Pick the most recommended paid macOS apps for productivity, window management, and automation when setting up a new Mac.
Find vetted iOS app recommendations with star ratings and pricing before browsing the App Store.
Discover curated Apple-device accessories and life-improvement products from a maintained, opinionated list.
| hzlzh/best-app | apache/brpc | rasbt/deeplearning-models | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Stars | 17,502 | 17,501 | 17,501 |
| Language | — | C++ | Jupyter Notebook |
| Setup difficulty | easy | hard | moderate |
| Complexity | 1/5 | 5/5 | 2/5 |
| Audience | general | developer | researcher |
Figures from each repo's GitHub metadata at analysis time.
Best-App is a curated list of recommended apps, hardware, and accessories, a hand-maintained guide kept in a GitHub repository. The README is in Chinese, and the project's stated goal is to make app recommendations more systematic. The author created it because friends often asked which paid apps and services are worth paying for, and which products can improve quality of life. The repository is organized as a table of contents pointing at separate Markdown files: a paid-apps list for macOS, a paid-apps list for iOS (and Cydia), free-app lists for macOS and iOS, a list of accessories for Apple devices, a paid-apps list for Android, and a list of products meant to improve life and well-being. Several of the lists are marked as still in progress. Inside each list, entries are presented as tables with a few columns: a star rating, the app name linked to its product page, a one-line description, the price, and a link to a review or comparison article. The macOS efficiency-tools section, for example, recommends Alfred for launching, MenubarX for browsing inside the menu bar, 1Password for passwords, Moom and Magnet for window management, iStat Menus for system stats, Bartender for menu bar control, TextExpander and aText for text expansion, Hazel for automated file organization, and several GTD-style task managers. You would land on this page if you are setting up a new Mac, iPhone, or iPad and want a vetted starting list of paid apps to consider, or you want ideas for Apple-ecosystem accessories. The README is not software, there is no language or framework, it is a Markdown document with links. The README is in Chinese, the full README is longer than what was provided.
A curated, hand-maintained Chinese-language guide recommending paid and free apps for macOS and iOS, a vetted starting list with star ratings and prices to consult when setting up a new Apple device.
Setup difficulty is rated easy, with roughly 5min to a first successful run.
Mainly general.
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