Squirrel/Squirrel.Mac

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:shipit: Cocoa framework for updating OS X apps :shipit:

Stars: 1.7k
Forks: 140
Open beginner issues: 0
Indexed issues: 24
Avg merge: 3d 12h
Merged PRs (30d): 2

Dominant language: Objective-C
License: No license data
Last GitHub push: Sep 18, 2026
Latest indexed: Sep 19, 2026
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24 open issues indexed

ShipIt has no visible presence, so macOS 27 terminates it mid-install when the host app quits Open

Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 48/100

Squirrel/Squirrel.Mac#336 · 1 comment · Opened Sep 19, 2026
Possible stale relaunch path after useUpdateBundleName rename — posix_spawn ENOENT Open

Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 56/100

Squirrel/Squirrel.Mac#325 · Opened Aug 6, 2026
Updates fail to be applied after ShipIt logs rotate to the 100th log file Open

Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 42/100

Squirrel/Squirrel.Mac#322 · 2 comments · Opened Jul 7, 2026
[Feature Request] Add startup command argument to updated application Open

Difficulty 5/5 Over a week Newbie friendliness 25/100

Squirrel/Squirrel.Mac#271 · Opened Mar 1, 2023
ShipIt runs several updates in a row, only last one succeeds Open

Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 28/100

Squirrel/Squirrel.Mac#262 · 3 comments · 1 reaction · Opened Oct 7, 2021
Add support for update server to respond with an HTTP redirect instead of JSON Open

Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 35/100

Squirrel/Squirrel.Mac#261 · 1 comment · 1 reaction · Opened Jul 29, 2021
improved interoperability with app-updaters Open

Difficulty 5/5 Over a week Newbie friendliness 25/100

Squirrel/Squirrel.Mac#245 · 5 comments · Opened Apr 1, 2020
Auto update in Electron app works, but is not relaunching application. Open

Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 30/100

Squirrel/Squirrel.Mac#204 · 10 comments · 10 reactions · Opened Jun 8, 2017
System or bundle-specific default for disabling updates and helper tool installation Open

Difficulty 5/5 Over a week Newbie friendliness 35/100

Squirrel/Squirrel.Mac#192 · 101 comments · 47 reactions · Opened Dec 2, 2016
Updater state transition is incorrect Open

Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 35/100

Squirrel/Squirrel.Mac#188 · 5 comments · Opened Oct 21, 2016
Temporary dir cannot be removed after update. OSX Open

Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 25/100

Squirrel/Squirrel.Mac#181 · 4 comments · Opened Aug 1, 2016
The file "ShipItState.plist" couldn’t be opened because there is no such file Open

Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 45/100

Squirrel/Squirrel.Mac#151 · 30 comments · Opened Sep 9, 2015
Add Carthage compatibility badge to the README Open

enhancement

Difficulty 1/5 Under an hour Newbie friendliness 70/100

Squirrel/Squirrel.Mac#144 · Opened Mar 6, 2015
Receiving an update response then a no update response should not update Open

bug

Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 42/100

Squirrel/Squirrel.Mac#110 · 1 comment · Opened Jan 30, 2014
-startAutomaticChecksWithInterval: should immediately check for updates Open

enhancement

Difficulty 2/5 1-3 hours Newbie friendliness 35/100

Squirrel/Squirrel.Mac#99 · 7 comments · 1 reaction · Opened Jan 16, 2014
Disallow applications containing symlinks that point outside of the bundle Open

security

Difficulty 5/5 Over a week Newbie friendliness 35/100

Squirrel/Squirrel.Mac#84 · Opened Nov 19, 2013
Remove ACLs on the target bundle when installing Open

enhancement

Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 35/100

Squirrel/Squirrel.Mac#68 · Opened Oct 10, 2013
Remember rejections of privilege escalation Open

enhancement

Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 35/100

Squirrel/Squirrel.Mac#57 · Opened Sep 26, 2013
Fix NSLocalizedString usage Open

enhancement

Difficulty 2/5 1-3 hours Newbie friendliness 35/100

Squirrel/Squirrel.Mac#51 · 3 comments · Opened Sep 19, 2013
Download straight to disk, don’t accumulate in memory Open

enhancement

Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 42/100

Squirrel/Squirrel.Mac#46 · 3 comments · Opened Sep 16, 2013
Remove launchd job after update installation completes Open

enhancement

Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 50/100

Squirrel/Squirrel.Mac#21 · 3 comments · Opened Aug 13, 2013
Support/test updating sandboxed apps Open

enhancement security

Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 25/100

Squirrel/Squirrel.Mac#17 · 1 comment · 1 reaction · Opened Aug 6, 2013
Verify code signatures recursively Open

enhancement

Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 35/100

Squirrel/Squirrel.Mac#10 · 1 comment · Opened Aug 6, 2013
Delta updates Open

distant-future enhancement

Difficulty 5/5 Over a week Newbie friendliness 25/100

Squirrel/Squirrel.Mac#5 · 8 comments · Opened Jul 23, 2013

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