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@dmelim dmelim released this 20 Aug 17:39
v0.5.1-mac-alpha.1
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Muxly for macOS is here as an experimental public preview from Diethos. It brings your local development services into one desktop command center for starting and stopping processes, following live logs, monitoring ports, and keeping related projects together.

Compatibility

  • Native Apple Silicon (arm64) build
  • Supports MacBook Neo with A18 Pro and Macs with M-series chips
  • Tested on a MacBook Neo with Apple A18 Pro running macOS 26.6.1
  • Intel Macs are not supported
  • Windows users should continue using the stable Muxly v0.5.0 release

Added for macOS

  • Finder and Dock launches recover the user's login-shell PATH
  • Homebrew and common Node, Python, Bun, and version-manager locations are discovered
  • Services use the user's Unix shell when a pre-run step is required
  • PTY behavior is native to macOS rather than using Windows ConPTY workarounds
  • Stopping a service or quitting Muxly cleans up its Unix process group
  • Unix termination signals are shown with readable diagnostics
  • macOS-native shortcut labels and conventions are used throughout the interface

Installation and first launch

  1. Download the DMG and drag Muxly into Applications.
  2. Try to open Muxly once.
  3. If macOS blocks it, open System Settings → Privacy & Security.
  4. Find the message about Muxly, choose Open Anyway, and confirm Open.

Never disable Gatekeeper globally.

Known limitations

  • This is experimental alpha software; do not use it to supervise critical production workloads or processes that cannot be safely restarted.
  • The build is ad-hoc signed, not signed with an authenticated Apple Developer ID, and not notarized. Gatekeeper approval is therefore required.
  • Apple Silicon only. Intel (x86_64) Macs are unsupported for now.
  • Hardware testing is currently limited to a MacBook Neo with A18 Pro, and broader macOS, shell, version-manager, and development-tool coverage is still needed.
  • Updates are manual; this preview does not include an automatic update channel.

Verify the download

SHA-256 for Muxly_0.5.1-mac-alpha.1_macos_aarch64.dmg:

8bda37e6bd022c75b10604bfe992f8b859c555ce2b3df01c21ca945330363cc9

The release also includes SHA256SUMS.txt, which can be checked from Terminal:

shasum -a 256 -c SHA256SUMS.txt

Feedback

Please open a GitHub issue and include your Mac model and chip, macOS version, shell or version manager, whether the service uses PTY mode, the command with secrets removed, what happened, and what you expected.

Muxly is source-available under the repository's PolyForm Noncommercial license. Product information is available at muxly.diethos.com.

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