App compatibility

Parall supports a wide range of macOS apps. Some apps are fully verified to work seamlessly, while others offer partial compatibility or are not yet supported.

105listed apps

85verified

17partial

3limited modes

Search apps Status

Updated Jun 9, 2026

App	Status	Data storage mode	Multi-instance	Separate data	Menu bar new window	Menu bar icon	Full screen menu bar override
8x8 Work	Verified	Auto	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	No
AdsPower	Verified	Auto	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	No
Android Studio	Verified	Auto	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	No
Anki	Verified	Auto	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	No
Any iOS/iPadOS Apps	Limited	Auto	No	No	No	No	No
Any Sandboxed App	Partial	Auto	Yes	No	No	Yes	No
Arduino IDE	Verified	Auto	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	No
Asana	Verified	Auto	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	No
Audacity	Verified	Auto	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	No
Beeper Desktop	Verified	Auto	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	No
Beyond Compare	Verified	Auto	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	No
Blender	Verified	Auto	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	No
Blocs	Verified	Auto	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	No
Brave	Verified	Auto	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Yes
Capacities	Verified	Auto	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	No
Charles	Verified	Auto	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	No
ChatGPT	Partial	Auto	Yes	No	No	Yes	No
Chrome-based Apps	Verified	Auto	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	No
Chrome-based Browsers	Verified	Auto	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Chromium	Verified	Auto	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Claude	Verified	Auto	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No
Close.io	Verified	Auto	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	No
Compressor	Partial	Auto	Yes	No	No	Yes	No
Conductor	Verified	Default	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	No
Cursor	Verified	Auto	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No
DBeaver	Verified	Auto	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	No
Dia Browser	Verified	Auto	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	No
Discord	Verified	Auto	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	No
Dropbox	Verified	Auto	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	No
Eagle.cool	Verified	Auto	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	No
Eclipse	Verified	Auto	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	No
Eclipse-based Apps	Verified	Auto	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	No
Electron-based Apps	Verified	Auto	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	No
Emacs	Verified	Auto	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	No
Evernote	Verified	Auto	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	No
FileMaker Pro	Verified	Auto	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	No
Firefox-based Apps	Verified	Auto	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No
Floorp	Verified	Auto	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No
FlowFinder	Partial	Auto	Yes	No	No	Yes	No
Fork	Verified	Auto	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	No
FreeCAD	Verified	Auto	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	No
Gemini	Verified	Auto	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	No
Ghostty	Verified	Auto	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	No
Git Tower	Verified	Auto	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	No
Google Antigravity	Verified	Auto	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No
Google Chrome	Verified	Auto	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
IPTVBoss	Verified	Auto	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No
iTerm2	Verified	Auto	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	No
JetBrains	Verified	Auto	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	No
Jump Desktop (Website)	Verified	Auto	Yes	Yes	No	No	No
Kadeck Desktop	Verified	Auto	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	No
Keynote	Partial	Auto	Yes	No	No	Yes	No
KiCad	Verified	Auto	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	No
LightBurn	Verified	Auto	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	No
Lightkey	Partial	Auto	No	No	No	Yes	No
Meru	Verified	Auto	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	No
Microsoft Edge	Verified	Auto	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Microsoft Outlook	Partial	Auto	No	No	No	Yes	No
Microsoft Teams	Web Frame	Auto	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	No
MikroTik WinBox	Verified	Auto	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	No
Monday.com	Partial	Auto	Yes	No	No	Yes	No
Mozilla Firefox	Verified	Auto	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No
Notion	Verified	Auto	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	No
Numbers	Partial	Auto	Yes	No	No	Yes	No
OBS	Verified	Auto	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	No
Obsidian	Verified	Auto	Yes	Yes	No	No	No
OpenAI Atlas	Verified	Auto	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	No
OpenAI Codex	Verified	Auto	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	No
Opera	Verified	Auto	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No
OrcaSlicer	Verified	Auto	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	No
Orion Browser	Verified	Default	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	No
Pages	Partial	Auto	Yes	No	No	Yes	No
Perplexity Comet	Verified	Auto	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Philips Hue Sync	Verified	Auto	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	No
Pixelmator Pro	Partial	Auto	Yes	No	No	Yes	No
Plex	Verified	Auto	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	No
QQ	Verified	Auto	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	No
Qt Creator	Verified	Auto	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	No
RemNote	Verified	Auto	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	No
Safari	Partial	Auto	Yes	No	No	Yes	No
SatDump	Verified	Auto	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	No
Scapple	Partial	Auto	Yes	No	No	Yes	No
Signal	Verified	Auto	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	No
Slack (App Store)	Partial	Auto	Yes	No	No	Yes	No
Slack (Website)	Verified	Auto	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	No
Spark Desktop	Verified	Auto	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	No
Spotify	Verified	Auto	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	No
Sublime Merge	Verified	Auto	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No
Sublime Text	Verified	Auto	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No
Telegram Desktop	Verified	Auto	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	No
Terminal	Partial	Auto	Yes	No	No	Yes	No
TeXstudio	Verified	Auto	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No
ToDesktop-based Apps	Verified	Auto	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No
Tor Browser	Verified	Auto	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No
TradingView	Verified	Default	No	Yes	No	Yes	No
Viber	Verified	Auto	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	No
Visual Studio Code	Verified	Auto	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No
Vivaldi	Verified	Auto	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Wechat Devtools	Verified	Auto	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	No
WhatsApp	Web Frame	Auto	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	No
Windsurf	Verified	Auto	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	No
Yuanbao (Website)	Partial	Auto	No	Yes	No	Yes	No
Zed	Partial	Auto	No	Yes	No	Yes	No
Zen Browser	Verified	Auto	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No
Zoom	Verified	Auto	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	No

Web Frame App Support

WhatsApp and Microsoft Teams are special cases in Parall. Unlike most supported apps, they run through lightweight web frames instead of launching the original native app bundle directly. WhatsApp uses the web.whatsapp.com version of WhatsApp, and Microsoft Teams uses the web version of Teams. This lets Parall provide separate shortcuts, data paths, notifications and unread badges for these apps, but web app limitations still apply. If the corresponding web app does not provide a feature, Parall cannot add it on top.

Current web frame app support includes push notifications, Dock unread badges, optional menu bar icons with unread counts, background mode when the menu bar icon is enabled, and custom data storage paths for separate shortcuts. WhatsApp also supports voice or video calls after enabling WhatsApp beta inside WhatsApp Web.

Parall does not use Electron or bundle Chrome for these web frame apps. The frames use the native Safari/WebKit engine provided by macOS, so engine updates come through macOS updates and stay aligned with the system.

If a future Parall update adds more web frame app features, you may need to recreate the affected shortcut to get those changes. You can point the new shortcut to the same data storage path so it should reuse the existing authorization and synced history where the web app supports it.

Home/data redirection works for non-sandboxed macOS apps. Sandboxed macOS apps must use their system container. iOS and iPadOS apps downloaded to macOS on Apple silicon are supported only in a limited mode: Parall can launch them and pass arguments or environment variables, but it cannot separate their data or provide a dedicated Dock icon. The majority of other macOS apps work correctly, not just those listed above.

Parall automatically detects Eclipse, Chrome, Firefox and ToDesktop based apps, which work without any additional setup. These apps use data separation automatically.

More supported apps will be added over time. Check back later for updates as compatibility expands.

You can also experiment with unsupported macOS apps by overriding the HOME directory, adding custom command-line arguments, or setting environment variables to isolate app data and behavior. iOS/iPadOS apps installed on macOS are limited to launch + arguments/environment variables only, without data separation or a dedicated Dock icon. If your target app isn't listed and you'd like to verify that it works before purchasing, please contact support - I'll personally test it or fix compatibility if needed.

Launch Order Tips

If you use a Parall shortcut together with the original app, start the original app first, then launch the shortcut.
To avoid any launch-order dependency, create two shortcuts and use those exclusively - they can be started in any order.

Still Need Help?

If something doesn't work as expected - or if you're unsure whether a behavior is intended - contact support. The app is actively maintained, and I'll do my best to help.