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openclaw/apps/macos
Peter Steinberger bb658d0a6d feat(macos): redesign chat window as native shell with sessions sidebar, toolbar pickers, slash commands, and context usage (#101103)
* feat(chat-ui): native macOS chat window shell with sessions sidebar, context usage, and slash commands

* feat(macos): host redesigned chat window shell and complete gateway chat transport

* fix(chat-ui): gate slash panel on catalog support and register window shell shortcuts outside menus

* fix(chat-ui): make sidebar selection tags optional and sync programmatic composer text into the focused NSTextView

* fix(macos): track in-window session switches for chat window reuse

* fix(chat-ui): re-bootstrap in place when deleting the active main session

* docs(macos): describe the redesigned native chat window

* fix(macos): scope bare global session RPCs to the routing default agent

* style(chat-ui): restore blank line between rebased helpers

* fix(macos): scope selected global session actions

* fix(macos): refresh chat routing identity

* fix(chat-ui): hide delete for main sessions

* fix(macos): remove duplicate session patch path

* fix(chat-ui): resolve sidebar session aliases

* fix(chat-ui): isolate sidebar alias resolution

* fix(chat-ui): reconcile active session aliases

* fix(chat-ui): prefer selected session aliases

* chore(i18n): refresh chat window inventory

* fix(chat-ui): return sidebar filter result

* refactor(chat-ui): split session actions
2026-07-07 02:06:10 +01:00
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2026-05-03 13:20:26 +01:00

OpenClaw macOS app (dev + signing)

Quick dev run

# from repo root
scripts/restart-mac.sh

Options:

scripts/restart-mac.sh --no-sign   # fastest dev; ad-hoc signing (TCC permissions do not stick)
scripts/restart-mac.sh --sign      # force code signing (requires cert)

Packaging flow

scripts/package-mac-app.sh

Creates dist/OpenClaw.app and signs it via scripts/codesign-mac-app.sh.

Signing behavior

Auto-selects identity (first match):

  1. Developer ID Application
  2. Apple Distribution
  3. Apple Development
  4. first available identity

If none found:

  • errors by default
  • set ALLOW_ADHOC_SIGNING=1 or SIGN_IDENTITY="-" to ad-hoc sign

Team ID audit (Sparkle mismatch guard)

After signing, we read the app bundle Team ID and compare every Mach-O inside the app. If any embedded binary has a different Team ID, signing fails.

Skip the audit:

SKIP_TEAM_ID_CHECK=1 scripts/package-mac-app.sh

Library validation workaround (dev only)

If Sparkle Team ID mismatch blocks loading (common with Apple Development certs), opt in:

DISABLE_LIBRARY_VALIDATION=1 scripts/package-mac-app.sh

This adds com.apple.security.cs.disable-library-validation to app entitlements. Use for local dev only; keep off for release builds.

Useful env flags

  • SIGN_IDENTITY="Apple Development: Your Name (TEAMID)"
  • ALLOW_ADHOC_SIGNING=1 (ad-hoc, TCC permissions do not persist)
  • CODESIGN_TIMESTAMP=off (offline debug)
  • DISABLE_LIBRARY_VALIDATION=1 (dev-only Sparkle workaround)
  • SKIP_TEAM_ID_CHECK=1 (bypass audit)