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Best Mac apps to developer utilities

Formatters, decoders, launch agents and file scaffolding.

  1. 1. DevUtils Offline development toolkit Developer utilities Setapp 99% · 1,758 ratings
  2. 2. AgentView Control background jobs Developer utilities Sold separately
  3. 3. Boop Developer utilities Mac App Store
  4. 4. CompareMerge2 Developer utilities Mac App Store
  5. 5. Diff Anything Folder Compare Developer utilities Mac App Store
  6. 6. Eplist convert data to plist Developer utilities Mac App Store
  7. 7. Hex Fiend Developer utilities Mac App Store
  8. 8. iHosts /etc/hosts editor Developer utilities Mac App Store
  9. 9. JSON Peep for Safari Developer utilities Mac App Store
  10. 10. MQTT Explorer Developer utilities Mac App Store
  11. 11. OK JSON Viewer & Formatter Developer utilities Mac App Store
  12. 12. Paste JSON as Code quicktype Developer utilities Mac App Store
  13. 13. Penguin Plist Editor Developer utilities Mac App Store
  14. 14. Plist Extractor Developer utilities Mac App Store
  15. 15. prettyJSON for Safari Developer utilities Mac App Store
  16. 16. Smart JSON Editor Developer utilities Mac App Store
  17. 17. WCHSerialPort Developer utilities Mac App Store
  18. 18. FIT File Explorer Analyze data Mac App Store
  19. 19. MDViewer Markdown Viewer Write & preview Markdown Mac App Store
  20. 20. Open Any File Choose which app opens what Mac App Store

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Questions

What is the best Mac app to developer utilities?
DevUtils is the top pick here: Offline development toolkit. Also worth a look: AgentView, Boop.
Are these apps part of a Setapp membership?
1 of 20 apps are included in a Setapp membership; the rest are sold separately.
Do they run natively on Apple Silicon?
2 of 20 apps run natively on M-series Macs.