#macOS devs, I need your attention for a minute.
Let's say there would be an open-source project/service that makes it easy to:
- Notarize your Mac apps
- Create & handle updates via Sparkle by hosting them
- Handle payments via Stripe and other payment providers
- Manage/validate licenses
How would you like to use this project/service?
I wrote a more detailed blog post about my vision for a modern alternative to distributing apps outside the Mac App Store.
Feedback & advice welcome.
Early WIP screenshots of #Amore. I demoed this today and successfully published the first Amore update using Amore.
You drag and drop your macOS app binary into Amore. Amore will take care of bundling, signing, and uploading. You just type in your release notes (optional) and select which options you want to publish your update. Amore will take care of the rest.
No app review, no nonsense.
How can I make distributing Mac apps outside the App Store even easier?
This took me 15 to 30 minutes when I had to do it manually. With #Amore it takes ~15 seconds.
I learned about Xcode archive post-actions this weekend.
Now all you need to do to automatically release your app update after archiving is add `amore release` to your archive post-actions.
This will export, codesign, create DMG, notarize, Sparkle sign, create appcast, and upload the app for you.
#Amore takes care of everything.
Finally had the time to create help pages that explain #Amore in more detail.
If you have any more questions or want to give this a try, please let me know.
It's still early, but #Amore is slowly coming together.
I am currently looking for additional macOS developers who would like to test this. If you are interested send me a DM.
If you are submitting your macOS apps outside of the App Store, this is for you.
More info on https://amore.computer.
Here is how to setup Amore to automatically release a new build as Xcode archive post-action.
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