Applite

An app store for the apps that aren’t on the App Store.

Thousands of Mac apps in one place. Install, update, and uninstall with one click.

Download for Mac

Free and open source, macOS 14+

  • Discover

    Browse by category, or search for what you want by name. Most of these apps have never been on the App Store.

  • One-click install

    No more “Drag to Applications folder”, and no more installer windows to click through.

  • Update All

    Update all your apps in one place.

The Applite window showing a grid of apps in the Discover section, each with its icon, name and a Get button.

Set up a new Mac in seconds

Applite needs nothing installed first, so it can be the very first app on a brand new Mac. Bring your apps over from the old one: export the list, tick what you want, and Applite installs them together.

The App Migration screen, offering to export the apps on this Mac or import a list from another one.

Remove an app completely

Dragging an app to the Bin leaves its settings and support files behind. Applite can clear those out along with the app, in one step.

The Installed section listing the apps installed through Applite.

Under the hood

Built on Homebrew

Applite installs apps using Homebrew, the trusted open-source tool developers have relied on for over a decade. You do not need to know anything about it. Applite brings its own copy, sets it up quietly in the background the first time you open it, and handles the rest for you.

  • Signed and notarised

    Checked by Apple before it runs on your Mac.

  • No tracking

    The app has no accounts, no analytics and no telemetry of any kind.

  • Open source

    MIT licensed. Read the code.

Applite is free and always will be. If it saves you time, you can help keep it going.

Download Applite

Free and open source, macOS 14+

Download for Mac

Already use Homebrew? brew install --cask applite