Package manager: Nix(alternative to homebrew) https://nixos.org/download/#nix-install-macos

Package management: Nix-darwin https://github.com/nix-darwin/nix-darwin

Browsers: - Librewolf https://librewolf.net - Tor https://www.torproject.org - Orion https://orionbrowser.com

Video downloader: Yt-dlp https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp

Video/audio player: Mpv https://github.com/mpv-player/mpv

Video editor: LosslessCut https://github.com/mifi/lossless-cut

Video encoding: Ffmpeg https://search.nixos.org/packages?&query=ffmpeg

Office suite: LibreOffice https://www.libreoffice.org

IDE: Zed https://github.com/zed-industries/zed

Window management: Rectangle https://github.com/rxhanson/Rectangle

Menubar system monitor: Stats https://github.com/exelban/stats

Screen tweaks: MonitorControl https://github.com/MonitorControl/MonitorControl

Autorun checker: KnockKnock https://github.com/objective-see/KnockKnock

Video streaming platforms: Grayjay https://grayjay.app/desktop

Communication: Signal https://signal.org/download/macos

Torrenting: Transmission https://github.com/transmission/transmission

VPN: Mullvad https://mullvad.net/en/download/vpn/macos

DNS: NextDNS https://nextdns.io

Add the following in denylist to block the constant communication with apple servers:

aaplimg.com

apple-cloudkit.com

apple.com

apple.com.akadns.net

apple.com.edgekey.net

apple-dns.net

apple.news

cdn-apple.com

icloud-content.com

icloud.com

me.com

mzstatic.com

push-apple.com.akadns.net

safebrowsing.apple

Connect to the mac from anywhere: Tailscale https://tailscale.com/download/mac