Building on macOS

NitroShare can be built on macOS.

1. Download and install the following tools:

   • Xcode
   • CMake
   • Qt Online Installer for Mac

2. Ensure that the bin directory for CMake and Qt have been added to /etc/paths.

3. Open the terminal app, change to the root source directory, and build the project:

    mkdir build && cd build
    cmake ..
    make
   

4. The NitroShare bundle will be in the out/ directory and can be run with:

    open out/nitroshare.app
   

Building a DMG

Run the following command to build a compressed disk image:

make dmg