Best Mac Apps of July 2026

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   1. Glaze by Raycast

   631 upvotes

   Create your own Mac apps by chatting with AI

   Glaze is the easiest way to go from an idea to a Mac app. Describe what you want, and it builds a real app that lives in your dock, launches instantly, works offline, and taps into the full power of your computer. Software that's finally…

   #1 on July 3, 20268 makers
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   2. Tamamon

   321 upvotes

   A desktop pet that grows as you code with Claude Code

   Tamamon is a macOS desktop pet that lives on top of your screen and grows the more you build with Claude Code. What it does: - 20 species to collect through a weekly gacha, each with its own evolved forms and quirks - Feed it, play (ball…

   #3 on July 3, 20261 maker
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   3. AskCodi

   272 upvotes

   Orchestrate agents at scale while reducing cost

   Tell Codi what you want to build. It writes the plan, runs AI agents in parallel across all your projects, and picks the cheapest model that can do each task, so you ship more and spend less. When you add a project it writes the charter…

   #5 on July 23, 20261 maker
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   4. mectrics

   267 upvotes

   Your Mac's vitals in the menu bar. Free and open source.

   CPU, memory, battery, network, disk, GPU, temperature and fans in your menu bar. You pick which ones show, and a click opens the detail behind it. Compact Health folds the whole machine into one item that stays quiet until something's…

   #3 on July 31, 2026mectrics.app1 maker
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   5. Lispr

   238 upvotes

   Hold a key, speak, and Lispr writes it anywhere

   Lispr is a free voice dictation and translation app for Mac and Windows. Hold a key, speak, release. Your words land in whatever app your cursor is in. Speak in ~99 languages and switch mid-sentence. Hold your translation key as well, and…

   #5 on July 9, 2026lispr.ai1 maker, 1 with an email
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   6. Juicy - Mac Battery App

   227 upvotes

   Beautiful Mac battery alerts, health insights & charge limit

   Juicy replaces Apple's basic battery warnings with beautiful custom alerts at any percentage, complete with screen glow and sounds you can't miss. It also packs charge limiting, per-app energy insights, iPhone and iPad battery health…

   #7 on July 10, 20261 maker
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   7. Pocket Screen

   205 upvotes

   Keep any Mac window visible in a floating mini screen

   Pocket Screen turns the frontmost window on your Mac into a compact, always-on-top PiP-style view. Keep documents, chats, videos, or reference material visible while you work in another app—without constantly switching windows. Processing…

   #4 on July 17, 20261 maker
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   8. Orbit for Mac

   162 upvotes

   Every Google account, in a single window

   Every Google account in its own room on your Mac, fully isolated. Each one is the real Gmail web UI, with Calendar, Drive, Meet, and Gemini. No server, no subscription: pay once ($19 launch price, $89 after). Switch with ⌘1-9. Native…

   #7 on July 8, 2026orbit.com1 maker, 1 with an email
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   9. Capsomnia

   161 upvotes

   Caps Lock keeps your Mac awake, even with the lid closed

   Capsomnia turns Caps Lock into a physical switch that keeps your MacBook awake. Keep Claude Code, Codex, other AI agents, SSH sessions, builds, downloads, and more running after you close the lid. If Caps Lock is already assigned, choose…

   #5 on July 25, 2026capsomnia.com1 maker
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    10. MinkNote

    161 upvotes

    Private macOS notes built on plain Markdown files

    MinkNote is a native macOS notes and journal app built on plain Markdown files you own. No database, no account, and no vendor lock-in. Organise work with projects, journals, tags, fast search, rich text or Markdown editing, and automatic…

    #7 on July 24, 20261 maker
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    11. Tasks.txt

    151 upvotes

    Plain text task manager for macOS

    You kept going back to atxt file, so I made it faster. Tasks.txt is a free native macOS app for people who run tasks in atxt file. Plain text todo.txt format, keyboard shortcuts for everything. No cloud, no account.

    #10 on July 9, 2026taskstxt.app
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    12. AgentManager

    126 upvotes

    Never miss a Claude Code session waiting for your input

    A floating macOS window for every Claude Code session. The moment one needs your input, it surfaces — and hides when all is clear. Jump to the exact terminal in one click. Native Swift, notarized, 7-day free trial.

    #11 on July 22, 20261 maker
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    13. HealthyNotch

    122 upvotes

    Work shouldn't cost you your health

    You've been at your desk for six hours. Haven't had water since breakfast. Neck locked in one position, eyes dry from the screen. You didn't even notice until now. HealthyNotch lives quietly in your Mac's notch and nudges you before it…

    #10 on July 24, 2026healthynotch.com1 maker, 1 with an email
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    14. TailMux

    114 upvotes

    Multiple Tailscale tailnets at once, no switching + no VM

    The official Tailscale client keeps one tailnet active at a time. TailMux makes work and personal tailnets reachable simultaneously on macOS and Linux, without switching accounts, running multiple system daemons, or using a VM. It runs an…

    #12 on July 13, 2026tailmux.app1 maker
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    15. Pulse Island

    112 upvotes

    A living island for your Mac's notch

    Pulse turns your MacBook's notch into a Dynamic Island: Be it music, meetings, clipboard, weather, focus timers, devices and live system stats, one glance up.

    #10 on July 26, 20261 maker
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    16. Macuse

    111 upvotes

    Give Your AI Superpowers on macOS

    Macuse is a native macOS app that connects Claude, Codex, Cursor, Raycast, and any MCP-compatible AI client to your Mac apps. It gives AI assistants local access to Calendar, Mail, Notes, Reminders, Messages, and real app control through…

    #11 on July 2, 2026macuse.app1 maker, 1 with an email
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    17. CaptureKit

    106 upvotes

    Keep your desktop clean by auto-organizing screenshots.

    CaptureKit is a native macOS utility that automatically saves every screenshot to the folder you choose instead of cluttering your desktop. Keep your workspace clean, organise screenshots by project, and access them instantly without…

    #14 on July 20, 20261 maker
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    18. Breva

    106 upvotes

    Turn your Mac trackpad into a gentle breathing guide

    Breva turns your Mac trackpad into a gentle breathing guide. Choose a breathing pattern, set a session length, and follow a soft expanding orb with optional audio and haptic cues. It works locally, needs no account, and helps you take…

    #13 on July 14, 20261 maker
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    19. Islet

    106 upvotes

    iPhone's Dynamic Island, brought to your Mac's notch

    Most notch utilities just draw a static shape over the cutout. Islet actually behaves like iPhone's Dynamic Island: native spring-physics expand/collapse, real-time HUDs for volume and brightness, a live music glance with full playback…

    #7 on July 25, 2026getislet.com1 maker
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    20. FindDiskKiller

    104 upvotes

    See which apps are hammering your Mac's disk

    FindDiskKiller is a native macOS disk activity monitor that reveals which apps and AI coding agents are driving reads and writes. Track per-process disk I/O, CPU and network activity, inspect live file access, trace folders, and view…

    #15 on July 27, 2026finddiskkiller.com1 maker
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    21. Epilude

    104 upvotes

    Local voice dictation for Mac for polished text

    Hold a key, speak, release: polished text lands in any app on your Mac. Epilude transcribes, punctuates, cleans up, and matches your tone in about a second. Runs fully on-device, so audio never leaves your Mac.

    #11 on July 29, 2026epilude.com1 maker, 1 with an email
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    22. KeyOpera 2.0

    103 upvotes

    Make every Mac keystroke sound uniquely yours

    KeyOpera adds satisfying keyboard and mouse sounds to your Mac. V2 introduces customkeypak sound packs, one-click Finder installs, a Homebrew CLI for creating and controlling packs, spoken key names, improved VoiceOver support, and a…

    #11 on July 26, 20261 maker
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    23. QuickQuill

    103 upvotes

    Private, on-device meeting notes for Mac

    QuickQuill records your meetings and turns them into transcripts and summaries, and nothing is ever sent to the cloud. No bot joins the call, and it keeps working with Wi-Fi off, which is how the demo video was recorded. It also shows…

    #20 on July 15, 2026quickquill.app1 maker
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    24. DeskMat 1.3

    102 upvotes

    Now hide individual files + folders for more private desktop

    Sweep things under the rug – virtually. DeskMat is your virtual mat that covers your mess of files and folders on your Desktop with the click of a button. For cleaner streams, more privacy during video conferences, screen sharing, and…

    #19 on July 15, 20261 maker
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    25. Flyout

    101 upvotes

    Rich-text notes that fly out from your Mac's screen edge

    Nudge your screen edge — or press ⌥⌘N — and a full rich-text editor flies out over whatever you're doing. Checklists, reminders, folders, images, code blocks, iCloud sync. Native macOS, not Electron. Lifetime license, 7-day free trial.…

    #12 on July 14, 20261 maker

Junior imports every day's Product Hunt leaderboard. Each launch is filed under the first topic its makers chose, so it appears in one category only. This list takes the Mac launches dated in July 2026 and ranks them by their upvotes. It refreshes daily.

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• Best APIs36
• Best Chrome Extensions32
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• Best Health & Fitness Apps30
• Best Social Media Tools25
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What was the top Mac launch of July 2026?

Glaze by Raycast ("Create your own Mac apps by chatting with AI"), with 631 upvotes on July 3, 2026, where it finished #1 of the day.

How many Mac Apps launched in July 2026?

51 on Product Hunt, with 5,652 upvotes between them. This list shows the 25 most upvoted.

How is this list ranked?

By Product Hunt upvotes, as recorded on launch day. Ties go to the launch with the better daily rank. Every launch is counted once, in the category its makers listed first.

How do I reach the makers of these Mac Apps?

Each launch links to its page on Junior, with the people behind it (31 makers across this list). Junior adds their verified work emails, LinkedIn and X profiles for subscribers.