Download instructions

You can download packaged macOS and Windows builds here ( note Linux needs to be built per platform ):

• https://github.com/openframeworks/projectGenerator/releases/download/nightly/projectGenerator-osx.zip
• https://github.com/openframeworks/projectGenerator/releases/download/nightly/projectGenerator-vs.zip

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Build instructions

Clone OF ( skip if already cloned )

git clone git@github.com:openframeworks/openFrameworks.git --depth=1

Init / update submodules

cd openFrameworks
git submodule init
git submodule update

Install libs ( replace with platform )

./scripts/osx/download_libs.sh

Build the projectGenerator ( can also use project file )

cd apps/projectGenerator/commandLine/

# for linux do:
make Release
cp bin/projectGenerator ../frontend/app/

# for windows do:
msbuild commandLine.vcxproj /p:configuration=release /p:platform=${{ matrix.platform }} /p:PlatformToolset=v142
cp commandLine.exe ../frontend/app/projectGenerator.exe

# for macos 
xcodebuild -configuration Release -target commandLine CODE_SIGN_IDENTITY="" -project commandLine.xcodeproj
cp bin/projectGenerator ../frontend/app/

On macOS, if you get this error:

xcode-select: error: tool 'xcodebuild' requires Xcode, but active developer directory '/Library/Developer/CommandLineTools' is a command line tools instance

It's probably because your Command Line Tools were installed via Home Brew or some other mechanism. You need to re-select the whole Xcode install by executing:

sudo xcode-select -s /Applications/Xcode.app/Contents/Developer

Build the frontend electron app

Note: see the more detailed guide include node install in the frontend ReadMe

cd ../frontend
npm install 
npm update

# to run the app without packaging it 
npm start

# to package the pg app as a standalone
npm run build:macos