Platypus 4.2
Platypus is a development tool for creating application wrappers around scripts. In other words, it creates MacOS X applications that execute a script which is bundled within the application. Command line scripts can thus be run transparently from the graphical window environment, integrating seamlessly with the user interface
Here are some of the features Platypus has to offer:
- Supports shell scripts, Perl, Python, PHP, Ruby, Expect, Tcl, AppleScript
- Supports arbitrary interpreter — thus support for any script type
- Executing scripts with root privileges via Apple’s Security Framework
- Drag and drop files, which are passed to the script as arguments
- Graphical feedback of script execution: progress bar or text window with script output
- Can create applications which run in the background
- Sophisticated app bundle configuration for associated file types, identifier, version etc.
- Graphical interface for bundling support files with script
- Built-in script editor, or linking with external editor of choice
- Set own application icon or select from presets
- Command line tool for automating script application bundling
Creating installers, maintenance applications, login items, launchers, automations and droplets is very easy using Platypus.
Platypus is free, open-source software and is distributed under the terms and conditions of the Free Software Foundation’s GNU General Public License. Platypus is written for the Cocoa application programming interfaces.
WHAT’S NEW
Version 4.2:
- Droppable Platypus apps can now execute script again when new files are dropped
- Text settings now available for Progress Bar output mode
- Command line tool now supports setting text output properties such as font, color and encoding
- Command line tool has achieved feature parity with GUI application
- Command line tool now correctly handles relative paths
- Change in profile format to make it more transparent and human-readable/editable
- “Show Shell Command” now shows all parameters for command line app
- Platypus apps now default to remaining open after execution
- Secure bundled script option now correctly excludes Development Version save option
- Fixed bug from 4.1 where text settings failed to be applied
- Fixed memory leak and bugs in privileged execution mode
- Fixed bug in path text field autocompletion
- Updated documentation to reflect recent features
- Minor interface tweaks and fixes
REQUIREMENTS
Mac OS X 10.4 or later.