MacOsPublish 1.0.0

MacOsPublish

MacOsPublish is a command-line tool to build, bundle, codesign, and optionally notarize .NET macOS applications in a unified .app bundle that includes both x64 and arm64 binaries.

🛠️ Installation

To install MacOsPublish as a global .NET tool:

dotnet tool install --global MacOsPublish

Or update:

dotnet tool update --global MacOsPublish

You can also install it locally in your project:

dotnet tool install MacOsPublish

To check if the tool is available:

MacOsPublish --help

🧱 Bundle Structure Generated

YourApp.app
└── Contents
    ├── MacOS
    │   ├── osx-arm64/         <- your arm64 build
    │   ├── osx-x64/           <- your x64 build
    │   ├── shared/            <- shared binaries (deduplicated)
    │   └── YourApp.sh         <- launcher script (auto-detects CPU arch)
    ├── Resources/             <- assets (icons, images, etc.)
    └── Info.plist

⚙️ Usage

MacOsPublish <PROJECT> [<OUTPUT_DIR>] [<SIGNING_IDENTITY>] [<INSTALLER_IDENTITY>] [--notarize <PROFILE>] [--no-restore]

Arguments

🔐 Notarization Setup

To notarize your app, first store your credentials:

xcrun notarytool store-credentials --apple-id <email> --team-id <TEAM_ID> --password <app-password> --keychain-profile "MacOsPublishProfile"

You can then use:

macospublish YourApp.csproj --notarize MacOsPublishProfile

🔗 Example

macospublish MyApp.csproj publish/MyApp "Developer ID Application: Your Name (TEAMID)" "Developer ID Installer: Your Name (TEAMID)" --notarize MacOsPublishProfile

🧠 Features

• ✅ Supports both osx-arm64 and osx-x64
• ✅ Parallel builds
• ✅ Deduplicates shared files (using SHA-256)
• ✅ Creates .app, .pkg, and .dmg
• ✅ Optional Apple notarization and stapling
• ✅ Symbolic links to shared files
• ✅ .DS_Store cleanup
• ✅ Automatic architecture launcher script

📦 Requirements

• .NET SDK
• macOS with:
  • xcrun
  • codesign
  • productbuild
  • hdiutil

📄 License

MIT License — (C) 2025 Castello Branco Technologia LTDA