Nightly binary builds of Emacs for macOS as a self-contained Emacs.app, with native-compilation.
## Features - Self-contained Emacs.app application bundle, with no external dependencies. - Native-compilation is enabled in nightly builds from the `master` branch of Emacs, and should just work without the need to install GCC, libgccjit, or any other dependencies. - Includes the [fix-window-role][] and [system-appearance][] patches from the excellent [emacs-plus][] project. - Build creation is transparent and public through the use of GitHub Actions, allowing anyone to inspect git commit SHAs, full source code, and exact commands used to produce a build. This is especially important right now as builds are not yet signed and notarized. [fix-window-role]: https://github.com/d12frosted/homebrew-emacs-plus/blob/master/patches/emacs-28/fix-window-role.patch [system-appearance]: https://github.com/d12frosted/homebrew-emacs-plus/blob/master/patches/emacs-28/system-appearance.patch [emacs-plus]: https://github.com/d12frosted/homebrew-emacs-plus ## System Requirements - Intel-based Mac running macOS 10.15.x or later. ## Downloads See the [Releases][] page to download latest builds. [releases]: https://github.com/jimeh/emacs-builds/releases ## Build Process Building Emacs is done using the [jimeh/build-emacs-for-macos][] build script, executed within a GitHub Actions workflow. This is why macOS 10.15.x or later is required, as it's the oldest version of macOS available in GitHub Actions. Full history for all builds is available on GitHub Actions [here][actions]. [jimeh/build-emacs-for-macos]: https://github.com/jimeh/build-emacs-for-macos [actions]: https://github.com/jimeh/emacs-builds/actions Nightly builds are scheduled for 0:30 UTC every night, based on the latest commit from the `master` branch of the [emacs-mirror/emacs][] repository. This means a nightly build will only be produced if there have been new commits since the last nightly build. [emacs-mirror/emacs]: https://github.com/emacs-mirror/emacs ## Untrusted Application Currently builds are not signed or notarized, meaning macOS cannot verify Emacs.app came from a trusted developer, and by default you are not given and option to trust the app and open it. Simplest way around this is to right-click (or control-click) on the Emacs app in Finder and select "Open". You will then be given the same warning as before, but with a "Open" button now available to trust and open the app. After that you can open the application like normal without any warnings. ## To-Do - [ ] Sign and notarize builds. - [ ] Builds for stable versions of Emacs. - [ ] Populate GitHub Release description with relevant info about the build, including a link to the GitHub Actions workflow run that produced the build. - [ ] (Eventually) support Apple Silicon mac builds when native-compilation actually works on Apple Silicon. - [ ] (Eventually) support builds for Linux.