Alternatives

Products that do what Watercooler – macOS Zoom alternative (no Electron, hi-res video) does

1. 1ZC
   ZoomerBackgrounds – community-sourced virtual video backgrounds▲327

   2020 · zoomerbackgrounds.com

2. 2
   Capto▲179

   A powerful new screen recorder and editor

   2016

3. 3FA
   Filmulator – a streamlined, open-source raw photo editor▲282

   2021 · filmulator.org

4. 4VB
   Viso – Beautiful minimal image viewer for macOS▲14

   2019 · getviso.app

5. 5FA
   Freeze – Amazon Glacier GUI Client for Mac OS X▲160

   2015 · freezeapp.net

6. 6BF
   BetterCapture – free and open source screen recorder for macOS▲5

   Feb 2026 · bettercapture.app

7. 7AS
   A simple, tiny Vim and kilo-inspired editor▲120

   2017 · github.com

8. 8AA
   Amplify – A tiny script allowing inline image zoom▲50

   2017 · github.com

9. 9OS
   OmSave – Safari Extension for OmniFocus on macOS▲21

   2020 · apps.apple.com

10. 10MW
    My WWDC-inspired project. A Markdown editor for Lion▲75

    2011 · kswizz.com

11. 11PT
    Penc – Trackpad-oriented window manager for macOS▲61

    2018 · dgurkaynak.github.io

12. 12JA
    jmc – a new open-source macOS media organizer▲32

    2017 · jcm93.github.io

13. 13BM
    BeardedSpice: Mac Media Keys for the Masses▲15

    2014 · beardedspice.com

14. 14AS
    A simple browser based video editor (desktop only)▲25

    2021 · bwasti.github.io

15. 15MA
    Macro – A Zoom Client for Creatives▲17

    2021 · macro.io

16. 16EA
    EasyRes – a fast OS X screen resolution switcher with animated previews▲19

    2013 · easyresapp.com

17. 17SS
    Snappy, Secure, On-Device OCR for macOS▲9

    2020 · frankbyte.com

18. 18OP
    OSX port of the Light, Efficient Network Simulator (LENS)▲10

    2011 · hbrouwer.github.com

19. 19IZ
    Infinite Zoom▲9

    2014 · infinitezoom.net

20. 20SW
    Snapp – Windows-Like Window Snapping for OS X▲12

    2015 · github.com

21. 21VM
    VimBox – Modern MacVim Configuration▲7

    2015 · github.com

22. 22GA
    Glance – All-in-One Quick Look Plugin for macOS▲7

    2020 · github.com

23. 23SH
    Self-hosted video clipper architecture (Next.js, N8N, FFmpeg, Docker)▲5

    Jan 2026 · suryaelidanto.gumroad.com

24. 24HS
    Hellocecil – Simple Video Application Platform▲8

    2018 · hellocecil.com

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