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Create native macOS applications from command line scripts.

13 mentions on Hacker News by 11 people: 6 stories, 7 comments · first 2016-01-07 · latest 2026-06-03

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    Platypus – create native Mac applications from command line scripts
    story by gregsadetsky · 2026-06-03 · 2 comments
  2. …could work with. If you wanted to, and have the time, I would recommend setting up a wrapper with https://github.com/sveinbjornt/Platypus with applescript. Then you could make an alternate for whichever mode you please and set it as an…
  3. …into a small tray icon/menubar app can be extremely powerfull even with its low complexity. [1]: https://github.com/sveinbjornt/Platypus
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    Sveinbjornt/Platypus: Create native Mac applications from command line scripts
    story by behnamoh · 2023-10-27 · 0 comments
  5. …it solve my problem for other applications that I want to run. > By the way, do you know the app https://github.com/sveinbjornt/Platypus that can generate app bundles on a Mac? I do! I tried this route first, but it falls apart when you…
    comment by cweagans · 2023-09-20 · in Application-specific terminals
  6. …the in-terminal-editor, and it'll always be faster vs tabbing P.S. By the way, do you know the app https://github.com/sveinbjornt/Platypus that can generate app bundles on a Mac?
    comment by eviks · 2023-09-20 · in Application-specific terminals
  7. Random fact; this website is created and maintained by Sveinbjörn Þórðarson who also made Platypus ( https://github.com/sveinbjornt/Platypus ) and Sloth ( https://github.com/sveinbjornt/Sloth ) — software that Mac nerds might be familiar…
    comment by hugi · 2023-06-09 · in The Icelandic Saga Database
  8. They also develop an app for that I have used for years to open Burp Suite on Mac called Platypus — https://github.com/sveinbjornt/Platypus Platypus allows you to create a Mac [dot]app wrapper around any type of scripts.
  9. …up with used Platypus[0] to generate a lovely app wrapper where files could be dragged in. [0]: https://github.com/sveinbjornt/Platypus
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    Platypus: Create native Mac applications from command line scripts
    story by pcr910303 · 2020-03-01 · 0 comments
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    Platypus: Create native applications from command line scripts
    story by pcr910303 · 2020-02-26 · 0 comments
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    Platypus: Create Mac applications from command line scripts (2011)
    story by guessmyname · 2019-02-16 · 0 comments
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    Mac OS X developer tool that creates application bundles from interpreted scripts
    story by hack4supper · 2016-01-07 · 0 comments