Volumist for Mac
Per-app volume, output, EQ, and loudness balancing, with automatic ducking during calls.
By jpdominguez. Free and open source, MIT licence.
Volumist at a glance
- Version
- 1.4.0
- Released
- 6 November 2026
- Download size
- 1.7 MB
- Works on
- Apple silicon and Intel
- Licence
- MIT
- Category
- Audio and Music
- Developer
- jpdominguez
- GitHub stars
- 6
About Volumist
The volume mixer your Mac is missing. Free, open-source per-app volume, output, EQ and leveling for macOS, from the menu bar.
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How to install Volumist on a Mac
- Get OpenDMG. It is a free app store for open source Mac apps. Download OpenDMG.
- Search for Volumist and press Get. OpenDMG downloads version 1.4.0 from jpdominguez's own GitHub release.
- Open it. The download is checked against its SHA-256 fingerprint and its signature is checked on your Mac before it lands in Applications.
Updates to Volumist show up in OpenDMG and install with one button. No account is needed.
Prefer to do it by hand? The developer's file is on GitHub: Volumist-1.4.0.zip (1.7 MB).
What is new in Volumist 1.4.0
- Scroll over the menu bar icon to change the volume of the Mac's current output. - Save your own equalizer presets, and use them with any app. - Remember an app's volume, balance, leveling and equalizer for each output, from the app's details. **Full Changelog**: https://github.com/jpdominguez/volumist/compare/v1.3.2...v1.4.0
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