Alternatives

Products that do what Aether does

Native Mac live visuals. DEMO is the full app.

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Arkestra▲136
Create, connect and perform realtime video (macOS)
2024
2
Live Desktop▲240
Make your Mac desktop come alive with animated themes
2016
3
Aerate for macOS▲191
Ridiculously good lossless image compression
2019
4
Picser 2.0▲127
Native macOS image viewer with tags & slideshow
Dec 2025
5
Pichon for Mac▲270
Best design graphics at your fingertips, just drag and drop
2021
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Avocode▲235
Preview & inspect Photoshop / Sketch designs
2015
7
VKO1▲75
A pad-based visual performance instrument for Apple products
May 2026
8
DejaVideo▲93
Continuous screen recorder for Mac, jump back anytime.
2018
9
Openmotion▲122
Turn product screenshots and prompts into motion videos
23d ago · openmotion.design
10
Vidrio▲218
Holographic screencasting app for Mac. Free for COVID-19
2020
11
Graphic Foundry▲164
High-impact audio reactive music visualizers 💎
2018
12
Smooth Capture▲96
3D device frame screen recording for macOS
Mar 2026
13
showmd▲204
Markdown was never meant to be previewed plain text
Apr 2026
14
Visual Beat▲189
Interactive music video
2016
15
Muse▲104
Al Visual Bookmark Manager for Mac
23d ago · theodorehq.com
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Amadine for Mac, iPad and iPhone▲146
The ultimate vector graphics software for Mac, iOS and iPads
2019
17
Highlight Studio▲87
Record, edit, and brand screen recordings Metal powered
Apr 2026
18
Picser▲116
A native, powerful, elegant image viewer designed for macOS.
Oct 2025
19
evmux▲102
The easiest way to create stunning content, recoded or LIVE
2022
20
Peek▲96
Live website previews in your Mac menu bar
Dec 2025
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Vicinae – open-source, Raycast-compatible command palette, now on macOS▲6
10 months ago I posted on HN to announce the initial release of Vicinae, an "everything" command palette compatible with the Raycast extension ecosystem, only available on Linux. Today, after months of work, I'm finally releasing the first macOS version of Vicinae, with full feature parity with the Linux version! From a technical standpoint, it is still a Qt/C++ app with a Node.js powered extension runtime (like Raycast). Something as deeply system-integrated requires calling a lot of native APIs, and when I started the port I wasn't quite sure how easy it would be. Turns out it went a…
Jul 2026 · github.com
22
Rescript for Desktop▲88
A free, open source, Descript alternative. Runs on-device.
30d ago · getrescript.com
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Aetherium - 11K Backgrounds▲1
Ultra-crisp 11K glassmorphic assets for high-end UI designs
3d ago · ko-fi.com
24
ChordViz▲75
Build your own music visualizer for MIDI & audio
23d ago · chordviz.ca

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