SaraSuite.app for macOS, built on Linux; 1.3.0

macOS support (code only, no build yet)
2026-10-14 18:28:11 +02:00 · 2026-10-14 13:38:03 +02:00 · 2026-10-14 13:18:20 +02:00
19 changed files with 807 additions and 133 deletions
@@ -1,11 +1,13 @@
 """Shared app-wide constants: paths, palette, theme.

 Paths follow each system's own per-user conventions (no admin needed):
-    Linux                     Windows
-    ~/.config                 %APPDATA%       (settings; roams with the user)
-    ~/.local/share            %LOCALAPPDATA%  (installed programs, SaraSuite's data)
-    ~/.cache                  %LOCALAPPDATA%  (caches, in a Cache/Downloads subfolder)
-so the SaraSuite layout below them (SaraSuite/<Program>/...) is the same on both.
+    Linux            Windows          macOS
+    ~/.config        %APPDATA%        ~/Library/Application Support  (settings)
+    ~/.local/share   %LOCALAPPDATA%   ~/Library/Application Support  (programs, SaraSuite's data)
+    ~/.cache         %LOCALAPPDATA%   ~/Library/Caches               (caches)
+so the SaraSuite layout below them (SaraSuite/<Program>/...) is the same on all
+three. (On macOS settings and data share one folder, as Mac apps' do: the
+programs' config folders and SaraSuite's Programs, Receipts, ... sit side by side.)

 The palette and theming mirror SaraFem's Core.py (which mirrors SaraView's),
 and read the same shared ~/.config/SaraSuite/Themes/*.toml files, so a theme
@@ -25,10 +27,16 @@ import tomlkit
 AppName = "SaraSuite"
 # Compared with the latest Gitea release to offer self-updates (SelfUpdate.py).
 # Bump it, then run Packaging/Release.py, to publish a new SaraSuite.
-AppVersion = "1.2.5"
-IsFrozen = bool(getattr(sys, "frozen", False))  # running from the AppImage / .exe
+AppVersion = "1.3.0"
+# SaraSuite.app's launcher sets this to the app's path (Packaging/BuildMacApp.py).
+MacApp = os.environ.get("SARASUITE_APP", "")
+# Running packaged: from the AppImage / .exe (PyInstaller), or SaraSuite.app.
+IsFrozen = bool(getattr(sys, "frozen", False)) or bool(MacApp)
 IsWindows = sys.platform == "win32"
-Platform = "Windows" if IsWindows else "Linux"  # matches manifests' Platforms / Platform
+IsMac = sys.platform == "darwin"
+IsLinux = not IsWindows and not IsMac
+# Matches manifests' Platforms / Platform.
+Platform = "Windows" if IsWindows else "macOS" if IsMac else "Linux"
 # Bundled in assets/fonts and always registered, so it works as FontFamily
 # without being installed. Any other FontFamily is looked up among the
 # system's installed fonts.
@@ -44,6 +52,10 @@ if IsWindows:
    # stand-in for a systemd user service).
    StartMenuDir = ConfigHome / "Microsoft" / "Windows" / "Start Menu" / "Programs"
    StartupDir = StartMenuDir / "Startup"
+elif IsMac:
+    ConfigHome = DataHome = Home / "Library" / "Application Support"
+    CacheHome = Home / "Library" / "Caches"
+    StartMenuDir = StartupDir = None
 else:
    ConfigHome = Path(os.environ.get("XDG_CONFIG_HOME") or Home / ".config")
    DataHome = Path(os.environ.get("XDG_DATA_HOME") or Home / ".local" / "share")
@@ -71,8 +83,9 @@ ServicesDir = DataDir / "Services"

 # Linux: whether systemd runs the system, and so --user services. Without it
 # (runit on Void, OpenRC, s6, dinit, ...) services run the way they do on
-# Windows (Services.py), started at login from AutostartDir.
-HasSystemd = not IsWindows and Path("/run/systemd/system").is_dir() and shutil.which("systemctl") is not None
+# Windows (Services.py), started at login from AutostartDir. macOS runs them
+# that way too, started at login by a LaunchAgent (MacSupport.py).
+HasSystemd = IsLinux and Path("/run/systemd/system").is_dir() and shutil.which("systemctl") is not None
 AutostartDir = ConfigHome / "autostart"

 # Bundled read-only files (program manifests, fonts). Inside a PyInstaller
@@ -260,7 +273,7 @@ def ChildEnvironment() -> dict[str, str]:
            Environment["LD_LIBRARY_PATH"] = Original
        else:
            Environment.pop("LD_LIBRARY_PATH", None)
-    for Key in ("PYTHONHOME", "PYTHONPATH"):
+    for Key in ("PYTHONHOME", "PYTHONPATH", "SARASUITE_APP"):
        Environment.pop(Key, None)
    if IsWindows:
        # Python on Windows otherwise reads/writes text in the old ANSI code
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ import datetime
 import hashlib
 import os
 import re
+import shlex
 import shutil
 import signal
 import subprocess
@@ -22,7 +23,7 @@ from typing import Callable, Optional
 from ConfigMerge import ApplySet, MergeConfig, MergeResult
 import Services
 from Core import (
-    AutostartDir, BackupsDir, ChildEnvironment, DownloadsDir, HasSystemd, Home, IsWindows, LoadConfig,
+    AutostartDir, BackupsDir, ChildEnvironment, DownloadsDir, HasSystemd, Home, IsLinux, IsMac, IsWindows, LoadConfig,
    PristineDir, StartMenuDir, StartupDir,
 )
 from Manifests import Leftover, Program, Render
@@ -89,6 +90,30 @@ def _BackupName(Target: str) -> str:
    return Target.strip("/").replace("/", "__")


+def _CopyPath(Source: Path, Destination: Path) -> None:
+    """A file, or a folder (a macOS .app bundle) with everything in it."""
+    _RemovePath(Destination)
+    if Source.is_dir() and not Source.is_symlink():
+        shutil.copytree(Source, Destination, symlinks=True)
+    else:
+        shutil.copy2(Source, Destination)
+
+
+def _Displace(Program: Program, Target: Path, Kind: str, OldReceipt: Optional["Receipt"]) -> PlacedFile:
+    """The receipt entry for a file SaraSuite is about to place. One that's
+    already there but wasn't placed by SaraSuite (e.g. a hand-made desktop
+    entry from development) is moved aside, not lost: it comes back when the
+    program is removed."""
+    Previous = OldReceipt.FindFile(str(Target)) if OldReceipt is not None else None
+    Placed = PlacedFile(str(Target), Kind, Displaced=Previous.Displaced if Previous else "")
+    if Previous is None and (Target.exists() or Target.is_symlink()):
+        Displaced = BackupsDir / Program.Name / "Displaced" / _BackupName(str(Target))
+        Displaced.parent.mkdir(parents=True, exist_ok=True)
+        _CopyPath(Target, Displaced)
+        Placed.Displaced = str(Displaced)
+    return Placed
+
+
 def _Pkexec(Command: list[str], Log: LogFn, Check: bool = True) -> int:
    """Run Command as root through pkexec, saying what went wrong in words."""
    if shutil.which("pkexec") is None:
@@ -342,14 +367,17 @@ def _RequirementsText(Program: Program) -> str:


 def _SystemPython(Program: Program, Log: LogFn) -> str:
-    if not IsWindows:
+    if IsLinux:
        Python = shutil.which("python3")
        if Python is None:
            raise InstallError(f"{Program.Name} needs python3, and it isn't installed (sudo dnf install python3)")
        return Python
-    import WindowsSupport
+    if IsMac:
+        import MacSupport as Support
+    else:
+        import WindowsSupport as Support

-    Python = WindowsSupport.FindPython() or WindowsSupport.InstallPython(Log)
+    Python = Support.FindPython() or Support.InstallPython(Log)
    if Python is None:
        raise InstallError(f"{Program.Name} needs Python, and it couldn't be installed. Get it from https://www.python.org/downloads/")
    return Python
@@ -380,13 +408,13 @@ def _PutBackDisplaced(Placed: PlacedFile, Log: LogFn) -> None:
    if not Placed.Displaced or not Path(Placed.Displaced).exists():
        return
    Current = Path(Placed.Path)
-    if Current.exists() and Current.read_bytes() == Path(Placed.Displaced).read_bytes():
+    if Current.is_file() and Current.read_bytes() == Path(Placed.Displaced).read_bytes():
        pass  # already identical (typical for a root file that was never removed)
    elif Placed.Root:
        _WriteRoot(Placed.Path, Path(Placed.Displaced).read_text(), Log)
    else:
-        shutil.copy2(Placed.Displaced, Placed.Path)
-    Path(Placed.Displaced).unlink()
+        _CopyPath(Path(Placed.Displaced), Current)
+    _RemovePath(Path(Placed.Displaced))
    Log(f"Restored your previous {Placed.Path}")


@@ -398,7 +426,7 @@ def _RemovePlacedTemplate(Placed: PlacedFile, Log: LogFn) -> None:
            _RemoveRoot(Placed.Path, Log)
            Log(f"Removed {Placed.Path}")
    else:
-        Path(Placed.Path).unlink(missing_ok=True)
+        _RemovePath(Path(Placed.Path))  # a folder for a macOS app bundle
        Log(f"Removed {Placed.Path}")
    _PutBackDisplaced(Placed, Log)

@@ -417,17 +445,9 @@ def _ApplyTemplates(Program: Program, Context: dict, OldReceipt: Optional[Receip
    for Template in Wanted:
        Target = Render(Template.Target, Context)
        Text = Render((Program.Folder / "Templates" / Template.Source).read_text(), Context)
-        Previous = OldReceipt.FindFile(Target) if OldReceipt is not None else None
-        Root = _NeedsRoot(Template, Target)
-        Placed = PlacedFile(Target, "Template", Root=Root, Displaced=Previous.Displaced if Previous else "")
-
-        # A file that's already there but wasn't placed by SaraSuite (e.g. a
-        # hand-made desktop entry from development) is moved aside, not lost.
-        if Previous is None and Path(Target).exists():
-            Displaced = BackupsDir / Program.Name / "Displaced" / _BackupName(Target)
-            Displaced.parent.mkdir(parents=True, exist_ok=True)
-            shutil.copy2(Target, Displaced)
-            Placed.Displaced = str(Displaced)
+        Placed = _Displace(Program, Path(Target), "Template", OldReceipt)
+        Placed.Root = Root = _NeedsRoot(Template, Target)
+        if Placed.Displaced and (OldReceipt is None or OldReceipt.FindFile(Target) is None):
            Log(f"Moved your existing {Target} aside (it comes back if {Program.Name} is removed)")

        NewReceipt.Files.append(Placed)
@@ -513,27 +533,42 @@ def _PlaceShortcut(Program: Program, Link: Path, Arguments: str, WorkingDir: Pat
    and isn't ours is moved aside like a template, and comes back on removal."""
    import WindowsSupport

-    Previous = OldReceipt.FindFile(str(Link)) if OldReceipt is not None else None
-    Placed = PlacedFile(str(Link), "Shortcut", Displaced=Previous.Displaced if Previous else "")
-    if Previous is None and Link.exists():
-        Displaced = BackupsDir / Program.Name / "Displaced" / _BackupName(str(Link))
-        Displaced.parent.mkdir(parents=True, exist_ok=True)
-        shutil.copy2(Link, Displaced)
-        Placed.Displaced = str(Displaced)
+    Placed = _Displace(Program, Link, "Shortcut", OldReceipt)
    Icon = WindowsSupport.MakeIcon(IconPng, Program.ProgramDir / f"{Link.stem}.ico") if IconPng and IconPng.is_file() else None
    WindowsSupport.CreateShortcut(Link, Program.PythonW, f"-X utf8 {Arguments}", WorkingDir, Icon, Description)
    NewReceipt.Files.append(Placed)
    Log(f"Wrote {Link}")


+def _PlaceAppBundle(Program: Program, Link, Context: dict, OldReceipt: Optional[Receipt], NewReceipt: Receipt,
+                    Log: LogFn) -> None:
+    """macOS: ~/Applications/<Name>.app, running Script with the program's
+    Python from the app folder (MacSupport.CreateAppBundle)."""
+    import MacSupport
+
+    Bundle = MacSupport.ApplicationsDir / f"{Link.Name}.app"
+    Placed = _Displace(Program, Bundle, "Shortcut", OldReceipt)
+    Command = [str(Program.Python), str(Program.AppDir / Link.Script), *shlex.split(Render(Link.Arguments, Context))]
+    MacSupport.CreateAppBundle(
+        Bundle, Link.Name, f"srhtnin.{Link.Name}", Command, Program.AppDir,
+        Program.AppDir / Link.Icon if Link.Icon else None, Link.Description or Program.Description,
+    )
+    NewReceipt.Files.append(Placed)
+    Log(f"Wrote {Bundle}")
+
+
 def _ApplyShortcuts(Program: Program, Context: dict, OldReceipt: Optional[Receipt], NewReceipt: Receipt, Log: LogFn) -> None:
-    """Windows Start Menu shortcuts ([[Shortcuts]]); the Startup ones for
-    services are placed by _ApplyServices."""
-    if not IsWindows:
+    """Start Menu shortcuts (Windows) and app bundles (macOS), from
+    [[Shortcuts]]; the ones starting services at login are placed by
+    _ApplyServices."""
+    if IsLinux:
        return
    for Link in Program.Shortcuts:
        if not Program.OptionEnabled(Link.Option, NewReceipt.Options):
            continue
+        if IsMac:
+            _PlaceAppBundle(Program, Link, Context, OldReceipt, NewReceipt, Log)
+            continue
        Script = Program.AppDir / Link.Script
        Arguments = f'"{Script}" {Render(Link.Arguments, Context)}'.strip()
        _PlaceShortcut(
@@ -549,22 +584,34 @@ def _PlaceAutostart(Program: Program, Service, Command: tuple, OldReceipt: Optio
    login. Recorded like a shortcut, so it goes when the service is turned off
    or the program removed (and one that was already there comes back)."""
    Entry = AutostartDir / f"{Service.Name}.desktop"
-    Previous = OldReceipt.FindFile(str(Entry)) if OldReceipt is not None else None
-    Placed = PlacedFile(str(Entry), "Shortcut", Displaced=Previous.Displaced if Previous else "")
-    if Previous is None and Entry.exists():
-        Displaced = BackupsDir / Program.Name / "Displaced" / _BackupName(str(Entry))
-        Displaced.parent.mkdir(parents=True, exist_ok=True)
-        shutil.copy2(Entry, Displaced)
-        Placed.Displaced = str(Displaced)
+    Placed = _Displace(Program, Entry, "Shortcut", OldReceipt)
    Entry.parent.mkdir(parents=True, exist_ok=True)
    Entry.write_text(Services.AutostartEntry(Service.Name, *Command))
    NewReceipt.Files.append(Placed)
    Log(f"Wrote {Entry}")


+def _PlaceLaunchAgent(Program: Program, Service, Command: tuple, OldReceipt: Optional[Receipt],
+                      NewReceipt: Receipt, Log: LogFn) -> None:
+    """macOS: the LaunchAgent that starts a service at login, recorded like
+    the autostart entry above."""
+    import MacSupport
+
+    Agent = MacSupport.LaunchAgentPath(Service.Name)
+    Placed = _Displace(Program, Agent, "Shortcut", OldReceipt)
+    Python, Runner, Script, WorkingDir = Command
+    Agent.parent.mkdir(parents=True, exist_ok=True)
+    MacSupport.LogsDir.mkdir(parents=True, exist_ok=True)
+    Agent.write_bytes(MacSupport.LaunchAgent(
+        Service.Name, Services.Command(Python, Runner, Service.Name, Script, WorkingDir), WorkingDir,
+    ))
+    NewReceipt.Files.append(Placed)
+    Log(f"Wrote {Agent}")
+
+
 def _ApplyStandInServices(Program: Program, Context: dict, OldReceipt: Optional[Receipt], NewReceipt: Receipt, Log: LogFn) -> None:
-    """Services SaraSuite runs itself (Windows; Linux without systemd): at
-    login from a Startup-folder shortcut / an autostart entry, through
+    """Services SaraSuite runs itself (Windows; macOS; Linux without systemd):
+    at login from a Startup-folder shortcut / a LaunchAgent / an autostart entry, through
    ServiceRun.py; enabling also starts it now. An update restarts it, so
    it runs the new code."""
    WasEnabled = set(OldReceipt.EnabledServices) if OldReceipt else set()
@@ -579,6 +626,8 @@ def _ApplyStandInServices(Program: Program, Context: dict, OldReceipt: Optional[
                    Program, StartupDir / f"{Service.Name}.lnk", f'"{Runner}" {Service.Name} "{Script}" "{WorkingDir}"',
                    WorkingDir, None, f"{Service.Name} (background service)", OldReceipt, NewReceipt, Log,
                )
+            elif IsMac:
+                _PlaceLaunchAgent(Program, Service, (Program.Python, Runner, Script, WorkingDir), OldReceipt, NewReceipt, Log)
            else:
                _PlaceAutostart(Program, Service, (Program.Python, Runner, Script, WorkingDir), OldReceipt, NewReceipt, Log)
            if Service.Id in WasEnabled and not IsWindows:  # Windows stopped it before the update
@@ -632,8 +681,8 @@ def _StopProcesses(Name: str, Log: LogFn) -> None:


 def _AfterIntegrationChanges(Program: Program, Log: LogFn) -> None:
-    if IsWindows:
-        return  # Start Menu shortcuts need no refresh
+    if not IsLinux:
+        return  # Start Menu shortcuts and app bundles need no refresh
    Applications = Path(Program.Context()["ApplicationsDir"])
    if any(Template.Target.endswith(".desktop") for Template in Program.Templates) and Applications.exists():
        _Run(["update-desktop-database", str(Applications)], Log, Check=False)
@@ -773,6 +822,7 @@ def PlanRemoval(Program: Program) -> RemovalPlan:

    if Current is not None:
        ServiceNote = ("background service, stopped and taken out of Startup" if IsWindows
+                       else "background service, stopped and its LaunchAgent removed" if IsMac
                       else "systemd user service, stopped and disabled" if HasSystemd
                       else "background service, stopped and taken out of autostart")
        for Unit in Current.EnabledServices:
@@ -832,7 +882,7 @@ def Remove(Program: Program, RemoveConfigs: bool, RemoveRuntime: bool, Log: LogF
                _RemovePlacedTemplate(Placed, Log)
        for Record in Current.IniEdits:
            _RevertIni(Record, Log)
-        if not IsWindows and (Current.EnabledServices or any("/systemd/" in Placed.Path for Placed in Current.Files)):
+        if HasSystemd and (Current.EnabledServices or any("/systemd/" in Placed.Path for Placed in Current.Files)):
            _Systemctl(Log, "daemon-reload")

    Groups = {"Program"}
@@ -0,0 +1,257 @@
+"""macOS stand-ins for what SaraSuite uses on Linux:
+
+    Linux                               macOS
+    .desktop entry                      a small app bundle in ~/Applications (<Name>.app)
+    systemd --user service              a LaunchAgent (~/Library/LaunchAgents) that starts it
+                                        at login, through Programs/ServiceRun.py (Services.py)
+    system python3                      a standalone Python installed by uv into SaraSuite's
+                                        own folder (no admin, no Homebrew, no Xcode tools)
+    fc-list                             the font files' own names
+    xdg-open                            open
+
+Only used on macOS, but nothing in here needs macOS to import.
+"""
+
+import plistlib
+import shlex
+import shutil
+import subprocess
+import tarfile
+import tempfile
+import urllib.request
+from pathlib import Path
+from typing import Callable, Optional
+
+from Core import CacheHome, ChildEnvironment, DataDir, Home
+
+LogFn = Callable[[str], None]
+
+PythonVersion = "3.14"  # what uv installs
+# Apple Silicon only. uv's own release file, and so the Python it installs.
+UvTarget = "aarch64-apple-darwin"
+UvUrl = f"https://github.com/astral-sh/uv/releases/latest/download/uv-{UvTarget}.tar.gz"
+ToolsDir = DataDir / "Tools"  # uv itself
+PythonsDir = DataDir / "Python"  # the Pythons it installs (program venvs are built from these)
+
+ApplicationsDir = Home / "Applications"
+LaunchAgentsDir = Home / "Library" / "LaunchAgents"
+LogsDir = Home / "Library" / "Logs"
+
+
+# --- Python -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+
+def _UvEnvironment() -> dict[str, str]:
+    Environment = ChildEnvironment()
+    Environment.update(
+        UV_PYTHON_INSTALL_DIR=str(PythonsDir),
+        UV_PYTHON_PREFERENCE="only-managed",  # never the Xcode or Homebrew one
+        UV_CACHE_DIR=str(CacheHome / "SaraSuite" / "uv"),
+        UV_NO_MODIFY_PATH="1",
+    )
+    return Environment
+
+
+def _Uv() -> Path:
+    return ToolsDir / "uv"
+
+
+def FindPython() -> Optional[str]:
+    """The Python uv installed for SaraSuite earlier, if any."""
+    if not _Uv().is_file():
+        return None
+    try:
+        Result = subprocess.run(
+            [str(_Uv()), "python", "find", PythonVersion], capture_output=True, text=True, timeout=60,
+            env=_UvEnvironment(),
+        )
+    except (OSError, subprocess.SubprocessError):
+        return None
+    Found = Result.stdout.strip()
+    return Found if Result.returncode == 0 and Found and Path(Found).is_file() else None
+
+
+def _Stream(Command: list[str], Log: LogFn) -> int:
+    Log(f"$ {' '.join(Command)}")
+    Process = subprocess.Popen(Command, stdout=subprocess.PIPE, stderr=subprocess.STDOUT, text=True,
+                               errors="replace", env=_UvEnvironment())
+    for Line in Process.stdout:
+        if Line.strip():
+            Log(f"  {Line.rstrip()}")
+    return Process.wait()
+
+
+def _InstallUv(Log: LogFn) -> bool:
+    Log(f"Downloading uv ({UvUrl})")
+    try:
+        with urllib.request.urlopen(UvUrl, timeout=120) as Response, tempfile.TemporaryDirectory() as Temporary:
+            Archive = Path(Temporary) / "uv.tar.gz"
+            Archive.write_bytes(Response.read())
+            with tarfile.open(Archive) as Tar:
+                Member = next((Item for Item in Tar.getmembers() if Item.isfile() and Path(Item.name).name == "uv"), None)
+                if Member is None:
+                    Log("The uv download has no uv in it.")
+                    return False
+                Tar.extract(Member, Temporary, filter="data")
+                ToolsDir.mkdir(parents=True, exist_ok=True)
+                shutil.move(Path(Temporary) / Member.name, _Uv())
+        _Uv().chmod(0o755)
+        return True
+    except (OSError, tarfile.TarError) as Error:
+        Log(f"Couldn't download uv: {Error}")
+        return False
+
+
+def InstallPython(Log: LogFn) -> Optional[str]:
+    """Download uv, and with it a standalone Python, into SaraSuite's own
+    folder. Nothing is installed system-wide and no password is asked."""
+    Log(f"Python not found; installing Python {PythonVersion} with uv (just for SaraSuite, no admin)")
+    if not _Uv().is_file() and not _InstallUv(Log):
+        return None
+    # --no-bin: no python3.14 command in ~/.local/bin; only SaraSuite uses this one.
+    if _Stream([str(_Uv()), "python", "install", "--no-bin", PythonVersion], Log) != 0:
+        return None
+    return FindPython()
+
+
+# --- App bundles and icons -------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+
+def MakeIcns(Png: Path, Icns: Path) -> Optional[Path]:
+    """An .icns from one of the Sara icons (32x32 pixel art stored at 10x),
+    each size a whole multiple of the 32x32 grid (nearest-neighbour), so
+    the art stays crisp. Needs Pillow; None without it."""
+    try:
+        from PIL import Image
+
+        Grid = Image.open(Png).convert("RGBA").resize((32, 32), Image.NEAREST)
+        Sizes = [Grid.resize((Size, Size), Image.NEAREST) for Size in (16, 32, 64, 128, 256, 512, 1024)]
+        Icns.parent.mkdir(parents=True, exist_ok=True)
+        Sizes[-1].save(Icns, format="ICNS", append_images=Sizes[:-1])
+        return Icns
+    except Exception:
+        return None
+
+
+def CreateAppBundle(
+    Bundle: Path, Name: str, Identifier: str, Command: list[str], WorkingDir: Path,
+    IconPng: Optional[Path] = None, Description: str = "",
+) -> None:
+    """~/Applications/<Name>.app: Launchpad, Spotlight and the Finder list it
+    like any app. Its executable is a shell script that runs Command from
+    WorkingDir. Written fresh each time (the old bundle is replaced)."""
+    if Bundle.exists():
+        shutil.rmtree(Bundle)
+    Contents = Bundle / "Contents"
+    (Contents / "MacOS").mkdir(parents=True)
+    (Contents / "Resources").mkdir()
+    Executable = Contents / "MacOS" / Name
+    Executable.write_text(
+        "#!/bin/sh\n"
+        "# Written by SaraSuite; replaced on every update.\n"
+        f"cd {shlex.quote(str(WorkingDir))} || exit 1\n"
+        f'exec {" ".join(shlex.quote(Part) for Part in Command)} "$@"\n'
+    )
+    Executable.chmod(0o755)
+    Info = {
+        "CFBundleName": Name,
+        "CFBundleDisplayName": Name,
+        "CFBundleIdentifier": Identifier,
+        "CFBundleExecutable": Name,
+        "CFBundlePackageType": "APPL",
+        "CFBundleInfoDictionaryVersion": "6.0",
+        "CFBundleShortVersionString": "1.0",
+        "LSMinimumSystemVersion": "11.0",
+        "NSHighResolutionCapable": True,
+        "NSHumanReadableCopyright": Description,
+    }
+    if IconPng is not None and MakeIcns(IconPng, Contents / "Resources" / f"{Name}.icns") is not None:
+        Info["CFBundleIconFile"] = f"{Name}.icns"
+    with (Contents / "Info.plist").open("wb") as File:
+        plistlib.dump(Info, File)
+    # The Finder and Launchpad cache bundles; tell them this one changed.
+    Register = Path("/System/Library/Frameworks/CoreServices.framework/Frameworks/"
+                    "LaunchServices.framework/Support/lsregister")
+    if Register.is_file():
+        subprocess.run([str(Register), "-f", str(Bundle)], capture_output=True, timeout=30)
+
+
+# --- Services ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+
+def LaunchAgentPath(Name: str) -> Path:
+    return LaunchAgentsDir / f"srhtnin.{Name}.plist"
+
+
+def LaunchAgent(Name: str, Command: list[str], WorkingDir: Path) -> bytes:
+    """The LaunchAgent that starts a service at login (macOS's equivalent of
+    the Startup folder / an XDG autostart entry). Only that: ServiceRun.py
+    keeps it running and logs it, like on the other systems, so SaraSuite
+    and SaraSort can start and stop it the same way everywhere."""
+    return plistlib.dumps({
+        "Label": f"srhtnin.{Name}",
+        "ProgramArguments": Command,
+        "WorkingDirectory": str(WorkingDir),
+        "RunAtLoad": True,
+        "ProcessType": "Background",
+        # Only what fails before ServiceRun.py has its own log (e.g. a missing venv).
+        "StandardErrorPath": str(LogsDir / f"{Name}.launchd.log"),
+    })
+
+
+# --- Fonts and files ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+
+def _FontFamilies(FilePath: Path) -> set[str]:
+    """Family names in one font file's name table (every font of a .ttc).
+    The typographic family (name ID 16) where there is one, else ID 1."""
+    import struct
+
+    Families: set[str] = set()
+    try:
+        Data = FilePath.read_bytes()
+    except OSError:
+        return Families
+    Offsets = [0]
+    if Data[:4] == b"ttcf":
+        Count = struct.unpack_from(">I", Data, 8)[0]
+        Offsets = list(struct.unpack_from(f">{Count}I", Data, 12))
+    for Offset in Offsets:
+        try:
+            for Index in range(struct.unpack_from(">H", Data, Offset + 4)[0]):
+                Tag, _Sum, Start, _Length = struct.unpack_from(">4sIII", Data, Offset + 12 + Index * 16)
+                if Tag != b"name":
+                    continue
+                _Format, Count, Strings = struct.unpack_from(">HHH", Data, Start)
+                Found: dict[int, str] = {}
+                for Record in range(Count):
+                    PlatformId, _Encoding, Language, NameId, Length, At = struct.unpack_from(
+                        ">6H", Data, Start + 6 + Record * 12)
+                    if NameId not in (1, 16) or NameId in Found:
+                        continue
+                    Raw = Data[Start + Strings + At:Start + Strings + At + Length]
+                    if PlatformId in (0, 3):
+                        Found[NameId] = Raw.decode("utf-16-be", "replace")
+                    elif PlatformId == 1 and Language == 0:
+                        Found[NameId] = Raw.decode("mac-roman", "replace")
+                Name = (Found.get(16) or Found.get(1) or "").strip()
+                if Name and not Name.startswith("."):  # ".SF NS" and co. are system-internal
+                    Families.add(Name)
+        except struct.error:
+            continue
+    return Families
+
+
+def FontFamilies() -> set[str]:
+    """Installed font families: the system's, the shared and your own Fonts folders."""
+    Families: set[str] = set()
+    for Folder in (Path("/System/Library/Fonts"), Path("/Library/Fonts"), Home / "Library" / "Fonts"):
+        if Folder.is_dir():
+            for FilePath in Folder.rglob("*"):
+                if FilePath.suffix.lower() in (".ttf", ".otf", ".ttc"):
+                    Families |= _FontFamilies(FilePath)
+    return Families
+
+
+def OpenPath(Target: Path) -> None:
+    subprocess.Popen(["open", str(Target)], env=ChildEnvironment(), start_new_session=True)
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ import flet as ft
 import SelfUpdate
 from Catalog import UpdateCatalog
 from Core import (
-    AppName, AppVersion, IsWindows, StartMenuDir, ApplyAppearance, AssetsDir, BuildTheme, BundledFontFamily, ChipButtonStyle, DataDir,
+    AppName, AppVersion, IsLinux, IsMac, IsWindows, StartMenuDir, ApplyAppearance, AssetsDir, BuildTheme, BundledFontFamily, ChipButtonStyle, DataDir,
    BundledManifestsDir, DataHome, EffectiveSettings, LoadConfig, Palette,
 )
 from Dialogs import ShowInstallDialog, ShowOptionsDialog, ShowRemoveDialog, ShowUpdateDialog
@@ -26,7 +26,8 @@ from Settings import ShowSettingsDialog
 _MaxLogLines = 2000

 # When running packaged (AppImage / .exe), SaraSuite can put itself in the
-# app menu: a desktop entry on Linux, a Start Menu shortcut on Windows.
+# app menu: a desktop entry on Linux, a Start Menu shortcut on Windows. On
+# macOS SaraSuite.app already is an app wherever it's put (e.g. /Applications).
 _Packaged = SelfUpdate.RunningAppImage()
 _AppImage = str(_Packaged) if _Packaged else ""
 if IsWindows:
@@ -43,7 +44,7 @@ def _KeepFallbackLibraries() -> None:
    ~/.local/share/SaraSuite/Libraries, for FletIdentity.py to give the Flet
    client of every installed program on systems without it."""
    Bundled = Path(getattr(sys, "_MEIPASS", "")) / "FallbackLibs"
-    if IsWindows or not Bundled.is_dir():
+    if not IsLinux or not Bundled.is_dir():
        return
    Kept = DataDir / "Libraries"
    try:
@@ -286,7 +287,7 @@ def Main(Page: ft.Page) -> None:
    MenuButton = ft.OutlinedButton(
        content=f"Remove from {_MenuLabel}" if _MenuEntry.exists() else f"Add to {_MenuLabel}",
        style=ChipButtonStyle(),
-        visible=bool(_AppImage),
+        visible=bool(_AppImage) and not IsMac,
        on_click=ToggleMenuEntry,
    )

@@ -355,7 +356,7 @@ if __name__ == "__main__":

        sys.exit(Run(sys.argv[1:]))
    SelfUpdate.CleanUpOldExe()
-    if not IsWindows:
+    if IsLinux:
        # A Flet client copy with the window app ID srhtnin.SaraSuite, so the
        # desktop matches the window to SaraSuite.desktop (StartupWMClass) instead
        # of showing it as "com.appveyor.flet". See Programs/FletIdentity.py.
@@ -3,8 +3,9 @@ and Hooks.py next to it. See README.md for the full manifest format.

 A manifest's Platforms (default ["Linux"]) says where the program runs; each
 SaraSuite only lists the programs for its own system. Any list item can also
-carry Platform = "Linux" or "Windows" to only apply there (e.g. desktop
-entries on Linux, Start Menu shortcuts on Windows); others are dropped at load."""
+carry Platform = "Linux", "Windows" or "macOS" to only apply there (e.g.
+desktop entries on Linux, Start Menu shortcuts on Windows, app bundles on
+macOS); others are dropped at load."""

 import importlib.util
 import re
@@ -16,7 +17,7 @@ from typing import Optional
 import tomlkit

 from Core import (
-    AutostartDir, CacheHome, ConfigHome, CurrentDesktop, DataHome, HasSystemd, Home, IsWindows, LoadConfig,
+    AutostartDir, CacheHome, ConfigHome, CurrentDesktop, DataHome, HasSystemd, Home, IsLinux, IsMac, IsWindows, LoadConfig,
    Platform, ProgramsDir, SharedConfigDir, StartMenuDir, StartupDir, UserPortalsSupported,
 )

@@ -86,10 +87,11 @@ class IniEdit:
@dataclass
 class Service:
    """A background service. Linux with systemd: a --user Unit (placed by a
-    Template). Windows, and Linux without systemd (runit, OpenRC, ...):
+    Template). Windows, macOS, and Linux without systemd (runit, OpenRC, ...):
    Script (relative to the app folder) run by ServiceRun.py in WorkingDir,
-    at login through a Startup-folder shortcut / an XDG autostart entry
-    (Services.py), so a Linux service gives both Unit and Name/Script."""
+    at login through a Startup-folder shortcut / a LaunchAgent / an XDG
+    autostart entry (Services.py), so a Linux service gives both Unit and
+    Name/Script."""

    Unit: str = ""
    Option: str = ""  # enabled + started only while this option is ticked
@@ -109,9 +111,12 @@ class Service:

@dataclass
 class Shortcut:
-    """Windows: a Start Menu shortcut running Script (relative to the app
-    folder) with the program's pythonw.exe, from the app folder, with Icon
-    (a PNG in the app folder, turned into an .ico)."""
+    """A launcher in the system's app list running Script (relative to the
+    app folder) with the program's Python, from the app folder, with Icon (a
+    PNG in the app folder):
+    - Windows: a Start Menu shortcut (pythonw.exe; the icon becomes an .ico);
+    - macOS: an app bundle, ~/Applications/<Name>.app (the icon becomes an .icns).
+    Linux uses a desktop entry Template instead."""

    Name: str
    Script: str
@@ -235,6 +240,9 @@ class Program:
        }
        if IsWindows:
            Context.update(StartMenuDir=str(StartMenuDir), StartupDir=str(StartupDir))
+        elif IsMac:
+            Context.update(ApplicationsDir=str(Home / "Applications"),
+                           LaunchAgentsDir=str(Home / "Library" / "LaunchAgents"))
        else:
            Context.update(
                SystemdUserDir=str(ConfigHome / "systemd" / "user"),
@@ -306,7 +314,7 @@ def LoadProgram(Folder: Path) -> Program:
        Configs=[ConfigFile(**Item) for Item in _ForPlatform(Data.get("Configs", []))],
        IniEdits=[IniEdit(**Item) for Item in _ForPlatform(Data.get("IniEdits", []))],
        Services=[Service(**Item) for Item in _ForPlatform(Data.get("Services", []))],
-        RestartUnits=[] if IsWindows else Data.get("RestartUnits", []),
+        RestartUnits=Data.get("RestartUnits", []) if IsLinux else [],
        Leftovers=[Leftover(**Item) for Item in _ForPlatform(Data.get("Leftovers", []))],
        Shortcuts=[Shortcut(**Item) for Item in _ForPlatform(Data.get("Shortcuts", []))],
        Platforms=Data.get("Platforms", ["Linux"]),
@@ -330,7 +338,7 @@ def LoadPrograms() -> list[Program]:
        Loaded = _LoadFrom(ManifestsDir())
    except Exception:
        Loaded = _LoadFrom(BundledManifestsDir)
-    # Only the programs that run on this system (the .exe lists Windows ones).
+    # Only the programs that run on this system (the .exe lists Windows ones, the Mac app macOS ones).
    Loaded = [Current for Current in Loaded if Platform in Current.Platforms]
    Names = {Current.Name for Current in Loaded}
    Ordered = []
@@ -0,0 +1,220 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env python3
+"""Build dist/SaraSuite-macOS.zip (SaraSuite.app, Apple Silicon) on Linux.
+
+PyInstaller can only build a Mac app on a Mac, so this puts the app together
+from parts that need no compiling:
+- a standalone Python for macOS (python-build-standalone, the Pythons uv installs);
+- SaraSuite's requirements as macOS wheels (pip download for the Mac platform);
+- the Flet desktop client for macOS, bundled where flet-desktop looks for it,
+  so the first start needs no download;
+- SaraSuite's own code, assets and Programs/;
+- Contents/MacOS/SaraSuite, a shell script that runs Main.py with that Python.
+
+The app isn't signed by an Apple developer account, so the first start needs
+System Settings > Privacy & Security > Open Anyway (see the website's
+instructions). Its launcher then clears the download quarantine from the
+whole app, so the Python and Flet inside it run too.
+
+    Packaging/BuildMacApp.py       # also run by Packaging/Release.py
+"""
+
+import io
+import json
+import os
+import plistlib
+import re
+import shutil
+import stat
+import subprocess
+import sys
+import tarfile
+import time
+import urllib.request
+import zipfile
+from pathlib import Path
+
+RepoDir = Path(__file__).resolve().parent.parent
+BuildDir = RepoDir / "build" / "MacBuild"
+DownloadsDir = BuildDir / "Downloads"  # kept between builds
+BuildVenv = BuildDir / "Venv"  # Pillow, for the .icns
+Output = RepoDir / "dist" / "SaraSuite-macOS.zip"
+
+PythonVersion = "3.14"
+MacPlatform = "macosx_11_0_arm64"
+PythonTarget = "aarch64-apple-darwin"
+StandaloneReleases = "https://api.github.com/repos/astral-sh/python-build-standalone/releases/latest"
+AppIdentifier = "srhtnin.SaraSuite"
+UserAgent = "SaraSuite-Build (Python)"
+
+# The launcher won't run from the read-only copy macOS makes of a quarantined
+# app that wasn't moved out of Downloads (App Translocation): neither clearing
+# the quarantine nor self-updating would work there.
+Launcher = '''#!/bin/sh
+# SaraSuite.app's launcher (written by Packaging/BuildMacApp.py).
+Contents="$(cd "$(dirname "$0")/.." && pwd -P)"
+App="$(dirname "$Contents")"
+case "$App" in
+    */AppTranslocation/*)
+        /usr/bin/osascript -e 'display alert "Move SaraSuite to Applications first" message "Drag SaraSuite from your Downloads folder into Applications, then open it from there."' >/dev/null 2>&1
+        exit 1 ;;
+esac
+# Downloaded apps are quarantined, the Python and Flet inside included. Once
+# macOS has let SaraSuite itself open, the rest of it may run too.
+/usr/bin/xattr -dr com.apple.quarantine "$App" 2>/dev/null
+export SARASUITE_APP="$App"
+exec "$Contents/Resources/Python/bin/python3" "$Contents/Resources/SaraSuite/Main.py" "$@"
+'''
+
+
+def Download(Url: str, Name: str) -> Path:
+    """Into DownloadsDir, once."""
+    Target = DownloadsDir / Name
+    if Target.is_file():
+        return Target
+    print(f"Downloading {Url}")
+    DownloadsDir.mkdir(parents=True, exist_ok=True)
+    Request = urllib.request.Request(Url, headers={"User-Agent": UserAgent})
+    with urllib.request.urlopen(Request, timeout=600) as Response:
+        Partial = Target.with_suffix(".part")
+        Partial.write_bytes(Response.read())
+        Partial.replace(Target)
+    return Target
+
+
+def StandalonePython() -> Path:
+    """The latest python-build-standalone release of PythonVersion for Apple Silicon."""
+    Request = urllib.request.Request(StandaloneReleases, headers={"User-Agent": UserAgent})
+    with urllib.request.urlopen(Request, timeout=60) as Response:
+        Assets = json.load(Response)["assets"]
+    Pattern = re.compile(rf"cpython-{re.escape(PythonVersion)}\.\d+\+\d+-{PythonTarget}-install_only_stripped\.tar\.gz")
+    Asset = next((Item for Item in Assets if Pattern.fullmatch(Item["name"])), None)
+    if Asset is None:
+        sys.exit(f"BuildMacApp.py: no Python {PythonVersion} for {PythonTarget} in the latest python-build-standalone release")
+    return Download(Asset["browser_download_url"], Asset["name"])
+
+
+def MakeIcns(Png: Path, Icns: Path) -> None:
+    """Same as MacSupport.MakeIcns: whole multiples of the 32x32 art grid."""
+    from PIL import Image
+
+    Grid = Image.open(Png).convert("RGBA").resize((32, 32), Image.NEAREST)
+    Sizes = [Grid.resize((Size, Size), Image.NEAREST) for Size in (16, 32, 64, 128, 256, 512, 1024)]
+    Sizes[-1].save(Icns, format="ICNS", append_images=Sizes[:-1])
+
+
+def CopyCode(Destination: Path) -> None:
+    Ignore = shutil.ignore_patterns("__pycache__", "*.pyc")
+    Destination.mkdir(parents=True)
+    for Source in sorted(RepoDir.glob("*.py")):
+        shutil.copy2(Source, Destination / Source.name)
+    shutil.copytree(RepoDir / "assets", Destination / "assets", ignore=Ignore)
+    shutil.copytree(RepoDir / "Programs", Destination / "Programs", ignore=Ignore)
+
+
+def Zip(Bundle: Path, Target: Path) -> None:
+    """Zip the app keeping what a Mac app needs: execute bits and symlinks
+    (Python's bin/python3 is one), the way Finder's Archive Utility and
+    ditto read them back."""
+    Target.parent.mkdir(parents=True, exist_ok=True)
+    Partial = Target.with_suffix(".zip.new")
+    with zipfile.ZipFile(Partial, "w", zipfile.ZIP_DEFLATED, compresslevel=9) as Archive:
+        for Current in [Bundle, *sorted(Bundle.rglob("*"))]:
+            Name = Current.relative_to(Bundle.parent).as_posix()
+            Mode = Current.lstat().st_mode
+            Stamp = time.localtime(max(Current.lstat().st_mtime, 315532800))[:6]  # zip dates start in 1980
+            if Current.is_symlink():
+                Info = zipfile.ZipInfo(Name, Stamp)
+                Info.create_system = 3  # Unix, so the mode below counts
+                Info.external_attr = (stat.S_IFLNK | 0o755) << 16
+                Archive.writestr(Info, os.readlink(Current))
+            elif Current.is_dir():
+                Info = zipfile.ZipInfo(Name + "/", Stamp)
+                Info.create_system = 3
+                Info.external_attr = (stat.S_IFDIR | 0o755) << 16 | 0x10
+                Archive.writestr(Info, b"")
+            else:
+                Info = zipfile.ZipInfo.from_file(Current, Name)
+                Info.create_system = 3
+                Info.external_attr = (stat.S_IFREG | (0o755 if Mode & 0o111 else 0o644)) << 16
+                Info.compress_type = zipfile.ZIP_DEFLATED
+                Archive.writestr(Info, Current.read_bytes())
+    Partial.replace(Target)
+
+
+def Main() -> None:
+    try:
+        import PIL  # noqa: F401
+    except ImportError:
+        # Pillow for the icon: run this script again from a build venv that has it.
+        if not (BuildVenv / "bin" / "python").exists():
+            subprocess.run([sys.executable, "-m", "venv", str(BuildVenv)], check=True)
+            subprocess.run([str(BuildVenv / "bin" / "python"), "-m", "pip", "install", "--quiet", "pillow"], check=True)
+        os.execv(BuildVenv / "bin" / "python", [str(BuildVenv / "bin" / "python"), __file__, *sys.argv[1:]])
+
+    Version = re.search(r'^AppVersion = "([^"]+)"', (RepoDir / "Core.py").read_text(), re.MULTILINE)[1]
+    Stage = BuildDir / "Stage"
+    shutil.rmtree(Stage, ignore_errors=True)
+    Bundle = Stage / "SaraSuite.app"
+    Contents = Bundle / "Contents"
+    Resources = Contents / "Resources"
+    (Contents / "MacOS").mkdir(parents=True)
+    Resources.mkdir()
+
+    # Python, unpacked as Resources/Python.
+    with tarfile.open(StandalonePython()) as Tar:
+        Tar.extractall(Resources, filter="tar")
+    (Resources / "python").rename(Resources / "Python")
+    SitePackages = next((Resources / "Python" / "lib").glob("python3.*")) / "site-packages"
+    Minor = SitePackages.parent.name.removeprefix("python")
+
+    # SaraSuite's requirements as macOS wheels, straight into that Python.
+    # (Pillow and flet-desktop are only for macOS, so they're named here: pip
+    # judges requirements.txt's markers by this Linux machine.)
+    Requirements = [Line for Line in (RepoDir / "requirements.txt").read_text().splitlines()
+                    if Line.strip() and not Line.startswith("#") and "sys_platform" not in Line]
+    print("Installing the macOS wheels")
+    subprocess.run([
+        sys.executable, "-m", "pip", "install", "--quiet", "--disable-pip-version-check", "--no-compile",
+        "--target", str(SitePackages), "--platform", MacPlatform, "--python-version", Minor,
+        "--implementation", "cp", "--abi", f"cp{Minor.replace('.', '')}", "--only-binary=:all:",
+        *Requirements, "pillow", "flet-desktop",
+    ], check=True)
+    FletVersion = re.search(r'version = "([^"]+)"', (SitePackages / "flet_desktop" / "version.py").read_text())[1]
+    Wanted = re.search(r"^Version: (.+)$", next(SitePackages.glob("flet-*.dist-info/METADATA")).read_text(), re.MULTILINE)[1]
+    if FletVersion != Wanted:
+        sys.exit(f"BuildMacApp.py: flet {Wanted} but flet-desktop {FletVersion}")
+
+    # The Flet client, where flet-desktop looks for a bundled one first.
+    Client = Download(f"https://github.com/flet-dev/flet/releases/download/v{FletVersion}/flet-macos.tar.gz",
+                      f"flet-macos-{FletVersion}.tar.gz")
+    (SitePackages / "flet_desktop" / "app").mkdir(exist_ok=True)
+    shutil.copy2(Client, SitePackages / "flet_desktop" / "app" / "flet-macos.tar.gz")
+
+    CopyCode(Resources / "SaraSuite")
+    MakeIcns(RepoDir / "assets" / "Icon.png", Resources / "SaraSuite.icns")
+    Executable = Contents / "MacOS" / "SaraSuite"
+    Executable.write_text(Launcher)
+    Executable.chmod(0o755)
+    with (Contents / "Info.plist").open("wb") as File:
+        plistlib.dump({
+            "CFBundleName": "SaraSuite",
+            "CFBundleDisplayName": "SaraSuite",
+            "CFBundleIdentifier": AppIdentifier,
+            "CFBundleExecutable": "SaraSuite",
+            "CFBundleIconFile": "SaraSuite.icns",
+            "CFBundlePackageType": "APPL",
+            "CFBundleInfoDictionaryVersion": "6.0",
+            "CFBundleShortVersionString": Version,
+            "CFBundleVersion": Version,
+            "LSMinimumSystemVersion": "11.0",
+            "LSArchitecturePriority": ["arm64"],
+            "NSHighResolutionCapable": True,
+            "NSHumanReadableCopyright": "Install, update and remove Sara programs",
+        }, File)
+
+    Zip(Bundle, Output)
+    print(f"Built {Output.relative_to(RepoDir)} ({Output.stat().st_size // 1_000_000} MB)")
+
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    Main()
@@ -1,8 +1,9 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env python3
-"""Publish a SaraSuite release: build the AppImage (Linux) and SaraSuite.exe
-(Windows, built under Wine by BuildExe.sh), create the Gitea release
-v<AppVersion> (from Core.py) with both attached, and copy them to the Shared
-folder. Running SaraSuites then offer to update themselves (SelfUpdate.py),
+"""Publish a SaraSuite release: build the AppImage (Linux), SaraSuite.exe
+(Windows, built under Wine by BuildExe.sh) and SaraSuite-macOS.zip (Apple
+Silicon, put together by BuildMacApp.py), create the Gitea release
+v<AppVersion> (from Core.py) with all three attached, and copy them to the
+Shared folder. Running SaraSuites then offer to update themselves (SelfUpdate.py),
 each to its own platform's file.

    Packaging/Release.py            # after bumping AppVersion in Core.py
@@ -31,6 +32,7 @@ RepoDir = Path(__file__).resolve().parent.parent
 Builds = [
    ("Packaging/BuildAppImage.sh", RepoDir / "dist" / "SaraSuite-x86_64.AppImage"),
    ("Packaging/BuildExe.sh", RepoDir / "dist" / "SaraSuite.exe"),
+    ("Packaging/BuildMacApp.py", RepoDir / "dist" / "SaraSuite-macOS.zip"),
 ]
 SharedDir = Path("/mnt/files/Shared/SaraSuite")

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 Name = "SaraFem"
 Description = "Desktop file manager that understands SaraTag Books, and (on Linux) can stand in as the system file picker."
-Platforms = ["Linux", "Windows"]
+Platforms = ["Linux", "Windows", "macOS"]

 # The portal reads its descriptors and preferences once at startup.
 RestartUnits = ["xdg-desktop-portal.service"]
@@ -77,6 +77,13 @@ Name = "SaraFem"
 Script = "Main.py"
 Icon = "assets/Icon.png"

+# macOS: an app bundle, ~/Applications/SaraFem.app (python Main.py, from the app folder).
+[[Shortcuts]]
+Platform = "macOS"
+Name = "SaraFem"
+Script = "Main.py"
+Icon = "assets/Icon.png"
+
 [[Leftovers]]
 Path = "{CacheHome}/SaraFem"
 Kind = "Runtime"
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # Kept in sync between SaraSuite/Programs/SaraSort/ and SaraSort/Packaging/SaraSuite/.
 Name = "SaraSort"
 Parent = "SaraSortd"  # a GUI for SaraSortd, listed under it
-Platforms = ["Linux", "Windows"]
+Platforms = ["Linux", "Windows", "macOS"]
 Description = "A GUI for configuring SaraSortd: a flowchart of what goes where, its service and logs, configs and templates."

 [Source]
@@ -31,6 +31,13 @@ Name = "SaraSort"
 Script = "Main.py"
 Icon = "assets/Icon.png"

+# macOS: an app bundle, ~/Applications/SaraSort.app (python Main.py, from the app folder).
+[[Shortcuts]]
+Platform = "macOS"
+Name = "SaraSort"
+Script = "Main.py"
+Icon = "assets/Icon.png"
+
 # Made by SaraSort itself: Config.toml, Layout.toml, Templates/.
 [[Leftovers]]
 Path = "{ConfigDir}"
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 Name = "SaraSortd"
 Description = "Sorts files from input folders into output folders by the rules in its configs. Runs in the background."
-Platforms = ["Linux", "Windows"]
+Platforms = ["Linux", "Windows", "macOS"]

 [Version]
 File = "SaraSortd.py"
@@ -46,10 +46,11 @@ Platform = "Linux"
 Source = "SaraSortd.service"
 Target = "{SystemdUserDir}/SaraSortd.service"

-# Windows, and Linux without systemd (runit, OpenRC, s6, ...): run from
-# ConfigDir by ServiceRun.py, which restarts it if it fails, at login through
-# a shortcut in the Startup folder / an XDG autostart entry (SaraSuite's
-# Services.py). On Linux the same service has a Unit for systemd too.
+# Windows, macOS, and Linux without systemd (runit, OpenRC, s6, ...): run
+# from ConfigDir by ServiceRun.py, which restarts it if it fails, at login
+# through a shortcut in the Startup folder / a LaunchAgent / an XDG autostart
+# entry (SaraSuite's Services.py). On Linux the same service has a Unit for
+# systemd too.
 [[Templates]]
 Source = "../../ServiceRun.py"
 Target = "{ProgramDir}/ServiceRun.py"
@@ -69,5 +70,12 @@ Script = "SaraSortd.py"
 WorkingDir = "{ConfigDir}"
 Option = "Autostart"

+[[Services]]
+Platform = "macOS"
+Name = "SaraSortd"
+Script = "SaraSortd.py"
+WorkingDir = "{ConfigDir}"
+Option = "Autostart"
+
 # Everything SaraSortd makes inside the sorting folders is worked out from
 # GlobalConf.toml by Hooks.py.
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # Kept in sync between SaraSuite/Programs/SaraTag/ and SaraTag/Packaging/SaraSuite/.
 Name = "SaraTag"
-Platforms = ["Linux", "Windows"]
+Platforms = ["Linux", "Windows", "macOS"]
 Description = "Tag files with Books (sidecars) defined by Lexicons: browse, filter and sort by tag, edit tags on many files at once."

 [Version]
@@ -40,6 +40,13 @@ Name = "SaraTag"
 Script = "Main.py"
 Icon = "assets/Icon.png"

+# macOS: an app bundle, ~/Applications/SaraTag.app (python Main.py, from the app folder).
+[[Shortcuts]]
+Platform = "macOS"
+Name = "SaraTag"
+Script = "Main.py"
+Icon = "assets/Icon.png"
+
 # Made by SaraTag itself. The Lexicons are your tag definitions: only tick
 # "remove configs" if you don't need them any more.
 [[Leftovers]]
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # Kept in sync between SaraSuite/Programs/SaraTune/ and SaraTune/Packaging/SaraSuite/.
 Name = "SaraTune"
-Platforms = ["Linux", "Windows"]
+Platforms = ["Linux", "Windows", "macOS"]
 Description = "A music player with two modes: Audio to open a file or folder and listen right away, Music for your library, a queue and saved playlists. Linux needs libmpv (Fedora: mpv-libs)."

 [Source]
@@ -30,6 +30,13 @@ Name = "SaraTune"
 Script = "Main.py"
 Icon = "assets/Icon.png"

+# macOS: an app bundle, ~/Applications/SaraTune.app (python Main.py, from the app folder).
+[[Shortcuts]]
+Platform = "macOS"
+Name = "SaraTune"
+Script = "Main.py"
+Icon = "assets/Icon.png"
+
 # Made by SaraTune itself.
 [[Leftovers]]
 Path = "{ConfigDir}"
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # Kept in sync between SaraSuite/Programs/SaraView/ and SaraView/Client/Packaging/SaraSuite/.
 Name = "SaraView"
-Platforms = ["Linux", "Windows"]
+Platforms = ["Linux", "Windows", "macOS"]
 Description = "SaraView's desktop client: view and edit files in a local folder, or on a SaraView server."

 [Source]
@@ -32,6 +32,13 @@ Name = "SaraView"
 Script = "Client/Main.py"
 Icon = "Client/assets/Icon.png"

+# macOS: an app bundle, ~/Applications/SaraView.app (python Client/Main.py, from the app folder).
+[[Shortcuts]]
+Platform = "macOS"
+Name = "SaraView"
+Script = "Client/Main.py"
+Icon = "Client/assets/Icon.png"
+
 # Made by SaraView itself: Config.toml and Session.toml (your saved login).
 [[Leftovers]]
 Path = "{ConfigDir}"
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 """Runs a SaraSuite program as a background service where there's no systemd
--user to do it: on Windows (started windowless with pythonw.exe), and on
-Linux with another init system (runit on Void, OpenRC, s6, dinit, ...).
-Started at login (Windows: a shortcut in the Startup folder; Linux: an XDG
-autostart entry) and when SaraSuite or the program's own GUI (e.g. SaraSort
+--user to do it: on Windows (started windowless with pythonw.exe), on macOS,
+and on Linux with another init system (runit on Void, OpenRC, s6, dinit, ...).
+Started at login (Windows: a shortcut in the Startup folder; macOS: a
+LaunchAgent; Linux: an XDG autostart entry) and when SaraSuite or the program's own GUI (e.g. SaraSort
 for SaraSortd) starts it:

    python ServiceRun.py <Name> <Script> [<WorkingDir>]
@@ -12,7 +12,8 @@ seconds after it fails (an exception or a non-zero exit), not after a clean
 exit or a stop; its output goes to <Name>.log. Its PID is in <Name>.pid, so
 anything can tell whether it runs, and stop it, without admin rights. Both
 files are in SaraSuite's Services folder: %LOCALAPPDATA%\\SaraSuite\\Services
-on Windows, ~/.local/share/SaraSuite/Services on Linux.
+on Windows, ~/Library/Application Support/SaraSuite/Services on macOS,
+~/.local/share/SaraSuite/Services on Linux.

 Installed next to each program that has a service (Programs/<Name>/Manifest.toml).
 """
@@ -20,6 +21,7 @@ Installed next to each program that has a service (Programs/<Name>/Manifest.toml
 import os
 import runpy
 import signal
+import subprocess
 import sys
 import time
 import traceback
@@ -27,6 +29,7 @@ from datetime import datetime
 from pathlib import Path

 IsWindows = sys.platform == "win32"
+IsMac = sys.platform == "darwin"
 RestartSeconds = 10  # the unit's RestartSec
 MaxLogBytes = 1_000_000  # then the log starts over, the old one kept as <Name>.log.1
 Stopping = False
@@ -35,22 +38,28 @@ Stopping = False
 def ServicesDir() -> Path:
    if IsWindows:
        Base = Path(os.environ.get("LOCALAPPDATA") or Path.home() / "AppData" / "Local")
+    elif IsMac:
+        Base = Path.home() / "Library" / "Application Support"
    else:
        Base = Path(os.environ.get("XDG_DATA_HOME") or Path.home() / ".local" / "share")
    return Base / "SaraSuite" / "Services"


 def _AlreadyRunning(PidFile: Path) -> bool:
-    """Linux: whether the PID file's process is another ServiceRun.py still
-    running (not a reused PID). Windows relies on whoever starts it to check."""
+    """Linux and macOS: whether the PID file's process is another
+    ServiceRun.py still running (not a reused PID). Windows relies on whoever
+    starts it to check."""
    if IsWindows:
        return False
    try:
        Pid = int(PidFile.read_text().strip())
        if Pid == os.getpid():
            return False
+        if IsMac:  # no /proc
+            Output = subprocess.run(["ps", "-o", "command=", "-p", str(Pid)], capture_output=True, text=True, timeout=15).stdout
+            return "ServiceRun.py" in Output
        return b"ServiceRun.py" in Path(f"/proc/{Pid}/cmdline").read_bytes()
-    except (OSError, ValueError):
+    except (OSError, ValueError, subprocess.SubprocessError):
        return False


@@ -79,34 +79,44 @@ an option off takes out what it placed and puts back any file it had replaced; t
 places it. It reapplies the installed commit, so the program itself isn't updated. The
 **Update** button only shows up when there's an update (or a broken install to repair).

-## Windows
+## Windows and macOS

-`SaraSuite.exe` is the Windows version. Each build only lists the programs for its own system
-(a manifest's `Platforms`), and does everything the Windows way:
+`SaraSuite.exe` is the Windows version, `SaraSuite-macOS.zip` (SaraSuite.app) the macOS one.
+Each one only lists the programs for its own system (a manifest's
+`Platforms`), and does everything that system's way:

-| Linux | Windows |
-| --- | --- |
-| `~/.config/SaraSuite/` (settings) | `%APPDATA%\SaraSuite\` |
-| `~/.local/share/SaraSuite/` (programs, receipts) | `%LOCALAPPDATA%\SaraSuite\` |
-| `~/.cache/...` | `%LOCALAPPDATA%\...` |
-| desktop entry | Start Menu shortcut (`[[Shortcuts]]`) |
-| systemd user service | `ServiceRun.py`, started at login by a shortcut in the Startup folder; its PID is in `%LOCALAPPDATA%\SaraSuite\Services\<Name>.pid` |
+| Linux | Windows | macOS |
+| --- | --- | --- |
+| `~/.config/SaraSuite/` (settings) | `%APPDATA%\SaraSuite\` | `~/Library/Application Support/SaraSuite/` |
+| `~/.local/share/SaraSuite/` (programs, receipts) | `%LOCALAPPDATA%\SaraSuite\` | the same folder as the settings, as Mac apps do |
+| `~/.cache/...` | `%LOCALAPPDATA%\...` | `~/Library/Caches/...` |
+| desktop entry | Start Menu shortcut (`[[Shortcuts]]`) | `~/Applications/<Name>.app`, a small app bundle (`[[Shortcuts]]`) |
+| systemd user service | `ServiceRun.py`, started at login by a shortcut in the Startup folder | `ServiceRun.py`, started at login by a LaunchAgent, `~/Library/LaunchAgents/srhtnin.<Name>.plist` |
+| system `python3` | the `py` launcher / `python.exe`; if there's none, SaraSuite installs Python for the user with winget | a standalone Python that uv installs into SaraSuite's own folder (`Python/`, uv itself in `Tools/`); no admin, Homebrew or Xcode tools |
+| AppImage self-update (rename over it) | `.exe` self-update (the running one is renamed to `SaraSuite.old.exe`, deleted on the next start) | `SaraSuite-macOS.zip` self-update (unpacked next to `SaraSuite.app`, then swapped in) |
+
+A service run by `ServiceRun.py` restarts 10 seconds after it fails, like the unit's
+`Restart=on-failure`, and keeps its output in SaraSuite's `Services/<Name>.log`, its PID next to it
+in `<Name>.pid` (that's how SaraSuite and SaraSort tell it runs, and stop it).

 Linux without systemd (no `/run/systemd/system`: runit on Void, OpenRC, s6, dinit, ...) runs
-services like Windows does (`Services.py`): `ServiceRun.py` runs them, started at login by an XDG
-autostart entry, `~/.config/autostart/<Name>.desktop`, which desktop sessions start whatever the
-init system is. It restarts a service 10 seconds after it fails, like the unit's
-`Restart=on-failure`, and keeps its output in `~/.local/share/SaraSuite/Services/<Name>.log` (its
-PID next to it, in `<Name>.pid`). Units aren't written there, and `RestartUnits` stops the process
-instead (D-Bus starts `xdg-desktop-portal` again when it's needed). A window manager that doesn't
-run XDG autostart entries needs to start them itself (e.g. `dex -a` in its startup config).
-| system `python3` | the `py` launcher / `python.exe`; if there's none, SaraSuite installs Python for the user with winget |
-| AppImage self-update (rename over it) | `.exe` self-update (the running one is renamed to `SaraSuite.old.exe`, deleted on the next start) |
+services the same way (`Services.py`), started at login by an XDG autostart entry,
+`~/.config/autostart/<Name>.desktop`, which desktop sessions start whatever the init system is.
+Units aren't written there, and `RestartUnits` stops the process instead (D-Bus starts
+`xdg-desktop-portal` again when it's needed). A window manager that doesn't run XDG autostart
+entries needs to start them itself (e.g. `dex -a` in its startup config).

 Programs run on Windows with `pythonw.exe -X utf8` (no console window; UTF-8 mode, since Python
-on Windows otherwise reads text files in the old ANSI code page). Nothing needs admin rights.
-Linux-only features (SaraFem's file picker portal and default-file-manager option) simply
-aren't offered there.
+on Windows otherwise reads text files in the old ANSI code page). Nothing needs admin rights on
+either system. Linux-only features (SaraFem's file picker portal and default-file-manager option)
+simply aren't offered there, and on macOS SaraTune has no media keys (see its README).
+
+macOS is written but not tested on a real Mac yet (Apple Silicon only). Things to know there:
+- SaraSortd sorting `~/Downloads`, `~/Documents` or `~/Desktop` needs permission: macOS asks the
+  first time, or the Python in `~/Library/Application Support/SaraSuite/Python/` can be given
+  Full Disk Access in System Settings > Privacy & Security.
+- A program's Dock icon is the Flet client's, not its own; its app bundle in `~/Applications`
+  (what Launchpad and Spotlight show) has the right one.

 ## Running and building

@@ -116,6 +126,13 @@ aren't offered there.
 - Windows: `Packaging/BuildExe.sh` builds `dist/SaraSuite.exe` with the Windows Python inside a
  Wine prefix (`build/WinBuild/`, set up on its first run), since PyInstaller can't build for
  Windows from Linux directly. The .exe's header has an "Add to Start menu" button.
+- macOS: `Packaging/BuildMacApp.py` puts `dist/SaraSuite-macOS.zip` together on Linux, since
+  PyInstaller can only build a Mac app on a Mac: a standalone Mac Python
+  (python-build-standalone), SaraSuite's requirements as macOS wheels, the Flet client for macOS
+  and SaraSuite's code, run by a shell-script launcher (which sets `SARASUITE_APP`, so SaraSuite
+  knows it's packaged). It isn't signed with an Apple developer account, so the first start needs
+  System Settings > Privacy & Security > Open Anyway; the launcher then clears the download
+  quarantine from the whole app. It has to be moved out of Downloads (into Applications) first.
 - From source: `python3 -m venv .venv && .venv/bin/pip install -r requirements.txt`, then
  `Packaging/Launch.sh`.
 - Without a desktop (e.g. a server), the same file works from a terminal:
@@ -131,7 +148,7 @@ aren't offered there.

 ## Where things live

-On Linux (on Windows, the same layout under `%LOCALAPPDATA%` and `%APPDATA%`; see Windows above):
+On Linux (on Windows and macOS, the same layout in their own folders; see Windows and macOS above):

 | Path | What |
 | --- | --- |
@@ -155,17 +172,18 @@ Targets, templates and `Set` values can use `{Variables}`: `Name`, `GitHost`, `H
 `Desktop` (e.g. `cosmic`), plus every Question's `Id`. Linux only: `PortalsDir` (your own xdg-desktop-portal folder where it's 1.17+, else
 `/usr/share/...`), `PortalsConf` (`<desktop>-portals.conf`, or `portals.conf` without a desktop name),
 `DesktopPortal` (`<desktop>;` or nothing), `SystemdUserDir`,
-`ApplicationsDir`, `DBusServicesDir`. Windows only: `StartMenuDir`, `StartupDir`.
+`ApplicationsDir`, `DBusServicesDir`. Windows only: `StartMenuDir`, `StartupDir`. macOS only:
+`ApplicationsDir` (`~/Applications`), `LaunchAgentsDir`.

 Every list item (`[[Options]]`, `[[Templates]]`, `[[Services]]`, ...) can carry
-`Platform = "Linux"` or `"Windows"` to only apply on that system; items without one apply on both.
+`Platform = "Linux"`, `"Windows"` or `"macOS"` to only apply on that system; items without one apply everywhere.
 In TOML templates, write paths as literal strings (`'{ConfigDir}'`): Windows paths are full of
 backslashes, which a `"..."` string would read as escapes.

 ```toml
 Name = "Example"
 Description = "Shown on the program's card."
-Platforms = ["Linux", "Windows"]  # where it runs (default ["Linux"])
+Platforms = ["Linux", "Windows", "macOS"]  # where it runs (default ["Linux"])
 Parent = "SaraSortd"            # optional: listed (indented) under that program
 RestartUnits = ["xdg-desktop-portal.service"]  # try-restarted after install/update/remove

@@ -215,7 +233,8 @@ WorkingDir = "{ConfigDir}"
 Option = "Autostart"

 [[Services]]                   # Windows: run by ServiceRun.py from a Startup-folder shortcut
-Platform = "Windows"           # (both: add ../../ServiceRun.py as a Template to {ProgramDir})
+Platform = "Windows"           # (macOS: the same with Platform = "macOS", from a LaunchAgent;
+                               # both: add ../../ServiceRun.py as a Template to {ProgramDir})
 Name = "Example"
 Script = "Example.py"          # relative to the app folder
 WorkingDir = "{ConfigDir}"
@@ -226,6 +245,8 @@ Platform = "Windows"
 Name = "Example"
 Script = "Main.py"             # relative to the app folder, which is also its working folder
 Icon = "assets/Icon.png"       # turned into an .ico
+                               # macOS: the same with Platform = "macOS" makes ~/Applications/<Name>.app
+                               # (the venv's python Script; the icon becomes an .icns)

 [[IniEdits]]                   # one key in a file SaraSuite doesn't own; restored on removal
 File = "{ConfigHome}/mimeapps.list"
@@ -1,27 +1,33 @@
 """SaraSuite updating itself from its Gitea releases.

 Packaging/Release.py publishes a release (tag v<AppVersion>) with the
-AppImage and SaraSuite.exe attached. Here SaraSuite asks Gitea for the latest
+AppImage and SaraSuite.exe attached (and SaraSuite-macOS.zip, once there's
+a Mac build). Here SaraSuite asks Gitea for the latest
 release, and if it's newer than AppVersion and SaraSuite runs packaged
 (AppImage / .exe), downloads its own platform's file and swaps it in, then
 restarts into it. The file keeps its path, so its menu entry keeps working.
 - Linux: the download is renamed over the running AppImage (allowed).
 - Windows: a running .exe can't be overwritten but can be renamed, so the
  old one becomes SaraSuite.old.exe (deleted on the next start).
+- macOS: SaraSuite.app (a folder, Packaging/BuildMacApp.py) comes zipped; it's
+  unpacked next to the running one, which is renamed aside and deleted once
+  the new one is in place.
 """

 import os
+import shutil
 import subprocess
+import tempfile
 import sys
 from dataclasses import dataclass
 from pathlib import Path
 from typing import Callable, Optional
 from urllib.parse import urlsplit

-from Core import AppName, AppVersion, ChildEnvironment, IsFrozen, IsWindows, LoadConfig
+from Core import AppName, AppVersion, ChildEnvironment, IsFrozen, IsMac, IsWindows, LoadConfig, MacApp
 from Sources import GetBytes, GetJson, SourceError

-AssetName = f"{AppName}.exe" if IsWindows else f"{AppName}-x86_64.AppImage"
+AssetName = f"{AppName}.exe" if IsWindows else f"{AppName}-macOS.zip" if IsMac else f"{AppName}-x86_64.AppImage"


@dataclass
@@ -32,9 +38,12 @@ class Release:

 def RunningAppImage() -> Optional[Path]:
    """The packaged SaraSuite file that's running: the AppImage on Linux, the
-    .exe on Windows. None when running from source."""
+    .exe on Windows, the SaraSuite.app bundle on macOS. None when running
+    from source."""
    if IsWindows:
        return Path(sys.executable) if IsFrozen else None
+    if IsMac:
+        return Path(MacApp) if MacApp.endswith(".app") else None
    Value = os.environ.get("APPIMAGE", "")
    return Path(Value) if Value else None

@@ -46,6 +55,25 @@ def CleanUpOldExe() -> None:
        Running.with_name(f"{Running.stem}.old.exe").unlink(missing_ok=True)


+def _InstallMacBundle(Target: Path, Data: bytes) -> None:
+    """Unpack the zipped SaraSuite.app next to the running one (same volume,
+    so the renames are instant), then swap the two. ditto keeps what a Mac
+    app needs: permissions, symlinks inside its frameworks, its signature."""
+    with tempfile.TemporaryDirectory(dir=Target.parent, prefix=".SaraSuite-update-") as Temporary:
+        Archive = Path(Temporary) / AssetName
+        Archive.write_bytes(Data)
+        Unpacked = Path(Temporary) / "Unpacked"
+        subprocess.run(["ditto", "-x", "-k", str(Archive), str(Unpacked)], check=True, capture_output=True)
+        New = next(Unpacked.glob("*.app"), None)
+        if New is None:
+            raise OSError(f"{AssetName} has no app in it; leaving the current one alone.")
+        Old = Target.with_name(f"{Target.stem}.old.app")
+        shutil.rmtree(Old, ignore_errors=True)
+        Target.rename(Old)
+        New.rename(Target)
+        shutil.rmtree(Old, ignore_errors=True)
+
+
 def _VersionTuple(Version: str) -> tuple[int, ...]:
    Parts = []
    for Part in Version.strip().lstrip("vV").split("."):
@@ -88,8 +116,15 @@ def Install(Latest: Release, Log: Callable[[str], None]) -> Path:
    Log(f"== Updating {AppName} {AppVersion} -> {Latest.Version.lstrip('v')}")
    Log(f"Downloading {Latest.AssetUrl}")
    Data = GetBytes(Latest.AssetUrl)
-    if not Data.startswith(b"MZ" if IsWindows else b"\x7fELF"):
+    if not Data.startswith(b"MZ" if IsWindows else b"PK" if IsMac else b"\x7fELF"):
        raise OSError(f"The download isn't a {AssetName}; leaving the current one alone.")
+    if IsMac:
+        try:
+            _InstallMacBundle(Target, Data)
+        except subprocess.CalledProcessError as Error:
+            raise OSError(f"Couldn't unpack {AssetName}: {Error.stderr.decode(errors='replace').strip()}") from Error
+        Log(f"== {AppName} updated; it's the new version from the next start")
+        return Target
    Temporary = Target.with_name(Target.name + ".new")
    Temporary.write_bytes(Data)
    if IsWindows:
@@ -115,7 +150,10 @@ def Restart() -> None:
    Environment = ChildEnvironment()
    for Key in ("APPIMAGE", "APPDIR", "ARGV0", "OWD", "_MEIPASS2", "_PYI_APPLICATION_HOME_DIR"):
        Environment.pop(Key, None)  # the new one sets its own
-    if IsWindows:
+    if IsMac:
+        # -n: a new instance, even though this one is still running.
+        subprocess.Popen(["open", "-n", str(Target)], env=Environment, start_new_session=True)
+    elif IsWindows:
        Environment["PYINSTALLER_RESET_ENVIRONMENT"] = "1"  # a fresh onefile unpack, not ours
        subprocess.Popen([str(Target)], env=Environment, close_fds=True,
                         creationflags=getattr(subprocess, "DETACHED_PROCESS", 0))
@@ -1,9 +1,10 @@
 """Background services SaraSuite runs itself, where there's no systemd --user
-to do it: Windows, and Linux with another init system (runit on Void, OpenRC,
+to do it: Windows, macOS, and Linux with another init system (runit on Void, OpenRC,
 s6, dinit, ...). Each runs as Programs/ServiceRun.py <Name> <Script>
 <WorkingDir>, which keeps it going (restarts it if it fails), logs its output
 and records its PID, all in ServicesDir. At login it's started by
 - Windows: a shortcut in the Startup folder;
+- macOS: a LaunchAgent (~/Library/LaunchAgents/srhtnin.<Name>.plist);
 - Linux: an XDG autostart entry (~/.config/autostart/<Name>.desktop), which
  desktop sessions start whatever the init system is.
 The installer places those (Installer._ApplyStandInServices); this starts,
@@ -18,7 +19,7 @@ import time
 from pathlib import Path
 from typing import Callable, Optional

-from Core import ChildEnvironment, IsWindows, ServicesDir
+from Core import ChildEnvironment, IsMac, IsWindows, ServicesDir

 LogFn = Callable[[str], None]

@@ -41,6 +42,12 @@ def ServicePid(Name: str) -> Optional[int]:
        Pid = int(_PidFile(Name).read_text().strip())
    except (OSError, ValueError):
        return None
+    if IsMac:  # no /proc: ask ps for its command line
+        try:
+            Output = subprocess.run(["ps", "-o", "command=", "-p", str(Pid)], capture_output=True, text=True, timeout=15).stdout
+        except (OSError, subprocess.SubprocessError):
+            return None
+        return Pid if "ServiceRun.py" in Output else None
    if not IsWindows:
        try:
            return Pid if b"ServiceRun.py" in Path(f"/proc/{Pid}/cmdline").read_bytes() else None
@@ -8,8 +8,8 @@ from typing import Callable
 import flet as ft

 from Core import (
-    AppConfig, BundledFontFamily, ChildEnvironment, ChipButtonStyle, EnsureSharedThemes, IsWindows,
-    LoadSharedSettings, Palette, SharedSettings, ThemesDir,
+    AppConfig, BundledFontFamily, ChildEnvironment, ChipButtonStyle, EnsureSharedThemes, IsMac, IsWindows,
+    LoadSharedSettings, Palette, SharedConfigPath, SharedSettings, ThemesDir,
 )
 from Installer import DefaultAnswers, DefaultOptions
 from Manifests import Program
@@ -32,12 +32,15 @@ def _Themes() -> list[str]:


 def _Fonts() -> list[str]:
-    """Installed font families (fontconfig, or the registry on Windows), with
-    the bundled font first."""
-    if IsWindows:
-        import WindowsSupport
+    """Installed font families (fontconfig, the registry on Windows, the font
+    files themselves on macOS), with the bundled font first."""
+    if IsWindows or IsMac:
+        if IsMac:
+            import MacSupport as Support
+        else:
+            import WindowsSupport as Support

-        Families = WindowsSupport.FontFamilies()
+        Families = Support.FontFamilies()
        Families.discard(BundledFontFamily)
        return [BundledFontFamily] + sorted(Families, key=str.lower)
    try:
@@ -98,7 +101,7 @@ def ShowSettingsDialog(Page: ft.Page, Config: AppConfig, Programs: list[Program]
    Categories: dict[str, ft.Control] = {
        "Shared": ft.Column(
            [
-                _Note("Shared by every SaraSuite program (~/.config/SaraSuite/Config.toml)."),
+                _Note(f"Shared by every SaraSuite program ({SharedConfigPath})."),
                UseSharedSwitch,
                ft.Divider(height=1, color=Palette.Surface1),
                SharedTheme,
@@ -1,2 +1,4 @@
 flet>=1.0,<2.0
 tomlkit
+# macOS: app bundle icons (.icns); the Windows build bundles it for .ico.
+pillow; sys_platform == "darwin"
Author	SHA1	Message	Date
sarah	873a2d9ba0	SaraSuite.app for macOS, built on Linux; 1.3.0	2026-10-14 13:38:03 +02:00
sarah	ca04dcd4a7	macOS support (code only, no build yet)	2026-10-14 13:18:20 +02:00