Here you can find various scripts and simple programs for Mac OS X. All are free to use under a variant of the MIT license.

Note: As of 2010, these programs are unsupported and probably won't be updated again in the future.

programs

Httpd Info

Displays information about a web server by parsing its HTTP headers. It can tell you about the server's software and operating system, or when a page was last updated. It also has a logging feature.

Runs on: Mac OS X 10.2 or later
Cost: Free
Screenshot
Last updated: 4/26/06 [what's new]

Download version 1.3.3 (Universal binary, 244 KB)
Alternate download link

 

scripts

Web Location Converter

Converts bookmark files from Internet Explorer (.url) to Safari (.webloc) format, and vice versa.

Note: Web Location Converter is NOT fully compatible with 10.6 Snow Leopard due to an Apple system bug. For more information, please read this statement.

Runs on: Mac OS X 10.5 only. [Why not 10.6?]
Cost: Free
Last updated: 7/25/09
What's new in this version: Adds support for .webloc files created by Safari 4.

Download version 2.1.1 (Universal binary)

Earlier versions:
Version 2.0 for Mac OS X 10.2, 10.3, and 10.4 with Safari 2 or 3 only.


DS_Store Remover

Removes invisible .DS_Store files from folders. Useful for preparing data CD's and web sites.

Runs on: Mac OS X 10.5, 10.6
Cost: Free
Last updated: 12/30/08

Download version 1.5 (Universal binary)

Earlier versions:
Version 1.1.1 for Mac OS X 10.2, 10.3, and 10.4


Make Thumbnails

Creates JPEG thumbnails from one or more image files. You can specify the size and quality level of the thumbnail. Utilizes Mac OS X's Scriptable Image Processing Server.

Runs on: Mac OS X 10.5, 10.6
Cost: Free
Last updated: 12/31/08

Download version 1.0.2 (Universal binary)

 

re-distributions

ManOpen (Unofficial Universal Binary)

This is an unofficial distribution of ManOpen 2.5.1. It includes recompiled universal binaries for ManOpen.app and openman, so you can run them natively on Intel Macs. For more details, please refer to the included documentation.

Runs on: Mac OS X 10.5, 10.6
Cost: Free
Packaging last updated: 8/1/09

Download version 2.5.1 (unofficial universal binary, release 1)

 


Thanks: For providing software listings: osx.hyperjeff.net and VersionTracker.