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> I'm not writing an app, just a CLI tool but CLI tools are applications
by forrestthewoods 1y ago
> I'm not writing an app, just a CLI tool
but CLI tools are applications
- goranmoomin 1y agoNo, they are not. Those two are very different in macOS, where the word ‘app’ means an Application Bundle, which is a directory with a .app extension, Info.plist file, a bundle identifier, have an expected directory structure per Apple guidelines, should be installed in /Applications or ~/Applications, and so on and so forth. CLI tools, including ones that Apple ships or makes, are not apps on macOS. I’m sorry, this is my pet peeve as well and it’s very frustrating to see this ‘CLI tools are apps’ argument from developers who are not familiar with the Apple guidelines, and then argue about on an ideological basis.
- padjo 1y agoThat is covered in the article. An “App” on Mac is a specific thing with certain characteristics that CLI tools don’t have.