New Mac Apps in 2026
491 Mac Apps launched on Product Hunt between January 1, 2026 and October 23, 2026, collecting 47,986 upvotes between them. The most upvoted is Goldfish, with 948.
243 of them (49%) have a working website on file, and 5 come from Y Combinator companies. Every launch below links to the makers behind it.
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Top Mac Apps, by upvotes
The 15 most upvoted Mac launches since January 2026.

1. Goldfish
948 upvotesPress Option. It knows your work and replies like you
Most AI tools make you explain the context before they can help. Goldfish already has it. It privately remembers what you’ve been working on across your Mac, then helps you write better from any app. Press Option in a text field to draft…
#1 on June 16, 20263 makers
2. Glaze by Raycast
631 upvotesCreate 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
3. Clipto
507 upvotesFully local, natural language search over terabytes of media
Like Google Photos, but fully local. Turn the terabytes of video, audio, meetings, and files you work with into searchable memories, without uploading anything to the cloud. Clipto automatically tags people, dialogue, and scenes, so you…
4. Invoko
470 upvotesA little hand on your Mac
Invoko is an AI desktop helper you can talk to while you work. Bring it beside anything on your screen, ask it questions, or let it handle tasks across your apps.
#2 on June 16, 20261 maker
5. DynamicLake
350 upvotesDynamic Island experience for Mac with apps & notifications
DynamicLake - Dynamic Island for Mac · Notificaitons · Drag and drop · Converter · Calls · Airdrop · Timer · and more

6. HyNote for Mac
348 upvotesFree local transcription that is 100% Private
Solving the three biggest pain points in meeting software: privacy, friction, and cost. By running speech-to-text entirely on-device, your confidential discussions never leave your hardware, ensuring total data privacy. It operates…

7. Raycast 2.0
334 upvotesThe next generation of Raycast is here
Raycast 2.0 is built on a new foundation, redesigned from the inside out. Your shortcut to everything now brings AI that can take action across your apps, Automations for recurring tasks, and Projects to keep ongoing work together.…
8. Bitrise Remote Dev Environments
332 upvotesCloud Macs your coding agents can actually build on
Bitrise RDE gives you cloud Macs & Linux machines that start in seconds, the same machines, stacks and caches as your CI. Give every agent its machine and run them in parallel via MCP, or attach VS Code, Cursor or Claude Code. Archive…
#2 on September 17, 20261 maker
9. GetCompress
324 upvotesLossless media compression without context switching
GetCompress is a lightweight desktop app that quickly compresses videos, images, GIFs, PDFs in batches: get up to 90% smaller files with minimal quality loss. Save your time & keep files safe with offline compression. Drag files in and…

10. Screen Charm
322 upvotesGive your screen recordings more charm
Record your screen and instantly turn raw footage into polished, presentation-ready videos with smart zoom effects, smooth motion blur, webcam overlay, background music, and a built-in editor. No complex editing tools. No subscriptions.…

11. Tamamon
321 upvotesA 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
12. Sider Omni Sidebar
317 upvotesGive every Mac app an Agent Sidebar
An AI agent beside any Mac app. Sider Omni sidebar sees what's on your screen and acts on it directly, right where you're working. Watch the result, ask for the next change. Nothing to copy, nothing to upload. Built on GPT-6 Astra, and it…
#5 on September 18, 20261 maker
13. Gemini app for Mac
311 upvotesOption + Space and Gemini is right there
The official Gemini app is now available natively on macOS. Use a simple shortcut (Option + Space) to bring up Gemini instantly. Share your active window for contextual help, analyze local files, and generate content without ever…

14. Vitals
299 upvotesA Mac activity monitor that thinks in apps, not processes
Activity Monitor lists a thousand processes, a hundred of them called Google Chrome Helper. Vitals adds every helper to the app that launched it, so you see 60 apps instead of 1,000 processes, each with one figure for memory, CPU, energy…

15. NothingHere
297 upvotesA MacOS panic button where one key press cleans your screen
NothingHere is a macOS panic button. One hotkey, three things happen at once: 1. All windows disappear — every app gets hidden instantly 2. All sound goes silent — music, videos, everything mutes 3. A cover document opens — your…
#4 on March 2, 20261 maker
Best Mac Apps by month
A ranked list for every month with at least a handful of Mac launches.
- Best Mac Apps of October 2026#1 Smooth Recorder84 launches
- Best Mac Apps of September 2026#1 Raycast 2.088 launches
- Best Mac Apps of August 2026#1 HyNote for Mac54 launches
- Best Mac Apps of July 2026#1 Glaze by Raycast51 launches
- Best Mac Apps of June 2026#1 Goldfish52 launches
- Best Mac Apps of May 2026#1 Clipto46 launches
- Best Mac Apps of April 2026#1 Gemini app for Mac42 launches
- Best Mac Apps of March 2026#1 DynamicLake29 launches
- Best Mac Apps of February 2026#1 Arcmark17 launches
- Best Mac Apps of January 2026#1 Updatest28 launches
Latest Mac Apps


Instant Search
94 upvotesThe fastest, most precise local AI Search for your files.
#13 on October 23, 20261 maker

Truffle
77 upvotesFix messy tags, covers and duplicates in your Mac library
#20 on October 23, 20261 makerStorage Menu
4 upvotesDisk space in your Mac menu bar, and what's using it

Teclo
79 upvotesMechanical keyboard sounds and a keycap pet for your Mac
#20 on October 22, 20261 maker

ilha
95 upvotesYour Claude Code and Codex limits, live in the notch




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Questions
- How many Mac Apps launched on Product Hunt in 2026?
- 491, between January 1, 2026 and October 23, 2026: 4% of every launch Junior tracks. The busiest month was September 2026, with 88.
- Which Mac Apps got the most upvotes?
- Goldfish ("Press Option. It knows your work and replies like you") leads with 948 upvotes, ahead of Glaze by Raycast (631) and Clipto (507).
- How are launches put in Mac?
- By the first topic the makers chose on Product Hunt. A launch sits in one category on Junior, so the counts here never double up.
- How do I contact the makers of these Mac Apps?
- Each launch links to its page on Junior, with the founders and makers behind it. Junior has 489 makers on file in Mac. Their work emails, LinkedIn and X profiles come with a subscription.
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