers.
  subcategories:
  - Video Downloaders
  - Media Fetchers
  - Cask Managers
- id: editors
  name: Editors
  icon: 📝
  description: General text and code editors, native macOS typing suites, and distraction-free
    editors.
  subcategories:
  - Code Editors
  - Native Text Suites
  - Minimalist Editors
- id: csv
  name: CSV
  icon: 📊
  description: Tabular data viewers, spreadsheet inspectors, and high-speed CSV file
    editors.
  subcategories:
  - CSV Viewers
  - Delimited Data Editors
- id: json
  name: JSON
  icon: 📋
  description: Dedicated JSON documents editors, structure organizers, and tree manipulation
    apps.
  subcategories:
  - JSON Editors
  - Document Modifiers
- id: markdown
  name: Markdown
  icon: 📝
  description: Markdown editors, live preview tools, note renderers, and technical
    documentation writers.
  subcategories:
  - Markdown Editors
  - Live Previewers
  - Document Renderers
- id: tex
  name: TeX
  icon: 📐
  description: LaTeX typesetting tools, mathematical formula editors, and academic
    paper generators.
  subcategories:
  - LaTeX Editors
  - Equation Editors
- id: text
  name: Text
  icon: ✏️
  description: Plain text scratchpads, notepad alternatives, and distraction-free
    writing environments.
  subcategories:
  - Text Editors
  - Scratchpads
  - Typing Suites
- id: extensions
  name: Extensions
  icon: 🧩
  description: Quick Look generators, Finder context menu extensions, and share sheet
    utilities.
  subcategories:
  - Quick Look Plugins
  - Context Menu Tools
  - Share Extensions
- id: finder
  name: Finder
  icon: 🔍
  description: Finder enhancements, folder bookmarkers, duplicate detectors, and advanced
    file browsers.
  subcategories:
  - Finder Enhancers
  - File Browsers
  - Folder Bookmarkers
- id: games
  name: Games
  icon: 🎮
  description: Open-source games, console emulators, game engines, and recreational
    apps for macOS.
  subcategories:
  - Emulators
  - Native Games
  - Recreational Tools
- id: graphics
  name: Graphics
  icon: 🎨
  description: Vector design tools, 3D rendering packages, animation software, and
    diagramming apps.
  subcategories:
  - Vector Graphics
  - 3D Modeling
  - Animation
  - Diagramming
- id: ide
  name: IDE
  icon: 💻
  description: Full-fledged integrated development environments supporting multiple
    programming stacks.
  subcategories:
  - Full IDEs
  - Language Environments
  - Workspace Suites
- id: images
  name: Images
  icon: 🖼️
  description: Image viewing apps, screenshot annotation suites, image optimizers,
    and color managers.
  subcategories:
  - Image Viewers
  - Annotation Tools
  - Image Optimizers
  - Color Pickers
- id: keyboard
  name: Keyboard
  icon: ⌨️
  description: Key remap utilities, shortcut cheatsheets, keyboard layout managers,
    and typing assists.
  subcategories:
  - Key Remappers
  - Shortcut Guides
  - Layout Switchers
- id: mail
  name: Mail
  icon: 📧
  description: Desktop email clients, menubar notification checkers, and inbox management
    tools.
  subcategories:
  - Email Clients
  - Menubar Notifiers
  - Mail Utilities
- id: medical
  name: Medical
  icon: 🏥
  description: DICOM viewers, medical image visualizers, and healthcare workstation
    applications.
  subcategories:
  - DICOM Viewers
  - Medical Analysis
- id: menubar
  name: Menubar
  icon: 📊
  description: Menu bar monitors, notch managers, status bar applets, and quick-access
    widgets.
  subcategories:
  - Status Monitors
  - Item Hiders
  - Quick Utilities
  - Notch Tools
- id: music
  name: Music
  icon: 🎧
  description: Music players, lyrics synchronizers, audio taggers, and streaming service
    desktop clients.
  subcategories:
  - Music Players
  - Lyrics Tools
  - Tag Editors
  - Streaming Clients
- id: news
  name: News
  icon: 📰
  description: RSS and Atom feed readers, news aggregators, and headline notification
    monitors.
  subcategories:
  - RSS Readers
  - News Aggregators
- id: notes
  name: Notes
  icon: 📔
  description: Note-taking applications, personal knowledge bases, digital journals,
    and thought planners.
  subcategories:
  - Knowledge Bases
  - Notebooks
  - Journaling
- id: other
  name: Other
  icon: 📦
  description: Curated collection of unique, miscellaneous, and versatile macOS tools
    and utilities.
  subcategories:
  - Miscellaneous
  - Handy Applets
- id: player
  name: Player
  icon: ▶️
  description: Dedicated lightweight audio and media playback applications for macOS.
  subcategories:
  - Audio Players
  - Mini Players
- id: podcast
  name: Podcast
  icon: 🎙️
  description: Podcast players, chapter indexers, episode downloaders, and RSS audio
    subscriptions.
  subcategories:
  - Podcast Players
  - Episode Managers
- id: productivity
  name: Productivity
  icon: ⏱️
  description: Application launchers, clipboard managers, pomodoro timers, and daily
    workflow enhancers.
  subcategories:
  - Launchers
  - Clipboard Managers
  - Pomodoro Timers
  - Task Managers
- id: screensaver
  name: Screensaver
  icon: 🌙
  description: Aesthetic screensavers, clock displays, retro animations, and dynamic
    ambient visuals.
  subcategories:
  - Aesthetic Savers
  - Clock Screensavers
  - Video Savers
- id: security
  name: Security
  icon: 🔒
  description: Password vaults, personal application firewalls, disk encryption, and
    network monitors.
  subcategories:
  - Password Managers
  - Firewalls
  - Encryption Tools
  - Malware Scanners
- id: sharing-files
  name: Sharing Files
  icon: 📤
  description: P2P file transfer tools, AirDrop alternatives, local network sharing,
    and file sync apps.
  subcategories:
  - Local Transfer
  - P2P Sharing
  - File Synchronization
- id: social-networking
  name: Social Networking
  icon: 👥
  description: Clients for decentralized social networks, Mastodon, Bluesky, and community
    platforms.
  subcategories:
  - Mastodon Clients
  - Bluesky Clients
  - Community Tools
- id: streaming
  name: Streaming
  icon: 📡
  description: Live broadcasting suites, desktop capture utilities, and livestream
    management apps.
  subcategories:
  - Broadcasting Suites
  - Screen Streaming
- id: system
  name: System
  icon: ⚙️
  description: System diagnostics, hardware monitors, uninstallation cleaners, and
    maintenance apps.
  subcategories:
  - Resource Monitoring
  - App Uninstallers
  - Hardware Control
- id: terminal
  name: Terminal
  icon: 📺
  description: Modern terminal emulators, shell accelerators, multiplexers, and prompt
    personalizers.
  subcategories:
  - Terminal Emulators
  - Multiplexers
  - CLI Tools
- id: touch-bar
  name: Touch Bar
  icon: 🎚️
  description: MacBook Pro Touch Bar customization utilities, widgets, and mini tactile
    applets.
  subcategories:
  - Touch Bar Customizers
  - Widgets
- id: utilities
  name: Utilities
  icon: 🛠️
  description: Everyday Mac utilities, mouse accelerators, audio routers, and desktop
    tools.
  subcategories:
  - Input Helpers
  - Display Control
  - General Utilities
- id: vpn-proxy
  name: VPN & Proxy
  icon: 🔐
  description: WireGuard, OpenVPN, Shadowsocks clients, and local network proxy toggle
    utilities.
  subcategories:
  - WireGuard Clients
  - Proxy Tools
  - VPN Managers
- id: video
  name: Video
  icon: 🎬
  description: Video players, subtitle editors, video encoders, and multimedia conversion
    tools.
  subcategories:
  - Video Players
  - Transcoders
  - Subtitle Tools
- id: wallpaper
  name: Wallpaper
  icon: 🖥️
  description: Dynamic wallpaper rotators, aerial desktop engines, and custom wallpaper
    creators.
  subcategories:
  - Dynamic Wallpapers
  - Wallpaper Switchers
  - Wallpaper Creators
- id: window-management
  name: Window Management
  icon: 🪟
  description: Tiling window managers, keyboard snap helpers, and window switcher
    enhancements.
  subcategories:
  - Tiling Managers
  - Keyboard Snappers
  - Window Switchers