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
- Start installing and using plugins
- Loading plugins into system applications requires that System Integrity Protection is disabled
- Loading plugins into some applications may require Apple Mobile File Integrity to be disabled
- Loading plugins into some applications may require the plugin must be signed and in the
/Library
directory - Applications installed by MacForge may not require SIP to be disabled to function
- MacForge supports macOS 10.12 and above
- For macOS 10.11 and below check out mySIMBL
- Bundles distributed through MacForge may have different application and system requirements
Wiki ๐
Features ๐ช
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Manage bundles ๐ฆ
- Browse an extensive and growing collection of plugins, apps and themes!
- Drag and drop plugins
.bundle
onto MacForge to automatically install them - MacForge can open files with the
.bundle
extension to automatically install them - Show some basic information about the installation
- Blacklist applications from loading plugins
- Quickly and easily manage plugins
- Delete plugins (Trash can)
- Show plugins in Finder (Eye icon)
- Enable/Disable plugins (Check box)
- Toggle plugins between single user and all users (User icon)
- Search for plugins (by name or ID)
- MacForge automatically detect existing plugins located in
/Library/Application Support/MacEnhance/Plugins /Library/Application Support/MacEnhance/Plugins (Disabled) /Library/Application Support/MacEnhance/Themes
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Discover what's new ๐
- 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
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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
- 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
- Having problems? Submit an issue here: submit
Uninstalling โ
- Trashing
MacForge
will stop it from loading into applications