5.5.0

At long last, a substantial update to Platypus.

• Platypus.app and the platypus command line tool are now notarized by Apple in addition to being Developed ID signed
• Now requires macOS 11 Big Sur or later
• Fixed nasty bug where the argument settings dialog could lock up the interface
• Better support for dark mode
• Preferences now named Settings according to new macOS convention
• Added --executable-path and --nib-path flags to command line tool to allow users to inject custom binaries or nib files (and facilitate CLT testing)
• Improved install script for command line tool to ease automated installation in CI environments
• Extensive modernization of codebase
• Much-improved tests for command line tool
• Various other minor fixes

Full Changelog: v5.4.1...v5.5.0

5.4.1

• Fixed signing issues

5.4

• Added native support for arm64 CPU architecture. Both Platypus and the apps it generates are now Universal ARM/Intel 64-bit binaries
• New application icon
• Status Menu submenu items can now be disabled with the DISABLED syntax
• Support relative interpreter path (i.e. relative to Resources directory)
• Support dark mode for text fields (inverts colors, changes dynamically when user switches interface modes)
• Command line tool no longer defaults to stripping nib file (requires explicit -y option)
• Enabled close button on windows, which now quit the app(s)
• Added standard Help Menu to ScriptExec apps (support for bundled help bundles)
• Added support for dynamically changing status item title and icon via STATUSTITLE and STATUSICON syntax
• Warn when non-existent file in bundled files list
• Command line tool now defaults to creating apps with no application icon
• Support for notifications is now an option, to prevent permission popups on Catalina and later
• Added Python 3 and Dart interpreter presets
• Platypus apps now hide (instead of disabling) Open and Open Recent menu items if they don't accept files
• Fixed issue with signing generated apps due to missing "APPL" CFBundleType
• Fixed nasty empty newline parsing bug
• Switched over to AGIconFamily for icon generation, reducing dependence on deprecated Carbon calls
• Resolved issue with text selection and dark mode in generated apps
• Improved drag and drop handling on Platypus main window
• Platypus now requires macOS 10.11 or later

Full Changelog: 5.3...v5.4

5.3

• First facelift in a decade: New application icons created by Drífa Líftóra
• Updated to support Mojave Dark Mode
• Added AWK, JavaScript and Node interpreter presets
• Added "REFRESH" command that clears text output buffer
• Added "DISABLED" menu item syntax for status menu interface
• Platypus and its command line tool binary are now code-signed. Generated applications remain unsigned, for obvious reasons
• Windows of generated applications are now larger, and centered on first launch
• Apps now try to make script executable (+x) on launch This may resolve certain issues with launching generated apps stored on network-mounted volumes
• Added Open With menu for items in Bundled Files list
• Fixed bug where Platypus would generate broken custom icns files from images
• Fixed buggy Uniform Type Identifier validation in command line tool
• Platypus now validates default bundle identifier in Preferences
• Removed broken System Profiler example
• Removed XML plist format feature
• Documentation overhauled, partially rewritten and moved to Markdown format
• An assortment of minor bug fixes
• Various minor interface improvements
• Reduced size of generated app binaries
• Now requires macOS 10.8 or later