This is a list of free mac programs I've come across since I've started to use Mac OS X. I've found that as I learn more about built-in capabilities and my taste changes over time, I no longer use many of these programs. Don't be offended if I remove your program from this list. It's mostly just for me. If you find that something on this list is no longer free, please let me know. Everything here is free as in (root) beer, and many are also free as in speech.
UPDATE: I'm currently running Debian on my Powerbook G4, so I haven't kept up to date on a lot of these programs. I'm going to leave the list here as a resource to new mac users. Who knows, maybe I'll make my way back to Mac OS X eventually... :)
Games
- BZFlag
- FarmersMahJongg
- FlightGear
- Frozen Bubble
- FooBillard
- GameRanger
- http://www.gameranger.com/
- Though not a game in and of itself, GameRanger helps you find people to play other (usually commerical) games with
- Goban
- LiquidWar
- MacBornes
- Microbop
- OneCard
- Racer
- Ri-li
- Solitaire XL
- Tuxracer
- http://tuxracer.sourceforge.net/
- Race Tux, "the" penguin, down mountain slopes. Try to beat my time of 00:56.21 (max speed 277) on "Who Says Penguins Can't Fly?"
Imaging
- Blender
- ChocoFlop
- http://www.chocoflop.com/
- "CoreImage-based, realtime, non-destructive, high dynamic range Image and Photo Editing Application for Mac OS X." This is free for now, but let me know if/when it is no longer free
- CocoThumbX
- GIMP
- hugin
- Inkscape
- macam
- MacOSaiX
- MorphX
- MozoDojo
- Pipette
- SketchUp
- Terragen
Network
- Adium
- AdiumBook
- Transmission
- Chicken of the VNC
- Colloquy
- Cyberduck
- Integrity
- iStumbler
- KisMAC
- Nvu
- Safari Enhancer
- SiteSucker
- SSH Tunnel Manager
- Subnet Calculator
- Tunnelblick
- Vienna
Other
- AMSVisualizer (and AMS2HID)
- Bricksmith
- Celestia
- DarkAdapted
- Fish
- Google Earth
- MacSword
- ProVoc
- Stellarium
- WeatherMenu
Productivity
- Chmox
- CocoaMySQL
- http://cocoamysql.sourceforge.net/
- Easily manage database tables, perform queries, and import/export data (note: you may need to download the beta version to support authentication for newer MySQL servers)
- MySQL Administrator
- PDFLab
Programming
- Breve
- Eclipse
- F-Script
- Freemat
- Platypus
- PyInjector
- R
- Regress+
- Simple CSS
- svnX
- The Cheat
- Yacas
Sound
- Art Collector
- Audacity
- Finale NotePad
- jHymn
- LilyPond
- Perian
System
- Quartz Desktop
- FinkCommander
- http://finkcommander.sourceforge.net/
- Frontend to Fink (apt for OS X). If you're going to use Fink, save yourself a lot of time and disk space with an unstable, binary repository: http://fink.sodan.ecc.u-tokyo.ac.jp/item/14
- Mactracker
- Q
- http://www.kju-app.org/
- QEMU for macs. It's quite slow on my PowerBook G4, but runs small linux distros and FreeDOS well
- RCDefaultApp
- SlimBatteryMonitor
Utilities
- fseventer
- HexEdit
- iBackup
- http://www.grapefruit.ch/iBackup/
- I still haven't found the right backup solution, but this program is cool in that it gives the option to backup system and application preferences. I think rsync is still probably the best way to go...
- AppFresh
- Butler
- http://www.manytricks.com/butler/
- I used to use Quicksilver. Then I realized it's slow, buggy, and dies more than a n00b playing BZFlag. Seriously, Butler is *the* program I use most out of everything listed here
- CLIX
- coconutBattery
- Disk Inventory X
- GPGMail
- iStat menus
- macgpg
- http://macgpg.sourceforge.net/
- If you don't know what gpg is, please find out. It's the only way to use email securely. Use this with GPGMail (listed above)
- OnyX
- StuffIt Expander
- Tree Size
