# Discover > Software made by other people, picked by hand. No paid placements, no > affiliate links, and every entry names a downside. - [Raycast](https://ziyarex.com/discover/raycast): The launcher that ate the dock. freemium. Downside: Easy to over-configure; the free tier nags about AI features you may not want. - [Arc](https://ziyarex.com/discover/arc): Browser, rethought. free. Downside: Development has slowed since the maker shifted focus; heavy on memory. - [Obsidian](https://ziyarex.com/discover/obsidian): Notes that link back. freemium. Downside: The learning curve is real, it rewards tinkering and punishes drive-by use. - [CleanShot X](https://ziyarex.com/discover/cleanshot-x): Screenshots, perfected. paid. Downside: Paid, and the cloud features push a subscription. - [Ice](https://ziyarex.com/discover/ice): Tames the menu bar. free. Downside: Occasional rough edges around notch Macs and menu-bar spacing. - [Shottr](https://ziyarex.com/discover/shottr): Annotate anything. freemium. Downside: Mac-only and the UI is utilitarian rather than pretty. - [Klack](https://ziyarex.com/discover/klack): Mechanical keyboard sounds, done first. paid. Downside: No key overlay or typing tests, it is deliberately just the sound. - [Amphetamine](https://ziyarex.com/discover/amphetamine): The gold standard for keeping a Mac awake. free. Downside: The closed-lid case needs a separate companion app or workaround. - [Bitwarden](https://ziyarex.com/discover/bitwarden): The password manager to beat. freemium. Downside: The apps are functional rather than lovely, and autofill misfires on a stubborn minority of sites. - [Tailscale](https://ziyarex.com/discover/tailscale): Your devices, on one private network. freemium. Downside: Convenience depends on trusting Tailscale's coordination service, and the mental model takes an afternoon to click. - [LocalSend](https://ziyarex.com/discover/localsend): AirDrop that doesn't care what you own. free. Downside: Both devices must be on the same network, and Wi-Fi with client isolation switched on will block discovery. - [Syncthing](https://ziyarex.com/discover/syncthing): File sync with nobody in the middle. free. Downside: First setup is genuinely fiddly, and there is no first-party iOS app. - [Immich](https://ziyarex.com/discover/immich): Your own photo library, on your own disk. free. Downside: You are now the sysadmin, backups included, and releases move fast enough that upgrade notes are worth reading. - [Excalidraw](https://ziyarex.com/discover/excalidraw): The whiteboard that opens instantly. freemium. Downside: That same sketch aesthetic is wrong for anything that has to look finished. - [Photopea](https://ziyarex.com/discover/photopea): Photoshop in a browser tab. freemium. Downside: Ad-supported unless you pay, and very large files will make the tab work hard. - [Squoosh](https://ziyarex.com/discover/squoosh): Shrink an image without guessing. free. Downside: One image at a time, no batch mode, and development has been quiet for a while. - [Have I Been Pwned](https://ziyarex.com/discover/have-i-been-pwned): Find out which breach had your email. free. Downside: It only knows about breaches that became public, so a clean result proves nothing. - [Wayback Machine](https://ziyarex.com/discover/wayback-machine): Read the page that got deleted. free. Downside: Coverage is uneven, dynamic pages often archive badly, and it can be slow under load. - [Anki](https://ziyarex.com/discover/anki): Remember things on purpose. freemium. Downside: The interface is dated, the options are overwhelming at first, and the iOS app is a paid one-off that funds the rest. - [NetNewsWire](https://ziyarex.com/discover/netnewswire): RSS, free and native. free. Downside: It reads feeds rather than syncing them: for cross-device sync you bring your own service. - [Homebrew](https://ziyarex.com/discover/homebrew): How software gets onto a Mac. free. Downside: It is a terminal tool with no interface, and a major upgrade occasionally breaks something you had working. - [Ghostty](https://ziyarex.com/discover/ghostty): A terminal that feels instant. free. Downside: Young next to the long-established terminals, so some niche features and integrations are still missing. - [Zed](https://ziyarex.com/discover/zed): The editor that keeps up with you. freemium. Downside: The extension ecosystem is a fraction of VS Code's, so a plugin you rely on may not exist yet. - [Readwise Reader](https://ziyarex.com/discover/readwise-reader): The read-later app for people who read. subscription. Downside: Subscription only, priced for heavy readers, and the feature surface is a lot if you just want a tidy list. --- Canonical URL: https://ziyarex.com/discover - [Site index for agents](https://ziyarex.com/llms.txt): every page on this site, one line each. - [Full text](https://ziyarex.com/llms-full.txt): every tool description and article in one request. - [How to use Ziyarex as an agent](https://ziyarex.com/agents.md): what this site is for, and when to reach for it. - [Sitemap](https://ziyarex.com/sitemap.xml) Free to quote with attribution to Ziyarex and a link to the page it came from.