Submit to Awesome Mac
A very large GitHub list of macOS software sorted into categories, with icons marking open-source and free apps and Chinese, Japanese and Korean editions. A merged pull request puts your app in front of the Mac users and developers who browse and star the list. The repository had a push on the day we checked and has well over 100,000 stars.
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Awesome Mac at a glance
- Pricing
- Free
- No price details on their site when we checked.
- Link type
- Nofollow
- GitHub-rendered README of jaywcjlove/awesome-mac (API, HTML media type): entry links to other domains such as https://www.alfredapp.com/ carry rel="nofollow"; links to github.com repos carry no rel (checked 2026-10-09)
- Review
- Manual review
- Link back required
- No
- Account required
- Yes
- Domain Rating
- Not available
- Awesome Mac lives on github.com, a shared platform. Its DR would be the platform’s, not this directory’s, so we don’t show one.
- Tranco rank
- Not ranked
- No Tranco rank on record for this site.
- Who browses it
- Mac users and developers browsing for apps by category
- Last checked
How to submit to Awesome Mac
Open the Awesome Mac submission page
This is the page makers use to add a product.
Create an account
Awesome Mac asks you to sign up before you can submit.
Have your assets ready
Name, tagline, description, logo and screenshots. The checklist below covers what to prepare so you can fill the form in one go.
Fill in the form carefully
Pick the most specific category the form offers and write the description for the people who browse Awesome Mac (Mac users and developers browsing for apps by category), not for search engines.
Wait for review
A person reviews submissions, so it can take a while. Once it’s live, check the link on your listing points to the right page.
Tips for Awesome Mac
- Open one pull request per app, adding a line to README.md under the right category in alphabetical order, after searching earlier suggestions for a duplicate.
- Use the list’s format: the name linked to your site, then a one-sentence description, with its icons for open-source or free apps where they apply.
- The repository also keeps Chinese, Japanese and Korean editions, and the contributing guide refers to keeping entries in sync across them.
- Maintainers may ask for changes before merging, so give the pull request a clear title and note what you changed.
From Awesome Mac’s own guidelines and pages, in our words.
What to prepare
The basics every directory asks for, plus what matters most for general web directories.
- Product name and a one-line tagline (about 60 characters)
- A short description (1–2 sentences) and a longer one (a short paragraph)
- Square logo, at least 256×256 px, PNG or SVG
- 2–3 screenshots at a consistent size
- The exact page you want the link to point to
- Pricing model (free, freemium or paid) and a contact email
- Consistent business name, URL and contact details (use them the same way everywhere)
- The most specific category the directory offers
- A plain description with no keyword stuffing
- A business address or country, if the form asks
Is Awesome Mac worth it?
Good for discovery, not link equity
Links from Awesome Mac listings carry rel="nofollow", so they pass little or no ranking value. Submit if its audience matches yours: the value is visitors and being findable where people browse.
- No Tranco rank on record, so we can’t say how much traffic it gets.
- A person reviews submissions, so expect a wait and a real quality bar.
- Free to list, so the only cost is your time.
This verdict is worked out from the facts above with fixed rules (link type, review, price, Tranco rank), not paid for. The directory has no say in it.
Questions about Awesome Mac
Is Awesome Mac free?
Yes. Listing on Awesome Mac is free. We checked on Oct 9, 2026.
Does Awesome Mac give a dofollow link?
No. Listing links on Awesome Mac are nofollow, so they pass little ranking value. They can still send visitors. Evidence: GitHub-rendered README of jaywcjlove/awesome-mac (API, HTML media type): entry links to other domains such as https://www.alfredapp.com/ carry rel="nofollow"; links to github.com repos carry no rel (checked 2026-10-09).
How do I submit to Awesome Mac?
Submit at https://github.com/jaywcjlove/awesome-mac/blob/master/docs/CONTRIBUTING.md. You need an account first. A person reviews each submission before it goes live. Tip: Open one pull request per app, adding a line to README.md under the right category in alphabetical order, after searching earlier suggestions for a duplicate.
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