How to build for Apple M1?

[dxlr8r]

Have read through:

#2054
#1918

And from what I can understand:

git clone https://github.com/FreeTubeApp/FreeTube.git
cd FreeTube
git checkout development
yarn install
npm run build

That however only build x86 artifacts.

[absidue]

instead of npm run build you want to do yarn run build:arm64

[robigan]

@12people The FreeTube cask in the main/default Homebrew tap is not maintained by the FreeTube team (which is also why it is listed in the unofficial downloads section in the README), so if you want an ARM64 version there, you need to ask whoever maintains the main/default Homebrew tap.

That being said you can use this unofficial Homebrew tap that has an ARM64 version: https://github.com/PikachuEXE/homebrew-FreeTube

Was gonna do the ARM64 myself actually. I'll try to make a PR into casks and see how that goes.

[robigan]

Ok, so turns out I made some mistakes. It is true that you can bypass Gatekeeper using right-click, but according to Apple's own docs, when it displays a prompt such as "App is damaged", it seems to be because of some security detection triggering for arm64 builds. On Intel builds, it could be that either Gatekeeper is disabling itself due to Rosetta 2 requirement, or it is properly validating Intel builds for malware and just complaining of missing notarization, but I don't think it's the former as Gatekeeper works on Intel, so why can't the same checks be performed on Intel-made software regardless of CPU architecture? (I mean, Gatekeeper from what I've understood just checks for certain hashes of malicious or safe software, unless I'm missing something).

@12people The FreeTube cask in the main/default Homebrew tap is not maintained by the FreeTube team (which is also why it is listed in the unofficial downloads section in the README), so if you want an ARM64 version there, you need to ask whoever maintains the main/default Homebrew tap.
That being said you can use this unofficial Homebrew tap that has an ARM64 version: https://github.com/PikachuEXE/homebrew-FreeTube

Was gonna do the ARM64 myself actually. I'll try to make a PR into casks and see how that goes.

What I meant by this was that I thought Homebrew had the option of building from source for casks, but building from source is a thing only for formulae as I discovered. Essentially, binaries are only allowed in casks. I think it would be nice if the build system can build for Arm64, and then reference that in the Homebrew casks. Not asking at all to add arm64 builds to the FreeTube website... Although if the issue of Gatekeeper complaining about damaged software is really simply just what I said above, then perhaps that issue could be fixed.

[robigan]

Did some more research, although effectively useless in terms of security, the bundles must be Ad-Hoc signed, and cannot be plainly unsigned.

As seen here, using the bundle by @PikachuEXE

See (in order of how I dug my rabbit hole) nwjs/nw.js#8157, https://apple.stackexchange.com/questions/288291/what-are-the-restrictions-of-ad-hoc-code-signing, https://wiki.lazarus.freepascal.org/Code_Signing_for_macOS#Ad_hoc_signing, and https://gist.github.com/rsms/929c9c2fec231f0cf843a1a746a416f5

[robigan]

P.S. I'd be more than happy to make PRs

[chasewalsh]

Thanks. It works perfectly and I'm kicking myself why I didn't do this earlier. The x86 version is very buggy and the Arm64 version is butter smooth after compiling it with these instructions.

[ngocphamm]

Not sure if anyone else is interested, but if you have Bun installed, you can also do bun install and bun run build:arm64. Takes only a few minutes on my M1 Max.

[Dodoooh]

Hi, this script automates the setup and ARM64 build for FreeTube on macOS. It clones the repository (if needed), updates it, installs dependencies, and builds the app. After a setup, only ./build_freetube.sh can be executed and the new app can be moved from folder /build to the applications

Usage:

1.	Save as build_freetube.sh
2.      Make sure to set the `REPO_DIR` variable to the correct path.
3.	Make executable: chmod +x build_freetube.sh
4.	Run: ./build_freetube.sh

#!/bin/bash

# FreeTube Build Script for macOS
# Created by [Dodoooh]
# This script automates the setup and ARM64 build process for FreeTube.
# Make sure to set the `REPO_DIR` variable to the correct path.

# Set the directory for the FreeTube repository
REPO_DIR="/Users/username/projects/FreeTube"

# Check if required tools are installed
for cmd in git npm yarn; do
  if ! command -v $cmd &> /dev/null; then
    echo "Error: $cmd is not installed. Please install it and try again."
    exit 1
  fi
done

# Ask for confirmation before starting the installation
read -p "Do you want to start the FreeTube build process? (y/n): " confirm
if [[ $confirm != [yY] ]]; then
  echo "Build process canceled."
  exit
fi

# Step 1: Clone the repository if it doesn't already exist
if [ ! -d "$REPO_DIR" ]; then
  echo "Cloning FreeTube repository..."
  git clone https://github.com/FreeTubeApp/FreeTube.git "$REPO_DIR"
fi

# Step 2: Navigate to the repository directory
cd "$REPO_DIR" || exit

# Step 3: Switch to the development branch and pull the latest changes
echo "Switching to the development branch..."
git checkout development
echo "Pulling the latest changes..."
git pull

# Step 4: Install dependencies with npm and yarn
echo "Installing dependencies with npm..."
npm install
echo "Installing dependencies with yarn..."
yarn install

# Step 5: Build for ARM64
echo "Building for ARM64..."
yarn run build:arm64

echo "Build complete!"