MacForge ๐งฉ
MacForge is an open-source plugin manager for macOS. It lets you discover, install and manage plugins to improve the user experience of macOS without the need for manually cloning/building or copying files.
Installation ๐
- Download the latest release
- Unzip the download if your browser does not do so automatically
- Open MacForge and allow it to install helper tools
- Disable System Integrity Protection
- Open
Terminal.app
and run the command sudo defaults write /Library/Preferences/com.apple.security.libraryvalidation.plist DisableLibraryValidation -bool true
- Boot to recovery mode by rebooting and holding down
โ + R
- Open the
Terminal
from the menubar and run the command csrutil enable --without debug --without fs
- Reboot
- Open
- Start installing and using plugins
Functionallity notes ๐
- Loading plugins into most applications requires that System Integrity Protection and Library validation are disabled
- Loading plugins into some applications may require the plugin must be signed and in the
/Library
directory - Some applications installed by MacForge may not require
System Integrity Protection
orLibrary Validation
to be disabled to function
System Requirements ๐ฅ
- MacForge supports macOS 10.14 and above
- For macOS 10.12 and below check out mySIMBL
- Bundles distributed through MacForge may have different application and system requirements
Wiki ๐
Features ๐ช
-
Discover what's new ๐
- Browse an extensive and growing collection of Plugins, Application and Themes!
- Search for plugins (Name, Developer, ID)
- See new and recently updated tweaks
- Browse existing bundles
- Search through all existing bundles (by name, bundle ID)
- See what each repository has to offer
- Add or remove repositories
- It's easy to host your own repository on GitHub!
- Discover, download and update bundles
-
Manage bundles ๐ฆ
- Drag and drop plugins
.bundle
onto MacForge to automatically install them - MacForge can open files with the
.bundle
extension to automatically install them - Blacklist applications from loading plugins
- Quickly and easily manage plugins
- Delete plugins
- Show plugins in Finder
- Enable/Disable plugins
- Toggle plugins between single user and all users (User icon)
- Drag and drop plugins
-
Stay up to date ๐ฒ
- Check what installed bundles have updates
- Quickly update all bundles
- Have MacForge automatically update bundles
- Recieve notifications when MacForge detects updates
Developer ๐จโ๐ป
- Contributing Code ๐ค
- Help wanted ๐ต
- Submitting Issues ๐
- Creating a bundle ๐
- Publishing a bundle ๐ณ
- Sharing a bundle ๐
- Selling a bundle ๐ฐ
Troubleshooting ๐
- Having problems? Submit an issue here: submit
Uninstalling โ
- Trashing
MacForge
will stop it from loading into applications