You do not need Xcode for signing or notarizing, period. I’ve set this up for open source projects that sign and notarize via CI and it literally doesn’t break.

You do not need Xcode for signing or notarizing, period. I’ve set this up for open source projects that sign and notarize via CI and it literally doesn’t break. The flow is like reading reviews of an apartment complex - complaints will rise to the top but it’s not like people are going to write glowing reviews otherwise. ;P Furthermore QT on macOS literally links to and renders the same controls as AppKit under the hood, so while you can definitely use it if you want (e.g for cross platform benefits) your claim that it “nails” platform specific UI is just incorrect. They are fundamentally the same thing in this case. You appear to have this irrational idea(and hatred…?) about how macOS/iOS developers work but don’t appear to truly understand what you’re talking about.